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Encyclical as,ks for 'merciful love. ,. VATICAN CITY (NC) - In an

encyclical on the mercy of God,Pope John Paul II said societywiII become more human only ifpeople introduce into their rela­tionships "not merely justice,but also that 'merciful love'whIch constitutes the messianicmessage of the Gospel."

The pope warned against pro­grams seeking. social justicewhich are not shaped by loveand mercy. Programs based onlyon the idea of justice "in prac­tice suffer from distortions," he

said in the encyclical 'IDives inMisericordia" (Rich in Mercy) re­leased Tuesday.

"Although they continue toappeal to the idea of justice,nevertheless experience showsthat other negative forces havegained the upper hand over jus­tice, such as spite, hatred andeven' cruelty," Pope John Paulsaid. "In such cases, the desireto annihilate the enemy, limithis freedom, or even force himinto 'total dependence, becomesthe fundamental motive for ac-

tion; and this contrasts with theessence of justice, which by .itsnature tends to establish equal­ity and harmony between theparties in conflict."

The notion of "An eye for aneye and a tooth for il tooth,"which Christ chalIenged; "wasthe form of distortion of justiceat that time; and today's formscontinue to be modelIed on it,"the pope said. "It is obvious, infact, that in the name of an al.'leged justice (for example, his­torical justice or class justice)

•Inthe neighbor is sometimes de­'stroyed, killed, deprived of lib­erty or stripped of fundamentalhuman rights. The experience ofthe past and of our own timedemonstrates that justice aloneis not enough, that it can evenlead to the negation and destruc­tion of itself, if that deeper pow­er, which is love, is not allowedto shape human life in its var­ious dimensions."

Forgiveness. demonstratingmercy is necessary in human re­lationships, the pope said in the

society83- page encyclical.

"A world from which forgive­ness was eliminated," the popesaid, "would be nothing but aworld of cold and unfeeling in­justice, in the. name of whicheach person would claim his orher own rights vis-a-vis others;the various kinds of selfishnesslatent in man would transformlife and human society dnto asystem of oppression of theweak by the strong, or into anarena of permanent strife be-

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for bishop's. anniversaryannounce·d

"Catholic Relief Services rep-. resentatives are presently on the

scene, collaborating with otherrelief organizations to provideshelter, medicine, food and

. clothing. An emergency alloca­tion of ORS funds has beenmade to open a Southern ItalyEarthquake 'Fund. Howe v e r,much more will be needed. -

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oA special colIection in aid ofItalian earthquake victims willbe taken up in alI diocesan par­ishes this weekend. In a letterto pastors authorizing the appealBishop Daniel A. 'Cronin said:

."Through the media, we havesensed the enormity of the suf­fering provoked by the recentearthquake in southern Italy.The proportions of ·the tragedyare' frightful.

Quake aid given

POPE CONSOLES pastor of collapsed church where40 died. (NC Photo)

Minor ministers for the cere­mony will be seminarians of thediocese and Msgr. John J. Oli­veira, episcopal secretary, willbe the master of ceremOnies.

Busy DecadeThe bishop will be looking

back over a decade that has in­cluded upheavals on both the do­mestic and international fronts,economic problems .and warsand rumors of' war.

It is a decade ,that has seenthe reigns of three popes andmuch coming and going of otherfigures on, the world stage. Therehave also been the problemswhich the church has never beenwithout, possibly greater in mag­nitude at this time in historythan in many previous periods.

Nevertheless, the bark of Peterhas remained afloat with the'pope as chief helmsman but withthe bishops of the world as hisindispensable fellow workers.

Bishop Cronin is one of those'bishops and it is for his leader~

ship ,during a difficult time thathe is being saluted this month.

diocesan pastoral council repre- .senting the religious and laity ofthe diocese.

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and "Simon, Son of John" byFather Francis Strahan, whosechoir group from .st. 'John's Sem­inary, B.righton, wiII be heard atthe Cathedral next Wednesday.

Music for the Mass itself will. include settings by· Richard

Proulx, whose music for Psalm102, "My Soul, Give Thanks tothe Lord," will also be heard.Oth'er settings will be by JanVermulst and :Ralph VaughnWilliams.

The canter for the service willbe Miss Joanne Grota. and theCathedral Choir will renderchoral selections.

Bishop Cronin will be pnnCl­pal celebrant for the liturgy,with priests ordained by him asdesignated concelebrants andother priests of' the diocese asconcelebrants.

The lectors will be Mr. GerardA. Hebert, a student at St.John's Seminary, and Mr. RolandP. ,LePage, a candidate for thepermanent diaconate of ,the dio-

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The deacons of the Mass willbe Rev. Mr. Benjamin. A. No­gueira and Rev. Mr. Frank W.Mis and the offertory gifts wiIIbe presented by members of the

Preceding that day a special76-page issue of The Anchor willbe published next Thursday, in­cluding a retrospective view ofthe decade during which BishopCronin has led the diocese andmany photographs. It is notedthat the special issue wilI not.carry any regular .features butthat alI wiII return "in the issueof Dec. 18.

Music for ·the iDec. 14 Masswill be in charge of Glenn Giut­tari, director of music .for St.Mary's Cathedral. It will featureselections for strings, brass, or­gan and choir.

A choral prelude will include"Alleluia" by Randall'Thompsonand processional music will offer"Alleluia, Sing to Jesus," Gou­nod's "Lovely Appear," EmilReyl's "Ecce Sacerdos Magnus"

Preparations are underway forobservance of the lOth anniver­sary of Bishop Daniel A. Cro­nin's instalIation as Ordinary ofthe Fall 'River diocese. The actu­al installation anniversary will

! be Tuesday, Dec. 16, but the ob­servance will come on Sunday,Dec. 14, when a 5 p.m. Mass ofThanksgiving will be celebrlltedat St. Mary's Cathedral.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Dec. 4, 1980

DUBLIN, Ireland (NC) - Cardinal Tomas 0' Fiaich of Armagh and the five otherCatholic bishops with dioceses wholly or partly in Northern Ireland have appealed toseven prisoners at The Maze Prison near Belfast to end their five-week-old hungerstrike.

The men, all Catholics, began 'the hunger strike on Oct. 27 as a prot~st againstbeing denied "special" or political status.

The bishops asked the families of the strikers to advise them to stop and theyimplored wom~n prisoners in Annagh not to embark on a similar planned strike.

But on Dec. 1 three women serving long tenns ignored the plea and began fasting.

PHILADELPHIA (NC) - Christian churches were disinterested in the Holocaust,the Nazi killing of six million Jews, because throughout the history of ChristianityChristians had been taught to distrust the Jewish people, according to the chaplain ofa Christian community in Israel. " .

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (NC) - <;itizens should become actively involved"in raising the critical ethical questions" pertaining to uranium and other natural reosource development, according to the Catholic bishops of British Columbia.

SAN ,BERNARDINO, Calif. (NC) - The Diocese of San 'Bernardino has rallied toassist the victims of fires driven by desert winds which swept through southern Cali­fornia's San Bernardino County, destroying more than 300 homes by late November.

LONDON (NC) - The British Council of ,Churches has called for an end t~ theanns race and has asked Christians ,to launch a worldwide campaign to promote alter­natives to the nuclear deterrent as a means of ensuring world peace.

WASHINGTON (NC) - Catholic school personnel across the country are survey­ing members of Congress on their attitudes toward tuition tax credit legislation. Thesurvey is part of an effort to determine -prospects for passage of such tax credit.legislation in the 97th Congress, which convenes in January.

GREENSBORO, N.C. (NC) - A Catholic pastor in Greensboro said the acquittalof six Ku Klux Klansmen and Nazis of murder and rioting charges related to thekilling of five Communist Workers' Party demonstrators a year ago has left many'people wondering about the criminal justice system.

CHICAGO (NC) - Father' George H. Clements, 48, pastor of Chicago's HolyAngels Parish and a nationally recognized civil rights activist, has filed for. adoptionof a child despite disapproval by the "Archdiocese of Chicago, which did not, however,specifically for.bid the action.' .

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CARDINAL HUMERTO MEDEIROS incenses flagdraped coffin offormer House Speaker John McCormack at funeral Mass in Boston. Pres­ent House Speaker Thomas P. (Tip) O'Neill Jr. is at right. (NC Photo)

MEMBERS OF St. Stanislaus parish, Fall River, welcome visitors' totraditional Polish Christmas bread ceremony at an informative programformin partof the We Care/We Share campaign. (Torchia Photo)

,LOURDES, France (NC) - Participants from 114 countries have registered for

the 42nd International Eucharistic Congress to be held July 16-23, 1981, in Lourdes.Pope John ·Paul II announced several months ago that he will visit Lourdes during the".congress.

SALISBURY, Zimbabwe (NC) - Roger Ridell, staff member of. the Catholic In­stitute for International Relations in London, has been named chainnan of the Zim­babwe government's commission to investigate income, prices and working conditions.Dominican Sister Mary Aquina, an expert on rural life in Zimbabwe, was also namedto the commission.

VATICAN CITY (NC) - ,British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and six aidesspent 45 minutes with ~ope John Paul II ina private audience. The Vatican providedno details of the audience, which came a Iit~le more than a montl1afiter Queen Eliza­beth II and Prince Philip met with the' pope.

TOKYO (NC) - A controversial world congress on religious ethics has been post­poned after Protestant, Catholic and Buddhist groups said preparations were beingmanipulated by right-wing Shintoist groups interested in reviving. Japanese militarism.

OTTAWA (NC) - Jules Leger, ~7, governor general of Canada from 1974·79 andbrother of Cardinal Paul Leger, fonner archbishop of Montreal, died in Ottawa aftersuffering a stroke.

WARSAW, Poland (NC) - "Poland is capable of resolving all its prQblems withits own efforts," according to a commission representing church and state in Poland.Members of the mixed government-eatholic bishops commission called "in4ispensable"the development of a "process of renewal" in the country, 'affected since last summerby labor tensions.

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Sisters Marilyn Spellman ofFall River and Jean Poirier ofGroton, Mass., US provincial su­periors of the Sisters of the HolyUnion, are in Rome for a month­long session of ,the community's.general council.

The annual meeting, held invarious provinces of the inter­national community, is attendedby six provincials, a vice-provin­cial and general administrationpersonnel.

Sessions relate the generalgoals of the community to theundertakings of each province.The main topiC at the currentmeeting will be a proposed re­vision of the Holy Union consti­tutions~

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The pope drew his conclusionsabout the necessity of mercy andforgiveness in human relation­ships after discussing the con­cept of mercy as an essentialelement of the Gospel message.

One of the basic principles,perhaps the most important prin­ciple, of the teaching of theSecond Vatican Council, PopeJohn Paul said, is: "The morethe church's mission is centeredupon man - the more it is, so tospeak. anthropocentric - themore it must be confirmed andactualized theocentrically, thatis to say. be directed in· JesusChrist to the Father."

Although often a thorn in theside of conservative Catholics.laity and hierarchy alike, MissDay remained unshakably faith­ful to the church to which she

. came as a convert in the early1930s.

"Where else shall w'e go," sheasked. "Though she is a harlotat times, she is our Mother."

And she ,always respectedepiscopal authority although dis­agreeing with many aspects ofthe institutional church. "If the

. archbishop told us to close to­morrow," she often declared,"we would do it."

Miss Day visited .Fall Riverseveral times, the last time in1974, when she gave several lec­tures in the area. When she leftthe city, traveling by b4S, thecheapest ,available forni of trans~

portation, she demonstrated hercommitment to voluntary pov­erty.

With her she took a brownbag lunch, including a three-dayold peanut b.utter sandwichwhich had accompanied her toFall River. "It's still edible," shesaid.

Miss Day's daughter, TamarHennessy, her only child, waswith her at death. Sh~ is alsosurvived by nine grandchildren,14 great~grandchildren and abrother.

Her .funeral Mass was cele­brated Tuesday in the Church ofthe Nativi,ty in New York City.

She was the author of numer­ous books, including ,several au­tobiographical works, a novelthat was made into a film and astudy of 'St. Therese of Lisieux,one of her favorite saints. Manybooks have also been writtenabout her and about various as­pects of the Worker movementand philosophy~

of hospitality across the country,modeled on her New Yorkhouse, were serving the desti­tute.

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The Catholic Worker, thenewspaper she 'and Peter Maurinfounded in 1933, still selling fora penny a copy, was reachingsome 70,000 subscribers month­ly. For years it was highlightedby Miss Day's column, ."On Pil­grimage," a gracefully writtenspiritual journal of her travelsand reflections.

DOROTHY DAY during a visit to Fall River in 1974.

Dorothy Day, CatholicWorker founder, dies

By Pat McGowan

The phone kept ringing as theword spread that Dorothy Dayhad died. Her friends knew thatshe had been in failing healthfor years and it was no surprisewhen she died last Saturday atage 83 of congestive heart fail­ure.

,But there was the need toreach out to one another, toshare the common bereavement.The "mother of us all," as shehad been described by more thanone Catholic radical, was gone.

In 1933 she-and Peter Maurin,a visionary French peasant,founded the Catholic Worker indepression time New York. Com­pletely unorganized and relyingentirely on the power of Gospellove it drew to itself over theyears an unlikely coalition ofradical Christians who f~d thehungry, clothed 'the naked andharbored the harborless. Theyincluded Thomas Merton andsuch outstanding Catholic jour­nalists as John Cogley and JohnCort.

Along with their practiealworks of mercy the CatholicWorkers espoused a Gandhianphilosophy of nonviolence andpacifism which f r e que n t I Ybrought them to prison as ,they,led by Miss Day, protested manytypes of social injustice.

Miss Day's 'owl!" prison recordbegan in 1918 when as a suffra­gette she picketed the WhiteHouse. Her last sentence camein 1973 following a dem6nstra­,tion in support of farm workers.At that time a memorable photo­graph showed her on the picketline,' confronted by gun-bearingpolicemen.

In between she was in jail sooften that one New York houseof detention dubbed her cell "theDorothy Day suite."

At her death some 40 houses

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Monday, Dec. 8, theFeast of the ImmaculateConception, is a holy dayof obligation. The obliga­tion may be fulfilled at avigil Mass on Sundayevening.

BOSTON (NC) - John W. Mc­Cormack, 88, who rose from theslums of South 'Boston to be­come speaker of the House ofRepresentatives, was praised forliving "a litany of love" andburied Nov. 25 after a Mass ofChristian burial in Boston.

Carl .Albert and Rep. ThomasP. (Tip) O'Neill, who followedMcCormack as speakers of the .House, were among some 700mourners at the Mass, celebrat-

. ed by Cardinal Humberto Me­deiros of Boston and held in St.Monica's Church, in the neigh­borhood which McCormack hadrepresented in Congress for 42years. Outside the church, whereMcCormack had been a parish­ioner, another 'crowd waited andwatched.

The services also were attend­ed by Vice ,President - electGeorge ,Bush, Gov. Edward Kingof Massachusetts, Sen. EdwardKennedy ~D~Mass.); Mayor Kev­in White of Boston and some100 congressmen.

McCormack is credited withsteering the Great Society legis­lation of the 1960s through theHouse. He became speaker afterJohn Kennedy became presidentand continued in that positionduring the presidency of LyndonJohnson and part of RichardNixon's tenure in ,office. McCor­mack supported anti-poverty leg­islation, federal aid for educa­tion, civil rights measures and'\lousing laws.

Funeral fOJ:McCormack

, Mrs. Stanley Janick of SS."Peter and Paul parish, Fall River,'and - Robert· Coggesliall, St.Mary's Cathedral parish, FallRiver, will head the decoratingcommittee for the annual Bish­op's Charity Ball, to be heldFriday, Jan. 9 at Lincoln ParkBallroom, North Dartmouth.

Mrs. Michael J. McMahon, al­so of the Cathedral parish, willhead the 'Ball hospitality com­mittee, assisted by Mrs. RichardM. Paulson, Immaculate Concep-tion pansh, Taunton. .

The ,Ball's theme, "Forever,Springtime," will be carried outin pastel colors, with about 2500yards of material to be used indecorating bishop's and presen--.tees' boxes, stage settings andthe hallroom foyer.

Over 125 volunteers from allparts of the diocese will workwith Mrs. Janick and Mr. Cog­geshall in arranging the decora­tions on Sunday, Jan. 4.

A large committee will alsoassist Mrs. McMahon' and Mrs.Paulson.

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when it would otherwise havebeen impossible to do so.

She knew that we all aresearching for ,the stars of theday. We hope for someone toknow everything about us, tounderstand us, to forgive us andto love us for what we are. Aswe search for that love,we areforced to find that someone inGod.

St. Therese shows us how farwe can travel by trusting inGod's invisible light. At the mo­ment of death, she was broughtto such a point of darkness thatshe could be guided only by thatlight.

We can all relate to somedark moment of our life whenwe too stopped relying upon our­selves and began to rely moreupon God.

Therese .learned too, duringher short life, that God wouldnot instill any desire in her thatwas not meant to bring her clos­er to his love. Her unfulfilled de­sires did not lead her to despairbut rather caused her to placeher trust more profoundly inGod. Her transparent soul givesall of us a glimpse of the heightst,o which God can raise, a trulysimple person.

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Simple giftsBy Father Kevin J. Harrington a victim is not enough, but you

have to consent always to stay-Simplicity is one of life's most ing poor and strengthless, and

precious gifts. The more complex that is the difficult par-to If Iour times become, the more re- ,could only make you understandfreshing this gift seems. A eer- what I feel. Trust, and nothingtain number of privileged souls but trust, is what should leadhave nobly testified with their us to Love."lives to this treasured quality. Our young people need the ex-'The one that will always ,be fore-most in my' mind is the Little ample and intercession of theFlower, St. Therese of Lisieux. saints. Despite our effor-ts to

simplify religious education, weSt. Therese was born in 1873 need to share the richness of one

and died in 1897. She entered of our greatest traditions, devo­the convent at 15. She lost her tion to those 'saints.mother as' an infant and 'lived Children are very open to in­to see' her father suffer insanity. fluence, both good and bad.A very sensitive girl, she lived Making the saints familiar tothrough many torments in the them should be a top priority.'rigors of a Carmelite convent. Personally, I am grateful forHer physical and mental health being taught at a young agewere weak but her faith grew about St. Therese. St. Lawrencefor that very reason. Church in New ,Bedford is graced

Therese lived by the 'stars of by a beautiful statue of her andher day. She learned to look for due to unfailing parish efforts tothe light of hope even when keep her memory alive, she wasthose stars were not visible. She never a stranger to me.found meaning in what she In fact, many saints were keptcalled her littleness. The gran- alive in our collective memory,deur/of God could fill her be- fostering respect for past gener­cause she never let her pride fill ations' wisdo:. Children are for­the void within her which she tunate when elders pass on theknew was meant for God alone. good example of men and wo­Her diary has left the church men who faced many of thericher and her "Little Way" has same problems as people today,become a modern spiritual yet held on to their faith.guideline. I always liked the fact that

Just a year before she died fit St. Therese was por-trayed as aage 24 she wrote: "What pleases saint for little people. Both as anGod is seeing me love my little- example and as an intercessor,ness and my poverty; is the she shows that no life is unim-.blind hope which I have iii his portant in the eyes of God. Hermercy. You must try to under:" childlike trust in the midst ot'stand this. The very desire to be trials kept her loving others

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themoorinLAdvent Reflections

The Gospel of Sunday past, the first day' of the churchyear and'the beginning of the Advent season, reminds usof the faith that we "know not the hour" when the Lordwill come.

In the light of devastation in Italy, warfare in the Mid­east, violence in Central America, drought in Africa, starva­tion in Cambodia, the eruptions of Mt. St. Helens, onewould think that some message would rea,ch us and wouldaffect the general lifestyle.,

Yet this does not seem to be the situation. In fact, onreviewing the merchandise flyers for the Christmas shop­ping season, it becomes obvious that those untouched bythe upheavals and cataclysms of current life are determinedto dedicate their moments on planet Earth to the epicureanoccupations of eating, drinking and merrymaking.

To be sure, -there are token reactions to the tremors ofthe times, but for the most part they amount to a mere nodfrom condescending heads. Some will say, especially in theUnited States, that if it were not for American charity, theworld would somehow not only be worse but might as wellcease to exist. Mere tolerance of world suffering is in itselfaviolence to the real nature of man.

Somehow one hopes that this Advent season might bea time when people would begin to hear the voice of onecrying in the desert of today's shame and sham. It is pre­cisely in subscribing to pretense and fa~tasy masking real­ity that one finds man's greatest dishonor and disgrace.

So many people in our so-called civilized society do notrealize or care that they are defying and scorning natureitself. Caught up in the fast-food way of life, few take time

" to reflect on what could be if they would only flee the worldof their personal make-believe.

There are lessons to be learned from the symbols andsigns-of our suffering times if we would not harden ourhearts or deafen our ears. The hurt and pain of life cannotreally be blotted out by valium, grass and booze.

The beat of acid rock and the din of gyrating disco,should never be the ultimate sounds that move' men'shearts.

The cries of the poor, the homeless, the brokenheartedand the .burnt are the true sounds that so often go unheardin a society seemingly ever more dedicated to the corporateand the corporal.

The plea of "Come home for Christmas" being heardthroughout our diocese as the culmination of our We CarelWe Share program must not become an, echo lost in thewinds and storms of our OWll turmoil. '

Rather, it must become a rallying point for the faint­hearted, the dejected and the depressed. It must be that re­sponse to the sign of our times whereby persons can fulfilltheir total nature, spirit as well as body., Incarnation is reflected in each of us, although we maybecome blind to the spirit in our pursuit of the physical. Welose our sense of not only what is positive but also what ispossible. When this occurs one truly loses spirit and for theperson affected incarnation might as well be a myth.

As each seeks the ultimate happiness of life, can wehope that in this Advent season there will be men and wo­men who find that Bethlehem has taught us that in theWord made flesh, each can be renewed, reborn and revived.It is in this mind that each of us moves and has our, being.

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Ken is right, but I would alsosubmit that in one sense he iswrong. Theoretically one can op·pose aid to private schools andnot' be anti-Catholic or anti·Catholic schools. Practically,however, I think there is amplereason to be suspiCious of suchopposition not necl;!ssarily in agiven case but at least 'as a gen·eral phenomenon.

Albert Shanker, for example,has lots of reasons for opposingprivate -schoots; most notably.that the proliferation of indepen­dent school systems would makethings a lot more difficult for histeachers union. But I find it hard.to read Shanker's vitriolic rheto·ric and escape the theory that

. there is a good strong strain ofanti-Catholicism lurking' beneaththat rhetoric.

Similarly, when the. nationalPTA, in its opposition to thePackwood· Moynihan bill, de·nounced .private schools as richmen's segregated enclaves, theywere displaying an ignorance ofCatholic schools that could onlybe called inexcusably malicious.

University of Chicago lawprofessor H. Douglas Laycockhas demonstrated that a vicious­ly anti·Catholic book was the re­source of Ju~iice' William O.Douglas' opinions on Catholicschools, opinions cited in latercourt rulings.

It may be difficult to sort outhow much of the opposition tothe governl11ental assistance forCatholic schools is based onanti-Catholicism and how muchof it can be explained by otherreasons. Yet anyone knowing thehistory of American nativismand the neo-nativist position ofsome of the present opponentsof Catholic schools, must, Ithink, come to the conclusionthat there is a kind of institu­tional anti-Catholicism (compar·able with the perhaps uncon·scious but still volatile institu·tional racism) lurking in certainimportant segments of Americansociety that becomes operativewhenever Catholic schools arementioned.

So'I would argue contra KenWoodward' that we are amplyjustified in believing that astrong anti·Catholicism lurks inthe opposition to tax credits andvouchers. Now that it looks as ·ifthe new administration is com­mitted to vigorously pushingsuch measures, it will be inter-'esting to see whether this na·tivism again becomes overt.

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Their problem, rather, is thatthey do riot move in the samesocial circles as do the membersof Chicago's business and com­mercial elite. They do not be-'long to the same clubs, go to thesame churches, show up at thesame parties. They may notbe deliberately discriminatedagainst any' more than areblacks or Hispanics or women,but the result is the same.

My second difference withWoodward is more complicated.He argues 'that opposition to tui·tion tax credits is not necessar·i1y proof of anti-Catholicism andthat men like American Federa­tion of Teachers president AlbertShanker, .. vitriolic opponent ofaid to private schools, can takesuch a position on grounds thathave nothing to do with religion.

I propose in this column todisagree, respectfully I trust,with 'mygood friend, KenWoodward, the religion andsocial science editor of News·week. In a recent issue of NotreDame Magazine, Woodward dis.cusses the problem of continuedanti - Catholicism - in Americanlife.

He and I agree that there isresidual anti-Catholicism in the'United States though we dis­agree about its extent. (He doesnot seem aware, for example, ofa Louis Harris survey suggestingthat perhaps as many as aquarter of the American .peoplestill have some anti-Catholicfeelings.)

But my principal disagree·ments with Ken have to do withtwo points in his argument.First, Woodward dismisses astudy done by the Urban Insti­tute in Chicago demonstratingthe absence of Polish and Italianethnics to the boards of direc·tors of Chicago corporations.

Such an absence, he argues,could just as welI demonstratethe lack of Poles and Italianswith the qualificati(;ms to serve

. on such boards as it could rn­dicate deliberate discrimination.

There are two responses thatmust be made to this point.First, if such im argument wereadvanced to explain black ab­sence on boards of trustees, itwould be absolutely and totalIyunacceptable. Indeed, it wouldbe written off as racist.

Secondly, it is a researchablequestion as to whether Polesand Italians in Chicago havethe intellectual and' experientialqualifications to serve on theboards of trustees of large cor·porations. All one need do islook at the' educational and eco­nomic achievements of thesetwo ethnic groups in the Chicago .area to become gravely skeptical .about their absence of qualifica­tions.

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CURRAN

In such times, you do notworry about being smart, sen­sible, powerful, logiCal or any­thing earthly. You are too en­veloped in the ending-side oflife, and so you yearn for theunending - God.

DOLORES

fight the enemy. Bored to tears,David learned pinpoint accuracywith his slingshot.

One day, he could stand thesuspense no longer apd using theexcuse that he wanted to takehis brothers some goodies, hevisited them at the battle site."What are YOU doing here?"they asked with the classic de·rision of big brothers.

David· ignored the question.Instead, he looked around andasked, "Who's that big guy overthere?"

When told it was the giantenemy, he asked why nobodywould fight Goliath. Stung, theyreplied, "If it's so easy, whydon't you fight him?" Theylaughed when he suited up inarmor miles too big for him andmore when he dropped the ar­mor and took out his slingshot.'Baby brother was finally goingto get his comeuppance.

Well, we know the rest. Davidhas come to be regarded as agreat king, poet, and prophet.However, I submit that his great­est contribution might be as pa­tron saint of little brothers· ...who sorely need one at times.

these times the only logicalplace to turn for help is to oursource, to the one who gave uslife and gave value to life, inspite of its risks, pain and ap­parent finality.

As a family, we unashamedlyprayed for a miracle, and we gotit. My brother was in the handsof God and of baffled doctors.His illness has not progressed.We do not try to explain this.No language exists to explainmysteries.

,I am not surprised that nearlyhalf the people near Three MileIsland. turned to God. They hadto face the real possibility thattheir food could be contamin­ated, that the air they breathecould be laced with radioactiv­ity, that ~rinking water could bean ion·cocktail, thilt babies theybear could be damaged beforebirth. They felt the panic of be­ing out of control of their lives.They know what it means to bein a foxhole.

a difference, they say. You makethe difference. If you believeGod is helping, you have simplyhelped yourself and given Godthe credit.

1 regard this explanation assophisticated non sen s e. Realfaith in God does not resembleself·deception. But to understandand believe this, it is necessaryto know what a foxhole is likewhen the world is explodingaround you.

Today's foxholes take theshapes of hospital emergencyrooms, divorce courts, fires,floods, diseases, famine, revolu­tions, hiiacked planes, embassiesin which hostages are held, nu­clear power plants spilling dis.asters in unknown quantitiesand with I undiscovered conse­quences. Some people, trappedin their foxholes, adjust to thedarkness. Some people despair.Some people turn to God.

The people who choose Goddo so not out of cowardice orweakness or as an escape. Theyturn to God motivated by faiththat simply and clearly acknowl­edges the limitations of the hu­man condition and the unlimitedpower of the creator.

My family was in the foxholeseven years ago when one of mybrothers, afflicted with leuke­mia, was given six months tolive. We turned, as a family, toGod.

In the foxhole's isolation, thedistance between G04. and peo­ple closes. It is clear that in

the furniture, or ride out of per­mitted range on his bike. Hemay even join him. YoungerBrother gets the idea that it'sokay because his Older and Wis·er ,Brother is doing it. However,at a certain point, Older Brotherbecomes righteous, snitches onYounger Brother, and comes outsmelling like a favorite while aconfused Younger Brother getspunished. .

Weary parents often find iteasier to execute the punishment'than sort out the protests anddenials involved. I'm alertingparents here to the reali ty of theproblem. If a younger sibling isconstantly protesting his inno­cence because he was led intothis behavior by an older broth.er or sister (although parentsdon't mention this as much withgirls), then there's probablysome truth to it and perhaps theolder brothers should be treatedto the consequences once inawhile, just to determine theamount of truth in the youngerone's accusations. If the behav·ior ceases, parents can suspectwith some 'accuracy that theyounger brother was telling the.truth.

I pondered this - situation re­cently when I heard a scripturescholar retell the story of Davidand his fight with Goliath. Asyounger brother, David was leftbehind to watch the flocks whilehis older brothers went off to

Psychology Today maga­zine' reports an interestingreaction of people livingnear the now infamousThree Mile Island planl Jij {vUil­

sylvania where a nuclear acci·dent occurred in March 1979. Alarge percentage of the popula­tion within a 20·mile radius ­43 percent of 359 homeownerssurveyed by a team from Rut~

gers University - said the acci­dent had increased their faithin God.

~esearchers speculated thatthe "religious falIout" probablywas due to the largely ruralarea's high co.ncentration of fun­damentaHsts. Psychology Todayquotes an investigator, JamesMitchelI: "When. catastrophicevents such as this occur, they(fundamentalists) look to God toguide and sustain them. In fact,they may have attributed theabsence of death and destructionto God's divine intervention."

Reading this, I was remindedof the famous World War II line,"There are no atheists in fox­holes," When earthly securitiesdissolve, when our' feeble at·tempts fail to mask the fragilityof life - that is when we be­come honest enough to reachout for the only reality thatmakes some sense of life. Funda­mentalists are not alone in giv­ing that reality a name - God.

I have heard people scoff atthose who turn to God ·in timesof disaster. God wilLnot make

If there's anything that canbe a pain to others in thefamily, it's little brothers.Everyone knows that. Littlebrothers are bratty, spoiled, spil­lers and breakers, crypabies,helpless, around when you don'twant them, never around, whenyou do, and the favorite of pa­rents. That's little ,brothers fromthe perspective of big brothersand sisters.

Now let's look at them fromtheir own perspective. They'reshoved away, picked on, blamedfor others' bad moods, ridiculedfor asking dumb questions, ex·pected to know what it tooktheir older siblings a childhoodto understand, and required toworship, honor, anq obey biggerbrothers and sisters.

I suspect parents have themost balanced perspective of all.Little brothers aren't that muchdifferent from big brothers ex­cept in one respect. It maysound picky and not worth dis­cussing in a national column butfamilies mention sibling rivalryas one of· the most divisive as­pects of family life. One area inparticular that keeps surfacingis the practice of older brotherswho aid and abet younger sib­lings in doing something forbid­den and then turning on themwhen they are detected.

The &ame goes like this. OlderBrother suggests that YoungerBrother light matches, jump on

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December 15Rev. Mortimer -Downing, 1942,

Pastor, St. Francis Xavier, Hyan­, nis

"You could say my dominantinterests are the healing minis­try ,through music and interces­sory prayer through Our Ladyof La Salette," he summed up.

Among his most faithful fansare his mother, Mrs. Jeannette,Patenaude, and a sister, Miss!Doris Patenaude, who still livein St. Jean ;Baptiste parish andwho rarely miss his concerts.Also members of the Father Patfan club are two other sisters,Mrs. Rita Hussey of St. ThomasMore parish, Somerset, and Mrs.Florence Souza of Sarasota, Fla.

his, r~sRonsibility for the ,manyshrine activities. Arranging daysof recollection and pilgrimagesfor special groups as well as for

/"the general public takes much ofhis time, as does direction of theongoing shrine' ministries, includ­ing a daily schedule 9f Masses,counseling and hearing confes­sions.

At the moment his attention isfocused on Attleboro's mammothChristmas Illuminations, the lar­gest such display in New Eng­land, completely cons'tructed byLa 'Salette "personnel. But almostas large an undertaking is theannual three-day Labor DayFamily Harvest Festival whichcombines the features of a coun­try fair and bazaar with thespiritual dedication of the hun­dreds of volunteers who man its'attractions while, camping at theshrine and participating in dailyspecial liturgies..

Of special interest to FatherPat is the' new La Salette Fra­ternity which is shaping up as a"sort of third order" and will en­roll lay people committed to as­sist the community in its mis­sionary apostolate.

Also im p 0 r tan t are theshrine's twice-monthly healingsessiQns, backed by a weeklycharismatic prayer meeting. Fa­therPat is himself a charismatic,frequently called on to lead in­,tercessory prayer s e r vic e sthroughout New England.,

Then there are his record al­bums, which he looks on as anextension of his music ministrybut which he admits are 'verycostly to produce. He plows pro­fits, from their sale back intoproducing new discs, but notes.that proceeds of live copcerts gostraight to his hard-pressed com­munity.

At the moment the big thingon his horizon is a ,three-monthtrip to the Philippines where,from January to April, he willmeet with La Salette missionersand work with parish music inin­

,isters, then returning to Attle­:boro, where he plans to develop,the shrine's ecumenical outreach.

December 13Rev. Reginald Thj!riault, O.P.,

1972, St.' Anne's <DominiCan Pri­ory, Fall River

December 14Rev. Msgr. John J. Hayes,

1970, 'Pastor, Holy Name, NewBedford,

popular missioner of La Salette,will be heard' at 8 p.m. Saturday,Dec. 20, and 2 and 7 p.m. Sun­day, Dec. 21, at MattacheeseMiddle School in West Yar-mouth. "

He and the Reconcilers, agroup of musical friends who in­clude Sister Lucille Gauvin ofSt. Anne's School, Fall River,will offer a program with thetheme "Do You Hear What IHear?" In a living room settingthey will sing traditional carolsand several of Father Pat's com­po'sitions.

A native of St. Jean Baptisteparish, Fall River, where he at­tended the parochial school un­til entering the La Salette high

, school seminary, Father Pat sangfro)ll childhood but didn't pickup a guitar until age 24. Now 37,'he has seldom been far from onesince that time.

Self-taught musically, he hasproduced six albums and hasbeen heard 011 radio and tele­vision and in hundreds of liveeast coast concert appearances. 'As well as at West Yarmouth,he will present programs on Sun­day at St. Theresa's parish,South Attleboro, and nextWednesday at his native parish.Both will be in connection with

Ithe We Care/We Share pro-gram.

Following his 1969 ordinationas a La Salette priest, FatherPat was a staff member andthen director at La Salette's At·tleboro shrine. Then came twoyears as associate pastor at OurLady of the Cape parish inBrewster, where he drew largecrowds to open air summer con­certs and began th"e Christmasconcert tradition.

The young priest was thennamed director of :La Salette­Shrine in Enfield, N.H., wherehe served until last September,

-when he returned to the Attle­boro shrine, again as director.

, '" , In Attleboro, he says, his con-cert career takes a back seat to

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ing Italian self-help efforts., "I was deeply moved, spiritu­ally struck, by all that I wasable to see with my own eyes,"he said about his six-hour visitto Southern Italy.

"I am not here out of curios­ity, but I am here as your broth­er and pastor out of hUDlan so­lidarity; compassion and love,';the pope said in ,Balvano, wherethe collapse of a church duringevening Mass caused about 60deaths.

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the diocesan collection, membersof the diocese's ,two Italian par­ishes are responding in a specialmanner to the emergency.

At S1. Francis of Assi'si parishin New Bedford, Father RonaldA. Tosti. has cooperated witharea Italian organizations infundraising, while at Holy Ros­ary in Fall River, Father VincentF. Diaferio has spearheaded abedding and clothing drive, withseveral tons of donated iotemsalready trucked to ,Boston forimmediate 'Shipment to Italy.

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CHORISTERS FROM St. John's Seminary, Brighton, will 'present "The Sounds ofChristmas" in concert at St. Mary's Cathedral at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 10. Its 60 mem­b~rs, some from the Fall River diocese, will offer a varied program of liturgical and tradi­tional holiday music under direction of Father Fr.ancis V. Strahan, a graduate of the NewEngland Conservatory who is professor of church music at St. John's Seminary.

LOS ANGELES (NC) - WhenFather Alexander George hearda knock on the Christ the KingChurch rectory door Nov. 22 andthe plea "My friend is dying," hewent without question.\ '

When he got to the nearbyLos Angeles apartment, in a

'room containing' several relig­ious statues he found Mae West,87, the stage and screen "sexgoddess."

"There was a good possibilitythat she was a ibaptized Chris­

'tian," Father George said ofMiss West. "I anointed her andgave her absolution."

Miss West's father had beenCatholic and the Los Angelespastor said she probably hadbeen baptized. She was uncon­scious at the time of the anoint­ing and absolution, but FatherGeorge said a green scapularwas pinned to her gown. '

The actress, whose heydayspanned the 1920s and 30s, diedNov. 22, apparently as a resultof a stroke which had hospital­ized ,her for three months thisfall. She was born Aug. 17, 1893in Brooklyn.

Private services for 100 in­vited friends were, held in theOld North Church at ForestLawn Cemetery in HollywoodHills. The Rev. Lloyd Ogilv.ie,.pastor of the Hollywood Presby­terian Church, presided.

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Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Almeidamarked their golden wedding an­niversary last Saturday with aMass at Holy Ghost parish, At­tleboro. The occasion was alsothe baptismal anniversary oftheir son, Father George Al­meida, associate pastor of OurLady of Lourdes parish, Taun­ton.

What followed was an unbe­lievable outpouring of emotionsand charitable contributions;nearly $20 million from all overCanada. Every province was in­volved and traditional divisionsdissolved. In one telethon - puttogether in 48 hours - morethan $10 million was raised.

Terry Fox created a spirit ofnational unity unparalled in Ca­nadianhistory. In, a bi-lin~al,

fractious nation of 23.7 millionpeople, this unknown dreamerinspired a new national pride.

The Christophers stress theimportance of one person overand again. Terry is a marvelousexample of what one person cando. He began alone, trying toraise money for cancer research;today he is a national symbol ofcourage and, determination.

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Canada's new national hero is,22-year-old Terry Fox, who is

dying of cancer. !He captured theimagination of millions of hiscountrymen with a self-~tyled

Marathon of Hope. Terry,who3 Y2 years ago lost a leg to bonecancer, pledged t,hat he wouldrun across Canada to raise fundsfor cancer research.

Little attention was paid tohim at, first. He began on April12, 1980, at 51. John's, New­foundland, intending to run5,170 miles to Vancouver, Brit­ish Columbia. By the time amonth had passed, dt becameclear that the young dreamer ona wooden leg was actually doingwhat he said he would.

I was caught up in the excite­ment surrounding his run whenI vacationed in Ontario. He wasraising millions of dollars as hiscountrymen rallied to the cause.The media ibegan following hisevery move.

Terry ran an average of 24miles a day for 142 consecutivedays, but he collapsed on Sept.1 at Thunder Bay, Ontario, 3,339miles from the start. His chestwas aching, his breathing labor­ed; the doctors diagnosed lungcancer. They rushed him, to hishome town of Port Coquitlam,British Columbia, for chemother­apy. He has been resting thereever since.

pice."The priest, who has counseled

thousands of dying patients, saidhe has come to terms with hisown fatal illness.

"The more I thought about itthe more I felt it was a blessingin disguise. Now I really under­stand what patients have beentelling me about loneliness,about feeling different," said thepriest.

Father .Pulicano said there'were times when he felt. like anoutcast. "When the word gofaround that I had cancer a lotof my close friends wouldn't seeme for several weeks becausethey felt bad and they felt theycouldn't come in and talk to mc.

"The biggest cross of the dy­ing patient can be when the fam­ily and patient don't talk abouttheir real feelings. And' youknow you want to share yourjoy and sorrows with those youlove. It changes your relation­ship with other people; it is avery difficult thing.

"I am not angry at what ishappening to me," he said. "IfGod wanted me to go quickly,he would have taken me. I feel

I the rest of my life is to be hercfor some purpose. Even throughthe sickness I have been able tobe useful and I am 'living eachday of my life to the fullest."

tiseptic and impersonal approachtaken at most facilities.

Father Pulicano's long hourson the job had prevented himfrom doing much more than justthink about the project until hewas hospitalized with back painsin 1978.

Told that' he had a fatal typeof cancer and would probablynot survive 18 months, he re­fused to give up his plans.

Ironically, the man responsi­ble for the hospice can't spendmuch time there because he isprone to infections and he mustkeep his distance from patients.

"I was in the hospital for 87days when I was diagnosed,"Father Pulicano said, "so -I hadthe time to conceive in my mindmy ideas for the hospice. Thereal thrust of the hospice ishome care. People want to dieat home."

.He said that until Medicareand Medicaid 85 percent of theAmerican people died at home.Now 85/percent die in hospitals.."And it is not only the patientbut the family we care about.Many studies have indicated thatthe death of a loved one resultsin a family member becomingsick. Our approach is to supportthe family throughout the lastmonths of an illness and rightafter, which is why we have thebereavement program in our hos-

FATHER VINCENT PULICANO, chaplain at Cabrini Medical Center, works. at hisoffice desk (top picture), rests on his hospital bed (bottom picture). Because he can hardlywalk, he has moyed the bed into his office, from which he directs the New York medicalcenter's pastoral care program. (NC Photos).

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lain who is dying of cancer haslived to see the opening of ahospice program he founded forthe terminally ill.

Scalabrinian Father VincentPulicano, 43, said that death.need not be tragic. "I feel thatdeath is a continuation of life. Ibelieve in heaven and I believethat death is just a passage intothe next life. The' main thing isto go on living right to the end.Don't stop ahead of time and'don't be discouraged."

Despite ·his illness with its fre­quent setbacks, Father: Pulicanostill directs the busy pastoralcare unit at the ·Cabrini MedicalCenter.

The recently opened hospicehas a yearly budget of about$1.5 million imd already has re­ceived a contribution from FrankSinatra.Cabrini was the site ofa recent film starring Sinatracalled the "The First· DeadlySin." When it had its, vyorld pre­mier in New York Sinatra madesure that the $150,000 raisedwent to the hospice.

Father Pulicano said he hadlong felt that the hospice ap­proach, which is gaining momen­tum, is the best way to handlecancer patients and their fam­ilies. It is a program that con­centrates on home care and fam­ily counseli"!g instead of the an-

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Father Bouchard' noted that.the purpose of the meeting is"to gather people who work withadolescents from around thecountry to challenge, inform andinstruct them in the principles,the tasks, and the methods of aministry that is _concerned withthe total spiritual and personaldevelopment of young people."Such a ministry" he added,"helps to develop 'their talents'and abilities and to provide op­portunities for sharing them inthe church and the larger com­munity."

New 'England representationat the meetil):ghas grown signifi­cantly, said Father Bouchard,from three in 1978 to 20 thisyear. Most rep~esented dioc~san

offices of youth ministry, C.Y.C.,or religious 'education, but therewere also professional youthministers and parish volunteers.

The theme of the conferencewas "Decade of Hope" and itsaim was to .look at past succes­ses and· to face future chal­lenges.

.Interest in youth ministry isgrowing in the Fall River dio­cese, said the diocesan assistantdirector, noting that a trainingprogram for adult volunteers'held last month in Fall Riverdrew 50 participants.

"Many dioceses at the con­ference," reported Father 1B0u­chard, "have extensive and long­established youth ministry pro­grams.

"We in Fall River, along withothers in New England, sharetheir vision and their challenges.We look to the 80s as a Decadeof Hope because we have somany wonderful young people.and so many faithful adults ·en­thusiastic about sharing withthem the Good News of· theLord's love 'and ministry."

·At meetingRepresenting the Fall Rivet'

diocese at the youth ministrymeeting were Father MarcelBouchard, assistant director ofreligious education; Father BruceCwiekowski, associate pastor at

Structures· manipulate youthST. 'PAUL, .Mimi. (NC) :- they would need to know more

While youth ministers in the 70s about Donna before they couldconcentrated on helping young evaluate' the situation. They.people develop an inne~ peace wanted. to know who Donna'sand sense of joy with God, youth friends were, how she got alongministers in the .80s need to with her family, and if she at­make teen-agers sensitive to tended church.structures in. society which ma- Those questions are important,nipulate them, according to Warren said, but they only dealMichael Warren, a nationally with Don n a's relationships.known author and lecturer on What, he asked, about the socialyouth ministry. structures which govern her life?

He gave the keynote address Donna is a sophomore in high. to the National Conference on school who was unjustly sus-'

Youth Ministry held last month pended from school when shein St. Paul and sponsored by the tried to defend herself againstU.S. Catholic Conference. a false accusation.

This new approach of minis- !Donna is confused sexually. intering to teens will be unsettling a society which promotes' sexto them and will not be accom- through entertainment, he said,plished by "grabbing a guitar' such as teen-age sex In the "Blueand handing out song sheets," Lagoon" film and highly sugges­he said. Youth miriisters will tive songs.have tq devise ways of "opening -Donna is the economic targetthe eyes" of young people so of a massive advertising cam­they can see how they are rna- . paign which dictates what kindsnipulated and Influenced by so- of clothes she should wear andciety and then .become informed what kind' of' record albums sheand make their own decisions, should- buy, accOJ;ding to War-he said. , reno

To illustrate the need for a Part of Donna's problem liesnew type of youth ministry in in the fact that she is unawarethe 80s, Warren painted a sce- of how outside institutions and'nario of a girl named Donna. social structures are trying toShe Is 1~ years' old, wearing a influence her, Warren said.tube top, white cut-offs and This is where the youth min­standing before a display wIn- ister's role comes into play, hedow of the Neiman-Marcus De- said.partmentstore in Dallas. It is the job of the youth min-

With her hair' in a ponytail, ister to help young- people, par­Donna gazes longingly at a $175 ticularly those 16 and older, todress in the window which she "unmask the anonymous oppres­saw in. Seventeen magazine. sors" in their lives, he said.Donna, who is of medIum height, With their new-found aware­weigh~ and appearance, wishes ness, these young people areshe could be like the girl in the equipped to speak for them­magazine wearing the dress, but selves and make intelligent de­she cannot be. -Donna is gazing cisions, he said.at the dress on a school day. Shehas been suspended. In additionto her school problems shethinks ~he may be pregnant.

Rhetorically, Warren askedthe assembly how it would min­ister to Donna.

He said he posed the samesituation to youth ministers another workshops and many said

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simple and short, enough that it'is enjoyed by all. 1t is more im­portant that it happen regularlyevery week.

Dinner or supper time is theusual family meal. You maywant to set aside one eveningper week when the family' mealcomes ahead of practices, job orany social engag\ment. Plan aspecial menu. If members cannotmake the regular dinner hour,you might arrange fot a lateevening meal once a week. Havea fest,ive atmosphere' as you sitdown together, ;European-style,at 8 ·p.m. or 9 p.m..

Snacks also offer an opportu­nity to eat together. Make aneffort to plan a minimeal duringa favorite television programthat you all watch together, orallow some time before ibed fora family get-together for snacksand conversations.

Epting together nowadays of­tep. requires special planning.However, for a family trying tostay close, it is importantenough to warrant the extratrouble and planning.

Questions on family living andchild care are invited. Addressto the Kennys c/o The Anchor,P.O. Box 7, Fall River, Mass•.02722.

the suppression of an allegedcommunist uprising. The sup­pression resulted in the deathof about 30,000 people.

Archdiocesan officials saidNov. 29 that the ruling civilian­military junta shared responsi­bility for the recent deaths.

Hundreds were milling in' frontof the cathedral and about 50people waited inside for the ar­rival of the other 'three bodies

''Yhen the bomb exploded.. Fivepersons were' seriously injured,and dozens, more burned. Thefire destroyed the church doorsand several adjacent buildings.All the windows on the side ofthe cathedral were sha.ttered.

The archdiocese called thebombing a "new irrational act ofviolence against the main centerof worship for Salvadorans."

In a Sunday sermon, Nov. 30,Bishop Arturo Rivera Damas,apostolic administrator of SanSalvador, also condemned themurders.

The ruling civilian-militaryjuta appealed In nationwidebroadcast against further vio-lence. . ,

One junta member said thesituation was "very delicate."The junta also issued an appealto the death squad to respectthe lives of the abducted frontleaders, but the appeal was invain. Observers said the recentevents could signal a rightwingmilitary coup.

A statement by the Ministry ofInformation said: "The deClara­tions made by Socorro Juridicoare capricious and hasty. Therevolutionary junta rejects thisand other versions that falsifythe information."

alyze .your situation. :If you arenot eating together as a farDily,then one or more of the familymembers is busy doing some­thing else. School activities orjob are taking priority over fam­ily. You may say that familycomes first, ibut if you are nevertogether for meals, then I thinkyou should question your ownstatement.

,Be practical. Sometimes youshould try to put family first.There are 21 meals in mostweeks. You ought to be able tofind a way to share some ofthem together as a family. Somemeals together are better thannone.

What about breakfast? Candad get to work a bit later onone day? Can your children getup earlier, one day per week?Have a special breakfast treat.Set the table and do some of themeal preparation the night be­fore. What about a Saturdaybru.nch or a meal on Sundayafter church? A little ingenuityplus a sense that family has pri.ority can tum breakfast into aspecial meal.

-If lunch is out during theweek, what about weekends?Can you have a special lunch onSaturday or Sunday? Keep it

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My husband is off to work be­fore our two children get downfor breakfast. 'I work a 30-hourweek and have lunch at the of- 'fice. Our two middle-school' chU­dren are rarely home from- paperroute, band practice or sports'practice in time for us to eatdinner together as a family.What can we do?

A. Your situation is all tootypical: a family of four pulled'every which way by society. Nowonder families are havingtrouble when the members no'longer find it possible to shareeven a meal. '

You are right to be concernedabout eating together. The mealis commonly used in literatureas a symbol of community. Eat­ing is one of those few and basicvital functions that serves tobind the participants together.People who eat together' aremore apt to maintain close rela­tionships with one another.

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San Salvador bombingSAN SALVADOR, El Sal- security agents surround;d the

vador (NC) - A rightwing ter- Jesuit-run high school Externadororist gr~up claimed responsibil- San Jose while 25 armed men iIiity for the killing of six leaders civilian clothes raided the schoolof an anti-government front and and took away 30 persons at­the subsequent bombing of the tending a meeting of the Demo­Catholic cathedral where funeral cratic Revolutionary Front, which

. services for the slain people coordinates the activities of sev-were scheduled. eral anti-government political

Three of the bodies were in the organizations.cathedral when a powerful bomb Among those abducted, theexploded near the main entrance sources added, was the frontthe evening of Nov. 28, injuring president, Enrique Alvarez, andmany of the mourners. seven other front leaders. The

Authorities Of the Archdiocese sources said that no priests wereof San' Salvador said they "vig- taken in the 25-minute' opera­orously condemn this criminal . tion.and sacrilegious attack" and ' The Jesuit high school housesasked Christians abroad for a Socorro Juridico, which keepsshow,of .solidarity. records of human rights viola-

The chain of events leading to tions. In July security forces.the slayings and the .bombing raided its offices and confisca-began Nov. 27. ted its files.

Sources at Socorro Juridico, The Ministry of Informationthe archdiocesan legal aid office, denied that J.miformed troopssaid that on Nov. 27 about 200 took part in the raid Nov. 27 and

the subsequent murders.On Nov. 28 residents in east­

ern San Salvador found the bodyof Alvarez. They said he hadbeen shot to death and his leftarm cut off. Hours later fourmore bodies were found, andwere identified as those of JuanChacon, Manuel Franco, EnriqueBarrera and Humberto Mendoa.In a separate incident, anotheropposition figure, Doroteo Her­nandez, was killed the sameday.

Callers to the, news media. identifying themselves as mem-'

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SISTER BEVERLY FUR­TADO, SUSC~ formerly alicensed practical nurse atSt. Anne's Hospital, FallRiver, has begun a two yearterm of service in Cameroon,West Africa. She and threeother Holy Union Sistersfrom Ireland and the U.S.will work with a pygmytribe described as one of thepoorest ethnic groups in thenation.

The Holy Union commun­ity has worked in the Cam­eroons since 1931 and thepresent mission was openedin 1977 as part of the Afri­canization movement which

. encourages religious tomove from structured apos­tolates into rural areas of'great need.

Sister Beverly is the daugh­ter of Mrs. Connie Furtadoof Fall River. A member ofthe Holy Union communitysince 1964, she is a gradu­ate of the former SacredHearts Academy in FallRiver and of Trinity College.She taug~t in Pennsylvania,New York and Fall River be-'fore entering the field ofnursing.

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ten by a parishioner of St. LouisChurch as part of the spiritualpreparation for We Care/WeShare. It captures the spirit ofthe program. 1 would be grate­ful if you would publish it forthe benefit of Anchor readers.

A Prayer for the Successof We Care, We Share in

our ParishLord, you are love. Send

that love down to us. Helpus to reach out to those whoare in need; to those whoare hurting; to those whoare weak. Lord, bring backyour lost sheep so that wemay form one communitywhere. all may honor yourname; where all may thankyou for your abundant love.Lord, grant 'that all mayshare in your love.

Lord, we pray to you with·the innocence of a smallchild and we ask you totouch those who feel thatthey have been hurt by theChurch. Touch their hearts,Lord, and touch the heartsof those who stay away be­cause of marriage problems.Make them aware of yo~

powerful love for them andhelp them to realize thatthey are not abandoned.

We thank you, Lord, forall of your gifts. We thankyou for the gift of each'other. We lift up our pray­ers to you and we ask youto bless our efforts withsuccess.

Father John Bavaro, OFMSt. Louis ChurchFall River

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confirmation in much the sameway as a sponsor is required forbaptis,m. The sponsor promisesto support the individual and hisor her parents in the develop­ment of the faith of the personwho receives the sacrament.

It is in fact recommended bythe church that the sponsor forbaptism be given some priorityof choice as sponsor for confir-

.mation. Thus it would be mostappropriate for one baptismalsponsor, male or female, to bechosen as sponsor for confirma­tion..

The close relationship betweenthese two sacraments is empha­sized also by the recommenda­tion of the church -that the bap­tismal name be chosen as theconfirmation name as welLWhile ,this diffen; from the t~a­

dition that a new name be cho­sen for confirmation, it does em­phasize the unity between thesetwo sacraments. -

Questions for this columnshould be sent to Father Diet­zen c/o The Anchor, P.O. Box 7,Fall River, Mass. 02720.

uestion CornerBy Father John Dietzen

Q.. Up until two years ago Iwas not concerned about annul-

, ments. But now I'm in a situa­tion I stayed away from all mylife: dating a divorced man and,not only non-catholic but Jew­ish, even though he does notpractice his faith.

I told him that since he w/Ylpreviously married to a Catholicin the Catholic Church 35 yearsago, I would not be allowed tomarry him without an annul­ment.

At first he a~d, but thenprotested that his marrill~e anddivorce had nothing to do withthe church; he wondered whyhe should account to a priest forhis marriage and life, and whenhe found out about the paper­work involved, be decided not topursue the ease.

In a way I can sympathizewith him; he was not even aCathollc and had to go throughall that just because he made- abad mistake in a marriage.

I read recently that the meet­ing of bishops was to discuss,among other things, the possi- .bUlty of Catholics .receivingCommunion when they' are mar­ried outside the church. If thishappens I for one will be. fur­Ious. I passed· up my chance be­cause I was told I could. not reo·ceive -:Communion if I marriedthis man. (Florida)

A. 'I note that you met thisman only two years ago, so per­haps the relationship isn't com- .pletely passed. If it isn't, I sug­gest you talk to a priest quickly,since you obviously have someserious misconceptions aboutwhat would be necessary foryour marriage in the CatholicChurch.

Your letter seems to :indicatethat the man you are interestedin has never been baptized. Ifthis is true, a much simpler mar­riage case is possible than anannulment - a procedure thatis referred to as a Privilege ofthe Faith. This procedure mightbe possible even though his f.irstmarriage took place in the Cath-olic Church. '.

Other factors would need tobe known before the final. de­cision is made, but it is worthpursuing, since you -don't men­tion several points that could becritical. It's worth checking into

- thoroughly if you have not doneso already.

Q. Can a boy stand as spon­sor for a girl in the sacramentof confIrmation, and vice versa?Can either be confirmed withouta sponsor? (Oklahoma)

A. Church law makes no re­quirement as to the sex of asponsor at confirmation.

According to Catholic tradi­tion, the sacrament of confirma­,tion is viewed as a completionor "sealing" of the sacrament ofbaptism. In fact, in many partsof the world this sacrament isstill conferred immediately afterbaptism, as part of one cere­mony.

Thus a sponsor is required for

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By Father John J. Castelot

Christians, prof~ss to be a uni­versal community of love. But'if we love, we care; and if wecare, we share with the needy.

The church of Christ had hum­'ble beginnillgs,' just like Jesushimself. The coming of the HolySpirit did not effect instantan­eous 'creation. of a universalchurch. It was not until thesecond century' that Ignatius ofAntioch could use the term""Catholic Church" for the firsttime,

As historian Philip Hughessaid in "A History of theChurch": "St. Ignatius, lookingbeyond the local churches to theone great church, has found forthat unity the name whichhenceforth it will forever retain.... the Catholic Church."

But even in the first century,the faithful understood the im­portance of unity and realizedthat the local church did notstand alone but was joined withall other communities in loveand peace. "All are one in ChristJesus," said St. Paul.

However, anxious as 'Paul wasfor the unity of individualchurches, he never let them for­get the other communities, es­pecially those in need of help.Paul's success in doing this maybe gauged' by a passage fromSecond Corinthians . (8: 1 - 4),wl,lere he directs that commu­nity's attention to the generosityof the churches in northernGreece (Macedonia):

"Brothers, f would like you toknow of the grace of God con-

,ferred on the churches of Mace­donia. In the midst of severetrial, their overflowing joy anddeep poverty have produced anabundant generosity. Accordingto their means ... and volun­tarily, they begged us insistentlyfor the favor of sharing in thisservice to the members of thechurch."

The community referred to is.the one at Jerusal~m, which, itseems, had fallen on very hardtimes.

It is noteworthy that the Ma­cedonian generosity came "inthe midst of their severe trial."This response was ungrudging;they actually begged for this fa­·vor.

Still: even though Paul holdsup this ideal, he is too realistictl) make unr~asonable demands."The willingness to give shouldaccord with on'e's means, not gobeyond them. The relief ofothers ought not to impoverish'you; there should_ be a certainequality. Your plenty at the pre­sent time should supply theirneed so that their surplus mayone day supply your need, withequality as a result." (II Corin­thians 8:12-14.)

The plight of our brothers and,sisters in poorer parishes shouldnot remain unknown to us. Atthe same time, awareness ofunity with churches throughout

,the world is vital. The Christianwho cares about others is chal­lenged 'by situations both nearand far.

THE ANCHOR ­Thurs., Dec. 4, 1980 A letter

By Janaan Manternach

One day Jesus was talking toa crowd. Someone said to him,"Teacher, tell my brother to giveme my share of our inheritance."

Jesus thought a moment. Heanswered the man with a ques­tion, "Friend, who has set me upas your judge or arbitrator?"

Jesus did not want to becomeinvolved in the man's family dis·pute, but he sensed that thisman was too concerned withmoney and possessions.

So Jesus said to the' crowd,"Avoid greed. Wealth and pos­sessions do not assure you along or happy life.", Then he told a story;

"There was a rich man," Jesusbegan.. "His harvest was verygood. He was looking over hisbarns to see where to store thefresh grain.

.. 'What shall I do?' he askedhimself. 'I have no more room.I know! I will tear down mygrain bins and build biggerones.' " ,

The, people envied the richfarmer. His solution seemed tomake sense.

Jesus went on. "Here 'iswhat the man was thinking tohimself: 'I have blessings 'in re­serve for years to come. Now Ican relax. It's time just to' enjoymyself.' "

The crowd liked the story.They were thinking that the

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By Tom Lennon

By now, Santiago, you mustbe an adult, probably living inLima, Peru, perhaps a husbandand father,and, I hope, maybe'not quite as poor as when Iknew you. '

You were only a young boy,when the mailman brought youto my living room. The postmarkon the thick envelope was Chim­bote, Peru.

'Inside the envelope were sev­eral documents from the FosterParents Plan agency that was,so to speak, sponsoring our tem­porary friendship. Your picturewas enclosed and I saw a childlooking very serious, standingstiffly at attention, dressed inhis best but poor clothes.

The agency told me all aboutyou, Santiago. Your family waspoor. Your father had desertedyou. Yqur mother worked hard12 hours a day washing clothesfor people. You had one sister,and all of you lived in a clayhut that I found hard to visu­alize.

I've saved all your letters,Santiago. In your first letter, youintroduced yourself very form­ally, or at least the translator ofyour Spanish made it soundformal. "My name is Santiago.I will like to write to you verymuch every month, and I hopeyou like writing to me. I am 10years old, but I am· not verygood in arithmetic."

Yourfourtli letter shocked mewith news that I had. already

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a refugee family, one of thethousands coming from Cuba,Haiti or Southeast Asia. Theplight of the refugees has beengraphical'ly depicted in themedia. Families can be spon­sored through agencies such asthe Catholic Migration and Refu­gee, Services (MRS).

Further information on how to• sponsor a refugee family can be

obtained from diocesan officeswhich can provide the name and

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organizations as Catholic ReliefServices or the Catholic NearEast Welfare Association, for

',example.But, beyond this, the question'

posed by the rich young man inthe Gospels persists: "Is thisenough?" Is there more thatChristians can do, somethingmore direct and personal?

We would like to suggest twopossible, "family-to-family" ac­tivities.

The first su~gestion: Sponsor

know your faith

Notes for good neighbor,S

Sponsoring a refugee family holds many rewartls.

By Eugene and Catherine Fisher

As Christians, how can wecare for people who live in dis­tant lanas?

Most individuals feel there islittle enough they can do tosolve problems at home. let\llone those of the world.i Pope John Paul il suggests

that fhristi&ns give wheneverpossible from their substance,not just from their extra funds.Christians can give through such

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. In addition, some feel the let­ters may mitigate mistreatment,by letting Soviet officials andprison guards know that peopleare concerned with the fate ofthese unfortunate persons.

Any letters should be personaland friendly, avoiding politicalaffairs but remembering birth­days and religious holidays. Theletters may be written in Eng­lish, Yiddish, Hebrew or Russianbecause translators are avail­able.

-It is important that the lettersbe regular. For this reason, agen­cies often recommend that sev­eral families within a parishadopt a single prisoner or fam·i1y.

(For 'lists of names and ad­dresses of POCs and refuseniks,write to: National InterreligiousTast Force for Soviet Jewry,-Room 221, 307 Wabash, Chicago,Ill. 60605.)

Continued from page twelveheard on .television: "A terribleearthquake came here. It mademe very nervous. We are afraidanother one will come. Our clayhouse was completely destroyed.I also lost my copybook in theearthquake. It was my be~t

copybook."At the ,time -I had some extra

green stuff and so, in addition tothe regular monthly support do­nation, 'I sent your family $100.You wrote back, "With yourwonderful gift we have built anew house of reeds. But it is

. near a river and lots of times themosquitoes keep me awake atnight and it is hard to pay at·tention the next day in school.Thank you for your gift and forwriting to 'me every month."

Later ,the river fiooded and de­stroyed your house again. I won­dered how you all kept on going.

Sometimes 'I wasn't sure whatto write to you, Santiago. So Iwrote to you mostly about whatmy life was like when I was 10,about some of the big snows,and the trouble I haa with arith­metic, and how I was sick toooften. I tried to encourage you,for in almost every letter yousaid you were not a good enoughstudent. I suspected your teach­er told you that, and I suspectedshe was .wrong.

One day, Santiago, I had a badtime at work; everything wentwrong. When I came home thatnight, I felt like cursing thewhole world. But, in my mailboxwas your monthly letter. With­out a great deal of enthusiasm Iopened it and read it.· I shallnever forget this part:

"Mr. ,Lennon, you have toldme that your father died whenyou were 'very young, and itmade you sad. You know thatmy father left us and nevercame back, and so I feel verysad like you did. But, Mr: Len­non, now -I think of you as myfather. You have helped me ·somuch and I 'love you and willnever forget you. You will al­ways be my father."

Your letter made me cry thatnight, Santiago. You did somuch more for me than I everdid for you.

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farmer had the right idea. Any.of them would do the same.

Well, Jesus surprised themwith the way the story turnedout. "This is what happened tothat man," Jesus continued. "Ashe was gloating over his posses­sions and his future, God said tohim, 'You fool! This very nightyou will die. To whom will allthis piled-up wealth of yoursgo?' "

The people looked at one an·other in surprise. Then each onelooked into his or her own heart.They became quiet.

Jesus ended by saying, "Thatis how it is with anyone whogrows rich for himself insteadof growing rich in the sight ofGod."

As the crowd left, Jesus turn­ed to his disciples. "That is whyI warn you not to be concernedabout what you are to eat, orwhat you are to wear. Your fa­ther knows you need suchthings. Seek first his kingship.over you. The rest will follow."

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Continued from page twelve. address of the regional MRS of­fices. Another source of infor­

'mation is the "Southeast AsiaRefugee Program," sponsored bythe U.S. bishops' conference.

Another option, involving min­imum resources and time, butyielding maximum personal in­volvement, is the movement toadopt a prisoner. of conscience(POC) or a "refusenik" family inthe Soviet Union.

The POCs are Soviet citizens,both Jews and Christians, indanger of disappearing to a kindof internal exile or into tlie So­viet prison system. Their diffi-

. culties are the direct result oftheir outspokenness about as­pects of Soviet life. Some ofthese people, like human-rightsactivist Anatoly Shcharansky,are fairly well known in theWest. Others are forgotten vic­tims. All, however, desperatelyneed a link with the outsideworld in order to survive.

The refuseniks, in the main,have not been imprisoned. Buttheir plight is no less real. Guiltyof the "crime" of having appliedfor exit visas to emigra,te toIsrael, they are virtually trappedin a form of house arrest, fear­ful of leaving their tiny apart­ments lest they be beaten up bygovernment-inspired, antisemitichooligans.

Many of these people havewaited for their visas up ,to 10years. Most have long since losttheir jobs. The few Americanswho have been allowed to inter­view these suffering familieswere struck by their continuingdetermination to find their wayto freedom.

The adoption program con·sists, essentially, in wri,ting let­ters to the desperate people in­volved. The letters can be life­lines of hope for those receivingthem.

Letters make the refuseniksaware that their plight is known,that someone cares. This gives asense of hope in the midst ofdespair.

.A- Verdade E A VidaQirigida pelo Rev. Edmond Rego

A Certeza De Quem Pede

Por vezes, devido a perturb~yoesda alma ou dificuldades exteriores,custa-nos rezar, e nao sabemos comoconsegui-lo. A alma agitada, a imaginayao tambem; dificuldades de toda a or­demo Nem sequer conseguimos pensar ourezar. Nestas ocasioes de pedir a'fe,a luz interior no meio da secura e daescuridao da alma.

A fe e urn dom, urna graya. Podemose devemos pedi-la. 0 Evangelho e con­stante apelo a fe, ao crescimento naadesao a Jesus e atraves d'Ele ao PaiViver da fe, assentar a sua Vida nurnafe viva e inabalivel, e difIcil, exi~

gente, por vezes heroico. Se algo enecessirio pedir e a fe, sobretudo ho­je em que tantos sucurnbem as ciladasdos maligno, em que tantosdurna manei­ra diabolica nos querem arrastar paraurn ateIsmo que nos vai penetrando aospoucos atraves de tantas falsidades,de tantas seduyoes, de tanto mundan­ismo.

No Evangelho encontramos virioselogios a fe, aqueles que creem, queacreditam contra toda a esperanya, que·dao a sua vida'urna radicalidade de feno Senhor, na S~a Palavra. A primeiraa ser ologiada ~ Maria de Nazare:"Bemaventurada aquela que acreditou queteriam curnprimento as coisas que lheforam ditas da parte do Senhor." Mar­ia e a mulher de fe, da fidelidade to­tal e incondicional ao Senhor, a Pa­lavra.

Depois dela muitos outros. A Cana­neia Jesus elogia a fe e poe-na comomodelo; acerca do centuriao romano Je­sus afirma: "Eu vos digo: .Nem em Is­rael encontrei tao grande fe."

Por outro lade encontramos muitascensuras, repreensoes pela falta defe n'Ele, na sua Palavra, na sua mis­sao, na sua divindade. Os discIpuloscom medo da tempestade, acordam 0 Sen~

hor,' para que os salve; mas Ele diz­lhes: "Porque temeis, homens depoucafee "

E Pedro, porque duvidou, e come­yOU a afundar-se depois de ter camin­hade sobre as iguas, ouve do Senhoresta repreensao; "Romem depouca fe,porque duvidaste?" '.

A ultima bem~avent~ranya do Evan~

gelho que nos e dirigida diz respei­to a fe: ~Elizes os' que sem teremvisto acreditarem." Crer com todas asforyas de alma e de corayao que Jesuse enviado do Pai, 0 Senhor do- impos­sIvel, a Palavra feita carne; crerque e Vida, Ressurreiyao, unico Salva­dor; crer na .sua presenya connosco ateao fim dos tempos.

Feliz e aquele que tern. certezas nasua petiyao porque. acredita em Deus.E Deus nunca falha.

Acreditar nao e facil, as vezese terrivelmente exigente e doloroso.~ verdade que a fe e urn suporte, urnaajuda, urna for9a que nos estimula aviver, a amar, a esperar, a ver aspessoas e os acontecimentos com osolhos de Deus, a luz do misterio Pas­cal: Quem vive da fe, sofre menos,~u sofre melhor porque ve tudo doutromodo~

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~LDING QUESTIONS instead of baseballs, Del Unser of the world champion Phila­delphia Phillies talks to youngsters at St. Perpetua School, Lafayette, Calif., where hisdaughter Amy is a fifth grader. Typical queries: "How much money do you make?" and"Why don't you hit more home runs?" (NC ~hoto)

Love.;

Work withinMILWAUKEE (NC) - Catho­

lics who oppose viqlence as ameans of set t lin g disputesshould· work "with .~nd within"the institutional church, soci­.ology professor Gordon Zahnsaid at a meeting of. ,the peacegroup, Pax Christi, pSA.

French students at the Taun­ton high school plan attendancenext Tuesday at a performanceof "Le Petit Prince" by Antoinede St.-Exupery, to be presentedat Rhode Island College.

Success note: Last year therewere 3,300 applicants for 400freshman class slots at BowdoinCollege. Of those acc~pted, I twowere from C-C!

Coyle-Cassidy

By Cecilia BelangerIf p~ople say. they love us,

then attempt to control us, weshould do some serious thinkingabout that relationship.

'Parents who encourage their­children to be responsible are onthe right track. IBeware of any­one who wants to do everythingfor you. This isn't love: This issuffocation, "smother love," pro­ducing weak, helpless and de­pendent jellyfish.

To . love someone is to dealwith him or her at a point be­yond their virtues and faults, todeal with "a person so totallythat all aspects of his life maybe exposed without his being

. threatened by that exposure.When we love or are loved inthat way, we have the power ofGod in our midst.

God comes to us in these bu­ma~, fragile ways which hestrengthens, giving us un­dreamed-of power. He· is aroundus in' every good effort we make,in every kind gesture, in our cre­ativity, .in our being responsiblebeings. And the vision oftenshines through if we will butrecognize it.

There is a .place for all of us.We should not pine for the placeof another. We waste time. Inspite of who we are and whatwe have done, the GoOd Newsstill goes to work through graceto pUll us from the shadows ofself-depreciation and make usunderstand that God has set aplace for us at bis table. In the.bleakest of seasons ·1 have seenGod's grace at work. I have seenit in the midst of people's fail­ures and frustrations, and thisis a sign to hang on a bit longer,that relief will come.

Last summer I watched chil­dren at play on a lawn. Suchpure excitement! Such joy! Suchrunning and jumping and shout­ing! oJt was like a voyage to themoon, a leap to the stars. Theywere astronauts, supermen andwomen. They had the secret oflife, dancing and whirling, thelittle girls with their long hairflying.

-They were indeed celebratinglife, living it as fUlly as iittlechildren should.

Too many sign off from life.Even if one, cannot dance andjump for joy like a child, onecap surely rejoice within one'sself for the life, promise, beautyand truth still to be found in theworld. Let us celebrate life!

KENNY ROGERS is one of to­day's top male vocalists. Thisrecording tells of being consum­ed emotionally by one relation­ship.

But one image in the songpossesses added meaning: It sug­gests that this relationship hasmade him "whole."

In order to be whole our innerselves require the contributionof outside forces.

Loving another helps make usaware of our harmony withothers. Romance can be the be­ginning of finding personalwholeness. The more selflesslywe love, the more unity we willexperience with all of God's cre­ation.

Of course, I speak not of theromantic love that Rogers singsabout, but about love born ofselfless care.

In our society, many people.are devalued because of theirage, color or lifestyle. But wecan only be whole- when we havewelcomed others into our lives,even at the cost of persopalgain.

Rogers sings about the valueof one other person, his "lady."This is the place to begin, affirm­ing the value of those who arespecial in our lives.

But this affirmation shouldlead us to value many others.No one relationship exhausts ourpotential for love.

What the world can becomedepends on us and what we arewilling to do. What a mysterythat we can only find unity with­hi ourselves by reaching out tothe world around us!

By Charlie Martin

Lady, I'm your knight in shining armorAnd I love youYou have made me what I amAnd I am yoursMy love, there are so many ways I want to sayAnd I love youLet me hold you in my armsForevermoreYou have gone and made me such a foolI'm so lost in your loveAnd, ob, we belong togetherWon't you beUeve in my songLady, for so many years Pve thought I'd never find youYou have come into my UfeAnd made me wholeForever, let me wake to see you each and every morningLet me hear you whisper softly in my earIn my eyes, I see no one else but youThere is no other love like our loveAnd yet, oh yes, ru always want you near meI've waited for you for so longLady, your Jove is the only love I needAnd beside me is where I want you to beBecause my love, there's something I want you to knowYou're the]ove of my UfeYou're my lady

LADY

Sung by Kenny Rogers, Written by L. Richie, © Uberty Records'

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Films on TV

Saturday, Dec. 13, 9 p.m.(NBC) - "Dog Day Afternoon"(1975) - AI Pacino stars as ahapless bank robber whose plansgo awry when the police arrivebefore he and an accomplice canflee. A taut, well-acted dramawith comic overtones, the filmis consistently entertaining, butthe bisexual character of thehero, the rough language and thedisquieting look at the seamyside of life make it strictly adultfare. A4

Friday, Dec. 12, 9 p.m. (ABC)- "The BrJnks Job" (1978) ­A motley collection of small-timeBoston criminals pulls off oneof the most spectacular robber­ies in history. An unpretentiousand entertaining movie, if a littleslow in pace, this picture givesa fascinating picture of the un­derside of society. The rough'language and a certain degree ofmoral ambiguity make it adultfare. A3, PG

New Film

"Falling in Love Again" (In­t£rnatlonal Picture Show Co.)Elliott Gould is the middle-agedowner of a ,Beverly Hills gar­ment store who spends his timein . nostalgic day dreams abouthis Bronx origins much to thechagrin of his wife (SusannahYork) in this simple-minded lit­tle movie written and directedby 20-year-old Steven Paul, apicture to be avoided at ~II costs.A bedroom sequence and somemoral ambiguity give it ratingsof PG and A3.

On Television"Confluence," 8 a.m. each

Sunday, repeated at 6:30 a.m.each Tuesday on Channel 6,includes' Father Peter N. Graze-ano, diocesan director of social BROOKLAWNservices, as one of a permanentdiscussion panel of clergymen. FU,NERAL HOME, INC.

This week's discussion, com- ROGER A. LA FRANCEing on the anniversary of Pearl CLAUDETTE A. MORRISSEY

DANIEL J. SULLIVANHarhor, will be on war and c. LORRAINE ROY

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Sunday, Dec. 7,5-6 p.m. (NBC) 15 IRVINGTON CT., NEW BEDFORD"Our Largest Minority: The Dis- . ... 9_9_5_-5_1_6_6 ..1

abled." Newsman Edwin New-man narrates a documentary ex-amining the attitudes and bar­riers faced by people with dis­abilities.

A church choir tries to masterthe intricacies of Handel's "Mes­siah" in John' Korty's newmovie-for-television, "A Christ­mas without Snow," airing Tues­day, Dec. 9, at 9-11 p.m. on CBS.

The film, written and directedby Korty, is not so much a con-ventional story as it is a groupportrait of the various and di­verse individuals who togethermake' up the choir. As a group,they share sortie good times, de­manding practice sessions, a cri­sis or two, and the joy of finallyperforming the "Messiah.". Korty is best known for suchfine films as "The Autobiogra­phy of Miss Jane Pittman" and"Who Are the DeBolts andWhere Did They Get 19 Kids?"Here he has given us a Christ­mas meditation that extends theimplicit religious significance ofthe season into the everydayworld of our secular society.

Wednesday, Dec. 10, 9-10 p.m.(PBS) "Joy of Bach." An inter­national salute to Johann Sebas­tian Bach, this repeat broadcastaffords an enjoyable introduc­tion to a composer whose mu­sical genius continues to be cele­brated.

Friday, Dec. 12, 9~10:30 p.m.(P~~) "Alternatives to War."

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

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Foxboro rolled to ~ 45-19 vic­tory over Mansfield and Frank­lin blanked King Philip 21-0.

Despite its loss to Case, Som­erset was invited to play in theSuper Bowl next Saturday butat this writing the matter wasinvolved in court action broughtby Canton.

Canton, ranked second in theEastern Mass. Division Three,failed ,to gain a berth in theSuper Bowl because of a rulethat to participate in the Bowlgame teams may not have play­ed each other during the regularseason. Canton and Silver Lake,the top-ranked school, met in aseason opener. Somerset. rankedthird, was given the nod forSuper Bowl play. Silver Lake be­ing top - ranked automaticallymoved up to the Super Bowl.

Defending champion New Bed­ford and Fall River South postedvictories last Sunday night andremained first and second, re­spectively. in the Bristol CountyCYO Hockey League. New Bed­·ford defeated Rochester andSouth defeated Somerset. Thelatter retains third place.

Next Sunday's games in the'Driscoll Rink, Fall River, haveFall River South vs. New B'ed­ford at 9 p.m., Rochester vs.

'"Somerset at 10.

Gardzina, Duchaine and Carval­ho are rated the top six playersin the Division and Andy De­Farias, coach at Connolly, wasnamed ,the division's coach ofthe year.

The conference has also an­nounced its Division One all-starteam which consists of goalieMike Whaleon of Dennis-Yar­mouth, fullbacks Joe Valente ofNew 'Bedford High, Scott Tolandof Taunton, Don DeMello of Fal­mouth, Scott Nickerson of 'Barn­stable, Dan Bullock of Attleboro

'and Louis Mateus of Durfee;halfbacks Chris Josephs of Fal­mouth, Tim Smith of Barnstable,Tom Davis of Dennis-Yarmouth

.and Steve White of Somerset;forwards Jeff Lunn of Falmouth,Victor Rodrigues of Taunton,Dave Rocha of Dennis-Yarmouthand Edwin Estrada of Attleboro.Fred Toran, the Falmouth men­tor, was named coach of theyear.

Josephs, Lunn, Smith, White,Estrado and Roche were namedthe top six players in the divis­ion.

By Bill Morrissette

Thanksgiving Day Surprises .

portsDiocesa'n Booters Dominate All-Stars

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Other all-stars are forwardsJoe Moniz of Dartmouth Highand Hector Gonsalves of OldRochester, fullbacks Bill Wordenof Old Rochester and Jerry Be­dard of Westport, goalies JosephGardzina of Westport 'and Ron­ald McDonald of Old Rochester.Also halfbacks Michael Medeirosof New Bedford Voke-Tech andCarlos Coelho of Old Rochester.

Coelho, She rid a n, Moniz,

Players from diocesan highschools dominate the Southeas­tern Massachusetts ConferenceDivision Two soccer all-starteam. Seven of the 15 playersnamed to the team are fromdiocesan schools.

Selected from Bishop ConnollyHigh are forwards Dave Limaand John' Sheridan, fullbackTodd Hibbert and halfback Les­ter Wilkinson. Also on the for­V'!ard line is' Holy Family High'sAlex Carvalho. Fullbacks VictorPinheiro of Holy Family and JoeDuchaine of Stang round out theseven diocesans on the stellaraggregation.

It is not unusual for the tra­ditional Thanksgiving footballgames to produce some surprisesand this year was no exception.'

Probably the biggest surprisewas Case High's decisive 20-6upset of Somerset. The Cardinalswere sparked by running backGary Moniz, who was the re­cipient of the Nicholas CarigliaMemorial award as the game'smost valuable player. Moniz,who rushed for some 1100 yardsover the season, scored twotouchdowns.' ,

Possibly less surprising wasNew Bedford High's 23-0 rout ofDurfee High in the Super Di­vision (A) season finale. Al­though Durfee entered the gamewith the better record, the Crim­son outclassed, the HiII'toppersin all departments. Those whopointed out that the recordswere not all that important, be­cause New Bedford had playedagainst stronger teams, werevindicated in th~ir choice of theCrimson to be the winner.

In a real thriller, Dartmouthnipped Fairhaven, 7-6, to finishrunnerup to Somerset in Divis­iori Two (B) of the conference.Key interceptions by John Lor­anger played an important role..Eric Freitas' 77-yard touchdownrun and John Roberts' kick forthe conversion spelled victoryfor. the Indians.

In other Thanksgiving Daygames Dighton-Rehoboth romp­t'd to a 33"0 victory over See­konk and Apponequet Regionalpinned an 8-0 setback on WestRridgewater.

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ST. ELIZABEm,EDGARTOWN

Father Dennis J.. Burns of themarriage cqurt of the Bostonarchdiocese will speak on prob­lems of divorced and separatedCatholics at 7 p.m. Saturday andSunday, Dec. 13 and 14. Father-Burns is past president of theCanon Law Society of America.All are invited to his presenta­tions.SACRED HEART,FALL.RIVER

Copies of an Advent activitiesbooklet are available to all par­ish families. Rehearsals takeplace from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. eachSaturday for an Advent-ehrist­mas program. Volunteers willingto make costumes are asked tocall Mrs. Barbara Domingue,678-0873.

The ,Blessed Sacrament will beexposed each Tuesday of Adventfrom after the -12:05 p.m. Massto 4 p.m.

Holiday gifts for nursing homeresidents may be left under thechurch Christmas tree this Sun­day or next Sunday and shouldbe marked if for a man or wo­man.STONEHILL COLLEGE,NORTH EASTON

The evening division willsponsor a free lecture at 8 p.m.Wednesday in Hemingway Au­ditorium on the economic out­10k for 1981. It will be presentedby Dr. Ray Pepin, chairman ofthe college economics depart­ment, and will include a ques­tion period.

BLESSED SACRAMENrADORERS, FAIRHAVEN

Exposition of the Blessed Sac­rament will follow 9 a.m. Masstomorrow and Monday, continu­ing until 9 p.m. on both days atSacred Hearts Church, Fair­haven.DOMINICAN LAITY,FALl:. RIVER

Tertiaries will meet at 1:30p.m.. Thursday, Dec. 11, at St.Anne's rectory, 'Fall River. AChristmas party will follow Massin the priests' chapel.

HOLY NAME,NEW BEDFORD

The Women's Guild will meetin the parish center followingMass on Monday evening. Amusical program will be offeredand gifts will be exchanged.

ST. PATRICK,FALMOUTH

A Christmas open house isplanned for 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday,Dec. 14 and a Christmas coo­cert will be presented by theFalmouth Interfaith Choir from8 to 10 p.m. the same evening.

SEPARATED, DIVORCED,GREATER FALL RIVER

The area support group for theseparated and divorced will holda children's Christm~ partySunday, Dec. 14, at Our Lady ofFatima parish hall Swansea.Adults will have a party at thesame place Wednesday, Dec. 17..

ST. MARY,SEEKONK

Father Robert Kaszynski willspeak at all Masses next week-.end and at parish renewal pro­grams throughout the week.

ST. RITA,MARION-

The junior high discussiongroup will meet at 7 p.m. Sun­day at the rectory.

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FIRST FRIDAY CLUB,FALL RIVER

'Robert J. Nagle, retired FallRiver superintendent of schools,will speak at tomorrow's suppermeeting, to follow 6 p.m. Massat Sacred Heart Church,FallRiver..

SACRED HEARTS,FAIRHAVEN

The Couples' Club will hold a.Christmas social at 6 p.m. Sun­day, Dec. 21. Reservations maybe made by calling 994-2615. Allparish couples are invited.

SS. PETER AND PAUL,FALL RIVER

A Jesse tree will be decorated.with Old Testament symbols dur­ing Advent by parish families.Those wishing to participatemay call the school, 672-7258.'

Mary Tyrrell is in charge ofreservations for the 'Women'sClub ,Christmas party, to be heldat 6 p.m. Tuesday at Father

,Coady Center and to be open toall women parishioners.

'Permission slips for the an­nual, boys" trip to La SaletteShrine, to take place Friday,Dec. 12, must be returned byDec. 1.

IteeringpOintlLA SALETIE SHRINE,AlTLEBORO

Advent days of recollectionwill .be held from 10 a.m. to 2p.m. Wednesday, Dee. 10 and 17.Free 'babysitting will be providedand lunch will be available. Thesessions will highlight the fig­ures of Advent, including Isaiah,John the Baptist and Mary, andwill have a theine of spiritualhomecoming. The sessions willbe given by Father Andre Pat- .enaude on Dec. 10 and FatherRene Caissey on Dee. 17.

FIVE HOUR VIGIL,FALL RIVER DIOCESE

A monthly five-hour vigil held.in various churches of the dio­cese will take place from 8 p.m.to 1 a.m. tomorrow at St. Eliza­beth's Church, Fall River. It willinclude . opening and' closingMasses, a holy hour and recita­tion of the rosary. There will bea 10 p.m. coffee break.

ST. LOUIS,FALL RIVER

Teachers and students in theparish program of religious in­struction Will sponsor an open

'house following 8:30 and 10:30a.m. Masses on Sunday. itsthemes will be Waiting for Jesusand Thanksgiving.

As part of We Care/We Share,the parish will offer an Adventvesper service to which all areinvit('!d at 5 p.m. Dee. 14.. The sacrament of the Anoint­

ing of the Sick will be adminis­tered during 4 p.m. Mass Satur­day, Dec. 20.

OUR LADY OF GRACE,WESTPORT

The annual Westport commu­nity Christmas program willtake place at Our Lady of Gracefrom 8 to 9:30 p.m.' Friday, Dec.12, All members of the commu­nity are invited to join in an

. ST. ANNE, evening of festive song.FALL RIVER

Confirrnationcandidates and BLESSED SACRAMENT,their parents will meet at 7:30 FALL RIVERtonight in the school cafeteria. The spiritual life committee

A Christmas party will be held will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Itat '7 p.m. Saturday in the school will sponsor a January series ofand a blood drive is slated for talks on world religions.9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday ,in the A pilgrimage to La Saletteschool. Shrine will take place Thursday,

Cursillistas will meet at 7:30 Dec. 18. Reservations may bep.m. Sunday with Ray Morin as made at the rectory.leader and Maurice St. Laurent ST. STANISLAUS,as speaker. FALL RIVER

A Jesse Tree ceremony will Infant Jesus statues for hometake place at 4 p.m. and 10 a.m. use will be blessed Sunday, Dec.Masses on Saturday and Sunday, 14.Dec: 13 and 14. The parish Holy Rosary sodalists willChristmas pageant is set for 2 meet at 1:15 p.m. Sunday. -Thep.m. Sunday, Dee. 21. Men's Club will hold a Christ-CATHEDRAL MUSIC, mas party Saturday and the Wo-FALL RIVER men's Guild on Wednesday.

"Sounds of Christmas," a free ST. JOHN OF GOD,concert by the choir of St. SOMERSETJohn's Seminary, Brighton, will The folk group welcomes anybe offered at St. Mary's Cathe- young adult who sings or playsdral at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. ·an instrument to join ,the music10. ministry at 4:30 p.m. Mass each

At the same time Thursday, Saturday. Information is avail­Dec. 11, the cathedral will host able at the rectory.the SMU chorus and orchestra, The Women's Guild will holddirected by Robert Adams and its Christmas party Wednesdaysponsored by Arts Unlimited of night at the Gondola restaurant,Fall River, in a performance of Taunton. Reservations may beHandel's "Messiah," for which _ made with Lorraine Faria and athere will be a small admission .bus will leave the parish centerfee. at 6':30 that evening.

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Dominican Third Order mem­bers will meet at 7:30 p.m. Fri­day, nee. 12, at Rose HawthorneLathrop Home, 1600 Bay St.,Fail River.

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