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FALL RIVER DIOCESAN .NEWSPAPERFOR SOUTHEAsT MASSACHUSEnSCA"E CG)D &;,THE ISLANDS

VOL. 35, NO. 21 • Friday, May 24, 1991 FALL RIVER, MASS. Southeastern Massachusetts' Largest Weekly • 511 Per Year

MEMORIES OF PORTUGAL: From left,a Terceiran villager paints his house in anticipa­tion of the pope's visit; Bishop Daniel A. Croninwith his host, Bishop Aurelio Grana·da of thediocese of Angra, Azores; the bishop in front ofthe Fatima guesthouse at which the pope, he andMsgr. Oliveira were accommodated. (Msgr: Oli­veira photos)

Bishop, chancellor recall Fatima papal trip

Plane memorializes Fall River brother

STANDIN G beside plane memorializing their son,Brother Normand Berger, are Lorraine and Normand Berger.At left, Guy Gervais, a bush pilot with Brother Berger, whoflew the plane into Fall River. (Studio 0 photo)

Children killed for body parts,allege, Latin American bishops

May 28. All reports received bythis time will be credited to the1991 Appeal. To assure 'suchcredit, last-minute reports shouldbe brought in person to AppealHeadquarters, 410 Highland Ave­nue, Fall River.

Parish Honor RollParishes which have surpassed

their 1990 final Appeal totals inthis year's Appeal will be enrolled

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island ofTerceira May II, althoughother prelates, including CardinalAntonio Ribeiro, patriarch ofLisbon, were aboard the papalplane.

Bishop Cronin participated inthe pope's motorcade throughseveral small villages en route fromthe Terceira airport to Toiros di

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security guards, police and deathsquads who are being paid bysmall shopowners to eliminatepetty thievery.

More than 7 million childrenroam Brazil's streets. Vigilantegroups blame them for hurtingtourism and business.

Joao Ricardo Dornelles, a lawprofessor at Rio's PontificalCatholic University, said civil

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Appeal at $1,949,827.61Reports from parishes and Spe­

cial Gift collectors have broughtthe total of the 1991 CatholicCharities Appeal to $1 ,949,827.61.

Collectors for the Special Giftsand parish phases of the Appealare asked to complete their callsthis weekend, May 25-26. The Cath­olic Charities Appeal Office willbe closed on Memori~lDay, Mon­day, May 27, but Appeal bookswill be open until 10 a.m. Tuesday,

He said some 1,400 street child­ren were murdered in Brazil fromJanuary to April.

"Children deserve Our respectand love and nothing less," hesaid. "As a society we need to giveprotection to our children andtheir rights."

The National Movement in Def­ense of Street Kids, a human rightsgroup in Brazil, said the childrenare being murdered by off-duty

accompanied b'y diocesan chancel­lor Msgr. John J. Oliveira.

The Angra and Fall River dio­ceses have had close ties for manyyears. Fall River has the largestpopulation of Azorean immigrantsof any U.S. diocese. .

Bishops Granada and Croninwere the only bishops to greet thepope on his arrival on the Azorean

Fatima shrine: those are amongmemories of Bishop Daniel A.Cronin, the only U.S. bishop toparticipate in the May 10 to 13papal pilgrimage to the Azores,Madeira and mainland Portugal.

The bishop was invited to sharethe pope's 50th trip outside Italyby Bishop Aurelio Granada of thediocese of Angra, Azores. He was

WASHINGTON (CNS) ­Latin America's bishops have con­demned the kidnapping, illegaladoption and killing of LatinAmerican children - which theysay in some cases are committedfor the sale of body parts to FirstWorld countries.

"How could we keep silent whenwe are confronted with so manysins against life like abortion,con­~raception, euthanasia, and thetrafficking of children and theirphysical elimination for the trans­plant of organs," the Latin Ameri­can bishops' council, or CELAM,said in a May I statement.

The council, meeting in BuenosAires, Argentina, agreed to pushfor the investigation of 20 possiblecases of alleged murder and organtheft.

Bishop Luis Armando Bambar­en Gastelumendi of Chimbote,Peru, told Catholic News ServiceMay 14 that the bishops spent agreat deal of their time discussingthe injustices and violence plagu­ing Latin American children.

ers in Canton, 0., Brother Berge,rbecame an announcer and the chiefengineer at a Jesuit-run radio sta­tion in Nome, Alaska. While therehe earned a private pilot's certifi­cate and later was certified as acommercial pilot and airplanemechanic.

In 1987 he went to Zaire, Africa,as a bush pilot with a group ofCanadian brothers. There, in 1989,at age 40, he, thre~ other brothers

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shepherd children of Fatima, Port­ugal, to whom Our Lady appearedin 1917; the sight of nearly a mil­lion candles thrust skyward in thenight as throngs prayed the rosarywith Pope John Paul II at the

By Pat McGowanwith Catholic News

Service reports

Afriendly wave from Sister Luciados Santos, only survivor of the

A very special plane landed lastweekend at the Fall River munici­pal airport.

Dedicated to Brother NormandBerger, it memorializes the Brotherof Christian Instruction who grewup in Fall River and Tiverton, RI,attended the brothers' former Pre­vost elementary and high schoolsin Fall River, then entered thecommunity at age 18.

After graduating from WalshCollege, conducted by the broth-

~CHAR'"'' 1991 catholic charities appeal'~L/

~CHARITIES

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Leading Parishes Mansfield-SI. Mary 22,412.00 Our Lady of the Angels 20,203.00 SI. Hedwig 2,815.00

AITLEBORONorth Attleboro Our Lady of Health 10,075.00 SI. James 11,537.50

SI. John, Attleboro 42,272.00Sacred Heart 7,178.00 Holy Rosary 17,875.00 SI. John the Baptist 15,969.00 ,SI. Mary 15,917.00 Immaculate Conception 6,91~.00 SI. Joseph

SI. Mary, Seekonk 34,079.00 Norton-SI. Mary9,772.60

MI. Carmel, Seekonk . 29,371.0014,982.00 Sacred Heart 14,228.00 SI. Kilian 3,662.44

SI. Mark, Attleboro Falls 24,374.00Seekonk SI. Anne 10,495.00 SI. Lawrence 18,800.00

SI. Mary, Mansfield 22,412.00MI. Carmel 29,371.00 SI. Anthony of Padua 16,617.00 SI. Mary 20,632.50SI. Mary 34,079.00 SI. Elizabeth 6,194.00 SI. Theresa 8,234.00

CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS AREA CAPE COD & THE ISLANDS AREA SI. Jean Ba ptiste 7,582.00 Acushnet-SI. Pius X, So. Yarmouth 80,175.50 Brewster-O. L. of the Cape 21,680.00 SI. Joseph 10,438.00 SI. Francis Xavier 10,417.00 .SI. Francis Xavier, Hyannis 57,814.25 Buzzards Bay-St. Margaret 9,670.00 SI. Louis 8,400.00 East Freetown-Our Lady of Victory, Centerville 34,188.20· Centerville-O. L. of Victory 34,188.20 SI. Michael 13,701.00 SI. John Neumann 15,224.00Holy Trinity, West Harwich 34,165.50 Chatham-Holy Redeemer 24,216.00 SI. Patrick 11,944.00 Fairhaven-SI. Patrick, Falmouth 31,199.00 East Falmouth-St. Anthony 19,390.00 SS. Peter & Paul 11,150.00 SI. Joseph 13,547.00

FALL RIVER AREA Edgartown-SI. Elizabeth 3,100.00 SI. Stanislaus 22,147.00 SI. Mary 6,957.00

Holy Name Falmouth-SI. Patrick 31,199.00 SI. William 10,506.00 Marion-S!. Rita 6,265.0036,834.50 Hyannis-SI. Francis Xavier 57,814.25 Santo Christo 18,676.50 Mattapoisett-Our Lady of Fatima, Swansea 24,416.00

SI. Thomas More, Somerset 23,355.00 Mashpee-Christ the King 24,908.00 Assonet-SI. Bernard 8,885.00 SI. Anthony 14,585.00SI. John of God, Somerset 22,447.50 Nantucket-O. L. of the Isle 11,622.50 Somerset North Dartmouth-

SI. Stanislaus 22,147.00 North Falmouth- SI. John of God 22,447.50 SI. Julie Billiart 20,292.00S!. Eliza beth Seton 20,605.50 . SI. Patrick 13,466.00 South Dartmouth-.

NEW BEDFORD AREA Oak Bluffs-Sacred Heart 5,240.00 SI. Thomas More 23,355.00 St. Mary 27,832.00MI. Carmel 40,918.25 Orleans-SI. Joan of Arc 27,220.00 Swansea Wareham-Immaculate Conception 34,545.90 Osterville-Assumption 19,667.00 Our Lady of Fatima 24,416.00 S!. Patrick 17,181.00SI. Mary, So. Dartmouth 27,832.00 Pocasset- SI. Dominic 15,289.61S!. Mary, New Bedford 20,632.50 SI. John the Evangelist 22,768.00 SI. Louis de France 15,691.00

Westport-S!. George 10,279.78

S!. Julie Billiart, No. Dartmouth 20,292.00 Provincetown-SI. Peter the Apostle 9,114.00 SI. Michael 11,359.00 TAUNTON AREA

TAUNTON AREA Sandwich-Corpus Christi 29,428.00 Westport-Taunton

SI. Ann, Raynham 29,403.00 South Yarmouth-SI. Pius X 80,175.50 Holy Family 15,027.00Vineyard Haven- O.L. of Grace 13,308.00

St. Joseph, Taunton 20,219.00 SI. Joh.n the Baptist 14,066.00Holy Rosary 5,736.00

SI. Mary, Taunton 18,067.00 SI. Augustine 7,095.00 Immaculate Conception 10,783.00

SI. Paul, Taunton 17,759.00 Wellfleet- NEW BEDFORD AREAOur Lady of Lourdes 11,321.00

Holy Cross, So. Easton 16,232.56 Our Lady of Lourdes 6,235.00 New BedfordSacred Heart 10,143.00

West Harwich- Holy NameSI. Anthony 10,220.00

Parish TotalsHoly Trinity 34,165.50 15,376.00 SI. Jacques 7,329.00Assumption 3,613.00Woods Hole-SI. Joseph 9,672.50 Immaculate Conception 34,545.90

SI. Joseph 20,219.00AITLEBORO FALL RIVER AREA M!. Carmel 40,918.25

SI. Mary 18,067.00

Attleboro \ Fall River Our Lady of Fatima 6,997.00SI. Paul 17,759.00

Holy Ghost 14,238.65 SI. Mary's Cathedral 12,284.00 Our Lady of Perpetual Help 6,928.00 Dighton-St. Peter 6,868.00SI. John 42,272.00 Blessed Sacrament 3,619.00 Sacred Heart 5,394.50 North Dighton-SI. Joseph 10,888.00SI. Joseph 9,958.00 Espirito Santo 15,027.00 St. Anne 3,952.00 North Easton-SI. Mark 24,374.00 Holy Cross 3,380.00 SI. Anthony Pad ua 7,237.37 Immaculate Conception 13,423.00SI. Stephen 9,125.00 Holy Name 36,834.50 SI. Casimir 4,643.00 Raynham-SI. Ann 29,403.00SI. Theresa 21,565.00 Notre Dame 12,356.50 SI. Francis of Assisi 6,285.00 South Easton-Holy Cross 16,232.56

Special Gifts

Parishes

NATIONALS$3000

Rev. James F. Kelley$500

Sacred Hearts Community, FairhavenRev: Arthur K. Wingate

$300Rev. Msgr. Alfred j, GendreauRev. Raymond P. Monty

$100Mr. &Mrs. Joseph David Roda &Family, FairhavenMr. & Mrs. Dominick Roda, Fairhaven

$50 ,j,K. Scanlan Company, Inc., West Bridge·wate]

TAUNTON$600

Taunton District, St. Vincent de PaulSt. Ann Conference, Raynham

$500Montfort Fathers, Dighton

$400Holy Family Conference; East Taunton

$250St. Jacques Conference

.Holy Cross Conference, South EastonImmaculate Conception Conference,Taunton

FALL RIVERSt. Patrick $300 Rev. Kevin j, Har­

rington; $150 Stanley j, Wineta; $120M/M George McCauley; $100 M/M Wil­liam Rys, M/M Edward DeCiccio, InMemory of James E. Judge; $75 M/M E.Connors; $60 M/M Alfred Dufresne; $50M/M Daniel Konarski, Robert Regan,M/M Rene Perron,Dorothy j, McCann,

$200St. Mary Women's Guild, TauntonImmaculate Conception Women's Guild,TauntonHoly Rosary SodalitySt. AnnWomen's Guild, Raynham

$175St. Maximillian Kolbe Guild

$150St. Yves Nissan Sales, Berkley

$125Polish American Citizen Club

$100O'Keefe Funeral Home, Inc.Council of Catholic Women, District IIIKof CSt. Ann Council #10289, RaynhamRobertson Factories. Inc.St. Peter Conference, DightonI.C.!. American, Inc., DightonFatima's Herbs & Gifts, East TauntonSowiecki Funeral HomeHoly Rosary ConferenceMr. and Mrs. Marcellus D. Lemaire

$90Residents of Marian Manor'

$75In Memory of Isabele & EdwardMurby, Sr. '

. In Memory of Edward MurbY,Jr.

$50Holy Rosary Church ceo; Gondola Cafe,. \ . .

Sarah Gagnon, Mrs. Horace Travassos$500 St. Vincent de Paul, St. Patrick;

$100 M/M Antone Amaral, Mrs. EvenlyArsenault, M/M Thomas Harkin, M/M'Raymond Halbardier, Patricia Leary; $75.M/M Frank Tinsley; $50 M/M Anthony.R. Ruggiero, In Memory of John Cote

St. Joseph $200 M/M Russell Pichette;$150 Joseph D. Harrington; $100 Emily

Inc.; Holy Family Women's Guild, East.Tau~ton; Double Twelve: Loung~, Inc.,East Taunton; St. Jacques Women's Guild

FALL RIVER$1200

Venus de Milo, Swansea

M. O'Brien; $50 M/M Belisario A. Almeida,M/M Normand H. Menard, M/M Edwardj, Ponte

$10'0 St. Vincent De Paul Conference,Walter Stetkiewicz, 'Julia Harrington,Francis L. Harrington; $50 M/M JoseBorges, M/M James Blackburn, BernardTomlinson, Mrs. Bernard Tomlinson

Immaculate Conception $50 InMemory of James Bentley, Mrs. FloraMellen, Immaculate Conception Women'sGuild Mrs. Thomas King

Immaculate Conception $50 InMemory ofThomas j, &Anne V: Fleming, '

$1000Martelly Construction Corp. & Family,Swansea :

$500Staif of St. Vincent's HomePriority Finishing

$400Borden &Remington Corp.

$375 .Thomas P. Egan, Inc., Somerset

$300John j, Foley, Jr., Tiverton

$225Cyntex Co. d/bla Benetlon, Barrington,R.I.

$150K of CCassidy Council #3669, SwanseaWhite Spa CaterersSt. Patrick Circle #335, Daughters ofIsabella, Somerset

$100Browning-Ferris IndustriesWatuppa Oil Co.Fall River-New Bedford Express, AssonetManuel Rogers & SonsOliveira Funeral Home

$50Assonet Bootery; Hathaway Funeral Ser­vice; Boule Funeral Home; F. W. Harring­ton Insurance; J M Canvas Company;Atty. Peter Collias; Kof CFall River Coun·cil #86; Fall River Shopping Center Asso­ciates; Catherine Kaufman

CAPE COD & THE ISLANDS$2500

St. Pius XBingo, So. Yarmouth

$110 M/M Raymond Lafleur; $100Imm'aculate Conception St. Vincent dePaul; $50 Immaculate Conception CreditUnion, M/M James Gillet, ImmaculateConception Men's Club, Leo j, Marcoux,Mrs. Roger Messier. Peter Sullivan

Blessed Sacrament $60 AParishioner,In Memory of My Family; $50 M/MRoland Lavoie, Jeanne Gamache, M/MAugustino Gagliardi

St. Anthony of Padua $50 MlMEmmanuel Resendes, M/M Mario Lopes

St. William $1000 Rev. William j,Shovelton; $250 M/M James Finglas;

St. Pius XConference, South Yarmouth$800

St. Vincent De Paul Particular Council ofCape Cod & Islands

$730Friends of St. Peter's, Provincetown

$500Our Lady of Victory Guild, Centerville

$400Our Lady of The Cape Guild, Brewster

$330Holy Redeemer Guild, Chatham

$200Atty. Joseph H. Beecher, Hyannis

$125Jake's Tap, Inc., E. Falmouth

$100Our Lady of The Cape Men's Club,BrewsterNantucket SportslockerOur Lady of Victory Men's Club,Centerville

$75. John H. Macedo Plumbing '& Heating,

Falmouth$50

Waystack Realty, Inc., Harwichport; HartFarm, Dennisport; Sea View Play land,Dennisport; Falmouth Bark & Topsoil, E.Falmouth; Dunes Edge Campground,Provincetown; Highland Chimney Sweep,No. Truro

NEW BEDFORD$100

The Pine FramerySea View Fillet CompanyState Nitewear

$100 M/M Daniel Araujo, M/M Gilbert A.Faria, Sophie Rzasa, M/M Maurice Bosse;\$60 Mrs. Bert Galford .

$50 M/M John V. Arruda, ChristopherLake, Jr., Thomas Lowney, M/M LouisPerreira, M/M Clement Paquette, M/MRocco ladicola, Mrs. Howard Worthing­ton, Paul H. Martin, Mrs. James McCarthy

St. Anne$100 Rev. Michael M. Camara,OFM; $50 M/M Joseph E. Toole

Holy Cross $100 Franciscan Fathers,St. Vincent de Paul Holy Cross Conference'

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Annabelle Melville., Catholic historian

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Deaco'o Nunesto be ordained.a priest June ~"

'Deacon James Ronald Nunes,MS, of Our Lady of the Cape par- .ish, Brewster, will be ordained tothe priesthood for the Mission­aries of Our Lady of LaSalette onJune 8 at St. Jo~eph's Church,North Dighton. Bishop Daniel A.Cronin will be celebrant and or-

. daining prelate at the ceremony.Deacon Nunes will celebrate his

first Mass at 3:30 p.m. June 9 atSt.Joseph's.

He is the son of Shirley CoyleNunes of Taunton and the lateRobert Nunes. He graduated fromTaunton High School in 1978 andreceived a bachelor's degree inmarketing from SoutheasternMassachusetts University in 1983.

He prepared for the priesthoodat Weston School of Theology inCambridge, also working as a be­reavement counselor and drug andalcohol counselor.

Presently he is chairperson ofthe pastoral mini~tries committeeof the Cape Cod AIDS Council aswell as a member of the parish

ANNABELLE MELVILLE

and refinement, scholarship andgenerosity, but most ofall offaith."

In his remarks,' Bishop Hartexpressed sympathy for the familyarid frie'nds of Dr. Melville "on thepart of the whole church, whichhas been blessed by her 4edicationto truth."

St. Thomas Aquinas Church inBridgewater was crowded andsomber for the solemn Mass ofChristian Burial but the moodchanged at the following recep­tion, pre-arranged by Dr. Melvilleand held at the Catholic Center onthe Bridgewater State Collegecampus. There there w~s talk ofDr. Melville's legendary partiesand of her joy in entertaining herfriends, most notably at a yearly ."Farewell to Riotous Living" event,held the Sunday before Ash Wed-nesday. '

Reflecting on her life, one friendcalled to mind Hilaire Belloc's"Epitaph On a Dead Hostess":

Of this bad world theloveliest and the best

Has smiled and said '~Good .Night," and gone to rest.

service at Sacred Heart, NewBedford.

He was appointed pastor at thef"nTlPr <;;t. Mathieu Church, FallRiver, in 1969, at St. .George,Westport, in 1972 and at St. Roch,Fall River from 1976 until the par­ish closed in 1982.

Father Jusseaume was Episco­pal Representative for Religiousfrom 1968 to 1986; and from 1982until his retirement in 1990, he was

. chapll!in at Our Lady's' Haven.In retirement, he and his sister

live in the priest's home next to theformer Blessed Sacrament Schoolon Fall River's South Main Street.Father Jusseaume recounted thatas a college student he helped hisfather and a contractor uncle tobuild the house, which became thefamily homestead, now also occu­pied by a nephew and his family.

Throughout his priesthood,Father Jusseaume has had a keeninterest in the church in Africa andin evangelization of U.S. blacks.He said the crowning joy of hisgolden jubilee is the fact that 1991will see the ordination of SeveroKuup,uo, a young Ghanian semi­narian he has aided for manyyears.

In addition to assisting at SacredHeart, he also fills in at BlessedSacrament and Immaculate Con­ception churches, Fall River, andOur Lady of Fatima, Swansea,and is volunteer First Friday chap­lain at Melville Towers elderlyhousing development in New Bed­ford.

a brother, Leo, a resident ofVienna, Va.

Another brother, Armand, anda sister, Sister Claire ofthe BlessedSacrament, SSJ, are deceased.

Father Jusseaume, a Fall Rivernative and the son of the lateOctave and Clarience (Gregoire)'Jusseaume, studied at St. Hya­cinthe and St. Alexandre colleges,Quebec, and prepared for thepriesthood at St. Mary's Seminary,Baltimore. After ordination, hewas parochial vicar at,St. Ste­phen's parish, Attleboro, and atthe former St. Hyacinthe's, NewBedford, in addition to his long

FATHER JUSSEAUME

named in her honor and she post­humously received an honorarydoctorate of humane letters.

Msgr. John Tiacy Ellis, d.eanofAmerican CathQl.ic historians, was·mentor for Dr. Melville's doctoraldissertation. "None of my studentshas done better," he told FatherPeter.

In his homily, Father Peter con­veyed the regret' of Msgr. Ellis,now86, that he could not travel toBridgewater. '.'How I wish I couldgo," he said.

Father Peter noted that Dr. Mel­ville held an honorary as well as anearned doctorate from CatholicUniversity -" and that's not oftendone for one of our own grad­uates."

As the then dean of the school ofreligious studies at Catholic Uni­versity, Father Peter said he knewDr. Melville well during her daysas a graduate student. "She was agood friend and she was a schol­ar," he said, noting that he haspreserved her letters to him overthe years and will donate them tothe archives ofCatholic University.

He said that after her 1975 retire­ment from Bridgewater State Col­lege, where she had been a facultymember since 1952, and for part ofthat time also department chair­person, she held the CatholicDaughters of America chair inAmerican church history in 1978and 1979, returning for an addi­tional year of teaching.

"I loved doing it so much, Ithink I should pay you," FatherPeter recalled her saying. In fact,he continued, she donated hersalary for the three years of teach­ing to endow an Annabelle Mel­ville Fund for tl:te assistance ofCatholic University history stu-dents. .

"She knew how to enjoy thisworld," concluded Father Peter,"but was convinced that there's.another world far more impor­tant. She was a woman of culture

. By Pat McGowan

Boston Auxiliary BishopDaniel A. Hart, representing Car­dinal Bernar!l.Law, gav,e the finalcommendation and· Fathet Carl"Peter, representing the CatholicUniversity of America, was prin­cipal celebrant and homilist at theMass of Christian Burial for Dr.Annabelle M. Melville, 81, whodied May 17 at Morton Hospital,Taunton.

Dr. Melville, Commonwealth Pro­fessor Emerita of History atBridgewater State College, Bridge­water, was a leading AmericanCatholic historian, the author ofdefinitive biographies of St. Eliza­beth Seton; Archbishop John Car­roll, the first bishop of the Ameri­can hierarchy; Cardinal John Lefe­bvre de Cheverus, the firs~ bishopof Boston; and Archbishop LouisWilliam Dubourg, SS, a 19th­century bishop of New Orleans.

She was the first woman presi­dent of the American CatholicHistorical Association and theonly person to hold the CatholicDaughters of America chair ofAmerican church history for twoconsecutive years.

A native of Minotola, New Jer­sey, the daughter of the late Nor­man R. and Janet (Cunningham)McConnell, she held bachelor'sand master's degrees from theState University of New York atAlbany and a doctorate from Cath­olic University.

She received the John GilmaryShea Prize for excellence in Amer­ican Catholic history from theAmerican Catholic HistoricalSociety and the General L. Wil­liam Kemper Prize from the Loui­siana Historical Society, the latterfor her biography of ArchbishopDubourg.

The day after her death, at pre­viously planned commencementday ceremonies, ~h~ rec~ptionareaof a new admiSSions centre atBridgewater State College was

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Jusseaumemarks 50years

Father Lucien Jusseaume willmark 50 years in the priesthood onJune 7. He was ordained on that

.date in '1941 by the late BishopJames E. Cassidy.

The retired former EpiscopalRepresentative for Religious andchaplain of Our Lady's Haven,Fairhaven, will celebrate a Massof thanksgiving and of prayer forvocations at 10 a.m. Sunday, June9, at Sacred Heart Church, NewBedford, where he was parochialvicar from 1943 to 1945 and againfrom 1946 to 1969 and where hestill from time to time assists Rev.Clement' E. Dufour, the presentpastor.

All are welcome at the parishMass, which will be followed by aparis'h council-sponsored receptionin Sacred Heart parish hall. TheJune 9 date is also the patronalfeast day of the parish, notedFather Jusseaume.

Among those present will be thejubilarian's sisters. Sister St. Lucie.RJM, a CCD coordinator in theProvidence diocese and Mrs. AnitaStebenne, with whom he lives; and

society through promoting justiceand harmony among human be­ings.

When we look to our collegesand universities we see a previewof our brave new world. Recentlyat Stanford University, a group ofgay and lesbian students de­manded the same subsidized hous­ing for their "domestic arrange­ments" as married couples. Stan­ford not only acceded to thisdemand but extended its subsidyto unmarried heterosexual cou­ples. A residence director at theuniversity stated that Stanford hasalways prided itself upon an honorsystem and must assume that room­mates who are not sexually activewith each other will be honest andnot apply for~subsidy.

Insurance rates are now beingadjusted to benefit a "significant

-other" rather than a spouse. Tax­payers' money is funding thischange for all state workers inOregon!

In 1492, Columbus unabash­edly planted a cross in the NewWorld. Contrast Columbus' actwith Neil Armstrong's 1969 plant­ing of the flag on the surface of themoon. Note well Armstrong's care­fully chosen words: "That's onesmall step for a man, one giantleap for mankind." In the interven­ing years God seems to have beenleft out of the picture.

Columbus had a great deal ofcourage and vision when he firstlanded in the New World. It willtake as much courage and visiontoday to spread the Christian faithand practice in face of the obsta­cles that confront contemporarysociety.

Holy Trinityo Most Holy Trinity,

who art dwelling by Thygrace within my soul! Makeme love Thee more andmore. Amen.

However, in my opinion, manyhave exploited the simplicity ofthe First Amendment to fosterunscrupulous agendas. This ismost notable in areas in whichcivil laws have been reinvented toaccommodate the newly exaltedright of privacy.

Our civil laws reflect traditionsdeeply rooted in- our J udaeo-Chris­tian heritage. Many have survivedthe test of time and have protectedour civilization from anarchy. Ourlaws against fornication, adulteryand abortion historically were notviewed by the citizenry as religiouslaws arbitrarily imposed uponthem by a church but as naturalstandards applied by every civilauthority in any civilized jurisdic­tion. Reflecting concern for theprotection of the innocent andunborn, they were based on soundnatural reasons reinforced bysupernatural authority.

The Ten Commandments haveworked their way into every codeof civil law with or without aJudaeo-Christian background, forthe justifiable reason that· theyhave led to the betterment of

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MEMORIAL DAY

"When this mortal hath put on immortality, then shall come to pass thesaying that is written: Death is swallowed up in victory." 1 Cor. 15:54

By Father Kevin J. HarringtonMany celebrations will high­

light the fifth centenary of Chris­topher Columbus' epic first voy­age to the New World. There hasbeen a not too subtle effort on thepart of many to belittle this cele­bration as a useless effort to exaltthe undemocratic imposition ofthe cultural values of WesternEl,lrope on the New World. In­deed, many colleges and universi­ties are responsible for presentinghistory from a jaundiced point ofview that distorts Columbus'smotives.

But Columbus came to theshores of the New World not as aconqueror but as an explorer andany true historian would acknow­ledge that the spread of the Chris­tian faith and practice was amonghis primary motives.

A replica of the cross planted500 years ago in the soil of thepresent-day Dominican Republicwas the focal point of a papal visitto Santo Domingo in 1984, atwhich time Pope John Paul IIcalled for a decade of evangeliza­tion to counter the forces of secu­larization espoused by many ofour national leaders, among themour government's efforts to privat­ize religion and promote secularhumanism.

This year marks the bicenten­nial of the Bill of Rights, a docu­ment that protects citizens againsttyranny. The First Amendmentreflects the simplicity of this mag­nificent document: "Congressshall make no law respecting anestablishment of religion or pro­hibiting the free exercise thereof."

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-Two Priorities for This Decade.Perhaps the t'Yo most pressing issues facing the nation are

those of he~lth care and education. Few would disagree withthe statement that America is failing to cope with either. Forall practical purposes, our health system is a leaking sieve,while public education amounts to much verbiage and fewresuits. .

Despite the fact that each area is vital to our existence, eachhas received but second-rate attention..

In truth, we have a Las Vegas mentality. We are gambling.withthe quality of our lives and so far we are losing the wager.

Education is second-rate because we refuse to work at it on anational level. The results are obvious: spotty at best in placeswhere there is interest and concern; disastrous at worst w.hereschools really need the National Guard to prevent murder and·riots.

In our quest for some dubious national destiny, we areignoring truly serious matters. Our friends in Western Europeand Canada are overall faring much better than we in healthcare and education. Our foolishness about states' rights, a farcry from our original national concerns, has earned our carefor the sick and for education of the poor one of the lowestratings in the First World.

It is narrow and limiting to place almost the full burden ofeducation on states, cities and towns, while the federalgovernment, .unlike those of Europe and Canada, does verylittle.

The same can be said of health costs that are left to the states,if one qualifies, or to private insurance, if one can afford it.More and more Americans fallinto neither category, thus arenot receiving the health services they need just to survive.

This is a very sad c<?mmentary on American life. We refuseto take care of the basic issues that affect every Citizen, while atthe same time we strive to be the world's policemen, spendingbillions annually for new guns, tanks and Star Wars weaponry.Have we become so enamor.ed of our belligerent attitudes thatall we want to do is support death and destruction?

What has become of our ideals and dreams in an Americathat seemingly takes care of others and neglects its own? Whyis it that we can feed and care for so many in other nationswhile Americans go to bed suffering in body and starving inmind?

The answer is simple and selfish. Despite the rhetoric ofliberal and conservative alike, the rich get richer and the poor,poorer. The verbiage of Congressional do-gooders has donenothing to accelerate help for our schools or our clinics. Thelack of sincere effort on the part of our elected officials todevelop a national health insurance or a national schoolstandard is plainly evident.

States and local communities cannot solve the problem ontheir own; we need national policies, guidelines and controls tomeet these emergencies. The leadership must come fromWashington. If this does not happen then this land will cer­tainly suffer more than recession or depression.

Time for talk is running out. Time for action is limited. Thehealth of each and every American citizen, and likewise theireducation, must become the priorities of this decade.

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Three religiousdie May 15

Three religious, all with ties tothe Fall River diocese, died May15 in the Providence diocese.

Sister MaryTheophane McLough­lin, RSM, 93, died at Mt. St. Rita'sHealth Care Centre, Cumberland;Sister Marie Grise, RJM, 75, diedat Zambarano Memorial Hospi­tal, Burrillville; and Sister Helen

expresses it: "All who are led by E. Robinson, FMM, 74, died atthe Spirit of God are children of St. Joseph's Hospital, Providence.God...But if we are children, we Sister McLoughlinare heirs as well: heirs of God The former Catherine E. Mc-heirs with Christ, if only we suffe; Loughlin was a New Bedford nat­with him so as to be glorified with ive, the daughter of the late Jameshim." According to the apostle, we A. and Catherine (Waldron) Mc­receive new insights into God only Loughlin. She entered the Sisterswhen we join our own sufferings to of Mercy in 1914,.thereafter teach­those of Jesus. ing at' St. Patrick's and St.

Today's Gospel and its Trinitar- Joseph's schools and St. Vincent'sian form of baptism is very famil- Home, all in Fall River, and at St.iar. "Go," Jesus commands, "and Edward's School in Providence,make disciples of all the nations. thf,: latter for over 50 years beforeBaptize them in the name of the her retirement in 1982.Father and of the Son and of the She is survived by a niece and .',H?ly Spirit." We· may consider nephews and was the sister of thethIS to be the way people have late Sister Loyola McLoughlin,always been baptized; but in sev- RSM. The Mass of Christian Bur­eral of Paul's letters, written 25 to ial was offered for her last Satur-30 years before Matthew's Gospel, day at St. Edward's Church, Prov- 'the accepted form of baptism was idence."in the name of Jesus" or "in the Sister Grisename of the Christ." No mention The Mass of Christian Burialof either the Father or Spirit! was offered for Sister Grise at the

The early church grew and Church ofthe Presentation; Marie­evolved in its God experienc~s. ville, last Saturday. A native ofEventually it recognized that its Central Falls, she was the daugh­relationship with Jesus also' in- ter of the late Philippe and Annavolved a relationship with his Fa- (Marier) Grise and was christenedther and Spirit. Two centuries Jeannette Y. Grise.after the completion of the last She entered the Religious ofbook ofthe Christian Script.ures Jesus and Mary .in 19~4 and

. !hes'c'-iri'slgntscon'thiued'to' gro\\i " ~or1(ed in'India aridTanada'andInto the doctrine of the Trinity. .In the states .of Massachusetts, '~?t only was God intimately M~ryland and Rhode Island. SheJOined to us, but the three divine retIred as a teacher and clericalperso'ns were also intimately worker, residing at Jesus andjoined to one another.

Many bishops at the Council ofNicea (325) objected to this newformulation. They thought it dan­gerous to go beyond what Scrip­ture itself had proclaimed. Yet themajority held that it was necessaryto extend our understanding ofGod further than the Bible had ledus.

In doing this they were beingfaithful to the mind of the SacredAuthor. Each biblical writer ex­tended the boundaries of God­comprehension beyond those ofhis immediate predecessor.

In like manner, God's followerseventually acknowledge that theywill only begin to understand himcorrectly after plumbing Scrip­ture, then going beyond it.

Scripture never permits us toremain static. It continually forcesus to change and evolve.

PlumbingScripture'sdepths

May 151925, Rev. Michael P. Kirby,

St. Mary's, North Attleboro1961, Rev. James V. Mendes,

Administrator, Our Lady ofAngels, Fall River

May 181982, Rev. Lionel A. Bourque,

former chaplain Cardinal CushingHospital, Brockton

May 301929, Rev. Jordan Harpin,

O.P., Dominican Priory, FallRiver

1937, Rev. Edmond J, Potvin,Pastor, St. Jean Baptiste, FallRiver .

1950, Rev. James M. Quinn,Pastor, St. John Evangelist,Attleboro

May 311964, Rev. Vincent A. Wolski,

OFM Conv., Pastor, Holy Cross,Fall River

Deuteronomy 4:31-34,39-40Romans 8:14-17

Matthew 18:16-10Many Christians view the

Hebrew Scriptures with arro­gance, regarding them only as awarmup for the main event. Sincewe have the Christian Scriptures,we no longer need preliminaries.(One of my seminary spiritualdirectors believed that we con­tinue to have the Old Testament inthe Bible only because publisherscan make more money on thicker

. books!) .The proponents of such reason­

ing forget that Jesus based muchof his reform of Judaism on thetheology contained in the HebrewScriptures, The Lord would beamazed at some of his followers.How can they do without some­thing which he considered es­sential?

Deuteronomy, for instance, issignificant for many reasons. Not

. only does Jesus quote it more thanany other biblical book, but with­out it there would have been noScripture as we know it. Deute­ronomy was the first book re­garded as "Bible." Though it is notthe oldest writing - certainly notcomposed by Moses in the 13thcentury BC - it was the earliestJewish work to be considered anorm of faith. Soon after its accep­tance the chosen people started toput other books in the same cate­gory. Sacred Scripture was begin­ning to ta.ke s.hape. . . '" ..

Yet the writers and originalreaders of the Bible never believedanyone book or set ofbooks couldtotally convey the reality ofYahweh.

The author of Deuteronomyhelps lead his people into a deeperunderstanding of God's import­ance in their lives. But his reflec­tion on the past is simply a way tocomprehend and appreciate thepresent. "That is why," he writes,"you must now know, and fix inyour heart, that Yahweh is God inthe heavens above and on earthbelow, and that there is no other."

We who follow Jesus believethat our union with him has joinedus so closely to God that we actu­ally become part of him. As Paul

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Friday, May 24, 1991

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'Should ~i single father be denied access to his child?

By

ANTOINETTE

BOSCO

I sometimes think that one groupin society is considered undeserv­ing when it comes to rights. I'mtalking about single fathers.. Attitudes are hard to change.One longstanding belief is thatunwed fathers are deadbeats, un­caring toward their children andthat they don't deserve any rights

and privileges of fatherhood be­cause they are not married to themother of their children.

If this were a perfect world, weall know there would be no suchthing as unwed fathers. Childrenwould have loving parents, faith­ful to each other.

But that is not the way it is. In aculture and era of sexual "free­dom," it stands to reason thatthere will be children born out ofwedlock. Should these children bedenied access to their fathers?

One unwed father has been fight­ing for several years to 'get a nega­tive answer to that question. So farhe's been unsuccessful, blockedfrom access to his child.

Michael Hirschensohn of Cali­fornia got his story aired, how­ever, on national television. He

took his appeal to have the right tovisit his daughter all the way to theU.S. Supreme Court. The appealwas denied June 15, 1989. A peti­tion for a rehearing was deniedAug. 30, 1989.

On March 27, Hirschensohn fileda second petition for a rehearing,asking the highest court in theUnited States to reconsider itsprior decision, written by JusticeAntonin Scalia.

In conversations I've had withHirschensohn and his attorney, itseems to me there was somethingbizarre about the court's decision.The case began in 1978 when Hir­schensohn and a married womannamed Carole began an affair.

Three years later, she gave birthto his daughter, Victoria, and theyall lived' together as a family until

1984. Then Carole reconciled withher husband, taking the child withher. Because California law pre­sumes that the husband of a mar­ried woman is, de facto, the legalfather of her child, Hirschensohnwas no longer considered Victo­ria's father.

All his legal efforts to regain vis­itation rights as Victoria's biologi­cal father failed, including his ap­peal to the Supreme Court. Scaliawrote: "The Constitution does notgive an 'adulterer' the right to dis­rupt a marriage by asserting hispaternity."

Hirschensohn has filed his newpetition, claiming he was denieddue process on more than onecount.

The outcome of his case affectsnot just him, but many others, says

Hirscheilsohn. He has founded anassociation he calls Equality Na­tionwide for Unwed Fathers ­ENUF. Using statistics from theCensus Bureau, he shows that in1988 alone, 1,005,000 childrenwere born out of wedlock. "Thatfigure, represents one out, of fourchildren born that year that haveno right to begin or continue arelationship with their natural,biological father," said Hirschen­sohn.

I agree with David Levy, presi­dent of the National Council forChildren's Rights, who is support­ing "the right of Victoria to con­tinue bonding with her father."

For, no matter what the courtssay, every child has the right tohave a relationship with his or hermother - and father.

Q. I am sending an article fromwhat appears to be a fringe "Catho­lic" publication. It claims Abra­ham Lincoln was brought up aCatholic, but fell away from thefaith because of the influence of,some "secret society." They quotebishops who seemed to have a lit­tle knowledge of the facts, and apioneer priest, father St. Cyr.

My wife, a distant relative of

~ .,"

': Abraham Lincoln's namesake cousin was Catholic

Let him propose any changes inhis living situation.

Be supportive of your parents inhousing him. Thank them. Respecttheir judgment about matters with­in their household.

Explain your present living situ­ation simply and directly.

Maintain an interest in yourson's activities'. Encourage his plansand dreams, and share in them asmuch as you can.

Keep up frequent, positive sup­portive contacts with your son.Let him know you love him.

You cannot undo the split thatoccurred in your family. Worknow on the task of healing.

Reader questions are invited byThe Kennys; 219 W. Harrison St.,Rensselaer, Ind. 47978.

Catholic Lincolns in HancockCounty, where he had been a well­known missionary.

President Lincoln was a man offaith, but there's no convincingevidence that he was raised Catho­lic, or that his visits to his Catholiccousins altered his position.

More than once I have visitedthe cemetery where the CatholicAbraham is buried, at the site ofSt. Simon Chapel, which has longsince disappeared. For many yearsnow the burial plot has been partof a cow pasture. The tomb of hisfamous cousin is just a short dis­tance away in Springfield.

Questions for this column shouldbe sent to Father Dietzen at HolyTrinity Parish, 704 N. Main St.,BloominKt~n,III. 617010.

choose between his father andyou.

Your son's feelings are not meantto hurt you. They are just there.Accept them. Do not expect, hisfeelings to agree with your feel­ings.

The choices you make in life areyour responsibility. You cannotinsist on your son's approval ofthem.

In relating to your son, try theseguidelines:

Do not constantly knock yourex-husband. Try not to discuss hisfather unless he brings up thesubject.

Do not defend yourself or rehashthe issuesiri your divorce.

Do not insist ,he live with you.. . ."

ville, Ky. Nancy later died, and thefamily moved to Illinois.

There is no record that Lincolnhimself ever joined any church,

'though he was familiar with andfond of the Bible. His wife, MaryTodd, attended Presbyterian serv­iC,es in Springfield, Ill., and inWashington.

During the 1830s, the pioneerpriest Father Irenaeus St. Cyroffered Mass among the scatteredCatholic settlements along theMississippi valley from St. Louisnorth to Chicago.

Historians have reason to believethat he remembered things ratherhazily in his old age. He spoke ofPresident Lincoln's immediatefamily, but it seems certain that hisrecollections were rather of the

out his adolescent years. No won­der he is still torn apart.

For a variety of reasons adoles­cents frequently need "time out"from their family. Be glad yourson has a place for a much neededtimeout.

You may achieve a better recon­ciliation with him when you do notlive under the same roof. Physicalseparation might defuse some ofthe intensity of his feelings.

It is healthy of you to be able todefine and express your own needs.To reconcile with your son, how­ever, you need to try to understandhis feelings and needs.

You suggest he does not wantyou to be happy. More likely, hewants his former family reunited.He does not want to have to

This Abraham had three sons,among them Thomas, father of thepresident, and Morde~ai~who con­verted to Catholicism when hemarried Mary Mudd; daughter ofa prominent Catholic family. Their'marriage is on record at Bards-town, Ky. ,

In 1830, Mordecai m'oved hisfamily, including his children ­Mordecai Jr., the Catholic Abra­ham, James, Elizabeth, Mary andMartha ~ to Hancock County inwestern Illinois (my diocese) wherethey and other Catholic settlersfounded St. Simon the ApostleChapel. Mordecai Sr. died in 1831.

Meanwhile, Mordecai's brother,Thomas, married Nancy Hanks,who gave birth to the future presi­dent Feb. 12, 1809, in Hodgen-

Communicating with a child after divorceMy 20-year-old, son lives with

my parents. He isn't living with mebecause he is torn between me andhis father. Since I have beenseparated, I am in a relationshipwith a man and now have anotherchild, age 3. My son resents this. Iheard that the children hope theirparents get back together.

I have tried talking to him sev­eral times. It just seems he doesn'twant me to be happy. His fatherhas since remarried, had anotherchild, started a new business andall this seems OK. What about me?- Pennsylvania'

How fortunate to have parentswho can, provide a home for youroldest son at this difficult time.Your son felt the effects of your

, estrangement and divorce through-

President Lincoln, does not agree.Is there any substantial evidenceto support this claim? (Massachu­setts)

A. An Abraham Lincoln wasCatholic, but the Catholic Lincoln

, did 'not becQme president of theUnited·States.

Sources which claim our 16thpresident was Catholic are confus­ing him with his cousin who hadthe same name and who is buriedin an obscure pioneer cemeteryhere in central Illinois.

There were in fact three Abra­ham Lincolns. The (irst, grand­father of the president and of theCatholic Abraham, lived in Virgin­ia. In 1782 he sold his farm, movedthe family to Kentucky, and in,,1788 was killed by an Indian.

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Dr. JAMES &

MARY

KENNY

By

By

FATHER

Dear Mary: After four childrenand numerous moves, my spousedecided he didn't want to be mar­

, ried any longer. We separated inJuly 1984 and divorced in 1988.

Finances dwindled to nearlynothing. I had a great deal of hurt.Now it is just anger. Mainly I'mangry because of how all thisaffected the children, now 20, 12,9and 1.. -~.~. ,,' ~.. _.. ::.. .-

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Christianity must take on the real issues of womenBy

DOLORES

CURRAN

One in 12 American women willbe the victim of an attempted orcompleted rape in her lifetime.One out of five American womenis abused by her husband or ,father. 50 percent of divorcedAmerican women do not receivechild support from their children'sfather.

Yet, when was the last time youheard a sermon on the sinfulnessof any of the above? These are thereal issues hundreds of thousands

of women face dai'ly. But we don'tseem to see them as faith-related.

Why the church silence on phys­ical, sexual, and verbal abuse ofwomen by men? Is it because "it'sto be expected," or because"women ask for it," or because theones who interpret and preach thesinfulness of abuse are male?

Men who live in families aretrained in the faith by churchesand church leaders.

They need to hear that abuse issinfUl even though their goodChristian dads abused their moth­ers. They need to understand thatalcoholism leading to abuse is notan acceptable exuse for theiractions but that it is sinful andneeds to be confessed if they are toreceive God's forgiveness.

They need to hear that when

they fail to send child support,they are committing a sin, eventhough that may not have beenpart of their religious educationupbringing at St. Agatha's.

And they need to be confrontedwith these messages while sittingin church with their families whomay be nodding inside. The hands-'off stance we have taken towardthese everyday sins of men is nolonger acceptable in the Christianchurch family.

I know a priest who is directorof family life in his diocese. Heheld workshops on family spiritu­ality, communication, marriageenrichment, practically everyaspect of family imaginable. Hehad modest success in drawingparents.

Then he sent out a confidentialsurvey asking parents what theywould name as their greatestneeds. "I was stunned," he said."The two that landed on the topwere alcoholism and abuse. Ididn't suspect we had much ofeither in our middle class diocese.After all, we don't see either atSunday Mass. But the rest of theweek..."

He changed his workshops andemphasis. He began by educatingthe priests in his diocese to theextent of the problem, encourag­ing them to preach on the sinful­ness of alcoholism, abuse, andincest, and offering parish-basedsupport groups for families withthese realities.

He developed workshops forwomen on self-esteem, for couples

on non-physical ways of dealingwith conflict, and for fa,lllilies ofalcoholics. Attendance explodedbut he suffered. His priests re­ported that men were telling themto layoff, that these were not reli­gious topics, and ifthey continuedthey would withdraw financialsupport.

I believe that is a strong reasonfor church silence on theset9pics- fear of the men's reaction. Thequestions we need to ponder are:are these religious topics and. if so,how are we going to begin address­ing them on a practical level?

Alcoholism, abuse, and finan­cial neglect are not foreign toCatholicism. These sins cross alleconomic and educational lines. Ifwe really want to address women'sissues, let's start with these.'

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Vatican languagegets UNICEF OK

UNITED NATIONS (CNS)­The executive board of UNICEF,the United Nations Children'sFund, adopted language favoredby the Vatican on family planningduring its recent annual meeting.In a resolution on support ofhealth programs, the board askedUNICEF to strengthen its cooper­ation with the U.N. PopulationFund and other agencies.

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Testimonial planned for Feehan'sSister Mary Faith Harding

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Faculty, staff, alumni, students,parents and friends of Bishop Fee­han High School, Attleboro, plana testimonial to honor principalSister Mary Faith Harding, RSM,who is going on sabbatical at theend of the school year.

Beginning with a reception andsocial hour at 6 p.m., followed bydinner at 7:30 p.m., the event willbe held June 9 at the Venus deMiloRestaurant in Swansea.

Master of ceremonies will be.Sister Evangela McAleer, RSM,of Bishop Feehan. Speakers willinclude Sister Rosemary Lalib­erte, Sisters of Mercy provincial;Feehan faculty member SisterRose Angela McClellan, RSM;state representative Steve Karol;and vice principal Paul O'Boy. Fa­ther Paul Caron, Feehan chaplainfrom 1986 to 1989, will give theinvocation.

Speaking on behalf of alumniwill be three members of Feehan'sClass of 1966 who are now facultyand staff members: Peter Galli­gan, dean of discipline; Christ­opher Servant, head of the Englishdepartment; and Louis Gazzola,English teacher. Kevin Delano,

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ing is set for Oct. 19 at the West­port church hall. The program willinclude a panel discussion on theimpact of Alzheimer's disease onfamily and professional care­givers.

Those interested in councilmembership, further informationon any activity or applying forscholarship grants may contactJoan Morin, tel. 775-3121, orBetty Novacek, tel. 674-5741, ext.2081.

Parish pro-liferepresentatives

to meetThe Diocesan Pro-Life Aposto­

late, directed by Father StephenA. Fernandes, will hold a work­shop for parish pro-life represen­tatives June 3 at Our Lady ofFatima church hall, Swansea, witha repeat session June 5 at CorpusChristi parish center, Sandwich.Both sessions will run from 7 -to 9p.m.; representatives may chooseeither meeting.

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Nurses install, hear panelon AIDS, allied diseases

At their annual spring meeting,held earlier this month at S1. Johnthe Baptist church hall, Westport,members of the Diocesan Councilof Catholic Nurses installed newofficers and heard a daylong pres­entation on se~ually transmitteddiseases and AIDS research"andon their impact on the community.

Seated by Father Edmund J.Fitzgerald, DCCN moderator,were Joan A. Morin' of the CapeCod Council of Nurses, president;Sister Rachael La France, NewBedford Council, vice president;Alice LeBlanc, New Bedford Coun­cil, secretary; and Diane Mc­Crackin, Cape Cod Council,treasurer.

Immediate past president BettyNovacek was installed as adirector.

Presenters' for the day'sprogram were Greater New Bed­ford Community Health Centermembers Amelia M. Cabral,BA,RN, AIDS program nurse­educator; Jacqueline Ray,BSN,RN, Human Immunodefic­iency Virus/ Sexually TransmittedDiseases program coordinator;Barbara Teixeira, HIV/STD ad­ministrative assistant; andWilliam Dumas, RN, HIV /STDepidemiologist with the stateDepartment of Public Health.

It was announced that NewEngland diocesan councils ofCatholic nurses will convene inWorcester Oct. 4 through 6 andthat the Fall River diocesan coun­cil will offer two scholarships forthe 1992-1993 academic year topersons pursuing careers in healthcare.

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JOAN A. MORIN, left, incoming president ofthe Dioce~san Council of Catholic Nl,lrses, receives gavel of office fromBetty Novacek, immediate past president. (Rosa photo) .

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Judge agrees.conception isstart of lifeMORRISTOWN, N.J. (CNS)

- A municipal court judge wholast month convicted 15 abortionopponents of criminal trespass at alocal clinic nevertheless said heaccepted "as true fact" that indi­vidual human life begins at concep­tion.

Judge Michael Noonan alsosuggested that the U.S. SupremeCourt should "perhaps" addressits 1973 Roe vs. Wade abortionruling in light of new scientificfindin&.s about the start of life.

"But Roe vs. Wade is still thelaw of the land," Judge Noonansaid, as he found Alex Loce, fatherof an eight-week-old fetus, and 14other defendants guilty of criminal'trespass for trying to stop Loce'sfiancee from having an abortion.The finance, however, had theabortion and the two did not marry.

Defense attorneys Patrick Mul­laney and Richard Traynor saidthey planned to appeal the verdictbut they hailed the overall decision'as "exactly right" and "the onlything he could do."

Based on current knowledgeabout when 'life begins, Roe vs.Wade permits "legal execution ofa human being," JUdge Noonansaid in explaining his verdict, andthe defendants were guilty of tres­pass in the same way people wouldbe if they tried to forcibly enter aplace to stop the legal execution ofa convicted murderer.

Although Loce agreed to thefacts of the case, his attorneyssought to justify his actions undera "legal necessity" defense, citingstatutes protecting efforts to defendthe lives of others.

Testimony in that regard wasgiven by Dr. Paul Lejeune, knownfor his discovery of the chromo­somal abn~rmality that results inDowns syndrome; by F. RussellHittinger, philosophy professor atPrinceton University; and Dr. Ber­nard N. Nathanson, professor ofobstetrics and gynecology at Cor­nell Medical College and a formerabortionist now a leader of theanti-abortion movement.

In his statement about the startof life, JUdge Noonan cited "un­disputed" scientific testimony bythe witnesses, recalling Lejeune'sremark that the eight-week fetuswas a "person separate and apartfrom his mother." He went on tosay that today there is "no dis­agreement" among scientists aboutwhen life begins and that had theSupreme Court had the benefit ofthose facts their 1973 decisionmight have been different.

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SISTER GERTRUDE GAUDETTE with her brother Bernard at Appreciation Daydinner and with her sister, Theresa Charest, at Mass.

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Quoting poet e.e. cummings,who wrote "With you 1 leave aremembrance of miracles," FatherNorton concluded "For your mir­acles, Gertrude, your friends givethanks today, tomorrow, untilthere is no more time to be grate­ful."

At the following dinner, Ray­mond Chausse, who was organistand leader of song for the Mass,played and sang "You Are theWind beneath My Wings" infurther tribute to Sister Gertrude.

And the'guest of honor express­ed her appreciation to her fellowcommunity members for their sup­port'during a recent pe'riod whenshe was sidelined by a leg injury.To her students she said "I loveyou all, 1 wouldn't give you up foranything. 1 hope you're all slowlearners!"

'Many members of Sister Ger­trude's large family were presentfor the event. Their gratitude forthe tribute was expressed by abrother, Bernard Gaudette.

The committee mastermindingthe day had as members FatherNorton, Linda Bertoncini, JaniceBonner, Phyllis Carpenter, Chaus­se and Sister Joseph Marie.

"No one in this Upper Room,"he continued, "is unaware that Sis­ter Gertrude Gaudette is morethan an art teacher. She is a teacherpar excellence in the matters of thehuman heart and God mattersvery much to her. She is the wit­ness in our midst, along with herfellow consecrated sisters, thatGod calls and we follow him. Shehas taught me and all of us thatGod is first. Gertrude taught me tobe a priest and she didn't know it.She has taught me that God lovesyou and me."

At the end of Mass, on behalf ofthe Creativity Center students andother friends, Father Norton pres­ented Sister Gertrude with a checkto be used for scholarships to thecenter; and to the accompanimentof a standing ovation, a sheaf ofroses was presented by Sister Eli­zabeth Menard, OP, prioress gener­al ofthe Dominicans of St. Cathe­rine of Siena, "in recognition oflove and service to the sisters, stu­dents and community."

today in this Upper Room...onehundred years ago the DominicanSisters began a mighty work ofGod in this place. We celebratetheir presence and their spiritualgifts to our city and our diocese."

RAYMOND CHAUSSE plays at dinner, top left; Father Norton presents scholarshipcheck, bottom left; honoree with Janice Bonner, left, and Sister Joseph Marie, AppreciationDay committee members. '

By Pat McGowanwith photos by Studio D and artfrom Appreciation Day bookletThe photographer -was photo­

graphed last Sunday as unassum­ing Sister Gertrude Gaudette, OP,was feted during a Pentecost Sun­day Appreciation Day organizedby students of her: popular Crea­tivity Center at Dominican Acad­emy, Fall River.

Woodcarvers, painters, cerami­cists ,and artists in charcoal, allwere present for a Mass celebratedby Father William Norton, now_pastor of St. Joseph's parish,Woods Hole, but former pastor ofSt. Patrick's parish, Fall River,where the front lawn is adornedwith a striking sign designed andpainted by Sister Gertrude, whoseother talents include photogra­phy, carpentry, plumbing, calli­graphy and the care and feeding ofrecalcitrant furnaces, elevators

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Father Norton said that the dim­inutive Dominican is the embodi­ment of her community motto:"Good is done quietly."

At the Mass, terming thesecond-story Dominican Academy,chapel 'an "upper room," he said"We're grateful for being here

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Charities Division of the Massa­chusetts' Attorney~General'sOffice reveal that the BostonGlobe contributed $5000 to thePlanned Parenthood League ofMassachusetts. '

"The Globe's anti-Catholic biasis inherent, intrinsic, pervasive,and institutional. Catholics whoare consumers of the Globe, aseither readers or advertisers,should carefully reflect on whethertheir money is being used to sub­sidize its virulent and relentlessbigotry."

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"When an employee of the Bos­ton Globe attacks the CatholicChurch for its opposition to abor­tion and contraception, that em­ployee is merely reflecting the offi-·cial policy of an institution that is .a major corporate donor to Plan­ned Parenthood.

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No one who knows the peopleof St. Stan's, a small but mightyparish community, doubts theirgritty determination to rebuildtheir church home.

For the 93-year-old Polish par­ish, there's special meaning in thetraditional Polish toast: Sto Lat!May you live 100 years! But mem- ' 'bers are looking far beyond theirfirst hundred years as they look infaith towards their second centuryas a community.

ROME (CNS) - The CatholicChurch is offering a bland dish tothe "spiritually hungry" and moreare leaving the table, ,said U.S.Archbishop John P. Foley, theVatican's top 'communicationsofficial. The church needs to raisethe professional level of Mass hom­ilies and its mass media program­ming, said the archbishop; presi­dent of the Pontifical Council forSocial Communications. Despitegrowing spiritual hunger, churchattendance is declining because"people find church dull," he said.

The Fall River parish that de­clared "We'll build again" even asfire still licked at the roof of itsbeloved church, is making goodon its word.

Buoyed by support from theJewish and Protestant communi­ties of Greater Fall River, by do­nations from members of otherarea parishes, from former parish­ioners now living out of state, andeven from a Florida parish whereSt. Stanislaus parish pastor FatherRobert S. Kaszynski recentlypreached a mi~sion, "St. Stan's" isdetermined to rise again.

The night after the April 21 firethat left St. Stanislaus Churchroofless, some 7 or 8 parishionersmet to brainstorm fundraising ideasfor rebuilding costs expected toexceed insurance payments. Nownumbering 30 people, includingsome non-parishioner friends, thecommittee decided on a "kickoffrally of hope and renewal," to beheld from 6 to II p.m. June 10 atVenus de Milo restaurant, Swan­sea.

Full information on the event isavailable at St. Stanislaus School,tel. 674-6771 and Walsh Pharmacy,679-1300.

Not to be outdone by their elders,young people of the parish com­munity and many of their friendsfrom other churches have formeda "Children Who Care Crusade,"likewise aimed at rallying supportfor the rebuilding campaign. Theambitious goal: $1 per week per

Your family -or your job?

SALUTINGSENIORS

Life comes"N 0 one who believes, whatever

may have been his condition,however great may have been hisfall, need fear that he will perish,When anyone believes, the wrathof God departs and life comes."-St. Ambrose

By Ron Pollack

Congress decided last year thatwe ou'ght to have a family leavelaw, too. Just before Mother'sDay last May, the House of Repre­sentatives passed a national Fam­ily and Medical Leave Act. Andthe Senate passed the same mea­sure - by unanimous consent ­in time for Father's Day.

The Act would require employ­ers with 50 or more employees toprovide up to 12 weeks' unpaidleave per year for employees need­ing time off to care for a spouse,parent, or child. The employerwould have to keep up the em­ployee's health insurance duringthe leave of absence, and theemployee would be entitled to re­turn to the same job or a compar­able one.

This law would have saved thejobs of Myra Guski and SusanNoggi, and thousands more like,them. But it was vetoed by Presi­dent Bush.

Americans like Guski and Noggimake sacrifices to meet their re­sponsibilities to their families. In.return, they are being.punished.That's just plain unfair.

Ron Pollack is executive direc­tor of Families USA Foundation

Editor Bob Zyskowski of the St.Paul-Minneapolis Catholic Bull­etin, had another idea: "When isthe Star Tribune planning to pub-.lish the percentages of its editorswho have used illegal drugs, andextramarital sexual relationships,engaged in homosexual behavior,violated their marriage vows?"

I believe most Catholics willreact to the Star Tribune findingsnot with demands for a change incelibacy but with anguish andunderstanding over their pastors'fall from grace. If one out of five(or two out of 10 pastors may havebeen "sexually active" during theirlong lives of service, consider this.

. When our Lord picked his 12apostles, one turned out wrong.Two out of 10 is not that farremoved. We are all sinners, eventhose set apart to lead us. We canall mend our ways, go to confes­sion, be forgiven and begin anew.Deo gratias.

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have an unpaid leave of absenceuntil she could return.

But her employer denied herrequest for a leave of absence.While 'at her father's bedside inAlabama, Noggi received a letterordering her to return to work bySeptember 2. She was unable toleave on such short notice, but shedid report to her office on Sep­tember 9.

When she got there, she was toldshe rio longer had a job. She hadbeen fired. Fired because she tookcare of her father when he neededher.

These are not isolated cases.Three-fourths of all long term careis provided within the family. Fourout of five Americans have expe­rienced a long term care crisisthemselves, or expect to have sucha problem in their immediate fam­ily in the near future.

But, studies show that morethan one out of nine family care­givers have had to quit their jobsbecause of the demands of caring.

Some 25 states and the Districtof Columbia have some form offamily medical leave protection.Other states are now consideringenacting such alaw. Do these lawscost businesses enormous amounts?

'No. Studies of existing laws inOregon, Wisconsin, Minnesota andRhode Island have shown that thelaws do not inflict burdensomecosts upon businesses. In fact, thelaws may save businesses money,by reducing turnover of staff andimproving the welfare and pro­ductivity of their employees.

Many of our competitor nationshave family leave laws. They workwell for workers and their families- and for employers as well. BothJapan and West Germany evenrequire paid leave for family medi­cal emergencies!

theologian, a seminary dean, asociologist and an ex-priest.

The findings of the Star Tribuneresearch are distressing enough ­though understandable in asociety where sex sells everything- without the demonstrable biasfavoring the critics of Churchteaching on celibacy.

Themail survey was sent to pas­tors only, not all priests - despitethe front page headline -' to dealwith those "who work with theflock and not administrators orbureaucrats," Rob Day, the pap­er's research director, said.

Some 500 of Minnesota's 1,235priests were contacted, and 51 per­cent (255) responded. It was theywho produced the survey claimsthat 21 percent of pastors "had asexual relationship in violation ofa vow of celibacy,"'and "9 percenthad engaged in homosexual behav­ior."

Angry over the celibacy ques­tion, St. Paul-Minneapolis

.. Archbishop John Roach called it a"serious mistake" and an "inva­sion of privacy." The paper quotedhim as saying the question "chipsaway at the credibility of peoplewho minister to people at the mostintimate times of their lives.';

Senior Walch is an editorial senice 01 Families USA Foundation

The study demonstrating mediabias against the church wasdirected by S. Robert Lichter ofthe Center for Media and PublicAffairs. He co-authored a 1981report disclosing the liberal bias ofU.S. elite media.

Commissioned by the Knightsof Columbus and the CatholicLeague for Religious and CivilRights, the new study charges that"on most controversies involvingCatholic teachings, the churchcame out on the losing side of theissue debate reported in the press."

Responding to critics of thestudy, Lichter told Our SundayVisitor that the research surprisedhim because the "language was soone-sided. J ournalists aren't beingcareful; it doesn't occur to them tobalance the charges."

"If two different dissidents arequoted every time [the samemember of the hierarchy) is," headded, "they outweigh the hier­archy."

A textbook example of suchunfair coverage rolled off thepresses of the Minneapolis StarTribune last month. Three days ofcopyrighted stories ended in afront page story subheaded: "Onein Five Catholic Priests ReportsSexual Activity Despite CelibacyVow."

The story that followed ex­ceeded Lichter's two-to-oneimbalance. Two archbishopsdefending the church were quoted.Six critics were quoted: one arch­bishop, one bishop, a Lutheran

Could you choose between yourjob and your mother or father?

Myra Guski had to make thatchoice. Guski is a medical tech­nologist from Florida. She hadworked for the same' hospital forover ten years when her father suf­fered a severe heart attack upnorth. Guski took the twenty days .of vacation time she had saved up,plus two weeks of unpaid leave, soshe could go north to bring herfather to Florida and care for himduring his recovery.

She then returned to work, andeverything was fine fOr threemonths. But·then her father became'terminally ill.

Guski requested one month'sunpaid leave of absence to lookafter him during his final days, buther request was denied.

"Your father has been dyingbefore," she was told.

Guski resigned from her job tocare for her father as he died.Eventually, she found another job.But she is still angry that herresponsibility to her father wascounted as irresponsibility in theworkplace.

.. MYparent's need shouldn't haveput my job in jeopardy," she said."I should not have been asked tochoose between my father and myjob."

Another working American tellsanother tragic story. Su.san Noggi,who worked as a cashier in thestate of West Virginia, tells a sim­ilar story. In July, 1987, herfatherwas diagnosed with termin.al can­cer, and his condition worsenedrapidly. Noggi immediately wentto her employer, and asked to useher sick leave and vacation time togo to her father's bedside. Sheasked that if her accrued days offwere not enough, could she please

Media bias"There are no shotgun ordina­

tions," the late Cardinal JohnWright of Pittsburgh, PA and theRoman curia once said.

If Cardinal Wright's statementin support of celibacy and anunmarried clergy were to be pub­lished in some key American dailynewspapers today, it would beoutweighed by the statements ofthose opposed to priestly celibacy.

Thirteen men are to lie facedown before the high altar of thecathedral of St. Paul, MN, at theend of this' month to be ordainedpriests forever. No shotguns wereinvolved, and each man made hisdecision in the face of unprece­dented attacks on the celibatepriesthood.

The campaign against celibacyreceives major support from theAmerican media, which love afight, support the underdog andknow that sex sells. Asajournalistmore than half a century, 1 knowthe press loves controversy. I also·know bias when 1 see it.

The ordination of 13 men into alife of service to God and neighborrather than wife and family comesat a time when new evidence hasappeared attesting to the bias andprejudice of major media againstthe Catholic Church.

In the four major media studied:Time. CBS News,-the New YorkTimes and the Washington Post.the church is portrayed as "oppres­.sive and anachronistic," and "moreattention [is given] to critics thanto defenders of church doctrine."

and the other sisters had made tosell.~.

In 1936, Sister McGinniss said,Sister Stringer came to the Fran­ciscan center where she was put in

.charge of·the sacristy, "keeping itclean and making any repairs toalbs that were necessary. She'swonderful seamstress and she usedto make alI our stockings on aknitting machine."- Through it alI, Sister Stringerhas kept on playing the violin.

"Even in the wintertime, when Iworried about her going out in thecold, Sister Mabel continued topractice with her group everyThursday and give concerts onFriday," Sister McGinniss said.

And she'lI continue to play, SisterStringer said, because she "can'tlet the old people down."

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (CNS) ­Sister Mabel Stringer doesn't spendas much time as she once didrehearsing, but she wouldn't missone of her weekly concerts.

Every Friday, as a member ofthe Providence Civic Orchestra,Sister Stringer entertains the resi­dents of various senior centersthroughout the area. She plays theviolin and thinks she "may be" theoldest in the orchestra.

Sister Stringer, a member oftheFranciscan Missionaries of Mary,will be 100 years old Oct. 29.

Born in Southport, England,Sister Stringer spent five 'yearstraveling thoughout England withher father, who played the celloand the violin for a living, after hermother died when she was 2.

Her father, John Charles String­er, handcrafted her first violin forher when she was only 3. Theviolin she plays now once belongedto him and although the case isscratched through years of use, theviolin's shine shows years of tendercare.

"I've been playing this violin fora long time," Sister Stringer said."I remember my father playing it,too. He'd take me with him wher­ever he went. While he played thecello and the violin, 1would practicerig~t along with him on the one hehad made for me."

Sister Stringer moved to Meth­uen, Mass., at the age of 9 to livewith her aunt and uncle. Raised anEpiscopalian, she said she "likedthe Catholic Church and alI itsbeautiful"ceremonies" so much thatshe attended a mission in Lawrence,Mass., when she was 10 and wasbaptized aCatholic when it ended.

At 17, she became a member ofthe Franciscan Missionaries ofMary order. She spent two yearsat a novitiate in Quebec becausethere were no U.S. novitiates then.She made her first vows in FalIRiver and took her final vows in1920 in Quebec.

Sister Rita McGinniss, who hasknown Sister Stringer for 56 yearsand lives with her at the FranciscanMissi,)naries of Mary facility inNorth Providence, said SisterStringer was sent to Woonsocket,R.I., in 1921 and spent the next 15years doing "commission work."

"That's what it was calIed backthen," Sister McGinniss added."She would go around to the richfamilies in the area begging formoney to feed\- the orphans \\,~o

were part ofthe mission. Sometimesshe would bring things that she

10. T~E ANCHOR-Diocese of \all River-Fri., May 24,1991

VIOLINIST SISTER Mabel Stringer shows her stuff.(eNS photo)

Providence nun, 99, playsviolin religiously

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Presence"We believe easily in the pres­

ence of Christ in the Host, becauseit is an idea with which we arefamiliar...If we made daily acts offaith in the presence of Christ inother people, we should soon acceptthat, too." - Caryll Houselander

Continued from Page Onerights in Brazil are only for thewealthy.

Dornelles said most poor Brazi­lians '!are considered second-class'citizens that threaten the system."

Brazil has invited human rightsgroups to investigate the childkillings.

Bishop Bambaren said it hasbeen brought to his attention thatthere also is a small but growingmovement to "eliminate poor orphysically limited" children for thesale of body parts.

He did not name names or pro­vide specifics, but his commentshave led the Peruvian governmentto form a commission to investi­gate the matter - particularlysince he said some of the killingsmay take place after children areadopted from Latin American coun­tries.

He said 80 percent of the adop­tions from Peru are by foreignersand many of those adoptions areillegal under Peruvian law.

"We need to investigate the finaldestination of the children," Bam­baren said. "Many children aretorn from their countries illegally,but then they do not· receive eitherthe appropriate attention or theguarantee ofeducation or upbring­ing to which every human beinghas the right."

The AnchorFriday, May 24, 1991

Mother was fulfilled in a surpris­ing wayin the quick opening andprogressive liberation of theheroic countries of East Europe,after a martydom which seemedunending," he said,

The bishop was alluding to manyaspects of the Fatima message asretold by Sister Lucia, who hastold of private revelations to her inwhich Mary asked that Russia beconsecrated to her ImmaculateHeart. A key condition is that theconsecration be done on the sameday by the pope and the world'sbishops, each in their dioceses.

Sister Lucia has accepted the1984 consecration in St. Peter'sSquare as fulfilling Mary's condi­tions.

What does the pope think aboutthis Marian mysticism?

He' has avoided giving an anti­communist political interpretationto the Fatima message but withoutmaking a direct connection, heoften mentions Mary in the samebreath with the near-successfulassassination attempt and the col­lapse of commuriism.

In 1984, the pope gave a frag­ment of. the bullet that rippedthrough his abdomen to BishopDo Amaral to be placed at theFatima shrine.

It is, now embedded among thejewels in the crown on the shrinestatue of Our Lady of Fatima. Butit is so tiny that Archbishop AngeloSodano, head of the VaticanSecretaria't of State, and JoaquinNavarro-Valls, Vatican spokesman,could not see it until it was pointed

and the recent crumbling of com- out to them.munist rule in Eastern Europe. "I t is on the underside of the top

The metal is the bronze com- part of the crown. You have tor1?e.morative. medal fo~ the pope's bend down and look straight up tovwt~..t,'?t:rO!tpgl\h ,~t ,ls.:;elJ~r-aved . , see jt.,:'-~aid ~avarro-Valls.With an.lmage·o(the statue of Our' ... " .. M ..

Lady of Fatima, the word "Fat- Ch-Idima," and the date May 13 framed I renby the years 1981 - when theattempted assassination tookplace - and 1991 - the 10thanniversary visit to Fatima.

May 13 is also the date of thefirst Marian apparition in 1917.

Normally, papal commemorativemedals name the country or coun­tries' visited and the starting andthe ending dates of the trip.'

The pope often has expressedhis belief that Mary saved his lifein 198 I and that she helped bringabout the fall of East Europeancommunism.

But the mystical link betweenthese elements was made by BishopAlberto Cosme do Amaral ofLeiria-Fatima in greeting the popeMay 12 atthe Fatima shrine.

Many people believed that theassassination attempt was "some­thing more than a criminal act,"said the bishop.

"We all spoke of a sign and themystery; of a painful and necessar­ily fruitful mystery, as if it was abloody renewal of the redemptivepassion of Jesus," he said.

The bishop then noted how thepope visited Fatima in 1982, onthe first anniversary ofthe attemp­ted assassination.

The 1982 visit was "a mysteryand a sign of hope," he said notingthat the pope consecrated the worldto Mary at Fatima in 1982, "espe­cially those nations that Our Ladymost hoped would be entrusted toher."

The consecration was renewedin 1984 in St. Peter's Square "wherethe heart of Christianity beats,"added the bishop.

"It is legitimate for us to thinkthat the entrusting that was thendeposited in the heart of Our

Bullet at ShrineA Catholic News Service story

appearing after the papal trip be­gins with, the statement that thepope "etched in metal his beliefthat Our Lady of Fatima saved hislife 10 years ago when Megmet AliAgca's gunfire critically woundedhim in St. Peter's Square."

Woven around this belief, saysthe story, is a Marian mysticismformulated by Fatima devotees. Itlinks Mary's 1917 apparitions atFatima, the rise of communismthe assassination attempt, a papaiconsecration of the world to Mary

They include a red leather, goldengraved book of all papal ritesconducted during the four-day visit,commemorative medals, editions'of Portuguese newspapers report­ing papal events and security passesissued to the prelates, who stayedin the same Fatima shrine guestand meeting house as the pope.

Both Bishop Cronin and Msgr.Oliveira distributed communionat papal Masses, with the bishopamong those bringing communionto the sick at the Fatima shrine.

"We were accompanied by anurse and a guide," recalled thebishop, noting that the assistancemade a sometimes difficult proce­dure "very smooth."

In the course of the trip, BishopCronin had several opportunitiesto speak to the pope, using bothPortuguese and Italian. He saidthat the pope's command of Por­tuguese was praised by numerouspersons.

The. bishop summed up partici­pation in the papal trip as a "mag­nificent and spiritually upliftingexperience" for him and Msgr.Oliveira.

"We went both because we wereinvited and because we felt that thePortuguese members of the FallRiyer diocese would appreciatethe tribute paid them by acknowl­edgment of their numbers in thisarea," he said.

Bishop, Chancellor'recall Fatima trip

.4hPOPE JOHN Paul II (at left) walks in procession behind the statue of Our Lady of Fatima

as the statue is carried to the altar for an open-air Mass in front of the basilica of Our Lady ofFatima in Fatima, Portugal, May 13. (eNS/ UPI-Reuters photo)

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Angra Plaza, where the pontiffcelebrated Mass.

In preparation for the pope,-'every village'hadcarpetl!d its main 'street with elaborate mosaics offlower petals, traditional for reli­gious festivals-and very slipperyunderfoot, noted the bishop.

Petals also carpeted October 5Plaza in Ponta Delgada on theisland of Sao Miguel, where thepope conducted a Liturgy of theWord and preached on May I I.For the occasion, said BishopCronin, the Santo Christo statuewas brought outdoors from thechurch where it is kept. Normallythe statue emerges only for theSanto Christo feast, prototype ofthe several held in the Fall Riverdiocese during the Pentecostseason.

The bishop's most vivid memoryof.a May 12 Marian vigil at theFatima shrine on mainland Por­tugal was of hundreds of thou­sands of candles raised aloft ateach'recitation of the Glory Be tothe Father prayer during the papalrosary.

His next memory came the foi­ling day as he processed from thepapal Mass at the shrine. Catchingsight of Sister Lucia in a section ofseats behind the altar, he waved toher and she returned the wave.

"The bishop of the Azores wasvery surprised that she did that,"

, commented Bishop Cronin, whoadded that the cloistered Carme­lite nun, now aged 84, almostnever appears in public.

"What a sight for her to look outover the million people at theMass and think of how it all beganon what was then the sheep pas­ture of Fatima," he said.

Souvenirs of the bishop andchancellor's memorable trip weredisplayed last week at the FallRiver chancery office and will beon permanent display at the dioce­san archives, said Msgr. Oliviera,who is also diocesan archivist.

Plane

For the militaryWASHINGTON (CNS) - Pope

John Paul II has accepted theresignation of Archbishop JosephT. Ryan, head of the U.S. Archdi­ocese for the Military Services andhas named as successor auxiliaryand vicar general, Bishop JosephT. Dimino. '

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and two lay missioners died whenthe plane he was piloting crashed ;into a volcano.

The plane that was in Fall Riverwill be flown to Zaire and used fortransportation between missionstations, as was Brother Berger'splane. Funds for its purchase werecontributed by families, friends,other pilots and various organiza­tions, including Avions Sans Fron­tieres in Quebec and Wings ofHope in the United States.

Brother Roger Millette, 'associ­ate principal at Bishop ConnollyHigh School, Fall River, ,madearrangements for the plane's FallRiver visit. Piloted by Guy Ger­vais, a missionary and a bush pilotwith Brother Berger, it has beenvisiting various areas where theBrothers of Christian Instructionare stationed. '

Among those at the airport toview it were Brother Berger's par­ents, Normand and Lorraine Berg­er, now residents of Keyport,Wash., as well as other relativesliving in the Fall River area.

Brother Millette said it will takeabout 50 flying hours for the smallplane, which has a speed of about150 miles an hour, to reach' Zaire.Fitted with an extra fuel tank, itwill hop from St. Louis to Mon­treal, thence to St. John's, New­foundland, then, for the longestleg of the trip, will fly 14 hours tothe Azores, thence to Dakar,Senegal, and finally to Zaire.

Daily ReadingsMay 27: Sir 17:19-27; Ps

32:1-2,5-7

May 28: Sir 35:1-12; Ps50:5-8,14,23; Mk 10:28-31

May 29: Sir 36:1,5-6,10­17; Ps 79:8-9,11,13; Mk10:32-45

May 30: Sir 42:15-25; Ps33:2-9; Mk 10:46-52

May 31: Zep 3:14-18 orRom 12:9-16; Is 12:2-6; lk1:39-56

June 1: Sir 51:12-20; Ps19:8-11; Mk 11:27-33

June 2: Ex 24:3-8; Ps 116:12-13,15-18; Heb 9:11-15;Mk 14:12-16,22-26

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,,'land China, Taiwan, Hong: Kongand Macao. The step was taken toprepare for the end of the 1990s,when Hong Kong and Macao willrevert to mainland China, said a

. Jesuit official. The reorganizationeliminates the province of HongKong-Macao. There are an esti­mated 50 Jesuit priests on themainland, where Catholic Churchactivities are strictly controlled.

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Catholic Charities

Deacons' wives needhelp in their roles

CATHOLIC CHARITIES representatives: Appeal chair­man Deacon Claude LeBlanc; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gonsalvesof Our Lady of Health parish, Fall River; Bishop Daniel A.Cronin; Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Soderlund of St. Michael'sparish; Swansea. (Hickey photo)

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Hart, M/M T. Leonard Matthews, Jr.,M/M Frank Medeiros, Karen & JamesMooney, M/M Michael Phelps, Eve Rouke,M/M Edward Studley, M/M RobertWichterman

Our Lady of Lourdes, WellfleetHoly Cross, Sacred Heart, St.Louis and 'Santo Christo, FallRiver; St. John of God, St. Pat­rick, Somerset.

Our Lady of Perpetual Help, St.Anthony of Padua, St. Casimir,St. Kilian, St. Lawrence, NewBedford; St. George, Westport;Holy Family, Holy Rosary, St.Jacques, St. Joseph, St. Paul,Taunton; St. Peter, Dighton; St.Joseph, No. Dighton; St. Anne,Raynham.

ter as her husband, maybe moreso, yet she's not ordained."

After her husband's ordination,a wife may have difficulty findinghim after church events, Mrs.Mraz said. She may not be invitedto or feel comfortable at clergyactivities, parishioners may askher to "talk to the pastor" forthem, and she may feel like a singleparent because of additionalduties she must take up at home toallow "more free time for her hus­band to minister to others," shesaid.

Diaconate programs can helpdeacons', wives by providing "aconcerned, caring director andstaff who are aware of a woman'scall, her' commitment and herneeds," Mrs. Mraz said, and byfostering community amongwives, offering opportunities forcontinued growth, and urgingcouples to. place their marriagehigh on their list of priorities.

Once a woman give's up the ideaof "trying to be a perfect deacon'swife" and begins to pursue herown interests, Mrs. Mraz said, thediaconate can enhance her life andmarriage.

"There needs to be less pressureon 'us to minister, to 'always bedoing, and more emphasis on be­ing- being real, well-rounded,faith-centered women," she said.

Unity"For faith is the beginning and

the end is love, and God is the twoof them brought into unity. Afterthese comes whatever else makeup a Christian." - St. Ignatius ofAntioch

Catherine M. Andersen, M/M BernardCassidy, Alice W. Colliton, M/M John B.Crowley, Leo J. Curran, M/M Thomas F.Dorsey, M/M Charles U. Fay, John F.Flaherty, M/M James Green, Marcella

Continued from Page Oneon th'e honor roll. Last year 107parishes were on the honor roll.Rev. Daniel L. Freitas, diocesandirector of the Appeal said, "Weare anticipating that every parish- III' - will be on this year'shonor roll. We must have substan­tial increases in every parish tosurpass last year's total of$2,218,143.84."

The following additional par­ishes have surpassed their 1990totals: St. Mary's, Norton; OurLady of Assumption, Osterville:

. ST. LOUIS (CNS) - A womanwhose life is disrupted by the time­consuming preparation process lead­ing her husband to the permanentdiaconate often tells herself thatlife will be "simpler, more normal"after her husband's ordination.

"Boy, is she in for a surprise!"said Dottie Mraz of Parma, Ohio,the widow of a deacon whoseexperiences led her to a uniqueministry - helping the wives ofdeacons cope with the changes thediaconate brings to th~ir lives.

"I don't think enough people areaware of the sacrifices a deacon'swife makes for (her husband) tominister," Mrs. Mraz told the St.Louis Review, archdiocesan news­paper. And "women don't realizewhat they have gotten into until ithappens."

Her husband, Philip, was apermanent deacon in the Dioceseof Cleveland when he died in Sep-tember 1982. .

Mrs. Mraz, who has written abook on "Ministry and the Familyof the Permanent Deacon," led aworkshop, "She's Called 'TheDeacon's Wife'" during the recent

, annual convention of the NationalAssociation of Permanent Diaco­nate Directors, held in St. Louis.

In the workshop, Mrs. Mrazrecalled the stream of conflictingemotions - ranging from pride tojealousy and alienation - thatwomen tend to experience as theyadjust to their husband's new role.

"The woman in the diaconatehas gone through formation withher husband," she said. "She maybe just as well-equipped to minis-

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BeninghofWEST HARWICH

Holy Trinity $500 Harold W. Murray;$300 Elizabeth J. Dolan; $150 MaryLacy; $120 Anthony & Irene Salvato;$100 Eugene B. Kirk, Dr/M 1. Szymko­wicz, M/M Carl Johnson, William M.Brown, Mildred A. Donahue, M/M Vin­cent Fleming, Catherine Allen, MlM JohnBrassil .

$75.M/M George Gardner,'M/M Wil­liam Brophy; $60 M/M G. Stephen Beals,Sr.; $50 Paul J. Back, Mrs. JamesCharles, M/M John Feeney, In Memoryof the Doran Family, In Memory ofTheresa J. Fennell, M/M Edward Immar,M/M Kenneth R. Whelan, M/M RichardPickett. John' & Jane Jannell

BREWSTEROur lady of the Cape $100 Stanley S.

Warden, Louise Symmonds; $50 John J.Havlin, Or/M C.V. Manganelli, Paul Saint,Frederick Sciarappa

PROVINCETOWNSt. Peter the Apostle $150 Chris­

topher J. Snow; $100 M/M Ronald Lopes;$50 M/M Ernest Carreiro, M/M WarrenCosta, M/M David Roderick, M/M JosephRoderick

MASHPEEChrist the King $240 Rev. John G.

Carroll; $500 M/M John Urban; $250'M/M Gregory Beckel; $200 MarciaHackett, M/M Norman Fitzgerald; $150Ronald Donway; $100 M/M AndrewCarmichael, Mrs. Chester Brown, Mrs.Mary Duffy, George W. Mahoney, M/MPeter Hannon, M/M George Balch

$85 Misses M. &C. O'Brien; $75 AnneFitzgerald; $55 Howard Pendergast; $50M/M Nello Traverso, M/M Charles White­head, M/M Peter Skala, M/M StephenGreelish, Ellen Tucci, M/M LawrenceDrago

$50 M/M William Gerson, BartonCramp, M/M Robert Bottos, M/M SamuelRe, M/M Joseph O'Keefe, M/M ThomasMcDermott, M/M Ronald Butler, Mrs.Lawrence Bjork, Gina & Mary Abreau,Patricia Mullane

CENTERVILLEOur Lady of Victory $250 Atty/M

Robert Donahue, Helen 1. McCabe; $130Lillian F. O'Neil; $125 M/M Alfred C.Bafaro; $120 M/M James W. Higgins;$110 M/M George R. Young

$100 M/M Garrett F. Bowler, JosephCairns, Sr., M/M Robert Ellis, M/M,Edward J. Gibbons, Sr., M/M RichardGriffith. Mary C. Hamilton, M/M StanleyKectic, E\len O'Connell, M/M J.J. Pen·dergast, Jr., Dr/M Joseph Ryan, M/MGeorge C. Schmidt, M/M Edward D. Tocio

$75 M/M John F. Desmond, Mrs.Frances Guertin, M/M John Lonergan,Marjorie McCready, M/M Donald Roy­croft, M/M John Sweeney; $60 Helen L.Kelleher; $50 M/M Thomas F. Bigony,Nina Bremer, Dr/M Loren C. Burger,M/M Joseph L. Cairns, k, M/M Law­rence F. Chenier, Kathryn Connors

$50 M/M Thomas Creighton, M/MWilliam H. Crowley, M/M Corneli.us Fair,M/M Robert D. Farrell, Gertrude A.Fisher, M/M Daniel J. Gallagher, M/MWayne L. James, M/M David Johnson,MlM Richard, Kennedy, M/M RobertMcDonald, M/M Everett B. Merrifield,Jr., M/M Robert Morris, Mrs. StephenO'Brien, Sr., M/M Gerald M. Ott

FALMOUTHSt. Patrick $500 Rev. James A. Mc­

Carthy, Dr/M Ambrose Finnell; $400Dr/M Paul Bouche; $200 Martha Hearn;$145 M/M Louis A. Tessier; $100 Dr/MJoseph Cafarella, William J. Drew, M/MErnest P. Foley, James McDonough, M/MJames Ridley, Mrs. Edmund Sherman,Edmund C. Wessling

$75 MlM Cyril A. Fennelly; $60 M/MJames Burns; $50 M/M William Buckley,

Nocrasz, Helen Sprague, M/M DenisEnglish

$150 M/M William Harney; $100M/M Charles E. Berghaus, George Cra·venho, Gordon A. McGill, M/M Thomas C.Gaffney, Mrs. Brook Evans, Mary V.Mason; $75 Mary C. Ormiston, Mary J.Donovan; $60 M/M Andrew Costa

, $50 Mrs. John Sullivan, Theresa Ma-honey, Mrs. George 1. Dowd, MaryDownes, Edward 1. Dunleavy, Mrs. Joseph

, Higgins, Jean M. Steidinger, M/M Fran­cis J. Dooley

$150 Mrs. Ernest Eastman; $125 M/MFenton Guild; $100 M/M Harold W. Hed­berg, M/M Daniel Sullivan, William P.Gleeson, Michael F. Montani; $75 Thom­as 'Sheehan; $50 M/M Alfred J. La­Brecque, Rita T. McNerney, M/M FrancisH. Cronin, George Kent, Loretta Ahern,MlM Joseph G. Moravick

• .HYANNISS~. Francis X~vier $500 In Memory of

Father Joseph M. Caplice, O.M.!., InMemory of St. Vincent de Paul SocietyMembers, In Memory of M/M Thomas H.Duffy Sr.; $175 M/M Edward Murphy;$125 John Medeiros; M/M Thomas Walsh;$100 Dorothy Clark, Mrs. William Conlon,M/M Edward P. Deveney, Mrs. C.E. Mc­Adoo, M/M William E. Mcinerney, M/MWilliam Naylor, M/M Donald Rogers, InMemory of Mrs. Mame Sullivan

$75 M/M Richard Mitchell; $60 M/MJames Murray; $50 M/M David Bisbee,D. Chase, Or/M James Dunne, BarbaraFlinn, M/M William Geick, Roberta Hart,M/M Kenneth Leech, Ann Maiella, IreneRoberts, John D. Roberts, Mary ReginaRowell, Mrs. Thomas Wallace

NORTH FALMOUTHSt. Elizabeth Seton $500 Rev. Joseph

l. Powers, Rev. John J. Murphy; $300M/M Kenneth Battles; $250 M/M RobertmcDermott; $100 M/M James Annicelli,M/M David Carboneau, Dr/M John Man­ning, M/M Timothy Martinage

$50 M/M John Aziz, M/M JamesDoherty, M/M Ken Freeman, M/M Wai­ter Haas, M/M Charles Innis, M/M JamesKilroy, Kathleen Noonan, St. ElizabethSeton Youth Group " ,

CHATHAMHoly Redeemer $200 M/M Stephen

Bernard; $125 MlM Robert Wolin; $100Cecilia Aide, M/M Joseph Forbes, AnnaMcLaughlin, M/M William Sheehan,Dr/Mrs. Weiler; $60 M/M Eugene Kissel;$50 M/M Joseph Ahern, M/M Leo Con­cannon, Mary Daly, M/M Philip Fallon,M/M John Ford, M/M Paul Fougere,M/M William Hagerty, John Roy, EleanorSlyva

ORLEANSSt. Joan of Arc $350 Dr1M Larry Har­

tung; $250 M/M Francis O'Neil; $100Enid Cavanaugh, MlM George McDonald,Richard St. Onge; $75 M/M John Pre­ndergast, M/M Robert Robida; $50 M/MHoward Floan, M/M AI Franz, Jr., M/MCharles Lehmann, M/M Joseph Moran,Anna Morse, Patricia Rotman, Donna'Smith

BUZZARDS BAYSt. Margaret $150 Thomas P. O~Brien;

$100 M/M Charles Mason, M/M CharlesFuller, John F. Hickey; $50 M/M TonyVieira, MlM Joseph Curley, M/M WilliamLevangie, M/M Roger Lincoln, HelenBarber, Maurice Savage, M/M LouisFachetti

VINEYARD HAVENSt: Augustine $120 M/M Eugene

DeLorenzo; $100 M/M Francis Metell;$50 James R. Reynolds, Diana Helfrich,M/MAlfred Ferro

WELLFLEET, Our Lady of Lourdes $50 Francis &Blanid O'Bert

OSTERVILLEOur Lady of Assumption $1000

Anonymous; $200 M/M Thomas Harti­gan; $100 Nancy Daniel, Margaret Hag­gerty, Anonymous; $75 M/M John Szy­manski, Anonymous; $50 MlM ThomasHennigan, Mrs. Thomas Powers, KathrynO'Connor, M/M Benjamin Perry, Anony­mous

POCASSETSt. John the Evangelist $750 In

CAPE CODSOUTH YARMOUTH

St. Pius X $900 Rev. Msgr. John J.Smith; $250 M/M F'w. Quinn; $200M/M John Annessi; $100 M/M ThomasMillett, MlM Lawrence McGillivray; $50MlM Victor Robak, Mardy Cedrone

$500 M/M Frank Locke; $100 M/M A.Whitney Murphy, Mary A. Sposini, CaptiMEdward Quinn; $75 M/M Joseph Tier­ney; $60 Mrs. John Manning; $50 M/MMichael Angellis, The Grady Family, M/MHenry Sprissler, M/M Albert Maranda,Richard &Maureen Brenner

$600 M/M Douglas J. Murray; $250MlM Philip Gunther, Mrs. Joseph Han­ley; $225 Mary A. & Mary J. Falla; $200M/M Russell Murphy, M/M Joseph E.McTiernan; $125 Mrs. George Kirvan,Mary E. Theilig; $120 Joanne M, Romot­sky, Madelyn E. Clancy; $100 M/M J.F.DohertY,Corinne H. Shea, Rita Richardson

$75 Mrs. Ferdinand F. Killian; $70Patrick Cox; $55 Florence Helen Hansen;$50 M/M Wendell C. Bradford, M/M Wil­liam Garrity, Helen McCright, Stephen E.

Sacred Heart 'Church $800 Rev. Cor·nelius J. O'Neill; $125 Marguerite Cro·nan; $100 M/M Daniel M.Lebrun; M/MBrian E. Brown; $50 M/M ThaddeusKuczewski; Margaret McCarthy; M/MThomas McMorrow; Lydia Moore; Flor·ence Prairie; Carmine & Amy 0 Olimpio;M/M Clifton Pierce

St. Anthony $100 M/M Thomas King;$50 M/M Manuel S. Spencer, Jr.; M/MStephen Correia; M/M Anicet O. DeCosta

St. Joseph $675 Atty. & Mrs. DavidGay; 4500Thanksgivingfor Favors Granted;

, $200 AFriend; $150 Sr. Mary E. Maho~ney CSC; $100 M/M Elton Buckley; AFriend; $75 M/M Louis H. Chaves; M/MDonald Lewis; M/M Stanley S. Pawlowski

$50 M/M Charles Smith; Mrs. JamesMcCarthy; Mrs. Virginia McCormack;Mrs. RobertJ. Hill; M/M Donald Rounds.Jr.; Ms. PatriCia Laffan

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DIGHTONSt. Peter's Church $120 M/M Michael

Miranda; $50 William McKeonSOUTH EASTON

Holy Cross Church.$100 M/M JohnK. Ford; David Boch; $50 M/M GregoryM. Tanana, DDS; Richard Lawler; FrankMadden; M/M Robert W. Sullivan Jr.

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Robert Moulton; $125 Warren &PatriciaBeard; $100 Mrs. Margaret Rafuse; M/M

,Laurence Noonan Jr.; $75 M/M RobertWooster; $60 Daniel Amorim

$50 Frank & Elizabeth Taylor; M/MLennart Altieri; Dominic Falzone; M/MJohn Leahy; Jean E. Amorim; MargueriteCarter; M/M Edward Tokarz; M/M LyleW. Grindle; M/M Eduardo Talusan; M/Mler!ly Reams; George &Teri White; M/MThomas Stone; M/M Alfred Gomes; M/MJoseph Palano - ,

RAYNHAMSt. Ann $300 Thomas J. Whalen; $160

M/M James MacDonald; $150 M/MPatrick Cady; $100 M/M William Tripp;M/M John Trucchi; M/M William Pflug;M/M Henry Crombie; $75 M/M EdwardD'Andrea; M/M John Sheehan; M/M Wil·liam Piche; M/M Louis Secatore; $65M/M Stephen Black

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14 THE ANCHOR~Diocese'of Fall River-Fri., May 24, 1991

Facts, not reprimands, should countert~en drinking, says surgeon general

The impressive scene would beilluminated by shadeless polelamps and Lilly's watchful eye.

Besides being a peerless choreo­grapher ofjunque, the woman wasshrewd. One year the bazaar waspacked because someone hadstarted a rumor that MarilynMonroe's costumes and stagejewelry had been donated.

Sporting a grin and a pair ofearrings that had been windchimes in an earlier life, Lillydenied starting the rumor.

Under cross examination at theCaffeine Club later, however, shedid recall mentioning to a Jocalreporter how nice it would be if afamous person donated somethingto this event. .

Interestingly, the' next year'sbazaar was overrun with buyerswhen it was rumored Vice Presi­dent' Quayle might attend.

It was with tears in our eyes thatwe said goodbye to her at a recep­tion this week. "I'll miss youtroops too," she'said. "Write me.Junquemail would be nice!"

Three Things"There are three things that cause

faith to stand firm, devotion toremain constant, and virtue toendure. They are prayer, fasting;and mercy." - St. Peter Chry­sologus

he listens to the very rhythm ofhis heart it reminds him of his"precious home," a place where"the ocean meets ,the sky," aplace to "be sailing."

Think for a minute abo~tyO':1f own home. Few aspects oflife so greatly influence who webecome as the place we grew upand the people there. Even whenour memories are painful, thelegacy of these events influencesour current relationships, nomatter where we live.

Reflecting upon our firsthome can lead to a new sense ofappreciation. How can youshow gratitude?

First, tell your parents and'all those you live with that youappreciate their efforts to makea home. Too often others' smalleveryday acts of kindness areoverlooked, and at times takenfor granted.

Next, adopt the attitude offorgiveness. There are no per­fect homes, just as there are noperfect parents, sons, daugh­ters, brothers or sisters. Evenwhen we fail, most of us aretrying to do our best. /'

Indeed, we need to realizehow events that were hurtfulhave affected' us, but we alsoneed to let go of anger andresentment.

Whether they are older oryounger than you, see those, inyour home as fellowlearners,inthe adventure of life.

Finally, remember your phys­ical surroundings. Think aboutthe trees, yards, countrysidesurrounding your home. All aregifts from the Creator God.

Show your respect and grati­tude by doubling your commit- 'ment to take care of the Earth.No matter where we live orwhere we grew up; our Earth is~he only planet-home we have!

Your comments are wel­comed by Charlie Martin, RR3, Box 181, Rockport, Ind.47635. '

By Charlie Martin

. I.n, the, song; an individualremembers what it means tohave a horrie he 10ves.Appar­ently, he has been depressed,feeling like his "life !S slippingaway."

He wants to find a way to"exis't in another place" where"love may still be alive." Yet, as

Lilly loved flare, like spellingjunk with a "que." She was thePicasso of parish hall transforma­tions and referred to her startlingwork as experiments in"Neo-Mod­ern Surplus Chic."

Her best efforts culminated increating the ambiance of head-oncollision between a five-and-dimesupply truck and a Halloween cos­tume freighter.

The hall (referred toby detrac­tors as "the basement") would beelegantly adorned with weatheredhammocks, headless mop handles,cracked crockery, racks of shape-,less dresses, abandoned applian­ces, tubeless TV cabinets, weblesslawn furniture, rusting tools, tilt­ing barbeques, and leaky beanbagchairs.

Lilly always knew where to put.the pink flamingos for best effect L

Tables would be heaped withwonders - gaudy ashtrays, chipped"china, pots without handles, han­dles without pots, wire-rimmedglasses, singed hotpads, rubbergaloshes with rusty latches,bowling balls, well-traveled suit­cases, wooden fruit bowls, plasticfruit, birdbaths, hamster cages,Mason jar lids, cast-iron pans,cracked mirrors, mountain sceneswith' cheap frames, horseshoegames with one stake and gas sta­tion water glass collections.

CIJ"RHYTHM OF MY HEART

Across the river the river runsDown in the gutterLife is slipping awayLove may still exist in another placeRunning on the clover of a hilly plainFlames are getting higher in every wayBurning down the bridges of my memoryLove may still be aliveSomewhere, some wayIn a down and lonely dearA hundred steel towns awayThe rhytbm of my heartIs beating like a drumWith the words "I love you"Rolling off my tongueNever will I roamFor I know my precious homeWhere the ocean meets the sky.I'll be sailingPhotographs, keroseneLight up the darkness, light it up,Light It up, light it upI can still feel tbe touchOf your thin blue jeansRunning down the alleyI've got my 'eyes all over you babyI got lIibfning in my veinsShooting out like a ball in a slot macbineLove may still exist in anotber placeI'm just yanking back the cameraNo expression on my face

Written by Marc Jordan, Jobn Capek. Sung by Rod Stewart(c) Warner Brotbers Records for tbe United States, and Wea

International

BAGPIPES in a rock song?Maybe my e~rs are fooling me,but thiil is what 'I hear in ROdStewart's latest hit, "Rhythm' ofMy Heart." Stewart recentlyreturned to Scotland to openhis new world tour. The songseems to be a tribute to hisScottish roots.

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The Bizarre BazaarBy Hilda Young

Our parish recently suffered aprofound loss. The McFetch fam­ily moved, including Lilly, its grand­mother and matriarch.

Lilly, you see, was the foundressof All Saints' Annual Flea Marketand Bazaar, billed fondly as theBizarre Bazaar of Hodgepodge ­a Compilation of a Great Deal ofthe Known World's Most Extraor­dinary Miscellany, Collectibles,Memorabilia and Junque.

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the audience to take extra time tofind out what's happening in theirchildren's 'lives. , '

"Talk to them. Don't send themto their rool,11. Hug your kids. Tellthem you care. Remember too, it'shard to preach when you're doingwhat you tell them not to do."

Mrs. Novello also urged teachersand school counselors to step in.with the facts.

"They need to trust," she said."They need to know we count onthem. They need to have the optionof talking confidentially to some­one at the school."

And to the students themselves,Mrs. Novello advised, "Don't let astupid accident take your life. It'sall right to say 'no' but that's notenough. You have to think aboutwhat you want to do when yougrow up."

$4.2 billion a year on alcohol"according to Mrs. Novello.

"When I talk to kids who drink Itell them to save their change fromthe six-packs so they can use it fortheir transplant," she said.

Among the factors leading toteen alcohol abuse is that youngpeople "don't' think beer is analcoholic beverage," Mrs. Novellosaid, even though a can of beercontains as much alcohol as fourounces of wine or a shot of vodka.

Peer pressure and mixed signalsalso are factors, she believes. Thebelief that drugs are bad but alco­hol is not is prevalent and the bev~

erage industry doesn't help with itsunrealistic advertis!!18.

"I'd ,like to see a commercialwith a fat, belching person drink­ing beer," Mrs. Novello suggested.

"Kids today have tons of pres­sures," Mrs. Novello said. "Theyknow a lot but they don't yet knowhow to ascribe it to life."

She encouraged the parents in

they are going to make you stopbeing a kid.

The great attractions of adultlife are freedom, choice and respon­sibility. But being a kid has somebenefits.

Like, for example, grownupsworry a lot about stuff like payingrent and buying groceries and fig­uring out taxes. Kids are generallyspared that kind of concern.

And kids are expected to makemistakes. You get lots of secondand third chances - but whenyou're out of school they start tak­ing your slip-ups much more ser-iously. ,

Sometimes around April or Mayof your senior year, it sinks in thatthis isn't about somebody else. It'sabout you. And all the certaintyyou had about life after highschool.starts·to evaporate as thelast four years start looking betterin retrospect.

There's a powerful urge to some­how slow down the clock, to makethese final months stretch out justa little longer.

The closing days of senior yearare ,life onthe edge of a cliff. Whatyou have come to know so well isabout to disappear forever. Even·the awful parts of high school lifeare at least familiar, and. whatcomes next is utterly unknown.

I moved through senior week ina wide-eyed trance. For the firsttime in my life, I knew that I was

, looking at things I would never seeagain. I wanted to soak up everyimage, every experience, to' put itall in a memory bank so I couldplay it back again and again for­ever.

I didn't cry when they played"Valley High." But I wanted to.

By Christopher Carstens

In the spring of 1966 I gradu­ated from Valley High in Albu­querque, N.M.

Frankly, I had been lookingforward to graduation. High sC,hoolwas far from the happiest periodof my life and graduation day heldthe promise of release, freedom,the end of my sentence.

Sometime in the 1950s, an EastCoast duo had written the mostsentimental song imaginable abouthigh school graduation titled "Val­ley High."

Local legend had it that the twosingers had visited our very schooland used the name because it wasso poetic. That mayor may nothave been true, but apparently thesong made a minor hit for aboutsix weeks in 1955 and was thenforgotten - everywhere else.

Not in Albuquerque. Each springthe DJs at KQBO would dig outtheir copy of that record and,playit over and over for about twoweeks, just before graduation.

As a s9phomore, I had observedthaFwheneve'r the s6rig came onthe' radio, all the seniors wouldcry. Gloppy, sentimental, ''I'mgoing~to-miss-this-all~so~very­

much" sorts of tears. Yuck.One thing i knew for sure was

that I would never cry, when theyplayed "Valley High" on the radio.I would laugh at all the, sillies andcongratulate myself on livingthrough high school and then Iwould happily go on to somethingbetter.

But a really scary thing happens'the spring of your senior year. Yourealize that they really mean it.You are going to graduate and

BALTIMORE' (CNS) - Hardfacts and loving hugs will go furtherin addressing, the problem ofunder-'age alcohol abuse than willpunishment alone, the U.S. sur­geon general recently told a Catho­lic high school audience 'in Balti­more.

Surgeon General Antonia Novel­10 told 'the audience of students,parents and teachers,at MaryvaleHigh School t~~t responsibili,tyfor teenage drinking must be sharedby children,-parents a~d. t.eachers.

"I'm trying to enlist you so wecan help each other," Mrs. Novellosaid. "This problem is not little; Iwill not tell you what to do. Butlet's look at data and facts."

Studies show 92 percent of allhigh school seniors ha·ve 'triedalcohol at least once and 33 per­'cent regularly binge, she said.Am'oilg younger children, 24 per­cent of.eighthgraders regularly goon alcoholic binges.

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Senior A Boys Playoff Champs:Holy Ghost, Jeff Berube, Mike Braga,Chris Campion, Paul Dufault, RichardGilbert, Robert Helger, William Kulpa,Scott Mello, Bob Turcotte. Coaches:Bob Ferreira, Jim Cox.

Prep Boys Champs: Santo Christo, .Mike Cioe, Derek Santos, Chris Couto,A~dy Custadio, Kevin Dias, Joe Mar­tinho, Chad Carrigan, Jay Sullivan,Mike Labouliere, Antero Tavares, JoeCidade, Jay Davis. Coaches: PeterJude Szady, Joe Forand.

Senior BBoys Champs: S1. William's,Chris Martins, Derrick Reis, Bill Pau­lino, John Cabral, Jay Bomback, JeffWilson, Ron Bouchard, Steve St.Pierre, Mark Silva, Joe Dias. Coaches:Steve St. Pierre, Tom Coute, Pat Rich­ards.

Junior CBoys Champs: Notre Dame,Shaun Lambert, Andrew Ouellette, Nor­man McCarthy, David Jang, DarrylDiosomito, Jeremy Corriveau, RyanBerube, Joseph Desrosiers, JasonDumont. Coaches: AI Vaillancourt"Charles Ouellette.

Junior B Boys Champs: Our Ladyof Fatima, Sean Haley, Mike Flana­gan, Chris Kelly, Matt Garand, KevinKelly, Tom Casey, Barry Mello, NeilAustin, Jonathan Goss, John McMa­hon. Coaches: Kevin Kelly, Fran Kelly

Junior A Girls l:hamps: Our Ladyof Grace. Care Ann Maltais, KellyAlbanese, Michelle Feigo, Melissa AnnMaltais, Lynn St. Martin. Tracy Jack­son, Rachel Ann Maltais. Coaches:Bob Maltais, Jim St. Martin, GlennMedeiros.

Junior B Girls Champs: St. George,Katie DeMello, Sara Troia, Amy Samp­son. Carrin Piccard, Erika Carlson,Cheryl Vieira, Kerry Tripp, Erin Senay,Kim Pacheco, Sarah Chase, Nicki Gen­dron. Coaches: Etta DeMello, DavidChase, Tracy DeMello.

Junior A Boys Regular SeasonChamps: St. William's, Mike Brodeur,Kevin Furtado, AI Levrault, StevePacheco, John Kolleck, Brian Andree,Scott Jackson, John Fillion. Coaches:Matt Burke, Pat Burke, Tim Burke

Junior A Boys Playoff Champs:Santo Christo: Eric Couto, RichieEwens, Bob Walsh, Ryan Oliveira,Ken Martin, Nelson Carreiro, ShawnThanes, Brian Mauricio, Val Tavares.Coaches: Peter Jude Szady, NorbyMartins~

HAVANA(CNS) ---' Five thou­sand Spanish-language Bibles havegone on public sale in Cubanbookshops in a sign of increasinggovernment tolerance of religiousteaching and worship.

U.8. Catholic awardCHICAGO (CNS) - Sister of

Charity Margaret M. Fitzpatrick,vice president and assistant to thepresident at St. John's Universityin New Yqrk, is the 1991 r.ecipientof the U.S. Catholic Award, givenby U.S. Catholic magazine to aperson or persons who have signif­icantly furthered the cause ofwomen in the church.

Sister Fitzpatrick's work withstudents at St. John's, especially in.

, confronting the problem of sexual .violence, "serves as a healthymodel for the church and forsociety by openly and honestlyresponding to a problem that'sprevalent throughout the societyand within the church itself," saidClaretian Father Mark Brummel; .'editor of U.S. ·Catholic.

THE ANCHOR-:Diocese of Fall River-Fri., May 24, 1991 15

Final exams for Grade 8 will begiven from May 28 to 31.

Kindergarten graduation will beheld June 7 in the school audito­rium.Eighth graders will present avariety show for the rest of thestudent body that afternoon.

Eighth grade graduation willtake place at St. Anne's Church onJune. 10. There will be a stepping­up ceremony for preschoolers JuneII.

The final day of school will beJune 14, with a morning liturgy atSt. Anne's Church and an after­noon cookout sponsored by theHome and School Association.

Teachers will complete the schoolyear June 17. During the summer,plans will be made for the fallschedule and the annual HarvestFamily Festivfll

Fall River CYOReminding close to 300 people

gathered at McGovern's Restau­rant, Fall River, for the annualFall River Area CYO basketballawards banquet that "when youclimb the ladder of success andreach the top, you should turnaround and bring others with you,"Coach John Calipari of the Uni- .veristy of -Massachusetts in Am­herst spoke of the importance ofteamwork in life and how basket­ball offers a great opportunity foryoung people to learn this.

Calipari, who led his team to thesemifinals of this year's NationalInvitational Tournament, also re­minded those gathered that if theywant to achieve success in any­thing at any level, they must workhard.

"Winning is not the importantthing, it is competing to the verybest of your ability that reallycounts," said the 31-year-old coachwho has just completed his thirdyear with the UMass Minutemen.

Rev. Richard Chretien, pastorof Our Lady of Grace Church,Westport, gave the invocation andRev. Jay Maddock, director oftheFall RiverArea CYO, was masterof ceremonies. Head table guestsincluded Park Commissioner andMrs. Gilbert Amaral, CYO asso­ciate director, Albert "Val" Vail­lancourt. Ken "Jersey Red" Ford,

. Charlie and Jackie Medeiros, RickLePage.and Tracy Furness. Leaguereferees were also honored asinvited guests.

Father Maddock thanked thecoaches and parents for their help'and noted that the three mostprized trophies were awarded forsportsmanship and that they repre­sent what the CYO League tries toaccomplish. The director alsothanked Mrs. Vivian Burke for herassistance in planning the banquet.

This yearthe CYO had 70 teamsin eight divisions. Over 800 youngpeople between tRe ages of Wand20 took part in the program.

Sportsmanship awards went toThomas Ferreira, St. Michael'sparish, Fall River, Junior A Boys;Aimee Cleary; Sacred Heart, FallRiver, Junior A Girls; AnnaSzlemp, St. Stanislaus, Fall River,Junior B Girls.

Basketball camp scholarships.were awarded to. Shelley Lavoieand Sean Cleary.

Team members and coachesawarded championship trophiesand jackets follow:

Senior A Boys regular seasonchamps: Santo Christo, John Siniero,Bill Martins, Paul Tavares, NorbyMartins, Richie Costa, John Oliveira,Joe Couto, Manny Pereira. ArmendoAberca, Tony Martins. Coaches: PeterJ. Szady, Ben Coelho, Lou Soares.

St. Anne's School

Magna cum laude certificates toNita Patel, Christopher Murphy,John Gledhill, Jane Skober, LisaToscano, Kelly Fitzsimmons,Derek Wesley, Emilie Bousquet,Keith Wade, Paul Flanagan;

Cum laude certificates to ErinnHoag, Keri Larocque, KathleenSheridan, Heather Galligan, SusanFlynn. Cristina Cataldo. .

Latin II: magna cum laude cer­tificate to Marjorie Llacuna; cumlaude certificates to Matthew Free­man, Stephen Brady and GinoDelsesto.

End-of-the-year activities havebegun at St. Anne's School, FallRiver.

Many students are going onclass trips this month and next.Kindergarteners will travel to apizza restaurant to create and sam­ple their own pizzas, and preschoolclasses will visit the DartmouthChildren's Museum June 6.

Grades 2 and 6F will visit theMystic Aquarium in Connecticut.

As a reward for having raisedthe most funds during the fall kitdrive. grade 4 willge treated to apool party at Durfee High School,Fall River. Grade 8 will spend aday at Durfee participating in Pro­ject Adventure. a program teach­ing survival skills and the interde­pendence of people.

Reiigious activities are especi­ally important at this time ofyear, including Marian devotions..Classes are bringing flowers toadorn a statue of Mary. and spe- .cial at"tention has been given tosaying the rosary.

First communion students re­ceived theEucharist on May 19.

A Mother's Day tea was held forthird grade mothers and the Homeand School Association hosted aluncheon for the school staff incelebration of Teac'her Apprecia­tion Week.

An Art Fair was held at theschool on May 13, as was the elec­tion for 1991.92 Homeand SchoolAssociation board members.

Entertainment was provided bymusic students and the school choirand by dancers from the juniorhigh classes.

Teachers are planning languagecurriculum for.next year at a Pro­fessional Day today.

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BISHOP CONNOLLY High School, Fall River, seniorJamie R. Borges accepts a scholarship check from Fall RiverCatholic Woman's Club scholarship committee member EileenHiggins as club president Catherine Audette and moderatorFather Vincent F. Diaferio loo~ on. The club awards a schol­arship to the son or daughter of a member each year. Borgesplans to attend Boston University in the fall. (H ickey photo)

Anatomy and physiology stu­dents toured the Childbirth Centerat Women and Infants Hospital inProvidence. After a pre,sentationby members of the nursing staff,the class visited labor and deliveryrooms and the neonatal intensivecare unit.

Conceptual physics students re­cently competed in a "FettuciniPhysics" (or "spaghetti towers")contest. Mike'Bush created thesturdiest pasta structure, while thebest design was cooked up by theteam of Keith Wade, Mark Hum­phrey and David Cloutier.' RayWolters, Joe DiMartino and BillDePippo were winners of a horse­power contest.

On May 17, the physics classestraveled to Canobie Lake park inSalem, NH, for an "amusementpark physics" day... '. .

Nine students participated inacademic, athletic and creativeevents at the annual State JuniorClassical League convention MayII at Minnechaug Regional HighSchool.

Kristen Saintdon placed first inan English oratory contest for herspeech Cura Mini. Futuri ("MyConcern is the Future") and alsowon a ribbon in a costume contest,as did Nita Patel.

. Juniors Lisa Rowe and RonaldDiggett are among 150 Massachu­setts All-State artists. The awardrecognizes juniors of exceptionalartistic potential and provides themwith the opportunity to. ·attend·aJune 7 and 8 Art All-State Festivalat the Worcester Art Museum,'where they will learn about art·careers and contemporary artforms.

Junior Kerri Simoneau, a pri­vate voice student of Elaine Saul­nierfor nine years, won first placein the recent Chaminade Scholar­ship auditions, earning $300 to­ward musical studies this summer.She hopes to attend ·the EastmanSchool of Music summer programin Rochester, NY. . __

The following Bishop Feehaqstudents earned awards in the Na­tional Latin Examination:

Latin I: gold medal and summacum laude certificate to DeirdrePalerritino; silver medals and max­ima cum laude certificates to KarenHillman, Darcie Dennigan, KeithCollins, Jessica Allan;

Bishop ConnollyFaculty, staff, parents and stu­

dents of Bishop Connolly HighSchool, Fall River, took stepstoward building the school'sBishop Connolly Memorial scho­larship fund with a May 21Walk-a-Thon.

Beginning at the Elsbree Streetcampus, walkers followed a 12­mile route in the Watuppa reser­voir area before returning to theschool for lunch, entertainment,games and music. Developmentdirector Carol McGill coordin­ated the event.

Food, video games, an AfricanBig Game Hunt and horse racingwere among activities that greetedreturning prom-goers at Connol­ly's seventh annual all-night,chemical-free Post Prom.

The event began at 11:30 p.m..May 17 following the junior~

senior prom and ended at 6 a.m.May 18 with a breakfast preparedby faculty members.

A highlight of the party was ashowing of the Connolly versionof the "Voices that Care" videosalute to US troops in the PersianGulf.

The freshman class capturedfirst place in competition againstthe sophomore and junior classeson Olympics Day, May 17. Stu­dent government and facuity mem­bers assisted senior Ryan Doyle incoordinating the day, which in­cluded events ranging from a sing­off to an egg toss, tug of war andrelay race.

Recent Teenagers ofthe Month,named. by Jhe J:Q.ll ,River Elks..Lodge, are seniors Jodie Medeirosand Philip Tavares for March andMuffy Merrick and Tyler Carlsonfor April.

Miss Medeiros, treasurer of thesenior class, is a member of theforeign language and ski clubs andthe yearbook staff. A participantin five sports, she is also coordina­tor ofthe student government recy­cling program.

Tavares has been active in thebasketball and track teams and inthe photography, ski and dramaclubs. He is a member of theNational Honor Society -andAmnesty International and is anEagle Scout. He recently received .an AFL-CIOscholarship.

Miss Merrick, a three-yearmember of the student govern­ment, has participated in the s.kiand foreign language clubs, chOir,cross country, spring track and theNational Honor Society.

Carlson is a member ofthe Crosscountry, tennis and ski teams. Heis active in Amnesty International,the Big Brother program and theforeign language club, and heserved as treasurer of the ski club..

Bishop Feehan..In recent days, science students

at Bishop Feehan High School,Attleboro" h/l.ve been studying·topics ranging from the growth oftomato plants nurtured in space to .childbirth to the physics of pasta.

Students are currently growing'second generation seeds, produced .by tomato plants grown from seedskept in an orbiting NASA spacelab for several years.

After retrieving the seeds, NASAlaunched the earthbound project"SEEDS" to allow students nation­wide to observe the effects of zerogravity on the plants. .

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Enlightenment"Most high, glorious God,

enlighten the darkness of my heart­and give me a correct faith, a cer"tain hope, a perfect charity, sense,and knowledge, so that 1 maycarry out your holy and truecommand," - St. Francis of Assisi

Sister Farrell went to Bay Viewfrom Bishop Connolly last yearand was recently appointed tocoordinate the mathematics cur­riculum in grades 7 through 12.

She wiIl be honored June 17 at aWashington, DC, ceremony, to­gether with 140 other winningteachers from across the nation aspart of National RecognitionWeek, June 15 to 20.

Events wiIl include an addressby Secretary of Defense DickCheney and a Presidential Scho­lars Medallion Ceremony at theWhite House.

L.SALETTE CENTER,ATTLEBORO

Silent guided retreat, "Wisdom inYour Heart," for laypersons, reli­gious and priests June 15 to 21. WiIlinclude daily Eucharist, conferencesand opportunity for quiet prayer.Rev. Paul Rainville, MS, Mrs.Kathryn Wrobel and Sister PatriciaCocozza, SND, wiIl direct.

Directed retreat for laypersons,religious and priests June 15 to 21;will aIlow time for personal reflec­tion and daily opportunity to meetwith retreat directors Rev.' GillesGenest, MS, and Sister Cocozza.

Information: 222-8530.

ST.THERESA,S.ATTLEBORO _Food pantry is open 9 to II a.m.

Wednesdays in church haIl; 200 Ibs.of food was received recently from acoIlection by the Attleboro PublicLibrary. The parish congratulatesChristopher Brillon on receiving anEagle Scout award. The parishraised $268.50 for MassachusettsCitizens for Life in the Roses for LifeDrive.SEPARATED/DIVORCEDCATHOLICS

Attleboro area support groupmeeting 7 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday, St.Mary's, North Attleboro, rectory.Cape Cod support group meeting 2to 4 p.m. Sunday, Christ the Kingparish library, Mashpee; topic:"Making the Best of the Worst."Information: 428-7078, evenings.LaSALETTE SHRINE,ATTLEBORO

Healing Service with Father AndrePatenaude, MS, 2 p.m. Sunday.Memorial Day Mass for Peace 6:30p.m., marking the close of Mondaynight prayer vigils for peace in theworld which have been held eachweek since New Year's Eve.'

Service personnel who served inthe Gulf will take an active part inthe Memorial Day ceremony, andspecial prayer wiIl be offered for per­sonnel whose names were inscribedin LaSalette's Book of Names as weIlas for those who died in OperationsDesert Shield and Desert Storm.ST. PATRICK, SOMERSET

St. Patrick's FeIlowship meets .7p.m. Sunday, parish center.HOSPICE OUTREACH, FR

II th annual dinner and meeting,6:30 p.m. June 6. Independence Har­bour, Assonet. Diann B. Uustal,RN, MS, EdD, founder and presi­dent of independent educational con­sulting network Educational Re­sources in Nursing and WholisticHealth, will speak on "Caring for theCaregiver." Meeting is open to thepublic; reservations: 673-1589 byMay 31.

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EAST PROVIDENCE, RI ­Sister Mary Theresa Farrell,RSM, a mathematics teacher atSt. Mary Academy-Bay View andformer faculty member at Bishop.Connolly High School, Fall River,has been named a Djstinguished

.Teacher by the White House Com­mission on Presidential Scholars.

She· was nominated by Con­nolly senior Philip Nadeau,recently selected as a 1991Presi­dential Scholar, who identifiedSister Farrell as the teacher whomost influenced his outstanc,iingacademic achievement.

Bishop Connolly student nominates"Distinguished Teacher" honoree

ST. ANNE'S HOSPITAL, FRSummerjunior volunteer program

for high school students 14 years oldby July or older; applications involunteer office open 9 a.m. to 5p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. tonoon Saturday. Information: 674­5741 ext. 2080.BREAD OF LIFE PRAYERCOMMUNITY, FR

Catholic Charismatic prayer meet­ing 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Blessed Sac­rament Church, FR; concludes withMass.WIDOWED SUPPORT

FR area meeting 7 p.m. May 28,St. Mary's Cathedral School Hall,FR.NOTRE DAME de LOURDES, FR

"Build a Library" program afterMasses June I and 2.CATHEDRAL CAMP,E. FREETOWN

LeRepos retreat with Anna MariaSchmidt May24 to 26.

VINCENTIANSTaunton District monthly Mass

7:30 p.m. June 3, St. JacquesChurch, 249 Whitte'nton St., Taun­ton; meeting will follow in churchhall.

SACRED HEART,N. ATTLEBORO

Parish pastoral council nomina­tions due by June 2; afternoon ofprayer for the council will be heldthat day beginning with Expositionof Blessed Sacrament after 10:30a.m. Mass until Eucharistic Devo­tion and Benediction 6 p.m.

ST. FRANCIS XAVIER,HYANNIS

Women's Guild scholarship recip­ients are Kathleen Maclachan, toattend Roger Williams College, andPatricia Harrington, to attendWheaton College.

, SUMMER SPORTS CAMPS,ATTLEBORO·

Basketball, soccer and footballcamps at Bishop Feehan HighSchool; information: 226-6223.

INFANT CARE SKILLS FORFATHERS, NORTON

St. Mary, Norton, parishionerAbel Rodriques, LPN, will offer

'Basic Infant Care Skills for New'Fathers, a two-hour class followedby weekly support group meetings;information: 285-9871.ST. MARY, SEEKONK

All students in parish enrolled in aCatholic school may apply for Fa­ther Cornelius Keliher Scholarship;please send letter of intent to FatherThomas L. Rita as soon as possible.

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the Mother's Day Roses for Lifedrive. Couples' Club communionbreakfast foIlowing II a.m. MassJune 2; reservations: Joseph Sylvia,997-0966, or Casmirio Sylvia, 993­4608, by May 26.

n.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLEDinner for graduating seniors 6

p.m. June 4, Paddock Restaurant;reservations: Bobbi Paradise, 771­1614, or parish office, 775-5744, byMay 31. Renewal of marriage vowsfor parish couples noon Mass June2, foIlowed by brunch in parish cen­ter; reservations: parish office, byMay 30.

BIRTHRIGHT, CAPE CODNew or used blankets and other

layette items are needed; informa­tion: 771-1102.

ST. JOSEPH, WOODS HOLESummer Mass schedule begins

tomorrow. Finance committee meet..ing 7:15 p.m. May 28.

ST. MARY, FAIRHAVENYouth group meeting 7 p.m. Sun­

day; nominations for '91-'92 councilmembers and guest speaker on drugaddictions:-

O.L. CAPE, BREWSTERMen's Club supper meeting 6:30

p.m. May 28; guest speaker: JackTwohig. Reservations: Don Dunn,385-4085, or Jack Shea, 385-3198.Mass of Anointing of the Sick willbe celebrated at Brewster Manor

, Nursing Home May 30. Ecumenicalcelebration for graduates and theirfamilies 8 p.m. May 30, parishcenter.ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, NB

Men's League meeting II a.m.Sunday, lower church. In the faIl t!teleague plans to dedicate a memorialplaque for deceased members;names may be given to a member orpla'ced in coIlection basket.

ST. JOSEPH; FAIRHAVENMass for high school graduates of

the parish 9:30 a.m. June 2; studentswill wear caps and gowns and gatherin church haIl for procession.

CHRIST THE KING, MASHPEEVolunteers needed to work in par­

ish library after weekend Masses.Old eyeglasses (in any condition) arebeing collected in boxes at churchentrances to be recycled for the poorof Central and South America.

ST.STEPHEN,ATTLEBOROLadies' exercise class 7 p.m. May

28.MASS IN PORTUGUESE

6:30 p.m. Sunday, St. FrancisXavier Church, Hyannis; celebrant:Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes.

ST. LOUIS DE FRANCE,SWANSEA

Memorial Mass for parishionerswho have died in the past year 9:30a.m. May 27. Youth group softbaIlgame I p.m. May 26, Somerset HighSchool field. Youth group will cookand serve lunch at soup kitchen onMemorial Day; those wishing tohelp may caIl 675-8596. Donationsaccepted, including clothing.

ST.MARY,NBCub Scouts will coIlect returnable

bottles and cans 9 a.m. to noon JuneI, chur!=h parking lot.ST. JULIE BILLIART,N. DARTMOUTH

Vincentians meet 7:30 p.m. May30, church hall.

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ST. ANTHONY OF DESERT, FRAdoration of Blessed Sacrament

noon to 6 p.m. June 2, with holyhour from 5 to 6 p.m. .ST. MARY, MANSFIELD

The Catholic Woman's Club closedthe 1990-91 season with a banquet atTheodore's Landing, Plainville; guestspeaker Father John Oliveira of St.Michael's parish, Fall River, dis­cllssed women's roles in the churchtoday. Club moderator Father Ar­mando Annunziato blessed St. MarymedIUs for club members in com­memoration of the organization~s

75th anniversary. New officers areLauren Malay, president; PattyCoyne, vice president; Claire Mara­gano, treasurer; Kathy Tartufo andMaureen O'Sullivan, secretaries.FREE BLOOD PRESSURESCREENING,ST. ANNE'S HOSPITAL, FR

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Clover Club Choir will sing at IIa.m. Mass Sunday. SS. Peter andPaul School will be featured on theJean Caya Bancroft talk show on1420 WBSM radio 8 a.m. tomor­row; guests will be principal Kath­leen Burt, teacher Sister DavidaDunne, parent Peg McCaughey and

I student Patrick Jackson.TAUNTON CATHOLICCEMETERIES

Friends and relatives of those bur­ied in Taunton Catholic cemeteriesare invited to IQ a.m. Memorial DayMass at St. 'Francis Cemetery; pleasebring chairs if you wish to sit. .

HOLY NAME, FRSchool advisory council meeting

7: 15 p.m. May 30, rectory.

999-1226

ST. PATRICK, FRWomen's Guild installation Mass

6 p.m. June 3; banquut follows atRamada Inn, Portsmouth, RI. Infor­mation: Ann Oliveira, 672-3768;deadline May 26.

SACRED HEART, FRWomen's Guild Rose E. Sullivan

Scholarship recipients are BMCDurfee High School students BridgetMurphy, to attend MassachusettsMaritime Academy, and Keith War­ing, to attend Bristol CommunityCollege.

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