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Signs of Lent:

Rice Bowl, Holy Year

In a pastoral letter which will bl~ read in aU diocesan parishes this weekend, Bishop Daniel A. Cronin notes both the beginning of Lent on Wednesday and on March 25 the start of the Holy Year recently proclaimed by Pope John Paul II.

The text of the pastoral follows:

With its timeless rites, the Church will observe the beginning of the Season of Lent on this coming Wednesday, Ash Wednesday. We recall, with dust, our origin and our destiny, and we indicate our readiness to re

pent and to accept and believe the "Good News." A season of penance begins, and. it is my urgent prayer that this will be a time of rich blessings for you all.

During Lent this year, a Holy Year proclaimed by our beloved Holy Father will commence on March 25th, the Solemnity of the Annunciation. Pope John Paul II has expressed his hope that this special year of jubilee, among its many fruits, will enrich the sense of Catholic' faithful, indeed of men of

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ANCHOR WEEKEND Dear Anchor Subscriber:

Tomorrow and Sunday will be Anchor weekend in your parish, launching our annual subscription renewal drive. We hope that you share our feeling that this newspaper is an important means of unifying our dio~ese and of keeping you informed of local, national and international news affecting the church.

We hope too that you will understand that we share the problems of all publications in these days of rising postage, newsprint and printing costs. We have made every attempt to' trim expenses and streamline our operation but we have finally found it necessary to increase our subscription rate to $8 per year, an amount lower than that of most other diocesan newspapers.

It goes without saying that we pledge our continued efforts to cover the dio~esan, U.S. and worldwide scene, bringing you news and features as viewed through the eyes of faith fOl'l11ed by the mind of the Church.

Sincerely in Christ,

FATHER MAURUS MULDOON, OFM, seated, discusses Regina Pads program with his successor, Father Bruno Ciardieilo, OFM. (Rosa Photo)

Hispanic director to Honduras .post

Father Maurus Muldoon, OFM, since October 1981 director of Regina Pacis Hispanic Center, New Bedford, is leaving that post to become prefect apostolic to the prelature ofOlancho, Honduras.

In his new position he will have the responsibilities of a bishop except for the power of ordination.

Bishop Daniel A. Cronin issued the following statement on the appointment:

As Lishop of Fall River, I have learned with great joy of the appointment of Father Maurus Muldoon of our Re

gina Pacis Center here in the Diocese of Fall River to serve as Prefect Apostolic of Olanchas in Honduras. I extend hearty congratulations to Father Muldoon. I am profoundly grateful to him for the devoted manner in which he has conducted the apostolate to Hispanic Catholics here in the Diocese of Fall River and I wish him every blessing in his new duties.

I am aware of the great need for personnel in the diocese to which Father Muldoon will journey, and,

while it will be at consider~ble sacrifice to our pastoral ministry here in the diocese, I know that he will have much to <:ontribute to the mission of the church in his new responsibilities as chief shepherd of the flock in Olanchas. May God prosper his apostolate! Also issui~g a statement was

Father Peter N. Graziano, executive director of the Diocesan Department of Social Services. Among the department's programs is the Diocesan Spanish Apostolate.

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2 . ,THE ANCHOR Friday, Feb. 11, 1983

Maronite .., '

ordination

today At 4:30 this afternoon the

Maronite community of New Bedford will experience a first in its 66-year history as Deacon Michael G. Thomas, son of Atty. and Mrs. George M. Thomas of New Bedford, is ordained to the ,priesthood by Archbishop Francis M. Zayek of the diocese of St. Marol).

The ordination will be celebrated at Sacred Heart Chur~h,

New Bedford, the native parish of Deacon Thomas', mother, Rejeanne (Valois) Thomas. Sacred Heart can accommodate more than twice as many people as Our Lady of Purgatory Church, New Bedford's Maronite parish.

With Archbishop Zayek presiding, the newly ordained Father Thomas will celebrate a solem'n Divine Liturgy of Thanksgiving at 3 p.m. Sunday at Our Lady of Purgatory.

The ordinand is a graduate of Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth, and Providence College, from which he graduated in 1978 with a bachelor's degree in education.

As a senior at Stang, he taught French at St. Anne's School, New 'Bedford, and while a student at Providence College he taught the subject at St. Pius School, Providence, and at New Bedford High School.

As a seminarian he studied at the Pontifical North American College in Rome. In 1981 he was Ilwarded a bachelor's degree in sacred theology, cum' laude, from the Pontifical Gregorian University. He is working toward a licentiate 'in Eastern canon law ~t the Pontifical Oriental Institute.

He has been active at Our Lady of Purgatory Maronite Church, New Bedford, where he was choir director and organist , from 1973 until he entered the seminary.

While a seminarian, Deacon Thomas served at various parishes in the Maronite diocese, which encompasses the entire United States. In Rome he assisted at St. Maron's Church.

FATHER BERTRAND R. CHABOT, pastor of St. Anthony of Padua Church, New Bedford, admires restoration 'o/0rk of parishioner Danford S. (Barry) Lee. Aided by other parishioners, Lee is volunteering his services for a year-long refurbishing of the magnificent French Gothic structure. Doors, altars, statues and stations of the cross are included in the renovation program. (Rosa Photo)

Cardinals told faith risky VATICAN CITY (NC) -Pope

John Paul II created 18 new cardinals Feb. 2, praising them as "men outstanding for learning and virtue" but warning that their role as church leaders may involve risks, induding bloodshed for ~e faith.

,Among the new cardinals were Joseph L. Bernardin of Chicago; Jozef Glemp of Gniezno and Warsaw, Poland, the Polish primate; Julijans Vaivods of Riga and Lie· paja, Latvia, the first cardinal resident in the Soviet Unio~; and Henri de Lubac, a French Jesuit theologian who received a dis

. pensation from rules requiring ordination as a bishop before joining the sacred college.

During a one-and-a-half-hour, multi-language ceremony in the Paul VI Audience Hall, the 'new cardinals representing 15 nations received from the pope the red skull caps '(zucchetto) and square hats (biretta) symbolic of their new status.

But they were actually already cardinals. Their real levation took place at a so-called secret con

, sistory in the Vatican's Consistory Hall immediately before the public ceremony in the Paul VI AudiencE1 Hall.

When 'each of the cardinalsdesignate received from the hands of a Vatican 'messenger 'the "billietto" or official n'otice of his ele~ation, he became a car· dinal.

The sec;ret consistory, to which only members of the College of

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seph L. Bernardin won't be much different i from Archbishop Joseph L. Bernardin of Chicago, he said. : , Being ~ cardinal "gives you a

certain status, but in the end that's not what counts. What counts i~ my role as bishop," said the 54-year-old U.S. prelate in a 'con~ersation with journalists in 'Rome.

The ne~ status was emphasized in' Cardinal Bernardin's

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Cardinals are admitted, included a Latin-language address by Pope John Paul. It hinted that the college wili be consulted more often in the future on "weighty mat. ters" affecting the church.

"It has happened more often in recent times that members of the sacred college have been called into assembly," the pope said. "Hence it is that the importanc of this venerable institution is increased and outstanding aid is offered to me for handling weighty matters for the benefit of the church."

-During 'the secret consistory Pope John Paul also confirmed the appointment of 78-year-old Belgian Cardinal Maximilien de Furstenburg as camerlengo (chamberlain) of the college and gave his assent to recent episcopal elections by the synod of the Coptic Catholic Church.

All but one of the new cardinals received a titular church or deaconry in Rome as a sign of unity with the clergy of the Eternal City.

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Fr. Morris, 94, reads

Anchor Among The Anchor's oldest

subscribers this Catholic' Press Month is Maryknoll Father John E. Morris, 94, 'living in retirement at St. Teresa's Residence, Maryknoll, N.Y.

Father Morris, a native of SS. Peter and Paul parish, Fall River, was ordained for the Fall River diocese in 1914. He served for seven years at St. Joseph Church, Fall River, where he was manager of the parish's championship baseball team.

Then he heard the call of Maryknoll, in 1921 a fledging missionary society only a decade old. His first overseas assignment was to Korea, where he was named prefect apostolic in 1930 and where he was instrumental in founding a Korean religious community, the Sisters of Perpetual Help.

In 1936 he was' transferred to Kyoto, Japan, to work among that city's large Korean population, but with the outbreak of World War II he was interned by the Japanese and held until 1942, when he was repatriated.

Back' in the United 'States, Father Morris was a chaplain at a Japanese relocation. camp in Arizona, then was assigned to Hawaii until 1956, when his parish, bordering Honolulu's International Airport, was engulfed by rupways lengthened to accommodate jet aircraft.

At that time he returned to Fall River for nearly a year, assisting in Sacred Heart parish, before being assigned to \ Maryknoll promotion work in the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana.

Following his stateside duty he returned to Korea for three years, then resumed promotional work for Maryknoll, this time in Buffalo, N.Y. He spent s'ome time in semi-retirement at the Maryknoll seminary in Mountain View, Calif., returning to the East Coast in 1970, when he moved to St. Teresa's Residence.

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Pope to Central America VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope

John Paul has announced plans to visit seven Centrlll American countries and Haiti March 2 to 9.

The pope's announcement of his 17th trip abroad was the first Vatican confirmation of the dates and stops for the visit, which has been in the planning 'stages for months.

Pope John Paul said the first stop would be in San Jose, Costa Rica, on March 2 and the last would be on March 9 in Port au Prince, Haiti. Other countries to be visited are Nicaragua" Panama, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Belize.

In Honduras Father Maurus Muldoon, OFM, fonnerly dIrector of Regina Paeis Center, New Bedford, will be among prelates greeting the pontiff. (See story on page I.)

The pope's comments on the Central America visit were made to several thousand people waitir.g in St. Peter's Square under a light rain for last Sunday's . noontime recitation of the Angelus prayer.

"I have the joy to tell you that, in the first 10 days of March, God willing, I will go in pastoral visit to the Christjan communities of Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize and Haiti, accepting the invitation addressed to me by those bishops and the civil authorities," he said.

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Marriage cases deadline Nov. 27 WASHINGTON (NC) - Only

marriage cases that are completed before Nov. 27 in U.S. Catholic church courts can benefit from the current special American procedural noims, an official of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops said.

When Pope John Paul II promulgated the new Code of Canon Law, he decreed that it will take effect Nov. 27. At that time special norms governing the trial of marriage cases in the l,Jnited States will automatically end, and the procedural norms of the new code will take effect.

The major difference between the special norms and those in the new code is that the code requires an appellate court review of all affirmative annulment decisions by a diocesan court, while the special norms allow the national offices of the National Conference of Catholic

Bishops to dispense with any appellate process in most cases.

Sinc~ it takes at least several months from the time a case is initiated until it is concluded, however, the question was posed: What point of the process must a case reach by Nov. 27 in order to benefit from the simpler special norms still in effect until then?

Father Donald Heintschel, a canon law expert and associate general secretary of the NCCB, said that since the key provision in the special norms is the permission for the NCCB to dispense with a second trial, the new code's procedures for appellate review of all affirmative decisions will be in effect for any case in which that dispensation has not been granted before Nov. 27.

"On the first day, March 2, in San Jose, Costa Rica, 1 will have the consolation of meeting the bishops of the episcopal symposium of Central America, and on March 9, before lelj.ving -Central America, 1 will join ....... in the cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help - the bishops of the Latin American Bishops' Council (CELAM), who will be in Port au Prince for their general assembly," he added.

Pope John Paul said he hoped the trip to "countries so dear to my heart and; many of them, so tried," would be "enriched with abundant fruits."

It will be the fourth trip to Latin America by Pope John Paul, who visited Santo Domingo and Mexico in January 1979, Brazil in July 1980 and Argentina in June 1982.

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This year'the theme for Catholic Press Month is "Good ' News for the People of God."

Indeed, the Catholic press has no other purpose than to help ..real people in the real world to understand the real

.message of salvation. Its task is to report the Good News a la 1983 and its central concern is the living out of that Good News. '

We in the Catholic press must ceaselessly reniind our readers and ourselves that the .Word is unfolding in our midst, that the Lord is not far from us aQd that we are sent . to help achieve his peace and his kingdom. •

When the Catholic press veers from these objectives and seeks to imitate the secular, it should no . longer be c.onsidered Catholic. The temptation to do this is, of course, always present. Indeed, it would be easy to emulate the tabloids of the marketplace that woo readers with a plethora of crime, pain and depression. So often do they pander to man's most debased fantasies that they lose all sense of purpose and judgment. However, it pays.

In a time of economic difficulty, it would be tempting for a pape'r such as The Anchor to seek lucrative advertising, regardless of moral implications, to lose its sense of mission and its church-given mandate, and to reckon achievement solely on the level of profit and fame.

But neither this nor any other Catholic paper can change its role in the history of salvation. It has no other choice but to do that for which it was founded, to be an extension of the teaching apostolate of the church, a reflection of the Good News.

It- is especially important today. that the Catholic press continue in its information role as the church continues to

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fulfill the mandates of Vatican II.

Ongoing explanation of the new Code of Canon Law is a good example of such informational work.

I Starving :amid plenty

The Catholic press, ind~ed, can keep Vatican II alive. I By NC News spearhead a movement to solve everybody and not everybody is

It can ceaselessly remind its readers that Vatican II declared I 1 •

the problem. ' being fed," said DominicanJeSuit !F~ther William J. Byour interdependence: that each member of the church, Father Byron said the solution Father B. Jerry McMullen, pas

ron admits that nuclear warfare everyone involved in her tasks, ministries and offices, is to the world hunger probl~m is tor of Holy Rosary parish, Minis the number one threat to hu-

I 'building her. All are called to that task, working together, not simply needy areas. neapolis.man life I and deserves much at

not singly.' The long-term solution will The study recommended thattention. :But he also says too come from improving and in more competition be introduced little interest is being focusedThe Catholic press can thus renew the call of Vatican II crea$ing production in the "food into the grain system, that farm- .on the s~cond biggest threat deficit countries," he said. owned grain cooperatives beto greater participation in the life of the church. Each of us world hunger. "We're not doing enough," strengthened and that an interis Christ's disciple; everyone has the charge to speak the "That problem is already here,

declared the priest. "We live national regulartory mechanismwords of faith to his or her neighbor. The press can provide it's killi~g people; the nuclear under a commandment to do be created to oversee the grain the means, the forum, the starting point. ' problem : is a threat," added more, to love on'e another and trade. ' Father Byron, president of the

As The Anchor begins its annual subscription drive, Catholic :University of America. it's a very demanding obliga Diane Elwood, researcher and tion." coordinator of the report, saidit reminds its readers and through, them all our brothers With i'people dying by the

Father Byron was a founder people must pressure the governand sisters in this diocese that it is uniquely dedicated to thousands every day" of starvaof Bread for the World, a Chris ment to establish a nationaltion, Father ,Byron said the issue the work of valid and honest reflection of the Good News tian citizens lobby concerned policy on grain. of world ~unger is not given high as handed on to each of us by Mother Church. It is hoped with eliminating world hunger. She said that one problemenough priority in most countries,

that The Anchor is viewed as a viable teaching instrument I, He said people should realize facing Third World countries is especiallYI the United States. helping all in the diocese to better know and live the One reason is that "people that there are lots of hunger that they buy U.S. grain at

problems in the' U.S. as well as prices subsidized though AmeriGood News. don't see1the problem near them in underdeveloped . countries. ' can loans. An internationally set and ther~fore they don't .think

With this goal in mind, we ask you to support the "Hlelnger ~as no citizenship," he price for grain that would reit exists,":, Father Byron said. work of the church. Support The Anchor! He also said many people are noted. flect production costs would pro

vide Third World farmers with"ignorant' of. the theological as One approach to the hunger peets'" of world hunger. "The problem was suggested in a re incentive to grow and make

Gospel teils us we have an ob port recently, sponsored by the poorer countries less dependent priests of the St. Paul-Minne on the United States, she said. ligation tb make sure everyone apolis archdiocese. is fed." Farmers in the United States

The absence of political com The 179-page report, "Daily need higher prices for agricultheanc OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF'THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER mitment is another reason for Bread: An Abdication of Power," tural products to bolster their in

the problem. "If we ,had the poli recommmends tighter regulations Published weekly by The Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River come and enable them to avoid tical will to do something (about for the grain industry and fol foreclosure on their farms, Ms.410 Highland Avenue ' world hunger) we could do it, lows a year and a half of re Elwood said. .Fall River, Mass. 02722' 675~7151

PUBLISHER but we dop't," he said. search into industry workings. !tis important, she conMost Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, D.O., S.lD. With the United States the ac "I think the reason this (re cluded, that people understand

EDITOR' FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATOR knowledged "breadbasket". of port) is important is because the that grain marketing and disRev. Jo~n F. Moore , Rev. Msgr. John J. Regan the world ~ith vast surpluses of world is coming to consciousness tribution is a social issue and

4i- '.eary Press-Fall River food, Father Byron said it should that it has enougn food to feed take action. I .

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Family Night A weekly at-home program f~r families

sponsored by the Diocesan Office of Family ~inis;try

OPENING PRAYER Dear Jesus, you showed us

how to know and love and serve your father. We want you to be with us as we grow in our love and appreciation for our parents, for the sacrifices they make, for the example they give us in really loving each other selflesly. Amen.

TO THINK ABOUT Last week we focused upon

the children in the family. This week let's grow in respect and appreciation for the role of parents and the love they share with the family.

ACTIVITY IDEAS Young Families

KING AND QUEEEN OF LOVE Materials: heavy paper, scissors, crayons, tape. Make two crowns, one for Mom and one for Dad. Crown them King and Queen of love. After the coronation, Mom and Dad tell

the family how they met, when they decided to get married, etc.

Middle Years Families JOINED HEARTS Materials:

paper, scissors, pens. Cut out two large hearts. Divide the family into two groups. Have one group decorate one heart with words that describe Mother. Have the other do the same for Dad. Join the two hearts and talk about how parents help the family and share their love.

Parents should also have an opportunity to tell what they find most difficult about being parents.

Adult Families Read together the Scripture

passage, 1 Corinthians 13:1-13. Concentrate on verses 4-7. Take

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Father, forgive ... Six weeks and a few days

from now we'll gather on Good Friday to observe our highest holy day of fast, penance, and prayer. For some it will be the culminati'on of six weeks of spiritual reflection and renewal. For others it will be a last-ditch effort to observe Lent.

'But as intense and meaningful as Good Friday may be for us Christians, it really begins this week. It "knits up the ravell'd sleeve" of Lent and gives the days their meaning. Ash Wednesday. in reality, is the first hour of Good Friday.

If we celebrate Mass on Good Friday, we're likely to hear a reading and perhaps a homily on the Seven Last Words' of Christ. It is these I intend to use as a basis for my Lenten columns these six weeks because they speak so vividly to us of Jesus' love and promise.

Let's begin with Jesus' first words on forgiveness. Recalling the excruciating pain and humiliation that Jesus suffered those last days, beginning with the cruel taunting and scourging and continuing through the Way of the Cross, we meet Jesus in the last few hours of life. Suspended on the cross with his weeping loved ones at his, feet while the soldiers callously cast lots for his clothing, he made the incredible statement, "Father, forgive them for the:v know {lot what they do."

How ipany of us, in the'midst of such pain, failure and hurt, could utter such overwhelming love for others? At that moment,

Jesus modelled for us the kind of forp,iveness he expects of us as followers.

Forgiveness should be the visible sign of Christianity. If, we really forgave - in the family, the workplace, the church or world - we would not be filled with hostility and anger every time someone hurts or fails to understand us. We wouldn't have ruptured families speaking ununlovingly of one another. We wouldn't have diatribes against fellow Christians. We wouldn't have words of revenge and retribution.

Forgiveness begins within each of us. If we're forgiving persons, we are like Jesus in his last moments; we think not of our own hurts and pain but of our tres

i passers.

During Lent we so easily focus on lopsided forgiveness: God's forgiveness of our all-too-human behavior. Let's focus also on our ability to forgive. Scripture abounds with stories of forgiveness. Let's search them out and mediate on them, praying fervently that we will be able and eager to forgive those who trespass against us.

One hundred years ago, Episcopalian Bishop Phillips Brooks wrote to his people, "You who are letting miserable misunderstandings run on from year to year, meaning to clear them up some day; you who are keeping wretched quarrels alive because you cannot quite make up your minds that now is the day to sacrifice your pride and kill '

turns commenting to the person on your right how he or she lives these passages."You showed patience when you . . . " or "you didn't hold a grudge when I

," etc.

SNACK TIME Cookies and punch.

ENTERTAINMENT Let the parents decide on their

favorite game, favorite TV program, or other entertainment.

SHARING Share your ideas on what real

love is.

CLOSING PRAYER Thank you Father, for this time

to grow in love and 'caring for each other. Help us to appreciate the role of parents and of children in this family and to' help each other to do an even better job. We remember especially tonight the lonely, the orphans, and the families that are separated for whatever reasons. Amen.

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them; you who are letting your neighbor starve - until you hear that he is dying of starvation; or ,letting your friend's heart ache for -a word of appreciation or sympathy, which you mean to give him some day; if you could only know and see and feel all of a sudden that time is short, how it would break the spell? How you would go instantly and do the thing which you might never have anot!ler chance :to dol"

Lent gives us that chance 40 days of opportunity to look at our ability and willingness to forgive. Are we ready?

THE' ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Feb. 11, 1983

,Priests au,d politics

The revised Code of Canon Law reportedly prohibits priests form holding political office, except in special circumstances and with the approval of their superiors. Some news reports gave the impression this is something new, but it isn't.

The revised Code of Canon Law continues a prohibition found in the 1917 code it replaces. Moreover, the 1971 international Synod of Bishops warned priests to "keep a certain distance" from political office or involvement, and not to let their personal political choices "appear to Christians to be the only legitimate one or become a cause of division among the faithful."

Many Americans are confused about this issue. A prominent political figure asked .me recently if the new code also prohibits priests from participating in the struggle for social justice. The answer is no.

It is well known, of course, that Pope John Paul II has frequently warned priests not to get involved in party politics. It seems to be less well known, however, that he has also repeatedly challenged the clergy to get out of the sacristy and to play their proper role - as priests, not politicians - in social and economic reform. The revised code changes. nothing in this regard.

The politician was relieved to hear this, for he believes clergymen, without pre-empting the role of the laity, should be leaders in the struggle for human rights. Yet he also believes that, barring special circumstances, priests should not get involved in party politics or run for political office.

I think most American Catholics agree. Some, of course, would like priests to have less social involvement, while others would prefer more. But even the latter, I would wager, see no compelling reason for priests to hold political office.

Others, however, hold that the church's prohibition of clerical involv'ement in party politics is absolutely indefensible, and they are sure to be disappointed by its retention in the revised code.

An example is the Rev. Robert McAfee Brown, a Presbyterian clergyman who teaches at the Pacific School of Religion. He feels more strongly about this than any Catholic I know. In a recent article he made an impassioned plea to the pope not to require the priests who currently hold office in the Nicaraguan government to relinquish their posts.

Fr. 'Brown, a leading figure in the ecumenical movement, argues that removal of these

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HIGGINS .dill priests from office would "create a serious vacuum within the highest ranks of government."

If the pope makes these priests resign. Dr. Brown says, he will be giving "a signal to the rest of the world that the Vatican has entered the game of power politics with a vengeance and is in fact dictating to sovereign states that their own internal policies shall be drastiCally changed."

Dr. Brown favors clerical participation in the United States too. He cided the pope for requiring Jesuit Father Robert Drinan to give up his congressional seat, arg'uing that the pope's action victimized not only Drinan, "but the poor, the powerless, the weak."

Dr. Brown's overheated criticism strikes me as patronizing. Instead of engaging in dialogue, he talks down to the pope as he were naive and inexperienced in these matters.

Moreover, he is too sure of his own position and too unwilling to admit there may be another side to this controversial issue. By ignoring rather than responding to the arguments made by the Synod of Bishops, he oversimplifies a very complex problem.

There are two sides to every question, including this one. Unfortunately, Dr. Brown seems to see only one, his own.

[necrolo9Y) February 12

Rev. Stanislaus B. Albert, SS.CC., 1961, Monastery of the Sacred Hearts, Fairhaven

February 14 Rev. Charles E. Clerk, Pastor,

1932, St. Roch, Fall River Rev. Msgr. Francis E. McKeon,

Pastor Emeritus, 1980, Sacred Heart, Taunton

February 15 Rev. Joseph G. Layalle, Pastor,

1910, St. Mathieu, Fall River Rev. James C. Conlon, Pastor,

1957, St. Mary, Norton

NOTICE A Memorial. Mass

scheduled for Monday, Feb. 7, for Msgr. Henri A. Hamel at Sacred Heart Church, New Bedford, postponed due to weather, has been rescheduled for 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 14.

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DIOCESE O,F FALL RIVER 1983 Lenten R~gulations

1. LAW Of FAST , a. Those who are 21 years :of age, but not yet 59

years of age, ~re obliged: to observe the law of fast., '

b. On days' of fast, those bound by the law are limited to a, single full, meal. This meal. is meatless. Two other meatless meals, sufficient to maintain strength may' be taken according to to one's needs; however, tOgether these two meals should lllot' equal another: full meal.

c. There are two prescribed days of fast: Ash iWednesday (February 16, and Good Friday (April 1). i

2. LAW OF ABSTINENCE a. Those who are 14 'years of age and older are

obliged to observe the law of abstinence. b. Oil days of abstinence, those bound by the law

abstain from meat. I ' c. Oil all Fridays of Lent, abstinence is prescribed.

This, of course, includes Good Friday. Abstinence Is also prescri~ed on Ash iWednesday.

, 3. LENTEN DISCIPLINE '

a. No Catholic will hold himself or herself lightly excused from the law of; fast and abstinence. Commenting upon the mi~igated Lenten regulations promulgated several years ago by the,Holy Father, the' National Conference of Catholic Bishops in the United States noted: "The obligation to do penance is a serious one; the obligation to observe, as a whole br 'substantially,' the penitential days specified by the Church is also serious." , i

b. Lent is a most appropriate tune for the voluntary practice of self-denial or personal penance. This may be physical mortification, temperance, or such works as Christian ch"'ty and witness.

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·Signs of 'L~nt Continued f,rom page one dant. :1 urge you to follow

the Holy Season worthilygood will of all religious and wJII, so that a full meascreeds, regarding our "solidure of 'the godly gifts of thisarity" in the sufferings entime of grace will be yours dured .by our brothers and in rich !abundance. May God sisters throughout the world.

:ro illustrate suffering hu· love y~u!

manity, the Holy Father. I Rice Bowl As for' the past years,cites various examples: the , , seven

sick, anxious parents, the diocesan Catholics will include unemployed, alienated young among their Lenten observances people and "those who suf participation' in the 'Rice Bowl fer for the violation of their program of Catholic Relief Serrights, through sometimes vices. refined forms of persecu . Operati~n Rice Bowl is a twotion." fold program. First, families are

This sad recital is indica encouraged to gather each week tive of the scope of evil and for a tim¢' of prayer and reflecinjustice in the world. How tion. During this meeting famever, our celebration of the ilies may, share their thoughts Pasehal Mystery reassures about what they can do as a us. The redemptive mission family or :as individuals to help of Christ and His sufferings , their brot~ers and sisters overhave delivered us from evil. seas. Second, fami,lies partake in Now, the Lord invites us to a simple ~eaI. Savings from each share in His sufferings. We of these meals are placed into a do this, sinful and sorrowful, cardboard I rice bowi whichreduring Lent, and, following mains on! the table throughout the recommendation of the the six wj:!eks of the program. Holy Father, we consciously The savings are brought to Mass link our discipline of penance each week: or at the end. of the in solidarity with the, suf· program. : ferings of our ·J>rothers and Rice Bowl funds enable Cathsisters throughout the world. olic Relier: Services to provide

In Lent, as this Holy Year developmental assistance to more begins, then, prayer, ever than 70 countries. CRS· overmore fervent, fasting, acts of seas representatives work with self-denial and charity, all people in self-help projects that these Lenten practices so' include education, nutrition, and dear to the people of God vocational Itraining. Such projwill assume a special char ects are designed' to help the 'acter. poor become self-sufficient and , The graces of the' Len~en maintain ilieir dignity as human Season are rich and abun- beings.

need unity, she says LOUISVILLE, Ky. (NC)-The The peace movement needs

peace movement and the pro more conservatives in its ranks life movement should join forces and the right to life movement and work together for the pro needs more liberals, according tection of human life, according to Ms. Loesch. to the founder and coordinator She added tha-t the Catholic or' Prolifers for Survival, an or· Church has transcended -the ganization which opposes abor right-wing, left-wing gap that tion and nuclear weapons. Pope John Paul II has been able

Juli Loesch, who organized to appeal to both groups. "Left Prolifers for Survival, head and right are not as important quartered in Damascus, Md., as right and wrong," she said. near Washington, D.C., said in an Whiie Prolifers for Survivalinterview during a speaking tour is not an exclusively Catholicthat it is important for the two organization, it bases its posimovements to work together. to tion on the traditional Catholic involve more people and to fos teaching that nothing justifies a ter the link between abortion and deliberate attack on innocent·the nuclear weapons issue. life, she said. Ms. Loesch, 31,

"I have seen the peace move- ' said Prolifers for Survival is an ment go around in circles on the educational ,group, not a politileft and I have seen the right to cal action organization. It haslife movement go around ,in cir about 1,500 members and' 15cles on the right," Ms. Loesch chapters in the United States. said. As a result, she said, both groups are "turning off a lot of Both abortion and use of nupeople they should be turning clear weapons involve the delion." Both movements will fail' berate destruction of innocent if they do not work together, human life and the "massacre 'of she declared. human life," she said.

Director' to Honduras Continued from page one in Honduras by March 1 in order

Father Graziano said: to participate with other prelates The Diocesan Spanish in welcoming Pope John Paul II,

Apostolate rejoices in the scheduled to visit the country Holy Father's appointment during a tour of Central America of Father Muldoon as prefect between March 2 and 9. apostolic of Olancho, l:I0n "When the boss arrives, everyduras. For the past year thing should be set," was father Father Muldoon has been the Muldoon's less formal explana· only fulltime priest working tion of his departure from Regina within this ministry in the Pacis ahead of schedule. Nor· Fall River diocese. His many mally, he noted, such appointtalents and impressive Qedi ments are for three years. cation, combined with his In addition to directing the Christlike spirituality and New Bedford center, the 'Francis

. pastoral zeal, will be sorely . can priest had since January missed. 1982 been responsible for

On behalf of the staff of services to Taunton Hispanics. the apostolate, Fathers Har He will be succeeded in New rington and Ciardiello; the Bedford by Father Bruno CiarGuadalupanas Sisters and diello, OFM, who was also his the lay staff at Regina Pacis, immediate predecessor at Regina and on behalf of the large Pads. numbers of Hispanic people Olancho will not be new terriwithin the diocese who have tory for Father Muldoon, who been touched by this good served in the prelature from 1966 and gentle priest, I am happy to 1969 as his, first assignment and honored to be able to after ordination. Altogether, he say to him "Thank you, said, he has spent 15 years in Father Maurus. Our prayers Central America, most of them go with you as you minister in various parts of Honduras. to our brothers and sisters Fluent in Spanish, he has rein the faith in Honduras. We mained informed on the needs of will miss you. God bless the nation. and keep you always."

He will be installed in his new Father Muldoon, 44, left New office by Archbishop. AndreaBedford last Sunday for the New Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, York City headquarters of the ~postolic nuncio to HondurasFranciscan Province <of the and Nicaragua, at a date to beImmaculate 'Conception. There set. The ceremony will takehe will prepare for his new ,asplace in the Cathedral of thesignment. Immaculate Conception in Juti·Interviewed before his deparcalpa, Olancho. ture from the Fall River diocese,

he said he has been asked to be Father Muldoon is originally from St. Anne's parish, NepQn

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25 percent of Rice Bowl funds . mara) Muldoon. He has two sisfor local programs to aid the ters and a brother, ali members hungry. Ma'ny dioceses have of the Boston archdiocE:se. They funded soup kitchens, parish food are Mrs. Mary Grzybinski, St. pantries and food salvaging pro Joseph's parish, Holbrook; Mrs. grams. Ruth Busa, St..Clare's, Braintree;

Rice Bowl, in short, is a shar and Donald Muldoon, Blessed ing from one family to another. Sacrament, Walpole.

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TUesday, Man:h 29 ~ Family

Night. Perhaps this ~ good timeto make Easter cards for friendsand .rel'atives; handmade onescan be very special to receive.00 you want to continue haVinga regular Family. Night afterLent is over?

Monday, March 28 - Thenext lew days are'a traditionaltime for housecleaning to ~$sUrethat all is ready by Thursdayevening. Divide up .the· cl{3llningchOre, that" dQn't U8UllU)' getcompleted.

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Weclaesday, Mardl 30 - Yoursitrt~e meal tonight could be teaand bread. (Kids are otten veryfond of some of the herbal teasnow '0 readily avaRable.) Prayfor those who go to bed huntrytonight. Decide together wherethe money that bas been savedeach week in Operation' Rf~Bowl will ,e).11l~y, M..-ek 31 - Holy

Thursday: Have a seder meal athome or ina local pariSh. Conskier washing one another'. feetor hands as a part of the seder'celebration; then discuss the figniticance of this 4lncieQt aaioo.

Frldq. AprlU -Good F:rid,ay.No meat ·today. If }>ossible,gather .llmmnbers of 'the ftinBy SOOIt after noon, and prayt~ 't&e-Stations of theCross. Have this be the beginnina of tlu'ee hours of quiet timein your.h~ Radios, 1he stereoand TV should be kept silent.t::re so...·hotc...s bUM fQt"

tonilht, and discuss altthe croa,.••pea ,ttOUlld .•,(tele-·phone poles,. for 1D8tanoe) thatproclaIm Golfs pteaence in ·ourworld if web)k for them. .

~,J\prll J - HoJy saturday•. As you color Easter eps,talk about. how the seed in theground, the caterpillar iii i~cocoon and the baby chick in theegg are aigns Qf~t in' thetomb. They all appear to belifeless. but are tull of new life"which bursts forth almo"st miraculo"sly. Attend the £aster. Vigilservice if you can; it is one ofthe church's most dramatic andbeautiful Utuqciei.

SQIlday, AprIl 3 - Easter!Work t08ether on a bannet orpost~ that.. says, ''He is Risen,Alleluia!" in' bright colors:. Thetradition of wearing~ clothesor dres&ing up more formally .than usual is a way of sbowingour new life·' through baptism,because tttrougll this sacramentwe have died and risen withChI'ist.Sbue some' speeialEaster bread and an RUter hugwith one another! Happy Easter!

Thorsclay, March 17.~ St.Patrick's Day. Pray for thosesuffering in Northern Ireland.

Friday, March 18 - Remember, no meat today. When youpray the Stations of the Crossthis evening, perhaps variousfamily members. can .ay some- .thing abOut the special meaning'of t!lat particular Station for.him or her.

tiQ}:S of all kim15 Or discrimina·tion in our society. ,

. , .Tuesday, MU'eb aa - Family ..Night, .......,

WecIQeIiday, MU'Ch 23 - Asimple meal' ot tomato soup. .andcheem .ndwi~. Pray forthose who are in prison for theirbeliefs..

Thunclay, Mari:b 24 ..... Makepreparations together for a family seder or passover -meal fornext Thursday. Inquire at yourpatilh relilious education officeor lOcal library for a book on thes&fer meal.

f'rIdaYJ March 2$ ~ No meat·todft,y. ,Feast of the AnnunciatioD. ..If the famjly does' not pray the !

ro..,-, . discuss ijtis form of'prayer. Recite the Joyful Mysteries.

, Sa.turcIa¥, M.n:b 21 - Saveeyou ceJ.C'brated the SacQment ofReconcUUit!on lately? U. not, ,make plans to attend soon as ..tamily in your l~~Pari~. Atdi~et tlH$ evening, discu8.S theplace of ,forsiveness' and. reconciliation in your family.

$uncIa)", March 27 - PalmSunday. Cover the crucifiX andother sacred art ·in your home inpurple .fabric until Holy.SaturdIJy,.. This i~ a cUitom most parishe.s have discarded, but which.could be used very 'effectively inthe home,. wIth significant im·pect on children. P,dm branches'are distributed in church today.As you lWt ~m in a prominent ;place in Your home, talk aboutwhether c;hrist is. really_'~king"in your life - or does the comO.mitment to Him die down quickly .as did t~e cheering of thecrowds after Jesus' entry intoJerusalem?

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Saturday., March 18 _ Gothrough your closets and· drawers for clothes and Slhoes thatare not be1n&.used. Prepare themto be given away. One of the •saints of the early O1urch remarked that the extra coa~ inyour closet belongs to the poor•.

SuQday, March 2Q - Look forsigns of new life ,in nature. Talk.about how so much "work" hap- ;pens under the ground and with..in the bud before the new life wenow see beg~ns f;o .oow. Our:life as O1ristians takes a lot of iprayer and "inside work" too. ,

~,:~ II - No TV.Itonight. Take time to go throughsome old pictures end photo al•.bums and 'thank God for the lifeand'the~es You have' been •given.

mmily help the parilih have newlife? 'Talk about it.

Mcmday, March 7 - Turn offthe TV tonight. Talk togetherabout which samt you would beif you could choose anyone at

. all..

Tuesday, March 8 - FamilyNight.

Wedwlesday, March 9 - Do asecret good deed for som8>Qnetoday.

Thursday, MUeh Io-At dinner.. dis~ss how your familyexperience bf Lent is going. .

Frld8r, March 11 - No meattoday; Share the Stations of theCross', and discuss how they apply to today's world.

saturday, March 12 - Talkabout . what yeu 4i~ (witqout.MY) to help someone during theput week.

Sunday, Match 13·- Look forsigns of' new lile' U'OUnd you.How could you bring new life 'toyour sehoolor work situatiQll?

MOIlCIay, M-eb 14 - No 1Vtonight. . What's Y,OUr favoriteGospel story? Wh1.? Talk aboutit tosethe.r.

~y, M8t'Cb IS - FamilyNight.

WedDesday,.lfarch 18 - Macarcmi a~ oheeee 'foryout simPlemeal toniibt. Pray for the vic-

for 40 days

Friday, March 4 - No meattoday. Pray the Station. or theCros. together. •

Saturday, Mareb • Eachfamily member pick ane way tohelp someone ,outside the family(babysitting, yard worre.- .etc.)this week, and no-PaY fo,: .it.

Sun:lay, ~arcIa 8 - Look forsip,!!..of new life.tfQW ,dGes.yourPari~ }1~~l\\,n~.life, in ]lOU"and, in, oth~rs?,How doef''Yo~.

Wedouday, Mwcb. 2 - Foryour .simple meal tonight, fi)l(pancakes. .Pray for those ·inSeutheast Asia who are hungry~r oppressed. -

'fbursday, Mardl J - Visit or. call someone wh9 may be lonely.

Talk about the experience overdinner.

new life happen around you this

week? Talk about thi,s together.

·Monday, Feb. 28 - Turn o,fthe TV tonight and perhaps reada 'book aloud that everyoneWOijld~enjoy. liow about a volumefrom C: S. Lewis' Chronicles of

. Narnia? Talk about "The mostdifficult decision I ever had tomake," and why it was so difficult.

Tueeclay, March 1 - FamilyNight. Take turns haYing responsibility for the various partsof the evening: prepiring pray-

'ers, snacks, game, etc. '

your dia~ .1:0 start the aeasonwtth a rembtdet Of prayer. Thesesimple breads originated duringLent when eggs, milk and butterwere not eaten. Pretzels wereshaped in the form of armscrossed in prayer (a <:omG)onposture of prayer centuries ago)and were called braceUae, meaning "little" arms." Each Wedne~

day in Lent, have a simple mealand give the money' ..ved toOpe~tioo mce Bo~ or someother good cause. Tonight servepotato soup and remember inprayer around the table thosesuffering in Poland. You mightset another place' at table eachWedneSday, for ,Jesus. Hving in.our sisters' and brothers' whosuffer from cold and hunger.

~ednesday. F. '23 ~For ,your simple meal tonight,~oatme&l and PfllY.tor those whoare sUff~ in Central An:lerica.Remember, to Put aside the money saved fOt Rice ,Bowl.

Thursday, Feb. 24-Talk abou~

the saint eath famtl)" memberwas named for' and find outabout each one if you don't knowmuch abc?ut bim C;u: her, .

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Frl~Yt. Feb. 25 i No meat.Share the Stations -of th~Cross.

Perhaps yop Can s~ at tile tableand4caw .the pj~tt.iresy9u seewith your miiici',s'eye- as one per-.son -reads the ,Sta·tions' for thefamily. ....." ,.' ..

SatllTday, Feb.2G ~, Try' to~~~~ a ,S~cial effort. hot t~)<:complain today. , "

SuJdty,' 'Feb. 2f,- .LooK. forsigns of new life. Did you help ,

TburI!Iday, Feb. 11 - Plant anamaryllis bulb (available at anurser;y.or.p~t·~op)·~the~

The jiTant shoUld be in f.Wl bloomby Easter. Talk about the dyingof the seed in the ground to havenew We -a sign of wh8t shouldbe happening to, us during Lent.

. Friday, Feb. 1.8 -' No meattoday. ,Share the StatiOnl of theCross as a family. There arespecial versions for. chIldr.en available.

.saturday, F. II ...;. Make a·Jist together of 10 peopleWitbspecial neecs that your familywill pray for during Len~.P08t

it where everYone can'See it aDdreme~ber'. tlie* people. .

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Last July I spent 10 days visiting the Central American nation of Nicaragua. I went at the invitation of the Jesuit provincial to observe at first hand the conditions of life in a <:ountry which has· been so frequently in the news since the Sandinista revolution in 1979.

There have been many conflicting reports about Nicaragua. I did not become an instant expert during my visit but I simply would like to share my observations - what I saw and learned from many conversations with a wide variety of people.

Nicaragua is a little larger than Virginia, with a population of approximately 2~ million. Most people live on the Pacific side of the country. There are two seasons in Nicaragua: the dry (and hot) between November and· May; and the rainy between May and November.

It is a land of staggering contrasts: Beautiful mountains and lakes formed from volcanoes are a background to the poverty and almost unbearable living conditions of the majority of the population.

In every barrio I visited and throughout the countryside, I saw people with nutrition, health and transportation needs. I also saw beautiful families with numbers of children whom a Jesuit pastor affectionately called "our little plants."

The Nicaraguan people suffered for years under the oppression of the Somoza family dictatorship. During the civil War leading to the reVOlution of 1979, 50,000 people lost their lives.

Two recent natural disasters have also caused great human suffering. In 1972 an earthquake leveled the center of Managua and 40,000 died in the tragedy.. Somoza never rebuilt the city with the aid received from foreign governments. Instead, much of the money benefited Somoza personally.

I was shocked tn learn that in late May of 1982 the country suffered the worst f1ooding·in its history. Although the death toll was low, 70,000 people, mostly the poor living in the barrios, were left homeless and 60 percent of the country's key agricultural crops were destroyed. In touring the countryside, I saw bridges and roads that were washed out and houses beyond repair.

I felt very safe in Nicaragua. I was free to travel about at leisure and was frankly surprised at the absence of many troops. Everywhere -I vient I found warmth and affection for myself as a North Ameri<:an.

Perhaps the friendliness I experienced was due to the presence of American volunteers working among the poor. I met Sister peg Healy, a Maryknoll nun who has a deep love for the people. I spoke with Pat Hynes, a mother of four grown children, who came to Nicaragua as a Maryknoll lay volunte~r. In a barrio, I visited a. young Cath

olic doctor who, along with his wife, who is a nurse, and their infant child, have volunteered three years of service among the poor.

I was most impressed with four recent graduates of Georgetown University: Jim Kirwin, Tom Hearn, Kevin O'Leary and Peter Radell. They and six other recent Georgetown grads have spent a year working. in isolated villages among the campsinos (poor farmers).

They told me about teaching classes in reading and math for the children during the day and for adults at night. They had helped build two classroom buildings a well and latrines. When I praised them for their dedication, they quickly told me that they were receiving much more than they gave. Each lived with a campesino family, sharing in meals and family life.

The North American missionaries, lay, religious and clergy, are the goodwill ambassadors of the United States. They are among the builders of love and justice. They dwell among a people who, like us, cherish the hope and vision of a new life of freedom and dignity.

-Reprinted by ~Issiori from The Catholic Virginian

FATHER ROBERT E. CARSON, O. Praem, will conduct a Lenten retreat at7 p.m. Feb. 13 to 17 at SS. Peter and Paul parish, Fall River. He will explain the program at all Masses this weekend.

Father Carson will also offer a 9 a.m. Mass daily for those able to attend, followed by coffee and discussion on varied topics. He will be available at SSt Peter and Paul rectory for individual appointments.

A Honolulu native, Father Carson gives parish retreats and Air Force chaplains' w 0 r k s hop s throughout the U.S. and abroad. A historian, he has contributed to the New Catholic Encyclopedia and various learned' journals. He is stationed at the Premonstratensian Abbey of St. Norbert, DePere, Wise.

BEFORE CARAVAGGIO'S "Deposition," First Lady Nancy Reagan stands with Philippe de Montebello, director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Cardinal Terence Cooke of New York. The painting is part ofa huge exhibit of art works loaned by the Vatican for viewing in New York, Chicago and San Francisco. (NC/UPI Photo)

EXhibit shows varied facets of papal art

NEW YORK (NC) - On exhibition in the same room of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art are the Apollo Bel

,vedere, a first-century A.D. statue of the Greek sun god, and "The Miraculous Draught of Fishes," a 16th-century tapestry.

The works stand in sharp thematic contrast. The marble statue, a Roman copy of a Greek original, shows the nearly naked Apollo in human form and has been regarded by many sculptors as one of the best artistic expressions of human beauty. The Christian-inspired tapestry visualizes the Gospel account (Luke 5, 1-11) in which Peter becomes a disciple of Christ after the miracle of the fishes. .

The works illustrate the diversity of the popes as art patrons and collectors. The t'apestry was commissioned by Pope Leo X to adorn the Sistine Chapel. Italian Renaissance artist Raphael made the drawing, showing Peter kneeling in his boat before a seated Christ, used as' a model for the weaving. The Apollo Belvedere was acquired in the early l500s by Pope Leo's immediate predecessor, Pope Julius II, to decorate the Vatican's Belvedere Courtyard.

Through the centuries popes have commissioned great artists

to create works of beauty exemplifying Christian themes. They also have collected non-Christian or pre-Christian works for their intrinsic quality.

The statue and the tapestry are part of 237 Vatican art works lent to the Metropolitan for an exhibition titled "The Vatican Collections - the Papacy and Art."

The exhibition is organized in a series of rooms and passageways which trace the historical development of the Vatican collections from efforts to preserve first-century Christian relics and artifacts to contemporary collections of non-Christian religious art from missionary lands. Much pagan Roman art was collected when the popes were also temporal rulers of Rome and the surrounding area. They were collected as a way of preser'ving the secular history and culture of the lands the popes governed.

In the 5 '1 room with the Apollo Belv .. Torso, a fragmentary marble sculpture from the first century B.C. showing a bulky, muscular torso seated on a boulder. The -statue, by the Greek sculptor Apollonius, was used by Michaelangelo to study anatomy. It inspired some of the figures in his huge frescoes of

THE ANCHOR 11 Friday, Feb. 11, 1983

Cape guild plans tour

For the third year St. Patrick's Guild, Falmouth, is sponsoring a May pilgrimage to the Shrine of the Immaculate Heart of Mary at the national center of the Blue Army of OUR' Lady of Fatima, Washington, N.J.

The pilgrimage, from Friday through Sunday, May 13 to 15, has been extended an additional day this yeaR' to permit return via New York City, attendance at Mass in St. Patrick's Cathedral and possible viewing of the Vatican art display at the Metropolitan Museum.

Pilgrimage organizers note that since 1983 is a Holy Year, visits to Marian shrines will have special s.gnUicance. One bus ...has been filled for the New Jersey trip and standby reservations are being accepted for a second bus, to be chartered if response warrants.

Further information on the pilgrimage is available from Paulyne Dick, 117 Surf Drive, Falmouth.

She notes that the scenically located New Jersey shrine Was dedicated duling the U.S. bicentennial year as a tribute to Mary, patroness of the nation. Its focal point is a 140 foot statue of Our Lady of Fatima and also on the grounds are replicas of the Fatima "chapel of the apparitions" and the holy house of Nazareth.

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the Creation and the Last Judgement in the Sistine Chapel.

Another room of sculptures is dominated by the Augustus of Prima Porta, a first-century B.C. marble statue of the Roman Em ..peror Augustus Caesar in battle dress as a field general.

In other rooms Christian themes dominate. A hallway of paintings includes "Saint Jerorne," an unfinished 16th-century painting by Leonardo da Vinci, showing an emaciated saint seated before a roaring lion. It is the only Leonardo in the Vatican collections.

In the same room with the Leonardo is the towering 17thcentury painNng, "The Deposition," by the Italian artist Caravaggio. The 9-foot-10-inch oil on canvas shows an ashen-faced Christ being placed on a funeral slab after he ~as lowered from the cross.

The final room displays 20thcentury religious art. Fa~ing the doorway as one enters is "The Tree of Life," a l6-foot-9-inch tall creation of French artist Henri Matisse. The wQrk is composed of cut and painted paper in cardboard depicting yellow and blue leaves on a green and yellow background. It was the model for stained-glass windows Matisse designed for a chapel in ·France.

12 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Foil River-Fri., Feb. 11, 1983

A letter to friends , I By Father Thoinas Merton seen. There is something peculiar

about the light there, a blue and The following passage from a clarity you see nowhere else.

"The Asian Journal of Thomas Merto~" is taken from a clieular I spent eight days at Dharam- ' letter the late Trappist monk sala making a kind of retreat, wrote to his friends from New reading and meditating and me~tDelhi, India, Nov. 9, 1968. It 'is ing Tibetian masters. I had three reprinted by permission of New 'long interviews with the Dalai Directions Publishing Corp.

The main point of this letter is to tell you something about my contacts with Tibetian mysticism and my meeting with the Dalai Lama in his new head- ' quarters, high on a mountain at' Dharamsala which is an overnight train' trip from Delhi, up in the Himalayas.

The Himalayas are the most beautiful mountains I have ever

Lama and spoke also with manyothers.

The Dalai Lama is the religious head of the Tibetian Buddhists and also, in some ways, their temporal leader. As -you know. we had to escape fr~m Tibet in 1959 when the Chmese communists took over his country. There are many Tibetan refugees living in tents in the mountains,

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Zen BuddhismII II

Buddhist and Benedictine monks ioin in prayer.,

By Dolores Leckey

The word Buddhism long conjured up images of an esoteric alien religion. However, during the past four decades, the West has been exposed more and more to the beauties and wonders of Asia. Today Buddhism seems less distant.

The word buddha literally refers to an enlightened being. In the West it usually refers to a particular historic person, Gautama Siddhartha (563-483 B.C.), who was born in India. Among Buddhists, however, he represents only one in a line of enlightened beings.

There are many stereotypes reo garding Buddhism. One holds

that the religion denies the value ~f this world - that its followers live in a sort of trance, awaiting death and the' passage into· pure nothingness.

The late Trappist Monk, Father Thomas Merton, likened that distortion to the misunderstanding endured by some Christian mystics. St. John of the Cross, for example, is regarded by many as a life-denying ascetic. In reality his M,,"t,i.dsm superabounds The treasures of the East in love and joy. , When I first studied the Bud ~y Katherine Bird

'dhism of Asian Tib9t, I thought a lama-rimpoche (a' holy teacher) would be unapproachable and mysterious. I was sure if I met

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A foreboding parable ' II By Father John J. Castelot

Mark crowded a great many . events into his account of Jesus' last week. Practically 'all are conflicts with Jerusalem authorities, illustrating ~he increasing· antagonism which led to"his trial and execution.

The day after the cleansing of the temple, he is back in the temple precincts. Some of the authorities (Mark 11:27), want to know 'by what authority' he ' does such things.

Their question does not concern his civil or ecclesiastical authority; what he has done bespeaks a divine commission.

Jesus counters their question

by asking their opinion of John the Baptizer's authority: Did it derive from God or from man?' They are caught in a bind.

If they say "from God;" he can ask why they di,d not respond accordingly. If they say "from men," they will antagonize ,the people who acknowledge that John was indeed a man "sent by God," (John 1:6).

They answer lamely: '''We do not know," Since they, in effect, refuse 'to answer his question, he refuses to answer theirs - and it is not hard to imagine their frustration and anger.

This encounter is followed by

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In 1968, Archbishop Rembert Weaklapd, OSB,' traveled to Bangkok, Thailand, to preside at an international conference on monastic renewal. At the time he was ab~ot primate of the world· wide Bepedictine order. Today he is the archbishop of Milwaukee, Wis.

Panticipants in the Bangkok conferertce included mon'ks from

'India, Korea and Thailand as well as from the West. During the confere~ce, Archbishop Weak· land wa~ the priest called upon to anoin~ Trappist Father Thorn· as Mertqn following his accidental death by electrocution.

IOne purpose of the Bangkok

conferen~e, Archbishop Weakland explained, was to begin a dialogue :with Buddhism.

In the archbishop's view, a breakthrough came when Arch·

, bishop Jean Jadot, then papal delegate: in Thailand, persuaded the patriarch of the country's 'Buddhist~ to meet with the Christian leaders. Archbishop Jadot

would later serve as apostolic delegate 'in the United States.

The patriarch's presence at the conference "was an indication to other Buddhists" of the value he placed on beginning a deeper dialogue with Christians, a dialogue which is continuing today, ' said the Milwaukee archbishop.

.Five years later, the Buddhists attended a second conference in Bangalore, India. Archbishop Weakland recalled that the Bud.

, dhists stood out there because of their total dedication to the preservation of life. Jain monks, he said, wore masks to prevent in-

II For children II By Janaan Manternach,

It was late evening in the upper room ,of a home in Jerusalem.

'I.:orches burned the walls. Two of Jesus' disciples were

finishing preparations for the Passover meal. They had set the huge table and were arranging couches around it. 0

The aroma of roasting lamb filled the air. Stacks of thin, unleavened bread rested at the ends of the table. Goblets of wine stood beside the bread. In the center of the table there was space for the large lamb.

Jesus arrived with his friends. They looked around the room, admiring its decorations and the carefully set table.

Soon they were all settled, Jesus in the center, at the place of honor. It was the great J~w·

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" sects from flying in by accident and dying.

Some non-Christian religious practices will seem alien to Christians. But Archbishop Weakland points out that East· ern religions have been influential in "reawakening the mysti-" cal tradition in the West," He reminds Christians that the Vatican II document, "On the Relationship of the Church to NonChristian Religions," unequivocally states that the church is concerned about truth wherever found.

Among Buddhism's special i~

sights, said the archbishop, is its strong"sense of "interiority," of the need to develop an aware· ness of the indwelling of the spirit in each person. In addition, he said, Eastern mysticism has led Western monks "to appreciate their own heritage better,"

Archbishop Weakland pointed to Benedictine Father Bede Griff· iths as a person who has found Eastern religiou~ traditions valuable in his own spiritual development. Father Griffiths, a British convert to Catholicism, began living in an ashram in India in 1956.

An ashram is a place where a guru lives, prays· and gathers disciples around him. He' compared it to a Western monastery, but said it is not as permanent in the sense that the guru expects his disciples to establish their own ashrams sooner or later.

During his many yellrs' in In· . dia, Father Griffiths h~s learned

to integrate Western monastic traditions with those of the East. Now 75, he follows a simple life-


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and many also forming colonies on tea plantations. The Dalai Lama is much loved by his people, and they are the most prayerful people I have seen. Some of them seem to be praying cons~ant1y, and I don't mean monks, lay people. Some always have rosaries in their hands (counting out Buddhist mantras), and I have seen some with prayer wheels ...

The Dalai Lama is 33 years old, a very alert and energetic person. He is simple and outgoing and spoke with great openness and frankness. He is in no sense what you would expect of a political emigre, and the things he said about communism seemed to me fair and objective.

His real interests are monastic and mystical. He is a religious leader and scholar, and also a man who has obviously received a remarkable monastic formation. We spoke almost entirely about the life of meditation, about "samadhi" (concentration), which is the first stage of meditative discipline and where one systematically clarifies and recollects his mind.

The Tibetians have a very acute, subtle and scientific knowledge of the mind and are still experimenting with meditation. We also talked of higher forms of prayer, of Tibetan mysticism (most of which is esoteric and kept strictly secret) especially comparing Tibetan mysticism with Zen.

In either case the highest mysticism is in some ways quite "simple" - but always and everywhere the Dalai Lama kept insisting on the fact that one could not attain anything in the spiritual life without total dedication, continued effort, experienced guidance, real discipline, and the combination of wisdom and method (which is stressed by Tibetan mysticism).

He was very interested in our Western monasticism and the. questions he asked about the Cistercian (Trappist, ed.) life were interesting. He wanted to know about the vows, and whether the vows meant that one became committed to a "high attainment" in the mystical life.

He wanted to know if one's

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style which many westerners, "used to their three square meals and hot baths," would find very demanding, Archbishop Weakland commented. A vegetarian, Father Griffiths spends many hours in prayer and meditation.

Yet, even though Father Griffiths has adapted some Eastern traditions, his prayers are "still centered on Jesus," the Holy Spirit and the Trinity, concepts not found in the Buddhist tradition.

He has written about the possibility of integrating Christianity with elements of the Buddhism. His book has an interesting title, reflecting his concern with living in contact with the source of all reality: "Return to the Center."

,vows constituted an initiation into a mystical tradition and experience under a qualified master, or were they just "equivalent to an oath" - a kind of agreement to stick around.

When I explained the vows, then he still wanted to know what kind of .attainment the monks might achieve and if there were possibiliti~s of a deep mystical life in our monasteries.

I said, well, that is what they are supposed to ·be for, but many monks seem to be interested in something else .. . . I would note, however, that some of the monks around the Dalai Lama complain of the same things our monks do: lack of time, too much work, inability to devote enough time to meditation, etc. .

I don't suppose the Dalai Lama has much time on his hands, but in the long talks we had on meditation I could see that he has certainly gone very thoroughly and deeply into it and is a man of high "attainment."

I have also met many other Tibetans who are impressive in this- way, including Tibetan lay people who are very far advanced .in a special type of Tibetan contemplation which is like Zen and is called "dzogchen."

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was the most important meal of the year.

But there was an air of fear. Everyone at the table knew Jesus was in danger, that his enemies were plotting to arrest him.

Jesus began the meal with a blessing. He took a large piece of bread, said a prayer of thanks, then broke the bread and gave it to his disciples. He startled them by what he said as he handed them the bre~d: '.'Take this, this is my body."

The disciples pondered his words as they ate.

The usual Passover meal continued. Jesus and his friends recalled the escape from Egyptian slavery, when God led his people to freedom. They rejoiced that the same God of freedom was with them.

The bitter herbs reminded them of the sufferings of their forefathers in Egypt. The unleavened bread recalled how quickly their ancestors left Egypt under cover of darkness. They prayed some of the Psalms and drank some of the wine..

At the end of the meal Jesus took the "cup of blessing," prayed the customary thanksgiving and gave it to his friends. All drank from it and Jesus said, "This is my blood, the blood of the covenant, to be poured out on behalf of many."

The disciples then sang a hymn of praise and left the upper room. As they walked to the Mount of Olives, they talked about what Jesus had done.

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one I'd be silent and afraid. Then I did meet a rimpoche

whose books I had read. He was gracious, humorous and interested in others. I was struck by his ability to concentrate on each person he spoke. with.

This rimpoche emphasized the importance of spiritual enlightenment. He was especially interested in meeting Christians deeply committed to their own religious traditions.

Each person, he felt, ought to "dig his or her own well, not run off to dig another's well."

Eventually, he said, you will come to the water, the source of life. But, he cautioned, if you give up digging your own well, you will never reach the water.

There is a practice of meditation known as Zen and often associated with Buddhism. In fact, one of the main Buddhist schools is Japanese Zen Buddhism. But Zen practice is not limited to Buddhism. For Zen is not a theology of revelation and salvation, nor is it mysticism as understood in the Wl!st..

Zen encourages the effort to get to the direct experience of life itself. One asks such questions as: What does it mean that I exist? Who am I?

Obviously, such questions are not reserved to Buddhists. Christians and many others ask them.

One who studies Zen wants to come to grips with the everyday experience of the senses and the invisible reality undergirding everything.

One of the Zen approaches is that of silent meditation. Many Christians are seeking ways to integrate Zen with their own faith, some in monasteries, some in families and professions, in ordinary social and cultural life.

Perhaps today it is becoming more urgent to explore the meaning of our humanity and of the Christian themes of life and unity in Christ.

This exploration: if it leads to action, will'transform one's life. I think ultimately it will mean facing the narrow gate of which Jesus spoke, and. deciding whether or not to enter.

Those who choose to enter that gate will benefit from the experience of others and from Zen, a link between East and West.

Zen values waiting, patient waiting. That is itself an act of humility.

And· I've always imagined diat one had to bend low to make it through Jesus' gate.

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another, with Jesus taking the .initiative. He relates a parable about a man who has a valuable and well-tended vineyard. The dl;!scription is obviously borrowed from the parable in Chapter 5,of Isaiah, where the landowner is God and the vineyard is Israel.

In Jesus' parable, the man goes on a journey and in due tjme sends his servants to collect his .share of the produce. But every time he sends his agents, the tenant farmers either abuse or kill them. Finally he sends his own son - "the son whom he loved."

He thinks: "They will have to respect my son." But they do not.

On the contrary, they see :1

chance to take over completely; they will kill the son and perpetrate the final indignity of denying him decent burial. They simply drag him outside the vineyard. .

Jesus states ominously that the °landowner will "come and destroy those tenants and turn his vineyard over to others."

The landowner is, of course, God. The tenant farmers are his people, and the servants are the prophets he sent to them throughout history, whom they ignored and mistreated. The son is Jesus and their treatment of him is another dark forecast of the Passion.

The main point of the parable, . however, is the punishment of the tenants and the transfer of the vineyard to others - a clear reference to the disaster soon to befall Jerusalem and the extension of God's reign to the gentiles.

It was this that so infuriated some of the authorities. They wanted to arrest him on the spot. The point of the parable was all too dear to them.

Their fury, however was checked by their fear of the crowd. Finally, in desperation, "they left him and went off." But they had been sharply stung.

If, for the moment, they left Jesus, others were waiting in the wings to continue the attack, as the sequel will show.

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There are all kinds of gifts. For instance, letters one receives from unexpected places, gifts conveyed so quietly they' are known only to you and their author. Some recent 'letters last week carried such gifts.

From a Quaker: "The Catholic Church holds treasure for me. It is wonderful that people from the different churches can see one another as companiqns on the way. The· spirit is so generous, to call a Quaker to talk to a Protestant congregation about a perception of truth which the Catholics have preserved' for us am" .The writer was referring to our bigh regard for the Blessed Mother.

Nancy T. G. writes.... movingly of a visit to Chartres Cathedral; . "I decided to take in the afternoon talk given by Malcolm Miller, an Englishman who speaks daily in the cathedral to English-language groups."

She relates. how she listened as Mr. Miller introduced himself and his subject. In her words, "Then he paused, and said, 'Ladies and gentlemen, you are seated in the dwelling-place on earth of the Queen of...fIeaven.' " She said a shudder of awe went through her body and tears spilled from her eyes, a response that to this day amazes her as she recalls it.' ' . For Nancy it, was a moment of recognition that she knew "the great Lady."

.Bishop Feehan Elizabeth Latta has been

named Bausch and Lomb Science Award winner at Feehan' High in Attleboro. The award recognizes the senior student with the

. highest standing in. science courses. Winners from nearly' 9000 participating SC900ls in the U.S. and Canada are eligible to compete for four-year scholarships at the University ofRochester, N.Y.

Elizabeth, a National Honor Society member, is captain of the Feehan majorettes.

Feehan Math Club members placed first by 18 points at the recent Southeastern Massachusetts Math League meet held at Attleboro High School. Top scorers for their grade levels were junior James Zito, and freshman Albert Walgreen.

The next meet will be held Tuesday, March 8 at Feehan.

Named for indusion in the 1983 edition of Who's Who in Music are Feehanits Darren Henault, Sharon Mullane and Lori Boucher; while' Patricia Pierce

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has been named a delegate to a national 4-H conference April 9 to 16 in Washington, D.C. Her 4-H concentration has been in riding and care of horses and sh~ hopes to become a' veterinarian. .

The annual father-daughter dinner dance will be held tonight at Venus deMilo restaurant in Swansea. Due to the large number of dads and daughters attend- ' ing this annual event, it had to be held on two nights when it took place at Feehan. The move to the large restaurant facility will make a one-night affair possible..

Feehan Theatre Company members' will compete tomorrow in the annual Massachusetts High School Drama Festival, presenting "Whose Life Is It Anyway?" Directed by Alan Ksen, they will appear at Case High School, Swansea.

An Easter Seals-sponsored basketball shooting contest for b9Ys and girls under age 18 will be held at Feehan immediately

. after school today. Participants - will obtain pledges for baskets

made and proceeds will benefit the Easter 'Seals program for children. Winners are eligible' for a large number of prizes.

"Only 15,'" a poem about the suicide of a young boy based on a personal experience of senior Monique Debatis, has been. accepted for inclusion in an anthology, "Today's Greatest Poems:" .It first appeared in Shaman, Feehan's literary magazine.

, Bishop Stang The school has expressed grati·

tude to Father John F. Moore, Anchor editor and pastor of St. Mary's parish, New Bedford, which has many parishioners among the S~ang student body.

As the Stang newsletter tells the story: "Don't ever offer to help Stang if you are not serious. Father John Moore can attest to this: It seems Father Moore indi- . cated to Coach Lanagan his willingness to help if needed. Well, if you. expand the weight room, and provide a program, you have candidates - over 90, as a matter of fact. Can you imagine 90 ' young men changing' 'in one locker room! With ingenuity and, some needed financial aid more hooks could be added. Mr. Lanagan provided the ingenuity and Father Moore made a most generous contribution. We are very appreciative of Father's support."

Also at the North Dartmouth school, Jane Hendriques has been named a state winner of the .Century III Leadership Program. She has received a $1500 scholar

.shiP arid will 0 enjoy an all-expense-paid trip to the upcoming Century III national conference in Williamsburg, Va.

Miss: Teresa Furtado, Stang faculty I member, is also a viola. player' with the New Bedford Symphony. She will be heard in concert: at 8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 27, at Keith Junior High School in New Bedford. She is also heard ~.t Stang . liturgies.

This is the juniors' big weekend, with their Ring Mass today and Ring Dance tomorrow, the latt~r in the Stang gym.

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Congratulations go to the three C.C students who took the top pla¢es in the recent 19th

,annual ;Olympiad High School Prize Competition in Mathematics. iThey are Toni Jane Silveira aDd Sean McMullen, seniors, and John Rogers, junior. All from one school, they triumphed over 41 :other competitors.

Registration and tryouts for the Taurlton school's spring musical, "Bye Bye Birdie" will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Monday in the band room. '

By Charlie Martin

STAND OR FALL The crying parents tell their children "If you -survive don't do as we did" A son explains there'll be nothing to do too A daughter Says she'll be dead with you. While foreign affairs are screwing rotten Line morale has hit rock bottom Dying embers stand forgotten Talks of peace were being trodden. Refrain: St~ or fall State your peace tonight Stanel or fall State your peace tonight. It's the Euro theater An empty face reflects extinction Ugly scars divide the nation Desecrate the population There will be DO exultation. Is this the value of our existenee ShQUJd we proclaim with suda persistence

iOur destiny reUes '08 ,0000science 'Red or blue what's the ditfereaee.

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Now is the time to apply for federal and state loans and grants for higher education. Those needing financial help In pursuing a degree - high school seniors, students presently in ~lIege, and older adults - should apply now for the academic year beginning September 1983.

''The good news is that aid is still available," according to John C. Hoy, president of the New England Board of Higher Education. "Last year Congress for the most part resisted Reagan's propoSed cuts in loans and grants. Students should not panic and assume

. that it' is useless to ask for help for the upcoming year."

Students must' however complete the 1983-1984 application forms quickly and accurately•.Two months behind schedule, the U.$. Department of Education just released the federal forms.' Because of this delay, parents and students must submit completed forms quickly.

Misunderstanding of requirements may occur among students whose parents did not attend college, noted Hoy. "We urge community leaders to give special encouragement and assistance to firstgeneration coDege students," he said. "It would be tragic

,for this most vuinerable group to give up ~use of misinformation or lack of moral support." -

The following are the programs most relied on by college students:

- Federal Pell Grants are available to students whose families eam less than $26,000 a year. They can range up to $1800 a year.

- Guaranteed Student Loans (obtained from banks 'and Insured by the federal government) are automatically available to students with family income below $30,000. The interest rate is 9%.

Undergraduates can borrow up to $2500 a year and graduate and professional students up to $5000 a year. For those with family incomes above $30,000, financlal need must be demonstrated. Factors considered are family circumstances and the number of chUdren In ,the family. Many middle-income families are successful in demonstrating some financial need.

- Most state scholarships, loans, and state work-study programs are also based on financial need.

For information on applying for these and other categories of financial aid, students should contact high school or college counselors, college financial aid officers and bank officers at their famUy bank.

Other helpful sources of Information are the Massachusetts 'Finanelal Aid Hotline at 800-343-3713, operating in the evenings until mid-February, the Massachusetts Board of Regents Scholarship Office at (617) 727-9420, and the Massachusetts Higher Education Assistance Corporation at (617) 426-9434..

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Springsteen is among them and "Stand or Fall" seems to exemplify this new "recession rock." The FIXX song depicts depression and its effect on people.

How can a person replace depression with hope?

,First, learn to accept your feelings. If you are angry about losing a job or because of some person'al occurence, it is dmportant to face that anger. Repressing ·it will only compound depression. Often this is a time to seek out a trusted friend who may be able to listen attentively and support you.

Once you acknowledge anger, it is oft~n possible to move beyond it and 'begin thinking about alternatives. Are there new ways to attempt reaching the desired goal? If Jt is really out of the question, what are other objectives?

Nothing feed:! depression like boredom. We must use our energies creatively. even when a primary goal is blocked for the time being.

As the song suggests, we can remain at peace with our personal conscience. When we work for inner integrity, we are doing our best, regardl~ss of ou external ci,rcumstances.

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The 12th annual Vince Lombardi 'Block of Granite Award dinner, sponsored by the Greater Fall River Chapter of the Amer,iean Cancer Society and honoring the area's outstanding high school football lineman, will be held at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at Venus de Milo restaurant, Swansea.

Robert S. Griffin, hea:l football coach at URI for the past seven seasons, who last season piloted the Rams to a 7-4 record for the second consecutive season, will be the guest speaker.

Gr.iffin's 1982 Rams set 17 team and individual records and 13 players received AlI-Conference honors '(Yankee Conference).

The nine finalists, who will be special guests at the dinner, are Maurice Mendonca, Bishop Stang; Daniel Lukey, Appone

quet Regional; Scott Moniz, Case; John Field, Coyle-Cassidy; Richard ,Paulsen, Dighton~Reho

both; Timothy White, Durfee, Michael Benevides, Seekonk; Raymond McDonald, Somerset; John Medeiros, Tiverton.

The winner among the finalists will be announced at the dinner at whioh real estate and insurance man Ernest Mizher will be master of ceremonies.

'Previous winners were Steve Winarski, Durfee, 1971; Peter Reis, Case, 1972; Eugene Wade, Coyle-Cassidy, 1973; Robert Ponte, Durfee, 1974; Bob Monteiro, Case, 1975; George N. Bro-deur, Somerset, 1976; John Gonet, Bishop Stang, 1977; Chris Destremps, Tiverton, 1978; John Sharban, Apponequet Regional, 1979; Matt Schults, Seekonk, 1980; James Beaulieu, Somerset, 1981.

Coyle-Cassidy still in running Although their 'loss to pace

setting Dennis-Yarmouth last Friday jolted their quest for the Southeastern Mass. Conference Division Two basketball crown, the Coyle-Cassidy hoopsters had not been el,iminated from content.ion. Dennis-Yarmouth, 10-0, had a two-game lead over Coyle-Cassidy, 8-2, entering this week's action.

Tonight Coyle-Cassidy is host to ceIlar"dwelling New Bedford Yoke-Tech, 0-10, while Dennis-Yarmouth visits Fairhaven, 2-8, Stang, 6-4, goes to Wareham, 7-3, and Old Rochester, 4-6, is home to Dartmouth, 3-7.

In Division One New Bedford, which seems the likely titlist, is host to Attleboro, runnerup Durfee is at Barnstahle, Bishop Connolly at Bishop 'Feehan, Somerset at Falmouth tonight. At the conclusion of last week's play New Bedford had a two game lead over Durfee and three over Barnstable. Holy F'amily, in third place be

~ hind leading Seekonk and runnerup Bourne, entertains See

,konk tonight in Division Three as Diman Voke hosts DightonRehoboth and Case visits West-. port.

Hockomock race still close The race for the Hockomock

League basketball crown rema,ins close and has all the earmarks of a "down to the wire" finish. Fox'boro, with a 69-58 victory over King Philip 'last Friday, retained its one-game lead over Oliver Ames, a 62-60 winner over Stoughton, which had shared the runnerup spot with Oliver Ames and is now two games back of the pace.

Prior to last Tuesday's games Foxboro was 10,.,2 in the standings, Oliver Ames 9-3, Stough-

CYO In games last Sunday dn the

Driscoll Rink, Fall River, Mansfield defeated Fall River South for second place in the Bristol County Hockey League. The teams had shared the ,runnerup spot. ,In the companion game Seekonk upset Marion.

Next Sunday night's games llre Seekonk vs. New Bedford, which h~s already clinched the regular season championship, and Fall River South vs. Marion.

The staooings: New Bedford 13-1-1 (~on, lost, tied), Mansfield 6-6-3, Fall River South

t~n 8-4, Sharon 8-5, Canton 7-5, North Attleboro 6-6, Franklin 3-8, Mansfield 2-9, King Philip 1-12. .

Tonight's games list Sharon at Stoughton, King Philip at Mansfield, Foxboro at Oliver Ames in a game that could have a def.inite impact on the pennant race, North Attleboro at Franklin with Canton drawing the bye.

The Conference and the Hockomock League wind up their regular seasons next Friday.

hockey 5-7-3, Marion 5-9-1, Seekonk 4-10-2.

.Spiritual Thrift "If thou hast broken a vow,

tie a knot on it to make it hold together again. It is spiritual thrift and no misbecoming baseness flo piece and join thy ne- , glected promises with fresh ones. So shall thy vow in effect be not broken when new mended: and remain the same, though not by one entire continuation, yet by a constant successive renovatioon." - Thomas Fuller

tv, movie news NOTE

Please check dates and times of televisIon and radio programs against local listings, which may differ from the New York network schedules supplied to The Anchor.

Symbols following film reviews indicate 'both general and Catholic Film Office ratings, which do not always coincide.

General ratings: G-suitable for gen·eral viewing; PG-parental guidance suggested; R-restricted, unsuitable for children or younger teens.

Catholic ratings: AI-approved for children and adults; A2-approved for adults and adolescents; A3-approved for adults only; A4-separate classification (given to films not morally offensive which, however, require some analysis and explanation!; O-morally offenSive.

New Films

"Threshold" (Fox Classics): although 'made two years ago, is an ideally timed Canadian film about the first implantation of an artificial heart.

In it, America's foremost heart surgeon, Dr. Thomas Vrain (Donald Sutherland), meets a brilliant young research biologist. They join forces, get financial backing and develop the artificial heart which Vrain implants in a young woman in critical condition. Although she recovers physically she develops severe psychological problems.

This is a low-key and realistic but not especially inspired film, marred by shallow characterizations'. A2, PG

"Lianna," (UA Classics): The young wife (Linda Griffiths) of a philandering and cynical college professor (Jon DeVries) falls in love with another woman (Jane Hallaren) and impulsively abandons her husband and children only to find that she hilS traded one set of problems for another. This is a perceptive, sensitive film but there is little passion or dramatic tension and only the most rudimentary of moral perspectives. Because of this, together with a graphic love-making sequence, it is rated 0, R, despite its virtues.

"The Night of the Shooting Stars" (UA Classics): In the last chaotic days of World War II Italian peasants, fearful of German reprisals, flee their village and spend the night and the following day avoiding both Germans and vengeful Fascists seeking a naive and artless effect, the action is seen through the eyes of a six-year-old girl, who in a frame sequence narrates the story years later to her infant son. The pace is slow and the acting leaves much to be desired. Some violence. A2, R

Religous Broadcasting - 1V Sunday, ,Feb. 13, ~, Chan·

nel 6, 10:30 a.m. D}ocesan Television Mass. .

"Confiuence," 8 a.m. each Sunday on Channel 6, is a panel program moderated by Truman Taylor and having as permanent particlpa~ts Father Peter N. Gn·

ziano, diocesan director of social services; Right Rev. George Hunt, Episcopal Bishop of Rhode Island; and Rabbi Baruch Korff.

"The Glory of God," with Father John Bertolucci, 7:30 a..m. each Sunday on Channel 27.

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

Sunday, Feb. 13, (ABC) "Directions" - The complex issue of ethics and law is reviewed.

Sunday, 'Feb. 13, (CBS) "For Our Times" - The new immigrants and their effect on religion in Los Angeles are portrayed.

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Charismatic programs are heard from Monday through Friday on station WICE 1210 AM: Father John Randall, 9 to 10 a.m. and 11 to 12 p.m.; Father Edward McDonough, 8:15 a.m.; Father Real Bourque, 8:45 a.m.

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Sunday, Feb. 13 (NBC) "Guideline" - Marist Father John Jazwiecki, director of development for Chanel High School in suburban Cleveland, is interviewed about the ethics of fund-raising.

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Iteering pOintl ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL, 'FR

The Women's Guild will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March I, in ·the school hall.

All members of the diocese are 'invited to 'an organ concert by Richard Grant 'at 8 tonight. Refreshments will follow in the school hall. .

Parents of first communion candidates will meet Sunday, Feb. 20, in the school following 10 ·a.m. Mass.

ST. RITA, MARION A magazine, "Forward in

Faith," will be distributed to parishioners :this weekend for use in home observance of the Lenten season.

HOLY NAME,FR First communion candidates

will ,receive first penance 'at 2 p;m. .tomorrow in the church.

SS. PETER & PAUL, FR Second graders preparing for

first penance will attend 11 a.m. Mass Sunday. A parents' meeting will follow.

The spiritual life committee will meet Monday and the education committee Tuesday, following retre'at services.

The CYO will meet ·at 6 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 20, in the' parish center.

SEPARATED/DIVORCED, FR The Greater Fall River Sup

port Group for Separated, Divorced and/or Remarried Catholics will meet 'lit 7 p.m. Wednesday, F,eb. 23, at Our Lady of Fa'tirna Church; Swansea. The discussion topic will be '''How Long Does the Pain Continue?" Organizers note that everyone is welcome, "whether you have the questions or ,the -answers."

I FAMILY LIFE CENTER

Young Couples' Support Group memoers will' meet at 7 p.m. Sunday.

Confirmation candidates from St. Patrick's parish, Wareham, will attend ·a day of recollection from 4:to 9 p.m. Monday, while Bishop·Stang students will meet at .the North Dartmouth center all d~y. A CARE program is scheduled from 4 to 9 p.m. Wednesday 'for students from St. Arithony's parish, Mattapoisett. '

ST. DpMlNmC, SWANSEA Parish 'renewal weekends are

planned for Feb. 18 to 20 and March' 4 to 6 'and 18 to 20. They will replace the Holy Week mini-retreat 'held the past ,two years.• Those interested in any of the' weekends may contact the rectory.

OpeAings are still ·available in ,the :proposed ·handbell choir. Volunteers may call the ·rectory.

ST. MARY, SEEKONK MarrJ:age vows will be re

newed :'at 6 p.m. Mass tomorrow and ·the, 11 :30 Mass Sunday will bea special liturgy for parish first graders. \

Vincemtians will meet Sunday, F~b. 20.

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.ST.MARY,' NB As part of Catholic Schools

Week .observance 'a parenti faculty/stu.dent basketball game and Spirit Day will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday in the school gym. 'Parishioners interested in ministry to hospital patients are asked to 'contact Sophie Fredette, 995-3341.

ST. ANNE,FR A Catholic Schools Week lit

urgy will be offered at 1:30 p.m. today. "In God We Trust" coins made by pupils and teachers will be among the offertory gifts.

A parish council is in process of formation. Those wishing to serve on the council or ·nominate 'someone to membership are 'lIsk'ed to contact Father John R. Foister, pastor. ~he St. Anne ultreya will

meet at 7:30 p.m. Sunday 'at the home of Norman and Lucy Paul, 191 Lafayette 51. Father John Raposo will speak.

ST. PATRICK, WAREHAM CQnfhmation candidates will

·attend a program Monday afternoon and evening at the diocesan Family Life Center.

BREAD OF LIFE The Bread of Life prayer

community will sponsor "Foundations: A Course in Basic Christian Maturity" for prayer group members in the Fall River deanery. The program will begin at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and continue for eight consecutive Tuesdays ·in the chapel of Blessed Sacrament Church, South Main Street, Fall River. All w.ho have completed Life in the Spirit seminars are invited. Information: Fred Demetrius, 644-2375; Don Sulvain, 6734378.

BLUE ARMY The Blue Army of Our: Lady

of Fatima will meet at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Our Lady of Fatima Church, 4254 Acushnet Ave., New Bedford.

ST. MARY, NORTON George Yelle of the 'area His

torical Society will show slides of Norton ·and surrounding .towns following a Catholic W/?men's Guild meeting set for 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 24. All welcome to the slide presentation.

ST. JOSEPH, NB February activities will in

cludea children's Mass 'at 9:30 lhis morning, a' healing Mass

. and prayer meeting at .7 p.m. Wednesday the 16th and 23rd, a Legion holy hour at 5:30 p.m. Friday, the 18th.

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ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN. As part of observance of the

parish golden jubilee, marriage vows will be renewed at 11:15 a.m. Mass Sunday. Past 'lind present parishioners married at St. Mary's and their friends 'lire invited.

ST. PATRICK, FR A study class on the Gospel

of Luke meets at the rectory following ,the 7:30 p.m. novena service on Monday.

Youth Clan members and confirmation candidates will attend a day of recollection from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 27, in the school.

The Youth Clan will meet at 7 p.m. Sunday in the rectory. The organization is open to all parishioners of high school age.

An effort is being made to reestablish a former Sacristy Guild. Those interested are asked to contact the rectory.

ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, NB A CCD evaluation night for

parents will be held Monday. The Family Night religious education program will be explained at that time.

ST. LOUIS DE FRANCE, SWANSEA

Ladies of St. Anne will meet Wednesday in the parish hall, following 7 p.m. Mass. Sister Irene Comeau will present a slide commentary ,on .the Holy

, Land.

CURSILLO MOVEMENT New Cursillo rectors are

Manuel' Cordeiro and George Powers. A new rectora is Lucia Marcille.

Applications are being received for a men's Cursillo to be held April 28 through May 1 if at least 25 applicapts 'lire 'lICcepted. Df:adline is April 2.

A new 'address :has been announced for the diocesan Cursillo: PO Box L-265, New Bedford 02745.

ST. STANISLAUS, FR Holy Rosary sod-alists will

meet Sunday for a business session and socIal.

Felician Sisters from several communities will meet at St. Stanisl'aus from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. for a pre-Lenten day of prayer and reflection.

New altar boys will meet in the upper church followin~ 10:30 ·a.m. Mass Sunday.

MATTAPOISETT ULTREYA Cursillistas will meet on Ash

Wednesday following 7 p.m. dIstribution of ashes at St. Anthony's Church, MattapoIsett. Joe Pare of Dennis will ,be the witness speaker.

NOTRE DAME,FR Throughout Lent Mass will

be offered at 7 o'clock nightly . in the Lourdes Chapel.

Women interested in joining Les Dames de Ste. Anne may contact Mrs. Germaine Boulay, 675-7625.

School registrations for kindergarten through 6th grade will be accepted through today from 9 a.m. to 11 -a.m. ·and 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. At other times they may be made by appointment bycalling 672:-5461. .

Catholic Schools Week and the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes will be marked at 7 tonight with a Mass at Mt. St. Joseph School.

ST. THOMAS MORE, SOMERSET

The Lenten schedule will include a scripture study program from 7:15 to 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 21 and 28 and March 7; and a study of Catholic doctrine at the same time Monday, March 14 and 21 and Sunday, March 27.

The programs 'will be repeated from 10 to 10:45 ·a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 23 ancf all the Wednesdays of March.

BL. SACRAMENT, F~ Coffee 'lind muffinll will be

served -in .the church basement following 10 a.m. Mass Sunday.

ST. JOHN OF GOD, SOMERSET The Women's Guild will meet

following 7 p;m. services on Ash Wednesday.

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