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Pope anguished by crisis

45th Appeal kicks off

IN NEARLY-COMPLETED New Notre Dame Church,Fall River, parish staff member Roland Masse watches asworkers install the only stained-glass window to survive 1982fire that destroyed the old Notre Dame, a Fall River landmarkfor 76 years. The 28-foot window was made in Paris. (Torchiaphoto)

Bishop Daniel A. Cronin waskeynote speaker at the kickoffmeeting launching the 45th annualCatholic Charities Appeal of theFall River diocese. Drawing over800 priests, religious and laity fromall parts of the diocese, it was heldat Bishop Connolly High School,Fall River.

The bishop's address follows:"I am truly delighted to be here

with you this evening to celebratethe kickoff of our 1986 CatholicCharities Appeal here in the Dio­cese of Fall River. We mark the45th annual Appeal this year, andI note with pride that it is my plea­sure and privilege as bishop of thiswonderful diocese to be presidingat my 16th kickoff observance.

"It is the source of great encour­agement to see priests, religiousand lay men and women from allcorners of the diocese gatheredhere tonight. I am especially heart­ened to observe that many familiarfaces are sprinkled throughout theauditorium, together with eagernew face.

"Your presence _occasions trueoptimism in my heart as we beginour annual fund-raising endeavor,for it speaks eloquently of yourwillingness to cooperate in thisvital undertaking. Thank you forcoming!

"I have prepared a letter to beread at all the Masses in our par­ishes on the Sunday precedingCatholic Charities Appeal Sunday.You will be hearing that messageon April 27th, the Fifth Sunday ofthis beautiful Easter season.

"There is a very meaningful mes­sage in the Gospel assigned for ourmeditation on that occasion, apassage from the Gospel of St.John, drawn from the discourse of

VATICAN CITY (NC) --'Aday after the United States bombedseveral military and civilian sitesin Libya, Pope John Paul II ex­pressed "anguish and intense wor­ry" over the fighting.

'Government leaders should have!'the necessary wisdom and mag­nanimity, in such a crucial moment,to know and have recourse to themeans of a just understandingamong nations," he said April 16.

In the early morning of April 15,U.S. Navy and Air Force planesbombed the major Libyan cities of'Tripoli and Benghazi and severalmilitary sites. News reports fromLibya said that at least 70 peoplewere killed, many of them civili­ans, and that civilian populationcenters were damaged heavily.

The reports said that among thedead was the 15-month-old adopteddaughter of Libya's leader, Col.Moammar Khadafy, and that two

Our Lord on Holy Thursday, anextraordinary final instructionwhich Jesus gave to His disciplesduring the Last Supper in theCenacle and the peaceful strollwhich our Savior and the Apostlesmade across the Valley of Cedronto the Garden of Olives at Geth­semane.

"Some oDservers have describedthe Lord's remarks to His beloveddisciples on that evening as His'last will and testament.'

"Allow me to quote from theGospel passage; here are the Lord'swords:

My children, I am not to bewith you much longer.! giveyou a new commandment;Love one another. Such asmy love has been for you, somust your love be for eachother. This is how all willknow you for my disciples:your love for one another."There it is, simply put: the

mark of a true disciple is the lovewhich he or she shows to others.And the quality oftliat love derivesits standard from the example ofsacrificial love provided by Jesus,Himself. '...such as my love hasbeen for you, ...so your love mustbe for each other. '" And althoughit is gently stated, more an invita­tion or an exhortation than amandate, this is nonetheless thenew commandment enjoined uponus by the Lord.

"When we consider our purposein gathering here this evening; Iam sure that you can readily applythis beautiful and moving messageof our Lord to our lives as disci­ples. Called and invited to mani­fest a Christ-like love for others asthe hallmark of our personal spir­itual lives, we find in the Catholic

pre-school age sons of Khadafyhad been injured.

President Reagan said the bomb­ing was in retaliation for Libyan­sponsored terrorist attacks againstcivilians and U.S. targets in Europe.

The pope spoke during his regu­lar weekly general audience in St.Peter's Square. He did not men­tion the United States and Libyabut criticized "the situation whichhas been created in the Medi­terranean."

In other church-related devel­opments in the crisis, Libyan offi­cials in Rome said April 16 thatFranciscan Bishop Giovanni Mar­tinelli had been released after sev­eral days of detention, but a priestwho works with the bishop inLibya said the report apparentlywas incorrect. I

The statements came a day afterthe Vatican said it had been in-

Charities Appeal a significantopportunity to make tangible ourdesire and intent to fulfill the Lord'snew commandment."For if we devote our energy and

our time, our cooperation and,yes, our material resources, to the1986 Catholic Charities Appeal,we will be truly showing our con­cern and our love for those whostand in need of the extraordinaryvariety of services which are pro­vided through agencies, institutionsand apostolates which are main­tained by the diocese of Fall River.Thus can we be truly known andrecognized as disciples.

"I suggest that we may all find asource of spiritual energy to fuelour vigorous endeavors in this

. coming Appeal by devoting a mo­ment's quiet meditation to thissublime message, proclaimed byour beloved Savior on the very eveof His passion and death.

"I consider it important to pro­pose some spiritual motivation forour activities in connection withthe Catholic Charities Appeal, andI endeavor each year at this gather­ing to suggest some theme whichwill make it apparent to all thatthis is not simply a civic duty or asocial custom..

"Our Catholic social serviceagencies, our institutions for thecare of children and for the coun­seling of troubled souls, our minis­try to those who are in hospitals,our initiatives for the education ofyouth and for the Christian forma­tion of adults, our programs fortroubled families and for thosebeset by so many anxieties andcare~ust be special.

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formed through diplomatic chan­nels that the bishop had beenfreed. On April 16, the Vaticansaid it had no new information onthe matter.

Bishop Martinelli is head of theVicariate of Tripoli, Libya, andapostolic administrator of the Vic­ariate of Benghazi, Libya.

Libya's ambassador to Italy, Ab­dul-Rahman Shalgam, said at apress conference in Rome thatBishop Martinelli had been releasedApril 14. He said the bishop hadbeen detained on a matter stillbeing investigated. He' gave nofurther details.

But an Italian priest, speakingfrom the bishop's residence in Tri­poli, said April 16 that churchmenthere had heard nothing from thebishop..

"No one knows where he has

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319,000.00

659,300.00

250,000.00

$1,633,924.681,649,494.11

($ 15,569.43)

421,194.11

$1,649,494.11

$1,633,924.68

duties, can make honest mistakes."But these are days in which

very obviously a serious mistakecan threaten the survival of muchof the world." he said.

Cardinal O'Connor said thatthe U.S. Catholic bishops in their1983 pastoral letter on war andpeace recognized that while cer­tain moral principles are "immu­table and universally binding, anypolicies must be formulated anddecisions made on the basis ofwhat we call prudential moral jUdg­ments.

"We are urging you to study andthink your way through to yourown prudential moral judgments... Clearly this requires a moralorientation toward such issues,"he said..

70,000.00

16,842.65

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88,000.00

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enics; vocations,

conference at the Naval War Col­lege on professional military ethicsand felt "a deep sense of uneasi­ness on the part of military peopleover not having clear ideas aboutcertain crucial moral issues."

He suggested that to years laterhis listeners were "still puzzlingthrough broad issues of obedience,loyalty and conscience."

Military decision-makers mustexamine a broad spectrum of vari­ables before making and executingpolicies, the cardinal said. Withinthat framework the moral dimen­sion is "absolutely indispensable"but always in danger of being"given lip service or downrightignored."

He added that such leaders intrying honestly to carry out their

1985. Catholic

a. Diocesan',Family Life·b. Memberships - National & State

Confetenc~s,Associations ..c. Catholi~Charities Officed. Development Priestly Personnele. Permari~rtt Dia:conate .f. Campus Ministry

, g. Commllnicatiops Ap.,>-stolate.h. Youth Ministryi. Apostolate toj. Miscellafty: e

liturgical, etc.

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2. APOSTO TESJO THE SICKa. Dioce Past()ral Ministry"

to the Sickb. fledge t() St. ~nne's lJospital

3. EDUCATION

a. Diocesaii Education Centerb. Scholarship Aid Programc. NazarethApostolated. High School Capital Expenses

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. 4. PASTORAL ENDEAVORS

Statement of Reven

1. TOTAL RECEIVED, Net Proceeds 1985 AppealII.DISBU:RSEMENTS~;:Madeor Allocated'

Fiscal Year Beginning July I, 1985

t. SOCIAL VI·CE AND CHILD CARE

a. Catholic·Soci rvices $324,000.00b. S~int Vi~cent me'(Debt) 125,000.00

.c. Saint Vincent's Camp 77,300.00d. DiocesariSpedal Apostolates 66,000.00e. Catholic Youth Organization 67,000.00

Ill.. :Excess of Disbursements over Receipts:Net Proceeds of 1985 AppealDisburse.t;I1ents .Made or Allocated

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NEWPORT, RI (NC) - Thereis a "critical need" for gre;1ermoral and ethical education formilitary officers, Cardinal John J.O'Connor of New York said ear­lier this month in a speech at theNaval War College in Newport.

Any discussion of moral valuesraises questions about "unswerv­ing obedience"to orders from highauthority in conflict with "highermorality," he said.

But related to that 'is the ques­tion of loyalty, added CardinalO'Connor, who spent most of hispriestly life as a Navy chaplain andretired' in 1979 with the rank ofrear admiral.

He recalled that in 1976, whenthe Vietnam War was "a muchmore recent event," he attended a

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RALPH MARTIN, found­ing director of the Interna­tional' Catholic CharismaticRenewal office, speaks before10,000 people, including manyfrom the Fall River diocese,at a recent FIRE rally in theProvidence Civic Center.

Thousands of others tookpart in the events via a satel­lite hookup to 36 locations inNorth America. .

FI RE, an acronym for faith,intercession, repentance andevangelization, is a Catholiccharismatic and evangelisticorganization headquartered inSteubenville, O.

Other Providence speakerswere Father Michael Scanlan,OFM, and Father John P.Bertolucci, both widely knownin charismatic circles. .

The daylong rally also' in­cluded taped messages fromBoston Cardinal Bernard Lawand Moth~r Teresa of Cal­cutta.

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Two international Catholic peacegroups have urged international'support for independence move­ments in East Timor and Ethiopia.

Pax Romana and Pax ChristiInternational, independent lay or­ga'nizations, made their appealsduring recent Geneva hea~ings ofthe U.N. Commission on Human.Righ~s.They ac~used Indonesia ofbrutally suppressing East Timor's.independence. Pax Christi Inter- .

national also accused Ethiopia'sMarxist government of attempt­ing to crush an effort for self­determination in its Eritrea region.

Pax Romana accused Indonesiaof employing repression and crueland inhumane methods in its sup­pression of East Timor.

East Timor, the eastern half ofthe island of New Guinea, wasinvaded by Indonesia in 1975. Morethan half of East Timor's 620,000people are Catholic.

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The Massachusetts State Circleof the Daughters of Isabella, willhold its annual state conventionApril 25 to 27 at the Sheraton­Falmouth hotel in Falmouth.

Some 25 local regents, repre­senting 2500 Massachusetts mem­bers of the organization, are expect­ed to attend the. convention asdelegates, along with approximate­ly 200 State Circle members. Alsoexpected to attend are state regentsand members from Connecticut,Rhode Island, Maine and Vermontstate circles, circle chaplains, fam­ily members and friends.

Convention speakers will includestate chaplain Rev. James Laner­gan; international secretary-treasur­er Mrs. Mary Whitney; interna­tional director Mrs. AntoinetteCarlo; and Massachusetts stateregent Mrs. Elaine Leger.

The convention will close withinstallation of new officers by Mrs.Whitney and a banquet.

The D of I is an internationalCatholic women's organization of140,000 members, dedicated to as­sisting churches and charitiesthrough volunteer service and finan­cial contributions. It was foundedin New Haven, Conn. in 1897 as asister organization of the Knightsof Columbus and named afterQueen Isabella I of Spain.

It is involved in four charitableprojects in Massachusetts: in the .Worcester diocese, members pro­vide assistance in the Youth Guid­ance division of Catholic Chari­ties; in the Boston archdiocese,they contribute to the CardinalCushing Memorial Fund; in Spring­field, they contribute to the Chal­ice of Salvation TV Mass for shut­ins; and in Fall River, they dovolunteer work for the Rose Haw­thorne Lathrop Home, the CatholicGuild for the Blind and other char­itable undertakings.

. Nationally, the D of! has pledgeda $1 million endowment for theNational Center for Family Stud­ies of the Catholic' University ofAmerica. The endowment will pro­vide scholarships in family studiesand maintain a center core staff ofeducators and researchers.

Additionally, the organization'will donate $500,000 to the U.S.

_bishops towards their relocationbuilding project. .

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you go! Trust inGod and flourishas a tree." - Provo 11:28

moral standards when it marries"live-ins. "

Father Champlin observed thatif one priest takes a "tough line" onthis, couples living together will"shop around" for someone moreaccommodating. That problem canbe alleviated, he said, if a bishopestablishes diocesan guidelines.

In S1. Cloud, Minn., for instance,Bisho,p George H. Speltz ruledthat live-ins must separate for threemonths before a church wedding.He said if an exception has to bemade, the ceremony must be smalland private but would be a Catholicmarriage.

Mrs. Leal said couples shouldbe viewed as "coming back to thechurch" if they had been living .­together and then seek a churchwedding. "We should welcomethem back without making ajudg­ment on them," she said.

On marriage preparation in gen­eral, the panelists stressed the valueofclose cooperation between clergyand lay leaders and of such diverseapproaches as testing, counseling,instruction and interaction withother couples, both engaged andmarried. .

Father Champlin said that overthe years he had introduced moreprayer with couples at premaritalsessions and at wedding rehear­sals. But, while stressing the spir­itual, he cautioned against settingup criteria for a church wedding,such as a promise to attend Massevery Sunday. "Our task is to chal­lenge them but not to crush them,"he said.

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NEW YORK (NC) - Churchprograms of marriage preparationare as necessary for couples whohad been living together beforemarriage as for others and couldpresent even more of a challengeto marriage preparation leaders,said panelists in a recent nationalteleconference.

Notre Dame Sister Barbara Mar­key, family life director for theOmaha archdiocese, said coupleswho have been living together un­married know each other better insome respects but remained in arelationship somewhat like court­ship. "They think they know morethan ,they ,really know," she said.

Mary Helen Leal, associate fam­ily life director for the CorpusChristi diocese in Texas, said cou­ples who have been living togetherunmarried will find marriage a"whole different ball game" becausethey have previously had "free­dom to walk out."

"They need the same prepara­tion as a couple not living together,"she said. .

The teleconference was one in aseries produced by the NationalPastoral life Center, headed byFather Philip Murnion.

Other panelists were Father Jos­eph M. Champlin, parish life andworship vicar for the Syracusediocese and author of a marriagepreparation book, "Together forLife," that has sold over 3 millioncopies, and George Spielman, codi­rector with his wife Nancy of fam­ily life.ministry for the Springfield­Cape Girardeau diocese.

In response to a question from aMilwaukee viewer, the panelistsconsidered whether the church ap­pears to condone violation of its

,"The evil of terrrorism must be ~

confronted," the cardinal said in astatement. "Information currentlyavailable indicates that the admin­istration sought to make what itjudged a proportionate responseto Libyan-sponsored terrorism, fo­cusing on military-related targets."

Cardinal Bernardin added, "Myprayer - and, I'm sure, that ofmany people around the world ­is that current tensions and hostileacts will not escalate into furtherviolence, destruction and death.

"Our hope is that we will live ina world free of violence and terror­ism."

Auxiliary Bishop Thomas Gum­bleton of Detroit, president of PaxChristi USA, said he was "veryupset" by the bombing.

"The whole thing seems to me tobe too macho and too vindictiveand pragmatically not much use," .he said. He. expressed the desirethat the "leaders of. our nationcould think more creatively" in­stead of trying to prove "that you'rethe most powerful nation in theworld."

"I guess coming from a positionas I do believing that violencealways breeds violence, I feel quitesure that instead of making every­thing more safe and secure forourselves and others, we're onlygoing to see an escalation in vio­lence that's going to result in lossof many more lives," he added.

Pope anguished

IN AN "active, nice parish with lovely people,"Father Bernard R. Kelly will celebrate 25 years of priest­hood on May 1. Pastor of St. Augustine's Church, Vine­yard Haven since 1981, he loves the life on Martha~s

Vineyard, where he can ride his bicycle nearly daily and inseason enjoy the island's excellent swimming.

A native of West -Springfield, he attended the univer­sity of Massachusetts and Elm Bank Minor Seminary inWellesley before completing his studies for the priest-hood at St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore. .

Following ordination, he served first at Holy Nameparish, Fall River, then at St. Mary's~ Taunton; St. Fran­cis Xavier, Hyanni's; St. Mary's, Mansfield; and St.Mary's North Attleboro, before assuming his presentposition in 1981.

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.been taken. The news of his releaseis not true, as far as we know,"Father Liberato Redaelli said in atelephone interview with NationalCatholic New Service in Rome.

"I'm certain he'll return, but itmay take some time," Father Reda­elli said. He added that authorities­had not restricted the actions ofhimself or other priests at thebishop's residence.

U.S. CommentIn U.S. comment on the Libyan

situation, Chicago Cardinal JosephL. Bernardin, who chaired theU.S. bishop's committee thatdrafted the 1983 pastoral letter onwar and peace, said he thinks theReagan administration consideredthe U.S. bombing of Libya a "pro­portionate" response to allegedLibyan terrorism.

OFFICIAL

Diocese of Fall River

APPOINTMENTSReverend Henry S. Arruda, from Parochial Vicar, Saint Anthony'sParish, Taunton, to Administrator, pro-tem, Saint John the Bap­tist Parish, New Bedford.Reverend Bento R. Fraga, Pastor of Saint John the Baptist Parish,New Bedford, to sick leave.

Effective April 16, 1986Reverend Richard R. Gendreau, from Parochial Vicar, SaintGeorge Parish, Westport, to Pastor, Saint Stephen's Parish,Attleboro.Reverend Raymond P. Robillard, from Pastor, Saint Stephen'sParish, Attleboro, to Parochial Vicar, Saint Pius X Parish, South

I Yarmouth.

Honduras nuncioVATICAN CITY (NC) - Arch­

bishop Francesco De Nittis, 52,has been named papal nuncio toHonduras. Nuncio to El Salvadorsince Jan. 24, 1985, he replacesArchbishop Andrea Cordero Lanzadi Montezemolo, .transferred to~ruguay earlier this year.

usee opposescontra aid

Effective April 23, 1986

WASHINGTON (NC) - TheU.S. Catholic Conference has reit­erated its opposition to U.S. mil­itary aid to the rebels in Nicaraguaand urged Congress to -back adiplomatic solution instead.

In a letter to members of theHouse ?f Representativ~s, Msgr.Daniel F. Hoye, USCC generalsecretary, repeated concerns raisedin a similar letter three weeksearlier.

Shortly before its Easter recess,the House defeated a proposal for$100 million in aid to the "con­tras," the rebels fighting the Marx­ist government of Nicaragua.

But an aid package passed theSenate and the measure bouncedback to the House for furtheraction, . expected by the. end ofApril.

In the latest USCC letter, Msgr.Hoye noted the American bishops'concern over allegations of humanrights violations by the Nicara­guan Sandinista government.

"The USCC does not believe,however, that the provision of mil­itary assistance by outside powersto either side in Nicaragua is a use­ful contribution to a peaceful solu­tion of the problem," he said."Hence, the USCC opposes themeasure before the House ofRepresentatives to provide militaryaid to forces in conflict with theNicaraguan government."

He backed the Contadora peaceprocess, a series of negotiationsundertaken by other Central andSouth American nations to bringpeace to Central America. Nicara­gua's neighbors blamed a break­down in talks. in early April on theSandinistas' refusal to co?perate.

"We believe a productive road isstill open to U.S. action," Msgr.Hoye said in his letter. "It involvesa sustained commitment to theregional peace process sponsoredby the Contadora group.

"Despite periodic and inevitablesetbacks, he added, "this processcontinues to represent a realisticalternative to the path of ever­escalating violence."

teachings of Christ. He should besupported by courageous preach­ers of Christ's moral teachings andcompassionate co.nfessors who leadrepentant sinners to the healingand joy offorgiveness and reconcil­iation.

In a consumer-oriented societysuch as ours, we need to hear thewords of Jesus in Luke's gospel:"Avoid 'greed in all its forms. Aman may be wealthy, but his pos­sessions do not guarantee him life."With the advent of no-fault divorce,serial polygamy and living togetherwithout the benefit of marriage,we also need to hear the words ofJesus on the dignity of sacramen­tal marriage.

Christian morality is not an arbi­trary set of commands issued by awhimsical God but, so to speak,the operating instructions for thehuman machine, given by its crea­tor. If we ignore those instruc­tions, we will suffer inevitable conse­quences.

People are almost bound to makemesses of their lives in the absenceof the truth of the Gospels. Thosewho argue that their teachings areimpossible to follow ignore or for­get that they are fortified by thesacraments. We often fail to liveup to our ideals, but we must notforget that we have sources of helpin moral living available to us inChristianity.

neither hot nor cold but lukewarm.The challenge to evangelize luke­warm Christians can be even moredifficult than that of reaching peo­ple who have never heard of Chris­tianity.

The worst way of evangelizingthe lukewarm is by diluting theteachings of Christ to accommo­date the world's sinful values.

. The Roman Catholic Church,almost alone in the modern world,insists on affirming Christ's teach­ings that we have a special respon­sibility toward the poor ana theweak, because they are most dearto his Father; and that the humansexual faculty may be morallyemployed only within an indisso­luble marriage.

These teachings are difficult toaccept partially because so manyof our neighbors scoff at suchbasic moral duties as charity, chas­tity and marital fidelity. But manyofthe world's problems that domin­ate our headlines are directly attri­butable to our failure to live up tothe teachings of Christ.

In this connection, a major con­frontation seems to be brewingbetween several American Catholicmoral theologians and the magis­terium or teaching authority of theChurch.

On numerous occasions PopeJohn Paul II has shown his cour­age in refusing to compromise the

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By Father Kevin J. Harrington

Every Easter Christians are askedto renew their baptismal promises.However, very few people trulyknow what they are rejecting whenthey reject Satan, and all his worksand all his empty promises. Thetenets of our faith are well definedbut poorly understood.

When we renew our baptismalpromises we are first freeingourselves from the enslavement ofsin so as to worship and to professour faith .within a community ofbelievers.

There is something special aboutsuch a community. The early Chris­tian communities derived theirsense of unity and peace from theircommon faith in the Resurrectionof Christ. Their commitment tothat faith was manifest by theirwillingness to participate in theEucharist despite the clear risk ofpersecution.

It is true that the Church oftenseems strongest when persecutedbut today's persecution is devil­ishly subtle in the First Worldcountries of North America andWestern Europe. There the emptypromises of worldly success andsexual fulfillment are Satan'ssnare.

But Christ's values are not to beconsidered as one set of valuesamong many.The Lord used hisstrongest language to chastise those

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themoori~A Note of Prudence

Amid the turmoil of our current Mideast involvement, thevirtues of caution and prudence should not be forgotten.

Despite the patriotic fervor evoked by the opening words of.the Marine Hymn, "From the halls of Montezuma to theshores of Tripoli," we should consider that those same wordsevoke memories of our 1801 confrontation with Tripoli andshould remind us that we as a nation must not become en­snared in a war of reprisal that could tear asunder the fragileentity we refer to as the Arab world. "

In the 1801 conflict, Tripoli declared war against the UnitedStates, which had r"efused paying added tribute to com"merce­raiding Arab privateers. Peace was not attained until 1805,after land and naval campaigns;'and some feel that this conflictwas the beginning of American involvement in international.power plays.

This' week's events either confirm the adage that historyrepeats itself, or indicate that we have progressed little in 181years.

This historical note aside, the present tensions must be dealtwith in a manner conducive to establishment of some peaceand order in that volatile part of our very small planet.

But that does not seem to be the direction in. which we areproceeding. Terrorism is unacceptable, whether implementedby way of pipe bombs or death-dealing aircraft. Yet this seemsto be the course on which we are embarked: an eye for an eyeand a tooth for a tooth.

,War is never holy,. no matter how many justify internationalbloodshed.

Only the fanatic finds comfort in extremes. We must notallow that attitude to infiltrate the American spirit.

There are indeed rights and freedoms to be nourished andprotected, but there is a morality involved that should not beoverlooked in the push for swift vengeance.

The duty of protecting the innocent cannot be ignored in thedesire to make the world a testing place for new weapons.

All too often caution tends to be abandoned in the heat ofcombat, but in this day of the omnipresent danger of nuclearholocaust, the activating button should not be left to the careof the swashbuckler or the thug. Terrorist tactics leave roomfor many mistakes and one misguided fanatic could destroy usall.

Patriotism is indeed virtuous but nationalism is nonsense.Inflated pride and bombastic arrogance will never be a meansof obtaining peace.

And peace must be our ultim~tegoal. Our aim must be notmerely to inflict punishment on an impossible pupil, therebyshowing him the error of his ways, but rather to reestablish aclimate in which terrorists will not· plant explosives andnations will not use their sophisticated weaponry.

We must be a people ever determined to create an atmos­phere wherein the lion can lie down with the lamb.

There is a real danger that the proverbial hatreds andancient animosities of warfare will continue to set us againstone another. Seemingly, such hates are never eradicated butonly remain dormant, ready to raise their vicious heads whenleast expected.

We are experiencing times in which the smoke of warfareand the blast of guns have dimmed our vision and shatteredour hopes.

May they never stifle our ideals. Prudence and caution arethe gifts of the wise. Today more than ever we need these gifts.

The Editor

Value of liturgy

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FATHER

JOHN

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to an interfaith marriage, the Catho­lic would make a declaration sub­stantially in the following words:

"I reaffirm my faith in JesusChrist and, with God's help, intendto continue living that faith in theCatholic Church." And, "I prom­ise to do all in my power to sharethe faith I have received with ourchildren by having them baptizedand reared as Catholics."

Before the marriage the non­Catholic partner must be informedabout this commitment on thepart of the Catholic.

As the bishops indicated in theirstatement: "The mutual understand­ing of this question beforehandshould prevent the possible dis­harmony that might otherwise ariseduring married life."

Other procedures are followedin some instances where one orboth spouses have been marriedbefore. But normally the abovenorms still apply to alI interfaithmarriages in our country and else­where.

Q. Did Mary the Mother ofJesus die while here on earth orwas she assumed into heaven whilestilI alive?

We have heard conflicting sto­ries. Some sisters and our pastortold us that she never did diebecause Jesus promised her thather body would never be allowedto decay. (Wisconsin)

A. The answer to your questionhas been discussed pro and con inthe church for centuries.

Officially the church has no posi- ,tion on it one way or the other.When Pope Pius XII defined thedoctrine of the Assumption in 1950he apparently deliberately circum­vented that controversy by simplydeclaring that Mary was takeninto heavenly glory "when she fin­ished her course of life on earth."

According to a pious and ancientlegend, some apostles opened thetomb of Mary shortly after herdeath and found it empty. As Iindicate, there is nothing doctrinalabout that. We simply don't know.Nor do we know anything aboutany promises Jesus might havemade to his mother on the subject.

A free brochure explaining Cath­olic teaching concerning annul­ments is available by sending astamped, self-addressed envelopeto Father Dietzen, Holy TrinityChurch, 704 N. Main St., Bloom­ington, III. 61701. Questions forthis column should be addressedto Father Dietzen at the sameaddress.

How To Be Wise"The wise man learns by listen­

ing."- Provo 21:11

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When doesLent endnowadays?

THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., Apr. 18, 1986 5

Q. Could you tell us when Lentofficially ends now? Is it after theHoly Saturday Vigil Mass? (Texas)

A. Lent now ends on Holy Thurs­day. Those of us whose memoriesgo back several decades will recallthat Lent ended at noon on HolySaturday until about 20 years ago.Thi!o' happened because the greatliturgies of Holy Thursday andHoly Saturday were twisted out ofshape and celebrated in the morn­ing of those days.

Before this, the long tradition ofthe church was that the SacredTriduum (literally the sacred "threedays") formed a separate holy timebetween Lent and the beginning ofthe Easter season.

Now of course, the Mass cele­brating the institution of the Eu­charist takes place on Holy Thurs­day night and the Easter Vigil isback where it traditionally belongs,during the night between HolySaturday and Easter Sunday.

Thus the General Norms for theliturgical Year and Calendar pro­mulgated by Pope Paul VI in 1969,after defining the purposes of Lent,state: "Lent lasts from Ash Wed­nesday. to the Mass of the Lord'sSupper exclusive" (No. 28)

In other words Lent ends beforethe Mass on Holy Thursday even-ing. '

The Easter Triduum itself beg­ins with the evening Mass on HolyThursday, reaches its high point. inthe Easter Vigil and closes WIthevening prayer on Easter Sun­day (No. 19).

These norms are now includedin the Roman Missal (Sacramen­tary) and are reflected in this andother liturgical books.

Q. My niece, who is engaged toa non-Catholic, was told recentlythat in a mixed marriage the non­Catholic party is required to signpromises. However, she just came

.across your leaflet stating that thiswas changed in 1970.

Is this change stilI in effect anddoes it apply to all dioceses? (Vir­ginia)

A. It is true that formerly boththe Catholic and the non-Catholicpartner in an interfaith marriagesigned "promises," particularly re­lating to children.

This was changed in 1970 byPope Paul VI. Among the newnorms for interfaith marriages isthe provision that, to obtain thenecessary dispensation from theimpediment to an interfaith mar­riage from the local bishop, "theCatholic party' shall declare thathe (or she) is ready to removedangers of falling away from thefaith.

"He is also gravely bound tomake a sincere promise to do all jnhis power to have all the childrenbaptized and brought up in theCatholic Church" ("MatrimoniaMixta," March 31, 1980). Thisapplies not only to the UnitedStates but to Catholics through­out the world.

In January of the following yearthe American bishops implementedthis requirement in the UnitedStates and prescribed that for adispensation from the impediment

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ary reason for the school's exist­ence, and if the liturgical calendarguides that religious education,students will receive rich insightsinto the meaning of life's cycles-an insight unfamiliar to many oftheir peers.

And they will be imbued with atradition that it seems many Amer­icans have suddenly found theyneed.

... _I:promote the idea that happinessand sexual freedom go hand-in­hand.

The second is that we have failedto make a clear and convincingconnection between sexual exclu­siveness and successful marriageto our adolescents. We aren't con­vincing them that premarital sexmay damage their hopes of maritalsatisfaction.

I would like to see a major studythat contrasts these two values.Do young people who engage freelyin premarital sex have happier orunhappier marriages? If it's unhap­pier, we will have data to convincethem rather than opinions.

The use of hard drugs didn'tfrighten adolescents until they wereeducated on the statistics linkingdrugs and genetic disorders in fu­ture offspring. Can we use similartactics with regard to sex andmarriage?

Young adults are struggling withthese value inconsistencies today.They aren't without values, as somany believe. But they need helpfrom the adults in their lives, whichis why we need to be aware oftheirstruggle and take realistic actionto help them with it.

DOLORES

April 22Rev. James L. Smith, Pastor,

1910, Sacred Heart, TauntonRev. Thomas F. Fitzgerald, Pas­

tor, 1954, St. Mary, Nantucket

April 25Rev. John J. Wade, Assistant,

1940, Sacred Heart, Fall RiverRev: Raymond J. Lynch, Cha­

plain, 1955, Catholic MemorialHome, Fall River

CURRAN

April 19Rev. Msgr. Leo J. Duart, Pas­

tor, 1975, St. Peter the Apostle,Provincetown

April 20Rev. Edward F. Coyle, S.S.,

1954, St. Mary Seminary, PacaStreet, Maryland. Rev. James E. O'Reilly, PastorEme'ritus, 1970, Mt. Carmel, See­konk

one's own thing flew in the face ofauthority in the 60s and we wit­nessed the result. However, today'syoung people are clearly askingfor more self-expression within astructure of authority.

In this, they mirror us. We fee~

more comfortable working withinan authority structure but we wantto be heard and responded to byauthority. We respect our employ­ers and church authorities but wealso want to be able to express ouropinions and needs freely to them. ,

Putting these two values into afamily context, teens are statingthat they want their parents toexercise authority but they expectthem to be sensitive to their needsand differences of opinions. "Be­cause I say so," is no longer accep­table as the operative rule forteens.

Another contradiction arises inteen values with regard to' mar­ria'ge and family. While 86 percentexpress a desire for closer familyties, 59 percent want to see moreacceptance of sexual freedom, upfrom 48 percent in 1979. That's thebad news.

Young men express the lattermore than young women, 65 per­cent as compared to 54 percent.This is worrisome when we realizethat two-thirds of our male andhalf of our female adolescents viewsexual freedom as a high value.

I believe there are two reasonsfor this inconsistency. The first isthe powerful influence of media,movies and music, all of which

Priests' day

tion we are drawn into a commun­ity, which if entered into fully, hasa way of overcoming our self-cen­teredness.

One sure way to foster our Catho­lic tradition is to practice it everyday. Of course the home is theideal place for this, but if youcombine a home that observes theliturgical year with a school thatteaches it daily, the impact isdoubled.

Best ofall, children are immersedin an ongoing education on how todraw on their spiritual heritage toenrich their daily life.

I believe that if we could dailyteach the deep value of the celebra­tion of the liturgical year in ourCatholic schools, we would havemany more parents sacrificing toget their children into them.

For parishes in doubt about aCatholic school's worth, perhapsthis is worth considering. If thecurriculum is properly designed,with religious education as a prim-

TAMPA, Fla. (NC) - The an­nual Worldwide Marriage Encoun­ter convention will be held July18-20 at the Sun Dome on thecampus of the University of SouthFlorida. Planners expect 5,000C'Ouples and their children for theevent, to be preceded by a priests'day on July 17.

"Today's teenagers havestraight teeth and crooked val­ues," a high school principaltold me four years ago. Crook­ed is an interesting word to use inthis context. Does it mean betterthan ours, worse than ours or dif­ferent from ours?

The answer seems to be yes to allthree. A recent issue of EmergingTrends, George Gallup's excellentnewsletter on religious trends, dis­cusses present adolescent attitudeson values.

There's good news and bad news,but as the title of the article indi­cat~s, teens are creating new valuesfor the future. "Teenagers are ap­parently striving to create a newset of values that combines thetraditional Protestant ethic, thesocial movements of the 1960s andthe characteristics of an affluentpost-industrial society... ," the piecebegins.

It goes on to give us the goodnews that greater respect for author­ity and more emphasis on familyties have never been stronger amongthe country's teens. This may comeas a pleasant surprise to parentsand it echoes my experience inworking with young adults.

Almost 92 percent of teens sur­veyed indicated that they wouldwelcome more respect for author­ity in the future. But the paradox isthat they also would like to seemore emphasis on self-expression.

At first glance, this seems con­tradictory. Self-expression ordoing'

Teenage values

Have Catholic school stu­dents a better grasp of theirfaith than those who do notattend Catholic schools?

The question plagues pastorsand reflects a number of concerns.

As one pastor said: "I worryabout rising tuitions and salaries.There is also the problem of allo­cating funds equally among allparish activities, I feel we can'tkeep up with inflation."

He added: "This gets me wond­ering if it would make a differenceif my school were to close. Whenyou doubt your financial situa­tion, all types of other doubtscreep in.", Recently I came across an ideathat pastors and their school boardsmight find interesting during suc~

moments of doubt. Several SOCI­ologists observed that Americansare too self-centered and becauseof this are not grounded in any­thing but themselves. When tryingto evaluate something they haveno values outside themselves tojudge by. The sociologists hintedthat the new generation of Ameri­cans wants to be grounded insomething outside itself.

I was surprised to read thatcelebration of the liturgical year isone very important way for A~er­icans to obtain such groundmg.The sociologists, who were notCatholics, argued that the liturgi­cal year focuses attention on thedeeds of saints and prophets, andencourages people to enter deeplyinto the life of Christ. ,

Each day we celebrate the liturgywe celebrate our Catholic tradi­tion. Each day we 'are remindedabout a bigger world than that inwhich we live. With every celebra-

6 THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., Apr. 18, 1986

45th Appeal kicks off

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Long way to goBROOKLYN, N.Y. (NC) ­

Green Bay, Wis., Auxiliary BishopRobert F. Morneau says that theCatholic Church has a lot of well­written documents applying itsteachings to the modern world buteven the clergy have internalizedthem only to a limited degree. "I'mnot very pleased about our imple­mentation (of church social teach­ings)," he said in an interview fol­lowing an address in Brooklyn."We've got a long way to go ingetting those documents transposedinto life." Accomplishing this, hesaid, will require serious effort,particularly in local educationalprograms.

usee urgesdeath penalty

rejectionWASHINGTON (NC) - The

U.S. Catholic Conference has urgedthe Senate to reject legislation toreinstate the death penalty at thefederal level for such crimes asmurder and treason.

In a letter to senators, Msgr.Daniel F. Hoye, USCC generalsecretary, expressed "strong oppo­sition to S. 239, a bill to reinstitutethe use of the death penalty at thefederal level. I urge you to voteagainst this bill when it comes tothe floor of the Senate.

"The USCC is alarmed and sad­dened at the increasing rate ofstate executions. We are concernedthat S. 239 will lend federal sup­port to a form of punishment wedeem unacceptable in our society,"he stated.

Sponsored by Sen. Strom Thur­mond, R-S.C., and others, the billwould restore the death penaltyfor such federal crimes as homi­cide, attempted assassination ofthe president, treason, and deathsresulting from air hijackings andbombings.

Currently, many states have thedeath penalty. Military law per­mits the death penalty for suchacts as murder, but there' is nofederal-level death penalty forcrimes outside of military law.

Msgr. Hoye noted that the Thur­mond bill "would provide proce­dures for the use of the deathpenalty for non-homicidal crimes;this may accentuate the alreadytroubling efforts to apply capitalpunishment to an ever-growingnuinber of crimes. "

He said the bishops' conference"has clearly gone on the record inopposition to the use of capitalpunishment."

"While recognizing the right ofthe state to the use of capital pun­ishment and aware of the need foraggressive measures to deal withviolent crime and to assist its vic­tims, the bishops believe thatsociety can and must find betterways of dealing with crime andcriminals than by taking humanlife," he wrote.

He said the need to find alterna­tives to the death penalty is dem~onstrated "by two well-known facts:First, the death penalty is imposeddisproportionately on the poor andracial minorities; second, there isstill no conclusive evidence that itis a significant deterrent to othercriminals. "

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the Special Gifts phase of thisdrive is most important, as it is inany drive. We must enjoin other

. workers to volunteer with us; wemust recruit, the young to comewith us into the homes of the par­ishes 'and to the businesses.

"Every missionary will tell you,'I'm here - I see the problem,especially of poverty, but how canI make an impact unless we removethe poverty, unless I receive gifts?'

- "So too, how can we in this dio­cese touch the. souls of peopleunless we care for their ailing andafflicted bodies? How can their'bodily needs be alleviated unlesswe have the money to do so? Somesay that money is the root of allevil. I say money can be the root ofnew and expanded good if it isused wisely!"

The Special Gift phase of theAppeal will begin April 21, when

.over 850 solicitors will start mak­ing over 5,000 visits to Southeast­ern Massachusetts professional,.fraternal, business and industrialorganizations. ,

The theme of the 1986 Appeal is. "R.each Out in Love - Share and.Give."

AT THE 75th anniversary celebration of the FallRiver Catholic Woman's Club, in top picture BishopDaniel A. Cronin receives anniversary gift of pall and sixstoles from Mrs. Raymond Conboy, president, at left,and Mrs. Raymond Poisson, building committee chair­man. At bottom; in relaxed mood at banquet followingSt. Mary's Cathedral Mass, the bishop and Ray Lafleurof White's restaurant lead rendition of "Danny Boy."Joining in are Monsignors John J .. Oliveira and ThomasJ. Harrington and Mrs. Belisario Almeida, club treasurer.

The banquet.program included reading of a club his­tory, written by Miss Alice C. Harrington in the form of aletter to the 14 women who founded the organization in1911. A "Broadway Retrospective" featured singers Eli­saheth Sheldon and Mark Aliopoulios in musical.comedy and operetta selections covering the past years,arranged and accompanied by John Moriarty, chairmanof the Boston Conservatory opera department. Dinnerpiano music was by Steven Massoud.

tion on the part of all if the annualdrive is to succeed, he said: "Christbuilt up a community over 19hundred years ago; for centuriesthe Church carried on the tradi­tion of caring for the needy.

"Then, after the Reformation, anew order prevailed, the affirma­tion of private property and pri­vate giving. Now we are in a newsocial order that necessitates acommunal way of living and morecommunal giving.

"No person who has acquiredprivate property today, in abun­dance, acts as if his property werehis alone; he or she realizes thatthey were educated by the handsand minds of others; they haveearned their living in collabora­tion with others; men and womenlive closer together in their dailylives; our medical care and prac­tice is now social for the most part;our needs today are communal.

"To work for those among uswho need our care and concern isto be involved in social justice ­Christ's justice. This is not justanother collection, but a call tocommunal action.

"Hence, we must remember that

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to new developments which haveoccurred in the course of this cur­rent fiscal year, which began onJuly 1st of 1985, and I would liketo call attention to some of theitems noted in our report.

"Last autumn, we initiated afunding program for Youth Min­istry activities located on an exper­imental basis at the refurbishedCathedral Camp site in East Free­town. We are devoting carefulplanning and evaluation to theseinitial activities in the area ofYouthMinistry and anticipate increasedallocations in the forthcoming fis­cal year.

"In December of 1985, we sawthe formal organization of aDiocesan Apostolate for Personswith Handicaps and Disabilities,drawing upon personnel associatedwith our existing Deaf Apostolatewith a view to organizing apostolicoutreach to many other relatedareas of need and concern.

"I am' pleased to report thatencouraging progress has beenmade in coordination of efforts for'persons with disabilities, directlyand through networking proce­dures. I understand that some ofthe beneficiaries of this improvedpastoral activity are with us thisevening. Let me say how delightedwe all are to welcome you to thiskickoff celebration! .

"In this current year, we havesignificantly increased our expen­ditures for campus ministry at thenon-Catholic colleges in the dio­cese, specifically Southeastern Mas­sachusetts University, BristolCommunity College and Wheaton'College. There is ample'evidenceof the fine work accompfished by ,our campus ministers for the youngCatholic men and women at theseschools, some of whom are herethis evening. I extend a cordialwelcome to them, as well.

"In making note of these newdevelopments, undertaken underdiocesan auspices in this currentyear,;I think it is especially note­worthy that, because of the gener­osity of our people, translated intothe very successful Appeal of ayear ago, we were able to showflexibility and originality in initiat­ing new endeavors~ while main­taining and improving our exist­ing apostolic ~rograms.

"This has been the history ofour'Catholic Charities Appeal here inthe diocese of Fall River these past44 years: worthy programs ofapos­tolic activity maintained, new initi­atives introduced. People with avariety of concerns and needs havebeen served, the love of Christ hasbeen tangible.

"Our 45th Appeal is about tocommence. I. pray that it will besuccessful and that the good worksmaycontinue to prosper and grow.This will depend i'n large measureupon the leadership of the priestsand the vigorous cooperation oflay volunteers.

"I trust that the spirit of ourgathering this evening will beinfectious in each and every parishof the diocese. I am confident thatyou will all do your very. best toinsure the success of the 1986Catholic Charities Appeal. Thankyou for coming this evening.

"May God love and bless youall!". Also speaking at the kickoff was

Patrick Carney of' South Dart- .mouth, 1986 lay chairman for theAppeal.

Stressing the need of coopera-

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"Scores, perhaps hundreds offine civic and social agencies existin our communities and provideexcellent service to those who ap­proach them. Our Catholic activi­ties must do more! In addition toprofessional competence and ded­icated service, we must reflect theadded dimension of Christlike loveas we carryon so many endeavors.

"That is precisely the ingredientwhich sets apart our Catholic initi­atives, the specific introductioninto society of the love of Christ, .the hallmark of discipleship.

"As you depart from this audi­tori~m this evening, you will havethe o'pp'ortunity to secure anadvance copy of The Anchor for.this week, containing, tradition­ally, the report of expendituresand receipts of our last CatholicCharities Appeal; in this case the1985 Report. I generally have thepractice in my remarks at thiskickoffobservance ofalluding to thisreport, or certaiqly to some salienthighlights.

"You will recall that in May of1985, we attained a record sum inour Appeal, $1,633,924.68. It waswell that we had such a successfulcampaign last year, for we. haveexpended every single penny!

"We have, in fact, experienced amodest deficit in making the neededallocations and disbursements tothe wide variety of institutions,offices and apostolates whichdepend upon the annual CatholicCharities Appeal.

"The difference between revenuesand expenses is slight, but to put itinto perspective, let me report thatwe collected 100 percent and spent10 I percent.

"This spring, i~ seems clear tome that we had better plan toachieve at 110 percent in order tocontinue·our.needed good works.Some disbursements are made forcapital expenses, the ongoing debtservice for St. Vincent's Home,our pledge payment on the dioce­san gift to· St. Anne's Hospital,and allocations made for capitalimprovements at Connolly HighSchool and Coyle and CassidyHigh School. ,. "However, the greatest portion

by far of the proceeds of the annualAppeal goes to maintaining opera­tional programs in social services,child care, pastoral ministry to thesick, educatio~ and pastoral en­deavors.

"We have been able to'maintainthe traditional programs in thiscurrent fiscal year. $324,000 hasbeen allotted to the Catholic SocialServices of our diocese, over$77,000 to Saint Vincent's Camp.$200,000 has been expended in ourPastoral Ministry to the Sick,$88;000 in our Family Ministry,$67,000 in our CYO program. Near­ly $160,000 was allocated for theDiocesan Education Center andover $60,000 for Spl:cial Aposto­lates, principally our HispanicApostolate.

"We are proud of the achieve­ments· in these and so many otherareas of activity in this past yearand I am profoundly grateful toeveryone who contributed in sogenerous a fashion to our plea ayear ago. In order to continue thefine work, we. must have an evenmore successful Appeal this year.These good works simply mustcontinue! .

"I am especially pleasedto point

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The pope received a menorah asa gift from the city's Jewish com­munity and presented the syn­agogue with a copy of the Torah,the Jewish law, that for centurieshas been in the Vatican museums.

Most Jewish leaders had praisedthe visit, and a statement by Arabcountries with diplomatic repre­sentatives in Italy also lauded thepope for the "noble sentimentsthat led him to make this visit tothe synagogue. "

VATlCAN CITY (NC) - Le­banon's Maronite bishops havepledged to work for a constitutionwhich guarantees a democratic gov­ernment and protects the rights ofall the nation's religious communi­ties.

The'pledge comes when there isgrowing pressure to change thecountry's political system whichgrants Christians, especially Mar­onite Catholics, key governmentand military posts.

Many Moslem political leadershave said a lessening of Christianpolitical power is necessary to endthe civil war which began in 1975.

"The Maronite church is deter­mined to adhere to its historic rolewith firmness and tenacity to thepoint of martyrdom" as long asthere is a guarantee of basic free­doms, said the bishops.

These include "freedom of reli­gious beliefand practice, ofexpres­sion and political action, freedomof independent initiatives withinthe framework of the universaldeclarationofhumanrights,"thebishopssaid.

Current Lebanese law requiresthat the president be a MaroniteCatholic and grants Christians aparliamentary majority.

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only to those present here but toJudaism worldwide," Saban said..

The pope listened attentively toboth speeches, but did not men­tion the modern state of Israel.Prior to the visit, Vatican officialssaid they viewed the visit as astrictly religious encounter, with­out political overtones.

In his reply, the pope,quoted theSecond Vatican Council's land­mark document "Nostra Aetate"(Declaration on the Relation ofthe Church to Non-ChristianReligions), which opened the wayto Catholic-Jewish dialogue.

During World War II, whenRoman Jews "paid a high price inblood," the doors of church insti­tutions "were thrown open to offersafety and refuge" to Jews, thepope said.

Like the pope, Rabbi Toafflooked tothe future.

"We cannot forget the past, buttoday we want to begin this newhistoric period with trust andhope," he said. Specifically, headded, the right to religious free­dom for Catholics and Jews in theSoviet Union should be proclaimedtogether.

The pope said Catholic-Jewishcollaboration should go beyond "amere coexistence." Jews andChristians, he said, should pro­mote their common ethic "markedby the Ten Commandments" to asociety that "is often lost in agnos­ticism and individualism."

The visit was a powerful reli­gious event, marked by a strongsense of history-in-the-making. Itwas televised live in many parts ofEurope and on a delayed basis inother countries.

Security for the visit was excep­tionally tight. Some 3,000 Romepolicemen controlled the area,blocking off traffic and removingcars from several square blocksaround the riverside synagogue.The area's sewer system reportedlywas searched for bombs.

past. He spoke on the site ofRome's former Jewish ghetto,established by a pope some 400,years earlier, and his words there­fore had special meaning to thosewho listened.

The church "deplores the hatred,persecutions and displays of anti­Semitism directed againstthe Jewsat any time and by anyone," thepope said. "I repeat: by anyone."

tional Affairs, Mrs. Alfred Rose;Organization Services, Mrs. Ray-m oie; Legislation Com-m s. James. A. 0'

The ceremony, which lasted alittle over an hour, included arequest by Jewish leaders for therecognition of the state of Israel.Officially, the Vatican does notrecognize'Israel, and the issue hasbecome a point of dispute inCatholic-Jewish dialogue.

Rabbi Toaff said Israel had an"irreplaceable function" in God'splan whose recogntion "cannot bedenied."

Giacomo Saban, president ofRome's Jewish community, waseven more direct in his openingaddres~.

"The land of Israel has a rolethat, emotionally and spiritually,is central in the heart of every Jew,and a change of attitude in itsregard would be gratifying not

ntion-generaman is Mrs. Michael J. McMa­hon, assisted by Mrs. ManuelNogueira, luncheon; Mrs.Anthony J. Geary, coffee hour;Mrs. Lavoie, registration; Mrs.Rich~rd,Paulson, gift s .

Miss Claire 0. . rs. O'Brien,

Dorothy Curpi Mrs. James Q ,special guests; Mrs. RaymondPoisson, decorations.

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and listened with the congregationof about 1,000 - many of them intears - as a mal~ choir sang theslow, moving "Ani Ma'Amin," ahymn of faith sung by prisoners ontheir way to the the gas chambersof World War II camps.

When a group of exterminationcamp survivors waved their dis­tinctiveblue-striped scarves, the'pope stretched out his hands in aspecial greeting. One said later: "Itwa,s beautiful. I hope this is the endof anti-Semitism." .

In a talk interrupted severaltimes by loud applause, the popespoke of the need to "remove allforms of prejudice, even subtleones" against the Jews. He under­lined the Second Vatican Coun­cil's teaching that Jews and Chris­tians have a special bond rooted inthe Old Testament.

"You are our dearly belovedbrothers and, in a certain way, itcould be said that you are, ourelder brothers," the pope said.

Saying his visit "brings to aclose" a certain period of history,the pope decried the "acts of dis­crimination, unjustified limitationof religious freedom" and"oppression" of the Jews in the

Plans setfoHighlighted by presentation

of Margaret M. Lahey Awardsi'to women from each of its five'districts,. the 'Diocesan ~o"

ofC~thoJic.\Vomenwm~Ql33rd annual convention Saday, May 10, at St. John of Goparish center, Somerset.

Toni Bischoff, president ofthe National Council ofCatholicWomen, will be keynote speakerat thecoDvention's moroinsion Bi~hQP Daniel A.Cwill be guest of honor.Anthony M. Gomes is DCmoderator.

The convention theme is

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ROME (NC) - Pope John PaulII, in an unprecedented gesture offraternity between Christians andJews, prayed in Rome's main syn­agogue April 13 ~nd told the con­gregation that he considered themhis "elder brothers. "

It was the first recorded visit byany pope to a Jewish house ofworship since bibli,cal times, and itdramatically illustrated how farChristians and Jews have come inhealing nearly 2,000 years of div­

,isions. It also highlighted onemajor political difficulty that stillremains: the Vatican's refusal torecognize the state of Israel.

The spirit of the encounter wasset when Chief Rabbi Elio Toaffwent beyond the expected hand­shake of welcome and enthusiasti­cally embraced the pope beforeleading him across the synagoguethreshold.

"Toda rabba (many thanks),"the pope said in Hebrew, standingbeneath the menorah, the seven­branched candelabrum that is asymbol of Judaism. The packedsynagogue rang with applause.

The visit incl uded severalmoments of intense emotion. Thepope at one point closed his eyes

ECHO: growing, living, learning

Theology, scienceseen as

compatible

Thomas A. Frechette will be ordain­ed a diocesan priest in June andFather Bob Mosher is a Colum­ban stationed in Peru.

Father Jay T. Maddock, vice­officialis of the Diocesan Tribu­nal, is a Fall River-Attleboro boardmember who became involved withECHO in 1976, a year after hisordination..

"I'm a strong advocate of theECHO program," he said. "I'veseen it have a very positive effecton young people."

The diocesan priest stresses that"the busy lives of young peoplebenefit from the special experienceECHO offers."

COLUMBIA', S.C. (NC)Theology and science are com­patible despite past confronta­tions between the two, a Univer­sity of South Carolina physicsprofessor wrote in a Catholicnewsletter.

Charles P. Poole Jr., a mem­ber of St. Joseph Parish in Col­umbia, made his comments inThe Notebook, 3 newsletter pub­lished in Stamford, Conn. by theNorth American branch of theInternational Catholic Movementfor. Intellectual and Cultural Af­fairs.

In his article Poole traced thehistory of the conflicts betweentheology and science and calledfor "a summa," or comprehen­sive treatise on the relationshipbetween theology and science,similar to St. Thomas Aquinas'"Summa Theologiae."

"In recent years the situationhas been gradually changing andnow the sciences present a viewof nature which is more compati­ble with a Christian perspective,"Poole wrote.

For example, he compared' the"big-bang" theory, the theorythat the universe began with theexplosion of a superdense atomand has been expanding eversince, and the account of crea­tion in the Bible.

"What is most important isthe fact that the biblical storydescribes a creation in six lineartemporal stages starting withi"nanimate matter proceedingthrough plants and sea creaturesand ending with animals and fin­ally man," he sa·id.

Modern scientific accounts usestages "also beginning with inani­mate matter, proceeding thoughplants and sea creatures and end­ing with animals and finallyman," Poole wrote.

He also pointed out dangersin science, such as genetic en­gineering.

"These developing capabilities-plus the refinement of tech­niques of psychological and neu­rological manipulation raise seri­ous ethical questions about thelegitimacy of such resear<:h andthe advisability of more con­trols," he wrote.

Scientific investigation of reli­gious objects has now becomerespectable without tarnishingscientists' reputations, accordingto Poole. The objects of thestudies must be to "increase ourunderstanding of the phenom­ena."

how his prayer life has deepenedsince his ECHO experience," saidMrs. Fuller.

Shared prayer is an importantpart of these evenings, she said,noting that Cape ECHO gradu­ates arso receive a monthly news­letter and attend an annual day ofrecollection.

About 350 persons attend week­end closings in the palanca roomat St. John the Evangelist parishcenter, she said, stressing the sup­port and love each graduate re­ceives.

At least two Cape ECHO can­didates have entered religious life,she noted: transitional Deacon

husband joins her for Saturdaynight dinner and they address thecandidates together. For boys'weekends the roles are reversed,said Mrs. Fuller.

To build community, she said,the whole team prepares for ECHOfor three months.

As a Cape ECHO executiveboard member, Mrs. Fuller han­dles planning and applications.The II-member board meets bi­monthly; its chairman is SteveGoveiaand Father James W. Clark,Pastor of St. John the Evangelistparish, Pocasset, is spiritual di­rector.

A youth board also meets regu­larly, she said.

Young people who have alreadyexperienced an ECHO gatherweekly at private homes and churchhalls in the Bourne, Centerville,Falmouth and Dennis-Yarmouthareas and on Martha's Vineyard.

"A young person might get up ata meeting and tell others about

offered each year at Monument'Beach's Briarwood Conference Cen­ter come from all over Cape Cod, .and there is always a waiting list,she said.

"In the past four years," shenoted, "we've had 49 boys andgirls from Martha's Vineyard alone.

"The secret of ECHO is the tre­mendous support community ofadults and teenagers that has builtup over the years," she added.

The Cape weekends, four forgirls and three for boys, are con­ducted by a team of highly trainedpriests, adults and young people.Low-cost and non-profit, they runfrom Friday to Sunday night. qffthe Cape, ECHO weekends arecoed.

FALL RIVER-ATTLEBORO RETREATANTS

MRS. DOTTIE McMORROW and Father FrancisConnors greeting people at the closing of Cape Echo 126.

Each of the 35 candidates on aweekend is sponsored by an ECHOgraduate. The sponsor is respon­sible for contacting his or her can­didate's parents, inviting them tothe Sunday night closing cere­mony and asking them to write apalanca letter to their child.

The sponsor also brings the can­didate to his first weekly meetingafter the ECHO closing.

Each weekend team is made upof six students, usually high school­ers, eight adults and usually threepriests.

. The adult team includes a mar­ried couple. On Cape girls' week­ends the wife stays nights. Her

program, according to Sister Pa­tricia Harrington, RSM, acceptscandidates from anywhere in theFall River diocese.

The nine-member Fall River­Attleboro executive planning boardof which she is a cochairpersonsponsors its four or five retreats'annually, each for about 35 youngpeople, at Cathedrl,ll Camp in EastFreetown and at the St. DominicSavio Retreat Center in Peace­dale, RI. The other chairperson isSister Regina Brennan, RSM.

"There's no magic to the week­end," Sister Pat said. "It's justopenness and sharing...being opento the ,Spirit."

"The weekends aren't designedto solve a youth's problems," theSister of Mercy continued, "they'refor a young person to discoverwhere Christ is in his or her life.It's a Christian community exper­ience in which the young personlives the Paschal Mystery."

Sister Pat has been involvedwith ECHO since its inception.What keeps her with the program?"Seeing teenagers alive with Christis an absolute joy," she answers.

"ECHO is evangelization, like.Peter's sermon on' Pentecost."

Through the meditation that'spart of an ECHO weekend, sheconcluded, a young person is ableto establish his own Christian iden­tity.

Mary Fuller of Buzzards Bay, aCape Cod ECHO executive boardmember, said that the youth min­istry program was introduced toNew Hampshire and Washington,DC, after its successful Fall Riverbeginnings.

127 weekends have been offeredthus far on the Cape, said Mrs.Fuller, a fourth-grade teacher. Thehigh school juniors and seniorsand college freshmen and sopho­mores who make the seven retreats

FATHER JAY T. Maddock, left, with candidates on arecent Fall River-Attleboro weekend.

CAPE ECHO GIRLS ENTERTAIN WITH A SONG

ECHO is a. time of listening,learning, worshiping, sharing, pray­ing and rejoicing in a warm, sup­portive and open atmosphere. Thedynamics of ECHO are patternedafter Cursillo, an adult retreat pro­gram during which participantsstudy themselves, their faith andtheir community.

The purpose of the weekend isto deepen the relationship betweena young person, Jesus ana theChurch, nur~uring the seed of faithplanted at baptism.

The retreat program thrives onthe mainland and on Cape Cod,where diocesan priests Edward E.Correia and -Francis B. Connorsintroduced it in April, 1970.

The Fall River-Attleboro ECHO

Thousands of young men andwomen in' the Fall River diocesehave already received palancas.

The Spanish word means "lever"and in ECHO usage is a packageof supportive prayers and sacri­fices from friends and relatives ofECHO retreatants.

ECHO, a diocesan youth retreatprogram, was originated in 1968by ,Father Thomas C. Mayhew,now pastor of Our Lady of MountCarmel parish in Seekonk. Theprogram was designed at the re­quest of the former Diocesan CCDBoard, Father Mayhew said.

Originally, he explained, ECHOswere offered to seniors at the formerCoyle High School in Taunton as ."a supplement to parish youthministry." .

ECHO was suggested as a nameby Msgr. John J. Oliveira; anacronym for Encountering Christin Others, it was given added mean­ing in connection with a quotefrom famed spiritual writer AbbotMarmion, "Joy is the echo ofGod's life in us."

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. The basement hall of the church·is used for C.C.D. classes, Guildmeetings and other parish activi­ties. It has dressing rooms, class­rooms, a stage, cloakrooms, rest­room facilities and a well-equippedkitchen.

Initially the LaSalette seminarybuilding in Brewster had doubledas Our Lady of the Cape rectory,but by December, 1965, the parishhad its own rectory behind thechurch. It was dedicated in August,1966.

On Feb. 12, 1978, following sus­tained efforts on the part ofpriests, parishioners and summervisitors, it was possible to burn themortgage of Our Lady of the Cape.

The event was saluted in a sou­venir booklet whose closing wordsremain true:

"Although Our Lady ofthe Capeis indeed blessed with a lovelychurch, rectory and grounds, ithas another very important aspect.

.This parish, through the efforts ofthe clergy and dedicated lay peo­ple, has shown an unusual abilityto work together for the good ofthe church and the glory of God.

"The Women's Guild raised andcontributed more than $100,000toward the needs of the parishthrough their thrift shop, summerbazaars, and other fund-raisingevents.

"Even though we have seen manychanges in administration, CCDprograms, and various parish activ­ities over the past 16 years, joy,cooperation, and sharing of talentscontinue to make our parish a liv­ingexample ofacaring Christian com­munity.

"This caring spirit has allowedus to share our friendship andfacilities with the outside com­munity. Having a loving spiritsuch as this is perhaps the greatestblessing bestowed upon all of us asOur Lady of the Cape Church."

care of Catholics in Brewster and. Orleans. .

When St. Joan of Arc of Orleanswas built in 1947, Immaculate Con­ception became its mission and thearrangement continued until 1961,when the Brewster parish wasfounded.

Groundbreaking for Our Ladyof the Cape, built on 28 acres in the

.geographic center of the new par­iSQ, took place Dec.8, 1961, thefeast of the Immaculate Concep­tion. Bishop Connolly was assistedby the three oldest parishioners:Radford McCormick of Brewster,Mrs. Mary Walker of Dennis andHarold Ellis of Pleasant Lake.

On July 12, 1962 the first Masswas held in the new buildingalthough it was still ·incomplete.The church was officially openedon December 24, 1962, at Mid­night Mass.

Its design, which Father Nolinhelped plan, resembles an invertedship with the ceiling beams'its hull.The blue ceiling suggests the sky,and the carpeting is the color ofbeach sand and sea water.' Overthe centrally located altar hangs ahuge fisherman's net, while thecandelabras and sanctuary lampsare anchor-shaped. The baptismalfont is a giant seaclam shell, as arethe holy water receptacles near thedoors. The ciboriums were fash­ioned after a Cape Cod caridle­holder.

The church has a "winter side"and a "summer side," separated atneed by a track door. The winterside accommodates some 200 wor­shipers, the summer side 500.

The sea motif is carried out in .stained glass windows depictingNew Testament scenes having todo with the sea. Four small navewindows represent the three motherchurches, from which the new par­ish was taken, and Bishop Connol­ly's coat of arms. The north frontwindow is 'Our Lady of the Capeand the south back window por­trays Our Lady of LaSalette.

A wood statue depicting a wind­swept Madonna was designed by

The Sacred Hearts Fathers un­dertook the care of the parish in1910, at which time the rectorywas moved to Wellfleet. In 1931,Holy Trinity parish was establishedin West Harwich, taking over the

Observance of the silver jubileeyear of Our Lady of the Cape par­ish, Brewster, will begin officiallyat 11:30 a.m. Mass Sunday.

At that time Bishop Daniel A.Cronin and LaSalette Fathers ReneJ. Caissey, pastor, and Robert J.Campbell and Laurie Leger, pa­rochial vicars, will lead the con­gregation in celebration.

Other events planried for thejubilee year, said Father Caissey,include a Women's Guild tea nextmonth, a June barbecue, a Julycelebration for children, an Augustconcert with famed LaSalette musi­cian Father Andre Paten,aude anda September pilgrimage to La­Salette Shrine in Attleboro.

The actual founding of the par­ish came 25 years ago tomorrow,when Bishop James L. Connollyissued a decree establishing whatwas at first named ImmaculateConception parish. Consisting ofthe towns of Brewster, Dennis andthe Pleasant Lake section of Hiu­wich, it took in parts of the par­ishes of St. Joan of Arc, Orleans;St. Pius X, South Yarmouth;·andHoly Trinity, West Harwich.

The founding pastor was FatherJoseph A. Nolin, MS, who servedfrom 1961 to 1968.

Parish HistoryThe following parish history is

taken from a brochure issued by aWomen's Guild history committee:

Originally the people of Brew­ster were served by priests whocame from Woods Hole to Sand­wich where they took the train toHarwich to say' Mass. However, in1907 land was purchased on Route6A, East Brewster, from Mrs.James H. Payne and the churchthen known 'as Immaculate Con­ception was built by the men oftheparish; it was a mission church ofHarwich. The year 1908 saw thefirst confirmation and the firstwedding in the new church.

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Q. Dear Mary: Only days beforeI read your column on grownchildren living with a partner with·out being married, I learned thatmy daughter is doing just that.

Everyone but me seems totallyat ease with the situation. I'm ex­tremely upset. I had already reachedthe conclusion that I have to acceptthe situation and to respond withlove, but I have a few practicalproblems you failed to address.

Fi'rst, I have no intention of vis­iting them in their place as I feelthis is tantamount to giving publicapproval of their action. Second,my daughter has a year of schoolremaining to obtain her degree. Icannot in conscience provide mon­ey meant for her housing if sheintends to live as she does. Iwouldn't give her money for boozeor dope, and I feel that to supporta sinful lifestyle is about the same.

Needless to say, there is no pos­sibility oftheir sharing a bed in myhome.

My wife has called me a hypo­crite and worse. Is the "new" mor­ality really moral? - Delware

Thank you for your letter expres­sing so well the deep pain parentscan feel when their adult childrenfly in the face of parental values.Your question - Is the neW mor­ality really moral? - is rather

abstract. A more practical ques­tion would be, What can I do andwhat do I choose to do regardingher behavior?

You say you want to respond inlove. How are you going to expressthis love response?

You are deeply hurt by herbehavior. Say so. These are yourhonest feelings. You have a rightto express them. Your daughtercan disagree with your position,but still accept your feelings as theexpression of one adult to another.

You do not plan to visit them.Here you might need to examineyour feelings more closely. Areyou attempting to control yourdaughter by shaming her or pun­ishing her? You may run the risk ofcutting off communication com­pletely. In parent-child relations itis almost always wise to avoidabsolute statements ("111 never visityou under the present circumstan­ces.") because they are seldom for­gotten and can destroy relation­ships beyond repair.

You plan to cut off collegemoney. Again examine your feel­ings. Are you attempting to con­trol her 'decisions and actionsthrough giving and withholdingmoney? What do you want toaccomplish? Will she. change herlifestyle? Will she drop out of

school? Will she get her degreewithout you and resent you for­evermore for not supporting herduring this year? I do not know thefuture, but you might ponder thepossible outcomes ofyour actions.

You will not let them share abed in your home. Fine. It is yourhouse, and you have every right toexpress your feelings and values inyour life there.

In struggling with your concernabout sexual values, examine someof the other problems in the world.Do you get upset by world hunger,racism, escalation of nuclear armsor inhuman prison conditions? Be­cause these issues rarely touch ourlives personally, we frequently ig­nore them. We worry only about"personal" sins. Yet the corporalworks of mercy - the questionswhich Jesus tells us will determineour salvation - are: Did we feedthe hungry, clothe the naked, visitthe sick and those in prison?

You need not condone the "new"morality. You do !'Ieed to allowyour daughter to make her ownchoices. Then respond in a loving,though not necessarily approving,way.

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For at least three decades, U.S.society has been passing the buckon the problem of drug abuse. It'sbeen blamed on parents, schools,the legal system, organized crime,Third World producers and theghetto.

In the latest demonstration ofirresponsibility, this hot potato isbeing thrown to employers. Claim­ing that nearly 25 percent of U.S.workers may be using dangerousdrugs on the job, the president'sCommission on Organized Crimeproposed that employers adminis­ter blood or urine tests tp employ­ees.

Reports are that drug use isrampant at every level of industry,from factory floor to executiveboardroom and that it has reachedserious proportions among doc­tors, lawyers and other profes­sionals.

There is cause for serious con­cern even if the figures are over­blown. But are blood and urinetests the way to deal with it?

At least a few private companiessay no. But a growing number ofemployers reportedly require work­

. ers and/ or job applicants to un­dergo urinalysis.

It is not hard to understandwhy. Drug abuse is estimated tocost U.S. industry $60 billion ayear (compared with $120 billionfor alcohol abuse). Worse thancosts are the dangers when assemb-'Iy-line workers, train crews or air­plane pilots are zonked out ondrugs.

Perhaps it will become a highlyunfortunate necessity that certaintypes of workers, for safety's sake,undergo routine testing. But ran­dom testing is an inexcusable vio­lation of human rights.

The potential for abuse and dis­crimination is obvious. I would bewilling to bet that the F.ortune 500firms administering the tests have

asked few if any incoming execu­tives or Ivy League MBAs to supplya urine sample.

Under the best of circumstan­ces, testing is believed to be 97 per,cent accurate. Mishandling lowersthe accuracy rate considerably.

My son was a victim of suchabuse when stationed in Germanywith the U.S. Army. He was in adrug-treatment program for a weekbefore the clerical error was disco­vered. The Army later admittedthat about half of 60,000 urinesamples had been mishandled.

But the real issue is the immoral­ity of the test. It violates the spiritof Fourth Amendment freedomswhich grant "the right of the peo­ple to be secure in their persons... against unreasonable searchesand seizures."

The legal limits are not clear.But the moral question is. Canindividual rights be subordinatedto the broader welfare of society?

Our founding fathers said no.Legal details are sometimes fuzzybut the Constitution's intention isclear.

Drug testing violates the per­son, denies the presumption of in- .

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nocence and threatens the founda­tions of our free society.

But there is a greater immoral­ity. The most shameful issue is thebuck passing that has gone on fordecades. If25 percent of our popu­lation are regutar users of illegaldrugs, why hasn't more work beendone on the fundamental causes?Why does society refuse to dealwith the drug problem at its source?

It is easier to use economic pun­ishment by firing workers and creat­ing a whole new class of unem­ployed drug users than it is toaddress society's deeper ills througheducation, social programs, com­passion and spirituality.

How long will it be before werealize that focusing on preventionis the only way to make headwayin wiping out drug abuse?

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mandment "Thou shalt not kill"very seriously, she said.

Mrs. Booth is a member ofMassachusett's Citizens For Life,Inc., a nonpartisan, nonsectarianorganization dedicated to affirm­ing the right to life of all humanbeings through educational, legis­lative, political and other activities.

She also belongs to the Con­cerned Christian Coalition, an ecu­menical organization with a pro­life committee, and is on the LifelineAction Committee, a New Bed­ford area organization which takesnonviolent action against abortion.

She supports Birthright, an inter­national abortion alternatives or­ganization, and the work of WomenExploited by Abortion (WEBA), anational organization of and forwomen who regret having hadabortions. '

The active layperson holds de­grees in home economics and earlychildhood education from Framing­ham State College and Utah StateUniversity. She also studied at theUniversity of Maine and brieflydirected a day care center in thatstate.

Her South Dartmouth home isbusy; she and her husband havefour children six years old andunder, and her mother and a teen­age niece live with them.

Mrs. Booth attended the annualWashington, D.C.March For Lifefor the first time about five yearsago. This year she was coordinatorfor the Fall River diocesan con­tingent at the march, held, as al­ways, on Jan. 22, the anniversaryof the 1973 pro-abortion ruling ofthe U.S. Supreme Court.

"We can end abortion," Mrs.Booth said. "That is the bottomline. We only need to vote againstthe politicians funding them.

"How can a country survive,defying God's law at a rate of over4000 sacrifices per day?" she asked.

"If a person feels abortion iswrong, he or she should do some­thing about it!" Mrs. Booth de­'dares.

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A pro-life story

PRO-LIFER Mary Ann Booth, center, with, from back left, friends Chris and CassieSpoor, daughter Ann Marie, niece Kelly Booth and friend Laurie Gelinas. Front row, from left,Harry, Theodore and Patricia Booth. (Motta photo)

By Joseph Motta"If you want peace, defend life."

- Pope Paul VIWhy is Mary Ann Booth a pro-li­

fer?Until her father's 1977 death,

Mrs. Booth, a parishioner at St.Mary's Church, South Dartmouth,had never experienced the loss of aclose family member. During hislast days, she "began to think moreabout God and what death reallymeans." .

Through her meditation, shecame to "a closer awareness thatthere is Ii God."

"I miscarried my first baby,"Mrs. Booth said, "and, not untilthe Lamaze natural childbirthclasses for my second child did Irealize what had truly happened."

The mother of four said thatunknown to her, one of the mostactive abortionists in the area washer doctor at the time of ,hermiscarriage. '

"I can't express strongly enoughto other women how vitally impor­tant it is to have a doctor whoreverences life so strongly that hewould extend every effort to try tosave a child., she said.

"I do not believe that happenedin my case," she continued. "As amatter of fact; I' believe just theopposite...

After her husband, Harry, com­mented that her doctor seemed tohave a blase attitude towards theloss of their child, Mrs. Boothswitched physicians.

She made sure her new doctor'was pro-life.

Another factor in her becomingpro-life, Mrs. Booth said, was apriest friend, Father James Tux­bury of Boston, who encouragedher to think deeply about the abor­tion issue.

"When election time came, hereminded us that Catholics, ingood conscience, cannot vote forsomeone knownto fund abortions,whether or not that someone says'I'm a Catholic and I'm personallyopposed to abortion, but... '

"I took his advice," she said. "Ibegan to realize that pro-life peo­ple, people who do not believe inthe killing of innocent babies, arenot weird. They are loving, caringpeople."

So Mary Ann ':l0oth became anactive pro-lifer. She takes the com-

Gettingto school

"PI:OP" gotmore in '85NEW YORK (NC) - In, 1985

U.S. Catholics contributed morethan $46.5 million to the generalfund of the "Prop," the Society forthe Propagation of the Faith., Itwas a 6.7 percent increase over1984, according to the society.

The fund provides the main U.S.support for missionary workthroughout the world.

The society added that an addi­tional $2.6 million was contrib­uted for support of mission semi­narians and religious novicesthrough the Society of S1. PeterApostle, also a pontifical missionaid organization.

Msgr. William J. McCormack,Propagation national director,said the "tremendous generosity"of U.S. Catholics "will help pro­vide the basic necessities for thechurch as it serves the poorest ofour sisters and brothers in themissions."

An annual collection on WorldMission Sunday each Octoberprovides a portion of the generalfund total each year. In 1986 Mis­sion Sunday is Oct. 19.

By Hilda Young

Instructions for a 13-year-oldon how to get out the door and onthe way to school by 8 a.m. Whenhe or she gets up at 7:55: Glancewithone'eye at your alarm clock.Scream "Oh, no!" as you explodeout of the covers. Yell, "Why didn'tanybody tell me what time it is?"

Your 7-year-old brother will say:"I did. Mom'did. Marie did. Daddid."

Ignore the remark. Hurtle overhim as you dash to the bathroom.

Four minutes to launch.Using both hands turn on the

hot and cold water full blast. Grabthe end ora towel and use it towash your face. With the free handjab a toothhru.sh into your mouth.

Drop everything into the sinkand sprint back to your room.Mumbie loudly, "If I'm late again,

they're going to keep me afterschool so long the janitor's unionwill want dues."

Three minutes to launch.Throw on the pants you left in a

heap at the foot of your bed. Findsocks in the same place. Holler,"Who kyped my shoes?"See themon the fish tank. Try to wriggleyour feet into them at the sametime you button your shirt andlook around for your bo<,>ks.

Two minutes to launch.Shout "Mom, can I have some

lunch money?"Zoom back to the bathroom.

Snatch the comb out of your littlebrother's hand, speed comb yourhair like the guy who speed talkson the overnight delivery servicecommercial. Spray it with yoursister's hair mousse.

One minute to launch.Shout, "Mom, money? Please?"Back to your room. Grab books.

Run to the kitchen. Bounce up anddown as your mother sticks a pieceof toast into your mouth, an orangeinto your pocket and a dollar intoyour hand.

Launch.

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Environmenhllprotection urgedVATlCAN CITY (NC) - Pro­

tecting the world's environment ispart of the natural order, andthose who damage it are showingcontempt for the divine nature ofcreated things, says Pope John'Paul II.

Speaking at a weekly generalaudience in St. Peter's Square, thepope continued a series of talks onthe mystery' of creation, connect­ing it with environmental destruc­tion. The pope cautioned against amodern mentality, marked by scien­tific progress, that treats resourcesas separate from God's plan.

"A false notion of the autonomyof created things contends that

. material reality -does not dependon God, and that people can use itas if it had no relation to its Crea­tor," the pope said.

"This false view denies the verytruth of creation, and it underliesthe problems of ecological destruc­tion and the threats to our naturalenvironment," he added.

The pope tied environmentaldestruction to an "egoism" that is"anti-community" in nature. Thearbitrary and harmful use of re­sources, he said, also "violates thenatural laws and order, ignoringor showing contempt for the final­ity" of creation.

Citing the teachings. of theSecond Vatican Council, the popesaid that when people fail to makethe connection between the world'sresources and the Creator, they"do incalculable damage to them­selves." On the other hand,' headded, when people keep morallaws in mind, they see that there isno conflict between scientific pro­gress and faith.

An estimated 30,000 tourists andpilgrims listened to the pope's talkin balmy, springtime weather. Itwas the first time this year theaudience has been held outdobrs.

The pope afterward greeted indi­vidual delegations, including agroup of seminarians from Yugo­slavia. He urged' a group of Frenchpilgrims to pray in particular forCatholics around the world "whohave been isolated or reduced tosilence."

Assisi peace meetingset for October 27

Rediscover faithpope tells youthVATlCAN CITY (NC) - Pope

John Paul II 'asked a group ofyoung Europeans to "rediscoverthe foundations of your faith" andovercome religious indifference anddoubt in the modern world.

The pope also made an appealfor religious vocations in a recenttalk to about 1,700 youths fromFrance, Luxembourg and Belgium.

"You have not come here merelyto see' monuments, remember his­tory and admire art. You havecome to meditate on their mean­ing, to make a real retreat," thepope told the group at the Vatican.

He urged them to "respond tothe challenges ofthe modern world,which is searching for light andlove, while enduring religious indif­ference or doubt."

He said religious;\:'ocations were"a great gift from God"that returnsharq work with great joy. "Do notbe afraid to think about this, toprepare yourselves for this appeal,;'he said.

Cardinal honored

The pope also told the groupthat Catholic teachers, in additionto being competent professionals,are called to be "witnesses of theirfaith" in order to create in theirschools "a climate which givesyouths the sense and the taste of away of life which is right, pure,generous and rooted in faith andin prayer."

PHILADELPHIA (NC) ­Cardinal John Krol, recentlyhonored at a Mass celebrating his25th anniversary as archbishop ofPhiladelphia, denounced thespread of "secular humanist"values in American society overthe past 25 years. "The basic errorof secular humanists is the failureto recognize man as a creature andchild of· God, standing alwaysunder God's judgment," he said.

Kind Words"Kind words are like honey­

.enjoyable and healthful." -Provo16:24

Fundamentalism a ·concern. VATICANCITY(NC)-PopeJohn Paul II has warned against"narrow fundamentalism" in Bibleteaching, urging scriptural teachersto use church tradition in theirwork.

"Attention must be given to theliterary forms of the various bibli­cal books in order to determine theintention of the sacred writers,"the pope said April 7. "And it ismost helpful, at times crucial, tobe aware of the'personal situationof the biblical writer, to the cir­cumstances of culture, time, lan­guage and so forth which influ­enced the way the message waspresented."~ The pope voiced his concern forfundamentalism - the strictly liter­al and narrow interpretation of theScriptures - in an address to theWorld Catholic Federation for theBiblical Apostolate.

In his address, the pope alsosaid that those who teach Scrip­tures - priests,deacons, catechistsand other laity - must approachthe Bible from the context of "theliving tradition of the church."

"In this way," Pope John Paulsaid, "it is possible to avoid a nar-row fundamentalism which distortsthe whole truth."

Awareness of tradition also en­ables the teachers "to resist thetemptation to place one's personalinterpretation above or even inopposition to the authentic inter­pretation of God's word whichbelongs exclusively to the bishopsof the church in union with thepope," he said.

The same day, the pope metwith the World Union of CatholicTeachers and urged the associa­tion to work for freedom of choicein education.

"Catholic teachers should pro­mote freedom of education forparents so that they may choosethe school and kind of educationwhich corresponds to their convic­tions," the pope said.

forward and began pulling on thepope's vestments.

"For children, the word is notenough - they need a kiss," thepope said as he bent over andhugged the toddler.

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One, in whose hands lies the des­tiny of the world, for the great giftof peace," he said.

A Vatican press spokesman saidthat among those expected to at­tend the meeting were AnglicanArchbishop Robert Runcie of Can­terbury, England, leader of theworld's Anglicans; the Dalai Lama,the exiled head of Tibetan Budd­hists; and representatives of theWorld Council of Churches inGeneva.

When he announced the initia­tive Jan. 25, the pope said he hadchosen Assisi because it was the13th-eentury birthplace ofSt. Fran­cis, who "transformed the placeinto a center of universal frater­nity." The founder of the Francis- .

. can religious order, St. Franciswas noted for his simple life andpromoting peace and harmony.

In a parish visit to the RomeChurch of SS. Angeli Custodi, thepope described the reaction of the"doubting" St. Thomas to ne~s ofChrist's resurrection. "He found itdifficult to believe," the pope said,"and for this reason Jesus came asecond time" to visit the apostles.

"He came to convince him, andto offer him the evident testimonyof his Resurrection," the pope said.He recalled how St. Thomas laterbecame one ofthe great evangeliz­ers of the early church.

About 5,000 parishioners greetedthe pope with songs when he arrivedat the suburban church. As thepope gave an impromptu talk tothe crowd, a l-year-old child came

VATICAN CITY (NC) - Lead­ers of Christian and non-Christianfaiths plan to meet Oct. 27 inAssisi, Italy) to pray for world

.peace, Pope John Paul II an­nounced last week.

The pope said the encounter willrepresent "a vast movement ofreflection and prayer." Last Janu­ary, Pope John Paul extendedan invitation to religious leaders tojoin him in Assisi for prayer.

The pope spoke about the Assisievent to about 20,000 people in St.Peter's Square for the Sunday "Re­gina Coeli" prayer. The same day,the pope visited a Rome parishand recalled the difficulty St.Tho~as the Apostle had in believ­ing in Christ's resurrection.

The meeting in Assisi, the smallhill town in central Italy where St.Francis was born, will underlinethe urgent need for peace in theworld today, the pope said.

"The meeting should constitutea coming together of a vast move­ment of reflection and pray­er, in which followers of every reli­gious faith should feel themselvesinvolved,"the pope said. He empha­sized that the encounter should beseen as a "spiritual movement."

In modern times, the pope added,peace is "so fundamental and atthe same time so threatened" thatmany people experience "constantfear and even a sense of power­lessness." Peace sometimes seemsunreachable, the pope·said.

"It is therefore urgent that aninvocation rise in chorus, and withinsistence, from the earth towardheaven, to ask the Omnipotent

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WASHINGTON (NC) - TheU.S. bishops' new Ad Hoc Com­mittee to Assess the Moral Statusof Deterrence has begun evalu­ating current U.S. deterrence policies.

The committee was formed byBishop James W. Malone ofYoungs- .town, Ohio, presidentofthe Nation­al Conference of Catholic Bishops,and is chaired by Cardinal JosephBernardin of Chicago, chairmanof the committee that wrote thebishops' 1983 pastoral letter onwar and peace.

The new committee's responsi­bility is to evaluate the morality ofongoing deterrence policies in lightof the war and peace pastoral. Inthe pastoral the bishops made "astrictly conditioned moral accep­tance of nuclear deterrence" butadded "we cannot consider it ade­quate as a long-term basis forpeace."

Also on the new committee areCardinal John J. O'Connor ofNew York, Bishop Daniel P. Reillyof Norwich, Conn., and AuxiliaryBishop Thomas Gumbleton of De­troit, all of whom served on the

war and p<;ace pastoral commit­tee. Also members are ArchbishopJohn R. Roach of St. Paul-Minne­apolis and Archbishop Roger Ma­hony of Los Angeles.

The committee will meet pri­vately and will consult with indi­viduals and groups consideredexperts on ·deterrence. It has notset a date for completing its work.

Following announcement of thead hoc committee, Bishop GUm­bleton spoke on the deterrencetopic at the seventh annual Shep­herds Speak series sponsored bySt. James Cathedral, Brooklyn.The series brings bishops fromacross the nation to speak at Sun­day vesper services between Easterand Pentecost.

The bishop predicted that hisfellow bishops would eventuallydeclare that the nation is not meet­ing deterrence requirements of thepastoral letter on war and peace.

Fewer than 100 of the approxi­mately 300 U.S. bishops are readyto make such a statement now, hesaid, adding that securing generalagreement would take time because

"the implications are profound."Bishop Gumbleton is president

of Pax Christi USA and one of thehierarchy's leading peace activists.

In his address and at a meetingafterward with reporters, he arguedthat U.S. nuclear policy since issu­ance of the peace pastoral "clearly"has violated the conditions it laiddown for allowing the policy anymoral acceptability. "The facts arepretty plain," he said.

He expressed confidence thatthe ad hoc committee would arriveat a consensus compatible with hisown position, and would persuadethe total body of bishops of itsvalidity. The committee's work, heemphasized, does not involve re­opening the general issue of themorality of deterrence, but only ofjudging U.S. behavior in the lightof the pastoral's position.

Bishop Gumbleton said hethought the need for challengingU.S. government policy was urgentbecause stopping nuclear arms esca­lation would become more diffi­cult should the proposed "StarWars" initiativ,e get under way.

An NCCB declaration that thenational policy of nuclear deter­rence is immoral, Bishop Gum­bleton said, would have "profoundimplications" because it wouldmean "direct confrontation" withthe go~ernment. That, he said,would be "a quite new thing."

He said it would also mean thatnot only military personnel andnuclear industry workers but alltaxpayers would have to "face upto what they're doing," which; hesaid, is supporting a policy thatinvolves the "intention" of "incin­erating" or "vaporizing" tens ofmillions of innocent people.

Bishop Gumbleton said thatwhile the pastoral declared "nucleardeterrence should be used as a stepon the way to progressive disar­mament," U.S. actions since ap­proval of the pastoral have movedtoward increasing nuclear arma­ment.

He also criticized the U.S. govern­ment for its "almost automaticrebuff" to Soviet proposals for amoratorium on testing nuclearweapons.

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A "correct and necessary libera­tion theology" can be of help inLatin America "as well as otherregions of the 4Worid facing thesame grave challenges" of under­development, the pope said in a .message sent to the Brazilianbishops' conference.

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The Southland Corp. will dis­continue sales of adult magazinesat all of its company-owned 7­Eleven Stores, a spokesman forthe Dallas-based corporation saidApril II.

7-Eleven, the largest chain ofconvenience stores in the world,will no longer sell Playboy, Pent­house and Forum magazines oncethe May issues, currently on thenewstands, sell out, said DougReed, a Southland public relationsspokesman. .

Reed said his company has beenclosely monitoring recent hearingsconducted by the U.S. AttorneyGeneral's Commission on Porno­graphy. The testimony, Reed said,"indicates a growing concern overa possible connection between adultmagazines and crime, violence andchild abuse."

Reed also said that 7-Eleven'sown market research has "foundthat (the public's) support for saleof adult magazines has weakenedsomewhat" in recent months.

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Father Stephen B. Salvador, amember of the Diocesan CatholicScouting Program, representedthe diocese at the 29th biennialconference of the National Catho­lic Committee on Scouting, heldearlier this month in Kansas City,Mo.

Father Salvador, chaplain ofNortheast Area I for the BoyScouts, will serve for four years onthe chaplains' committee of theNational Catholic Committee..

At the committee's conventionworkshop, he participated in apresentation on Tools of the Tradefor Fostering a Spirit of ReverentLeadership, discussing the themeof service on the part of leaders.

At the Kansas City meeting,. over 300 delegates from 100 dio- .

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.mittee chairman and Father JosephCarroll, San Diego, was namedNational Scout Chaplain.

. On the diocesan level, FatherSalvador noted that preparationsare being made for a Moby DickCouncil ecumenical camporee­retreat Sept. 26 through 28 at St.Vincent de Paul Camp, Westport.Further information is availablefrom Paul J. Parente, 39 GroveSt., New Bedford 02740.

NEW YORK (NC) - Thou­sands of applications for Ameri­can Express-sponsored commun­ity service grants prove the exis­tence of many unmet needs in theUnited States, says Father Tho­masJ. Harvey, director of CatholicCharities USA.

Project Hometown America, anattempt by American Express tostimulate new local efforts in com­munity services, received 4,300 ap­plications for grants.

Father Harvey said the fact thatCatholi<: Charities agencies wereawarded 11 of 206 grants madeafter an extensive screening pro­cess demonstrated their involve­ment in trying to meet a widerange of these needs.

With the Reagan administration"down on"social welfare programs,he said, the private sector mustfind new ways of serving the poor.

Father Harvey, a member bftheProject Hometown America board,appeared at the press conferencewhere the 206 grants totaling slight­ly more than $3 million wereannounced. Of the projects aided,the largest number dealt with prob­lems of children and the secondlargest with teen-agers. The cate­gory of hunger and homelessnesswas a close third.

Grant requestsunderline needs,

says Charities head

said, many claim it is 59 per­cent.

"In 200 years we've come along way. There are still fightsto be won. Not all laws are per­fectly enforced. We need tokeep the engine of economicopportunity on track," she said.

Women under 25 make 89 per­cent of what their male. counter­parts do, she added. As manywomen grow older they makeless because marriage inter­venes, she said, and leads manywomen to chooses lower-payingjobs that enable them to bal­ance home and work.

"Strains of sexism," saidMrs. Kirkpatrick in her keynotespeech, "are alive and well andbipartisan in character."

"I've always supported theEqual Rights Amendment as onemeans of removing discrimina­tion," she said, "but it seems tome that there are other meansto the same end."

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AT ANNUAL Bishop's Night program of New Bedford Catholic Woman's Club, fromleft, Eileen Cyr, first vice-president; Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, Mary Elizabeth LaRoche,president; Mary Staffon, secretary. (Rosa photo) .

Speakers for the conferen<:eincluded Linda Chavez, deputyassistant. to President Reaganfor public liaison, and formerU.N.' Ambassador Jeane Kirk­patrick.

The visit of three Sovietwomen was part of a U.S.-So­viet exchange sponsored byPeace links, an internationalorganization founded in 1982 byBetty Bumpers, wife of Sen.Dale Bumpers, D-A'rk.

Dee Rowland, a parishionerat St. Thomas More Church,heads the Salt Lake Citybranch of Peace· Links calledWomen Concerned About Nu­clear War.

Oydin Abbsova, minister ofeducation from the Soviet repub­lic of Uzbeck, said that womenin the two countries must"stress our similarities in spiteof our differences."

"I invite you to visit mybeautiful city (Tashkent)," shesaid. "We want to get our headstogether to make (Peace) Linkswork so there will be no morewar and we'll all have a wonder­ful happy future."

Mrs. Abbsova said the Rus­sian people "are simple andkind-hearted like people all overthe world. They are concernedabout kieeping peace on ourplanet. Women more than any­one else want to keep peace onthis wonderful planet."

In her address Ms. Chavez, aCatholic, talked about workingwomen and the issue of equ'alwages for men and women.

Though there is a gap be­tween what men and womenmake, it is not as wide, accord­ing to Ms. Chavez, as manypeople believe. Women on theaverage make' 72 percent ofwhat men make, although, she

Soviet and U.8. w-omenshare same concerns

SALT LAKE CITY (NC) ­Soviet women and U.S. womenshare the same concerns, es­pecially concern for their child­ren, the "greatest reason forpeace in the world," according toSoviet women at a workshopsponsored in part by the Dioce­san Council of Catholic Wom­en in Salt Lake City.

The diocesan council joined with19 other groups to organize thesession, called "lifestyles of SovietWomen," which was included in arecent Utah women's conference.

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Coyle and Cassidy

The student government andAlcohol and Drug Action Team at,Bishop Connolly High School, FallRiver, will hold their Out-of-the­Ordinary-After-Prom Party at theschool immediately following their'May 22 junior-senior prom atWhite's restaurant, Westport.

The party is an all-night, chem­ical-free event, designed to givestudents an alternative to post­prom drinking/ drugging.

Featured will be a "memories"slide show, a student-made videocompetition, a comedy act, danc­ing, VCR film showings and a 4a.m. breakfast.

The event is made possiblethrough efforts of students, facultyand parents.

Several students at Coyle andCassidy High School, Taunton,were recognized at MassachusettsHistory Day, held recently atBridgewater State College.

Student Chr.istopher Pepin fin­ished first in the individual pro­jects category; he addressed TheElastic Clause and the Constitu­tion. In the group project cate­gory, students Charles Barton~

Roger Roy and Ted Bulis receiveda second place award for theireffort on The American Revo­lution.

Both projects, completed underthe supervision of CC social stu­dies department head Brian Dick~

inson, will go on to the next levelof competition at DeerfieldAcademy May 10.

THIS STATUE of theSacred Heart watches overSt. Mathieu's parish, FallRiver, which will celebrate itscentenary next year.

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Students Debbie Laverty, LaurieWilson, Matt Zimmerman, ChuckMedeiros; James Gouveia andChris .Martin will participate inthe Massachusetts State ScienceFair this weekend at MIT.

Junior Aaron Correira has attainedEagle Scout rank.

Senior David Ottavianelli hasbeen notified of a full scholarshipto West Point, worth approxi­mately $120,000.00. ClassmateAnne Marie Treadup has beenawarded a full scholarship at St.Michael's College, Winooski, VT.

Academic Awards 'Night andNational Honor Society InductionCeremony: May 13.

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Bishop Stang

Students Richard Wareing, Pat­rick Dawson and Ernest Joyntrecently represented Stang onWLNE-TV's Current Events NewsGame. As a top scoring team, theyand alternate Thomas Silveira willreturn for a championship game,to be televised in late May.

In June, history departmentchairperson Peter Crowley will ac­company a group of students on athree-day trip to Washington, DC,to see "democracy in action."

MEMBERS OF the young people's choir of St. Mary'sparish, Galesville, Wisconsin, put the last remnant of winter to

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hard for them to understand themeaning of love. This' can spellreal.trpuble in a marriage."

Tom: "I know of a marriagewhere one partner was unbeliev­ably selfish. This person was soselfish that I could never under­stand why the other partner wouldeven consider entering into a mar­riage. Maybe sometimes love isblind, and maybe that's not such agood thing. The marriage ended indivorce because ofthe one partner'sselfishness. "

Mary: "There are few vocationsin life that require more self-disci­pline and the ability to make sacri­fices than marriage. Sure, mar­riage is rewarding and wonderful.But it c~n also be terribly difficultat times. If there's a lack of seIf­discipline and the spirit of sacrificein either partner, there can be 'realtrouble." , .

Larry: "If God is left out of thepicture, the couple had betterbeware. Marital partners who praytogether are much more likely to'stay to~ether." , .

So - that's what some marriedpeople think. There are, of course,some ot~er reasons why marriagesdon't work. Can you and, your.friends or classmates figure out.what some of the other reasonsmight be?'

Send questions to Tom Lennon,1312 Mass. Ave.N:W., Washing-ton, D.C. 20005. .

from unhealthy fears. I'm such aworrier, it actually makes me ill.

- "I'm afraid that when I getold I'll be dependent on others andbother people."~ "I worry about terrorism."- "I worry about my children

in this society. I pray from morn­ing till night."

To liberate ourselves from feel­ing oppressed and from OUt fearsthemselves, we must turn to theGospel and know that the work ofGod is alive and active. The NewTestament was written for the fear­ful. It speaks of faith, hope andlove as a divine dynamic enfleshedin the person of. Christ and com­municated by him to his disciplesin every age.

Just like us, Christ lived in thisimperfect world with all its threats,terrorism and insecurity. Heshowed us how to live in hope andhow to follow him on our spiritualjourney.

In this post-Easter period, let usopen our lives to his liberatinggrace.

TOM

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Oppression and liberationBy Cecilia Belange.r

The Bible tells us not to oppresseach other, but there are manyways people feel oppressed.

I asked some friends how theyfeel about this and about libera­tion and here are some of theanswers I got:

- "I feel spiritually oppressedby feelings of fear and depression.I know the media have somethingto do w.ith it. Perhaps I shouldn'twatch the news."

- "i feel oppressed because Icannot walk on my own sheet atnight. What kind of world is itwhen it isn't safe to walk a fewyards from your homeT'

- "The high cost of merelyexisting depresses me. I'm op­pressed by government wasteful­ness and the morals of society."

- ''I'm oppressed by the waypeople behave toward one another: .suing, greed, ·bad manners, insults,drugs." .

- "I wish I could be liberated

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Q. What are some reasons whymarriages doii't work? (New York)

A. For some answers to ~his

important question, I turned toseveral experts in the field, a num­ber of happily married people whoare very much aware of maritalpitfalls. Here 'are their comments:

Judy: "I think that sometimesthere is a lack of real honest-to­goodness commitment. A couplewill lack the tough determinationto work through the serious diffi­culties and· conflicts that can arise'in any marriage."

Elaine: "One possible obstacleto a happy marriage is lack ofharmony in the nitty-gritty of dailyliving. My husband, for example,is very, very, very neat and well­organized. I'm just the opposite,about as messy and disorganizedas a person can get. Brian and Iboth have tobe aware of these dif­ferences in our temperaments andwork hard to' put up with oneanother."

Bill: '~If a young couple haveunrealistic expectations in regardto married life; they are headed fortrouble."

Jeremy: '''In the first year or soof our marri~ge;Ginny and I arguedabout money. 'Shewould want tospend a lot on things I consideredsilly, like expensive shrubs for thefront lawn. We should have 'talkedmore about money'before we gotmarried.",

Patricia: "nhirik that'some peo­ple who· get married have neverbefore experienced areally deepfriendship. The'y've never had afriend they could talk with at avery personal level a.nd with whomthey could share their feelings inan intimate way. They may havehad many acquaintances but neveran' intimate friend.

"And so when they get marriedthey cannot share their innermostself with their partner. It's really

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mineral water and oil are disco­vered at a defunct U. S. drilling rig.Ethnic jokes, TV-sitcom-style hu­mor and sexual innuendoes a­bound. A3, PG-13

"Desert Bloom" (Columbia) ­Adolescent idealism is betrayedwhen a young girl suffers disillu­sionment and disgust as her par­ents try to overcome their we.ak­nesses sufficiently to appreciateher needs. Against the early 1950satomic age, Jon Voight gives astunning performance as the flawedstepfather, while newcomer Anna­beth Gish provides the youthfulresilience and exuberance that liftsthe production out of melodramaand affords a compassionate child'sviewpoint of a family on the brinkof spiritual renewal. A2, PG

TV ProgramsThe great Gothic cathedrals built

during the Middle Ages are thesubject of"Cathedral,"airing Wed­nesday, April 30, 8-9 p.m. EDT onPBS.

The program combines anima­tion sequences of 12th-century lifeand construction methods withvisits to modern museums andFrench cathedral cities.

The result is an introduction notonly to the beauty of Gothic archi­tecture but also to the Age ofFaith, when religion was central tothe life of Western Society.

Monday, April 28, 9-10:30 p.m.EDT (PBS) "Damien." The storyof Sacred Hearts Father Damien'sheroic ministry to the lepers ofMolokai is told in Aldyth Morris'one-man play, 'starri'ng 'Terence'.Knapp. Originally aired in 1978,the program remains one' of thebest religious dramas ever producedfor television.

Religious TVSunday,April20,(CBS) - "For

Our Times," An examination of19th-century Jewish settlements inthe American Far West. '

Religious RadioSunday, April 20 (NBC)

"Guideline" --=-, Family therapistGeraldine Greene offers advice toparents on teenagers.

The Difference"We can justify our every'deed,

but ,God looks at our motives."-Prov, 21:2, ' , '

"Water" (Atlantic) - In thisadult c9medy,Michael Caine starsas the', frustrated governor of anunderdevelope~ Caribbean islandnation. Prosperity and independ­ence are achievyd after diuretic

NOTEPlease check dates and

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In the championship game, Cou­gar sophomores Mike Coombes,Jamie Quinn, Keith Marshall andJim Lamonde proved their mettlein pacing their team to the cr~wn.

In the consolation game, NewBedford nipped Dartmouth 5-2.

THERE'S NO question where John and Mary Masch:"meir stand. The 81. Charles, MO, co.uple and their childrenwere' ~ttending a Missouri Citizens FO,r ~ife state cOilVentionin Jefferson City~ (NC photo)

New Films"Offbeat"(Touchstone) - Judge

Reinhold plays a loser who imper­sonates a New York police officer,foils a bank robbery and falls inlove with a female cop (Meg Tilly)while rehearsingofor a police dancebenefit. This romantic comedy of­fers a narrow range of emotions,an improbable story'line, a briefscene of male nudity and someharsh language. A3, PG

"Violets' Are Blue" (Columbia)-Kevin Kline plays the big fish in

Industrialized societies have cre- a small pond who slips in and outated "a whole pool of unemployed ofan extramarital relationship withyoung people" being told "that all his former sweetheart (Sissy Spa-they're good for is to be sacrificed cek), home on' vacation after 13to the new, god of high technology." years. Infidelity is, treated as an

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Aztec religion, where you' had to force the more callous side of themake a human sacrifice each time male ego. The script also condonesyou wanted to make a move: lack of conscience as its anti-hero

"We don't actually physiCaiiy gets his old flame out of his systemkill the young people, but by God, , , without a~y conseq~~nces. B~ca~se

we're killing, their spirits. So I ,adultery IS romanticized, thiS filmdon't know which one's the worst," is rated 0, PG-13he said. '

"Unless we get the incarnationfimily into our minds - that Jesuscame into the world and lived likeus so that we could live like him-then it's no go," he warned. .

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Canadian leader, sees church crisis

Connolly tourney winner

Games todaySoutheastern Massachusetts Stang visits Attleboro, Case is

Conference teams engage in inter- at Brockton and Bristol-Plymouthdivision baseball play with 'Stang at Westport in softball action.at Durfee, Connolly at Barnstable, In golf, the Feehan ShamrocksFeehan at Attleboro, Somerset at visit Dartmouth and New BedfordNew Bedford, Coyle-Cassidy at hosts Sta'ng.Falmouth and Dartmouth at Stang girls' tennis hosts Dart-Dennis-Yarmouth. mouth tomorrow.

In girls' tennis, the Bishop Fee­han High Shamrocks edgedDartmouth 3-2, and the Stang

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The Bishop Connolly HighCougars pinned a 13-8 setba.ck onthe Bishop Stang Spartans In thefinals ofthe Dartmouth High Invi­tational Baseball Tournament lastweekend.

Connolly advanced to thechampionship game with an 8~6

victory over host Dartmouth In

the s~mi-finals. Stang had elimi-

In 1953 Maione, now 66, becamepresident ,of the Canadian YoungChristian Workers, and in 1957was the group's international pres­ident. In 1964 he was president ofthe World Assembly of Youth.

Maione said that the pace ofchange in society has "created aspiritual crisis in our'youngpeopleso deep that they're no' longerinterested in social' questions.They've got enough, problems,:oftheir own to cope with."

AUCKLAND, New Zealand(NC) - The Catholic Church isfacing the "great ~pi~itual,~risis_~f

the age;" said a prominent Cana­dian lay leader. '

"Right now, it's not just a smallgroup of clerics who are leavingthe church, and it's not a smallelite that's leaving. Vast masses ofpeople are leaving," said RomeoMaione, former head of Canada'sCatholic overseas developmentagency, who is at present a devel­opment consultant for the Aus­tralian government.

The church must learn from thepeople who have left and shouldconsult them as well as activeCatholics in preparation for nextyear's world Synod of Bishops onthe laity, he said.

Maione also said tha't the English­speaking world has tackl~d renewalat the wrong end. " .

"You don't renew yourself formission in the modern world bylooking into a mirror or too muchinto yourself," he said.

"You renew the institution andyourself by getting on',out thereand loving and serving.

"You may not know how to doit, and you might make mistakes,but all modern mission is-experi­mental: trying, failing, trying againand again, but going out and doingit."

This Message Sponsored ~y the FollowingBusiness Concerns in the Diocese of Fall River

CATHOLIC CHARITIES APPEALDiocese of Fall River

1942 - 1986

Now it's Catholic

Charities USA

FATHER Leonard J. Tigheof the archdiocese of Bostonwill lead an Eastertide Reflec- .tions service at 2 p.m. Sundayin the People's Chapel atLaSalette Shrine, Attleboro.A hospital chaplain andScripture study teacher,Father Tighe's topic will beThrough the Eyes of Resur­rection. The service will con­clude with Benediction. Allwelcome.

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HOLY ROSARY, TAUNTONAerobic class meets 7 p.m. Tues­

days.ST. MARY, SEEKONK

Parish Bible study groups meet inparish center twice monthly. Nextmeetings: 9:45 a.m. May 13 and 7p.m. May 14. All welcome.

Parish softball teams playas as­signed from I to 3 p.m., NorthSchool field, Monday through Wed­nesday.QUEEN'S DAUGHTERS,TAUNTON

Church hall communion break­fast Sunday follows \0:30a.m. Mass,St. Joseph's Church, Taunton. FatherWilliam Farland, moderator, willcelebrate the Mass. Eleanor J. Gay,Morton Hospital public relationsdirector, will speak on new hospitalservices.NOTRE DAME, FR

Youth center open Thursday nightsfor high school students and Fridaynights for grades 6 to 8. Members ofa new parish youth council will becommissioned at \0:30 a.m. MassSunday.

ST. PATRICK, FRHoly Hour 2 p.m. Sunday, lower

chapel.Women's Guild communion break­

fast after II a.m. Mass April 27.

WASHINGTON (NC) - Mem­bers of the National Conferenceof Catholic Charities have ap­proved a name change to Cat~·

olic Charities USA.According to Father Thomas

Harvey, executive director, thenew. name "bridges the gap" be·tween local and national humanservices offices of the CatholicChurch.

"It indicates greater emphasison that which unites us - ser­vice to people - and less em­phasis on our structural relation­ship," he said.

Catholic Charities USA, or­ganized in 1910, is an umbrellaorganization for more than 630Catholic Charities agencies andaffiliated institutions across thecountry. It is one of the largestprivate human services organiza­tions in the United States.

ST. JOHN NEUMANN,EAST FREETOWN

Jon Polce in concert 7:30 p.m.May 2, Neumann Hall. Informa­tion: 763-8122.ST. FRANCIS XAVIER,HYANNIS

A new' outdoor signboard will beinstalled at the pfirish.

Family Mass May 4.Boston College Club of Cape Cod

annual corporate communion atII :30 a.m. Mass Sunday.

Holy Name Society business meet­ing follows 9 a.m. Mass Sunday,parish center.ST. JOAN OF ARC, ORLEANS

Altar boys and their fathers willleave the parish hall at 8:30 a.m.Patriot's Day for a Red Sox/Tigersgame at Fenway Park.

Women's Guild communion break­fast follows 9:30 a.m. Mass May 4.Speaker: Father Albert McMahon,OFM, on his work as a CentralAmerican missionary.

Prayer group meets 7:30 p.m. Tues­days, Visitation Hall.

Bible study sessions have con­cluded for the season.SACRED HEART, FR

Senior Group meeting postponedto Monday.

First communion parents meeting7 p.m. April 29, parish center.BREAD OF LIFEPRAYER GROUP, FR

Prayer meeting 7:30 p.m. April25, Blessed Sacrament Church. Dr.Owen T.P. McGowan will speak onCatholicism in India.

O.L. ANGELS, FRHoly Name Society Mass and

meeting May 18.Senior citizens meeting and instal­

lation noon April 30, White's restau­rant, Westport.

Blessing of autos I:30 p.m. May25"church parking lot.OFFICE OF DEVELOPMENTALDISABILITIES, FR

International Catholic Deaf Assn.banquet May 25, Venus de Milo res­taurant, Swansea.ST.MARY,NB

The parish salutes its girls' bas­ketball team, recent second-placefinishers in the cadet division at theNew England Basketball Tourney.The team finished the season with a24-1 record, winning city, diocesanand other championships. The ded­ication ofcoach Barry Fisher and hiswife Valerie are appreciated.

Parishioner Alyssa Lynch hasearned the Gold Award, Girl Scout­ing's highest honor.

Retreat renewal program: 7 p.m.Mass Sunday, followed by a meetingin the parish school.ST. ANNE,FR

New CYOmembers grade 8 andolde~ welcome. Meetings 7 to 9 p.m.first Mondays. Information: Mrs.Brodeur, 678-1510.SACRED HEARTNURSING HOME, NB

A volunteer services departmentis seeking people to share at leastone or two hours weekly with resi­dents. No experience necessary. Infor­mation: Cecile L. Sanders, volunteerservices director, between I and 2:30p.m. weekdays, 996-6751, ext 49.

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION,TAUNTON

Widowed support group meeting7:45 p.m. Monday, church hall. Allwelcome.

Instrumental ensemble rehearsal3:30 p.m.· Sunday.BIRTHRIGHT, TAUNTON

Spring training program for pro­life volunteers begins April 29. Infor­mation: Tom Hoye, 822-2921.ST. JULIE BILLIART,NO. DARTMOUTH

Parish prayer meeting 7:30 p.m.Mondays, parish hall.ST. JOHN OF GOD, SOMERSET

Life in the Spirit and foundationsseminars continue tonight beginningwith 7 p.m. Mass.

Parish folk group is looking fornew members. Information: Mary­ann Alexander, 674-4994. Juniorchoir members also sought. Contactchoir director Tobias Monte.

"Your Generous GiftFulfills The Need Of

, People In Need"

Mass 2 p.m. Wednesdays. Rosary 6p.m. Mondays.

Parishioners are invited at 1:30p.m. to help wheel patients into thechapel area.

Parish secretary Judy Cabral wish­es to thank parishioners for herrecent testimonial dinner.ST. ANTHONY, MATTAPOISETT

Women's Guild spelling bee win­ners: Courtney Hohne, Robert Reidand Scott Gamache.ST. GEORGE, WESTPORT

Feast of St. George 7 p.m. April22, school. Mass followed by icecream social.ST. JOHN EVANGELIST,POCASSET

St. John's "55 and over familyblood pressure checkups II a.m. tonoon Tuesdays.

Babysitting service during 9: I5a.m. Mass Sundays.

Prayer group meets 7 p.m. Wed­nesdays, parish center.

Vincentian meeting after 10:30 a.m.Mass Sunday. '

UPPER CAPE ULTREYA·Meeting 7:30 tonight, S1. John the

Evangelist parish center, Pocasset.CATHOLIC MEMORIAL HOME,FR

Oldies but Goodies Style Show 7p.m. May IS, auditorium.

April Employee of the month isJanice Turner, LPN, an employeesince 1980.

CATHEDRAL CAMPCHRISTIAN LIFE CENTER,EAST FREETOWN

Youth leaders enrichment day 9a.m. to 4 p.m. tomorrow. Leader:Father Bill Konicki ofWorcester. Infor­mation: 763-8874.

GEORGE O'HARA CHEVROLETCADILLAC

Parish Appeal ­May 4 to May 14

20,500 Volunteer Solicitors willvisit 114,000 Homes in the Areas ofFall River, New Bedford, Taunton,Attleboro, Cape Cod and theIslands.

The Appeal provides care Jor theUnwanted Baby, Youth, Engaged Cou­ples, Marriage Counselling, the Sick, thePoor, the Elderly, Family Life, Educa­tion and many other people in need.

Sportsman II restaurant, Swansea.Guest speaker: Sister Mary Rose deLima Clarke, RSM, St. Vincent'sHome executive director. Informa­tion: Millie Travers, 675-0067.ST. PATRICK, FALMOUTH

Wo.men's Guild meeting 7 p.m.Monday. Guest speaker: nutritionistValerie Oppenheim. Friends invited.FAMILY LIFE CENTER,NO. DARTMOUTH

Marriage encounter begins April25.

New Bedford area divorced andseparated program meets 7 p.m.April 28.

Bishop Stang High School retreatday April 30. .

New Bedford marriage prepara­tion program 7 p.m. April 30.

ST. STANISLAUS, FRParish school science fair first­

place winners are Robert Szargo­wicz, Heather Wilcox, Jennifer Ca­bral and Matthew Carols.

Baptismal celebration 4:30 p.m.May 17. Parents are asked to con­tact Father Robert S. Kaszinski,pastor, as soon as possible at 672­0423.

English evening prayer and scrip­tural rosary 6:35 p.m. Wednesdays.ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA

Country Gardens Nursing Home

Forty-Fifth AnnualAppeal For Help

EDGAR'S FALL RIVERFEITELBERG INSURANCE AGENCY

GLOBE MANUFACTURING CO.

Honorary Chairman

Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D.Bishop of Fall Rivei'

Diocesan DirectorRev. Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes

Diocesan Lay Chairperson .Mr. Patrick Carney,South Dartmouth

Special ,Gift Appeal ­April 21 to May 3

"Reach out in love ­Share and Give"

ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVENCYO supper and awards night 6

p.m. Sunday, school.Parishioners have been thanked

for their prayers and support for theWright family during Mr. Wright'srecent hospitalizaiton.ST. RITA, MARION

Parish prayer day for religiousand priestly vocations April 29. Pray­er service 7 p.m. All welcome.ST. THOMAS MORE,SOMERSET

The parish will welcome the Orderof the Alhambra at 9 a.m. MassSunday. Communion breakfast fol­lows, parish center.

Speakers have been installed inthe main foyer of the church, provid­ing the parish with a crying room.

Women's Guild communion break­fast follows 9 a.m. Mass May 18,

· . .... .16 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Apr. 18, 1986

fteering pOint,

"Your Generous Gift Fulfills The Need of People in Need"

For the Works of Charity, Mercy, Social Services and Education to All People inthe Southeastern Area of Massachusetts ... The Appeal provides care for allregardless of Race, Color. and Creed ... The Appeal is supported by Fraternal,Professional, Business-and Industrial Organizations.

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