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This Christmas, let us con­ teen sider Who's a problem to ber

The inconvenient Christ, parents The one who comes when So they make her a ward of

he isn't wanted the state; In our inns In the Fall River tot Or in our hearts. Whose family has a VCR He is often, maybe always, And two cars Where we don't want to be: And a boat Not just in the big cities­ But no love; New York, Chicago, Wash- In the friendless Attleboro

ington- girl But here in the Fall River Who'd like someone to share

diocese: a soda On the Cape, where retirees Or a secret;

drink In the Taunton mother To pass the empty hours; At home so much He's in the New Bedford With just the baby,

Who'd love to have coffee with a neighbor

If the neighbor would come; In the family which shares Little more than an address; In the solitary crowd At any Sunday Mass; In the boring elderly Who talk too much; In the rebellious sons and

daughters Who won't talk at all. This inconvenient Christ Is in the poor whose Christ­

mas comes early With turkey dinners ahead

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So that their hosts, con­sciences appeased,

Can enjoy the Day itself At home; He's in the black and Latin

kids Who aren't sure they're

beautiful Because no one has said it

to them· Convincingly enough; He's in the little ones Who like to dress as Christ­

mas angels And haven't learned about

prejudice and war And don't know yet About the willing teachers

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who await them. He's in you and me and

everyone Who looks in a glass darkl~'

And sees himself But wishes be saw Another. Even the wish is enough To get you a place at tbe

table of the Lord­Remember one thing,

though: This inconvenient Christ Is manageable enough when

he sleeps in Mary's arms; But when yOll start to love, Beware of him, beware of

him. He will awake.

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.Dearly beloved in Christ,

For some weeks we have been busy with holiday. preparations. We are anxious to gather with family and friends to share gifts of hope and love. Christmas is that precious lime of year when we remember that the gifts we share herald the source of all true gifts of hope and love ­the treasure of GQd's love in the flesh - Jesus Christ.

Today we declare with the Prophet Isaiah that truly we walk as a -people of promise, for: "A child is born to us, a son is given us ... They name him Wonder-Counselor, God-Hero, Father-Forever, Prince of Peace" (Is. 9:5-6). We profess our faith in Christ as our Messiah -and tord.

In the life of that· one small child, Jesus Christ, God has spoken the full depth of his word of love for us. The Son of God has entered into the drama of human history. The Lord of. life has bec,yme one with human­kind. By this free gift of God's love, all of human me is precious. The birth of Jesus is the gift and promise in which all our hopes rest.

On Cliristmas day we remember that the promise of the Lord is not merely a nostalgic commemoration of the birth of a child in a manger some 2,000 years ago.. We declare with confidence that truly: "God is with us." When we make room for Christ in the inns of our families, our relationships and in the marketplace of our lives, then Christ is born anew.

As Bishop of Fall River, I offer my heartfelt prayers for and with each one of y~u that the Prince of Peace, Jesus the Christ, may he your source of lasting joy and hope during this. seaso'n of grace.

~aithfully your~ in Christ,

Bishop of Fall River INCORPORATED

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Albert J. Ryan Father A,lbert J. Ryan, paro­

chial vicar at St. Francis Xavier parish, Hyannis, was the princi­pal celebrant Dec. 12 at St. Thecla's Church, Pembroke, of the Mass of Chris~ian Burial for his father. also Albert J. Ryan. Many priests of the diocese were concelebrants. Mr. Ryan died Dec. 9.

A Pembroke resident at the time of his death, he was for­merly of West Roxbury and Roslindale. He was the husband of the iate Mary Josephine (Gill) Ryan and-the father of Robert J. Ryan of Nashville, Tenn., and Sheila A. McGrale of Kingston, as well as Father Ryan.

He is survived by 10 grand· children.

In Strength "The Lord our God comes in

strength and will fill his servants with joy."

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Church' courts answer for divorced~ remarried

WASHINGTON (NC) - The church's courts are the real an­swer for Catholics in irregular second marriages, said Father Donald Heint!:chel. a leading U.S. canon lawyer, and associ­ate general secretary of the Na· tional Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Father Heintschel, in an inter­.view Dec. 16, dismissed as "simply impossible" a sugges­tion, raised in Rome at the Nov. 24·Dec. 8 world Synod of Bish· ops, that the church should find some new pastoral way of re­admitting divorced-ren,arried Catholics to the sacraments.

Archbishop Karl Berg of Salz· burg, Austria, had suggested to the synod that the church take a "more merciful approach to the divorced and remarried," such as readmitting them to the sacraments after a "period of penance."

A similar question had been raised five years earlier, at the 1980 synod on marriage and fam­ily life, by Archbishop Derek Worlock of Liverpool, England. He ,asked if divorced·remarried Catholics must be "forever" denied "full eucharistic com­munion with the church and its Lord." SimHar questions were raised by several other bishops at that synOd.

The problem with suggestions for some kind of penitential re­conciliation that does not tackle the problem of the first marriage, Father Heintschel said, is that "the indissolubility of marriage is 'a church doctrine."

It is "the presumption of law" that the first marriage was a val'id union which remains bind· ing "until the opposite is proven," he said.

"This is where the ministry of the tribunal comes in,". he said. "It's present," not specu­lative, he said, and "it's effici· ent and pastoral."

Asked if he 'agreed with a re­cent estimate by a civil lawyer that about 90 percent of separa­ted or divorced Catholics couid

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obtain annulments from the church, Father Heintschel said his experience suggested that WAS true.

','Those who do apply probably will have their marri'age declared null ... I'm sure there are cases that can't be resolved, hut they are minimal," he said.

He emphasized that just having a divorce or separation itself does not cut a person off from the sacraments. That is a mis­take often made in the media and a source of confusion to many people, he said. He said he had seen news reports from the synod which failed to dis­tinguish between divorced Cath­olics and divorced~remarried

Catholics. When a couple separates or

gets a civil divorce, "they may receive the sacraments," he said.

Also, if a divorced person seeking to remarry obtains an annulment of the previous mar­riage first, "that person is still in full communion with the church," he said.

But when a divorced person remarries outside the church, he said, "this is the case where the person is prohibited from receiving the sncraments . . . This is where the pastoral min­istry of the courts comes in ­they can help the person who desires to come back to the sacraments."

Another source of confusion for many Catholics, he said, comes in cases of mixed marri­age where the non-Catholic part­ner was previously married and divorced - especially when the non-Catholic is considered free to remarry by his or her own denomination.

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themoorin~ .Peace: Not an Option

Hoping for peace: the heart of man longs for it but how elusive it is.

In this regard, the long journey of man has been a heart ­break. He has not been able to be at peace with his own. War and its aftermath have driven him again and again to the ultimate of despicable deeds.

Seemingly man cannot find the path to solutions that will ensure true peace. Yet despite his past, his hope remains aLways alive. .

This season of the year makes us reflect on peace. We think '. of the Prince of Peace, in whose own life there seemed only · turmoil. His promise becomes our hope. Thus it is fitting that .. at 'Ch"ristmaswe reflect once more on the possibility ofpea~e in · our lives.

Today humanity is in perhaps its m()st crucial stage of existence. What makes our time so significant is that we pos­sess the ability to annihilate ourselves. No other age has held the power of its own destruction in its hands.

Atomic apocalypse is a fact. Revelation could be (ulfilled in our days. In no other period of man's life on this planet has the possibility of total termination been a concrete fact of life.

Peace"is no longer a mere option. We have no choice. Given these realities, why are we so hesitant about peace?

Why do we allow the chemistry of chaos to govern ourinitia­·tives toward it? Why does peace receive so little attention and war so much? .

The recent Geneva discussions between the superpowers.are but a nod in the'right direction. Even for that we should be .grateful, but 'such a dialogue remains shallow.

It's rather ridiculous to say we are for peace while at the same time committing the world to an all-out arms race. The 'so-called civilized world spends the greater 'part of its budget :on weapons of destructi()n, all, of course, in the !nterests of ',peace.

. TO'keep the peace, we build better bombs. It really does~~t make too much sense. It has divided the world into armed

·camps that have a vested interest in disagreement. As super 'nations develop and thrive on the mores of war, poor nations are plunged into'the abyss' of famine.

The, cost overruns of the American defense ~udget are an -utter and seemingly unending scandal. It is estimated that one 'third of the defense budget consists of useless and wasteful spending. When one realizes that this extravaganza costs some $30 billion, one does have to ask why. Given the millions clinging to bare existence,the inability of nations to cope with earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and plague and the thousands of children who die for want of medical care, such wanton waste by any nation is outrageous.

As a nation, it would be well at this time of year for us to examine our own attitudes towards peace.

We have been blessed by abundance, in'part due to our own hard work and initiatives. However, we cannot allow ourselves to be smug and selfish in our prosperity or to be lulled into a .false peace. o What is needed this Christmas is a renewed response to 'honest and sincere peace efforts. We can no longer view peace as one more pawn in the game of international politics. The hour of choice is upon \.Is.

"My peace I leave, my peace I give." That is the promise of .the Prince of Peace. May it be our Christmas hope and. our !New Year fulfillment..

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PUBLISHER Mosl Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, D.O., S.T.O.

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from thy royal throne.' Wisd. 1~:14-15

A Christmas question By Father Kevin J. Harringto~

"Are you really happy?" I sup­pose from time to time everyone is asked that question and especially at Christmas it is well worth consid­eration.

Honesty demands more than a yes· or no response. Happiness means different things to different' people. I am suspicious of those who claim always to be happy. Rather, I, associate happiness with something transitory in this life; it is a violation of logic and expe­rience to think we can be happy all the time. ..,

Fran~ly, I'am also wary of those who dismiss the question of whether they arenappy or not by pleading

against those who fasted and went· about with gloomy faces. Fasting and almsgiving were associated with a cheerfulness that was a sure sign of selflessness; tense self-in­volvemept indicated hypocrisy.

The.saddest people in the world are those who are preoccupied with themselves. They often equate not being happy with being mis­erable. Hence ~hey rarely admit to unhappiness.

But not being happy can be neu- . tral; a person can still be as content as one can expect in this life.. Unfortunately, we live in a culture that enshrines the pursuit of hap­piness as an ipalienable right granted by the deity. Ironically, those least likely to. achieve happiness are

contentment, equated with the state' , those who spend most of their time of accepting one's lOLl cannot chasing iL Nothing is more boring understand how anyone can pos- than hearing ,someone talk about sess a blameless conscience' or be the happiness he or she found in a utterly devoid of desire in such an new caror an expensive vacation. imp~rfect world. My heart is more The happiest people are those like SL Augustine's; it will always who recognize early that the only be restless as long as it is apart way of achieving even a measure from God.' of contentment is to face the fact

I associate happiness with what that they cannot always be happy. SL Thomas Aquinas called cheer- A learned psychiatrist once said fulness ofhearL The Latin for that he could tell more about an indi­is "hilaritas mentis." I have always vidual by listening to him laugh been fond of the word hilarious, for 10 seconds than by listening to with its images of laughter. him talk for 10, hours. The true

Christian dogma links cheerful- meaning of "hilaritas mentis" 'is ness, of heart with fasting. We evident in the laughter of children; remember the Lord's admonition de~lI;chment.~ro.~ the purposeful.

activity known ~s play should not end with childhood.

Children can teach us much about true happiness. Until we admit we are incomplete we will never rejoice in the small pleasures children find so satisfying. While it is true that they are huckstered by television advertising to want the latest and most expensive toy on the market, it is often the least expensive toy that truly captures their imaginations and hearts.

The absurd premise that happi­ness c!in be ours all the time is clearly rejected by a child who cries when miserable and laughs hilariously when happy.

Two thousand years ago Christ came among us as a child and ele­vated all of humanity. The true spirit of Christmas can best be appreciated through the eyes of children. It is truly significant that God would choose a child to show mankind the way to peace and love. One of the best-known say­ings of the adult Christ is "Unless you become as little children you cannot enter the kingdom of God."

Until his kingdom comes we must learn to take pleasure in the small but realjoys life has to offer. Children are still our best teachers on howto attain the cheerfulness of heart to which the Lord invites us in this life.

Christinas thoughts Holiday antIcIpations and

expectations are at their peak. Seasonal music has replaced the top 10. Trees twinkle with Christmas lights. Advertisements for 'sales and deals of a lifetime have doubled the weight of news­papers and hit us in every' TV commercial. The appetites of child­ren - and adults - are whetted.

But when the holidays are over, what will be the end result of 'all these built-up expectations? If a recent doctoral dissertation by a graduate student I advised is any indication, it is very possible there will be grave letdowns and disillu­sionment with the world of busi­ness and the Christmas holidays themselves.

The dissertation indicated that there often is a large discrepancy between expectations and reality, It studied young persons about to be employed in their first job. Asked what they expected of their

'first job experience, most antici­, pated it would be highly satisfying. A year later, even after having been'trained in what to expect, they were asked if they were as satisfied as they expected to be. Sad to say, the satisfaction they were experiencing was far below the level they had anticipated, '

The lesson in this study is an old one. There is often a wide gap between expectations and reality as it develops.

I am afraid many of the antici ­patedjoys of holiday gift exchanges could end up in disillusionment. Unfortunately, anticipated gifts nev.e~ quite fill us with the joys we anticipate. This leads me to ask: In a season that fosters giving, is there a principle to hang onto which can give us control over the commercialism that so often con­trols us?

One principle worth consider­ing is this: Put expectations into their proper perspective.

Are we caught up in a consumer age which shapes our attitudes leading us to think gifts are th~ heart of Christmas and that ,if there is a new and improved gift .t~is year, it is the ultimate gift to' give? Are our holidays fixed on gifts and spent frantically in crowds seeking the best deals possible? Or should we have another set of expectations that takes gift exchang­ing and raise it to a higher level? Should our expectation be that this year's holiday is going to be more personal - more in the real spirit of Christmas - than last year?

How often I have seen children

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rip open one gift package after another, seemingly more interested in adding up the number of gifts they receive than in noting the sig­nificance behind them and the per-' son who gave them, How often are Christmas cards ,sent with only a signature. No personal message or thought is included,

When gifts are exchanged, is there a conscious effort to digest the goodness of the other person and personalize the moment? Do hearts touch each other? More important, do we include a third heart, that of God, and 'thank him?

Would it be going too far ­becoming too pious - to suggest

, that, after the excitement of open­ing gifts has settled down, amoment with silent prayer be part of the celebration? A touch of the divine linked with deeply personalized love: the perfecLingredients. The gift is subordinated to the person and both are subordinated to their creator. With such an approach, would disillusionment have as much chance of ruining the Christ ­mas season?

Christmas T-shirts M~A M I (NC) - Three Catholic shirts be worn the last Saturday as well, although, she added, ''I'm~

coupl~s in. Mi,ami say t,hey have', before C~rist!TIas, a busY,shopping , ' ,mon; lenientonSan,ta." ~ :, •• ' devised a' w'<1)'"t'o comb'at thecom~ \ day." . ~ ,. ,', " mercialization ~hGQJi~ttnll~/'" ~ l.

It's a T-shirt that says in bold red letters, "Jesus is the reason fo/ the season."

The couples said in an interview' with The Voice, newspaper of the '" Miami Archdiocese that buyers

,also receive typewritten notes in English and Spanish urging them to wear the shirts "everywhere you go,"

They also suggested that the

' .• 't}Ve ,.~t .~ny(#.ec;f 'in; R49'QtPh""~nd Frosty, put nowhere in ihis is Jesus"'said Helin'CHs'tobai';:h'aW'of-.' the husband-and-wife team who created the idea.

H h b . " , . er us and, Carlos, for a long

time has had "wa did"S t. CI h' r ec are on

an a aus, w. 0 IS now more ofa symb~l for Christmas than Christ, she saId, , ',

The commercialization of Christ­mas has bothered, Mrs. Cristobal

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concern wlt'H friends Julian andi A'}a ~odriguez and Rolando andJ Maura AS'Puta, then enlisted the" aid of a Catholic businessman who~ provided shirts, design and imprint at cost.

Response to the shirts has ex­ceeded ,their expectations, M~s.' Cristobal said, In less than three' weeks the couples sold close to 600 shirts, including an unplanned batch of children's sizes.

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er Teresa of Calcutta, founder of the Missionaries of Charity, and recipient of the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize, met with President Reagan in the White House briefly last Monday.

Accompanied by an undentified member of her order, Mother Ter­esa was "bringing'Christmas greet­

at1~hiti'Ho~se ~ ings to the president" and held a "short meeting"with Reagan, said White House press officials.

Photographers admitted briefly to the meeting said the president greeted and shook hands with the nuns.

No further details were made available.

The joy o~ giVing and sharing makes this Holy Season truly the most beautiful.

Christmas Confessions: ' Christmas Concert: Monday, Dec, 23, 4-5 &6-7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 24, 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec, 24, 4-6 p.m.

Vigil Mass: Midnight Mass

Tuesday, Dec. 24, 7:00 p.m.

Christmas Day Masses: . , 8:30 a.m., (Portuguese), ,9:45 and II :00 a.m.

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Presentees n'ani~d .for t~e Bish'op's Charity Ball Thirty-eight young ladies 'will

be presented to Bishop Daniel A. Cronin at the 31st annual

. Bishop's Charity BaH on Friday, January 10, at Lincoln Park Ball­room, North Dartmouth, in a highlight of the most widely known social 'and charitable af­fair in New England.

The 1986 Ball will be the 16th at which Bishop Cronin will be the honored guest.

"These presentees represent parishes from the five areas of the diocese," said Rev.· M~gr.

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third of our 114 parishes have the honor to participate in this impressive cere,mony."

Mrs. James A. O'Brien Jr. of Fall River, who heads the pre­sentation committee, announced that the presentees with their fathers or other relatives will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday, January 5, at the ballroom, for a re­hearsal of the presentation cere­mony.

The Ball benefits summer camps for the underprivileged

Chatham; Molly Patricia .O'Neil, St. Joseph's, Woods Hole.

Fall River Area: Cynthia Ann Crofton, St. William's-Nazareth Hall, Fall River; Monique Des­chenes, St. Jean Baptiste, Fall River; Patricia Anne Donahue, St. Patrick's, Somerset; Fatima Duarte, Our Lady of Health, Fall River; Michelle Claire Dumaine, St. Michael's, Swansea..

Colleen Jalbert, Immaculate 'Conception, Fall River; Jennifer Jensen, St. Dominic's Swansea;

Elizabeth LeCour, St. Mathieu's, Fall River; Taryn M. Lopes, Sa­cred Heart, Fall River; Anna Pais, St. Anthony of Padua, Fall River; Elizabeth Ann Pavao, Our Lady of Angels, Fall. River; Karen J. Peladeau, St. Patrick's, Fall River.

Taunton Area: Lisa A. Faria, Sacred Heart, Taunton; CherylMcRae, St. Joseph, Taunton; Lynda Pelletier, St, Jacques, Taunton; Lisa M. Proc, St. Jo­seph, No. Dighton; Mary Ellen Quigley, St. Peter's Dighton.

New Bedford Area: Kristen .M. Anderson, St. Patrick's, Wareham; Kathryn Anuszczyk, St. Mary's, South Dartmouth; Michelle Domagala, St. Casi­mir's New Bedford; Rebecca Ferro, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, New Bedford; Margaret O. Fish­er, St. Lawrence, New Bedford. Carolyn Francisco, St. George's,

Westport; Ellen O'Reilly, Holy Name, New Bedford; Michelle Ann Sequin, Sacred Heart, New Bedford; Judith Marie Silvia, St. Julie's, No. Dartmouth.

and exceptional children of the diocese.

The 1986 presentees are:

Attleboro Area: Michelle Lav­erty, St. Mary's_parish, Norton;Jacquelihe Lawrence, St. Mary's Mansfield; Deborah Rodriques;Holy Ghost, Attleboro; Lisa Ma­rie Veilleux, Sacred Heart, North Attleboro.

Cape & Islands Area: Theresa M. Chiuchiolo, St. Peter's, Pro­

. vincetown; Jolene Marie Doo­ley, St.· Pius Tenth,' So. Yar­mouth; Jennifer Lynn Edmond, Christ the King, Cotuit; Cari Emmert, Corpus Christi, Sand­wich; Kris Larriviere, St. Fran­cis Xavier, Hyannis.

Erin Ann Murphy, Our Lady of Victory, Centerville; Chris­tine O'Connell, Holy Redeemer,

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This appropriate invitation is'above a church door in Gree~ Bay, Wise.

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, Mr. and Mrs. Monsour J. Ferris . and Fam,ily

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.Wishing all our good friends a holiday filled with love and laughter, mirth and warmth. ' It's been a pleasure serv~ng

you during the past ye,ar.

7 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall- River~Fri.~ Dec: 20,- 1985'Useless' toys have value

FAMED MUSICIAN Mitch Miller rehearses youngsters at Holy Family-Holy Name School, New Bedford, in preparation for trad itional downtown carol sing which he directs. (Rosa photo)

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By NC News So-called educational toys, al­

though popular and weH-adver­tised, are not necessarily the best Christmas gifts' for young child­ren, according toa professor at Jesuit-run University of Scran­ton, Pa.

"Parents should resist "the temptation to ;buy sophisticated toys, especially for children under 7," said David W. Black, an as­sistant philosophy professor at the university.

Black said education is not just giving information and teaching techniques. "'In its boadest sense it should stimu­late thinking and imagination," he said.

So when shopping -for toys, he suggested parents buy some­thing seemingly "useless" rather than a talking computer.

"We should become a little more tolerant of uselessness," he said. Although there is prob­ably nothing more "useless" than playing on a see-saw or merry­go-round, they get the' child in­volved and are just plain fun.

"Good toys . . . engage the child. They stimulate the imag­ination, they invite participa­tion," he added.

He suggested simple items like finger-painting sets, crayons, Tinker Toys and kaleidoscopes as good choices. "The basic prin­ciple with younger children is tet them act like children," Black said. "The sophisticated items and the educational toys might be better later in life."

Robots giving rewards for cor­rect answers, construction sets providing detailed instructions on how to build, and toys ask­ing children to repeat recorded animal sounds "introduce apa­thetic attitudes Ilt an early age," Black said. "They are learning to imitate rather than create."

Black said there is a lot of value in 'letting children's natu­ra,l curiosity take charge, and noted that parents too often view their children as miniature adults. Even' such traditional gifts as toy lawn mowers and pretend doctor kits can inhibit a child's tendency to "just play" because they mimic adulthood.

"Unfortunately, many parents today are overly concerned with preparing their kids for school or teaching them practical skills. They forget that childhood is 'a . lime for imagination, frivolity, and just plain fun," he said.

For example, he called a tele­vision commercial showing an infant playing at a computer terminal "gross" and "frighten­ing." He feels toys are losing their 'human qualities - that plastic robots are replacing soft teddy bears in the hearts of youngsters.

In fact, he added, even bears are being over-organized. While in the past teddy bears could take on any emotion a chi'ld was feeling, today 'a popular new line of stuffed animals has a different bear for every mood.

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Christmas Mass Schedule:'

Vigil: 4:00 p.m. with Blessing of the Crib

10:00 p.m. in Portuguese I

12:00' ~idnight .ON THE FEAST of their patroness, Our Lady of Guadalupe, the Guadalupanas Sis­j ., ters of the diocesan .Apostolate t() Hispanics celebrate the 10th anniversary 'of their

Day: 8:00 a.m. ~rrival in the diocese with Bishop Daniel A Cronin. From left, Sisters Francisca Aldama, ,.1 ,Raphaela S. Cruz, Rosa Maria Cruz, Soled~d Mendo~a. (Rosa photo)

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All will be in English Birth control, teaching reiterated VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope The pope spoke to a plenary . ofien of an "interior" nature ­

. John Paul II has strongly r~itera­ meeting of the POhtifiCalCoun­ 'a misunderstamHng of the sacred ted church teaching against con· cil for the Family, which deals relationship in marriage, he said.

" tracePtive 'birth control, warning .with pastoral and te'aching ques­May Christ's Peace be with youal/!

In instruction of Catholics,that Catholics' should not leave tions on family matters. the church should be careful not..

'i ~ the issue up to their individual Later tt)e sam~ day, 'he told to ·relativize its teachings, the"consciences alone. an Italian group of natural fam­HOLY GHOST PARISH" pope added.

The conscience can "deceive ily planning teachers that even itself" about what is really good, the natural meth()ds approved "One is not allowed to speak the pope said'. The magisterium, I)y the church - whiCh rely on of the 'graduslity of the law,' the church's teaching authority, periodic sexual abstinence - as if the law were more or less on the other hand, helps the' con­ ,must not be seen as merely bio­ exacting according to the con· science discover "the truth of 'Iogical practices. crete situations," he said. ·things." They must be part of a fully In his ta·lk to the natural fam­"The church's magisterium lived faith, he said., ily planning teachers, the popedoes not present truths that are In his talk to the family coun­ quoted from the final report of impossible to live out," he said. cil,' the pope emphasized that the Nov. 24-Dec. 8 extraordinary

the individual conscience .can­ Synod of Bishops: "Everywhere not be the ultimate guide to on earth today the transmission moral decisions ::tbout birth con- to the young of the faith ·and the

.trol. ' moral values deriving from the The conscience "can deceive Gospel is in danger:"

itself by orienting ,itself toward something that reasonably seems to be a good thing," the pope Annulmentsaid.

The chul"Ch's magisterium supporthelps individuals tell the differ­,ence, he said. JOLIET, III. (NC) - Bishop

"The faithful have the right Joseph Imesch of Joliet has to receive from the magisterium started an "annulment support the teaching on mora,1 truths. ministry" in his diocese which is One cannot say that the church's believed to be the first in the magisterium is opposed to the nation. The process of separa­

tion and annulment is, "ex­'rights of conscience,' " he said. tremely painful," the bishop said The pope said church teaching as he commissioned the diocese's on responsible parenthood has first 43 annulment support min­been clearly stated in Pope Pl1ul isters. "That is why we needVI's 1968 encyclical "Humanae you ... to be compassionate as Vitae" ("Of Human Life~'),. in his Jesus was compassionate, toown apostolic exhortation on the bring the healing of Christ tofamily, during his several years others," he told the new minis­of weekly audience talks on the ters. The main job of the annul­subject, aI,ld in pastoral state­ment support ministers is to give ments by bishops around the individuals comfort, counseling,world.···

.encouragement, spiri~ual sup­When the church reminds port 'and fri~ndship during the

Catholics of its doctrine in this months between their initial area, it is engaging in "a pro­ petition for an annulment and the found exercise of charity," the decision on their case. pope said.

The church' "does not -limit it­self in promo.ting 'solutions' that No Delay are rather easy and of immedi­ "The Lord is coming and will ate effect," he said. Rather, "like not delay; he will bring every the good doctor, it- seeks to cure hidden thing to light and reveal the causes of disorder," he said. himself to every nation." Hab.

In this case, those causes are 2:3; I Cor. 4:5

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Whenever families ask me about initiating traditions and family fun, I suggest an annual New Year party complete with play and prayers. I say this not out of experience but observation. Many families share with me that their New Year's family party is one of their most cherished tradi­tions, especially those who added a religious dimension. "We like it a lot better than going out," they say.

Other families ask, "But what do you do at these parties?" I asked and the answers are as diverse as the families themselves. Some decorate, others play cards, have popcorn fights, sing, watch televi­sion or usher in the New Year with fireworks.

One has a tradition of asking each member to predict events of the upcoming year. Then they read both last year's and upcoming pre­dictions aloud to much merriment. Another shares old and new resolu­tions.

Three families I interviewed put on skits lampooning events of the past year - a fight, a vacation incident, an embarrassing moment. "It's our chance to get even," one family said,laughingly telling h'ow they mock familiar parental re­marks like, "We're doing this for your own good," and "When I was your age." ,

It brought to memory the de­lightful Christmas Eve skits we had as children. We did the same thing and loved it. As I 'wrote earl­ier, families need to play together and to learn to laugh at themselves.

Alcohol is not an important part of these families' parties but food is. As in so many aspects of family, once is a tradition, espe­cially on holidays. Some families have snacks, others eat pizza and. still others, have a big meal. But whatever it is, it's always the same.

Whether the family party is on New Year's Eve or Day; the most poignant add a time of prayer and thanksgiving. At some point, they

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stop the games, eating and laugh­ter to thank God'for the past year, each offering a prayer for some'· thing special God has given them - a new baby, better job, a place on the team. Then they offer spe­cial prayers for the upcoming year, maybe even praying for the suc­cess of their resolutions.

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, told their: families and were thrown poor 15-year-old? How vulnerable Some months ago I we"'nt 'to .. out. How strongl'y they must be and little can you get? How much

Chicago to visit my parents. While ' tempted to say "no" to life and get must our God love us! there, 1stopped at the parish where ,an abortion.

'd"" d . h - 'The more 1 thought, the more I-, I grew up. Mary sal yes an gave:t e , Kneeling in chu'rch, relaxed, al- world its first Christmas prt:~ent. " liked the idea of a frightened imma­lowing my miiid io wander, my A small gift at the beginning, off to ' ture girl and a vulnerable, God, eyes were captivated by the mag- a most unpromising start, born in accepting all the human frailties of nificent mosaic of Mary, queen of a bkrn, not much family, no money, poverty and isolation. From that all the saints. Standing like a Greek not even food stamps or a welfare very ordinary and troubled start, goddess atop the world, crushing ,program. Unlike Greek goddesses, they teamed up to give us all an the serpent's head, radiating light she was poor; she was scared. But extraordinary gift. and glory, she was the image of she found the courage to say "yes"

What a story!' About sayingeverything holy and heavenly. to life, and we are all the richer. "yes" to life. About taking a bigSuddenly I felt: It's,all wrong! Then 1 began to think of God risk. About being young and scared. This is not ho'w she was. Mary was' ,'our Father. You se'e; I am a (ather About giving up the "wealth" ofa frightened 15,year-old'girl, nine ' too. I have }lad four 15-year-old heaven to be with the creatu'res months pregnant, traveling across girls of my own. Wpuld 1 have

'a subjugat~d country atthe whim chosen to ,be:;hunian~,entrusted you love. This story needs to be broadcast throughout the entire of a politiCian. There was no motel myself ~p:!,ie,,~'o!ri'b,:q'f'~ 1:5-y'ear­world, ' re~ervation waiting fQrher.at the' old without any familYcor financiil1

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of graham crackers that resemble shingles. Eat the orange ones. Ev­(well, sort of) the more elaborate eryone knows shingles are not or­gingerbread houses have been a ange. favorite of our family for several

Cut a piece of black licorice for years now. a chimney. Eat the balance, chew­

If you are 5 years old, here are ing only when y'our mother is look­the instructions for making one: ing in another direction. Roll candy

,', Open ,the package of graham makes for unique windows. Remem­crackers and eat one so your mother ber, eat the orange ories. can say "That's the last one you eat Make a small yard around the or there won't be enough to finish

- house with green frosting, or whitea house for everyone."

if you remembered it snowed. Place Have your mother or older bro­

rock candies around the yard for ther begin melting sugar in a p~n bushes, shrubs, benches or dogto use as glue and 'mortar. Hook houses. You decide. A corn candy

four crackers together at the corners makes a good pretend bonfire.

to form four walls. Drip melted Rope licorice makes a dandy

sugar on the floor. Drip it on the r~nce. Chew to size. If you want atable. Drip it over the top of your picket fence effect, break pepper­

brother's house. Laugh and say, mint sticks"into small segments. "Oops. Sorry." Again, chew to desired size.

Bite a small hole for a door. Lean two crackers together for a Put your face on the table level roof and sugar them into place, with the house, close to it. Pull When they slip out of place'five or your eyes so they are out of focus. six times, start to cry. Let your Say, "\ wish I lived in a house like sister do it for you. that. It's so cozy."

Spread white frosting on the Your mother will say, "If you roof for snow, have a bite of snow did, you wouldn't have any tl!'eth yourself. Add, candy to simu- left. Go brush."

[necrology) December 21

Rev. Henri J. Charest, Pastor, 1968, St. Mathieu, Fall River

December 23 Rev. Owen J. Kiernan, Pastor,

190 I, Immaculate Conception, Fall River

Rev. Charles P. Trainor, SS., 1947, St. Edward Seminary, Seat­tle, Washington

Rev. Msgr. John A. Silvia, Pas­tor Emeritus, 1.970, St, John Bap­tist, New Bedford

December 24 Rev. James K. Beaven, Pastor,

188(" Sacred Heart, Taunton Rev. Timothy J. Duff, Assist­

ant, 1914, St. joseph, Woo'ds Hole '. .... \ .. .

December 27 Rey. Thomas J. Stapleton, Pas­

tor, 1956, Corpus Christi, Sandwich Rev. Msgr. Armand Levasseur,

Pastor: Emeritus, 1970, St. Anne, New' Bedford

December 28 Rev. Charles R. Smith, Pastor,

1955, Immaculate Conception, Fall River

January 1 Rev. Jose Valeiro, Pastor, 1955,

St. Elizabeth, Fall River Rev. Antonio M. Fortuna, Pas­

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Rev. Francis R. Connerton, SS. STD, 1968, St. John's Seminary, Plymouth, Michigan , Rev. Leo T. Sullivan, Pastor,

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WASHINGTON (NC) - A fed­eral court and 'the National Park Service 'have rejected efforts to include a nativity scene featuring a statue of a homeless family on a steaming sidewalk grate in the goverriment-sponsored Christmas display in Washington.

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Message'of the Lord· . "Nations hear the message of the Lord andmake)t known

to the ends 'of the earth: our Savior is coming. Have no more fear." Jer. 31:10; Is. 35:4

American decorations. sal.On Dec. II, the Community for. CCNV, which has feuded 'with The park service spokeswoman

Creative Non-Violence, a group of the Reagan administration over added Dec. 12 that CCNY had.urban activists, lost a bid in U.S. location of a shelter for the home­ file<;l for a routine permit needed toDistrict Court to include its statue less in Washington, claimed the place the statue elsewhere on thein thefederal'government's Pageant Park Service's rejection of its statue . Ellipse.

was politically motivated. According to Sandra Alley,asso­ The statue, by Baltimore sculp­

ciate regional public affairs direc­ tor James Earl 'Reid, features a tor for the NatTonal Park Services homeless man, woman and child Capital Regiorial Office, the dis­ on an operating version of a steam trict court found the CCNY statue grate. Such grates are often used was inappropriate and was not a by the homeless for warmth. The

WELC·OM.E traditional symbol of Christmas as formal title ofthe sculpture is ~'Third

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in 1983. They have since joined the·JO·· I·N 'U·S ·FOR 'Pawtucket could display certain CCNY staff.Christmas symbols; including a

CCNY called the statue "a nation­creche, Christmas tree and Santa 'al memorial,' representing all of'A' ,N'·EW· .YE... A'.··R"S. ··GE,T--AWAY .Claushouse,withoutviolatingsep­the nation's 2 to 3 million home­aratio.n of church and state. . less. " '. .'. . E EMS'ER , Mitch Snyder,.CCNV spokes­

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. 'HATS, STREAMERS AND NOISEMAKERS ATMID!'JITE! . mas in a fine way hy throwing' 650 good for humanity...S.peaking for • LIVE ENTERTAINMENT AND DANCING. . .. 'men, women and'cnil(j'ren out in the mission, Sister Janet RiChard­• RELAXING INDOOR POOL AND SAUNA. . the stree't, .. said Snyder: . .son said the. idea could produce . . . . '. ". . ' ... ' '.Other shelters to replace 'the "an ever-widening'network of rela­

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The Pa~h'of Christ The Ktng.C01UIT/MASHPEE

Christnlas Blessings

Gabriel Awardto Charles Osgood

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Trinity Church, 704 N. Main St.,Bloomington,lII. 61701. Questionsfor this column should be sent toFather Dietzen at the same address.

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NORTH ANDOVER, Mass,(NO - Charles Osgood, a repor­ter. news anchor and "residentpoet" at CBS News, has beennamed to receive the 1985 GabrielPersonal Achievement Award.

He is being honored by Unda­USA. a national Catholic associa­tion of broadcasters and allied

- communicators, for "his ability tospeak common truths in uncom­mon ways,"

Gabriel Awards go to radio andtelevision stations~and individualswho provide programs that "crea­tively reflect human values.

Fifty-one television and radioprograms were selected as winnersof Gabriel Awards and GabrielCertificates of merit this year,chosen from more than 50Q entries.

Additionally, TV station WBZof Boston and radio stations WCLVin Cleveland and KNX in LosAngeles were named award winnersfor "consistently high quality pro­gramming and a commitment tocommunity service."

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pagans as tlie "Birthday of theUnconquered Sun." _

During the third century. Em­p~ror Aurelian proclaime4 ;pe:c.25 as a special day dedicat.ed to thesun':go(f whosecuh was.vctysirongin Roine at that time. _,_

Even before this time,,-Cth-iSlia~writers referred to Je_sus-as tbe.5unof Justice. It se~emed quite proper.therefore, thatas Christianity beganto dominate the religious scene inthe Romas Empire, the date of the"newborn sun" should be chosenas the birth d~te of Christ.

Apparent!f as you indicate, itstartles _,some people that the datefor- Christma'$ has its roots iIi apagan feast.

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November copy b( a magazinewith .ilia ...ticle titled"Jesus' Birth:The Untold Story:' " says that.Jesus ,"~~ probably born in lateSeptember or early October and'not on Dec. 25. I always assumedthat we celebrate Christmas-' be­cause that is his birthday. Aceord­iog to this article, it is actually apagan holiday. 1 would really liketo know. (Massachusetts)

A. Various theories, none ofthem really convincing, have beenput forward atterriptingto pinpointlhe day of Christ's birth, Perhapsstrange to say. the truth ~that wehave 1\0 idea about the date .whenhe Was born. '

From information 'live"ri, espe­ciallyin the Gospel of (uke, scho­lars generally believe that Jesuswas, ·Dorti': between' what we now 'call the yean(8 and 6 B.c.

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Dramatizaion and narration ofthe parables of the Good Samari­tan and Di'\es and Lazarus fol­lowed and • rendition of "TheLord Hears be Cry of the Poor"contrasted de difference betweenhuman and divine repsonse toneed.

S~~aritan.closed with ,a-,s-uOgversion.,oJt~ffjcial prayer oftheR,enew movement, corp.posed byGiuttari. -

Two years tgo. Oiuttari, FatherO'Neil and SSter. Lomax jwon anational awad for,a simil~r thea~tre piece, "Bllssed Are the Peace­makers. ft basel on tbe U. S. bishops1983 pastoralon war a"d peace.

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Samaritan speaking to the socialjU~tice-- aspec·· of Renew; J"ortr:iysthe plight and tbe gifts of theneedy. Thr~.lgh a variely of artforms it POStS the question "Whois my neighb)r?"

At the- Protidence presentation,a special chor. a chamber orches­tra, the Boston Liturgical DanceEnsemble," m.rrators and audio­visual segmelts provided a kalei­doscopic exv=rience of "the cry ofthe poor." Stiles and a descriptionof the work .(one at Amos Housein Providcncegave particular focusto tbe messaj!e.

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ReJoiee and. Serve

"Come to us, Lord, and bring us peace. We will rejoice inyour presence and serve you with all our heart." Ps. 106:4-5; Is.38:3 .•

':'socr~f~:':e'c~~om'i'~'\'g'~'p'~""th"~:'~'at'~~>p~~c~·~po'pe says In'message French Cardinal Roger Etcheg- mission, described this year's mes- "It's important that the pope be . VATICAN CITY (NC) - The "new types of society and of inter­

aray, who-heads the Vatican com- sage as both realistic and utopian. both." he said. "social and economic abyss"separ­ national relations." ating rich and poor countries and "It is above all the hearts and' the self-interest of ideological blocs attitudes of people that must be have become major threats to world changed, and this needs a renewal, stability, Pope John Paul 11 says in a conversion of individuals," he his 1986 World Day of Peace said. . Message. The dignity of the individual

The pope called for a "new must be restored in these relation­solidarity" between p'eople of all ships, the pope said. Without nam­countries that goes "beyond the ing individual nations, he. critic­barriers of ideologies and systems." ized Western and Eastern-bloc soc­

"Mental outlooks and political ieties for forgetting the "primacy views contaminated by the lust fo'r of the person." power, by ideologies. by the defense Human dignity has suffered "in of one's own privilege and wealth countries where many individual must be abandoned," he said. liberties are guaranteed but where

The message was released by the individualism and consumerism Vatican Dec. 13. The 19th annual warp and distort the values of World Day of Peace will be cele­ life," the pope said. brated Jan. I. Its theme is "Peace "It happens in societies where is a Value With -No Frontiers: the person is submerged into the North-South, East-West: Only One collectivity," he added. Peace.... The pope arso referred to sev­

In past years, the pope has ap­ eral specific ways to reduce differ­pealed for dialogue to heal world ences between northern industrial­tensions and avoid war. This year, ized nations and southern develop­he tied that call in a particular way ing ones. to economic injustice. "All this can and must be

The pope criticized economic changed," he said. exploitation by international The pope praised ongoing U.S. groups and local "elites" and ex­ Soviet arms reduction talks in Gen­horted businessmen around the eva and other international forums world to "examine anew your re­ as part of the necessary dialoguesponsibilities towards all your bro­ that must occur. thers and sisters." . But dialogue should go beyond

The poor bear an "unjust share ideologies. he said, and should of the burden" of today's world, involve people who meet "in the largely because they are caught in reality of their human lives." the middle of economic and ideo­ "I am thinking of the kinds of logical rivalries, he said. dialogue that take place when bor­

Blocs of nations have engaged ders are open and people can travel. - in "excessive self-interest" and a freely" or "when scholars are free spiral of exploitation in order to to communicate" and "workers gain strategic advantages. the pope are free to assemble." the popesaid. said.

"In such a situation, it is the In past years, the pope has ap­small and the weak, the poor and pealed' to politicians and' states­

. the voiceless who suffer most." he men in his peace message. This said. year, he also asked "military strate- .

The buildup of nuclear weapons, gists, officers, scientists ,and tech­he said. is still "the most dramatic nologists" to use their expertise in and compelling example" of how ways that promote dialogue and people can be held in "social and understanding.' . economic subjection" by the force The undersecretary of the Vati­of power. can's Justice and Peace Commis­

"The popular imagination is of­ sion. U.S. Msgr. William F. Mur­ten paralyzed by fear" of nuclear phy. said that the message had weapons and strategies, the pope been translated into a number of said. "This.fear is not groundless." languages, including Russian and

Arabic, for worldwide distribution.' But he said the increasing sale and purchase of conventional arms A Chinese translation will be made also exploits the poor. with major by Chinese bishops. he said. powers often acting out their rival­ries in local conflicts, supplying Morally bound the weapons and "ideologizing" LONDON (NC) - People are the local differences. morally bound to change the "crazy

Finally, he said. underdevelopment and deadly situation" of a world in itself is "an ever-growing threat to which at least 750 million peopleworld peace." went hungry last year while mil­

"In fact, between the countries lions of tons of food were wasted. which form the 'North bloc' and Cardinal George Basil Hume of those of the 'South bloc' there is a Westminster said recently. The card­social and economic abyss that inal. speaking to members of Brit­separates rich from poor."the pope ish aid agencies lobbying Parlia­declared, noting that in many cases ment in Westminster, a section of economic injustice exists because London. said 30 million Africans of "special interest groups which , were near starvation while enoughoperate interna,tionally or functio,,! food was produced in the world to as elites within developing coun­ give everyone three meals 'a daytries." The plight of many poorer with plenty to spare.nations is compounded by large <!ebts, he said. Obligation to poor

The pope warned that economic VATICAN CITY (NC) -,Pope exploitation leaves 'people "de­ John Paul II said healthy'coun­fenseless and disillusioned" and tries have a duty to aid poor more prone to violence. nations, even when the recipients

In outlining a solution to exist­ misuse the aid. He also said devel­ing inequalities, the pope rejected oping countries should not be models of society that try to "man­ forced to adopt the economic or age"conflicts to keep a balance for social models of donor nations. the dominant party. The result, he The pope. speaking at a recent said, is a society "dominated by symposium on the church and competition and antagonism. in ' economics. said industrial nations which the strongest, prevails." risk falling into a "collective ego­

The current system of blocs., the ism" ifth~y regard developing coun­pope said, must b~ replaced with tries in purely cconomic terms.

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OUR LADY'S E~phasi~to shift RELIGIOUS STORE

NE~ YORK - Terry Martin, Catholic Relief Services director for LatinAmerica, says he is shift~,

ing emphasis away from food dis­tributionin favor of increasing efforts to promote development. CRS has programs in 17' Latin

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Bishop. Mc'Gann' plans march on abortion clinic ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y.

(NC) -, Bishop John R. McGann of Rockville Centre has invited priests, members of religious orders, and some pro-life leaders to join him Dec. 28 for a prayer service followed by "a walk for life" in front of.an abortion clinic.

But the clinic's owner, abortion advocate William Baird, in a letter to the bishop termed the action "belligerent" and '''divisive'' and said the bishop's announcement of it was "inflammatory ,and offen-, sive." . ' .'

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The feast day commemorates the infants killed on Herod's orders by soldiers seeking to kill the infant

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dirc:ctly to Baird, the bish~p said ' in' a ~olumn Dec. l2 in The Long

Island. :Catholici diocesan news­.' Thed~!1lc ~s 10 ~em'pstea~,N. Y.,: paper, that "the choice of this, feast Just o~tslde of RockVille Centr~ on is not meant to'reflecton any reli-Long Island. , " "':" '

h· I' "f';' , B' h glOus group. ' I , "n IS, ett~r 0 1n~lta.tlo~ IS, ~p, ,,' "1 n seeking to maintain his own McGanns~ld th~ .p,rayer,:servlce . power at the expense,of inn'ocent afndwllahlkWI.1ISI~"o~ th~~a~e,sIPect, 'human life," Bishop McGann or a uman he,ls~,pnnclpe we wrote, "the anCient king who killed

cannot comp~omlse. the innocents gave way to a temp­·He ,also said the m~rch was ,a .tation which has beset po.werful

response ,to the· U,S, Catholic ", .. . I' . f b· h ' ff' 'f" I peop e 10 every CIV Izatlon rom

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I'f " ' h' N b Bishop McGann also wrote thathuman Ie, at t elf ovem er general meet109.

Baird, who asked Bishop Mc­Gann,to cancel the march, said he believed the' bish,op would have at least 2,000 peopie involved ~eqlUse, he claimed, "flyers were posted all over' town,:' He planned to hold a counterd'emonstration: ,

A spokesman for the diocese said the bishop expected in,issuing his .invitation that. only about 100 people would.be able to attend be cause of. holiday weekend com­mitments, About 60 of the priests

and religious had said they intended to, participate as of Dec. 13, he said,

,Although th~ invitation was not sent to parishes in general. some parishes have notified members about the vigil, the spokesman said,

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he wished "to make clear that'in resisting the evil of abortion I in no way condone any kind ofviolence" and that Christ must. be the model for action in combating abortion and "all other evils which diminish the dignity of the human being."

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s,ays pope : VATICAN CITY (NC)""':' Pope

John Paulll'has said that for the church -to be universal, it must recognize'non-European forms of liturgical music,

The church must open its mind and heart to the music of non­European cultures to allow "a new cultural sensitivity, and even before that, an authentically Catholic ec­c1esial vision," the pope said,

The pope, who. was honored with tribal music on his recent visit to Africa, made his remarks at a 75th- anniversary celebration of the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music,

The pope also told liturgists and musicians to work together to im­prove liturgical music and said there needs to be "a synthesis between liturgists and musicians,"

.He said that for a long time the two groups have engaged in "paral­lel studies," but "without the uni­ted vision" needed for the "proper appreciation of one for the other,"

He asked musicians to fin'd "a jljst bala,nce" between liturgical and musi~al st",dies, sci that they cap ma,ke a "true response to what the church ,and the world wait for from musicians ill the service of the liturgy,"

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VATICAN CITY (NC) -Exam­ple is more importan't,than preach­ing about t'he Christian life, Pope John Paul-ll recently,told'a group of.. priests, "Children and young people need a concrete model more than a theoretical presentation of a style of life" in order "to discover the ideals of the Christian message with all'its demands. "the pope said. He spok.e during a,meeting at the Vatican with chaplains of the Italian Catholic Action Associa­tion,

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IN AN UNUSUAL celebration of Mass.in,a parish a Trappist monk, Father Joseph, oseo, officiates at St. Joseph Church, Fairhaven; with'l,~ft, Father Felix A. Lesnek, SS.Cc., parochiai vicar, and Father Cblunib'an Crotty; SS:CC.;:p~stor.

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Trappist celepr~tesMass',.:,(n diocese A Trappist monk recently said

Mass at St. Joseph's parish, Fair­haven, and St. Mary's, South Dart­mouth,

Ordinarily Trappist monks are cloistered for life, but the unusual celebrations came about because Father Jo~eph Stanton of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Obser­vance, popularly known as the Trappists, was en route to Our Lady of Calvary Monastery in Awhum, Nigeria, where he will prepare four monks for priesthood and also care for the monastery's mechanical equipment, plumbing and electrical installations,

Throat blessing rites available WASHINGTON(NC)-Abook­

let on the rite for blessing throats has been published by the Office of Publishing and Promotion Servi­ces of the U.S. Catholic Confer­ence in Washington.

Prepared by a U.S. bishops' subcomittee on blessings in re­sponse to numerous requests, it gives theological,. hi~torical ~nd liturgical background informatIOn on the tradition of blessing throats on the memorial of St. Blase Feb. 3. It includes,rites for the blessing within and outside Mass.

The booklet, for priests, dea­cons and lay ministers who have received permission from their bishop to bless throats, is available from the USCC Office of Publish­ing, 1312 Massachusetts Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005.

Debt problems KANSAS CITY, Mo. (NC) ­

A U.S, Catholic missionary said the United States can influence the future of Latin America by being sympathetic to'the region's inter­national debt difficulties. "We are so interdependent," said Father Michael Gillgannon, a priest of the Kansas City-St. Joseph Dio­cese who has worked in Bolivia for II years, He charged that the Uni­ted States allows Latin American governments to "flounder with their debt problems, so the governments have no real decision-making power about their own countries.

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Florida pastoral TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (NC)­

The eight bishops of Flqrida have urged the state goverriment to take a hard look at poverty and to commit itself to cr~ating a healthy economy. The bishops made the comments in a pastoral lett(;r, re­

, the Florida Catholid Conference. The bishops also discussed' the working and living conditions' of farmworkers, the ·state's' criminal j,ustice system, housing needs, and tensions 1}etweell.olde~ and newer immigrants.

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. :.,He entered the Trappist como: /l1unity in 1971 as a lay brother at Our Lady of the Genesee Abbey, Piffard, N.Y. In 1984 he .was ordained to the priesthood and shdrtly thereafter was named "res­ipeilt elder" at the Nigerian monas­tery.

Call for arms cuts UNITED NATIONS (NC) ~

The Holy See has called for "deci~ sive" cuts in nuclear 'arms stocks and said '''no changes in strategic doctrines or policy can replace the necessity for such reductions," Sis­ter Majorie Keenan, a member of the Holy See Observer MissioQ to

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Dec. 20, 1985 21,What's inside your gift? By Antoinette Bosco

We were getting ready for Christmas when my two daugh­ters and I started ta,lking about gifts and' why we give them.

Mary' went to her bookshelf, full of volumes from her study of the classics and Hnguistics. She came back brimming with information. Gift comes from "giefu," an Anglo-Saxon word, influenced by Old Norse, she said. As she translated the word, it meant to offer something that comes from oneself to become an enhancement for another.

But it was her following com­ments that touched me. "Giving is one of the most basic things about our culture," she said. "We would have no humanity without giving. And you couldn't have a culture if people didn't give to one another."

In fact, she continued, giving' is so basic that apparently "no one ever had any impulse, to change the meaning in any way." Gift means much the same to­day.

Her comments set me think­ing. All' I had been hearing, as usual, were complaints from co­workers and friends saying they were smack into the holiday "rush," all "pressured" and tired of the "commercialism."

They had fallen into the trap

Lebanese Maronite leader

.named VATICAN CITY (NC) - Bish·

op Ibrahim Helou, 60, of the Maronite Diocese of Sidon, Leb­anon, has been named apostolic administrator of the Maronite Patriarchate of Antioch.

The patriarchate,. located in the Lebanese capital of Beirut, is the main eccclesiastical juris­diction for Lebanon's Maronite Catholics. Sioce 1975, it has been headed by Patriarch An­toine Pierre Khoraiche, who in 1983 was named a cardinal.

The Vatican, which usually does not comment on a diocese when announcing appointments, highlighted the conflict in Leb­anon when it made the an· nouncement.

"Together with the Diocese of Tyre, the Diocese of Sidon is located in the south of Lebanon, in the midst of an area of tragic happenings and guerri.J.la war· fare, and where there is a strong presence of Palestinian refu­gees," the Vatican statement said.

During his 10 years as a bish­op, the statement said, Bishop Helou "has always been highly esteemed ,by other bishops and the faithful for his pastoral zeal and for his admirable self-sacri­fice and dedication in favor of the poorest and most dere,lict populations of his diocese in the most difficult circumstances."

No More Fear "Nations, hear the message of

the Lord and make it known to the ends of the earth. Our Savior is coming; have no fear." Jer. 31:10; Is. 35:4

so easy to get caught in during the weeks before Christmas as the flurry of preparations escal­ate. Their time was so budgeted for buying that they had no time to ponder why they gave.

As my daughters and I con­verse~, we went ,back to con­sidering how essential gift giving is - for giving is the statement that we choose to be a part of something, and someone, out­side ourselves. It is the way we become connected to one an­other and show we care for others.

It's never been a mystery that Christmas is a time for gift giving. It is, after all, the season to remember again that God touched us with his benevolence

. in a tangible. way -'- by bring­ing love in the person of his son Jesus to earth.

We imitate God's benevolence when 'we give a gift and express love or friendship in a tangible way.

What we have to watch out for is falling into the trap of thinking that we're giving gifts when ,we're exchanging mer­chandise. I've often heard peo­ple say the gift they gave wasn't appreciated or that they expected one in return.

When gifts are spoken of in terms of 'obligations, strings at­tached or gratitude, they really aren't gifts at all. The minute condition accompanies an offer­ing, it becomes a barter, a bribe or an obligation, not a gift. This kind of giving is only an ex­'change of things that do nothing to form a' bond between two people. "

In the concept of bonding lies the reason why we give gifts. Consider two people if! love. When they exchange rings, they have not simply decorated each other with twin circles. The rings signify the bond that ex­ists between two individuals.

On Dec. 25, when the bustle is calmed down for another year,

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and the gifts rest beautifully under the tree, I wonder how many will be just merchandise and not true gifts?

If they have been given to make someone feel better, happy, special, <beautiful or en· hanced in some way, they will be truly gifts, delivered out of the same' motivation as' the Lord's in giving 'us ,his Son.

Then we can feel.how truly, ,through the centurtes, giV'ing has added to the store of good­ness in the world.

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22 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Dec. 29, .1985

Bishop Connolly Community Service 'Program was announced· 'at the school's

students, under direction of Thanksgiving Mass, with tM Fathers John Howard and Rich­ . theme "give thanks by giving," ard Wolf, prepared and distribu­ and collections were made dur­ted Christmas food baskets to ing Advent school days, Over upwards of 60 needy families in $1500 was realized to fi.Jl the the Fall River area.' The drive baskets.

HOLIDAY WARNING • If you drink"

don't drive.

• If you drive, don't drink..

more, Roger Roy, Jennifer Poto­zackand David Wilke.

Bettencourt is the president of his class and a member of

Coming With Power "Behold, our Lord shall come

with. power, he will enlighten the eyes of his servants...·

By Charl~e Martin

FROM LEFT, Coyle and Cassidy Voice of Democracy winners David Simas, ~ark Bettencourt and Brian Pinto.

Junior Mark Bettencourt of Raynham .won first pri·ze with his essay "New Horizons for America's' Youth." . He was awarded $500 and will represent the :Catholic high school in the City of Taunton competition.

Senior Brian Pinto of Taun­ton finished in second place

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Blessings To ·You

The Parish Family Of

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St. Elizabeth Parish Edgartown

May This Sacred Season

May His word Inspire you at Christ· mas and In the days to come.

Joy to all.

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EMMANUEL Emmanuel, your name brings us Ufe Emmanuel, your birth a dawning light Sent to us a servant who listens to our call Emmanuel, God is with us. . Emmanuel, your name brings us peace Emmanuel, you are one within our reach Your life guides our way, your love beginS each day Emmanuel, God is with us Emmanuel, a long-awaited name Emmanuel, life is not tite same , A new age has dawned, your dreams will lead uS on Emmanuel, God is with us now. Emmanuel, God is with us Emmanuel

Written by Buddy Caesar Sung I;>y The Dameans, Copyright (1978) Damean Music. All rights reserved'

EMMANUEL - God is with finding God because of their in· us. This refrain from the Dam­ flexible expectations.. eans' modern carol speaks .about One place to search is ·in life's the heart of Christmas. Once surprises. Look back oyer the more we realize our unity with past year for its moments of un­God is found in this infant from expected joy or pain. During

• Bethlehem. such times our assumptions about Where should we look to find God are challeneedand w.e may

God this Christmas? glimpse the presence, the mys­In' Jesus' day people also look­ tery.and the guidance of God.

ed for God, but too often they Surely the shepherds expected searched in the wrong places. a quiet, routine evening of

:Few sought out abandoned ,yatching their sheep. Then be­. stables or the shepherds' hills. hold, wonders began to fill the Like us, they may have missed night skies!.

What wonders filled your life in 1985?

Another place to look is in moments of inner healing. Jesus understood others' pain and often helped th~m go beyond it. No one goes through life without being hurt. Yet God's healing touch w.orks with our strengths to move us past anger and dis­appointment to new hope.

When have you felt God's touch of love and healing in 1985?

The Christmas shepherd stor­ies point to God's special love for the poor. But aren't all of us poor in some way? I speak not of material needs but of inner limitations. At times we are poor in understanding, com­passion or forgiveness.

Or perhaps we hesitate to • trust others. Everyone finds some lack in inner resources at times. Yet this may:be the very place where we need .God the mbst and where he is very alive in our lives. If we admit to our inner poverty and ask God "to help us grow, his spirit of love can fill our lives. .

How is God reaching out to you in this area?

Christmas is a time for cele­bration, and indeed we should E:nter fully into the spirit of Christmas.

Merry Christmas to' all the ·readers of this column and a special thank you to the many who have written to me.

. Yeur comments are welcome. Address Charlie Martin, 1218, S. Rotherwood Ave., Evansville, Ind. 47714.

" our diocesan schools while sophomore David Simas, the track and basketball teams.CoyIe-Cassidy also a city resident, took third He represented the school at a

Coyle and Cassidy High prize. recent student leaders' seminar School, Taunton, recently an­ Honorable mention awards in Washingt?n, D.C.

went to students Mary E. Rogers,nounced its winners of the 1985 Sheila Murphy, Maria Oliveira,Christmas Blessings Voice of Democracy contest. Liam Ehrenzweig, Lisa Whitte­

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AT A HOLIDAY PARTY at Our Lady's 'Haven, Fairhaven, Mrs. Mary B. Sylvia, 99, is greeted by her granddaughter, Mrs. Barbara Trongone, left, and her daughter, Mrs. Hilda Alix. (Rosa photo)

Friendship House founder dies COMBERMERE, Ontario (NC)

Russian·born Catherine de Hueck Doherty, founder of Friendship Houses for interracial justice end Madonna Houses for social service, died Dec. 14 at her home in Combermere. She was 89.

Combermere is a small village 180 miles northeast of Toronto.

She founded Friendship Houses in 1921 to work against racial injustices and discrimina­tion, but later broke with that movement in 1947 to start Ma­donna House in Combermere, a Jay apostolate involved in wider social justi~e activities.

Although she said she was born in 1900, records show that Mrs. Doherty was ,born 'Aug. 15, 1896, in Nijni-Novgorod, now, called Gorski, in the region be­tween the Black and the Cas­pian seas in Russia.

She married a wealthy Russian engineer, Baron Boris de Hueck, in 1914. During World, War 1, .they both went to the front, he with the engineer corps and she as a Greeri Cross nurse.

During the Bolshevik revolu­tion in 1917, the couple fled to Finland, where they were arrest­ed by communists but were later freed. They went to Toronto in 1921 after a long journey through Norway, Sweden and England.

Once in Toronto she estab­Hshed the ·first Friendship House. In 1938 she' established the first Friendship House in the United States in the Harlem district of New York City. She was known to hundreds of its 'associates as "The B," because of her former status as a baroness.

After her marriage to de Hueck was annulled, she married Eddie Doherty, a Chicago reporter, in 1943. De Hueclc died a few years later.

In 1947 the Dohertys moved' to Combermere, where' she founded Madonna House. There now 'are 20 'Madonna Houses in Canada, the United States,' the West Indies and Europe.

Mrs. Doherty's husband help­ed with her work. In 1969, at the age of 79, he became a Melkite

priest. The Melkite rite of the "Friendship House," "Dear Catholic Church permits the or­ Bishop," "My Russian Yester· dination of married men. He died days," and her autobiography, in 1975. . "Fragments of My Life." She

Mrs. Doherty was the author also lectured across the United of more than 20 books, including States and Canada.

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THE ANCHOR-'Diocese o(Fali Ri~er-Fri., Dec'. '20, 1985 23

eRS aid reaches volcano victims NEW YORK (NC) - Catholic affected areas of Manizales,

Relief Services has delivered 50,000 pounds of medicine, blankets, bedding and clothing to an estimated 5,500 survivors of 'the Nov. 13 volcanic eruption in west-central Colombia.

The supplies, valued at $79,000, includes 20,000 pounds of blankets contributed by Lu­theran World Relief.

On Nov. 27, Msgr. William McCormack, national director

vof the Society for the Propaga­tion of the Faith in the United States, announced he had au­thorized a $100,000 donation for the volcano victims from the society's g~!1eral fund.

"There seem to be no 'immedi­ate needs w.hich cannot be met with the supplies nOw at hand or through local purchase," said Terry Martin, senior director for . CRS programs in Latin America.

Martin led an assessment team that visited, the areas where more than 25,000 people died as a result of the eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano, about 85 miles northwest of Bo­gota, Colombia's capital.

It was the volcano's first erup­tion in almost 400 years.

CRS· helped dioceses in the

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Ibague and Girardot organize emergency management teams. Under the teams' supervision, housing reconstruction and re­generation of economic activity will be undertaken.

CRS had made an initial com­mitment of $100,000 to the emer­gency and ·reconstruction effort in addition to the airlifted sup­plies.

CRS is the overseas relief and development agency of the U.S. bishops. The Society for the Propagation of the Faith, which normally provides support for missionary work worldwide, also makes donations in emer­gency situations, such as the volcanic eruption.

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.. 14' THE""ANeHOR"-'--Dioceseof Fal1 River~Fri., 'Dec20,1985' ST•.oOMINIC, SWANSEA

. Father paul Carrier, SJ, formerly" a parish assista,nt, will be homilist a.t 7 p.m. Mass Christmas Eve. .

Iteering pOintl PUBLICI" CHAIRMEN

are. asked to submit news Items for this column to The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, Fall River, 02722. Name of city' or town should. be included as well as full dates of all. activities. please send news of future rather than past events. Note: We do not carry news of fundralslng activities such as bingos, whlsts, dances, suppers· and bazaars. We are happy to carry notices of spiritual (lrogram$, club meetlnlls, youth prolects and similar nonprofit activities. Fundraising pra­Jects may be advertised at our regular rates, obtainable from The Anchor business office, telephone 675·7151.

On Steering Points Items FR Indicates Fall River, NB indicates New Bedford.

ST. MARY, SEEKONKP.rayer group: meets 7:30 p.m.

Mondays church hall" . Alcoholics Anonymous: meets

7 p.m. Wednesdays, church hall. The Christmas Mass at Mid­

night will be preceded by a Schola . I . II 30muslca presentatIOn at : p.m.

Annual family breakfast: after

the morning Masses Jan. 5.

SEPAR~TED, DIVORCED, CAPE COD

Afternoon'of recollection 210·5 p.m. Dec. 29, O.L. Victory Church, Centerville. Talk by Father Richard Andrade, followed by discussiOn and Mass. All welcom'e. Informa­

tion: Janet Farrell, 775-8168. ST. F RAN CIS X ~ VI E R , H'YANNIS ,.. . , ,Hyannis liltreya Family CeJebra­tibn: 6 p.m. Dec. 27; parish ·center.

,Christmas Eve Family'Mass: 5:'15 p.m. ,The Children's Choir-will sing and youngsters will.enact t.he. Christ,­

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~ ~~ ChflstmBS OrdBrs sh,ppfidlmmBdl8ts/y ~~ D Father Robert Barry told young ~:c_t'>-=.l:l.....t>_l:l-=.l:l-=t>_l:l-=l:l-=.l:l-=l:l-=.t>-=l:l_l:l-=t>-=.l:l_l:l_l:l_l:l_l:l_l:l_l:l~""':.1 people at a recent 'National-Youth

Pro-Life Coalition convention in Pittsburgh.

"Euthanasia will become the abor­tion issue of the 1980s and as suchBIS~HO.P ·F.EEllAN it demands our fullest. attention,"

. ,saiq Father Barry, who works at Dominican House of Studies inHIGH 'SCHOO.L.' Washington, D.C., conducting re-, search on Catholic ethical thought on providing nourishment to incom- ..F,INAL MAKEUP.' EXAM. pett:nt .non~terminal patients.

"The question' we are confront­ing is not whether. we will be ableFOR PROS PECTI V E~ STU.DE N.T S' to .s·~op it, when non-voluntary mercy killing begins; but whether we will be able tostop it now that it has b'eguh," father Barry said.,

He, urged youi}g pl<0ple to com­

SATURDAY,. DECEMBER ·:2,1

'8:00 A'.M. 1io 12;00· P:'M:' municate the idea·that ~'in' our cul­ture, life' is a fu'ridamental good that, i~ never to be deliberately des- .T~ST FE'E $5.00 troyed to resolve sQcial, personal..... or political problems.70 HOlCOTT 'DRIVE

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. According to. Father Barry, be­. cause of rising health-care costs,ATTLEBORO, MA most instances of euthanasia con­cern "elderly, handicapped and

. detiilitaied people,'.' but"all adult

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tial victims. .

ST. ANNE~ FR Jesse Tree Ceremony: at 10 a.m.

Mass Sunday, rescheduled from Dec. 15.

ST. JOAN OF ARC, ORLEANS Prayer group: meets 7:30 p.m.

Tuesdays, Visitation Hall. Christm'!.s pageant: 2 p.m. Sun­

day, main church. All welcome.

SACRED HEART, FR Christmas pageant, "The Little

Flute Player," presented by parish children 2 p.m. Dec. 22, church.

.Third graders will participate in 7

p.m. Mass Christmas Eve. . 'Church ChristlT!as tree ornaments are available.'

ST. MARY, NB Prayer .group: meets 7:30 p.m.

Mondays. Next meeting Jan, 13, church.

Parish men's retreat: first Febru­ary weekend, Family Life Center, No. Dartmouth. Information: Father John. F. Moore, pastor,' 995-3593;· Dennis Po.yant, 995-3696 during school hours. ST. J 0 H N

E V A N G,E, LIS T,.POCASSET ','Candles and Carols," a' family.

cele~ratiqn.of joy;peace and ·Io.ve, 7 p:m.,Sunday, church. AIl'~el~oine.. .' .

BLESSED SACRAMENT, FR" "One N:ight Of the Year ," a Christ­

mas concert "directed'by Jo'Ann Mello:' 7 P. M. Sunday, church: All 'Y,elc,ome.,,~efrt:shmentsto f<;Jl,Iow..:

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VINCENTIANS, FR COUNCil Meeting Jan. 7, Immaculate Con­

ception Church, Fall River, begin­ning with 7 p.m. Mass.

ESPIRITO SANTO, FR . An adult confirmation class will

begin in January. Those interested. may notify one of the parish priests.

Holy Family breakfast following 8:30 and 10 a.m. Masses Dec. 29, parish hall.

COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS Remembrance service and support

session for bereaved parents: 7:30 p.m. Dec. 23, SI. Louis de France school, Swansea. Information: San­dra Sousa, 823-5240: Kathleen Mar­tin, 824-5985. ST ANTHONY MATTAPOISETT .,Children's liturgy: 6 p.m. Christ-

E mas ve. ,Preschool and kind'ergarten reli­

gious education program can accept 10children. Registration closes Dec. 22. .

Contrl'butl'ons to a giving tree for needy children may be made through Dec. 22. Also needed are non peri­shable foods for distribution by the Vincentians. ST. STANISLAUS, FR

Advent penitential service: '5 p. m. .Sunday.

Polish unleavened Christmas bread (oplatek) will be shared at all week­end Masses.

HOLY NAME, 'FR Retreat renewal: 7 to 9·p.m. Sun­

day, school, beginning with ,Mass. " i ' , ': , , , O,.L. YICTORY, CENTER}'ILLE

Pansh breakfast after all Masses Dec. 29, K Of C h,ali, Hyannis, !. ''Fhe youth gr'ouj' will carol al

homes 'of p'arish shut-ins' Sunday. Meeting atlhe parish center priQf.!p the 4:30 departure time.

Sister'Vera Herbert, SUSC, will mark 60 years in religious life next month. She is well known in Fall River and Taunton, in Fall River for her years as principal and teacher at the former Sacred Hearts Academy, and in Taunton for her service at the former St. Mary's High School, ·at Bishop Cassidy High School and, since the merger of Coyle and Cassidy high schools, at Coyle and Cassidy. The.folIow­ing appreciation .by John-Michael Rogers appeared in the fall-winter edition of the school publication"cc Progress." Editor

Students never really know what to expect when enrolled in a class

S· V H b (ftaught by Ister era er ert orm­erly Sister Mary Hortense) of the Sisters of the Holy Union of the Sacred Hearts.

Her unorthodox yet startlingly effective teaching style may expose .one to marching in step through CC's halls to the time of a poem to be memorized, a full~dress enact­- . ment of-Alice's Tea Party in Won­derland, steel clashing against steel as two studen~s battle it out in the final duelling scene of Hamlet, or an impromptu nature walk tdfeed grisCto the imaginative mill of her creafive writing class. Although S· V· f h IIIster era IS one 0 t e most we ­

...·'k;1llJwn an~ beloved.'te'achers. at Coyle-Cassidy, very few people know her backgrou':l~.. . Born'in' Baltimore, Maryland, she graduated fl'om-Eastern High

'. .' . School 10 tha~, City, and·, returns. there ever~ Chpst lJ1as.ilnd s.ummer. Her t~actpngcred.enttal~spall over. ~~ year;s,of.C;;xper,lcJ1Fe, In ,193Q·2 I" she taught at.Sacred Heart School i'rl La'wre~ce after whichshe spent' f" "101'1 '.'19' '19' L: . i"'­~~m ""<:":::,, ~,~~t~~,~I~ng ..>n·~ ... l\.Y~-.

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once ag,:ai,ii,:as ii, te~c,h~',r uJ1!iiin 1962 sl).~:becamt; pnnelpa,l oftile academy:'shighschool,:apo'stshe filled llJiti'l" coming '·to teach at B' h C 'd H' h" S hi'

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Cass~dy:she>~aschalrman.forthe English CUrriculum Commlttee.for the dioSe's~ of Fall. River during the year '1968;69; ~Istef Vera re­mained ..afterthe 'in~rger ~nd.has taught at Coyle-Cassidy ever Since,

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except for a one year sabbatical to study in Rome.

A full career indeed, but even more noteworthy are Sister Vera's academic accomplishments. Earn­ing her B.A. in English at Catholic University, she continued to Ox­ford University in England, where she held a Fellowship in 17th cen­tury literature.

In 1960 Sister Vera was awarded both an M.A.T. in English from Boston College and a Newspaper F.und scholarship from Syracuse University. Then on to the ivy­covered walls of Harvard for a C'ommission on English, C. E. E. B., received in 1962.

During 1966, Sister Vera stu­died film techniques at the Univer­sity of Detroit and Marygrove College. More recently, she stu­died poetry at Yale University and Middlebury College. This year she studied at Bowdoin College on an elderhostel .study grant.

Additionally, she has travelled extensively in England and parts of Europe studying secondary school systems. During her ~'spare

time" she conducts reading ses­sions at the Taunton Public Li­brary.

. Yet as whirlwtr1'd busy as she is, she has never forgotten that the essence of life is to maintain one's joie de vivre. sHe corresponds reg­ularly with many former students and me'n an'(J women' of interna­tional fepute: It~lian director' Fred­erico Fellini; Broadway producer' David'Merr.ick; and the'widow of poet if:S: ElioL' ',.', .... :' .'

Si~ter Ve~'a"s'dyn~'mic'~;eserice is"a driviiig' infltlence iit'Coyle­Ciis'sidy,' tlumor andr;intelfigence are her tra'demarks. On' finding out ab'out her past expkJits, 'one discovers' special meaning' in her pet phrase: "You.canalwa·ys make 'time for 'the things you want to do."

Sister' Vera lives this adage, and we say ,with sincere a'd'miration:­"Thank you, 'Sister, for teaching lis through both your skilled talent and the example of your life."

Dawn from on High "The dawn from on high shall

break upon us, to guide our feet on the roa?'to peace." Lk~ 1:78-79

CANDIDATES for the permanent diaconate are instituted as readers at ceremonies in the chapel of Bishop Stang High School. From left, Deacon Richard Murphy Sr.; .Bishop Daniel A. Cronin; altar boy Eric Pelletier; candidates Claude LeBlanc and Thomas Jacki· vicz. (Rosa photo)

tHE' ANCHOR-Diocese' cHF6'1i 'Rivet~F'ri:, Dec. 2'0,' 1'985' ~ 2S

Women's pastoral shifts focus WASHINGTON (NC) - A Mary Brabeck, a pastoral. con­

committee of U.S. bishops pre­ sultant, said she believes' the paring a pastoral letter on wom­ pastoral focus is not shifting so en will continue the project des­ much as "evolving as the com­pite critciisms but shift its mittee listens to people." focus.

Ms. Brabeck, director of Bos­Instead of writing a pastoral ton College's undergraduate hu­

"about women," the committee man development program and said, it will write "'about wom: assistant professor in the gradu­en's concerns" expressed in com­ ate program in counseling psy­mittee-sponsored hearings' held chology, said concerns she ·has this year. heard raised by women at the

Some women who testified at hearings indlude "the family, the hearings objected to an all· formal and informal roles of male panel of bishops writing women in the church structure; on women in the church and some feeling of alienation . . . society. it's as diverse as the women in

the church." The committee, in· a news re­lease issued by the National She said her role is to help Conference of Catholic Bishops, the bishops identify the needs noted those objections but said of women and "to listen to as a consensus had developed many voices as possible." among both its bishop-members and its five female consultants Bishops on the committee are ... that the project should be fin­ Bishops Matthew H. Clark of ished, thus "giving the bishops Rochester, N.Y., ·and Thomas. J. the opportunity to respond in Grady of Orlando, Fla., and a compassionate. way" to the Auxiliary Bishops Alfred C. concerns they had heard ex­ Hughes of Boston, WilHam pressed. Levada of Los Angeles and A'me­

dee W. Proulx of Portland,The committee, formed after Maine.Deacon candidates become readers the U.S: bishops voted in 1983

to prepare a pastoral on women, Consultants are Sister Sara At ·recent ceremonies in the the sacraments. Candidates for the diaconate 'is headed hy Bishop Joseph L. Butler of the Generalate of the

chapel of Bishop Stang High What is interesting from a receive the ministries of reader Imesch of Joliet; Ill. Missionary Servants of the School, North Dartmouth, 12 pastoral viewpoint is that the and acolyte and exercise them Sister Mariella Frye, staff aide Blessed Trinity; Ms. Brabeck; cand~dates for the permanent reader may, if necessary, pre­ for a fitting time in order to be to the bishops' writing commit­ Toinette M. Eugene, assistant diaconate were installed as pare other members of the faith'­ better disposed for their future tee, said "many women felt that professor in the Colgate Roches­readers In the context of a Mass ful temporarily appointed to service of the word and of the a pastoral on women implied that ter divinity school; Ronda Cher­at which Bishop.Daniel A. Cronin read the scriptures ·at liturgical ·altar. women were the problem. The vin, professor of philosophy at was principal celebrant. celebrations. Thus an instituted This mand'ate' is so serious problem is one of sexism, of the Loyola Marymount University,

Installed were Louis A. Bous­ reader could be placed in that dispensation from reception lack of participation ·in decision­ Los Angeles; a~d Pheme Perkins, quet, St. Anthony of Padua par­ charge' of 'a parish lector pro­ of these ministries is reserved making" and "the focus is on who teaches Scripture at Boston ish, New Bedford; Richard M. gram. directly to the Holy See. responding to those issues." College. Dresser St. Francis Xavier, Hy­annis; Thomas P. Jackivicz, St. Anthony, Mattapoisett; Claude A. LeBlanc, St. Mary, New Bed­ford; Paul J. Macedo, Our Lady UNLOCK YO·UR POTENTIALof Mt. Carmel, New Bedford; James Marzelli, Jr.. St. John the Evangelist, Pocasset. DCC hal the. keyJohn·deA. Moniz, St. AJ:lthony of Padua, Fall River; Marcel G. Morency, St. Anne, New Bed­ Hilbernating all winter can be Register now for day, evening or Low tuition. convenient schedul· ford; Michael E. Murray, St. unbearable. But you can weekend classes. Day classes ing, financial aid. job placement

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reader was mandated in 1973 by information. new career or continue your

the late Pope Paul VI by way of education.recognition of the ministries proper to those seeking diaconal ordination. The newly-instituted candidates will act as readers in their own right in the name of the Church, as opposed to the role of the ordinary lector.

The reader's function is that of reading .the word of God, ex­cept for the Gospel, in the litur­gical assembly.

He also recites the psalms be­tween readings if' there is no psalmist, presents the general intercessions in the 'absence of a deacon or cantor, directs singing and other participation by the faithful and instructs the faith· ful for the worthy reception of

Good News to the Poor "The Spirit of God is upon me;

he has 'anointed me. He sent me to bring good news to the poor and to heal the brokenhearted."

T~E j,\Nc;;HOR-Diocese of ,Fall River-Frio', Dec.· 20, 1985

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King holiday observance

WASHINGTON (NC) - Cath­olic, . Protestant and Jewish 'leaders have urged celebrations and reflections to mark Jan. 20, the first federal legal holiday honoring the late civil rights leader the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

In a joint statement Msgr. Daniel F. Hoye, genera.] secre­tary of the U.S. Catholic Confer­ence, the Rev. Arie Brouwer, general secretary of the National Council of Churches, and Rabbi Henry Michelman,' executive vice president of the Synagogue Council of America, recom­

. mended "prayer services in· churches and synagogues and

. interf~ith memorial convoca­tions so that we can reflect to­gether on the values Dr. King lived by and died' for."

Dr. King, :l Baptist clergy­man who spearheaded the na­tional civil rights movement in the 1960s, was assassinated April 4, 1968, at age 39. .

The civil rights leader "looked prejudice in the eye and did not

. flinch, confident that justice could be achieved in a non· violent way, that right would have the final word," the state­ment said. "We urge all of Am­erica to celebrate the memory of this strong but gentle man."

The National Office for Black Catholics was among the groups that had urged legislation be passed to make Dr. King's birth­day a national holiday. His birth­day was Jan. 15. '

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Christmas cards are arriving, each with a special message, note, or thankful offering to God for all the blessings that have flowed into the 'life of the sender.

Lives are being chatlged, new directions. taken, new paths trodden. And why? Because the Child of Bethlehem has finally reached these people to the very core of their being. Some are, for the first time, in tune with their Lord. They have never been happier. The world's distractions are more easily handled, the hype around them ignored and put into proper perspective. 1 say to them: "Don't turn that dial! Stay tuned in!"

One card contained the story of a woman with a huge garden. E::ch year much good food went to waste. She didn't bother to distribute what she couldn't use. She offered once and had been rebuffed. However, one of her children had a long talk with her about waste, about how of­fensive this must be to God, who gives us those vegetables. She learned one rebuff doesn't make a season. This mother said," It took my child to tune me in on" what God wanted me to do. And 1 did it."

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Another friend wrote of how she's had tei overcome fear ­the fear created by the constant bombardment of the threat of nuclear war. She wrote: "They

born. What a terrible atmos­ THE' ANCHOR~Diocese of Fail River-Frio: hec. '20, '1985 27Tuning in at Christmas phere for a growing child! When

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confronted with the wrong done .aming the lack. 1 feel she will leave the church or end a prayer. to the boy the mother is reported come to the right ·answer with He's the only one who can make to have said, "Well, it's the the help of the Holy Spirit. She us whole, develop our spiritualtruth." did mention her realization one selves, give LIS emotiona,1 control

Let's hope that one day she'll day that "self" played no part in and help us to get our acts to­tune in to the right channel. The Jesus' life. He had put it all on gether. Once we turn our Bves di.al is waiting. the .)ine for us. "The trouble," over to Him we can go about

Many are looking for whole· she wrote, "is that when I close our business, knowing that all ness in their lives. Something is my prayer book 1 seem to leave will come out right. missing. One friend wrote that all I've read behind. It doesn't maybe there is too much i'self" stay with me too long. 1 let in her life, that she does like the world distract me. 1 can't Peace, Eternal Life nice things and wants stuff she seem to help it. Guess I'm weak." "The Lord is coming from doesn't really need. She's trying It takes concentration to keep heaven in splendor to visit his to fill a void with material Jesus with us, to not leave Him people and bring them peace and thipgs. But she is closely ex- behind when we close the Bi!>le, eternal life."

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talk of the overkill regarding all the bombs that we have, but' does the media' ever ·access its own overkill? At the moment, that is the most damaging to our nerves." To quiet her pain she has turned to the comforting words of Jesus. No pills could do the job. "Since I've really be­gun to -understand what Jesus is talking about 1 feel secure" she wrote. "I've been all wrong, worrying about' the things 1 can do nothing about. Jesus' words are my insurance policy, my security blanket." .

A young girl 1 met sends a card every year. There i~ long silence between communications. When she does write 1 have to drop everything and read about the happenings of several months. "How she has grown," I keep thinking. 1 can sense the maturity in her writing. "I am sorry for my sins. At one time they were a burden. But 1 shift­ed them. onto the shoulders· of my Lord and now the burden is indeed light."

She~s found the right channel and she doesn't intend to turn the dial.

I was told of a young man who left home, never 'again to communicate with his family. There had to be a reason. Later, his unole told me that the young lad never had a sense of "fam­ily." He felt he was never wanted in the first place; all he heard was ho",,: his mother had never had a well day since he was

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