VOL. 32, NO. 45 • Friday, November 11, 1988 FALL RIVER, MASS. Southeastern Massachusetts' Largest Weekly • $10 Per Year Bush wooed Catholics WASHINGTON (NC) -Cath- olic issues and Catholic voters fig- ured prominently in the 1988 pres- idential election won by Repub- lican George Bush, with both parties saying before election day that they used different strategies to target Catholic voters. Vice President Bush defeated his Democratic opponent, Michael Dukakis, by 54-46 percent of the popular vote and by 426-112 votes in the Electoral College. An ABC News exit poll of voters, however, had Dukakis ahead of Bush among Catholics by 53 percent to 46 per- cent. During the final week before his election, Bush visited three Catholic colleges - the University of Notre Dame, Fairfield University in Connecticut and Immaculata Col- lege in Pennsylvania - as well as Lansing Catholic Central High School in Lansing, Mich. At the end of October he also met in Philadelphia with Cardinal John J. Krol, the retired archbi- shop of the city. Dukakis, the governor of Mas- sachusetts, visited fewer Catholic· schools - among them George- town University and the Univer- sity' of Scranton - but during his acceptance speech at the Demo- cratic National Convention in July singled out for praise a Capuchin priest, Father William Kraus, for his work at a Denver shelter for the homeless, Samaritan House, run by the Archdiocese of Denver. Their running mates also made appearances at Catholic functions. The Republican vice-presidential candidate, lndiana Sen. Dan Quayle, who is Presbyterian, attended a Sunday Mass with Bush, an Episcopalian, at a Catholic church in a Cleveland Polish neigh- borhood last August just after the Republican convention. Quayle's Democratic counterpart, Texas Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, also Presby- terian, delivered a speech the last week of the campaign at St. Mary's University in San Antonio. Officials at each campaign said they had recognized the Catholic vote as essential to a victory. Dinesh D'Souza, a Catholic and head of the Bush campaign's Catholic liaison, said that from the outset Bush campaign manager Lee Atwater said that "the key to the election was three groups - evangelicals in the South, the women's vote and the Catholic vote." "The [Bush) campaign made an effort to identify with Catholic values," D'Souza said, pointing to the vice president's positions on abortion, voluntary school prayer and tuition assistance. Dukakis spokeswoman Lorraine Voles said the Democrat's cam- paign used a grass-roots approach, rather than national efforts, to garner Catholic support. She said Catholic events were a concern of the campaign's field offices, which sent representatives to speak at church breakfasts or at parish council meetings. Washington Post columnist Mark Shields wrote earlier that Dukakis owed a "tremendous debt of gratitude" to Catholic voters, "without whose overwhelming. support he could not have won" key Democratic primaries. Turn to Page 15 PRESIDENT-ELECT George Bush walks with Cardinal John Krol after attending a private Mass at the cardinal's Philadelphia residence in the course of a campaign stop. (NCj UPI photo) Pope emphasizes value of "Humanae Vitae" VATICAN CITY (NC) - Con- tinuing his emphasis on the pro- phetic nature of the 20-year-old "Humanae Vitae" encyclical of his predecessor, Pope Paul VI, Pope John Paul II has discussed it in recent weeks with bishops from Ohio and Michigan and with an international group of bishops in Rome to discuss pastoral app- roaches on marriage and the family. The pontiff praised U.S. bishops in general for their fight against abortion and encouraged them to make "more systematic efforts" in teaching natural family planning to couples. He based his remarks on Humanae Vitae, which·condemned abortion and artificial methods of birth control. . He said he deeply appreciated the efforts of the U.S. bishops' conference in pro-life matters, par- ticularly its annual "Respect Life Program." Part of the bishops' task, the pope added, is to provide engaged and married coupks with com- plete church teaching on human sexuality. "We must emphasize the sanc- tity of human life as a precious gift from God that needs to be pro- tected and fostered, while making greater and more systematic efforts to offer instruction in the natural methods of family planning," the pope said. Natural family planning, as a method of spacing births, relies on periods of sexual abstinence in order to avoid conception. The pope said such techniques help couples "understand God's design for sex, and invite them to d·ia- logue, mutual respect, shared re- sponsibility and self-control." The pope said that "in a world that often reduces sex to the pur- suit of pleasure, and in some cases domination," the church should emphasize sex as an expression of married love that is open to parent- hood. Couples need encouragement on this point, he added, because ."materialistic and selfish attitudes often deny the value of the child." The international bishops' meet- ing was sponsored by the Pontifi- cal Council for the Family. The pope said the council was an example of what local bishops could and should be doing to deal with pastoral problems in mar- riage. Similar organizations should be set up by 10.cal churches to help deepen doctrinal understanding among Catholics, he said. The pope has several other S\lg- gestions for the bishops in their search for a pastoral approach: - Make clear that, while psy- chological and anthropological aspects. of sex and marriage are important, the first task of the church is to teach that marital sex is a gift of God entrusted to men and women. . - Seek out pastoral workers who "are not afraid of meeting dif- ficulties and a lack of understand- ing when they outline God's plan for matrimony." He noted the "bitter and even contemptuous reactions" promp- ted by Humanae Vitae - "even in some parts ofthe church commun- ity." In the years that followed its publication, he said, there were "unjustified criticisms and unac- ceptable silences," but also a grow- ing awareness that the encyclical was "rich in prophetic meaning." The pope acknowledged there are "many, sometimes serious, problems that priests and couples experience - the former in announcing the whole truth about conjugal love, and the latter in liv- ing it." But he said the failure to accept these teachings was "the fruit and the sign of other, more serious, dif- ficulties," including a loss of respect for offspring, the refusal to trans- mit life and a subjective interpreta- tion of married love. At the root of all this, he added, was a corrupted idea of freedom and the failure to recognize the divine source of love and fertility. The pope said one positive develop- ment over the 20 years since the encyclical was published was a better overaIl understanding of "the ecclesial and social meaning of marriage and the family" as the main place where lay Catholics live out their faith. The pope said he hoped more such meetings would be held and called for closer collaboration between the Council for the Fam- ily, headed by Cardinal Edouard Gagnon, and the world's bishops. f 1
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VOL. 32, NO. 45 • Friday, November 11, 1988 FALL RIVER, MASS. Southeastern Massachusetts' Largest Weekly • $10 Per Year
Bush wooed CatholicsWASHINGTON (NC) -Cath
olic issues and Catholic voters figured prominently in the 1988 presidential election won by Republican George Bush, with bothparties saying before election daythat they used different strategiesto target Catholic voters.
Vice President Bush defeatedhis Democratic opponent, MichaelDukakis, by 54-46 percent of thepopular vote and by 426-112 votesin the Electoral College. An ABCNews exit poll of voters, however,had Dukakis ahead of Bush amongCatholics by 53 percent to 46 percent.
During the final week before hiselection, Bush visited three Catholiccolleges - the University of NotreDame, Fairfield University inConnecticut and Immaculata College in Pennsylvania - as well asLansing Catholic Central HighSchool in Lansing, Mich.
At the end of October he alsomet in Philadelphia with CardinalJohn J. Krol, the retired archbishop of the city.
Dukakis, the governor of Massachusetts, visited fewer Catholic·
schools - among them Georgetown University and the University'of Scranton - but during hisacceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in Julysingled out for praise a Capuchinpriest, Father William Kraus, forhis work at a Denver shelter forthe homeless, Samaritan House,run by the Archdiocese of Denver.
Their running mates also madeappearances at Catholic functions.
The Republican vice-presidentialcandidate, lndiana Sen. DanQuayle, who is Presbyterian,attended a Sunday Mass with Bush,an Episcopalian, at a Catholicchurch in a Cleveland Polish neighborhood last August just after theRepublican convention. Quayle'sDemocratic counterpart, TexasSen. Lloyd Bentsen, also Presbyterian, delivered a speech the lastweek of the campaign at St. Mary'sUniversity in San Antonio.
Officials at each campaign saidthey had recognized the Catholicvote as essential to a victory.
Dinesh D'Souza, a Catholic andhead of the Bush campaign'sCatholic liaison, said that from the
outset Bush campaign managerLee Atwater said that "the key tothe election was three groups evangelicals in the South, thewomen's vote and the Catholicvote."
"The [Bush) campaign made aneffort to identify with Catholicvalues," D'Souza said, pointing tothe vice president's positions onabortion, voluntary school prayerand tuition assistance.
Dukakis spokeswoman LorraineVoles said the Democrat's campaign used a grass-roots approach,rather than national efforts, togarner Catholic support. She saidCatholic events were a concern ofthe campaign's field offices, whichsent representatives to speak atchurch breakfasts or at parish councilmeetings.
Washington Post columnistMark Shields wrote earlier thatDukakis owed a "tremendous debtof gratitude" to Catholic voters,"without whose overwhelming.support he could not have won"key Democratic primaries.
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PRESIDENT-ELECT George Bush walks with CardinalJohn Krol after attending a private Mass at the cardinal'sPhiladelphia residence in the course of a campaign stop.(NCj UPI photo)
Pope emphasizes value of "Humanae Vitae"VATICAN CITY (NC) - Con
tinuing his emphasis on the prophetic nature of the 20-year-old"Humanae Vitae" encyclical of hispredecessor, Pope Paul VI, PopeJohn Paul II has discussed it inrecent weeks with bishops fromOhio and Michigan and with aninternational group of bishops inRome to discuss pastoral approaches on marriage and the family.
The pontiff praised U.S. bishopsin general for their fight againstabortion and encouraged them tomake "more systematic efforts" inteaching natural family planningto couples.
He based his remarks onHumanae Vitae, which·condemnedabortion and artificial methods ofbirth control. .
He said he deeply appreciatedthe efforts of the U.S. bishops'conference in pro-life matters, particularly its annual "Respect LifeProgram."
Part of the bishops' task, thepope added, is to provide engagedand married coupks with complete church teaching on humansexuality.
"We must emphasize the sanctity of human life as a precious giftfrom God that needs to be protected and fostered, while makinggreater and more systematic effortsto offer instruction in the naturalmethods of family planning," thepope said.
Natural family planning, as amethod of spacing births, relies onperiods of sexual abstinence inorder to avoid conception. Thepope said such techniques help
couples "understand God's designfor sex, and invite them to d·ialogue, mutual respect, shared responsibility and self-control."
The pope said that "in a worldthat often reduces sex to the pursuit of pleasure, and in some casesdomination," the church shouldemphasize sex as an expression ofmarried love that is open to parenthood.
Couples need encouragement onthis point, he added, because
."materialistic and selfish attitudesoften deny the value of the child."
The international bishops' meet-
ing was sponsored by the Pontifical Council for the Family. Thepope said the council was anexample of what local bishopscould and should be doing to dealwith pastoral problems in marriage. Similar organizations should
be set up by 10.cal churches to helpdeepen doctrinal understandingamong Catholics, he said.
The pope has several other S\lggestions for the bishops in theirsearch for a pastoral approach:
- Make clear that, while psychological and anthropologicalaspects. of sex and marriage areimportant, the first task of thechurch is to teach that marital sexis a gift of God entrusted to menand women. .
- Seek out pastoral workerswho "are not afraid of meeting difficulties and a lack of understand-
ing when they outline God's planfor matrimony."
He noted the "bitter and evencontemptuous reactions" prompted by Humanae Vitae - "even insome parts ofthe church community." In the years that followed itspublication, he said, there were"unjustified criticisms and unacceptable silences," but also a growing awareness that the encyclicalwas "rich in prophetic meaning."
The pope acknowledged ~hat
there are "many, sometimes serious,problems that priests and couplesexperience - the former inannouncing the whole truth aboutconjugal love, and the latter in living it."
But he said the failure to acceptthese teachings was "the fruit andthe sign of other, more serious, difficulties," including a loss of respectfor offspring, the refusal to transmit life and a subjective interpretation of married love.
At the root of all this, he added,was a corrupted idea of freedomand the failure to recognize thedivine source of love and fertility.
The pope said one positive development over the 20 years since theencyclical was published was abetter overaIl understanding of"theecclesial and social meaning ofmarriage and the family" as themain place where lay Catholicslive out their faith.
The pope said he hoped moresuch meetings would be held andcalled for closer collaborationbetween the Council for the Family, headed by Cardinal EdouardGagnon, and the world's bishops.
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BARBARA GAUTHIER, left picture, outgoing president of the Fall River Council ofCatholic Nurses and conference cochairman, stands with Bishop Daniel A. Cronin andProvidence Auxiliary Bishop Kenneth A. Angell, among bishops at the 29th New EnglandC<?nference of Catholic Nurses; center, workshop speakers Nancy Harkness, MSWSS; MaryLees, RN; Amelia Cabral, RN; right, Msgr. Henry T. Munroe, moderator of the Cape andIsland chapter of Catholic Nurses, and Ellen Peterson, conference cochairman. (Novacekphotos)
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The time went on and in 1987Mrs. Gethins' daughter, Mrs. KateKubera, the newly-elected president of the Springfield CatholicWomen's Club, contacted Mrs.Armstrong for assistance regarding programs and leadership skills.Mrs. Kubera, her sister Mary andtheir mother met with Mrs. Armstrong, by then DCCW president,and Madeleine Lavoie, OSCchairman.
In researching past records ofthe Springfield club. Mrs. Kuberahad come across references to diocesan and national councils of Catholic women and asked the FallRiver women about them, with theresult that the ladies of Springfieldleft with much enthusiasm for affiliating with NCCW and starting adiocesan council.
With the blessing and cooperation of Springfield Bishop JosephF. Maguire, Mrs. Kubera has organized a diocesan council and hasbeen appointed interim presidentfor a three-year term. We knowthat it will shortly affiliate withNCCW.
The seed NCCW planted in Pittsburgh in 1979 bore fruit in the FallRiver diocese, was pollinated andhas now spread to Springfield.where hopefully it will bloom formany a year.
Cape project getsCUD funding
With NC News reports
Among self-help projects acrossthe nation benefiting from $6.9million in 1988 grants awarded bythe Campaign for Human Development is CORD. Cape Organization for Rights of the Disabled.
In its third year of funding,CORD received $20.000 for itswork in seeking removal of architectural barriers. thus increasingjob opportunities for the disabled•arranging access to transportationand handicapped parking areasand aiding the hearing impaired.
The Campaign for Human Development is the U.S. bishops'antipoverty program. Funded by anational collection taken the Sunday before Thanksgiving, it assistsself-help projects benefiting thepoor and seeking to bring aboutinstitutional change by attackingroot causes of poverty. unjust prac
:tices or decision-making processes.Three-quarters of moneys col
lected are used for national grants.One-quarter remains in the localdiocese.
Projects to lobby for the mentally ill, to reduce crime throughcriminal justice reform, to assistNavajo rug weavers, to providefarmworkers protection againstmisuse of pesticides. to establish abilingual radio station inCalifornia's Imperial Valley and to upgrade the status of female officeworkers were also among grantrecipients.
The two largest grants to localgroups were $90,000 to the Housing Fund of the Archdiocese ofNew York for promoting and developing low-income housing, and$80.000 to Valley Interfaith,Brownsville. Texas. for upgradingeconomic conditions in the RioGrande valley's "colonias," or poor
, Hispanic communities.
A success storyBy Bella Nogueira
In November 1979, at the National Council of Catholic Womenconvention in Pittsburgh, the national Organization Services Commission presented a skit, "Womenin the Bible." Claudette Armstrong,then OSC chairman of the FallRiver Diocesan Council of CatholicWomen, and 'other Fall River delegates were intrigued by the presentation and Mrs. Armstrong obtained a copy ofthe script with theidea of presenting it in the FallRive'r diocese.
Costumes were made, music wasarranged and the production wasfirst seen at the DCCW convention in Taunton in' May 1980.Thereafter the cast received manyrequests to repeat "Women in theBible" in the other DCCW districts as well as at the annualCatholic Nurses' convention in Hyannis.
Among those in attendance wasMrs. Kathryn Gethins, a memberof the Springfield, Mass. Catholic,Women's Club and chairman ofan upcoming fundraising program.She asked if the DCCW groupcould appear in Springfield. Theyagreed and received an enthusiastic reception. From that time afriendship developed between Mrs.Gethins and Mrs. Armstrong.
Father Fitzgerald welcomed conventio'n participants.
"Love One Another" was thetheme for the weekend meeting,for which, the main speaker wasFather James O'Donohue, JCD,of the faculty of Boston College.His topic was Contemporary Ethicsand the position of the CatholicChurch.
Convention workshops addressed' AIDS; substance abuse;'ethical decisions affecting theelderly; and physical and sexualchild abuse.
Entertainment was offered byLoretta Laroche, who discussedthe value of laughter; and FatherStephen Fernandes, parochial vicarat St. James Church, New Bedford, whose "Adventures into theMagic of the Mind" was a demonstration of the powers of the mind.
The nurses were notified that aninternational conference of Catholic Nurses will be 'held in NewYork in June, 1990.
mitment of one year of service peryear of assistance.
, There will be no penalty shoulda staff member be unable to complete his or her course.
Father Fitzgerald said that thenew program is being offered inaddition to the facilities' Continuing Education Fund; which allows$600 per year per employee forparticipation in work--relatedprograms.
Catherine Goldrick
plained that they are from areaswith no nurses' councils, thereforeannually attend the New Englandmeeting.
Bishop Daniel A. Cronin wasprincipal celebrant at the conference's closing Mass at St. Pius Xchurch, South Yarmouth. Concelebrants were Norwich BishopDaniel P. Reilly; Providence Auxiliary Bishop Kenneth A: Angell;and moderators of participatingcouncils. New officers were installed at the Mass, which nursesattended in uniform. Knights of
,Columbus formed an honor guardfor the liturgy.
A Saturday night banquet was'attended by Hartford ArchbishopJohn F. Whealon and BridgeportBishop Walter W. Curtis, in addition to the bishops at the Sundayliturgy.
On behalf of the host diocese ofFall River, Bishop Cronin and
Bishop Daniel A. Cronin presided and Rev. Timothy J. Goldrick was principal celebrant at lastTuesday's funeral Mass for Catherine M. (Correia) Goldrick, 71,who died Nov. 4 in New Bedford.
A native and lifelong resident of, the city, where she was it memberof St. Mary's parish, she was thedaughter of the late Anthony R.and Mary J.(Revell) Correia.
She is survived by her husband,Everett R. Goldrick; three sons,Father Goldrick, parochial vicarat St. Elizabeth Seton p~rish,NorthFalmouth; Gerald F. Goldrick ofHyannis; and Everett A. Goldrickof New Bedford; two daughters.Mary T. Pelletier and CatherineM. Pelletier, both of New Bedford; and eigltt grandchildren.
Nursing homes offerscholarship program
In an effort to encourage staffdevelopment, Rev. Edmund J.Fitzgerald has announced aDiocesan Health Facilities ScholarshipFund program. which will be available to staff members at the fourdiocesan nursing homes: CatholicMemorial Home, Fall River; OurLady's Haven, Fairhaven; Madonna Manor, North Attleboro;and Marian Manor, Taunton.
A $1,500.00 scholarship will beoffered annually at each facility.Selection of recipients will be madeon the basis of work performance,attendance and recommendationsofdepartment heads and/ or supervisors.
The program will be open toworkers endeavoring to advancetheir formal education for careerdevelopment purposes, especialiyin the health care field, said FatherFitzgerald. He said a committeewill be formed in each home, withno more than two individuals fromany department serving at onetime. to review applications andrecommend scholarship recipients.Tuition assistance for additionalyears will also be offered and student loans will also be available.
Upon completion of an educational program. a staff memberwill be required to make a com-
New officers of the DiocesanCouncil 'of Catholic Nurses areElizabeth Novacek. president; Joan'Morin. vice president; Alice Leb-
I lanc, secretary; and Ellen Peterson, treasurer. All will serve fortwo years. Rev. Edmund J. Fitzgerald. director of the diocesan department of Pastoral Care for the Sick.is council moderator.
In Hyannis last month, the coun-cil hosted the 29th New EnglandConference Nurses, with BarbaraGauthier, DCCN immediate past·president. and Ellen Peterson ascochairmen. '
230 Catholic nurses attended.representing councils in the archdioceses of Boston and Hartfordand the dioceses of Worcester.
, Springfield and Fall River; Bridgeport and Norwich, Conn.; andManchester, N.H. 10 nurses fromNew York State and Illinois werealso present. Mrs. Novacek ex-
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The Mass of Christian Burialwas offered last Saturday at Sacred.Heart Church, Fall River, for Sister Mary Cornelia McCarthy,SUSC, 92,who died Nov. 2. Sister_McCarthy lived at Fall River'sSacred Hearts Convent.
A Fall River native,the daughterof the late John and Mary (Hoiland) McCarthy and the niece ofthe late Msgr. Cornelius Holland,pastor of St. Mary's Church, Pawtucket, R.I., Sister McCarthy graduated from Fall River's formerSacred Hearts Academy elementary and high schools and an areaNormal School for Teachers.
She entered the Holy Unioncommunity in 1921 and took perpetual vows in 1928. After her profession, she studied at CatholicUniversity and St. John's University.
Sister McCarthy taught at FallRiver's former Sacred Heart Schooland at the former ImmaculateConception School, Taunton.
She also taught elementary. grades in Maryland, New York
and New Jersey schools and from1941 to 1950 was mistress of novices for the Fall River province ofthe Holy Union Sisters.
She is survived by a niece, MaeHolland of Boston.
In 1944 he was named pastor ofSt. Anthony's, East Falmouth,where, as a 1974 Anchor articlerecounts, he turned "a clean, neatand adequate church into something of artistic beauty," commissioning Henrique Medina, a notedPortuguese artist, to paint the sceneof the Marian apparition at Fatimato'be hung above the altar.
The beauty ofthe painting led toredecoration of the entire churchand it "so'On became well worththe tourist's stop and the growingpride of the parishioners."
Father Avila remained at EastFalmouth until 1964, when he wasappointed pastor at Our Lady ofMt. Carmel Church, New Bed- .ford. There he brought the parishto leadership of the diocese in COntributions to the Catholic Charities Appeal and other diocesanendeavors.
He also served New Bedford~s
large Portuguese immigrant community through establishment ofEnglish as a Second Language andAmericanization programs anddevelopment of a bilingual library.
. Fatber Avila remained at ourLildy of Mt. Carmel until retirement.
He is survived by three sisters,Maria Bettencourt e Avila Silvaand Rosa Bettencourt e Avila Silveira of Stoughton and Maria JoseAvila Avelar of Sao Jorge; andtwo brothers, Antonio M. andManuel M. Bettencourt e Avila ofSao Jorge.
CAPE COD workers on various :Bishop's CharityBall committees are from left Mrs. Gilbert Noonan; Mrs.James Blackmore; James Maneely; Mrs. Andrew Mikita;Mrs. James Quirk. (Gaudette photo)
Father Bettencourt e Av-ilaFATHER AVILA
Bishop Daniel A. Cronin wasprincipal celebrant of the Mass ofChristian Burial offered Mondayat St. Anthony's Church, EastFalmouth, for Father Jose M. Bettencourt e Avila, 82, who diedNov.3.
Father Avila retired in 1974 forreasons of health and thereaftermade his home in Falmouth, alsomaking visits to family memberson his native island of Sao Jorge,Azores.
A native of Rosais, Sao Jorge,he was the son of the late J oaoMaria Bettencourt e Avila andRosa da Silveira Sanches e Avila.He prepared for. the priesthood atSt. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore,where he received the degrees ofbachelor ofarts and lector in SacredScripture, both with highesthonors. He was ordained June 14,1930, by Bishop James E. Cassidy..
After serving as parO(;hial vicarat St. Anth,ony's parish, Taunton,and Immacil1ate Conception par- .ish, New Bedford, he.was assignedin 1937 to graduate studies inAmerican history at Harvard University and to courses leading.to amaster's degree at Cath01ic University.
Returning to parish ministry hewas again parochial vicar at .I mmaculate Conception, New Bedford,then at Our Lady of. Health, FallRiver. In Fall River, Father Avilaalso taught at the former Collegeof the Sacred Hearts.
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Civil rights ruling may fallsenators, 145 members of Congress, 110 civil rights groups and47 of 50 state attorneys generalsaid in such briefs that reversingRunyon could overnight "put injeopardy" well-established civilrights.
On the other side were U.S.Rep. Henry J. Hyde, R-Ill., Sen.Jesse A. Helms, R-N.C., and others who stated in another brief thatRunyon "should be reconsideredand overruled or modified becauseit is a a clear misinterpretation ofthe intent" of the 1866 law.
"This court should not usurpthe role of Congress even if someof its members may be willing toshirk their legislative responsibility to make hard policy decisions,"they wrote.
Neas added that "not just·Runyon is at stake, but the Patterson case also. If you have a situation where a woman was hired andnot discriminated on the basis ofrace but is racially harassed youreally haven't gained too much."
Court watchers also were waiting for the outcome of the case tosee how the newest justice, AnthonyM. Kennedy, would decide. Hejoined in the majority on reconsidering Runyon.
During confirmation hearingslast December on Kennedy's nomination to the court, his opponentssaid they were troubled by his narrow rulings as a judge on the 9thU.S. Circuit Court of Appeals incivil rights cases involving womenand minorities. But a colleague ofKennedy's, Nathaniel Colley, aprominent black lawyer fromSacramento, Calif., said that hehad no doubts about his commitment to civil rights.
"Judge Kennedy emb.racesBrown vs. the Board of Education(the 1954 Supreme Court d-esegregation ruling) and has said somany times," Colley said. "Forblack people that is our MagnaCarta. Whoever embraces thatembraces us."
Court decisions that forbid racialdiscrimination in all kinds of private transactions.
The 1960s civil rights laws prohibited discrimination. involvinghousing, employment and publicaccommodations but left a numberof areas uncovered. Runyon gaveplaintiffs the power to sue and collect monetary damages for discrimination in situations involving, for example, a refusal by ashopkeeper to sell to blacks.
Ms. Patterson's lawyer, JuliusChambers of the National Association for the Advancement ofColored People, argued before thehigh court Oct. 12 that Runyon'conformed with the 1866 law, whichCongress passed because it "hadegregious conduct to correct" afterthe Civil War.
"Congress meant to reach thetype of conduct" at issue in thePatterson case, he said.
Roger S. Kaplan, the creditunion's lawyer, said the Runyonruling improperly extended the1866 Civil Rights Act to bar discrimination by private individuals.
The justices were not expectedto announce their decision untillater in their 1988:89 term, whichends next summer.
One obstacle to overturningRunyon is the judicial doctrine of"stare decisis," Ii Latin legal phrasemeaning the court must stand byany earlier decision unless thereare especially strong reasons forreversing it.
"The Runyon case was a landmark Supreme Court decision,"said Ralph Neas, executive director of the Leadership Conferenceon Civil Rights, a coalition of 180groups that includes the U.S.Catholic Conference and otherreligious, civil rights and labororganizations.
Neas said the decision to reconsider it brought about unprecedented numbers of individuals andorganizations filing friend-of-thecourt briefs. He noted that 66
WASHINGTON (NC) - Whenthe U.S. Supreme Court announcedlast April it would reconsiderRunyon vs. McCrary, a key 1976civil rights ruling, the move sentshock waves through the civil rightscommunity.
Many, including the NationalCatholic Conference on 1nterracial Justice and its executive director, Jerome Ernst, viewed the moveas a threat to the faith minoritieshave placed in the high court tofight racial bias. The Runyon ruling prohibited private schools fromdiscriminating on the basis of race.
The 1988 case - Patterson vs.McClean Credit Union of WinstonSalem, N.C. - "is an importantcase that might tell us for thefuture what the court will do onaffirmative action, civil rights,"Ernest said. "Up to now the courthas been strong in upholdingaffirmative action despite attemptsto undermine it."
On Oct. 12, the high court heardoral arguments in the Patterson'case, which involves charges of onthe-job racial harassment.
Brenda Patterson, who is black,had told the court last April thatshe had suffered racial harassmentby her white supervisor on the joband that she should have the rightto sue her employer under recentcourt rulings, including Runyon.
To the surprise ofthe.lawyers onboth sides, the Supreme Courtordered them to return for the new1988-89 term, to argue wheth~r theRunyon case had been rightlydecided in the first place.
In the Runyon case the justiceslooked into the language of postCivil war laws enacted by Congress to guarantee the rights ofnewly emancipated blacks.
The justices then concluded 7-2that an 1866 law, though it did notmention schools, authorized suitsagainst private citizens accused ofdiscriminaiton. The decision hasbeen a key to dozens of lowercourt rulings and later Supreme
the moorina-.,Sideline Steroids
What do money and greed do for sports? They kill. This, in anutshell, is the essence of the smoldering steroid .situation thatseemingly has permeated all areas of what was once consideredrecreational fun. ,
Once sports became a for-profit profession, "gentlemen'sagreements" were tossed aside. The iid was off. Now, anythinggoes, from the Olympics even to high school football.
It is in this particular sport that perhaps the greatest physicaldamage has been and is being done.
Increased use of anabolic steroids has caused sweepingchanges in the National Football League, yet despite protestations to the contrary, there is little evidence that anything isreally being done to correct the situation. .
There is no douot whatsoever that steroids increase healthrisks to users. Nevertheless all dangers are overlooked becausenobody wants to lose the competitive edge.
Athletes take steroids for hulk, pure sheer muscle power.Football needs big linemen and to get them realities areignored.
But no one should take steroids just for the sake of sport.They should be used only for bona fide health reasons and onlyunder competent medical supervision. Steroids affect organsand glands. Side effects range from hair loss to strokes andheart attacks.
Their devastating toll on athletes is well documented. Theiruse also increases the chance of injury not only because thetendons and bones of an individual may not be able to copewith suddenly added muscle and strength but also becauseadded power is dangerous to one's opponents. .
Steroid users have a remarkable record of aggressions.Anyone watching a Sunday NFL game knows well that theinfusion of steroid-stacked players has changed the way thegame is played. Injuries, often permanent, abound.
What makes all of this even more abhorrent is that it is donesimply for profit. NFL players sell themselves and becomeslaves of agents, management or owners. Those who sit in poshboxes want a return on their money.
W.hat is seen constantly on television is bound to have itseffect on viewers. It should come as no surprise that admira-.tionof so called football he.roes has led to use of steroids byhigh school players. It is wrong, it is deadly and, for those whomight care, morally unacceptable. But, as with everything elsein our social order, all gives way to the lure of the buck!
Ifwe want to clean up sports, we had better return to the realmeaning of the word. Sports are a diversion or, as Websterstates, "physical activity engaged in for pleasure."
Sports.should help one not to take oneself too seriously. Agood sport is one who lives up to ideals, is fair, generous, agood loser and a gracious winner.
But this goes against the grain of a Leo Durocher, -whoshouted, "Nice guys finish last!" or a Vince Lombardi, whoyelled, "Winning isn't everything; it's the only thing."
In a time when addiction is a national scandal, whenhundreds are dying of overdoses, we had better get hold of thesteroid problem before it reaches grammar school sports.
If the big leagues give even token acquiescence to steroid'use, be sure it will hit the little leagues. That's self-destruction.
We are in pretty bad shape as it is. Too many professionalath'letes are already handicapped or disabled as a result of theiruse of steroids. Hu'ndredsmore are wheelchair candidates.Let's support all efforts to combat drug abuse, even that which·comes in the so-called All American football uniform.
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out, the career-addicted phenomenon applies to women as well, especially today when so many womenare buying into the culture's definition of success.
At some point in life, even themost successful executive must askhimself or herself, "Is this all thereis? If I have achieved so much, whyam I so dissatisfied? So empty? Sosearching?"
This is the moment of truth. I'mafraid most simply cover it up witha new project or burst of activity toavoid dealing with the pain ofexamining their lives. Some, however, hear the truth and face up totheir skewed value system whichsays that family, relationships andGod can be sacrificed for work,success, and power.
Saddest are those who wait toolong to recover their lost relationships. By the time they realizewhat they have done, the losses areirrevocable. "I have a son somewhere," a retired magnate said,"but he doesn't have time for menow. I don't blame him. I don'tknow him. I gave him up forwork." He wiped tears from hiseyes - this "successful" man.
work and everything else gets leftover time. His family know thatthey come third or fourth in his lifeafter work, community involvement and jogging.
So to deal with the hurt ofknowing they aren't very important, they emotionally distance themselves from him, saying silently,"If he doesn't care about me, I'mnot going to care about him."
A new definition of success isbeginning to emerge in our society,one that says work is not ourprimary purpose in life. Relationships are. This definition, admittedly, is still very much in theminority but it's here and it'spersistent.
Some adults are opting for passing up promotions that demandtoo much family time. Successfulexecutives are dropping out ofcorporations with the explanation,"It just isn't worth it.': Families areagreeing to live with less moneyand more Mom and Dad.
The executive who said, "Get anew family," could have said, "Geta different job," or "Get some newvalues," or "Prioritize what's reallyimportant in life." The irony is'that he's basically saying, "Get anew family that doesn't care ifyou're around." This kind of family will make few demands and layfew guilt trips on him as long as hecontinues to earn money andprestige.
Although Ihave used "he~ through-
I am reading a book entitled"Little House on the Freeway: Help for the HurriedHome" by Tim Kimmel, aminister who teaches family studies. Attracted by the title, I leafedthrough the book before I boughtit and my eye fell upon this passage:
"A major financial magazinerecently published interviews withthe 100 most successful executivesin the country. Listen to a comment from a man who has made'the top 10'. 'Reaching the level ofbusiness success that I have requirestotal commitment. If your familyis too demanding, get a new family. That's what I did .. .' "
I bought the book and am notdisappointed. It addresses the fundamental issue of what defines asuccessful man or woman in ourculture. To some, the executivequoted is a success. To others, he isa failure.
For hundreds of years our American culture has defined success onthe basis of work, income andpower. If a person gives his or herall to a career, money and power
.are likely to follow and we labelhim a success. Never mind thathe's had three broken marriages orhas an intact one whose kids referto him as "Uncle Daddy" becausethey never see him.
Never mind that he has no timeto nurture friendships or spirituality. His primary intimacy lies in his
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Self-concern gives way to caringabout realities outside "me."
A saint is a person who does n9tneed to be restricted to self. He orshe has a way of reflecting truthand order.
The church celebrates the livesof the saints daily. Our weekdayMasses honor the saints as doesthe church's Liturgy of the Hours.
But we should not think that thesaints belong only in church buildings and in priests' breviaries. We,need to allow their reach to extendinto all of life.
The times we are living in revealhow much we need the role model·of the saints.. May I suggest reading the lives
of the saints and their own writings?It would be preventive medicine
for,an age of individualism.
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Constitution panned. RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil(NC)
- Cardinal Eugenio de, AraujoSales of Rio de Janeiro has criticized Brazil's new constitution,saying it increases the danger of"demagogic democracy." CardinalSales told the Brazilian newspapero Globo that the new constitutionhas serious flaws, mentioning asexamples sections limiting agrarian reform, defining cohabitationas an acceptable form of marriageand giving a vague definition ofwhat constitutes abortion. Theconstitution, which recently tookeffect, is Brazil's sixth completeconstitution since independencefrom P.ortugal in 1822.
pon against excessive individualism. He or she lives out the paradoxaccording to which one becomesmore fully self the less one is enslaved by self. By forgetting selfand turning to the matter at hand,a space is opened up that allowsthe true self to grow.
Nov. 121924, Rev. James H. Looby,
Pastor, Sacred Heart, Taunton1925, Rev. Bernard Boylan,
Pastor, St. Joseph, Fall RiverNov. 13
1924, Rev. Louis J. Deady,Founder, St. Louis, Fall River
Nov. 141940, Rev. Francis J. Duffy,
Founder, St. Mary, South Dart-mouth .
1977, Rev. William A. Galvin,Retired Pastor, Sacred Heart, Taunton
Nov. 151943, Rev. Daniel E. Doran,
Pastor, Immaculate Conception,North Easton
1939, Rev. Thomas ,F. LaRoche, Assistant, Sacred Heart,Tauqton
Nov. 171980, Rev. Henry R. Canuel,
former Pastor, Sacred Heart, NewBedford
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Are you caught up inyourself? Do you have theurge to be assertive, always intotal control of life? Are youconstantly in search of newer andbetter products to purchase? Areyou concerned about associatingonly with those who think as youdo?
If you answered yes to thosequestions, you could be infected·with what sociologists call "radicalindividualism."
Sociologists tell us that individualism is tearing away at the mostbasic national values as well as thevalues on which Christianity isfounded. .
People want to be Lone Rangers,making self-interest the primaryvalue. Graft among prominentpoliticians and corruption in bigbusiness are the most publicizedexamples of individualism at itsworst. '
But" individualism is not confined to the corridors of government and the corporate world. Itstentacles reach down into our verylifestyles. Its symptoms are a perpetual pursuit of self-gratificationand putting self-interest ahead ofall other interests including family, community, jo.b and country.
Radical individualism emanatesfrom the.age-old sin of pride and isnothing new. The stories oJ Adam'sdesire for power and the Tower ofBabel depict it well.
One of the greatest challengesthe chur'ch faces is to provide avision of life on the cutting edge,teaching people about a countercultural lifestyle and helping themto avoid the self-destruction individualism causes.
Along this line, may I suggest$hai it is time to revitalize ourinterest in the saints.
A saint is a person who embodies detachment, the greatest wea-.
Saints as models·
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CUNHA FARIAS is unknown,We cite LORNA CUNHA FARIAS to appear person
ally before the Tribunal ofthe Diocese of Fall River onMonday, November 21, 1988 at 10:30 a.m. at 887Highland Avenue, Fall River, Massachusetts. to givetestimony to establish:
Whether the nullity of the marriageexists in the FARIAS-CUNHA case?
Ordinaries ofthe place or other pastors having theknowledge of the residence of the above person,lorna Cunha Farias. must see to it that she is properly advised in regard to this edictal citation,
'. rd'sPrayer.uedfrom Page':One
second century Didache, a man-usc containing teachings ofthe postleksaid Jim Butts,'associate chairman of the JesusSeminar.
Fat oseph A:Fitz-'my ew ament scholarteaching at Boston College, saidthe members of the Jesus Semi-n not oUt in left field."
t Jesus' prayed to theFather, that he formulated aprayer and taught it to his disciples; I would not dispute,"said Father Fitzmyer, who isnot a member of the seminar."But the Lord's Prayer was puttogether by other sourceS."
Mr. Taussig said even believing that Jesus did not write theprayer, he has no problem withthe Roman Catholic introduction to it at Mass, "Let us prayin the words our Savior gave
,us."The introduction, he said.
acknowledges that "Christ appearsto us, Christ speaks to us,
'and Christ is presenttCl us inothel<,ways than Scripture."
The'four lines that the semi.nar. ts ted ra
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Given at the Tribunal,Fall River, Massachusetts,on this, 3rd day of November, 1988.
'Award to JenningsFAIRFIELD, Conn. (NC)
Peter Jennings, ABC News television anchor, has been named recipient of an award for service incommunications from the alumniassociation at Jesuit-run FairfieldUniversity in Connecticut.
Night" or "the night of the brokenglass," so named because of theshattered glass it left on the streetsof German cities.
In a communication to diocesanpriests, Msgr. John J. Oliveira,Vicar for Administration, notedthat houses of worship were askedto keep their lights on from duskto dawn the night of Nov. 9 and 10"to mark the night the Holocausttook its first genocidal turn."
. Among parishes participatingin the observance were St. Stanislaus, Fall River, and St. Mary andSt. Lawrence, New Bedford,
"Th'roughout the country," saidMsgr. Oliveira, "requests have beenmade that the lights of sanctuariesand exteriors of churches and synagogues remain lit in solemn witness to the past as well as symbolizing hope for a future free ofracism and anti-Semitism."
Eugene J. Fisher, executivesecretary of the U.S. bishops'secretariat for Catholic-Jewjshrelations,joined with David Friedman, director of the Washingtonregional office ofthe Anti-Defamation League, in writing an articleon Kristallnacht. '
They noted that U.S. Catholicleaders on Nov. 16, 1938, in aradio broadcast from The CatholicUniversity of America, expressedmoral outrage at the Nazi action,calling it a "shameless orgy ofruthless oppression, even extinction" and urging ceaseless protestuntil the w'orld "be cleansed of thepoisonous cancer" of Nazism.
In Europe, Catholic bishops fromEast and West Germany joined theAustrian Catholic bishops in theirfirst-ever joint statement, sayingthe Nazi effort to exterminate Jewsmade the church "aware of ourown deficiencies and omissions ...errors, misunderstandings and prejudices" concerning Jews "that areso widespread among Catholics."
"Report Card" aideWASH INGTON (NC) - Sister
Catherine T. McNamee, presidentof the National Catholic Educational Association. has been namedto the board of the National Assessmentof Education Progress,which conducts a survey, knownas "The Nation's Report Card" ofwhat U.S. students know and cando.
BERLIN WOMEN sweep up glass in front of a Jewishowned store after Kristallnacht. (NC photo)
Diocese marks KristallnachtWith NC News reports
The Fall River diocese joinedchurches across the nation in marking Wednesday night as the 50th
,anniversary of "Kristallnacht," anight of Nazi-organized anti-Jewishriots in Germany.
The 1938 event is considered bymany to have been a forerunner ofthe Holocaust. It left thousands ofsynagogues and Jewish homes andbusinesses in ruins, 91 Jews dead,hundreds injured and thousands·arrested.
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6 THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., Nov. 11,1988
A great day at St. Anne's HospitalIt was a great day at St. Anne's
Hospital, Fall River. An openhouse on Oct. 23 marked completion of two years of renovations tothe hospital's surgical suite.
As Dr. James J. Sabra, chief ofsurgery, jubilantly said, "Today
. we're probably the best staffed andequipped community hospital operating room in the country." Tomorrow, he added, new improvements may come along, but for themoment, he said, St. Anne's isstate-of-the-art.
Most remarkably, the operatingarea continued to function duringthe renovation period, while maintaining perfect sterility within eachsurgical suite.
At a brief program during theopen house, Alan D. Knight, hospital president, welcomed visitorsto the result of "years of effort, $2million and a few ulcers" andexpressed gratitude to all who hadcontributed to the project. Hesingled out for special praise HildaParuch, RN, operating room supervisor for 24 years, "who is retiring but who stayed on to see usthrough all this."
"We now have a facility thatmatches the caliber of our staffand medical personnel," he concluded.
Following Knight was SisterDorothy Ruggiero, OP, chairmanof St. Anne's board and provincialsuperior of the Dominican Sistersof the Presentation who direct thehospita"t "Quality is a hard wordto maintain," she said, "but absolutely essential.'·
Also speaking briefly were Dr.Sabra and Dr. Andre Nasser, thelatter St. Anne's chiefanesthesiologist.
The renovated facility wasblessed by Father Daniel M. Andrade of the pastoral care department and petitions were offered bySister Mary Margaret Mello, OP,also of pastoral care.
Visitors were shown anesthesiaequipment by Dr. Nasser, whonoted that patients can be monitored "with such precision that ourinsurance has been reduced by 20percent."
Demonstrating an awesome array of monitors and gauges, hepointed out that "anesthesia knocks
out all the functions of the patient,"thus utmost vigilance is essential.
"We're not trying to be fancy;we're trying to be safe," he said,adding that since medicine is nowable to help people survive muchlonger than in the past, "thepatients we get for operations arefar sicker than they used to be,often with several coexisting healthproblems."
The new anesthesiology equipment includes monitors for carbondioxide exhalations of patientsundergoing surgery, and oxygensaturation monitors, both of whichDr. Nasser believes are vital forearly detection of problems. Thereare also computerized "dynamaps,"which automatically record bloodpressure, precluding the need totake periodic readings by handusing the old cuff-and-bulb method.There is also equipment for gauging nitrous oxide (an anestheticagent), as well as an evacuationvacuum, which pfotects the staffby suctioning offexcess anesthesia.
Each of St. Anne's operatingrooms may, of course, be used fora variety ·of operations but on the
day of the open house one was setup for an intraocula'r transplant,complete with a microscope forthe surgeon's use. On display was acataract that had been removedfrom a patient's eye, looking for allthe world like a round piece ofthickened toenail, said an awedvisitor. Where cataract surgery usedto require a hospital stay, it is nowa same-day procedure, said surgical technician Genevieve Silvia.
Another operating room, withsurgical technician Kyle Robitailleon hand, was set up for a hipreplacement procedure and a cystoscopy, endoscopy, colonoscopyand gastroscopy room, whichdoubles as a general surgery operating room, displayed flexible instruments capable of visualizingbody cavities and, in many cases,eliminating the need for surgery,said Paul Ouellette, RN.
In the eight-bed recovery room,Madeleine Souza, RN, said theaverage length of stay was "aboutan hour - but it's customized,especially for children. We givethem popsicles and send them back
to their mothers as soon as possible."
Adults, too, get popsicles. "Anoperation dehydrates people, sothey all need liquids," said Ms.Souza.
Two-Part ProcessThe surgical suite renovations,
which began in July 1986, includednew plumbing, electricity, air conditioning and heating systems aswell as laying of new floors. A newautoclave, capable of sterilizinginstruments in four minutes, andnew tables, lights and sinks wereinstalled.
The project was accomplishedin two phases. The first section ofthe surgical suite scheduled forconstruction closed down in November 1986 for 17 weeks, theother section in April 1987.
Dr. Sabra especially commendedthe staffs successful efforts atinfection control during the reno- .vations·. "As a matter of fact, culture numbers were better duringrenovations than they were before,"he said.
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USE OF TELEVISION to monitor operations is explained at top left;top right, Dominican sisters tour the surgical suite; bottom left, Father DavidM. Andrade blesses an operating room; bottom right, Sister Dorothy Ruggiero, OP, provincial superior, addresses open house guests.
8 THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., Nov. II, 1988 A deacon and a doctor
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"I was always a religious per-. son," said Dr. Nasser, "and I was
very impressed by my brother'sfaith at the time of our rpother'sdeath. I asked him about it and hesuggested books for me to read.Originally 1 became interested inthe permanent diaconate as a meansof learning more about faith andhelping my children learn.
"I hate filling out applicationsbecause I've had to do so much ofit, and I left the diaconate application on my desk for two monthsbefore I completed it but inside Ifelt 'I'm going to miss something if1 don't do it.' "
Dr. Nasser's family was initiallyuncertain too but his wife, son anddaughter came around to the ideaof the diaconate for their husband.and fathe( after he assured themthat "if 1 get nearer to God, I willlove you more."
As to the logistics of attendingcourses, workshops and retreats inpreparation for ordination, Dr.Nasser said "I threw everythinginto God's hands and somehow· itall worked out."
Melkite-Greek diocese of Newton.However, he studied with the firstclass of permanent deacons for theFall River diocese and has participated in their subsequent programs.
Due to distance and his demanding professional life; he is not ableto serve the Newton diocese, but isa deacon at the Maronite rite parish of St. Anthony ofthe Desert inFall River.
"Msgr. Norman Ferris at St.Anthony's has been wonderful tome," said Dr. Nasser, pointingout, however, that the Maroniteand Melkite rites have many dissimilarities.
How did a busy physician become a permanent deacon, also atime-eonsuming vocation?
Dr. Nasser, a native of Egypt,married to Salma Elias Nasser andthe father of two children, spokeof the good example of his parents. His father, also a physician,
. was a graduate of a Jesuit-staffedschool of medicine in Beirut,Lebanon. A brother, Father LouisNasser, isa Latin-rite priest whohad special responsibility for Coptic Catholics in the Brooklyn
By Pat McGowan
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Those lines by Lloyd J. Ogilviehang above the small, neat desk ofDr. Andre Petraky Nasser in hisoffice at St. Anne's Hospital, FallRiver, where he is chief of anesthesiology.
They encapsulate his philosophyof patient care. "My contact withpatients isn't prolonged, but it'sintense," he said. "I don't imposemy beliefs on them but I try toshow compassion and interestand always I pray."
He said many patients have commented that they felt his concernand appreciated it.
In 1980 Dr. Nasser was ordained a permanent d,eacon for the
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Continued from Page SevenThat took some effort. To com
bat the dust raised during construction. partitions were set up ofdouble and triple layers of plasticsealed on both sides. The staff alsotook weekly cultures and housekeeping personnel worked overtime cleaning the area.
Since construction workers couldnot normally pass through thesurgical section. they went by wayof a nurses' area during the firstphase. For the second phase, adoor was cut through an outsidewall to provide direct access to thesuite under renovation.
However. if for any reason aworker had to enter the' surgicalsection, he was gowned and followed by an aide who washed thefloor after him.
There were other inconveniences."Everything. was cramped intosmaller space," recalled Ms. Souza,"and when the storage room wasclosed, we had to do a lot morerunning around to find things."
Dr. Nasser agreed that the spaceconstraints were difficult. "But thepersonnel were unbelievably hardworking and cooperative," he said."They bent over backwards tohelp."
The biggest problem was noise.particularly drilling. But Mrs.Paruch said a buzzer system solvedthat problem. If the staff were inthe middle of a delicate operation- eye surgery, for example, sheexplained - and the reverberations became too disruptive, thebuzzer was pressed and drillingceased until workers were notifiedthey could proceed.
During the two-year construc-
tion period, the surgical unithandled the same number of cases."It was a little inconvenient, butwe tried to time everything so thatthe patients wouldn't suffer," saidMrs. Paruch.
Dr. Victor Palumbo, chiefof gynecology, commented thatscheduling was his only problem."Sometimes booking times weretoo long," he said, "but on the~hole,we managed to work aroundconstr.uction."
A Little HistoryThe St. Anne's operating room
has undergone many changes sincethe hospital opened in 1906. From1906 to 1927, operations were performed on the second floor of theold buifding, now a sun parlor.Prior to moving into its presentquarters, the operating area hadfour rooms. The present suiteopened on June 6, 1966, with fiveoperating rooms and a cystoscopyroom.
Originally only nuns staffed theoperating room and administeredanesthesia. The last operating room
sister was Sister Rita, who retiredin 1964. Mrs. Paruch, who joinedSt. Anne's in 1945 and trained
. under the nuns, then took oversupervision ofth'e operating room.
St. Anne's performs generalsurgery, which includes almostevery proced ure except open heartsurgery. There are about 400 operations a month, for an average ofeight to 15 operations a day. About'10 general surgeons practice at St.Anne's.
Of the 26 operating room staffmembers, 17 have service recordsof 10 years or more, said Mrs.Paruch. She believes that is themain reas'on operations wentsmoothly during the constructionproject. "The staff is very dedicated," she said. "They knew thatonce the hassle was over everything would be more efficient, andthey bore with it beautifully."
People are happy with the results,says Dr: Palumbo: "With the renovations, we have much betterworking conditions. The surgicalsuite is very pleasant and efficientand there's much less wasted time."
fl' ••.I.·.·~b..HENRY and Hilda Paruch, at left; above top, the operat
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gurt, popcorn and fruit drinks.There are also vitamins for persons under stress enriched withextra B-complex vitamins.
Some foods are best avoidedwhile you are going through astressful period. Caffeine and refined sugar are on the no list, caffeine because it is an energizingdrug and refined sugar because itprovides high energy with no nutrition. Extra energy is the last thingpeople under stress need. Yourbody is already providing that foryou.
Here are some foods to avoidwhile going through a difficultperiod: coffee with caffeine, softdrinks, sweets (candy, cake, cookies, pie and ice cream), white sugar(sugar cereals and other foodswith sugar), processed meats (hotdogs, luncheon meats, etc.) andpotato chips, together with otherhighly salted and fried foods.
Eating properly won't solve allyour stress problems. But proper'nutrition is surely a good foundation for dealing with the day'stroubles.
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problems. Yet so many stressedpeople skip the day's first meal.Either they are in too much of ahurry or, due to the oversecretionof digestive juices, their stomach istoo "jumpy."
So they eat nothing to start, butaround 10 a.m. they grab a sodaand a candy bar for "quick energy."That kind of diet is a formula guaranteed to ensure stress.
Breakfast does not have to bethe traditional ham and eggs. Agrilled cheese or a peanut buttersandwich would do well. 'In fact,for someone in a bi'g hurry, a sliceof cheese or peanut butter or liversausage spread on whole wheattoast would help a lot.
Try to eat something for breakfast. Recommended are orangejuice (or other fresh fruit or juice),whole grain cereal, homemade granola, whole wheat bread or toast,cheese (any kind), eggs, hamburger,liver (calf, chicken, pork).
Recommended for lunch are hotsoups and bouillon, lean meatswith no preservatives, sandwicheswith whole wheat bread, and freshfruits and vegetables. Recommended for dinner are lean meats, salads, and fresh fruits and vegetables.
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"A sound mind in a sound body"is more than a wise insight. It givesus direction as well. Take care ofyour body first and the rest willcome more easily.
"You are what you eat." Nutritious foods are generally helpful inkeeping us calm. On the otherhand, there are some foods whichdefinitely add to tension.
In times of calm we may getcareless about what we eat. Butwhen we find ourselves snappishand short-tempered, exhausted butunable to sleep, that is the time tocontrol our edibles.
My first rule is: Eat breakfast.Starting a day without breakfast islike running a car engine withoutoil. After a 'short time, you willneed a valve job, a complete engineoyerhaul.
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I had just wakened on a Saturday morning when the phone callfrom Italy came. Rosina and hersister Marianna wanted to sayhello. We couldn't talk much inour different languages. but whentears are streaming down yourface you know you've comQ1uni-'cated.
The whole family has been elatedby Mary's experience and the realization that we have loved, onesacross the ocean. Doors have beenopened into the past and towardsthe future.
ultimately your own) by turningthe radio off or down before exiting the car.
A car is your friend. Would youpark a-b-c (already been chewed)gum on your friend's rear-viewmirror, ashtray or seat-belt buckle?
Would you keep friends long ifyou left pizza cheese, styrofoamburger boxes or straw wrappers ontheir seat covers?
A car will break. Revving theengine might be fun for you, butnot for it. Revving the engine in
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- Think of a big policemanwith a big ticket book.
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The horn is meant to warn othervehicles, not to signal friends. Dittofor the emergency flashers.
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About the radio. It is for entertainment, not torture. You canassume the volume is too high ifyour fillings are vibrating.
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pened to be related by marriage tomy cousin Rosina.
As Mary stood face to face withRosina for the first time, she said,"Mio non no era Giuseppi Oppedisano" ("My grandfather was Joseph").
Tears filled Rosina's eyes andshe took Mary's hand and led herto a drawer full of photographs.There she pulled out an old picture'Of me as a teenager with my sisterand parents, exactly the same photoMary cherished when I gave it toher a few years ago.
The family welcomed Mary andRick with warmth and generosity.
"They whisked our suitcases outof our hotel and fed us till we were
By Antoinette Bosco
Whoever first coined the phrase"Blood is thicker than water"understood a profound and everlasting truth.
My daughter Mary spent thesummer in Italy studying and performing opera. She also uncoveredour long-lost relatives in the southern province of Calabria, at thebottom of the Italian boot.
My father emigrated from Calabria in 1915 as a young teenager,leaving his parents and older siblings behind. He loved his familybut hated the corrupt political system of the time. That's why hecherished American democracy andliberty so greatly.
He missed his homeland, but henever went back. He was 38 whenhis mo'ther died and I rememberhow he cried. He sent money allthe time and gave his nieces theproperty he would have inherited.His connection always stayedstrong. .
For the rest of us, there was noconnection.,We were born Americans. We never met the family inItaly. We never knew the names ofour cousins or even how manythere were.
Nonetheless, Mary had an intense desire to find our relatives.She said it was a lifelong dream toestablish the connection.
At the end of her musical tour,Mary's husband Rick joined herand they headed south on a' 12hour train ride. They had nothingto go on except the maiden nameof a cousin and a town, Isola CapoRizzuto..
When they arrived at the town'strain station, they found no phone,no bus, no taxi, only an unfriendlytrainmaster who informed themthat the village was several milesaway.
Hours passed as they trudgedalong trying' to get some information. Every lead was a deadend.Just when they had given up hopea minor miracle took place. Bypure chance they met a man standing on a street corner who hap-
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frightened the bishop, and laterpleased him. He said the pope roseto excuse himself, then openedwide his arms and "in a tonebetween admonition and joking"said: "You see, I'm not such a wildbeast."
"I never thought so," BishopCasaldaliga replied.
The bishop asked for a blessingfor his people, especially the persecuted.
"Above all, the persecuted," thepope said, giving it.
The postscript came severalweeks later when Bishop Casaldaliga announced he would not signthe Vatican's statement, calling itan attempt to pressure him. TheVatican officially said only that ithad reminded the bishop of hisduty to follow church teachingsand to stay out of other diocesesunless ne was invited.
travel all over. I t'hink you are thebravest man."
According to Chris Dixon, athird-grade student at St. JohnBosc;o School, Hammond, "whe.nhe became pope he moved into theVatican. but he does not stay therevery much."
A high school student wrote ofher' own experience during thepope's 1979' ·visit to the UnitedStates, when 'he blessed her yearold sister, who had been born withcataracts in both eyes and sufferedother health problem's. .
;'''The day after, my parents tookmy sister"hack to' the doctors andshe started to' gain weight and wasdoing fine," said the student, Michelle penn; "She does not see clearly,but she can (see] at least a little bit,enough to get around. This is whyI think the pope is really special tome." .
Said Burt Wendt, of MichiganCity: "I like Pope John Paul IIbecause he is down-to-earth. Youwould think someone with such animportant job would be stuck-up,but not him. He likes just abouteveryone."
"What a pope!" contest popular
THE "WHAT A POPE" theme is echoed in these Tshirts, held by artist Gigi Traney. They were manufactured assouvenirs of the papal visit to the U.S. (NC photo)
GARY, Ind. (NC)- A "Whatapope!': essay contest drew entriesfrom people of all ages in the Diocese of Gary, Ind.
To, honor Pope John Paul II's10th anniversary as pontiff, theNorthwest Indiana Catholic, diocesan newspaper, sponsored a 200words-or-Iess essay 'contest, asking readers to explain what impressed them' most about him.
Nearly 450 people -::- young,old, Catholic and non-Catholic -
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: Answers, including carefully'typed essays, hastily scrawled compositions, poems and personaUetters came in from all areas of thediocese.
"He is not just 'that man inRome' telling us what to do," saidRose O'Brien of Hobart. "PopeJohn Paul II has' proven by hismany travels he is worthy to hilvebeen chosen to be 'papa' to allCatholics of the world."
In a letter to the pope, IO-yearold Tammy Tutko, a student atNativity of Our Savior School,Portage, wrote: "I admire yourbravenesS. I would be scare'(f to
official not to speak to journalistsabout his meeting. The bishop replied that unless journalists are toldthe truth, they are forced to invent.
His IS-minute meeting with PopeJohn Paul II came three days later,the bishop related. He found hisway to the pope's office after passing through courtyards, corridorsand waiting rooms, after greetingeight guards and presenting his,pass four times.
The pope, speaking fluent Portuguese, invited him to sit downand chat. He reminded the bishopthat ad limina visits are not a mereformality. The bishop agreed, saying he appreciated the new style ofmeetings now taking place.
The bishop referred to the statement he had been asked to sign,saying he took it as a sign of mistrust. The pope replied: But it canalso be a demonstration of trust.
What happened next at first
A: I consider him our saint, ourmartyr. But we distinguish betweencanonical martyrs and "martyrs ofthe kingdom."
Q: You spoke of revolutionizingthe church.
A: I might equally have said, thechurch must be in constant renewal.
At one point, according to Bishop Casaldaliga, Cardinal Gantintook over and, in a serious tone,accused him of interfering in otherdioceses. The bishop had madefrequent trips to Nicaragua withoutthe permission of Nicaraguan bishops. "This is a fact!" CardinalGantin is said to have shouted.
Bishop Casaldaliga argued thatthere were Nicaraguan Catholics"on both sides" and that the churchhierarchy had a duty to give themall pastoral care.
Q: You said the ad limina visitwas useless.
A: I said it was "almost useless."The last visit of the Brazilian bishops was done in a new way, withmore open discussions.
Q: You are being used, - yourwords, your gestures, your writings.
A: We are all used, even you,even the pope. We all need tounderstand clearly who is using usand how.
At the end of the meeting, thebishop was given a paper to sign:He refused, saying he would notsign anything without time to reflect. The two cardinals agreed,assuring him, "This is not a trial."
The three rose, and the bishopsuggested they offer a prayer tomake the church more evangelical.
"To revolutionize it, no?" Cardinal Ratzinger said, smiling.
"Well, yes, to revolutionize itevangelically," the bishop said.They prayed together the Our Father in Latin and a short invocationto Mary.
On his way out, Bishop Casaldaliga was told by a congregation
ops, as weIl as wfth Pope JohnPaul II.
The bishop, a silver-haIred 60year-old native ofSpain, recountedhow he showed up at the bishops'congregation offices in a borrowedwindbreaker. He said he was told
'by Archbishop Giovanni Re, secretary of the congregation, that he'dbetter find something more appropriate to wear for his meeting withCardinal Ratzinger that weekend.
"It will be an encounter in fullsincerity, with full liberty in fullfraternity," Cardinal Gantin toldhim.
"It was then, that I realized Iwould be subjected to a kind ofecclesiastical examination," thebishop wrote.
He borrowed a habit from hisfeIlow Claretians in Rome and onthe appointed day met with Cardinals Ratzinger and Gantin. His photocopied and annotated writingswere on a table. Cardinal Ratzingersmiled frequently, he said, and theencounter was polite and "without,aggression."
The bishop descriQed some ofCardinal Ratzinger's questions and'his answers. The verbal sparringran along the following lines:
Q: Do you accept the Holy See'sdocuments on liberation theology?
A: In their totality, yes. (Here heargued that the pope himself haddistanced himself from the first,more negative, document, sayingit was written by Cardinal Ratzinger. Cardinal Ratzinger replied:These are rumors that circulate.)
Q: You write of the preferentialoption for the poor in terms of"class." This term is loaded with ameaning that cannot be ignored.
A: It is a valid meaning, I think.The conflict between classes is areality.
Q: You have defined Archbishop[Oscar] Romero [of San Salvador,EI Salvador] as a martyr.
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VATICAN CITY (NC) - Oneof the most unusual and well-readdocuments being passed aroundRome is the diary of a Brazilianbishop's "ad limina" visit to theVatican.
The account drew immediateattention because it was written byBishop Pedro Casaldaliga PIa, aself-described dissenter from somechurch policies who was recentlytold by Vatican officials to adhereto church teachings and stay out ofother bishops' ,dioceses.
The bishop's "Roman diary,"published in the Italian Catholicmagazine II Regno, was a rareglimpse behind the curtain of secrecy normally pulled over such
-controversies. It offers an interesting if one-sided view of Curia figures and methods, from the perspective of a bishop who has beensharply critical of both.
Bishop Casaldaliga incurred Vatican disfavor when for 17 years herefused to make the ad limina visitrequired of heads of dioceses everyfive years. During the last Brazilianvisits in 1985, he cited the high costof travel and his doubt that suchvisits were worthwhile.
As bishop of the Amazon Prelature of Sao Felix do Araguaia, hesaid, he had more pressing problems to worry about; pe~secutionof his parshioners, economic injustice to the diocese's natives,poor transportation and communication, and the battle for landreform. Throughout his career,the bishop has made social justice,the touchstone ofhis pastoral ministry.
But when officially notified ofthe Vatican's displeasure, the bishop came to Rome last June to meetwith Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger,head of the doctrinal congregation,and Cardinal Bernardin Gantin,head of the Congregation for Bish-
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SPIRIT OF JESUSPRAYER GROUP, HY ANNIS
Teaching and Mass with FatherBob Ma~ciocchi, CSS 8 p.m. Thursday, St. Francis Xavier Church Hall,Hyannis; topic: "Hugging: A Way ofBeing Free and Joyful."
CATHEDRAL CAMP,E. FREETOWN .
Immaculate Conception, Fall River, confirmation I day retreat 9 a.m.to 5 p.m. tomorrow.
SECULAR FRANCISCANS, FRSt. Clare Fraternity members will
attend Massand a meeting6:30 p.m.Nov. 13, Rose Hawthorne LathropHome, 1600 Bay St., Fall River.VINCENTIANS, FR
Society ofSt. Vincent de Paul FallRiver district council communionbreakfast Dec. 4 begins with 8:30a.m. Mass, St. John of God Church,Somerset; principal celebrant andhomilis.t: Bishop Daniel A. Cronin.
FAMILY LIFE CENTER,N. DARTMOUTH :
Bishop Connolly High School,Fall River, retreat day Tuesday.Bishop Stang High School, N. Dartmouth, retreat day Wednesday.Meeting of elementary educationprincipals 10 a.m. Thursday.
APOSTOLATEFORPERSONSWITH DISABILITIES
Thanksgiving Mass noon Nov.20, St. Vincent's Home chapel, FallRiver; dinner and social follow, homecafeteria. Religious education teachers interested in being trained towork with special needs childrenmay contact Barbara Domingue,679-8373. Christmas Mass I p.m.Dec. 18, St. John of God Church,Somerset; social follows, Venus deMilo restaurant, Swansea; information: office, 679-8373 (TTY / voice).
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Women's Guild sponsored freecoffee, juice and doughnuts after8:30 a.m. Mass Nov. 28.
ST. PATRICK, SOMERSETFellowship meeting 7 p.m. Sun
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Scout pack meeting 7 p.m. Nov.18, school. Welcome home Mass forretreatants 6:30 p.m. Nov. 20.Thanksgiving Mass 10 a.m. Nov. 24,upper church.
ST. JAMES, NBCYO general meeting 2 p.m. Sun
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ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEAAdvent Evensong performed by
folk and bell choirs 7 p.m. Nov. 27,church. Meeting for prospective altarboys grade 4 and older 10 a.m.tomorrow. Parish council meeting 9a.m. tomorrow.
ST. STANISLA US, FRMr. and Mrs. Paul Pieroni are
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O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLEOLV Guild meeting noon Mon
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ST. JULIE, N. DARTMOUTHInformation on adult singles'
group: Priscilla Sprague, 678-2811,evenings. Vincentians meetings 7:30p.m. !hursday, rectory. Youth groupmeetmg 6 p.m. Sunday, church hall.A Maryknoll priest will speak atMasses this weekend.SACRED HEART,N.ATTLEBORO
Altar boys' meeting 10 a.m. Nov.19, meeting room. Parish Thanksgiving celebration 7 p.m. Nov. 23,church.ST. LOUIS de FRANCE,SWANSEA
Ladies of St. Anne Sodality meeting 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, parishhall; refreshments; all welcome;Pauline McElroy and Lucille Coteare welcomed as new members.DIVORCED ANDSEPARATED, NB
Support group for New Bedfordarea separated and divorced Catholics meets 7 to 9 p.m. on the following dates at the Family Life Center,N. Dartmouth; Nov. 28: Bob Tierney, Harmony House house manager, will speak on alcoholism; alsovideo: "The Secret Love of SandraBlain:'; Dec. i4: Leo Buscalia "Love"video and Christmas party; Dec. 26:Paula Ripple video, "The Quality ofYour Life," followed by discussion;Planning Board meeting Nov. 30.Information on annual group holiday dinner:· Steve Frysinger, 9956859.
LaSALETTE CENTER FORCHRISTIAN LIVING,ATTLEBORO
"Growing Strong in BrokenPlaces" retreat for divorced, separated and widowed Dec. 9 to II;information: 222-8530.
DIVORCED AND SEPARATED,CAPE AND ISLANDS .
Cape Cod and Islands divorcedand separated Catholics 'meeting 7t09 p.m. Nov. 20, St. Francis Xavierparish center, Hyannis; Dr. TomKent, who ·works with substancea~use patients at Cape Cod hospital,Will speak on "Transition: What AmI Doing? Where Am I Going?";information: 771-4438.
ST. MARY, FAIRHAVENLadies of St. Anne communion
Sunday Nov. 13; meeting 7 p.m.Tuesday.ST. MARY, N. ATTLEBORO'.
Guild meeting 7:30 p.m. Nov. 14,parish center; Judy Antosca willspeak on nutrition.
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Mary Conroy, director of a familylife ,education center at. St. Margaret'~ Hospitij,l, Dorchester, willdiscuss how sexuality is handled inthe Stang ~~rriculum at 7 p.m.Nov. 16 in the school gym.. Allparents welcome.
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Bishop ConnollyOctober Athletes of the Month
at the Fall River high school wereChris Lafrance and Cindi Campos. Lafrance plays soccer, basketball and tennis. Ms. Camposruns cross-country, indoor andspring track.
• • •Senior Derek M. Leahy is a
recipient of a 1988 achievementaward in writing from the nationalCouncil of Teachers of English.Also a National Merit CommendedStudent, he is the only student inthe Greater New Bedford, FallRiver and Newport areas and oneof only four students at the 46 U.S.Jesuit high schools to receive thehonor. 1987 Connolly graduateChristine Hopkins, now a Georgetown University student, was awinner last year.
• • •The school's Conn'olly players
will present the second of two performances of"Up the Down Staircase" tonight. An original musicalis in preparation for spring production.
Students and parents at theNorth Dartmouth school have beenasked to sign a "Contract for Life"pledging bothtp seek "safe, sobertransportation home" if in a drinking si.tuati6n. The program is sponsored by Students Against Driving.Drunk .' '. ,· .... .
The Alumni' Association willmeet at 7 p.m. Dec. 7 at the school.Future plans include a career dayfor present students.
• • •The annual open house for pros
pective students will be from 2 to 4p.m. Nov. 20.
Dominican. Academy.
. Rachel Paquette, a' kindergartener at Dominican Academ'y,Fall River, recently won first placein her age category in a'poster contest sponsored by Crestwood Nursing Hoine, Fall River..Stacy Alves,also a DA kinderganener, placedthird. _ . ,Paulo Pereira has been named a. The contest, themed "Age is semifinalist in the 1989 National
B,Qui)dless;" celebrated ethnic tra~· ... Merit'progralP; t\n<;t'rew Hill hasdition'~'and hist~ryof Cre~twood's .be~n na'meda Commended Student.residents and staff. • .,.••
.~. • ~. The junior 'ring c~l'einoriy willSixth,through eighth graders De held at'3 p.m. Dec.IO in St. .
recently saw a Russian folk music! . Julie's Church. A bMfet arid dancedance ensemble at SMU. . .' will follow in the school·gym.
cream, toothbrushes, toothpaste, .deodorant and disposable razors.
The school appeal for the shelter will last .approximately fourweeks. . .
On Nov. 23, CC's thanksgivingMass and football nilly day, students and faculty will load a truckand personal)y deliver the goodsto the inn. They will tour the facility, the former headquarters of theBoston Fire Department.
Coyle-Cassidy cheerleaders tookup a collection for the inn at halftime during the CC-Taunton football game Nov. 5.
A city-wide "Tag Day" to ~upport the inn is also planned by thecommittee. Last year, a similareffort netted $1,500.
. AnyonI': interested in contribut-·ing to the appeal is asked to ·contact Michael Cote or AnthonyNunes at Coyle-Cassidy.
Coyle and CassidyThe high school community has
begun its seventh annual Pine StreetInn appeal. l'he inn is a Bostonshelter providing refuge, food andother basic needs to the homeless.
CC students and faculty willsupply the inn with soap, shaving
FATHER EDWARD J. Byington, pastor of SacredHeart parish, Fall River, II parish high schoolers and twoadult ~hape.ron~s r.ecently climbed Mt. Monadnock, Jaffrey,NH. The pnest IS pIctured at the 3 I66-foot mountain's summitwith several of the hardy teens.
Bishop'FeehaltFour seni~rs .at .t~e 'Attleb~r~;
school have been designated¢~~mendedStl!d~nts in the 1989:National Merit program. They'ai:e~atthew Flannery, ChristopherGaller, Meredith Henness'ey and.~nd.rew Thom~s. . .... Jen'riifer Swyers w~s a ·Ra-theeQCompany Scholar for 19'88', at"tending a summer advanced 'stiJdiesprogram at Milton' Academy inMilton. She studied organic chemistry and poe.try. and als'o took invarious extracurricular activities.
Hoop season startsToday's annual Fall River Area
CYO Basketball League Jamboree begins another season at FallRiver's Anawan Street hall.
Over 60 teams representing 17Fall River area parishes will compete in this year's league, whichincorporates three junior boys di-
.visions. two each for junior girlsand seniors and one for preps.
Al Vaillancourt, CYO associatedirector. notes that a record highi 7 girls' team.s entered the leaguethis year.· The Anawan Street hall is open
daily ana 'currently serves about.750 Fall River area youth. . .' .· The CYO pn)gram is a Catholic.Cha rities beneficiary.· - ., .
Oxfam fast at BCC, . Oxf~m America's Fast for aWorld Harvest will be cosponsoredNov.. 17 by the campus ministryand student activities offices atBristol Community College, FallRiver... Students are asked to donate toThird World development projects,
, by a simple cash donation, by fasting from food for all or part of the
. day and donating money saved. orby obtaining sponsors for a specified period of fasting.
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demics at Coyle and Cassidy HighSchool, Taunton, spoke at installation ceremonies.
About 50 eighth grade studentsare participating in an internationalStudent Exchange Pen Pal program.
Fifth and sixth graders recentlyparticipated in a "Friendships Under Construction" retreat. Facultymembers had a recent retreat dayat LaSalette, Attleboro.· . .'.
The student body recently visited the Old Colony' Museum tostudy Taunton's history.
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. The TCMS library is being reorganized by volunteer Brenda Dor- ..sey, who will catalogue and repairbooks. .
~all eyes~on youth~
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St. John"s'School
Grandparents ofTCMS studentswere recently welcomed for lunchand participation in a typical schoolday.
A "Hop for Hunger".will highlight effort~ of St. John the Evangelist School; Attleboro, for OxfamAmerica's Fast for a World Harvest. Light lunches will be' a part Of'the school's contribution 'to theeffort.
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The school will participate in"Wish 'Upon a Book," the 69th.annual Children's Book' Week,Nov. 14.to 20, Students· are encouraged to read a book at homeand illustrate it with a poster ormobile.
Student Anthony Maffini wonthe middle school boys' 1.5 milerace at the recent Taunton CrossCountry Championship Meet witha 7:44 time. Five ~choolmates, JayCornaglia. (3), Michael. Riconscente (5), Barry Lopes (6), Stephen'Ploude (9) and Jody Crownover(10.) finished in the top ten,' ,
TCMS·"had 'first ·and second.place finishers in the middle schoolgirls' race .with Becky Pina and'Mekyla McMahon. '.
, .: .... .. ..K.athy·Ventura is moderator for ~
the ~chooJ's 26,cheerleaders, work- ..ing "':\t~ Coyl~ and- Cassi.dy .stu- ~dents who are 'coaching the girls. '." One" of the student teachers .Amy Travers~', ~as.·r.ec~ntly in ~serious car·ac;cidert. TCMSpray- .:ers are with'he-r: .".
A.volleyball team for grades 6 to8; coached by Ray 'Boudreau, will.meet at 4 p.m. Wednesdays ~egin
ning Dec. 7. The school's SportsCommittee meets 7:30 p.m. Nov.30.
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forms and the records of candidates for public office."
Some of the lightest moments ofthe campaign -:- characterized. bymany as one of the nastiest in U.S.political history - came during aCatholic-related event, the annualAlfred E. Smith dinner in New,York.
The October dinner - namedafter the first Catholic to receivethe presidential nomination fromeither major political party - wasa rare joint appearance by the twocandidates outside oftheir two televised debates.
,Cardinal John J. O'Connor jokingly told the two men that whichever one lost the White Housecould have a job as the cardinal'svicar general.
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PreseQ;tee,:p1aps ~aje39 young ladies, representing Parishes to be represented at
39 diocesan parishes, will be, the 1989 ball are Holy Ghost,presented t~Bishop paniel 1\.;, St. Mary (Mansfield), SaCronin at the 34th Annual Heattand St~ Mary (Norto
. Bishop's Charity Ball at White's the Attleboro area~ Sacredof Westport on Jan. 13. ,',,' , St. Jacques, ~t. Joseph
At the ceremony, fathers or ton),St. Peter and St;'other escorts of the presentees Joseph (North Dighton) in theintroduce them to the bishop." Taunton area: "
Ball proceeds be1}efit excel'''';, Victory, HolyRedeemj"tional and underprivileged chi!;': ist the King, St. Francisdren at four summer camps, as St pte, . e er, orpwell as 0 t.latesof t d
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A HALLOWEEN party at Our Lady's Haven, Fairhaven,was a lot of fun for cute-rather-than-scary witch MaryDumont, pictured (top) with activities codirector SharonQuintin. Bottom, participants in a pa-rty following the firstever Halloween liturgy at S1. Joseph's parish, Taunton. Theevent drew an overflow crowd of more than 300 persons, saidreligious education coordil)ator Margaret Travis.
Bush wooed CatholicsContinued from Page One
Shields suggested that Dukakiswould have to win the Cath'olicvote to win the White House,adding that in the primariesCatholics identified with his GreekOrthodox ethnic roots and considered him one of their own.
In February, Auxiliary BishopJoseph M. Sullivan of Brooklyn,chairman of the U.S. CatholicConferenc'e Committee onDomestic Policy, urged presidential candidates to make the "national shame" of hunger and homelessness "a central concern" of the1988 campaign.
Other Catholic leaders saw theelection year as an opportunity toshare a Catholic moral vision, calling it an "open moment" forCatholic~ to spread their visionnationwide.
Cardinal Joseph L Bernardinof Chicago, speaking to diocesan
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in a peaceful campaignthat fosters human ..dignity and a betterstandard· of living for .
countless' numbers of poor andlow income persons.
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"Every individual is called upon ,to do· his or her part in this peacefu.1 campaign,.a campaign to 'b'e conducted by peaceful means. in order to secure development in peace,
in order to safeguard o'ature its'elfand the world about us."
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