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Friday, Nov.' 16, 1984

High school applicati9n day All Catholic high schools in

the Fall River diocese will accept applicants and administer a placement examination for new students on Saturday, Del:. I.

Students wishing to enter any of these 'schools next September should . report to the ~ school of their choice at 7:45 a.m. on that date. The examination a~ appli­cation procedure will last until approximately noon.

A $5.00 fee will be payable at the time of application. Students ne~ bring no recor,ds, nor necl parents accompany them.Com­plete information as to courses, activities, fees and financial aid wiD be given at the time of the examination. '

The schools are Bishop F~e­

han High, Attleboro; Bishop Con­nolly High, Fall River; Holy Family High, New 'Bedford; Bish­

.0P Stang High, No. Dartmouth; and Coyle-Cassidy High, Taun­ton.

Bishop to address Brotherhood meal

·Bishop Daniel A. Cronin will be keynote speaJ(cr at the annual Brotherhood Dinner of the Great­er Fall River Area 'Interfaith' Group, 'to' be held Monday night, Nov. 26, at Venus de Milo res-' taurant, Swansea.

Tickets are avai'lable from

. IN . NEW BEDFORD CEREMONIES, Father Roy J. . Yurco, SS.Cc.. is' installed as Faithful Navigator of Bishop James E. Cassidy General Assembly of the Knights :of Col­umbus by Kenneth C. Pearson, Fourth Degree Team Master. Father Yurco, also cochaplain of Damien Council, Matta­poisett, is the first priest in the United States or the Com­monwealth of Puerto Rico to hold such an office. He is pastor of St. Boniface parish, New Bedford. (Rosa Photo)

Clothing drive begins Sunday In the Fall River diocese, He said details would be an­

Thanksgiving not only signals nounced in parish bulletins and the traditional turkey and foot­ area directors would coordinate ball games, but a checking of operations in each of the. dio­closets and bureau drawers for cese's five deaneries. unused clothing, blankets and 'Phey are Father Paul A. Car­yard goods desperately needed on, Attleboro area; Father Rob­by the world's poor.

. . ert f:. Donovan, Cape and .Is­. Father Daniel' Freitas, St. John The annual diocesan clothing lands; Father Thomas E. O'Dea,

of God Rectory, Somerset, tel. collection begins Sunday and New Bedford area; Father Rich­678-5513, or Mrs. Alice Gro­ will continue through Nov. 25, ard M. Roy, Taunton area; Father mada, 1244 S. Main St., Fall said Father Thomas L. Rita, its Rita, Fall River area.

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'WASHINGTON (NC) - The first d.raft of a pastoral letter on the economy drew the great­est attention at the opening of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops'. eeneral meet­ing in Washington Nov. 12-15, even though no action on it was scheduled.

,In the first two days of the meeting, which closed. yester­day, the bishops approved a special $4 million commitment to the bishops of Thailand for refugee relief, rejected a revision of Psalm translations for litur­gical use, and delayed action on a . new eucharistic prayer for Mass.

They also elected Bishop John R. McGann of Rockvi:lle Centre, N.Y., as treasurer of the NCCB and U.S. ·Cathdlic Conference, succeeding Archbishop Edmund C. Szoka' of Detroit, whpse three-year term had expired.

But the most attention focus­ed on the first draft of the pas­

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toral on the economy. Arch­bishop Rembert Weakland of Milwaukee, head of the five­bishop committee which has spent almost four years develop­ing the pastoral, told reporters that he hoped it woU'ld affect U.S. policy, "so that the poor will be treated differently."

Bishop James W. Malone of Youngstown, Ohio, NCOB president, opened the meeting Nov. 12 with a ca\ll for' the Am­erican church to change public opinion and policy in pursuit of justice.

He called for his fellow bishops to "welcome the renewed inter­est" in the role of reiigion in politics as another way to pre­sent a religious-moral vision.

He cited four issues which have drawn· church attention in the last decade: abortion, nu­clear weapons, economic' injus­tice and foreign policy ques­tions such as U.S. involvement

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.CHD collection The annual Thanksgiving sea­

son' Campaign for Human De­velopment collection will be taken up this weekend in all diocesan churches.

The Campaign, begun in 1970 by the U.S. bishops, provides financial support to self-help projects organized and control­'led by poor and low-income U.S. residents. With the slogan "A

River, tel. 673-45?8. director. hand up, not a handout," its aim is to combat the root causes .•••••••••••••••••••••••••••.•••••••••••••••••••••••••ii, of poverty through helping peo­' WIELeO MEO. pie help themselves. -\..~~~ : The largest such funding agen­

'. ~~U • cy in the nation, CHD is admin- ..198 1i .. !:-...:.=::· ..e ••• istered locally by the diocesan0.U 0 ~ Department of Social Services, • directed by Father Peter N. Gra­: ziano..

: m~~iS :e;;o,~~~ ngar~~~altoC~h~ .: .Bristol County Employment Or­• ganizing Project. It was one of

5~~; :;1~:' :c~~:, t:: $~'~~~ • The Bristol County project,: covering greater New Bedford • and Fall River, is designed to• build leadership among low-in­=come unemployed and underem­• ploy.ed workers and to develop • .long-range funding plans to re­: •

tain jobs and create new ones in those areas.

Since 1970 CHD has awarded over $280,000 in grants to self­help groups within the Fall River diocese, a record made possible through the ~ontributions of the diocesan Catholic community. 75 percent of funds collected locai­Iy goes to the national CHD; 25 percent is allocated to diocesan prog·rams.

National Need Discussing the overall national

need for CHD, Bishop James W. Malone, president of the Nation­al Conference of Catholic Bis-· hops, noted in a letter' to the bishops that there are 35 mil­lion U.S. poor, the highest num­ber since 1965.

He recalled that Pope John Paul II "urged us to seek out the structural reasons which foster or cause the different forms of poverty" and urged Christians to contribute "to the" establishment of just laws and structures that foster human values."

There is no "better vehicle for this than CHD, which ds man· dated t~ educate for justice and to fund self-help groups con­trolled by the poor," the bishop said.

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Explosive document THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Nov. 16, 1984 - 3

New pastoral 'revolutionary'

By Jerry Fllteau WASHINGTON {NC) - An

explosive draft document writ­ten for the U.S. Catholic bishops calls for "a new American ex­periment" in "economic democ­racy," one possibly as revolu­tionary as the nation's 200-year­old experiment in political de­mocracy.

The document, a proposed pastoral letter on the U.S. econ­omy, calls for guarantees of economic rights for 'all, just as America now guarantees civil and political rights. 'It declares that "fulfillment of the. basic needs of the poor" is "the high­

- est priority" facing the nation. So long 'as anyone lacks ne­

cessities, no one else has a moral right to ·have more than he needs, it says.

Inequality of income or wealth can be morally acceptable only when the basic human needs of all have been met, it adds.

The 144 - page, 58,000 - word document is the first draft of a national pastoral letter on Cath­olic social teaching and the American economy. It'was un­veiled Nov. 11 as the nation's bishops gathered in Washington for their annual fall meeting which closed yesterday.

The economic revolution "must begin with the formation 'of a new cultural consensus that all persons really do have rights in the economic sphere 'and that society has a moral obligation to take the necessary steps to ensure that no one among us is hungry, homeless, unemployed, or otherwise denied what is necessary to live with dignity," the pastoral draft declares.

Like the controversial war and peace pastoral issued by the U.S. bishops in 1983, the draft of the economic pastoral seeks to spell out Catholic social teaching and apply it to specific issues. It of­fers moral judgments on a wide range of public policy issues facing the nation. They are not intended to be political in any partisan sense of that term.

In light of President Reagan's landslide reelection five days be­fore release of the draftdocu­ment, however, the most heated controversies are almost certain to arise over major policy di­rections of his administration with which the document dis­agrees and ·in some cases explic­itly repudiates. Among these, the document:

- Insists on a "major new policy commitment to achieve full employment," declaring that "current levels of unemployment ... are morally unjustified" and that "generation of new jobs to

. provide work for all who seek it is the number one task facing the domestic economy of the United States today."

- Calls for a fundamental re­distribution of weal'th in the country to correct "gross in­

equdJitie~" that are "mor~Ny

·unjustif.iable," notably through a reversal of the direction of the Reagan tax law changes.

- Urges a new battle against poverty as "an imperative of the highest priority" and demands "major reform" in the "woe­fully inadequate" public welfare system.'

- Rejects virtually all major changes that the Reagan admin­istration has injected into U.S. foreign aid policy in the past four years. It calls those policy shifts a "gross distortion" mov­ing U.S. policy directly away from rather than toward inter­national economic justice.

Among far-reaching programs for social justice, the only com­parable precedent in American Catholic history is the 1919 "Bis­hops' Program of Social Recon­struction." That docu~ent called

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Parish worship aides to meet

Sunday at Feehan Hundreds of specia~ ministers

of the Eucharist, lectors, ushers and musicians who assist in the weekly worship of diocesan par. ishes will meet at 1:30 p.m. Sun­day at Bishop Feehan High

. School, Attleboro, for a day of study and prayer sponsored by the Divine Worship Commissjon of the docese.

Following a general opening session conducted by Father James F. Lyons, commission chairman, special interest ses­sions wjl1 be conducted by mem­'bers' of the Diocesan Divine Worship Commission. c>

Father Degagne will lead a session for Eucharistic ministers; Father Philip Geogan SJ, for lectors; Father Roger LeDuc for ushers; and Father Stephen' Av­ila and Patrick Gannon for musi­cians.

A period of prayerful reflec­tion will fdllow with a choice of prayer forms offered.

,Eucharistic devotions will be directed by Father Barry W. Wall; reflective readings will be given by Sister Gertrude Gau­dette, O.P. and Miss Mary Eliza­beth LaRoche; and shared prayer will. be led by Father George Harrison and 'Father Joseph M. Costa.

Father John C. Ozug will ar­range celebration of ,the sacra­ment of reconciliation for those desiring it.

The day will conclude with a 4:15 p.m. Mass with Bishop Dan­iel A. Cronin as principal cele­brant and homilist. Permanent deacon WilHam Martin, a dio­cesan commission member, will be deacon.

Those wishing to attend the program should contact their parish priest. There is no regis­tration fee.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Nov. 16, .19,84. "," .... the living . ,

.the moorin~ The Politics of Famine

Ethiopia has a way of surfacing man's b.rut.alities. Earlier this century it was invaded by the eXpanSIOnist fas­cists of Mussolini.

It seem~ that the conflict and pain, inflicted' on that poor land never cease. Now in our day it em~rg~s once more ,as a symbol of man's lust for power. This time the enormity of the pain is heyond human comprehension.

Today Ethiopia's people have become victims of t?e international politics of starvation, of brutal and subtle in­

trigue among the superpowers. Just feeding' starving peoples conjures up enormous

logistic problems; but when politics determines, who is to be fed and who is to starve, man's. inhumanity to man assumes satanic proportions.

ThEHamine in Ethiopia is aggravated by political alli­ances, civil war and revolution involving all the leaders of the so-called civilized world. And Ethiopia's inability to meet the crisis of her people is due to a confluence of hui­man destructive forces. ,

The Ethiopian civil war is a major element in the tragedy. Ethiopia's alliance with Russia has separated ~er from Western nations. There are'reports that food supplIes sent to the famine victims have been used as weapons to quell internal dissension. ,

This dissension is another prime factor exacerbating the situation. But there also ,has been a lot of foot-dragg~ng

on the part of the wealthy nations, including our own. Some reportshave had-the United States deliberately with­holding famine aid in hopes thal the situation would cause the Marxist government to fall. Be this true or not, there is no doubt that we' have been slow to react to the emer-

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'0 give thanks to the Lord because he is good: his mercy end'ureth for ever and ever.' Dan. 3:89

-gency. , , ,The Soviet Union shares the. heavy blame, for the Eon-,

fusion among relief efforts. In more ways than one, the people of Ethiopia are the victims of Soviet carelessness and indifference. The tyranny imposed on them echoes in the ruthlessness and savagery inflicted on all of Communism's vassal states. From Poland to Afghanistan, the story, is the same. Starvation is one more tool in the Russian political arsenal. Ethiopia is today's victim.

Much to the credit of the Catholic Church, she has heard the cries of the starving. Catholic Relief Services has become a channel whereby at least some of the Ethiopian people are being fed. It is encouraging indeed to see the response of American Catholics to the overwhelming need.

He're in our own diocese a major effort is being made to support the efforts of Catholic, Relief Services as Bishop Cronin, who served with the diplomatic service of the Holy See in Ethiopia, has laun'ched a special diocesan appeal for funds. '

All of us who have been blessed with the abundance of this land shouid support these efforts. This week we will be flocking to grocery stores to prepare for our tradi-, tional Thanksgiving celebration. Could we not suggest that each family sacrifice one dish for relief efforts? Could we not share the abundance that the Lord has given us? Could we not rem~mber the starving as we offer, our prayers ,of thanksgiving?

There should be no room in our hearts, for the politics of starvation. Let us never offer stones to, a brother or sister who needs bread.

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",Teenage suicide By Father Kevin J. Harring~on provide their image of reality cannot live in the immediate

in 30 or 60 minutes, minus proximity of the extended fam­Few people could watch the ample time for the lucrative ily of grandparents, uncles,

CBS movie, ."Silence of the commercials. Hence they more aunts and so forth. Heart," without being moved to or 'less subtly send two mess­ Unless families cut o'ff from tears. But more than mere con­ ages: I. every problem has an their kin find new support sys­sciousness raising is necessary instant solution; 2. material tems, they become more isolated to cope with the problem of goods can bUY' you happiness. and more vulnerable to collapse.teenage suicide. Obviously, teenagers' are In such cases, parents should

Television can dramatic~lly shortchanged by these false make the effort to see that theirsensationalize the tears and, standards to which they are so children benefit from the pro­hurts of thousands of people' vulnerable. There should be Httle grams of such organizations aswithout solving their problems, ' wonder why so many are ask­ pcu:ishes. schools, civic associa­as ,in this dramatization in which ing whether life is worth :living. ' tions, work groups and sociala mother 'is haunted by the fear Growing pains have never clubs.that what seemed an accidental been easy but our present soci­ Ironically, lis we live in greaterdeath might actually have been ety, with its pressures of drug and greater proximity to eacha suicide. and alcohol abuse, free sex, frag­ other, there seems to be less and Ironically, the actress playing mented families, and the never­ l~ss community. We are oftenthe mother had at age 22 dis­ never land constantly presented huddled, -lonely, angry ,and hos­covered the body of her own by TV makes it even more diffi­ We, in an upwardly strivingfather, \yho had committed sui­ cult to, become an adult. world.cide. She well conveys the sur­ HIstorically, growing. pains Too many parents manifestvivors' silence of the heart. were usually eased by loving their love by indulging their chil­

IBut, despite suoh dramtic suc­ parents and relatives. Added to dren with material goods for cesses, television too often fos­ strong family ties was a heavy which they must work hard ters alack of communication in reliance upon religious values. away from the home. Our young­fam~lies. Spouses ·put their own Such factors gave resilence to sters inherit the pressure to suc­intimate feelings aside to become teenagers as they faced life's . ceed but lack the presence of spectators of' its make-believe difficult moments. loving parents whose attentiori world. For children it assumes Things -have not changeq. they desperately need. Too often the wle of electronic baby­ Young people still need their the quest for affluence makessitter. inner resources strengthened in those parents more involved

Ironically, the very medium order to cope with daily prob­ with careers and luxuries than that glamorizes love effectively lems: Even ,if today's families with those they claim to love destroys it. Most spou~es want are changing in their size and the most. to be loving and supportive of form they are 'sUll the funda­ Watching television will not each other. Most parents want mental building block of society. solve the problem. RatlJer, those to be loving and supportive of We are a people on the move. who themselves have benefited their children. However, their Often our mobility is a function from .Ioving and stable families good intentions are frequently of our desire to survive economi­ should set an example by form­just that because they forget cally or 'better, to prosper. Yet ing communities of loving affir­that love is spelled t-i-m-e. much is 'lost when the. nuclear mation, hospitality and kind­

Most television, shows must family of parents and children ness.

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Recent events have some mary image would be works of mercy and identification with FATHERobservers scratching their the poor. heads, trying to figure out Although creation of monsig­ EUGENE

where the church is going. nors never stopped, use of the First, there is the decree title greatly diminished. Some HEMRICK

which allows bishops in some haHed this as ·an improvement circumstances to authorize the over the past. use of ,the Latin Tridentine Mass. Another recent church event Many persons no doubt have that caused a stir was a speech

ting compassionately to them.fond memories of Latin. Masses by Cardinal Silvio Oddi, head of How does one interpret theand their familiar "Dominus the Vatican Congregation for the

rece~t series of events that seemvobiscum" (The Lord be with Clergy. Addressing priests mak­to harken back rather than for­you). ing their retreat in Rome, he ward?One reason for the renewal of said: "A priest does not need the

For the person who believesthe liturgy was toencouarge love of a man or a woman to that overaction is out of place more active participation by all achieve a complete personality. here, the events might be seenthe people.. Latin was dropped It is a sad and serious error to as minor. A Latin Mass herein order to increase understand­ insinuate that a priest requires and there, a few more purpleing. the love of another mortal to cassocks and isolated advice are The changes also marked a achieve maturity. The priest· is hardly earth shaking for a church tum in church thinking about wedded ·to the church and does definitely getting more progres­the role of the laity. In the past not require a personal relation­sive.lay people were discouraged ship to complete his personality." I

from getting too close ,to the Any priest ordained for some For some the events could altar. Now they are encouraged length of time must remember SIgnify a death gasp, for others to come closer Ibecause they seminary days, when emotions a hoped-for move towards re­belong there by virtue of their were a no-no and spartan atti­ surrection of old traditions. baptism. ,tudes held sway. I see the conflict as the age­

Another tradition creeping With the period of renewal old struggle between nostalgia back is the creation of monsig­ came the realization that too and the march of time. nors. After Vatican II there much empha!\is on spartanism When the two clash it is not seemed to be a movement away might attract a type of person­ unlike the clash of Peter, who from this institution as part of ality more interested in the let­ tried to hold on to something a thrust to change the image of ter of the law than its spirit; a old, and 'Paul, who opted for the church from that of a showy personality more concerned change. In the end ,both had to so-<:aUed church triumphant ,to about staying aloof and distant come to grips with the real pur­a grass-roots church whose pri- from the laity than about rela- pose of the church.

'fhanksgivingbonus I'll never again approach slid off the road and down an in­

cline before he even' got off theThanksgiving wit h 0 \l t ramp. Fortunately they stopped thanking God for last year's and nobody was hurt.

holiday. As our family ma­ But we made a decision on ·the tures, we're reaching the point spot to stop at the first motelwhere we don't have everyone available and hole up until thehome for the holiday. So last raging blizzard diminished. year we decided to opt for some­ Easier said than found. thing different and therein 'lies

We inched and prayed ourmy tale. way along fu'om Qne "No Va­

We and our two adolescent cancy" sign to another, finally sons went to Santa Fe, New deciding to keep going as longMexico, for a four-day getaway as we could just as we made the to spend some quiet time to­ decision, I spied a :Ionely motel gether. Little did we guess how under a viaduct and said with a much. hint of hysteria,' "There's one

Sante Fe is less than a day's without a No Vacancy sign." drive for us and it transports us God was with ·us. We got theinto another world, with its :Iast room in town, right before Spanish-style homes, .narrow they closed the highway ahead. streets, quiet ambience, hiking, 500 less fortunate travellersand mix of Anglo/Hispanic/In­ spent the night in a church base­dian cultures. ment ,in one of the worst bliz­

We had a wonderful five days. zards in our history; We ended Five, you say? As we drove up with 30 inches of snow which home, satisfi-ed wi,th spending closed highways and airportsgood time together, it began to alike. When we caBed home to snow. ·By the time we. reached report that we wouldn't· be at Raton Pass over the mpuntains, schools and workplaces on Mon­we found ourselves in com­ day, they just laughed. Every­a plete whiteout. We're 'Used to thing was closed. occasional ground blizzards and So we found ourselves iii the. are familiar with mountain driv­ enviable position of having a ing, but this was scary. cozy room, no place to go and

Heavy snow and strong winds people we 'loved with whom to combined to equate no visibility spend our forced imprisonment. at all. I clutched my rosary ring (The boys were contented. There

. as we veered from center to was a pizza parlor nearby.) , ditch and finally reached the It ended up as a bonus to an temporary oasis of a gas station already good holiday. J think at the top of the Pass along with our worried daughter 1000 miles dozens of other frightened away envied us. We talked about travellers. both serious and nonsensical

Jim tall,ted with another man issues. We stayed up late. And about road conditions ahead, we thanked God together for a wished him well and watched safe arrival and for each other. with horror as he and his family As a child of the midwest and

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its raging blizzards, I had often told my children about being snowed in: the roads and schools which closed for' days and the subsequent imaginative play we devised as the winds .and snows swirled around us. This time they experienced' it themselves.

Eventually we made it 'home. It was an occasion for giving thanks iri its truest sense.

A Warning "Be careful how you live. You

may be the only Bible some per­son ever reads." - WiUiam J. Toms

(necrology] November 17

Rev. Henry R. Canuel, former Pastor, 1980, Sacred Heart, New Bedford

November 19 Rev. Msgr. Lester L. Hull,

Pastor Emeritus, 1982, Ou,r Lady of the Isle, Nantucket

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Nov. 16, 1984

I.s this •marrIage

valid?' Q. A while back you said that

if a Catholic formally rejects the Catholic Church and marries iit another religious community, that mnrriage would be valid in the eyes of the Reman Catholic Church.

Would that also be true if the person is a Catholic priest now serving as a Lutheran minister who left the church and was married without any authoriza­tion or action from Rome? (Cal­ifornia)

A. My answer dealt with former Catholics otherwise free. to marry. If someone is already married, his or her formal re­jection of the Catholic Church (which might be by joining an­other denomination) would not change the fact of the existing marriage. According to Catholic teaching, the individual would not be free to marry as long as the valid marriage existed with, the former spouse.

Something similar to this would be true in the instance you ask about.

By our tradition, anyone who has been in full communion with the church by baptism or recep­tion into the faith is normally always' considered 'a member of the church. The fact that some­one has' rejected his relationship with the church does not mean that the church has rejected him or her: .

Thus, even Catholics who leave the church are still, by our understanding, bound 'to its laws unless specifically exempted for some reason ..

The new Code of Canon Law specifically exempts Catholics, who in some way formally re­

.nounce the church, from the ob­ligation to marriage before a priest or deacon.

Through' ordination, a priest cannot marry, according to .church law, because of what is called the impediment of orders. Since the church has not dis­pensed him from that impedi­ment, he is still bound by that part of her law.

Q. Your recent column about weddings states that the church respects our buildings as sacred places where sacred even1ts should take place.

Why in our parish is a pen­ance service hdd in the parish hall rather than in the church? Also, what is the theory of writing our sins on paper and burning the papers at the pen­an'ce seTVice? Isn't this super­stitious? (Maryland)

A. One reason _I chose your question ,is because of something that occurs to me often when people ask about a problem in their parish. Have you asked your parish priest about it?

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why the penance service is held outside of church. I cannot imag­ine a pastor making this choice for no reason at all.

In ceremonies celebrating the sacrament of penance, as well as other liturgical and sacra­mental services, some sort of symbolic action is included to express in a more tangible way what is happening through our prayer.

During one penance service in which I participated, each one present placed some grains of incense on burning charcoal.

At another service, each per­son symbolically washed his or her hands.

Each act was intended to ex­press thanks to God for his mer­cy and forgiveness.

In the same way, at other services ea1:h penitent is invi­ted to write a sin or faults on a piece of paper. At the end of the ceremony these papers are burned, 'symbolizing our belief in and' acceptance of God's for­giving love. This is apparently what happened at your penance service.

Q. We were taught that no­thing new could be introduced af1ter the dea1th of the last apos­tle. How can there be a "new Mass"? (Iowa)

A. I cannot believe you were taught that nothing new could be introduced after the death of the last apostle. If that were true we would still be offering the Eucharist in Greek or He­brew with everyone sitting, or more probably standing, around the dining room table.

Since the church is not a mu­seum, but the living body of Christ, .if has changed much over the past 2,000 years.

The same is true with the 'Mass. The form we older Cathol lies grew up with was simply one of the hundreds the church has experienced in its long life.

Actually, our "new Mass" has more similarities to the "old Mass" of the early Christians than any other format during the last 1,000 years.

Q. Our daughter with whom we have Rittle communication will be married soon. She plans a house wedding by a minister, TV style.

Should we,go to the wedding? (Iowa) .

A. As you describe the situa­tion, there's probably little you can do to affect your daughter's faith at this point but- it is im­portant that you show your love

. for her and support her in her new married life.

Unless there is another major factor 'involved. ,it seems to me that sharing in her wedding would help your relationship and be a spiritual support for her in coming years.

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Sister Elizabeth of the Trinity, a French Carm~lite nun and contemporary of St. Therese of Lisieux, will be beatified Nov. 25: . '. Celebrating the event, the nuns 'of the Carmel of South Dart­mouth invite aIt ,to attend a Mass' of thanksgiving to be of­fered at 10 a.m. Sunday; Nov. 25, at their monastery chapel

'on Sol-e-Mar Road by Archbishop George H.Pearc~e, SM, retired

. archbishop of Fiji. Sister Elizabeth, born in 1880,

entered the Carmel of Dijon at age 21 and died there at age 26. Her religious me was marked by her attraction to si·lence and she has been designated by Pope John Paul II as a guide to men and women seeking union with God through prayer. .

"It seems to me" she wrote shoitly hefore her death, "that in heaven my mission will be to attract souls by helping them to go out of themselves, in order to cling to God with a very sim- . pie and loving movement and to keep them in t'hat interior si­lence which allows God to im­print himself on them . ~ . "

Profoundly influenced by the saints of Carmel, Teresa of Jesus, John of the Cross, and Therese of the· Child Jesus, Elizabeth found the pattern of her person­al vocation primarily in the Paul­

. ine epistles, where she 1earned that she had been chosen ~n

Christ ... and appointed to Bve for the praise of His glory."

For her, say her sister Car­me1ites, love was not only the goal of life, but also the means to reach thar goal. Jt was thus that she fulfilled her vocation as the ceaseless "Praise 'of Glory" of the Trinity.

Vol. I of her Ufe and writings, newly published by the Institute of Carmelite Studies, is avail­able at ,the South Dartmouth monastery.

Banks blamed LA PAZ, Bolivia (NC) - Bo­

'livia's 24 bishops have criticized foreign creditor banks for the nation's deep economic crisis. They blamed Bolivia's economic problems, including an inflation rate of more than 1,000 percent, on "the unjust position of inter­national banks, 'which offer no' possible alternatives to over­come our crisis, caused in large measure by the banks them­selves through ,loans at' excess­ively high interest rates."

Letters are welcomed, but should be no more than 200 words. The editor reserves the right to condense or edit. All letters must be signed and Include a home or business address and telephone number for the purpose of verification If deemed ne~essary.

Mission needs near Editor:

You have been kind to the needs of t'he missions in India. God bless you; Unfortunately, the stream of human need is steady and unending. Your offer­ing supports our work and our combined efforts tell the many poor and needy that we care.

As 1984 draws to an end and 1985 begins to bloom I am re­questing your support· once again.. Now as in the past, we need religious articles such as rosaries, statues, medals, holy pictures and Christmas and Eas­ter cards, also used clothes. These are -distributed by many priests and sisters in the mission sta­tions.

Please continue to help us in our work for. the Lard.

Father Paul Cruz Our Lady's Church Kannanalloor P.O., 691 576, Kerala, India

Bishop outlines black goals

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (NC) Black Catholics are caHed pri­marily to evangelization through justice and peace, respect for life and the liturgy, Auxiliary Bish­op Joseph A. Franci~ of New­ark, N.J., said at the Louisville archdiocesan Black Catholic Con­gress.

"God is calling us to bui,ld up his kingdom here on earth, to communicate his word, to serve our mission as black Catholics,

.to teach and witness the word," he told congress participants.

. Bishop Francis, one of 10 U.S. black Catholic bishops, said he gets "impatient and even weary when I see many of our black ~brothers and sisters ... wander­ing aimlessly in the wilderness of bygone days. It pains me to see so much time, so much talent, so much energy spent on what is negative :in our church and in society at the expense of what is good, positive and af­firmative."

Bishop Francis said the pas­toral letter recently issued by' the black bishops caBs on !black

. Catholics to inform "ourselves of our black' American roots," to works ,to eradicate racism, to promote ,lay, clerical and reli­gious ministries, and to produce "authenticaIly black" liturgies.

Noting it is estimated that al­most 60 percent of 'U.S.. abor­tions are performed on black

'women, Bishop" Francis said black Catholics are called to choose life.

"We black' people, perhaps more than any other people in this country, must continue to_ remind ourselves that our con­

. dition .of servitude was created and maintained by those who had no respect for human life and no respect for service, had no respect for stewardship," Bishop Francis said.

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BROTHER WILLIAM P. LINHARES, son of Jesse M. and Mary Linhares of St. Anthony's parish, Taunton, will be ordained a Francis­can priest of the Third Order Regular on Thanksgiving Day at the Church of St. Paul, Wilmington, Del. He will offer a Mass of thanks­giving at 7 p.m. Nov. 24 at St. Anthony's.

A graduate of the former Coyle High School, Taunton, and Stonehill College, North Easton, he also holds a mas­ter's degree in education from Rhode Island College and a bachelor's in Sacred Theology' from Catholic Uni­versity of America.

Brother William taught in the Taunton public school system from 1970 until 1978, ;when he ent.ered religious life.

After ordination he will continue to serve at St. Pat­rick's Church, Inver Grove Heights, Minn., where he is now assigned.·

Card. Cooke Guild seeks sainthood NEW YORK (NC) - An or­

ganization working for canon­ization of the late Cardinal Ter­ence Cooke already had "hun­dreds" of members when it was launched offically on the first anniversary of his death Oct. 6, acording to the priest appointed by Archbishop John J. O'Con· nor as postulator of the cause.

Capuchin Father Benedict J. Groeschel, who is also spiritual development director of the New York Archdiocese, said mem­bers of the Cardinal Cooke Guild include many Jews and other non-Catholics.

An office at the archdiocesan center wiH handle guild member­5hips, issue a semiannual news­letter, collect reports of favors received .through the cardinal's intercession and prepare ma­terial for submission to the Vatican. However, official can. onization processes cannot start until five years after a candidate's death.

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Saint's body will be on view' . PANAJI, India (NC)-The body of the world's great missionaries,

of St. Francis Xavier, patron working in India, Japan and of foreign missions, will be ex­ China. In 1552, ~oon after· at· posed for public viewing from tempting to establish missions now 'Until Jan. 15 in Goa, an in China, he died. Later his cof­Indian territory. fin was opened and his body

was reportedly undecomposed. The annual feast of the Jesuit

saint, a companion of St. Igna­ Before his death, he had ask­tius Loyola, is celebrated Dec. 3 ed that his body rest in Goa, with religious ceremonies and where he had performed much processions. His relics are ex­ missionary work, because he con­posed every 10 years. In 1974 the sideredit a picturesque and exposition was a tourist event in peaceful land. There his remains the former Portuguese territory, are enshrined in a silver casket although a nationwide shortage jn a mausoleum at the Basilica of food and lodging existed. of Bom Jesus.

- This year, government officials are preparing dormitory space, That's the Troublewater facilities and traffic plans

• "Most people would recognize for an expected 6,000 devotees. opportunity if it didn't look so" Francis Xavier was born in much like work." - Mark

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in Latin, America and human ,rights.

The, bishops received encour­agement from Archbishop Pio Laghi, Vatican ambassador ·,to the United States, for their work on the economic pastoral. . , Using' the Gospel, to fight in­

justice "is among the, paramount tasks of the church in our .times," Archbishop Laghi said. "It is in this spirit, I, know, that you ap-' proach yO,ur work." '

Polish Cardinal Franciszek Marchatski of CJ:acow also ad­dressed the bishops, outlining a five-year proposal for the Po­lish church to aid the country's farmers, and promote economic

: development, The project has received

pledges ,owe $10 million from the U.S. government and $3 mHlion

, from the U.S. bishops. " The bishops, also approved a

$4 million aid package to the , bishops of Thailand .to takeover­,refugee camps run now by Cath­olic Relief Services. They voted 144-11 to donate' 2.6 cents per year for the next three years for every Catholic in their dioceses for Thailand. Each bishop is left 'to decide on ho~ to raise the .

- San Francisco Archbishopfunds. John R. Quinn reported on the

In a v!lte of 117-154, the bish­ work of a commission he heads ops rejected a "limited revision" studying religious life in theof the Psalms designed to re­ United States. He said the Vati­move wo~ds' which might lead can is not trying to "monasti­to sexual bias in liturgical tex.ts. cize religious life."

The measure, ' recommended - Bishop 'Malone ,announced by the Bishops' Committee on

Vatican approvalfor the distribu­tion of 'communion under the forms of both bread and wine in the United' States, at Sunday

the Liturgy was objected to by several bishops who questioned if the new language would ob­scure the meaning of messianic prophecies.

The /revisions would have eliminated masculine references such as "him," "his" and "sons" when referring to women as well as men.

By a 15:>-1 vote Nov. 13, the :bishops, approved the 1985 NCCB-USGC budget of $25.5 million an in<;rease of $1.3 mil­lion over 1984 allocations.

In a separate vote the bishops also approved a hike in the na­tional conference assessment on local dioceses. Beginning in 1986,each diocese will send 13.3 cents to the NCCB-USCC for each Catholic' in its jurisdiction, an increase of 1 cent.

. The bishops delayed action on a new eucharistic pr:ayer pend­

. ,ing its review by other English­speaking countries.

In other action: - San Antonio, Texas Arch­

Qishop Patrick F. Flores, urged greater support for the. church' in Latin America in response both to threats' and violence against Catholic lay leaders and heavy Protestant proselytizing.

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FATHER DONALD D. VELOZO, son of Mrs. Doro­thy Velozo, Somerset, and the late Jesse Velozo, and a priest of the diocese of Cam­den, NJ, has been named a prelate of honor to Pope John Paul II with the title of Rev­erend Monsignor.

The new monsignor was an altar boy at St. John of God parish, Somerst, and at­tended Somerset schools be­fore joining the Air Force, where he served from 1952 to 1956.

He holds degrees in phil­osophy from St. Mary's Col­lege, St. Mary, Ky., in Am­erican hidtory from' Villa­nova University and in school administration from 'lassboro College, Glassboro, NJ. He studied theology at St. Bonaventure Seminary, St. Bonaventure NY, and

,prior to priestly ordination in 1965, wa~ a transitional deacon at St. Michael's Church, Fall River. '

In the Camden. diocese he has directed the permanent diaconate program since its inception and also direCts a , priests' convalescent home and is a nursing home chap­lain. Previously he taught in Camden diocesan high schools and was assistant di­rector of a retreat house. He has served on many dioce­san committees.

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AT A MASS marking the 25th annivers~ry of Bishop Stang High School, North Dart­mouth, past chaplains and the present chaplain concelebrated with Bishop Daniel A. Cro­nin and were welcomed by senior Judy Duarte. From .left, Father Marcel Bouchard, present chaplain; Father Joseph' Powers, Father Marc Bergeron, the bishop, Miss Duarte, Msgr. Patrick O'Neill, Father John J. Steakem, Father George Harrison. (Rosa Photo)

FATHER HERVEY VANASSE, a former member of New Bedford's 212th Field Art­illery unit of the National Guard and now a priest of the Seattle arehdiocese, returned to New Bedford for a reunion of the World War II veterans and celebrated Mass for his comrades. From left, Eugene Howland, Father Vanasse, Ralph Lider, Roger Menard. (Rosa Photo)

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MEMBERS AND FRIENDS of the Women's Guild of St. Patrick's parish, Falmouth, participated in a 67th anniversary celebration of t.he miracle of the "dancing of the sun" at Fatima, Portugal, recently held at the national cent.er of t.he Blue Army of Fatima, Washington, N.J.

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.ATTLEBORO AREA members of the Bishop's Ball committee, from left, Mrs. Albert Jackson; St. Mary parish, Mansfield; Mrs. Harry B. Loew, St, John Evangelist, Attleboro; Russell April, St. Stephen, Attleboro; Mrs. George Bauza, St. Mary, Norton; Mrs. David· Selmayer, St. Mary, Mansfield.

Bisho'p's Ball presentee parishes A young lady from Nazareth

Hall Vocational Center, Fall River, and 37 representatives of diocesan parishes will be presen­ted to Bishop Daniel A. Cronin by their fathers at a ceremony that is a traditional highlight of the IBishop's Charity. Ball.

The annual winter social event win take place· Jan. 11 at Lin­coln Park Ballroom, North Dart­mouth.

The Nazareth student will rep· resent a diocesan agency .bene­fiting from .the Ball. Proceeds also go to four summer camps . for exceptional and underprivi­leged children.

Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes,

Ball director, has named Mrs. James A. O'Brien Jr. presentee committee chairman, a post she has held for many years. She wi'll be assisted by Miss Claire O'Todle, Mrs. Vincent A. Coady, Miss Dorothy Curry, Miss Angela Medeiros, Miss A{)rienne Lemi­eux and Miss Ethel Crowley.

Attleboro Area: St. John, St. Stephen, Attleboro; St. Mary, North Attleboro; Mt. Carmel, Seekonk.

Cape and Islands: St. Marga­ret, Buzzards Bay; St. Patrick, Falmouth; St. Joan of Arc, Or­leans; St. Augustine, Vineyard Haven; Our Lady of Lourdes, Wellfleet; St. Elizabeth, Edgar­town; St. John, Pocasset.

Fall River Area: Cathedral, Holy Name, Notre Dame, St. Anne, St. Louis, St. Miohael, St. WilHam, Santo Christo, Fall River; St. Bernard, Assonet; Our Lady of Grace, North Westport; Our Lady of Fatima, Swansea.

Taunton Area: Holy Rosary, Our Lady of Lourdes, St. Mary, St. Paul, Immaculate Conception, Taunton; Immaculate Concep­tion, ~orth Easton.

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Our -two teenagers collect their allowances, eat the meals I prepare and use the family as if it belonged entirely to them. But if they ever expressed grati­tude, I .fear I would die of shock. They are doing well in school and with friends, but whatever happened to saying thank you?' Are we wrong to look for them to be grateful for their families once in a while? (Maryland)

Of course not. You echo the hunger and hurt in every par­ent's heart. We parents are all eager for positive response from our chi!ldren, especially when they are about to 1~ave home. W,e have invested 18 or more years of -love and work. How nice it wou·ld be to hear, "Well done, Mom. You did a good job."

Unfortunately, gratitude is '!ike love. It cannot be required or demanded. If' you do,. the gratitude may be formally re­

turned but it. will be a pale re­flection of the,.. spontane~us . re­sponse we so desire. .

While gratitude cannot ibe de­manded, it can be given. Like love, the best strategy to receive it is to give it. Instead· of seek­ing gratitude from our children, this Thanksgiving we might con. sider the reasons we are grate­ful for them.

Are your children· healthy? Take satisfaction from that. Years ago fewer than half the children born :lived to adulthood. Are they happy? Share their joy.

You mention. that your child­ren get along well with their friends. Frequently teens are indifferent toward family but loyal and thoughtful toward their friends. Such behavior can indicate a necessary step in

.growth.

Their skm in peer relation­ships may reflect social skills learned within the family.

Are your chHdren able to enter adu-lthood with confidence and independence? They may ascribe their self-sufficiency to their own ability. But lin your heart, you know their maturity is 'in good· part your gift.

Count your blessings this Thanksgiving. Be ~rateful to your children for growing up

with health and verve and spunk.

Do it now. Do not wait for them to be grateful in words. • That tirne may not come. Thanks­giving is a time to be thankful, not to wait for others to thank us.

You owe even more to your children than the joy you experi­ence at their health and happi­ness. They are not the only ones who have changed. You too have g,rown, perhaps more than you desired. Children make true adults out of their parents..

Your children gave you the op­portunity to pass on your love to a new generation, and in the process to grow up yourself. Thanksgiving may be the oc­casion for you to thank them for the wonderful chance they have given you.

Let parents lead the way. Turn your need for gratitude around, and use it as a remin{)er th~t

you too are grateful. "Thank you, my sons and daughters, for teaching me patience and un­selfishness, for helping me to, reach deep into my so.ul for a tough and enduring love that I never knew before, and for grow- . ing up eager to repeat this ad­venture with yet another genera­tion."

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WASHINGTON (NC) - The Catholic charismatic renewal has contributed significantly to par­ish '1ifein the areas of liturgy, music, evangelization, Scripture, prayer and youth outreach, ac­cording to a document published' by the Bishops' Liaison Com­mittee with the Catholic Charis­matic Renewal.

Titled "A Pastoral Statement on the Catholic Charismatic Re­newal," the document was pub­lished in October by the Na­tiona·1 Conference of Catholic Bishops. The bishops' charis­matic renewal committee is headed by Auxiliary Bishop Jo­seph C. McKinney of Grand Rapids, Mich.

The term ~'charismatic" refers to the gifts of the Holy Spirit exercised by Christians.

Bishop McKinney, in an inter­view, said it was time for an updating of the bishops' views on the charismatic renewal movement and "we detected a maturing we wanted to share."

He also said Pope John 'Paul II "was saying more and more positive things than we were saying."

Previous pastorals on the re­newltl had been published in 1969 and 1975, but 'Bishop Mc­Kinney said, "This one is more positive."

"It is an effort to be clearer and clearer on what we discern are the fruits and needs 'of the renewal," he added.

In the new statement "we noted that the ministry of the charismatic renewal is beyond itself" Bishop McKinney said. For example, he said, the move­ment is educating people in faith, building up family life and becoming a source of religious vocations.

MSGR. JOHN PATRICK Carroll-Abbing, founder of Boys' Towns of Italy and president of the Vatican Youth Commission for the Holy Year; the Dalai Lama, exiled re­ligious and national leader for millions of Tibetan Bud­dhists; and New York Archbishop John O'Connor (left to right) meet at lana College, New Rochelle, NY, where they were awarded honorary degrees.

The pastoral statement com­mented, "Since our last two statements, we have seen the charismatic renewal mature in its grasp of the core of the Gos­pel and those realities which belong constitutively' to the inner nature of the church."

As well as praising the move­ment's contributions to the role of the laity in the church, ·its renewal of the family and its instructional programs, the statement warned against abuses and offered suggestions for im­provement.

It encouraged the renewal to pursue justice and peace in addi­tion to spirituality, to bring peo­ple closer to the Catholic Church -instead of leading them away and to use caution. in the healing and deliverance ministries. .

The statement also warned against fundamentalism or false literalism in interpreting the Bible and against leaders lack­ing doctrinal and spiritual forma­tion.

"We especially rejoice .in the efforts to foster the pursuit of holiness, to encourage Catholics to a fuller participation ·in the Mass and sacraments, to develop ministries to serve the parish and local church, to foster ecu­menical bonds of' unity with other Christians, to participate in evangelization, and to assist the development of this renewal in other countries," the state­

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"While this renewal pursues the Gospel priority of giving first emphasis to the praise, t.hanks, worship and love of God, we remind all that such love is not complete if it does not reach out to all our neighbors, especi­ally the poor."

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New pastoral 'revolutionary' Continued from Page Three

for then non-existent national policies to end child labor, es­tablisha minimum living wage for all workers, and create mi­tional iIlness, disability, unem­ploymentand old age security systems. Such programs have since become an integral part of the American social fabllic.

The' new draft is the product of nearly four years of work by a five-bis!,!op committee headed. by Archbishop Rembert Weak­land of Milwaukee. It is,how­ever, only the first of tllree rounds of writing and revision. The nation's bishops are to de­bate and vote on a fin'al docu­ment in November·1985.

Release of the first draft was delayed until after the recent national elections because of the potential for political misuse of it in the campaigns.

The document is divided into two major parts:

- "Biblical and Theological Foundations," divided into two chapters, spells out the Christian understanding of economic life and the ethical norms Catholic social teaching has developed out of that understanding.

- "Policy Applications,'.' in five chapters, seeks" to apply the ethical norms to specific

issues facing the United States:' employment, , poverty, food and agriculture, collaborative eco­nomic planning, and the impact. of national policy on the world economy.

The topic of food and agri­culture was added to the pas­toral only recently. It appears only as a heading in the second draft, scheduled for. completion next spring.

Contrary to fears expressed beforehand by some 'leading con­servative voices, notably, For­tune and Business Week, the pastoral draft does not repudi­ate or sharply criticize capital­ism as an economic system,

Rather, it praises many ac­complishments of the U.S. econ­omy and the role investors ,and owners play in economic life, 'but within that framework erlun­dates signif,icant changes it says are needed to make the polit­ical-economic system work more justly for all.

On employment, it says the role of private entrepeneurs in job creation is of primary im­portance, but it also insists on a strong role by local, state and national government and by unions in promoting further job .creation and in achieving 'a na­tional policy goal of full employ­

ment. On the central ethical princi­

ple~concerning work, the draft says, "A job with adequate pay should be available to all who seek one. This right protects the freedom and obligation of all to participate in the 'eco­nomic life of society....Employ­ment is crucial to self-realiza­tion for the worker and to the fulfiIlment of material needs. It also forms the first line of de­fense against poverty."

On poverty, the document notes that the percentage of peo­ple below the poverty line in the United States rose from 11.7 percent at the end of '1979 to 15.2 percent at the end of 1983. "The fact that so many people are poor in a nation as wealthy as ours is a socia'! and' moral scandal that must not he ig­nored," it says.

It . notes that poverty' hits . blacks, Hispanics and women hardest" and it cites figures to show that the "inequality in the distribution of income and wealth" in the United States is among the worst in the Western industrialized world.

It chaHenges frequently re­peated myths about the poor and calls' for 'a wide range of re­forms, starting with a full em­

pl'oyment policy but also' in­cluding significant reforms in the tax, system and the welfare system, improved child care services for working parents and special efforts targeted at equal­ity of economic opportunity for women and minorities.

On collaborating to shape the U.S. economy, the pastoral draft calls for a wide range of initia­tives at local, regional and na­tional levels, particularly stres­sing new forms of partnership between management and work­ers and ·between industries and local communities to promote greater economic growth and equity.

But it also emphasizes that the federal government must play a significant policy-making and coordinating role in effec­tive economic planning at the national level, even though "the mere mention" of national eco­nomic planning provokes "a vio­1ent allergic reaction" among many Americans.

Regarding the effect of U.S. policy on the world economy, the pastoral draft cites "three key themes.. .fromre~nt papal teaching: the need for reform of the international system, the need to refashion national poli­cies, and the acceptance of a

.'preferential option for the poor' as an overall policy imperative."

It is particularly critical of re­cent shifts in U.S. international development policy. Without naming the Reagan administra­tion, a series of· policy shifts which constitute "a gross dis­tortion of the priority that de­velopment assistance should command."

The draft also lists ethical norms for U.S. policy regarding foreign trade, Third World Debt, renewal of foreign development assistance and private invest­ment abroad.

It calls on the United States to lead in launching a global "campaign for economic democ­racy and justice."

The members of Archbishop Weakland's drafting committee are' Archbishop Thomas Donnel­lan of Atlanta, Bishops George Speltz of S1. Cloud, Minn., and WiIliam Weigand of Salt Lake City, and Auxiliary Bishop Pe­ter Rosazza of Hartford, Conn.

Copies of the first draft of the pastoral may be obtained from Origins, NC News Documentary Service, 1312 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC, 20005, at $3.50 per copy, postage paid. Multiple-copy rates are available on request.

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"Regarding North America, we see a world where wealth is the measure of everything and where the values and ;lifestyJes

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The caroinal also painted it bleak picture of .the post-Vatican II church worldwide, saying many Catholics have used Vati­can II "to pass from self-criti­cism to self-destruction" of

.Catholi~ unity. "We expected a new enthusi­

asm and many ,people have end­ed up discouraged and bored. We expected a leap forward and instead we find ourselves faced with a progressive process of de­cadence which has developed in large measure under the slogan of a return to the council . . ."" he was quoted as saying.

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a remote, strange body. of thought which contrasts not only with the concrete habits' of me, but a~so with the base mod­el of thought," he said.

Many U.S. moralists "believe' they are forced to choose be­tween dissent from society or dissent from the magisterium," the cardinal said, and many se­lect the .latter, adopting "a com­mitment to a secular ethic which ends up unhinging. men and women from their profound na­ture, leading them to a new slavery in the name of HQera­ting them." .

,Cardinal Ratzinger was 110t quoted as naming' any U.S. church people in his criticism. The quotes on the U.S. were part of a Jengthy interview, which is the basis of riine arti­cles in the magazine. The maga­zine said they would be published iIi book form in earJy 1985.

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He also criticized theologians who work outside the church's magisterium~ defended current prohibitions on intercommunion with Protestants and defended missionary activities from ac­cusations of cultural imperialism.

, Cardinal Ratzinger attacked "efforts to rebaptize God in the feminine tense" and said that the Catholic faith seems stronger in Eastern Europe, which is uri­der Communist rule, than in Western countries. "-

The late East German Cardinal {\lfred Bengsch of Berlin "used to tell me that he saw a graver danger to the faith ,in Western consumerism and in a theology contaminated by this' attitude than in' Marxist ide910gy," he added.

Cardinal Ratzinger said, how­ever, that Mancism 4s the most dangerous of contemporary athe­istic philosophies because of its mora.l pretensions.

Speaking of developments since Vatican II, Cardinal Ratz­linger criticized what he eaUed "an anti-council spirit according to which' everything which is new or presumed to be so would always be better than tllat which already exists" and according to

. which "the history of the church would have a rebeginning" with the council.

The cardinal said he opposes efforts to ,turn the church clock back to' the pre-Vatican II era but aiso said' that Catholics must

_ "search for a new balance after

the exaggerations of an indis­criminate opening to the world,

"after a too-positive interpreta­tion of an agnostic and atheistic world."

The cardinal also said that the growth and power of nation­al bishops' conferences runs the risk of overshadowing the au­thority of individual bishops.

Cardinal Ratzinger, a German, said the strongest statements against the rise of Nazism in the 1930s came from individual bishops. "Those of the (bishops') conference were pale in compari­son to what the tragic era il'e­quired," he said.

Regarding ecumenism, he said many Catholics have an "incor­rect vision" that "the nonaccep­tance by Rome of inter commun­ion, of a joint Eucharist with the Protestant churches, is the ultimate fruit of an intolerant mentaUty."

"This position does not reflect that for a Catholic the church - the structure willed this way by Christ himself - is based on apostolic succession and therefore there cannot be a Eu­charist if the succession is inter­rupted," said the cardinal.

Cardinal Ratzinger criticized theologians who stress their own views at the expense of the "common tradition" of the church, but did not name indivld­ualls.

Many theologians seem-to have forgotten that the .subject who formulates theology is not a single studious person, but the Catholic community in its entire­ty," he said. "It is the church."

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3rd annual all-parish family Thanksgiving Mass: 7 p.m. Nov. 24, followed by refreshments in the church hall.

Day of recollection: 1 to 8 p.m. Nov. 25, including witness taIls by Falther Jhseph Ma:'· guire and others, song, prayer and evening meal.

MT. CARMEL, NB Newly elected youth group of­

ficers were commissioned at a recent Mass.

ST. STANISLAUS, FR Signed Mass for the hearing

imoaired: 10:30 a.m. Nov. 25. Donations for the Thanksgiv­

ing clothing drive may be brought to Masses this week­end. Volunteers willing to sort and pack clothes may contact Deacon Frank Mis.

Women's Guild membershiptea: 2 p.m. Nov. 18, school. New members welcome.

Advent wreath orders are be­ing accepted at the school office during school hours.

O.L. l'ICTORY, CENTERVILLE Thanksgiving dinner will be

served at 12:30 p.m. Nov. 22 in the parish center. Those wishing to attend or needing transporta­tion should call the rectory to­day. Those willing to help or donate food may signup in the Candle Room.

Those knowing of a family needing aid for Thanksgiving should notify the rectory.

Mass 2 p.m. today, Whitehall Health Care Facility. All wel­come.

A trip is planned to visit the parish mission project in Haiti. Il)formation: Frank Frayne, 428­8351.

ST. MARY, SEEKONK Thanksgiving Day Mass: 9 a.m.

parishioners asked to donate canned goods for the needy.

ST. JAMES, NB Gifts totaling $1,200 have been

received for the parish Memor­ial Fund.

Vincentians are' preparing Thanksgiving baskets and are grateful to parishioners for the largest collection ever of food­stuffs.

ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN Couples' Club: meeting 6 p.m.

Nov. 18 Children's Mass: in school at

10:15 a.m: Nov. 18. Parishioners have contributed

well over $1,000 for Ethiopianfamine victims.

CATHEDRAL,FR Parishioners are asked to pray

for a sister ,parish in the Renew program, Cathedral of the Im­maculate Conception, Albany, NY. .

Two Cathedral teams will play in the CYO league in' the coming season, while a women's bowling tournament is slated for 2 p.m. Dec. 2 at Walko Lanes, Fall River. .

ST. LOmS de FRANCE, SWANSEA' e>

Teenage retreat: Nov. 23 to 25. Information at rectory.

Ladies of St. Anne Sodality: Christmas party Dec. 5, McGov­ern's restaurant, Fall River.

Apple of My Eye project: Each CCD class' has chosen a parishioner to be the "apple of its eye" for the year. Notes, cards and .pictures will go to them and special prayers will be said for some 60 shut-in or el ­derly persons.

ST. JOHN, POCASSET Vincentians: meeting follow­

ing 10:30 a.m. Mass, sacristy,Nov. 18.

Tuesday and Thursday hot meals and programs continue for the 55-and-over Family: blood ,pressure taken from 11 a.m. to noon; meal from noon to 12:30 p.m.

NOTRE DAME, FR Those attending Mass in the

parish who consider themselves members but have never regis­tered are asked to do so by dropping a note in the cullection basket or calling the rectory.

Parents' meeting: 7 p.m. Nov. 28, Notre Dame school. Father Jim Hawker, Boston archdio­cesan director of communica­tions will speak in the family.

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ST. RITA, MARION Congratulations' go to young

parishioners Bill and Andy . Fallon and Steven and Gerry

LeBlanc, Eagle Scout award re­cipients.

All CCD classes have been adopted in prayer by parish­ioners and are grateful for the spiritual support.

Confirmation candidates are wiliing to provide babysitting at 10 a.m. Sunday Mass if this service is needed. Sign-up sheet at back of church.

ESPIRITO SANTO, FR Families interested in lighting

the Advent wreath on a Sunday during the season are asked to speak to one of the priests.

CORPUS CHRISTI, SANDWICH The youth group will receive

corporate communion at 7 p.m.. Mass Thanksgiving Eve.

Charismatic prayer meeting: 8 p.m. each Friday, Father Clin­ton Hall.

I\j'ew organists are welcomed: Mrs. Dee Powell at St. The­resa's, Mrs: Ada Simpson at Corpus Christi.

ST. GEORGE, WESTPORT Canned goods are being col­

lected at the 'church for Thanks­giving baskets.

O.L. ANGELS, FR Dona'tions of cloth for pads

for the Rose Hawthorne LathropHome are requested and may be brought to the church.

Altar boys and lectors are needed. Volunteers may contact the rectory.

SSt PETER & PAUL, FR A parish renewal weekend

open to all adult parishioners will take place Nov. 23 to' 25. Registration should be made byNov. 18.

Thanksgiving Mass: 7 p.m. Nov. 21.

ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA Folk Group Christmas con­

cert: Dec. 1. Three second grade CCD'

teachers are needed. Informa­tion at rectory.

ST. JOSEPH, NB Prayer meeting: 7 p.m. Nov.

28. Thanksgiving Eve Mass: 7

p.m., including blessing of holi ­day bread. Canned goods may be brought for donation to 'the needy.

Old pictures and newspaper clippings dealing with the parish are requested for 75th jubilee in 1985. Donors may call Roger Quintin, 995-8471.

Those interested in running for parish council membership may notify Father Daniel Ga­mache, pastor.

Legion of Mary holy hour: 5 o'clock tonight.

ST. JOHN OF GOD, SOMERSET

Youth Group day of recollec­tion: 1:30 to 6 p.m. Nov. 18, CCD center.

ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, NB

Canned goods will be col­lectedat weekend Masses for distribution to the needy.

Men's League: meeting after 10 a.m. Mass Nov. 25. Coffee and doughnuts will, follow all Masses on this date.

First communion: Saturday, Dec. 8.

HOLY ROSARY, TAUNTON SAINTS & SINGERS THE ANCHOR- 13 Bumper stickers for the par­ This choral group, direc,ted by Fridav. Nov. 16. 1984 ish 75th anniversary are avail ­ Mrs. Dee Powell, organist at

able. St. Theresa's Church, Sagamore, will o~fer a Christmas concert, ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN

MT. CARMEL,SEEKONK "The Treasures of Christmas," Karen Tivey will be receivedAn ecumenical Thanksgiving at several diocesan parishes. as a catechumen in a specialservice will be held at 7:30 p.m. Dates and times follow: Corous ceremony at 10 a.m. Mass Nov. Nov. 20. All welcome. Christi. Sandwich, 7 p.m. Dec. 18. MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER Parishioners are invited toR: St. Patrick. Wareham. 2 p.m.

Weekend scheduled for Nov. Dec. 9: St. Joseph, Fairhaven, rarticipate in an ecumenical 30 through Dec. 2 at LaSalette 8 p.m. Dec. 14. Thanksgiving service, a first for Center. Attleboro. Information: Fairhaven at 7, p.m. Nov. 20 atWJDOWED SUPPORT~83-9681 after 5. Good. Shepherd Church, NorthWidowed men and women Fairhaven..!h. MARY, NB will meet for Mass. dinner and Thanksgiving Eve Mass:a party on New Year's Eve atAltar boy meeting: 10 a.m. 7 p.m. Nov. 21. Parishioners areNov. 17 in church. the diocesan Family Life Cen­ asked to bring canned goods for

Parish council meeting: 7:30 ter. North Dartmouth. Those the needy and an item of foodwishing may soend the night atp.m. Nov. 28, Religious Educa­ from their Thanksgiving mealtion Center. the center and enjoy a contin­ to be blessed.ental breakfast before leavingLaSALETTE SHRINE, on New Year's Dav. Informa­ ST. LOUIS de FRANCE,ATTLEBORO tion: George and Imelda Ve­ SWANSEA

Thanksgiving penitential serv­ zina, 998-3269. Holy hour: 7 p.m. Nov. 18, in­ice: 6:30 p.m. Nov. 20. Indi­ Ca.pe Cod area: meeting 3 to cluding Eucharistic devotions,vidual confessions will be heard . fi p.m. Nov. 25; discussion on evening prayer and ScriptureAll welcome. Holiday Hassle at St. Jude readings.

Chapel. 4463 Falmouth Road Worship committee meeting:ST. KILLIAN, NB (Rte. 28), Cotuit. Information: 8 p.m. Nov. 13. Advent and·Widowed support group: Dorothyann Callahan, 428-7078. Christmas plans will be dis­meeting 7:30 p.m. Nov. 19. In­ Attleboro area: Christmas din­ cussed. surance problems will be dis­ ner Dec. 2; holiday cheer Dec. cussed. 15; New Year's Eve party. In­ ST. RITA, MARION

formation: 695-6723; 399-8385; Parish youngsters will pre­ST. PATRICK, SOMERSET 699-2878. pare three Thailksgiving dinnersNew members are invited to for· needy families.join the parish prayer inter­ ST. ANTHONY. Parishioners are invited to ancessors who pray for 15'minutes MATTAPOISETT

ecumenical Thanksgiving ser­a day on assigned weeks for Ecumenical Thanks~iving ser­ vice at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 21 at thespecific. intentions. The church vice: 7 p.m. Nov. 21, .followed by Congregational Church.is open from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. refreshments. .daily. IMMACULATE CONCEPTION,

ST. ANNE'S HOSPITAL, FR TAUNTONVINCENTIANS Use of lasers in treatment of Prospective altar boys shouldCorporate communion with cancer will be discussed at a

come to the rectory today afterBishop Daniel A. Cronin' as meeting for medical orofession­ school. ' principal celebrant and homi­ als at 8:30 a.m. Nov. 21 in Clem­list: 10 a.m. Dec. 2, St. Anne's ence Hall, Room 112. Women's Guild: Nov. 17 bus Church, Fall River. Luncheon to trip to Fall River, including a follow in St. Anne's auditorium. ST. THOMAS MORE, lunch. Information: George Doucette, SOMERSET The parish choir is in need of 674-4181. All are invited to participate tenors and instrumentalists. Re­

in the annual parish Thanks­ hearsals 7:30 p.m. each Monday. SACRED HEARTS SEMINARY, giving dinner, to follow 11 a.m. The second Sunday of each WAREHAM Mass on the holiday. month has been designated

Life in the Spirit Seminar: Youth ·Sunday. Students in DEAF APOSTOLATE grades 3 to 8 will assist at 10:30

eight Thursdays, except Dec. 27. Thanksgiving service and cele­ a.m. Mass with the aim of hav­7:30 p.m. Dec. 6, continuing for

bration: 2 p.m. Nov. 20, St. Ber­ ing every student participate atCoed retreat: Nov. 23 to 25. Information on both pro­ narc;i's parish, Assonet. least once during the year.

International Catholic Federa­grams: Carol Ducey, 295-0100. tion for the Deaf members are ST. JOAN OF ARC, ORLEANS

ST. ANNE, FR asked to attend a signed Mas~ Family Mass followed ,by cof­New CYO officers: John Chic­ ?t St. Stanislaus Church. Fall fee and doughnuts: 10 a.m. Nov.

ca, president; Ronald Audette, River, at 10:30 a.m. Nov. 18. The 18. I'

vice-president; Fatima Mendes, day is the feast of Christ the Parish councillors are consid­secretary; Michelle Gagnon, King, for which the local ICDA ~ring disposition of the' old treasurer. Board meeting Nov. chapter is named. church building, the present 20. A signed Mass will also be thrift shop and the former con­

celebrated at 11 a.m. Dec. 9 at vent. Those with suggestionsGOOD NEWS CONCERTS St. Mary's Church, South Dart;" should contact Jon Eitelbach or

Concert with Jon Polce: 7:30 mouth. A social will follow. members of his subcommittee. p.m. Nov. 24, Mt. Carmel Christmas customs of other Potluck supper and Advent Church, Rte. 44, Seekonk; col­ lands will be celebrated at 2 wreath-making party: 6 p.m.lege students home for Thanks­ p.m. Dec. 4 at St. Bernard's. Mr. Nov. 30, Visitation hall for East­gi ving weekend especially in­ and Mrs. Santa Claus will be ham and Orleans parishioners.vited. among guests. Information: 255-4946, 255-5385.

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On Oct. 28 the band won its first competition, taking first place at a contest in East Bridge: water and winning awards for ,best music, best bandfront, best percussion and best drum ma­jor. In New England finals, held Nov. 4,it placed sixth in the region.

8tm upcoming is the New Eng· . 'land 'Parade Championship, to be held ,in Quincy Nov. 25, in which the Attleboro . contingent will compete against. 30 or more, bands. .

'11: * '" * , Just-elected freshman c.ass

officers are Craig Herman, presi­dent;Chrlstine Piscatelli, vice­president; Sharon Carroll, secre­tary;.Jennifer Gilmore, trea~urer.

'" * '" '" Congratulations are in order.

for sophomore .cheerleader and track team member Kristin-Rae Marcotte, winner of several dance awards in a North American Pageant Systems contest in Ded­ham. She won first p'lace and firstruimer-up in solo jazz, first· place as "Miss Teen' Photogenic," first '~unner-up in evening gown modeling and second: runner-up in group tap ·dancing. .

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By Charlie

its third 'ce.,tury. Ms. Harrop .is active -in musical, theatrical and literary undertakings at Feehan and has won awards in Spanish, mathematics and English.

Bishop Stang Open Ihouse for incoming stu­

dents and their parents. is set for 7 p.m. Nov. 20 at the North Dartmouth high school.

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The, school launched a year­long celebration of its 25th anni­versary with a Nov.· 8 Mass at which Bishop Daniel A. Cronin was principal celebrant, assisted by 35 priest~ from parishes at­tended by Stang students. ~

Honored at the event were six Stang graduates, representing the school's over 4,000 alumni. They were Genevieve' Poente, R.N; Dr. Roger 'LaCoste; Dr. Paul Donnelly; Sister Ann Ra­poso, RN; Patrick Carney, presi­dent of Claremont Financial Ser­vices of Boston; and State Po~ lice Officer Albert Rivet.

'" '. . . , And congratulations to 1980 graduate Brent Lestage, who's been elected a student ,trustee and student senator at Bristol Community College in Fall River. Before entering BCC he attend: ed the New York City School of Visual Arts and worked in LoS Angeles as a photographer..

winners for scholarships and a , Bishop Connolly,.trip' to Colonial Williamsburg' for national' competition. WIn­ Recent meetings attended by ners are judged on leadership, ' faculty members at the Fall school and community ;nvolve­ River High ,school included the ment, .knowledge of current Massachusetts Foreign Language counterparts from student coun­events and a brief essay on an Association convention in Bos­ cil president Connie Rodrigues issue facing America as it enters ton and the fall assembly of the and senior Christine Peters.

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ALL YOUR GIFTS OF LIFE Thank you, Lor:~, for all your gifts AIl your gifts of life Thank you, Lord, for al1 your gifts All your gifts of life Sunshine and butterflies All your gifts of life

. Animals and birds in the skillS AlI your gifts of life Clear waters and running streams

-All your gifts of life , Flowers bright and growing trees

All 'your gifts of life Tiny hearts and aged hands All your gifts of life Teach us, Lord, a deep respect For 'an your gifts of life

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LIFE IS full of smaB surprises, ,looked. Schedules and responsi­as this. song points out. But bilities may narrow our focus. sometimes small gifts are over- . We need ,to be responsible, yet

ies of the history, art and litera­ture of Southeastern Massachu­setts.

Senior Elaine Turcotte, 16, has been named the school's top Century m Leader, eligible to compete with other, state win­ners for a $1,500 scholarship and a trip to the Leaders' na­tional conference in Colonial Williamsburg in March. At Wil­liamsburg state winners win' compete for a national prize of a $10,000 scholarship.

Elaine wa~ selected on the basis of leadership sldlls, school and community involvement and results of a current events exam and an essay contes~

She studied in France during the past summer . under a stu­dent exchange program and is a National Honor Society member and active in dramatics and on the ConnoIly yearbook staff.

Holy Family Continuing .celebration of the

New ,Bedford school's centennial year, students have placed a metal "time capsule" in :the cornerstone of ,their present school building. The idea came from discovery of a similar cap­sule in the cornerstone of Holy Family's original building, now housing a business school.

The earlier capsule contained coins, newspapers and religious statues; the new one enclosed newspapers, photographs, tape recordings, a school tie and em­blem, school rings, and pictures of Pope John Paul II and Bishop Daniel A. Cronin. Also included are letters to their 21st c,entury

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who smiled at me today? - When did 1 last thank God

for the person I am - a unique combination of hopes, abilities and inner gifts?

- Who among my friends could benefit from a smaH, .extra dose of my attention?

New Year's Day ~s not the only time to make ;resolutions for the future. Try to' discern what is missing from your life. This might lead to a few resolutions now. ,Life offers marvelous oppor­

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The Shamrocks of Bishop Fee­han High School pinned a 28-7 setback on Bourne last weekend in clinching the Southeastern Mass. Conference Division Two championship for the second consecutive season.

Another diocesan school, Bish­.op Stang High, is· the confer­ence's Division Three titlist, thus giving diocesan schools two of the three conference football championships.

In defeating Coyle-Cassidy High, 29-7, last weekend the Spartans tied the school's all­time record of eight wins ,in a season. Undefeated in five divis­ion games Stang'l'g overall rec­ord is now 8-1. The only loss was to Dartmouth in an inter­division game.

Dartmouth is Division One champion with a 7·0 record in

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portsWQtch Feehan, Stang Win Grid Crowns

division action and 9-0 overall. The Indians nipped the Somer­set Blue Raiders, 27-24, last weekend.

In the waning days of the foot­ball season'attention turns to the Thanksgiving Day tradition­a'1s. Among them are Feehan at Coyle-Cassidy, Case at Somerset, Durfee at New Bedford, North Attleboro at Attleboro, Falmouth at Barnstable, Bourne at Ware­ham, Fairhaven at Dartmouth, Dighton-Rehoboth at Seekonk, Old' Rochester at Apponequet. All are morning games.

Meanwhile Stang is host at I p.m. tomorrow to New Bedford 'yoke-Tech, Dennis-Yarmouth treks to Norwell. If the Stang Spartans win they would estab­lish a new school all-time record 'for most wins in a season, nine.

Cougarettes in Volleyball Tourney lIn the Eastern 1\llass. South

Sectional volleyball tournament the Bishop Connolly High Cou­garettes advanced to the semi­finals in which they were sched­uled to meet top-ranked Brock­ton, on the latter's court, iast Tuesday night.

'Connolly split its opener, 15· 11, 8-15, with Seekonk in the qualifying pool tournament held in Durfee High School last week­end.The Cougarettes then split 15-11, 8-15, with Bishop Feehan High. This followed with a 15-6, 15-11, sweep over Fontbonne Academy. In a one-game play­off with second-place Notre Dame of Hingham Connolly was the winner, 15-11, aHowing the Cougarettes to take the top spot

and gain the final against Brock­ton.

Film of the Nov. 3 footbal'l game between ·Coyle-Cassidy and' Taunton will be shown on cable channel 27 'fouesday and Wednesday. .

Games Sunday night in the Bristol County CYO Hockey League ·in the Driscoll Rink, FaH River, are New Bedford vs. Fall River North, at 9, Mansfield vs. Fall River South at 10.

Last Sunday Mansfield de­feated Somerset and Fall River South lost to New Bedford.

Standings - FaH River South 5-1-0, New Bedford 4-1-1, Mans­field 3-1-1, Fall River North 0·4-1, Somerset 0-5-1.

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Father Dorgan, Boston archdiocesan liaison for the charismatic renewal, is chairman of the English de­partment of St. John's Sem­inary, Brighton, and active in retreat work. His topic on Dec. 1 will be "The Restless C.hristian."

All are welcome to the breakfast. Tickets are available from prayer group leaders or from Father Pierre Lachance, OP, St. Anne's Church, Fall River, tel. 678­5322.

Romania allows administrator

VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paul II has named an apos­tolic administratQr for Buchar­est. A key, Romanian archdio­cese which had been without a bishop or administrator since 1954. .

Named was Romanian Msgr. Joan Robu, 39, rector :at a major seminary in Iasi, Romania.

The appointment followed meetings earlier this year be­tween Vatican and Romanian officials.

Romania's Communist govern­ment, which does not officially recognize the church, suppress­ed religious freedom following World War II. The .Jast arch­bishop of Bucharest was Arch­,bishop Alessandro Cisar, who was prevented from exercising his functions. After his death in 1954 the government barred his replacement.

A Vatican official said only one of Romania's five Latin-rite dioceses has been allowed to have a bishop consistently since World War II. That is Alba Julia, whose population is mostly of Hungarian descent. The other dioceses have been administered by priests, he said, not apos,tolic administrators.

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