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Pope warns Europeon edge of abyss

Vatiean toughensstance 0 on Balkans

VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Asthe War in the BalkanS'has system"atically devastated lives and prop­erty over the last 18 months, theVatican's thinking has grown stead­ily tougher.

To the surprise of many, topchurch officials in late 1992 beganrecommending limited military in­tervention as a way to stop theshelling and keep relief lines openin Bosnia-Herzegovina.

At international forums, Vati­can officials suggested putting teethinto an existing embargo againstYugoslavia and imposing a "no-flyzone" in the embattled region,where Serbian forces continued toattack civilian targets.

The eventual goal, of course,was a return to peace. But themeans employed would be soldiersarmed to kill, and warplanes readyto shoot down intruders - a polic­ing force presumably assembledby a U. N. or international coalition.

In December, Pope John PaulII said protecting relief operationswas obligatory when the survivalof populations and entire ethnic

ASSlSI, Italy (CNS) - PopeJohn Paul II, praying for peace inAssisi, warned Europe that itsethnic wars have pushed it to theedge of an abyss of destruction.

The survival of European civili­zation may depend on ending thewar in the Balkans, the pope saidduring the two-day interfaith meet­ing in the hometown ofSt. Francis.

During a Jan. 9 meeting withChristian, Jewish and Muslimleaders, the pope said, "We arenow being asked to contribute in aspecific way with our prayers andthe offering of our fast to therebuilding of the continent ofEurope and perhaps to its sur­vival."

"In the face of such a tragedy,we cannot remain indifferent; wecannot sleep," the pope said afterlistening to five people from Bos­nia-Herzegovina and Croatia re-

o count experiences of war in theirhomelands.

The interfaith meeting and anighttime Christian prayer vigillater in the Basilica of St. Franciswere followed by a candlelight

groups. are threatened. If thisinV.Qly.es interference in the inter­nal affairs ()f a country, he said, sobe it. .

Was this the same church thatlooked so skeptically upon Opera­tion Desert Storm, the U.S.-ledwar effort to push Iraqi troops outof Kuwait in 1991? Was this thesame pope who, two years ago,saidthat "peace obtaine'd by armscould only prepare new violence"?

Italian political commentators- especially those who had sup­ported Desert Storm - quicklyclaimed a convert. In their view,Pope John Paul had finally cometo see the value of war.

The same pope who proposedthe "absolute illicitness of war"during the Gulf conflict has now

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procession of young people wind­ing through the frosty medievalhill. town to various churches,where they prayed throughout thenight.

The somber interfaith meetingtook place in the Franciscan con­vent attached to the basilica whereSt. Francis is buried.

The spiritual leader of Muslimsin Sarajevo described Bosnia­Herzegovina as "a country bathedwith the blood of innocent crea­tures of God."

Jacub Selimoski said 200,000Muslims had died in the fightingand more than 35,000 women,ages 7 to 80, had been raped.

He said Bosnia is experiencing a"horrible apocalypse" at the handsof "the Serbian aggressors."

Archbishop Vinko Puljic ofSarajevo said: "We thank the worldfor its humanitarian assistance,but from here we cry for justice.The politicians slow down the solu­tion of the problem, always look­ing for new reasons to avoid aneffective intervention."

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AT ST. MARY'S Cathedral rites Jan. 9, Bishop Sean O'Malley ordains two young men tothe transitional diaconate. At top, he ordains Andre Faria; center Charles Jodoin. At bottomhe stands with Deacon Faria, left, and Deacon Jodoin, right, following the ceremony, at whichhe spoke in Portuguese and English, with Deacon Faria taking his vows in Portuguese. In hiscomments, the bishop explained the historical background of the diaconate. (Kearns photos)

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Stonehill plans Blackhistory programs

Stonehill College, North Easton,has planned a series of programsto observe Black History Monthin February. The schedule ofeventsfollows.. 8 p.m. Feb. 4, Hemingway Aud­

itorium: Black Folks Theater Com­pany of Boston will perform theplay "The Meeting" about a fic­tionalized meeting between Mar­tin Luther King and Malcolm X.

7:30 p.m. Feb. II, Martin Insti­tute auditorium: Rev. Cedric Kirk­land-Harris, social justice directorfor American Baptist Churches ofMassachusetts, will present "Rele­vance of St. Martin Luther Kingand Malcolm X."

8 p.m. Feb. 18, Martin Institutelecture hall, room 105: "CivilRights: Still an American Agen­da" and "Is Congress Broken?"will be presented as part of theJulian Bond Lecture Series.

8 p.m. Feb. 22, Martin Instituteauditorium: Nakamichi ConcertSeries will feature soloist VincentStringer and pianist Lisa HaraDeCaw performing arias, classicaland spiritual music.

7 p.m. Feb. 25, Martin InstituteAuditorium; Frank Frazier willpresent "Visions in Black-An Ar­tist and His Work," a slide showand a hands-on workshop cospon­sored by the Environmental Pro­tection Agency, the Joseph W.Martin, Jr. Institute at Stonehill,the Fuller Museum of Art and theNehemiah Life Development Cen­ter.Information: 230-1120.

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Last foundress ofMaryknoll Sisters

, dead at 98

The Mass of Christian Burialwas offered Tuesday at St. Patrick'sChurch, Fall River, for Sister MaryDunstan Duffy, RSM, 86 whodied Jan. 9.

A Fall River native and thedaughter of the late John J. andCatherine (Cassidy) Duffy, she en­tered religious life in 1931. Sheserved at St. Vincent's Home andMt. St. Mary Convent in FallRiver, at St. James, St. Lawrenceand St. Kilian's convents in NewBedford and at St. Mary's Con­vent, Warren, RI and St.Michael'sConvent, Providence.

In retirement, she resided at Mt.St:.Rita Health Center. Cumber-' - "-TheMass of Christian- Burialland, RI. was Offered Jan. Ilat the Domini-

She is survived by two sisters, can motherhouse on Park Street,Sisters Mary Inez Duffy and Mary Fall River, for Sister Marie of theLucretia Duffy, both Sisters of Rosary Lacroix, OP, 95, who diedMercy, and by nieces and nephews. Jan. 8. .

She was a Fall River native, thedaughter of the late Napoleon andClara (Dion) Lacroix. Enteringthe Dominican Sisters ofSt. Cath­erine of Siena and taking her firstvows in 1919, she subsequentlywas stationed in Acushnet and ather community'S motherhouse aswell as in Peru, NY. She served 74years in religious life from the timeof her profession, 65 of them at themotherhouse.

She is survived by cousins.

ObituariesSister Duffy

MARYKNOLL,N.Y.(CNS)­Sister Mary Gemma Shea, 98, the

, last founding member ofthe Mary­knoll Sisters, died Jan. 8 at theMaryknoll nursing home.

One of seven founding membersof her community, she spent 81years in religious life, much of it inmission work in Japan and else­where.

Born Margaret Shea in 1894 inWestwood, Mass., she attendedpublic schools before volunteeringin 1912 for what would become thefirst American community of reli­gious women dedicated exclusivelyto the work of Catholic foreignmissions. ...

In her first eight years in reli­gious life, Sister Shea did house­keeping, laundry and cooking forMarkyknoll priests and brothersand assisted in the publication ofField Afar, a predecessor of thecurrent Maryknoll magazine.

In 1920, Sister Shea went toSeattle to work with Japanese im­migrants and organized a kinder­garten for Japanese children andin .1930 she went to Japanese­occupied Manchuria, teaching cat­echism to adults, doing pastoralwork and founding a kindergartenthere as well.

Sister Shea moved to Tokyo in1938 to train a community of Jap­anese missionary women. Therewhen World War II broke out, shewas interned with 100 other nunsand 40 Protestant women and spenttwo years in Japanese internmentcamps before being repatriated in1943.

She continued with pastoralwork among the Japanese, minis­tering in Seattle, Hawaii and Japanand adding cooking classes to herschedule as a way of making con­tact with women.

She retired in 1968,atage74, toCalifornia, where she gave reli­gious instruction to Japanesewomen and visited homes andhospitals well into her eighties,returning to Maryknoll in NewYork State only in 1991 when herhealth began to fail.

Her survivors include a cousin,Robert Magnum of North Reading.

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be a pessimist." - Norman Cousins

NOTICEDue to our small staff,'

we are unable to send pho­tographers to all areas ofthe diocese where BishopSean O'Malley will be mak­ing pastoral visits. We there­fore ask parishes to arrangefor a picture on such occa­sions. Colored or black andwhite snapshots are accept­able and need not be ofany'particular size, since we caneasily reduce or enlargeprints. Photos may be sentto Pat McGowan, The An­chor, PO Box 7, Fall RiverMa 02722. Thank you foryour assistance in thismatter.

word abortion," Miss GraYadded."Now the word abortion is part ofour everyday lives."

Miss Gray criticized formerPresident Ronald Reagan for his"lukewarm" pro-life support. "Wenever got one piece of legislation.We never got an initiative. Wenever got anything except nice talkthat the president was indeed forpro-life."

She did not specifically criticizePresident George Bush, whom Clin­ton defeated in November.

The pro-life movement became"leashed to politics" when it wastoo closely associated with theRepublican party, she ~aid. "We'reunleashed from that now. We'reuntied. We have to set our ownagenda."

The movement also has lostground in Congress, Miss Graysaid.

"Back in 1980, in the Congress,we had well over a majority in theHouse and at one time we hadmorethan a majority in the Senate,"she said. "All we were worriedabout was whether we were goingto get two-thirds of a majority topass a constitutional amendment"on abortion.

Since the pro-life movement wastied to a political agenda, "we havelost clout in both the House andSenate," she added. "We barelyhave one-third to sustain a veto."

JANUARY 22, 1974, hundreds of young people joinedthe first-anniversary project in Washington of the SupremeCourt's Roe v. Wade pro-abortion decision. Twenty yearslater, the annual protest is still necessary. (CNS file photo>.

Convention added to March agendaWASHINGTON (CNS) ­

Twenty years' after Roe vs. Wadeand two days after the inaugura­tion of Bill Clinton. a presidentwho strongly supports legal abor­tion. the 1993 March for Life willinclude its first convention.

But. says march organizer Nel­lie Gray, "we're not going to have alot oflittle workshops. We're goingto assume everyone understands ababy is a baby at fertilization."

The Jan. 22 march in whichmany diocesans will participateand at which Bishop Sean O'Mal­ley will deliver the invocation. willbe followed by a daylong conven-

. tion Saturday, Jan. 23. at Wash­ington's Hyatt Regency CapitolHill Hotel. Theannual Rose Dinnerwill take place that night.

The march will begin with anoon rally at the Ellipse parksouth of the White House, fol­lowed by a walk down Constitu­tion Avenue to the Supreme Courtand Capitol.

A keynote convention speechwas set for 7:30 p.m. Jan. 22, withmore convention activities to fol­low beginning at 8 a.m. Saturday.

The theme of both the marchand the convention is "Taking theOffensive with the'Life Principles.'"The principles state, in part, "Thelife of each human being shall bepreserved and protected from thebiological beginning throughoutthe natural continuum of the hu­man being's life by all availableordinary means and reasonableefforts." .

The aim of the convention, asoutlined in a March for Life bro­chure, is to "look at our pro-lifesoul; listen to wise words andgenerate workable ideas about basicissues of strategy, policy, legisla­tion, politics, press, morality andstrength."

In an interview with the Arling­ton Catholic Herald, diocesan news­paper in Arlington, Va., Miss Graysaid she believes the pro-life move­ment is at its nadir after 12 yearsunder Republican presidents whoexpressed support for the pro-lifeagenda.

"!t's worse than it was at thetime of Roe vs. Wade," the 1973U.S. Supreme Court decision thatoverturned most state restrictionson abortion, she said.. "We have permitted America to

go from a time when we wereshocked and horrified just by the

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BISHOP GELINEAU

Providence bishophas knee surgeryPROVIDENCE, R.I. (CNS) ­

Swollen and sore but cheerful,Bishop Louis E. Gelineau, 64, ofProvidence began physical ther­apy Jan. 5 after getting a completeartificial replacement of his rightknee the day before.

He is scheduled for similar sur­gery to replace his left knee Feb. 1.

"The bishop should've had hisknees replaced at least five or 10years ago," said Dr. A. RobertBuonanno, chief surgeon at SportsMedicine Rhode Island Inc. "He'sgrinding raw bone against rawbone."

Buonanno, a 20-year friend ofthe bishop's, performed the two­hour surgery at St. Joseph Hospi­tal,- North Providence.

Bishop Gelineau said that whenhe was anesthetized for the opera­tion, extensive arthritis was alsonoticed in his back. "It's a geneticthing. I'm sure it's in the otherjoints as well," he said.

The operation involved completeremoval of the natural knee, resur­facing of the tibia and femur at thejoint, and insertion of an artificialjoint.

Bishop Gelineau had spinal an­esthesia and was awake throughmost of the operatipn. "There wasa lot of cutting. There was a lot ofjuggling of that knee... I couldhear all the pounding and sawing,"he said.

"The therapy is going to be longand difficult, and they say therewill be no shortcuts," he added.

But he looked forward to regain­ing 90 percent of the use of hisknee. "Years ago this [arthritis]would have landed me in a wheel­chair," he said. "This is going to bea nice, smooth joint."

Gregg Mercurio, a representa­tive of the company that makes theartificial knees, said that untilrecently artificial knees were attach­ed with cement and typically lastedonly 10 to 15 years.

But with new technology boneand tissue grow into the surface ofthe implant and attach to the jointitself, giving it a much longer life,he said.

He said it takes about threemonths for bone to attach itself tometal pieces of the new joint andabout six to eight weeks of therapyare usually needed for a patient tofunction normally.

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mouth, and campus ministry di­rector at then-Southeastern Mas­sachusetts University..

He was named director of Cathe- .dral Camp in 1983 and pastor atSt. John Neumann in 1984. Hewas appointed diocesan directorof youth ministry in 1989.

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. Westport; and Immaculate Con­ception parish, North Easton.

.He was.assigned as parochialvicar at St. Joseph's, Taunton, in1988, .also becoming chaplain atCoyle-Cassidy High School in thatcity.

He' has directed St. Vincent'sCamp since 1983 and has beendirector ofthe Taunton area Cath­olic Charities Appeal since 1990.

Father HarrisonFather Harrison, ordained in

1968, has served as associate pas­tor at St. Joseph's and St. Mary'sparishes in Taunton; St. Mary's,New Bedford; Our Lady of Mt.Carmel, Seekonk; and St. JulieBilliart parish, North Dartmouth.

Among his assignments werechaplain at Coyle-Cassidy, direc­tor ofthe Taunton CYO, and chap­lain of the Taunton Serra Cluband the Taunton chapter of Catho­lic Nurses. He served as secretaryto the bishop and assistant chan­cellor in 1971.

While at St. Julie's from 1980 to1984 he was chaplain at BishopStang High School, North Dart-

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Pastoral AssignmentsRev. William L. Boffa from Parochial Vicar at St. Joseph

Parish in Taunton and Director ofSt. Vincent's Camp to Pastor ofSt. John Neumann Parish in East Freetown and Director of theDiocesan Office of Youth Ministry and Director of CathedralCamp.

Rev. George E. Harrison from Pastor of St. John NeumannParish in East Freetown and Director of the Diocesan Office of .Youth Ministry and Director of Cathedral Camp to Pastor of OurLady of Mount Carmel Parish in Seekonk. .

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Cap., has announced the follow­ing changes in clergy assignmentsfor the diocese: .

Father William L. Boffa, nowparochial vicar at St. Joseph's par­ish, Taunton, and director ·of St.Vincent's Camp in Westport, hasbeen named pastor of St. JohnNeumann parish, East Freetown.He will also direct Cathedral Campin East Freetown and the Dioce­san Office of Youth Ministry,which is based at the camp.

Father George E. Harrison, cur­rently pastor at St. John Neumannand director of Cathedral Campand youth ministry, has been as­signed as pastor of Our Lady ofMt. Carmel parish, Seekonk.

Father James S. Medeiros, pa­rochial vicar at Holy Name parish,New Bedford, has been assigned asparochial vicar at Holy.Name par-ish, Fall River. .

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Jesus' words of hope are all themore welcome in our stressful age.In a world where our value is oftenmeasured by our marketable skills,we need to hear in a fresh waythese familiar words of Jesus fromthe Sermon on the Mount: "Lookat the birds of the air; they do notsow and reap and store in barns,yet your heavenly Father feedsthem. You are worth more thanthe birds!"

Jesus'was telling his disciplesand through the Gospel us thateven a creature humans think oflittle value does not escape God'slove and notice. Through prayer­ful reflection we can rediscover theliberating truth that each individ­ual, including ourselves; is of worthto God and no one can be outsideHis love. Who would know betterthis truth than the Son of God?

Each of us has the opportunityto love our fellow human beingsby recognizing that in truth all ofus are the spiritual offspring ofGod. The entire public ministry ofJesus was devoted to proclaimingthat astonishing good news.

Our words and deeds will neveroutshine those of the Master but ifwe are sincere disciples and seek toimitate Jesus' example the light ofthe.Good News will shine throughall that we say and do.

Within Us"What lies behind· us and what

lies before us are small matterscompared to what lies withinus."-Ralph Waldo Emerson

news to the poor, to proclaimrelease for prisoners and recoveryof sight for the blind; to let thebroken victims go free, to pro­claim the year of the Lord's favor."

Jesus transformed the Mosaictradition of declaring every sev­enth year a year of release fromdebts with these words: "Todaythis text has been fulfilled in yourhearing."

With a good deal of poeticlicense, we can picture Jesus'mul­ling over this passage ofScripture.He must have imagined the greatjoy of slaves and the very poorwhen the year of release was an­nounced.

He likened his role to that ofthemessengers who went the lengthand breadth of the land proclaim­ing that the year of the Lord hadcommenced. His joy was to fulfillthe Father's will of proclaimingthe kingdom of God as a forgive­ness of sins. His joy was lettingevery human being know that heor she was a child of God. Thereshould be little wonder that Jesusspent so much of his time amongthe "small people" of his day andthere shold be little surprise thatthese were the people who openedtheir hearts to his liberatingmessage.

As Jesus came' to his self-un­derstanding through insightfullyreflecting upon sacred Scripture,so should we. This meaQs takingtime daily to read and prayerfullyreflect upon Scripture. We all needto hear the good news anew.

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"Thou shalt not kill." Ex. 20:13

By Father Kevin J. HarringtonSacred Scripture has a sad his­

tory of being neglected in the Ro­man Catholic Church. This neg­lect has taken its sad toll. It issomewhat disheartening to notethat when opportunities for Biblestudy are offered to the faithfulthere is often initial enthusiasmand then a fall-off of interest.

There have been great advancesin contemporary Scripture studiesthat have gone unnoticed by manyof the faithful, but it should berecalled that the great saints andmystics were nourished in theirfaith by prayerful reflection uponsacred Scripture. Their preachedand written insights are our legacy.

However, Scripture study mustbe more than an intellectual exer­cise. We should mull over certainpassages and meditate on imagesthat enkindle our hearts to a lov­ing response to God's call. It wouldalso behoove us to examine howJesus blended Old Testament teach­ings with his own, incorporatingthem into a new synthesis. Indeed,Scripture scholars have identifiedcertain passages of the Old Testa­ment as significant in forming Jesus'self-understanding.

A fitting example of how Jesusused the Old Testament is found inthe New Testament account of hispreaching in the synagogue at Naz­areth. There Jesus read this pas­sage familiar to the Jewish people:"The spirit of the Lord is upon mebecause he has anointed me; hehas sent me to announce good

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Crime and Gun ControlOne of the major crises facing the nation today was hardly

mentioned during the endless campaign rhetoric. It is true thatsome lip service was paid to the problem, but jobs and theeconomy in general were the chief concerns of the presidentialcandidates. The mounting incidence of crime, especially inmetropolitan areas, was' scarcely addressed.

Yet every day the headlines trumpet the shocking statisticsof murders, assaults and robberies. Hardly a week goes bywithout its reports of sadistic killings on our city streets. It is arare home or business that lacks security devices. From centercity to posh suburbia, we are making our homes security zones.Children cannot go to playgrounds alone, the elderly are virtu­ally prisoners in their residences and travelers must be- con­stantly alert for muggers and other assailants.

Despite all this, no effort has been mounted on the nationallevel to halt this appalling situation. Everything seems to beleft to a states' rights mentality and overworked local policeforces. It is apparent that Washington's current policy issimply every man or woman for him or herself.

A few grants and gestures are made in a show of concern,while large sums of money are appropriated to build newprisons, but the activity amounts to no more than tokenism.

Somehow we have failed to realize that throwing money atproblems does not solve them; only people can do that.Washington already funds thousands of programs, yet ourcities continue to plummet into despair. It seems that eachprogram works independently of all the others and that Con­gress. makes no effort to synthesize them.

Law enforcement, housing, health services, education, druguse prevention and other social programs should combine thelaw and order and root causes mentalities in the effort to findeffective solutions to the many-faceted problem of crime.

Above all, federal, state and local governments mustdevelop apolitical gun control laws. For too long have theWhite House and Congress feared offending the NationalRifle Association and its siege-like lobbyists. The massiveefforts of this one organization have intimidated legislatorsinto inaction on gun control.

Meanwhile, urban gun use expands and guns have becomedrug traffickers' enforcement weapon of choice. It is impera­tive that crime control and gUJ;l control be equated and that allfederal efforts to ban assault weapons in particular be sup­ported. There is no need for them to be available. Hunters donot use machine guns. .

A simple national law imposing a waiting period on gunsales would slow arms trafficking. Local gun laws should notbe adapted to evade federal restrictions; in fact, nationallicens­ing and registration of guns would be a twofold blessing. Itwould restrict access to weapons, thus making gun crimeseasier to prosecute, and it would close local loopholes.

The question remaining is that of public concern. Howmany people must be murdered before citizens rise in theirwrath? Let us make our voices heard as voters and as taxpayersand demand an effective response to our concerns from bothCapitol Hill and the White House.

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and social collapse could be SeCDeverywhere in Baidoa, AnythiDIthat could be moved and sold hadbeen stripped from the streets andhouses - including street lights,all electrical wires and roofs ofhO,uses.

The international communityfaces some difficult long-rangeissues' in its efforts to get Somaliaback on its feet, the cardinal noted.

"For example, we've floodedthe market with free sorghum," hesaid. He asked what impact thiswill have on farmers harvestingtheir own sorghum - whetherthey will be able to market it andhave the incentive to replant theirfields.

Lord make me an instrument of yourpeace.Where there is hatred let me sow love.Where there is injury/pardon,where there is doubt/faith,where there is despair/hope,where there is darkness/lightand where there is sadness/joy.

a Divine Master, grant that I may not somuchseek to be consoled as to console,to be understood as to understand,to be loved as to love. For it is in givingthat we receive, it is in pardoningthat we are pardoned, and it is in dyingthat we are born to eternal life.

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to see only adults, no sick andweak children'who are left at home.So the CRS workers measure andweigh youngsters and establishprograms of long-term care forthose under 85 percent' of normalgrowth for their age.

Bishop RiCard said,an estirpated90 percent of Somali children areundernourished, but conditions arebetter now·than a few months ago,although sanitation, medical careand disease prevention are majorproblems still to be confronted.

"The war has caused massivedestruction," the bishop said."There is no infrastructure, and noone is in charge of anything."

Cardinal Mahony said the evi­~ence of two years of lawlessness

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WASHINGTON (eNS) - Starv­ing Somalis are being fed and theU.S. Marine presence has dramat­ically cut down internal violence,said two U.S. bishops who visitedSomalia late last month.

"The care-givers are extremelysplendid, heroic, impressive peo­ple. They're doing extraordinarywork," said Los Angeles CardinalRoger M. Mahony.

Catholic News Service inter­viewed him by telephone after hereturned to the Vatican Embassyin Nairobi from reviewing reliefwork in Somalia, especially inBaidoa and villages south of thecity that are receiving aid fromCatholic Relief Services, the U.S.bishops' overseas aid and devel­opment agency that is funded byU.S. Catholics.

Baltimore Auxiliary Bishop JohnH. Ricard, a CRS board member,was also in Somalia, visiting vil­lages served by CRS and helpingdistribute food. Mahony said thaton a visit to an orphanage, "I met a17-year-old boy, I would have saidhe was only 6 or 7, he was so smalland thin."

Bishop Ricard went to the vil­lage of Haval. There, he said,"some 5,000 people, many whohad walked for miles, lined up inthe hot, blazing sun to waitpatiently for food. Everyone waspolite, even when the food ranout."

Cardinal Mahony declared "CRSis really doing a first-class, first­rate job. They go in first and do acensus. Every family gets a card[that says how many are in thefamily] so [they get] exactly whatthey need. . .

"And CRS hires and trains localvillage people to do the process,"he added. "That way they create asense of ownership, and boy, doesit payoff."

Because "women have no rights"in Somali culture, he said, CRSsets up separate lines for men andwomen and distributes food simul­taneously along both lines. Oth­erwise, he said, the men wouldsimply move ahead of the womenand they would have to wait untillast.

At Kurtum, he said, he visited aCRS feeding and health monitor­ing center for malnourished chil­dren.

In standard food distribution,he explained, relief workers tend

.B'ishops report onstate of Somalia

By FATHER ROGERKARBAN

ing is the beginning of Paul's firstletter to the Corinthian Church; acommunity over which he had lostall control. The impact and beautyof these initial words mask a deepfeeling that his ministry had been atotal failure. Many Corinthiansnever grasped the real meaning ofthe message he proclaimed. (Overthe next Sundays we'll see some ofthe issues which demonstrate hislack of success.)

Yet his correspondence with theCorinthians is the most valuablescriptural support we have to helpin dealing with today's problemsin the Christian community. Paul'sbeing out of control guaranteedthat he would teach only the mostessential aspects of the faith; pointsto which we must continually re­turn. His failure laid the ground­work for our success.

Even John the Baptizer had toexperience the undignified end ofhis own ministry for Jesus' work tostart. Almost all scholars of theChristian Scriptures agree thatJohn's death triggered the Lord'spublic preaching. As long as theBaptizer was giving Yahweh'smessage, Jesus seems to have feltno need to proclaim his own teach­ing. Only when John's disciplescame to the carpenter one nightwith the news that their leader hadbeen martyred, did he begin torealize the Father was calling himto broaden his ministry - anexpansion which would finally leadto his own "demise" on Golgotha.

The early Christian communityeventually regarded John's failureas a sign that he was Jesus' precur­sor. His mostly ineffective minis­try prepared the way for the Lord'swork. This is why the evangelistsalways depict him as subordinateto Jesus: "After me is to come aman who ranks ahead of me...Thevery reason I came baptizing withwater was that he might be revealedto IsraeLIt is he who is to baptizewith the Holy Spirit."

The lesson is clear: If we con­tinue to regard success as a signthat we're doing what the Lordwants us to do, we might neverreally find out what our true cal­ling is.

Norplant opposedBALTIMORE (CNS) - Bal­

timore Archbishop William H.Keeler has criticized a proposal bycity officials to promote use ofNorplant, a long-term contracep­tive implant, among Baltimore'steen-age schoolgirls. "I say weshould give moral education achance," the archbishop said. Theplan proposed by school, city andhealth officials would involve dis­cussing use of Norplant in clinicsand family life classes of publicschools. Officials view its use as away of reducing Baltimore's teenpregnancy rate, among the highestin the nation.

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DAILY READlNG~Jan. 18: Heb 5:1-10; Ps

110:1-4; Mk 2:18-22Jan. 19: Heb 6:10-20; Ps

111:1-2,4-5,9-10; Mk2:23-28Jan. 20: Heb 7:1-3,15-17;

Ps 110:1-4; Mk 3:1-6Jan. 21: Heb 7:25-8:6; Ps

40:7-10,17; Mk 3:7-12Jan. 22: Heb 8:6-13; Ps

85:8,10-14; Mk 3:13-19Jan. 23: Heb 9:2-3,11-14;

Ps 47:2-3,6-9; Mk 3:20-21Jan. 24: Is 8:23-9:3; Ps

27:1,4,13-14; 1 Cor l:l0-13,17; Mt 4:12-23

Isaiah 49:3,5-6I Corinthians 1:1-3

John 1:29-34I have no idea why those who

select our liturgical readings omit­ted verse 4 from today's Deutero­Isaiah pericope. The whole pas­sage is built around it. Immediatelyafter Yahweh names the prophethis servant "through whom I showmy glory," this "suffering" servantresponds with reflective amaze­ment. "I thought," he says, "I hadtoiled in vain and for nothing, use­lessly, spent my strength! Yet myreward is with the Lord, my re­compense is with my God. Fornow the Lord has spoken.. :"

One of the deepest mysteries offaith springs from our experienceof a God who honors, instead ofpunishes, us for our failures. Avery strange God - a God whodeclares victory in situations inwhich almost everyone else declaresdefeat. Those who try to under­stand the Lord by comparing hisactions to our human behaviorpatterns will immediately run intolots of problems. Such actionssimply don't fit into our system.

Only after the prophet admitshis total lack of success does Yah­weh proclaim, "It is too little foryou to be my servant, to raise upthe tribes of Jacob, and restore thesurvivors of Israel; I will make youa light to the nations, that my sal­vation may reach to the ends of theearth." In other words: "Y ou'vefailed at trying to convert Jews tomy will. So I'm rewarding you byexpanding your ministry. Nowyou'll go to Gentiles!"

At one time or another allreflective followers of God havepondered this illogical process. Itmakes little difference whether weactually accomplish our faith goalsor not. The Lord always rewardsus for the attempt by widening ourinsights and our work.

Paul of Tarsus is a classicexample. He obviously failed in .his efforts to stop the early Jewishdisciples of Jesus from skirtingsome of the Laws of Moses in theirzeal to spread his message. Yet, inthe vision which stopped him frompersecuting this new way, he dis­covered the Lord was calling himto proclaim his word to Gentiles ina way which would eventually leadalmost all Christians to ignore theentire Mosaic Law!

Ironically, today's second read-

Dr. JAMES &

Dear Mary: During the holidayseason we spent more than weshould. We delayed payment onsome of our purchases until thestart of the new year. Now thosepayments are about to begin, and Idon't think we can meet them., I

Tips for climbin,g' 'out of debtparish staff person may be able tohelp you by offering you financialcounseling or by suggesting re­sources in your community.

If you get help through a finan­cial counselor, try to get long-termadvice as well. Learning to con­struct a budget and planning waysto stick to it can help you avoidfurther financial problems and livemore comfortably within your in­come.

Reader questions on family liv­ing or child care tobe answered inprint are invited by The Kennys,219 W. Harrison St., Suite 4,Rensselaer, IN 47978.

Your lending institution maycounsel you on your debt problemand arrange a loan which you canhandle. Individual creditors mayaccept lower payments per mOI1th.

Large companies sometimes pro­vide financial counseling for theiremployees. Military personnel canoften get financial counseling righton base.

Some communities offer non­profit consumer credit counselingservices where someone will assistyou in dealing with creditors. Lookin your phone book for such ser­vices.

Your' parish priest or another

need to cut back on spending, tryto reduce your clothing and enter­tainment expenses. Look for othersmaIl savings which can add up ­over time: Reduce snack food pur­chases; cut back on long-distancephone caIls; consolidate errands toavoid unnecessary driving.

Ifyour problem is more serious,can you consolidate your loansinto one larger Io'an at lower inter- 'est? If you have equity in yourhouse, a home equity loan mightbe possible. Avoid using such anarrangement as yet another line ofcredit.

Get help with your problem.

am afraid we are going to godeeper and deeperinto debt. Whatcan we do? ' '

You are wise to consider yourproblem before it gets any worse.If you face high interest rates onseveral accounts" you might havegreat difficulty getting ahead.

The obvious approach is to cutback severely on your expensesand meet your payments until youreach a debt levef you can handle.It is a difficult task.

If you choose this straightfor-,ward route, write checks for pay­ments on your debt before you payanything else each month. If you

The AnchorFriday, Jan. 15, 1993

By

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MARY

KENNY

Bishops' statement on abuse is beacon of hopeBy

DOLORES

CURRAN

Cheers, American bishops, foryour first official statement onspouse abuse, "When I Call forHelp: A Pastoral Response to Do­mestic Violence Against Women."

When I wrote a column a coupleof years ago asking why we neverhear about the sinfulness of spouseabuse from the aItar or the largerchurch, I was overwhelmed by theresponse from women who havesuffered physical, emotional, ver­bal, psychological, and/ or sexualabuse from their "good" Catholichusbands. Many told of husbands

who routinely received commun­ion on Sunday with the family androutinely beat them up the rest of'the week without any thought ofthe sinfulness of their behavior.

One woman wrote, "I am writ­ing this with tears in my eyes. Icannot believe they would print acolumn like yours in a Catholicpublication calling abuse a sin. Ihave been abused for 30 years andI never have heard or read a wordfrom the Church on the sinfulnessof abuse. Your words give megreat hope."

Another wrote, "When I talkedwith our pastor about the abuse Isuffer daily, he told me to praymore and to examine what I wasdoing to ignite my husband's anger.I have given up on help from mychurch."

Don't give up too soon, sisters.

The bishops didn't mince words inthis letter. In a statement that con­demns sexism, the bishops declaredwomen shouldn't consider them­selves religiously bound to remainin abusive relationships, and theyencourage parish priests to be readywith 'safe place' for victims. "Vio­lence in any form - physical, sex­ual, psychological or verbal -issinful;" they write in this ex­traordinary letter, co-issued by theirCommittees on Marriage and Fam­ily and Women in Society andChurch.

Admitting that traditionally theabuse of a wife by her husband hasbeen considered "virtually a hus­band's prerogative," the bishopsstate they are particularly con­cerned about the way biblical pas- ,sages encouraging wives to be sub­missive to their husband have beentaken out of context.

At this writing, I haven't seenthe new catechism from Rome so Idon't know if abuse is listed as asin but our bishops' words on thesubject are sure to have worldwiderepercussions. Uniess, that is, welet the statement languish in dustyarchives.

Although I have never exper­ienced abuse, I, like the bishops,feel a strong sense of responsibilityfor those women and children whodo. I believe all of us in the churchneed to take immediate and strongaction to insure that this statementgets attention and action. If wedon't address this as a community,we continue to leave the abusedout there alone and hopeless.

I suggest that every parish initiatea commission on violence made upof caring faith community mem­bers. It could: I. Put a copy of thestatement in the hands of every

family to give victims information,encouragement and hope. 2. Askpastors to preach on the sinfulnessof abuse at least twice yearly. 3.Set up a domestic violence supportgroup where -people feel safe toshare their experiences in ,con­fidentiality.

4. Pray for overcoming the sin­fulness of abuse in the prayers ofthe faithful at every Sunday liturgy.5. Look into setting up a safehouse, either alone or with otherparishe~, or supporting local safehouses and publicizing their avail­ability weekly in the bulletin. 6.Offer counseling and assistancefor those seeking to escape abusivemarriages.

On behalf of women and chil­dren everywhere, I thank thebishops for their courage, com­passion and concern. They havespoken. Now we must act.

Sometimes it's a good idea intrying times of world strife tofocus on some of the more obscurenews reports that continue to provethat something new and unexpectedalways is happening in our world.

What we discover may amuseus. Then again,it may outrage us.

One recent item that made mehowl with laughter told of24-year­old Bruce Janu, a teacher in a sub-

Q. I have read your columnsabout children who die shortlyafter birth with great interest andcare.

When your letter was publishedI was pregnant with a child whowas diagnosed as terminal. He orshe would die either before orshortly after birth.

For weeks I saved that columnand prayed that my child would beborn alive long enough to be bap­tized. We were not like other par­ents who were able to plan for thebirth. Instead, we had to plan for afunerllol liturgy.

Unearthing news of the offbeat

ilar to yours on the things that dis­turb you.

I certainly accept your frustra­tion and stress. It is normallyimpossible, however, to deal satis­factorily (for either you or thepriest) with such a complicatedand weighty concern in the con­text of the sacrament of penance.

An informal conversation or twowith a good priest or other helperwill, I believe, clear up some con­fusion and begin to give you hope.

Please initiate such a contactsoon.

(A free brochure answering'questions Catholics ask aboutreceiving the Eucharist is availableby sending a stamped self-addressedenvelope to Father John Dietzen,Holy Trinity Church, 704 N. MainSt., Bloomington, III. 61701.,Ques­tions for this column should besent to the same address.

It seems that Larry Bojarski ofRichmond, Texas, didn't have $683to pay a funeral home for the cre­mation of his father, who had diedof esophageal cancer.

The son paid $299, and hecouldn't believe it when the funer­al home said that if he didn't comeup with the re'st of the money, thebody would be returned.

Well, a few days later there wasthe father's body at the door ofthe son's apartment, covered onlyby a sheet. Fortunately, a funeralhome in a nearby town agreed toprovide cremation services at nocost.

And so we learn once again thatthere is always something new

, under the sun!

causes me a great deal of distress,, depression and low self-esteem.

, Ihave been a practicing Catho­Iicfor 40 years. I quit going toconfession and do not even receivethe Eucharist.

, Every time I went to confessionI said the same thing. How can I besorry for being the way I am,which I never chose to be?

I feel just as empty when I leavechurch as when I went in. Whatcan I do? (Illinois)

A. In my opinion, it will beextremely helpful for you to talkwith someone competent in whomyou can have confidence outsideof confession.

Thil! might be a priest, or afriend or professional counselorwhom you can trust to possess afaith perspective something sim-

thing that wasn't produced in anenvironmentally responsible way."

This king of attitude adds a newproblem to everyday life - how toapproach your closet without feel­ing guilty about all those non-or­ganically grown clothes you own.

Some obscure medical news isnoteworthy. There was, for exam­ple, the report that we've been

'wrong fora very long time aboutwhat is a normal body tempera­ture. It seems that the 98.6 isn'tnormal after all. It's 98.2, ac­cording to some doctors in Balti­more~

Qualifying as the most misera-, ble obscure item of late was the ,

one headlined "Son Can't Pay, SoFather's Body Is Dumped."

every priest should know (and Iknow most do) that the informa­tion you received was incorrect.'

Canon law (1183,2) explicitlypermits local bishops to grantchurch funeral rites to children iftheir parents intended to baptizethem but they died before, theirbaptism.

The law makes no distinctionbetween born and unborn children.

Of course, no special permissionis needed for a funeral liturgy forsuch children that does not includeMass.

If final evidence is needed thatthis is indeed the mind of thechurch for these children, the Sac­ramentary (Missal) itself includesa Mass explicitly for a child whodied before baptism.

Q. I am an alcoholic and happento be gay; but I am not active. This

$1,000 and 30 days in jail. Theircrime? "Lawn abuse." They werecited with a misdemeanor for fail­ing to maintain their landscape.

The husband said the couplehadn't watered the grounds becausethey were protesting high waterbills. Apparently he promised tomend his ways.

Then there was a note of goodnews for those who are thinking"green" these days'. While organi­cally grown food has been aroundfor a 10ngtime,aNew Jersey com­pany now sells clothes made fromcotton grown without toxic pesti­cides, herbicides or defoliants.

One of the owners, explained,"There were all those people put­ting environmental slogans on clo-, ,

urban Chicago high school, whofound a new way to bring punish­ment to misbehaving students. Hemade them listen to Frank Siliatrarecords during afterschool deten­tion.

"The kids just hate it," Janu,reportedly said. "They're misera­ble." But Janu is a Frank Sinatrafan. He dreamt up the idea ofFrank Sinatra Detention Club tomake staying after school with thestudents more fun for himself.

He invites the students, whosemusic menu is' heavy metal and­rap, to sing along with Sinatra ifthey want. Last I heard, there wereno takers.

In Utah; a couple got in troublewith the law and faced a fine of

Unbaptizedbabies are' not denied, funeral MassOur child was' stillborn. I was '

told by two young priests that wecould not have a funeral liturgy!because the child was not baptized.

I have been a practicing Catho­lic all my life. I had raised my other

. children in the Catholic faith. Butthat did not seem to matter.

I pray some day soon the Catho­lic Church will realize how much afamily, especially the parents of a!baby, needs the funeral liturgies.

I pray the church will realizethat unborn unbaptized babies arepeople too. The griefof these fami­lies may be worse because we don'tknow what these children wouldhave grown to be.

I just had to let you know we:appreciate what you are saying.(Indiana)

A. It is sad to need to say again Iam sorry for the unnecessary hurtyou have been caused. By now,

BOSCO

ANTOINETTE

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A packet for parishes also sug-. gested inviting disabled persons to

be lectors, eucharistic ministers.greeters, council members andteachers; making worship spacesand meeting rooms accessible; andproviding aides such as interpre­ters"for deaf or Braille versions ofmaterials.

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Wisconsin bishopsoffer guidelines

for aiding disabledMADISON, Wis. (CNS) ­

Wisconsin's Catholic bishops areencouraging parishes and otherchurch organizations to make jobs,worship services and buildingsmore accessible to people withdisabilities.

Guidelines released by the Wis­consin Catholic Conference includesuggestions about how churchinstitutions can accommodate the1992 Americans with DisabilitiesAct.

"We want to do all that is possi­ble in' order that no person bedenied the opportunity to wor­ship, to minister, to receive or givereligious education, to be employedin those diocesan and parish posi­tions for which they qualify, or toparticipate in all aspects of parishand diocesan life," wrote Archbish­op Rembert G. Weakland of Mil­waukee and Bishops Robert J.Banks of Green Bay, John J. Paulof La Crosse, George O. Wirz ofMadison and Raphael M. Fliss ofSuperior.

Congress has exempted religiousorganizations from many disabili­ties legislation requirements butthe Wisconsin guidelines indicatehow churches can comply with thespirit of the law.

For instance, the bishops en­courage employers to adapt workareas for people with disabilities_and recommend making transpor­tation available for people with.handicaps to attend services andmeetings at churches and invitingthe disabled to attend.

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As a contribution to public edu­cation programs of Third Worldcountries, the network will also,carry basic advice on subjects suchas health and nutrition.

Its budget of $2.5 million peryear will come from UNESCO,the U.N. Educational, Scientificand Cultural Organization, andfrom foundations and advertising.

Prayers Answered"Our prayers are answered not

when we are given what we ask,but when we are challenged to bewhat we can be."-Morris Adler

TONIGHT'S'BISHOP'S BALL was preceded by plentyof hard work on the part of the decorations committee. At top,­Ball director Father Daniel Freitas aidsin arranging hangings;bottom, workers place replicas of episcopal mitre as tablecenterpieces. (Gaudette photos)

Global radio network willfeature missione.·s', stories

NEW YORK (CNS) -=- A NewYork priest known for using hisham radio skills to reach out tomissionaries and relief workersaround the globe has a new projectthat will help missionaries tell theirstories to a global radio audience.

The priest, Vincentian FatherMichael F. Mullen, is recordinginterviews with missionaries forwhat is to be a weekly programbroadcast over a new networkcalled Project Saturn Global.

Now retired from teaching at St.John's University in New York,Father Mullen continues to live atits Vincentian residence and usesuniversity facilities to record his

. interviews.With more than a dozen already

prepaid, he recently added an in­terview of Jesuit Father John J.Ryan, on furlough from service inNigeria.

F or a little less than ahalf hour,they discussed the country, itspeople, their economic and socialsituation and the religious life ofthe area.

Project Saturn Global is to bean educational network, and FatherMullen's interviews are education­al, not evangelistic. He will inter­view Protestant as well-as Catholicmissionaries. The priest's new un­dertaking is an outgrowth of hiswork with the International Mis­sion Radio Association - an ecu­menical group of ham operatorswho help missionaries and churchrelief officials maintain contactwith their U.S. offices and families.

He keeps in touch with missionagencies and interviews missionar­ies in the New York area on fur­lough or for other reasons.

The programs, to be aired in

Dear Editor:I am a Holy Cross Sister from

Saint-Laurent, Quebec (headquar­ters of the Sisters of Holy Cross ofNew Bedford and Taunton) origi­nally from Fall River, and a cousinto Father Rene Gauthier, pastorof St. John the Baptist parish, FallRiver.

I have the pleasure of readingThe Anchor, and want to congrat­ulate you for the message it givesto the Catholics as well as to thenon-Catholics of the diocese.

The Anchor is constructive inall its news; transparent of hopethrough Bishop's O'Malley's arti­cles, and reports of realizations ofthe schools and associations andnon-preoccupied with all the newtheories of the research workers.The Mooring is substantial, up-to­date and passes a precious message.

Thank you for all those trea­sures and a long life to our news­paper and to those responsible forits life and vigor.

May 1993 be for you a year ofpeace and joy!

Yours truly,Adrienne Milotte, c.s.c.Montreal Canada

Letters are welcome but the editorreserves the right to condense or edit, ifdeemed necessary. All letters must betyped, signed and include a home orbusiness address (only the city name isused in print). Letters do not necessar­ily reflect the editorial views of theAnchor.

Jan, 201952, Rev. Roland J. Masse,

Assistant, Notre Dame de Lourdes,Fall River

Dear Editor:I was deeply moved by the ad

(Anchor, Dec. 18) taken by agroupof people who expressed theirgratitude for the spiritual and moralleadership offered by the priestsand religious of the Diocese of FallRiver. In my own name, and in thename of the religious men andwomen of the diocese, I express.our sincere appreciation andthanks.

Through their cooperation, theirrespect and their response to ourrequests for assistance, the peopleof the Diocese of Fall River havealways shown their affection forthe religious who serve them solovingly. But this public testamentof appreciation and support surelygives us great encouragement andjoy.

To the individuals whose namesare attached to this ad, I extend'our deepest gratitude and a prom­ise of many heartfelt prayers offeredfor your intentions by the religiousof the diocese. May you and your'families be richly blessed through­out the coming year.

Sister Mary Noel Blute,R.S.M.Episcopal Representativefor Religious

Constructive news

Jan. 171967, Rev. John Laughlin, Re­

tired Pastor, Holy Ghost, Attle­boro

Jan. 211983, Rev. Msgr. Henri A.

Hamel, Retired, St. Joseph, New, Bedford

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RIGOBERTA MENCHU displays her gold Nobel PeacePrize medal and her citation from the Nobel Committee.(CNS/ Reuters photo) .

Peace Nobel winner'sdream for Guatemala

Conditions worsen in Haiti,say Pax Christi delegates

American States during a recentweeklong visit to Haiti.

The report says the Haitianpeople "overwhelmingly support"Father Aristide and oppose the defacto government, which cal1!e intopower after Father Aristide, Hai­ti's democratically elected presi­dent, was ousted.

The report says more than 4,000Haitians have been killed since thecoup. It cites an "institutionalized,structured, nationally oraganizedintimidation against the peoplethemselves by the military and thede facto government."

The Haitian people, it says,"experience flagrant abuses ofhuman rights daily," including ran­dom arrests, torture, jailings, kill­ings, harassment ofchurch workersand illegal, random searches ofhomes, schools, churches and cars.It says more than 400,000 peoplehave become internal refugees andmore than 50,000 have fled thecountry.

In addition, the report says,"hunger, disease, homelessness andilliteracy continue to kill the peo­ple. Basic development and human­itarian projects are considered sub-­versive by the military, de factogovernment."

The report contends that Hai­tians' constitutional right to as­semble is "grossly violated," citingfrequent reports of arrests of twoor three p'eople who have gathered.

Assisted by village chief Willi­brordus Prasetya, 47, a Catholic,and student volunteers, FatherMangunwijaya started redesigni~gthe village in 1983, persuading vil­lagers that the improvements would

. remove the threat of heavy floods.The project was completed in 1985.

Using local materials, especially. bamboo, the priest and volunteers

helped the villagers build houseson high poles, creating a largeopen space under the homes foruse as a community center.

To be fully involved with thecommunity, Father Mangunwijayamoved to the area to live in a smallbamboo house.

The new village soon attractedsocial activists, environmentalists,journalists, students, activists andothers concerned with communitydevelopment problems.

Many have said the biggest suc­cess of the project -is the drasticchange it has made in the attitudesof its residents.

As part of International HumanRights Day in 1986, Jakarta's Leg~l

Aid Foundation recognized FatherMangunwijaya and Prasetya formeritorious service in dignifyingthe people of the riverbank village.

When Father Mangunwijaya leftKali Code for a new project southofYogyakarta, the municipal gov­ernment threatened to demolishthe area and change it into a river­side green belt to conserve theriver.

Father Mangunwijaya protestedand threatened to go on a hungerstrike should the government goahead with the plan.

His protest, which drew nation­wide sympathy and pressure fromvarious groups and individuals,including cabinet ministers andgenerals, has helped Kali Code tosurvive.

JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNS)- A 63-year-old priest has won anIslamic award for architecture forhis work in redesigning the river­side slum area of Kali Code inYogyakarta, 250 miles southeastof Jakarta.

Father YusufBilyarta Mangun­wijaya was one of nine winners ofthe 1992 Aga Khan Awards forArchitecture, offered by the AgaKhan Foundation for Architecture,an international Islamic socialfoundation.

UCA News, an Asian churchnews agency, reported that theselection jury said Father Man­gunwijaya deserved the award forhis achievement in endowing amarginalized population "w.ithdignity and self-respect by rede­signing a derelict space into ahealthy urban environment."

Father Mangunwijaya and eightpeople from Turkey, Syria, India,Burkina Faso, Egypt and Jordanreceived the cash awards totaling$500,000.

The priest, a graduate of theSchool of Architecture in AachenGermany, had previously receivedthe 1991 architecture award fromthe Indonesian Architect Associa­tion for his design of Our Lady'sShrine of Sendang-Sono in Cen­tral Java.

Kali Code village was notoriousamong Yogyakartan~as a garbage­surrounded den of thieves housedin discarded cartons. Since its re­design, it has been cited as a modelin various seminars and workshopson human settlements in urbanareas.

Minister of Population and En­vironment Emil Salim has referredto Kali Code as an ideal exampleof an urban village along a river­side.

Major architectural awardwon by 63-year-old priest

ERIE, Pa. (CNS) - A report bya Pax Christi U.S.A. delegationback from a recent trip to Haiticites widespread military repres­sion and overwhelming popularsupport for the nation's oustedpresident, Father Jean-BertrandAristide.

It urges Catholics to write Vati­can officials asking them to "with­draw support" for the army-backedprovisional Haitian government.The report interprets the Vaticandecision last January to appoint apapal nuncio, to the troubledCaribbean nation as support forHaiti's de facto government.

-Haiti's provisional government,shunned by the international com­munity after seizing power in amilitary coup, claimed at the timethat the nuncio appointment meantit was recognized by the Vatican.But a Vatican spokesman said theHoly See had maintained diplo­matic relations with Haiti for sometime and had merely promoted anexisting envoy to the post ofnuncio.

The Pax Chrisfi U.S.A. report,issued from the Catholic peaceorganization's headquarters in Erie,says repression under the govern­ment that took office after thecoup is worse than it was und'er theHaitian dictatorships of Jean­Claude and "Baby Doc" Duvalier.

The Pax Christi delegation metwith students, teachers, peasants,priests, church workers, and groupsrepresentihg the Organization of

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house arrest in Rangoon since1989.

Apart from a gold medal and adiploma, Ms. Menchu will receivea check for $970,000 as part of theaward, named after Sweden's Al­fred Nobel and first awarded in1901.

"The goal of Rigoberta Men­chu's work ... is reconciliation andpeace," said Francis Sejersted, headof the Nobel Committee,who for­mally handed over the prize.

"Even in the most brutal situa­tions, one must retain one's f~ith

that there is a minimum of humanfeeling in all of us. RigobertaMenchu Tum has preserved thatfaith," he said.

The United Nations has desig­nated 1993 the International Yearfor Indigenous Populations, whichcoincidentally started the day Ms.Menchu received, her prize. Shehas suggested the United Nationscombine this with a campaignagainst racism.

While growing up in her homevillage of Chime1, Guatemala, Ms.Menchu taught Bible classes tochildren. Through her church tiesshe became involved in socialreform, including heading theNational Coordinating Commis­sion for the United Peasants Com­mittee.

How about prisons?WHEELING, W.Va. (CNS)­

Bishop Bernard W. Schmitt ofWheeling-Charleston wonderswhether the church, just as it runsschools and hospitals, might alsorun prisons. ''I'm raising the ques­tion more than suggesting theanswer," Bishop Scmitt said. "Inthe church's concern for every partof society, this is an area of partic­ularly severe need." The CatholicChurch "has been involved in everyother area of society's problems:'he said. "Maybe a more hands-onapproach by the church wouldgive the church an opportunity todemonstrate its mission to heal,rehabilitate and resocialize."

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OSLO, Norway (CNS) - Gua­temalan 1ndian leader RigobertaMenchu, accepting the 1992 NobelPeace Prize, called for internationalhelp to end her country's guerrillawar and eradicate human rightsabuses.

Accepting the gold Nobel medaland a diploma at a glitteringceremony at Oslo's City Hall, sheurged greater efforts to stamp outracism and discrimination againstall indigenous people.

"I invite the international com­munity to contribute" to revivestalled Guatemalan peace talks,the 33-year-old Catholic womansaid in an emotional speech to anaudience that included Norway'sKing Harald and Prime MinisterGro Harlem Brundtland.

Ms. Menchu, wearing traditionalbright-colored Maya clothes fromher Guatemalan highlands, said itwas "essential that the repressionand persecution of the people andthe Indians be stopped;' addingthat the prize would help focusinternational attention on Gua-,tl:mala's dismal record of humanrights abuses.

She said other countries shouldbring pressure for a joint accordon human rights as a first steptoward peace in her country.

In P~nama City the same day.Guatemalan President Jorge Ser­rano said Ms. Menchu could helprevive the country's stalled peaceprocess..

"He'j- acts of good will can servefor peace in every country, includ­ing Guatemala," Serrano told re­porters at a Central American sum­mit in Panama.

In Guatemala, talks have beendeadlocked for months betweenleft-wing guerrillas and the gov­erment on ending a 30-year-oldwar in which about 100,000 peoplehave been killed. Serrano hasblamed guerrillas for the currentimpasses and has denied that rightsabuses are systematic.

Ms. Menchu - whose father,mother and a brother were killedby the military - wiped awaytears after she spoke. She said heronly weapons are words.

She called for the release of lastyear's Nobel Peace Prize winner,Burmese opposition .leader AungSan Suu Kyi, who has been under

Priest makes pitchfor shorter

baseball seasonPORTLAND, Ore. (CNS)'- A

priest who is a mathematics pro­fessor at the Holy Cross-run Uni­versity of Portland is making apitch for a shorter baseball season.

Holy Cross Father BernardKurtzke thinks major league base­ball should revert to the 154-gameschedule used before 1961.

Writing in Mathematics Teacher,a professional journal, FatherKurtzke said a shorter season would"provide more divisional equityand wrap up the World Seriesbefore Christmas shopping begins."

The chance to cut eigh"t-gamesfrom the schedule is possiblebecause of National League expan­sion next year. Both leagues willthen have 14 teams.

The season now extends to lateOctober with World Series nightgames. which has the priest cryingfoul. "Late October evenings arefine for many things, but baseballdoes not seem to be one of them,"Father Kurtzke said.

"One could start the season ear­lier. but March is not suitable forbaseball either."

Father Kurtzke steps up to theplate with a 154-game plan, withteams playing 84 games in theirown divisions, 14 against each ofsix rivals, and 70 inter-divisiongames, or 10 each against theseven other league clubs. He uses amathematical equation for his newschedule.

Currently, the American League's162-game season has clubs playing13 games against intra-divisionalopponents and 12 against inter­divisional teams. That results inclubs playing more games outsidetheir division than within it. an 84­78 split. And with 13 games playedagainst intra-divisional rivals, oneteam benefits from an extra homegame.

National League owners hadconsidered a more radical 1993schedule, with 20 games againstintra-divisional rivals and only sixagainst inter-divisional rivals.

Under the National League's'12-team, 162-game setup, clubsplayed 18 games against otherteams in their division. and 12games against teams outside theirdivision. F,ans, Father Kurtzkeamong them, have co~plained thatthe setup results in skewed sche­duling patterns.

Father Kurtzke said a mathe­matically balanced season couldbe as short as 142 games, but notedthere's a catch: owners would likelyhowl at the loss of revenue.

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"I knew that we would not beable to finish it before late 1993 orthe spring of 1994, but I held abenefit concert last summer at myparish to at least begin the pro­cess," said Ms. Gabriel-Burrow,minister of music at St. Augustineand St. Monica Church in Detroit.

"Besides the need for such abook, it's my way of making one ofhis last wishes come true," shesaid.

Contributions may be made outto the African-American Book ofPsalmody Committee, P.O.' Box48605, Oak Park, Mich. 48237.

said Brown, who works for theAtlanta archdiocesan Secretariatfor Black Ministries. "He wasawake and we prayed together forhim. Then he just drifted away."

Ms. Davis recalled caring forArchbishop Lyke in his final weeks."I would see him, know he was inpain, ask if he had taken his medi­cation and he'd say he didn't needit," she said. "I'd find out later thathe had a meeting to go to anddidn't want to be drowsy.

"I told him he was the perfectexample ofwhat a shepherd shouldbe," she added. "His was a peace­ful death. No struggle."

When music minister MarjorieGabriel-Burrow of Detroit firstheard of the seriousness of thearchbishop's illness, she acceler­ated plans to finish another of hisdreams -- "The African-AmericanBook of Psalmody," a companionto "Lead Me, Guide Me," theAfrican-American Catholic hym­nal which Archbishop Lyke spear­headed.

The book of psalms is to includeabout 150 responsorial psalms andacclamations which employ var­ious styles of African-Americanmusic: spirituals, jazz, traditionalgospel, contemporary gospel andblues, among others.

The project, endorsed by Arch­bishop Lyke, needs about $100,000to be completed.

lSOME OF THOSE in attendance at vigil service for

Archbishop James P. Lyke. The archbishop's body lies in stateat lower left of picture. (CNS photo)

back to the sacristy, and it was justJim.

"Not only have we had a testi­mony in how to live,.but as well anobject lesson in how to die. It's as ifhe said, 'Now, don't listen to me,watch me!' "

Lawrence Payne of Houston saidof those at the cathedral service,"You can see that people are hurt­ing deeply, but it 'is contained.That's because he prepared us allso well."

The archbishop's nephew, An­drew Lyke J r. of Chicago, said theexperience has been "difficult be­cause for me he's always beenimmortal. There are things mywife Terri and I are looking for­ward to, like the renewal of ourmarriage vows, and we'd say, 'Waita minute, Jim's supposed to dothat.' We just never counted on hisnot being there."

"Archbishop Lyke was the mostremarkable man I ever met in mylife. His every thought was forotJ:1er people," said Pat Davis, theregistered nurse who gave the arch­bishop hospice care.

Ms. Davis, family friend How­ard Brown, the archbishop's sisterDoris Fields and "adopted" sisterIrma Laws were with the archbi­shop the morning he died.

"J ust before Jim died. his sister,Doris. and Pat held his right handand Irma and I held his left hand."

Rememberinga remarkable

bishopATLANTA (CNS) - "He made

it seem so ordinary to do theextraordinary," said Father Ed­ward Branch about his longtimefriend, Archbishop James P. Lyke.

Father Branch, campus minis­ter at the Atlanta University Cen­ter, was among those at Christ theKing Cathedral Dec. 30 sayinggoodbye to the 53-year-old arch­bishop, ·who had died of cancerthree days before. The service washeld the night before ArchbishopLyke's· funeral Mass and burial inAtlanta.

Said Father Branch of Archbi­shop Lyke, "Has ever there beenone so extraordinary yet felt soordinary around us? But that iswhat it is like to be holy."

Father Branch said that the onlydifference between how the arch­bishop acted when he was sick andwhen he was healthy was that "hesent two letters a week instead ofthree" regarding archdiocesan bus­iness.

"He'd call me on the phone andsay, 'Branch? ... Lyke. I have some­thing I'd like you to do for me. Doyou think you have time?' FatherBranch said.

Several others in attendance alsotestified to how seriously the arch­bishop took his responsibility toothers, including one who toldhow doctors couldn't find Archbi­shop Lyke in his room when hewas hospitalized because he wasvisiting other patients.

Father Branch also recalled howArchbishop Lyke could make aliturgy "an experience." "I've hada fixation in these past few hoursof that passage of the transfigura­tion '" when the disciples were sur­rounded by all this glory and be­dazzlement throws them on theirfaces, and when things cool down,the Scriptures tell us, they lookedup, and it was only Jesus.

"Jim was like that. There was alot of flash around him, especiallyin liturgy. And the best part waswhen he incensed the altar, everysquare inch! It was wonderful.And after all of this glory, we'd go

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At the interfaith meeting, thepope said true religion fosters life.

"It fosters the peaceful coexis­tence of ethnic groups, peoplesand religions, and not violent op­position or war," he said.

The prayer and fasting of theweekend meeting, the pope said,were meant as a specific contribu­tion "to the rebuilding of the con­tinent of Europe and perhaps to itssurvival."

At Mass the next day, the popespoke of the war in the Balkans as"a special accumulation of sins.Human beings use instruments ofdestruction to kill and to destroyothers like themselves."

At the end of the Mass, the popegave each bishop from the Balkansan Easter cangle, telling them hehoped Easter 1993 "can be cele­brated in your churches in the joyof rediscovered and re-establishedpeace."

Official Jewish, Muslim, Catho­lic and other Christian delegationsat the meeting numbered over 125people. Representing the UnitedStates and Canada were CardinalAnthony J. Bevilacqua of Phila­delphia and Archbishop AloysiusAmbrozic of Toronto.

The pope said the Muslims' pres­ence in Assisi "proclaims thatgenuine religious belief is a sourceof mutual understanding and har­mony, and that only the perver­sion of religious sentiment leads todiscrimination and conflict."

"To use religion as an excuse forinjustice and violence is a terribleabuse, and it must be condemnedby all true believers in God," hesaid.

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(CNS) - More than 120 law stu­dents from around the country leftfamily and friends during the holi­days to assist Haitian refugees inthe diocese of Palm Beach. Thevolunteer lawyers-to-be helpedHaitian boat people seeking refugein the United States make theirway through the complicated legalasylum application process. Theywrote down the Haitians' testimo­nies of hardship, separation fromfamily and political persecutionthat had occurred since a 1991 mil­itary coup in their homeland. Thestudents worked pro bono Dec.28-Jan. 8, living and conductinginterviews with refugees at theCardinal Newman Youth Centerin West Palm Beach.

SEAN PITTMAN wasamong law students workingpro bono during the holidaysat a West Palm Beach, Fla.,legal center for refugees. (eNSphoto)

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what constitutes lllljustifiable vio': ... In the face of this"dramatic real­lence," he said. ity, the pope appears to have con-

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the cluded that the most unforgivableVatican's top doctrinal official, mistake would be internationalrecognized the need to develop inaction and indifference - in thedetailed moral criteria for new name of peace.situations like Bosnia and Soma­lia. His own view, outlined lastfall, was that military interventionwas justifiable in Bosnia, but onlyto protect humanitarian relief.Broad use of ground troops orwarplanes would only create newproblems, he said.

Clearly, the position ofthe pope'and his aides is evolving, proddedin part by the continuing bad newsfrom the Balkan front: millions ofpeople homeless; thousands ofciv­ilians killed, maimed or raped inthe name of "ethnic cleansing";and soldiers suffering in wretchedprison camps.

Over the last year and a half,Vatican appeals for dialogue havegone unheeded and the chance fora negotiated solution has slippedaway, perhaps forever.

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Cardi.nal Ang~lo Sodano, took asimilar line. Unlike the Gulf, hesaid, attempts at negotiation inBosnia may well be exhausted.Given the "ferocious" violations ofhuman rights by Serbian forces,"it becomes a right and a duty todisarm the aggressor."

Such military action, he added,would be of a restraining nature.

All of which left people insideand outside the Vatican wonder­ing: Where does "dissuasive" forceand, warfare begin? To some, thechurch and international commun­ity appeared to be feeling their wayon this issue.

"I have the impression that we'reusing traditional, coarse instru­ments to deal with new situations,"said Vatican Radio's director,Jesuit Father Pasquale Borgomeo.

"I think we need to reflect andrethink completely in the light ofChristian ethics what constitutesthe use of force on behalf ofjusticeand the defense of the weak, and

rights of an ethnic minority thatmay be unknown to them?

Vatican officials, however,argued that the pope had not chang­ed his mind about war at all. Theydrew a distinction between themassive military showdown in theGulf and the limited use of outsideforce being recommended for whatwas once Yugoslavia.

Any military action in Bosniashoul~ be "solely protective anddissuasive," a top Vatican diplo­mate, Archbishop Jean-Louis Tau­ran, told international representa­tives in mid-December.

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"He has established from theCatholic point of view the right ofthe international community - asan institution or as individual states- to interfere with force in theinternal affairs of another statewhen human rights are violated ona massive scale," he wrote.

For Father Bozzo, the new papalposition "closes a long debate insidethe Catholic Church" but raisesmany new questions, not the leastof which is: Can soldiers be askedto risk their lives, not for their owncountry but to protect the hJ.lman

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ford23 - 7:00 P.M. St. John, Pocasset25 - 11:00 A.M.Our Lady of the As­

, sumption, New Bed­ford

27 - 3:00 P. M. St. Elizabeth, Edgar­town; St. Augustine,Vineyard Haven, &Sacred Heart, OakBluffs at St. Elizabeth

28 - 7:00 P. M. St. Pius Tenth, SouthYarmouth

30 - 7:00 P. M. Our Lady of Mt. Car­mel, Seekonk

April - 7:00 P.M. Our Lady of Mt.Carmel, New Bedford

15 - 7:00 P.M. Espirito Santo, FallRiver

22 - 7:00 P. M. St. Anne, Fall River25 - 7:00 P. M. Stonehill College28 - 7:00 P.M. St. Michael, Swansea30 - 7:00 P.M. St. Jean Baptiste, Fall

River

May 14 7:00 P. M. St. Dominic, Swansea21 - 7:00 P.M. St. Stanislaus, Fall

River

'Rev. Msgr. Henry T. Munroe

Feb. 18 - 7:00 P.M. St. Michael, Fall River

March 5 - 7:00 P.M. St.'AnthonyofPadua,Fall River

15 - 7:00 P.M. Our Lady of Grace,Westport

18 - 7:00 P.M. St. William, Fall River26 - 7:00 P. M. St. Louis deFrance,

Swansea

May 3 - 7:00 P.M. Immaculate Concep-tion, North Easton

5 3:00 P.M. St. Mary, Nantucket7 - 7:00 P.M. St.ThomasMore,Som-

erset10 - 7;00 P.M. St. Anthony, TauntonII - 7:00 P.M. St. Mary's Cathedral

& Blessed Sacrament,Fall River at Cathedral

20 - 7:00 P.M. St. Joseph, New Bed-ford

23 - 5:00 P. M. Adults at St. Mary'sCathedral

25 - 7:00 P.M. St. John Neumann,East Freetown

27 - 7:00 P.M. St. Francis Xavier,Acushnet

Rev. Msgr. Daniel F. Hoye

March 10 - 7:00 P. M. Our Lady of Lourdes,Taunton

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Many U.8. bishops couldretire in 1993

"'.. -~, '."."Shiilf'a'idl'work'eraimed for sanctity

Fund dissolvedMILWAUKEE (CNS) - The

De Rance Foundation, a majordonor to Catholic causes for nearlyhalf a century, has been dissolved,its directors recently announced.Of its assets of $100 million, $70million has been slated for crea­tion of a support fund for the reli­gious and charitable activities ofthe Milwaukee archdiocese. Theother $30 million has been allo­cated to a variety of causes, includ­ing about $9 million to variousCatholic educational institutions.

MANCHESTER, England(CNS) - A Catholic aid workershot dead in Somalia wanted tofollow in the footsteps of Salesianfounder St. John Bosco as a "saintin shirt sleeves," Salesian priests in.Britain said.

Sean Devereux, 28, was killed inthe southern Somali town of Kis­mayu Jan. 2 - apparently after adispute with gunmen who hadbeen hired to protect aid supplies.He had been working with UNI­CEF, the U.N. Children's Fund.

Devereux had been educated bySalesians since age II, and aftergraduating from college hadworked as a lay missionary withthe Salesians in Liberia.

Salesian Father Brian Jerstice,who worked with Devereux inLiberia, said he was "one of themost courageous men I have everknown, and a young man thiscountry can be proud of."

Pupils and teachers at SalesianCollege, Farnborough, said thatas a boy Devereux was everybody'sfriend.

"He was so dedicated to helpingothers that at one time we thoughthe might become a missionarypriest," said classmate Paul Cas­sidy. "He was a born leader."

In a letter written shortly beforehe was killed, Devereux explainedsome of the pressures he was under.

"There is no real drought inSomalia. It is a country which,prior to the war, exported rice andsugar in abundance. Nomads wan­dered peacefully with their camels,goats and cattle, living a relativelyhealthy life,''' he wrote.

"Everything was then turned up­side down because of the greedand ego of certain men," Devereuxwrote.

Somali warlords could take theirshare ofthe blame, he said. But theU.S. Congress, the British andItalian parliaments, and the SovietPolitburo were also responsible.They had, over the years, "approvedthe production and delivery ofweapons of destruction to Soma­lia."

He also described how childrenin camps for displaced peopleenjoyed games next to a field withhundreds of little mounds of earthmarking the graves of childrenwho had died.

"The contrast is so stark - butas I watched the energy and laugh­ter of the children as they kickedthe ball it brought home to me themessage that where there is life,there is always hope," Devereuxwrote.

that the library is "one of thechurch's hidden assets."

Washington's small sampling ofitems from the Vatican's collectionof 2 million books and 75,000manuscripts gives a view of thechurch as an intellectual force,according to exhibit organizers.

Librarian of Congress JamesBillington said at a press confer­ence opening the exhibit that manypeople are aware of the role ofpopes in the visual arts, "but fewrealize their intellectual role." Headded that he hoped the exhibitwould "set the record straight."

The exhibit does that job, high­lighting manuscripts gathered bythe library since it was opened byPope Sixtus IV in 1475.

Background material on theexhibit notes that although 15th­century Rome was in ruins, churchleaders tried to make the city acultural and intellectual center byamassing library collections, whichthey bought, borrowed and evenstole.

At the exhibit entrance are ahuge and detailed 16th centurymap of Rome and a vision of theworld beyond, a 16th-centuryChinese map of the cosmos. Be­tween the maps are many yellowedparchments with ornate designssurrounding Latin, Greek, Aram­aic and Chinese texts, ranging fromversions of Homer's Iliad, andVirgil's Aeneid to Euclid's Elements- a comprehensive treatise ongeometry, opened to the page whichillustrates the Pythagorean the­orem.

There are also musical scores asbig as tables, 12th-century medicalencyclopedias and copies of Aris­totle's philosophical and scientifictexts.

Included in the grandeur of theexhibit are unexpected glimpses ofthe ordinary side of life.

In the margins of some of thegreat texts are writings and evendrawings. A yellowed receipt fromthe 16th century shows that St.Charles Borromeo returned all 12of the, books on canon law he hadchecked out of the papal library.And right beside Henry VIII's sig­nature on his letter to Anne Boleynis a tiny heart with her' initialsinside.

Vatican Library Washingtonexhibit a must-see

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THIS ENGRAVING from a book published in 1555shows the faithful gathered for a papal blessing facing theunfinished dome of St. P~ter's basilica. The engraving isamong Vatican Library treasures currently on display aUheLibrary of Congress in Washington. (CNS/ Library of Con­gress photo)

WASHINGTON (CNS) - TheVatican Library exhibit currentlyon display in Washington's Libraryof Congress is full of the unex­pected.

Sure, there are Bibles and prayerbooks, but they are far from ordi­nary. For example, a fourth-cen­tury Greek Bible is written onantelope skin parchment, and thereis an exquisitely illuminated 15th­century Urbino Bible which tookabout four years to make.

In direct contrast is a "book" ofprayers written on unbound palmleaves in 16th-century Tamil, alanguage still spoken in SouthernIndia and Sri Lanka.

Other exhibit items hardly seemreligious at all, such as a love letterfrom Henry VIII to Anne Boleynprior to their marriage, drawingsof sunspots by Galileo and the ear­liest illustration of a subject seenthrough a microscope.

"It gives you moments whereyou are face to face with history,"said Anthony Grafton, chief cura­tor of the exhibit.

The exhibit, "Rome Reborn:The Vatican Library and Renais­sance Culture" features about 200of the library's manuscripts, printsand maps. It will be on displaythrough April30 and only in Wash­ington.

"If you don't see it now, you'llnever see it again," said Domini­can Father Leonard Boyle, prefectof the Vatican Library, who des­cribed the exhibit as "the best viewof the library" he had ever seen.

He said the displayed items areseldom seen even in Rome, becausethe books are usually on shelvesand the maps are usually rolled upand stored.

The special exhibit came to Wash­ington by way of returning a 1920sfavor done the papal library by theLibrary of Congress, which sentstaff members to the Vatican toassist in modernizing the papalcard catalog and to make othersuggestions for streamlining libraryoperations.

"The Library of Congress helpedthe Vatican Library enormously,"said Father Boyle, who added he"jumped at the opportunity to dosomething to officially and for­mally" express thanks.

He told Catholic News Service

cago, a bishop since 1981, who was75 Nov. 3, 1990.

- Ruthenian Bishop Michael J.Dudick of Passaic, N.J., a bishopsince 1968, who was 75 Feb. 24,1991.

- Auxiliary Bishop John M.Bilock of the Byzantine archdio­cese of Pittsburgh, a bishop since1973, who was 75 June 20, 1991.

In addition, Bishop MikailNerses Setian, apostolic exarchfor Armenian Catholics in theUnited States and Canada, will be75 Nov. 18,1993.

In the Latin church, bishopshave been asked to submit theirresignations at age 75 since 1966,but there was no such retirementrule for Eastern bishops until 1991 ,when a new general law for allEastern Catholic churches tookeffect.

Under the new law, bishops ofthe Eastern churches are asked tosubmit their resignations at age 75to their patriarch or his equivalentif they are in the home jurisdictionof their rite, or to the pope if theylive outside that jurisdiction.

In the first few years after aretirement rule went into effect inthe Latin rite, there was a gradualtransition before it became routinefor the pope to accept nearly allresignations on or shortly after abishop's 75th birthday.

Originally several bishops in theirupper 70s or early 80s did notretire immediately, but currentlyevery Latin bishop in the UnitedStates 76 or older is retired.

In the U.S. Eastern churches,with two 77-year-olds and two 76­year-olds still active it appears thata similarly gradual transition istaking place. Retirement at orshortly after one's 75th birthday isnot yet routine.

The pope may delay a bishop'sretirement for many years whenserious pastoral reasons exist, suchas persecution of the church by ahostile government. When com­munism fell in Czechoslovakia,for example, Cardinal FrantisekTomasek of Prague was still activeat age 90 and played a leading rolein the demise of the much-hatedregime. A year later he retired.

Pope John Paul also,often delaysretirement for shorter perio<ls toenable a bishop to celebrate somebig milestone coming up shortlyafter his 75th birthday, such as amajor diocesan anniversary or hisown 25th anniversary as a bishopor 50th as a priest.

Ofthose who reached 75 in 1992but have not yet retired, for exam­ple, most have such a milestonecoming up sometime in 1993.

Better explanationVATICAN CITY (CNS) - The

church must explain more clearlythe moral difference b~tween usingnatural and artificial means toavoid pregnancy. says CardinalAlfonso Lopez Trujillo. presidentof the Pontifical Council for theFamily. He spoke at a press con­ference during a recent Vaticanmeeting he hosted to discuss "thegrave problems of Catholic cou­ples. who for just reasons. want to~pace the birth of their children.'"The meeting brought together some50 physicians. scientists. theologi~'ans. philosophers and naturalfamily planning educators.

WASHINGTON (CNS) ­When Bishop Warren L. Boud­reaux of Houma-Thibodaux, La.,retired last Dec. 29, he was one ofmore than a dozen U.S. bishopswho faced possible retirement forreasons of age within the next 12months.

Under church law a bishop isasked to submit his resignation tothe pope when he reaches his 75thbirthday. The pope is not requiredto accept it immediately, but heoften does so then or within thenext few months., As 1993 began, six active Amer­ican bishops of the Latin rite werealready 75. Five more will be 75 in1993.

In addition, four Eastern-ritebishops were already over 75. Onewill turn 75 in 1993.

Following are the names andbirthday dates of Latin-rite bishopswho reached age 75 in 1992 butwere still active at the start of 1993.

- Archbishop Daniel E. Shee­han, May 14, a bishop since 1964and archbishop of Omaha, Neb.,since 1969,.

- Bishop Stanislaus J. Brzana,July I, a bishop since 1964 andbishop of Ogdensburg, N.Y., since1968.

- Bishop James L. Schad, July20, auxiliary bishop of Camden,N.J., since 1966.,

- Archbishop Ignatius J. Strec­ker, Nov. 23, a bishop since 1962and archbishop of Kansas City,Kan., since 1969.

- Bishop Bernard F. Popp,Dec. 6, auxiliary bishop of SanAntonio since 1983.

- Bishop Arthur J. O'Neill,Dec. 14, bishop of Rockford, Ill.,since 1968.

Active Latin-rite bishops whowill turn 75 in 1993 are:

- Bishop Gerald F. O'Keefe,March 30, a bishop since 1961 andbishop of Davenport, Iowa, since1966.

- Archbishop Edward A. Mc­Carthy, April 10, bishop since 1965and archbishop of Miami since1977.

- Bishop Juan A. Arzube, JuneI, auxiliary bishop of Los Angelessince 1971.

- Bishop John J. Paul, Aug.17, a bishop since 1977 and bishopof La Crosse, Wis., since 1983.

- Bishop Timothy J. Harring­ton, Dec. 19, a bishop since 1968and bishop of Worcester, Mass.,since 1983.

Bishop Boudreaux will be 75Jan. 25, but he announced a yearago that he had asked papal per­mission to resign before the end of1992.

He was ordained a bishop in1962, and in 1977 was moved fromBeaumont, Texas, to becomefound­ing bishop of the newly createdHouma-Thibodaux diocese. Dur­ing the past year he observed hisgolden jubilee as a priest, 30 yearsas a bishop and 15 years in Houma­Thibodaux.

Eastern - Rite BishopsAlthough' Eastern-rite bishops

make up only 6 percent of theactive U.S. bishops, a dispropor­tionately high number of them areover 75 but still active:

- Romanian Bishop Louis Pus­cas of Canton, Ohio, a bishopsince 1983, 'who was 75 Sept. 13,1990.

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Prelate hails pactWASHINGTON (CNS) - The

chairman of the U.S. CatholicConference Committee on Inter­national Policy hailed the newU.S.-Russian Start II agreementas a "major step in the process ofprogressive disarmament." Thecommittee chairman, St. Paul­Minneapolis Archbishop John R.Roach, urged quick ratificationand implementation of the newtreaty and its 1991 predecessor,Start I, "so that the process ofreducing nuclear arms and curb­ing their proliferation may lead togenuine nuclear disarmament."Such deep cuts in nuclear arms"were but a distant hope" when theU.S. Catholic bishops called forthem 10 years ago in their pastoralletter, "The Challenge of Peace,"Archbishop Roach said.

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Council for homeless gets award

FATHER GERALD T. Shovelton, pastor of Holy Trin­ity Church, West Harwich, gives a check to Thomas Peterson,treasurer for the Harwich Ecumenical Council for the Home­less. $4,144 was raised in a parish collection for the council,and Father Shovelton has pledged five percent of futuresecond collections to the organization. Also pictured areRobert Murray, council chairman, and board member RichardWaystack. (Dumas photo)

The Harwich Ecumenical Coun­cil for the Homeless has receivedthe annual Ecumenical Recogni­tion Award ofthe National Coun­cil of Churches.

Kathleen Hurty, director of theNational Council ofChurches' Ecu­menical Network, said the CapeCod group was selected for thehumanitarian award because inaddition to housing people it goesfurther to help clients solve theproblem of homelessness.

The Harwich organization movesfamilies from motels and shelterswhere they are supported by statefunds into rental housing paid forby council monies earned throughfund raisers.

Ms. Hurty noted that the coun­cil is able to get families "back ontheir own feet" in a less costlymanner than the state.

HECH, founded in 1991, is'com­prised of volunteers from thecommunity and seven Harwichchurches. It has assisted 32 fami­lies thus far, 27 of whom haveachieved independence from theprogram.

The families are housed induplexes donated anonymously

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SEPARATED/DIVORCEDCATHOLICS, NB

Planning board meeting 7:30 to8:30 p.m. Jan. 19, Family Life Cen­ter, N. Dartmouth. New membersare welcome and needed to help planfuture meetings.

The group will observe its eighthanniversary at 7 p.m. meeting Jan.25; all past and present members areinvited.

Beautiful Within"1 pray thee, 0 God, that I may

be beautiful within." - Socrates

INTERFAITH COUNCIL, FRThe Interfaith Council of Greater

FR will hold annual Martin LutherKing, Jr. observance 3:30 p.m. Jan.17 at First Baptist Church, 228 N.Main St., FR. Rev. Dr. Thomas P.Zgambo, pastor of Bethel AMEChurch, will speak on "We AreFamily." School children will pre­sent the skit "King's Dream" andcombined choirs of Bethel AMEChurch, First Baptist Church, andBay Community Baptist Church ofSwansea will perform. Other partici­pants will represent other areachurches. All welcome to attend.

LaSALETTE SHRINE,ATTLEBORO

Healing service led by FatherAndre Patenaude, M.S. 2 p.m. Sun­day. Shrine winter schedule: dailyMass 12:10 p.m.; weekday Masses6:30 p.m.; Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.Reconciliation 1 to 2:30 p.m. week­days, I to 4 p.m. Saturdays, I to 5p.m. Sundays. No confessions onfirst Wednesdays. For a calendar ofevents call 222-5410.,

D.orIHyacinth Circle 71 Daughters of

Isabella monthly meeting 7:30 p.m.Jan. 19, Holy Name CCD center,NB.

can age ncies better respond totheir needs? And how can morepeople be drawn into helping withthe work? '

Initially, Father Kammer ex­plained, Catholic agencies weresupported strictly by the churchand served the fruitful in immi­grant neighborhoods.

Now they rely more heavily upongovernment funding. which allowsservices to be extended to morepeople. he said.

They "try to keep their Catholicidentity when dealing with thosedollars. but frankly, there are chal­lenges to that ability to remainindependent." said Father Kammer.

"We sometimes have to engagein lawsuits. negotiations and hardfighting with our funding sources.and not just government." heexplained;

Father Kammer. 47. is a NewOrleans native and a lawyer. Hespent the last two decades workingin variOlls religiolls and secularsocial agencies.

Most recently he served in theU.S.' Catholic Conference's De­partment of Social Developmentand World Peace as 'a policy ad­viser on health and welfare.

prayer~BOX

For the VulnerableBlessed are you, Lord,

Shepherd God, w'ho'seeksthe wandering. Guide thosewho are facing difficult de­cisions concerning preg­nancy and birth. Enablethem to know your will,and give them the strengthto follow it. Enlighten theconfusedandencourage thehesitant. Bring the vulner­able to a new experience oftrust in your love. Make

,our society a community oflife instead of a factory ofdeath. I ask this throughChrist our Lord. Amen:

Catholic, government agenciesmust cooperate, says priest

PHILADELPHIA (CNS) ­Social services will continue to bea growth industry unless politicaldecisions made at national. stateand local levels change. says thenew president of Catholic Chari­ties USA.

Jesuit Father Fred Kammer said68 percent of social services pro­vided by member agencies are nowfor basic food and shelter. com­pared to 23 percent a decade ago.

"We are deeply concerned abouta national response to this prob­lem." Father Kammer said in aninterview with The Catholic Stan­dard and Times. newspaper of thePhiladelphia Archdiocese.

He said that among questionsfacing Catholic charitable organi­zations in these times of increaseddemand are: What is the consti­tuency of Catholic Charities? How

ST. MARY, NORTONA meeting of separated Idivorced

Catholics on the topic "Divorce andAnnulment" will be held 7 p.m. Jan.24 in the parish center meeting room.ST. JOSEPH, TAUNTON

Calix meeting 6:30 p.m. Sunday."Coats for Kids" are being collectedat Dermody Cleaners, which willclean them for donation to the St.Vincent de Paul Society for distribu­tion to needy children.NATURAL FAMILYPLANNING

Couple to Couple League series offour monthly classes on natural fam­ily planning begi~s 2 to 4 p.m. Feb.7, St. Mary's parish center, Mans­field. For information and preregis­tration call Jon or Maureen Howey,339-4730.

SEPARATED/DIVORCEDCATHOLICS, CAPE

Support group meeting 7 p.m.Sunday, St. Pius X parish center, S.Yarmouth. Psychologist Elaine Piep­gras will speak. New participantswelcomed beginning 6:15 p.m. In­formation: 362-9873; Father RichardRoy, 255--0170.

K.orc.Council 330 will host a free throw

championship for children ages 10to 14 tomorrow at N. Attleboro Jr.High. Registration begins 2:45 p. m.Parental consent required.Informa­tion: Bob Valois, 699-7134; CharlieForbush, 695-5407.

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The Sacred Heart of Jesusl Im­maculate Heart of Mary charis­matic prayer group will hold itsfirst meeting at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 22 atSt. Anthony of the Desert churchhall, 300 North Eastern Ave., FallRiver. Subsequent meetings willbe held each Friday at the sametime and place. All are welcome toattend. _

Rev. Robert S. KaszYlnski, di­ocesan liaison with charismaticgroups, will address the meetingand the program will also includean opening prayer session, teach­ing and witnessing periods andintercessory prayer. After the meet­ing teams will be available to prayfor healings. The agenda will notinclude Mass.

The gathering will be precededat 7 p. m. by a Cenacle service,consisting of the rosary prayed in aspecial format.

ST. JOHN OF GOD, SOMERSETHoly Rosary Sodality meeting 7:30

p.m. Jan. 19, rectory meeting room.ST. PATRICK, FALMOUTH

Baby items are being collected forBirthright of Falmouth.CHRIST THE KING, MASHPEE

Volunteers needed to pack gro­ceries at food pantry 10 a.m. to noonWednesdays.ST. MARY, N. ATTLEBORO

As part of Christian Unity Weekobservances, Rev. Walter B. Davisof Second Congregational Church,Attleboro, will speak at 4 p.m. Masstomorrow and Father Ralph Tetraultwill speak at the Second Congrega­tional Church on Sunday. St. Mary'swill host ecumenical prayer service.11:30 a.m. Jan. 20 in parish center,to be followed by luncheon. In obser­vance of Martin Luther King DayMonday, program will begin I p.m.at Attleboro City Hall continuingwith march to Second Congrega­tional Church for 2 p.m. service atwhich Joyce King of Harvard Uni­versity will speak.CATHOLIC ALUMNI CLUB

The R.I. and Southeastern Mas­sachusetts chapter of the interna­tional Catholic singles club will holdmonthly social gatherings Jan. 17 atthe Brass Rail, 1125 Fall River Ave.(Rt. 6), Seekonk, and Feb. 7 at theSilver City Galleria Mall, Taunton.

On Jan. 17, dinner will begin at 6p.m., followed by a discussion ofactivities. The group will hold amovie outing 6:30 p.m. Jan. 30 at theShowcase Cinema in Seekonk.

On Feb. 7, line dancing lessonswill be given in the mall communityroom at 4 p.m. and the group willmeet for dinner at 6 p.m. at RubyTuesday in the mall. Seekonk areameetings will continue on third Sun­days and Taunton meetings on firstSundays. Information: 824-8378.CATHEDRAL CAMP,E. FREETOWN

St. Anthony's, E. Falmouth, con-firmation retreat tomorrow. '

seems to radiate throughout hisbody.

He doesn't know what to dowith his anger except yell at theperson in the car with him.

Learning to deal with angerin constructive ways is some­thing most of us need help with.This starts when we recognizethat anger is an acceptable,helpful feeling. Like all ouremotions, anger is neither goodnor bad in itself, but a messageabout something that has hap­pened to us.

Consequently, we need tolisten to anger. Many times,anger tells us how we have beenhurt, and thus is part of grievingsome sort of loss.

Further, anger often carries amessage about how we need totake better care of ourselves,perhaps by taking a stand abouthow we allow others to treat us.

For example, we might beangry when a friend borrowssome money but hedges aboutpaying us back. This anger isteaching us to be more carefulabout how we set up loans.

Certainly, we may want to begenerous with friends', but gen­erosity should not mean that weal10w others to take advantageofus.

One unhealthy way of dealing'with anger is to avoid or deny it.Avoidance does not real1y getrid of anger. Avoidance justburies anger in our hearts. Whatwe repress grows in intensity.

Like the person in the song,we may yell at someone eventhough he or she may not be thereal focus of our anger.

I do agree with the song'ssuggestion that we need to "openup tl'\e places" where we gothurt. This help~ to release hiddenor avoided anger.

We can do this with peoplewe trust and who will supportus in f<:icing anger's intensity.

Releasing anger in safe waysbrings light and healing to' oursouls. Use anger to learn moreabout your life, not in ways thatincrease your burdens.

Your comments are welcomedby Charlie Martin, RR 3, Box182, Rockport, IN 47635.

By Charlie Martin

Perhaps this cassingle off hisnew disc reveals some of thisstruggle,

Anger is an intense emotio,n.for the person in.the song, this,intensity feels like something"dark and sticky" within. Heknows "n~ way of dealing withthis feeling,". He senses that he is "diggingin the dirt" of his soul "to findthe places I got hurt.'.' Anger

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be afraid only of standing still."-Chinese proverb

Holy Family-HQlyName School

Something in me dark and stickyAll the time it's getting strongNo way of dealing with this feelingCan't go on like this too longThis time you've gone too farThis time you've gone too farThis time you've gone too farI told you, I told you, I told youThis time you've gone too farThis time you've gone too farThis time you've gone too far

. I told you, I told you, I told youDon't talk backJust drive the car.Shut your mouthI know what you areDon't say nothingKeep your hands on the wheelDon't turn around,This is for realDigging in the dirtStay with me, I need supportI'm digging in the dirtTo find ,the places I got hurt

'To find the places I got hurtThe more that I look,The more that I findAs I close in on,I get so blindI feel it in my head,I feel it in my toesThat's the place it goes

Written and sung by Peter Gabriel, (c) 1992 by the DavidGeffen Co.

HOW DO YOU deal withanger? Peter Gabriel's "Diggingin the Dirt" never mentionsanger directly, Yet its torie feelsangry,

Recently I heard an interviewwith Gabriel that may explainthis song.' 'He discussed the'emotional pain he. has had toconfront during the past 10years, specifically,' his grievingover lost relationships.

DIGGING IN THE DIRT

Holy Family"Holy Name School.New Bedford, will hold a pro-lifeMass this afternoon.

A parent workshop will be held7 p.m. Jan. 19. and there will be ap~esentation 'on vocations forgrades 6. '7 and 8 students and par­ents at 7 p.m. Jan. 27. A 10 a.m.Mass Jan. 31 at St. LawrenceChurch will mark the opening ofCatholic Schools Week.

Students of the month are, forkindergarten. Luke 'Farrell andAriane Mello. For grades) through8 th'ey are: I'eter Galindo, Krys­tina Barnik, Matthew Goldblatt,Elizabeth Sopel, Robert Gomes,Ryan Matson-Howarth, MatthewGuilbert, Erin Parkin.

We drove back to the bank, andI'm sure my mother must have saidsomething about how the moneywasn't hers to keep. I don'tremember what she said, but I.remember what she did,

Everything we do is an exampleto someone. What kind of valuesdo people catch from being aroundyou? Answer the following ques­tions to see what you would do.

I. Would you speed except whenthere's a patrol car around?

2. Would you lie to your parentsto help a friend cover up some­thing the friend's parents woulddisapprove of'? .

3. Would you return a librarybook so long overdue that thelibrary has written it off'?

4. Would you lie about theamount from tips you earn as awaitress or golf caddy to savemoney on taxes?

5. Would you change the mea­surements of a chemical experi­ment to ensure the expected resultand thus 'get a. better grade?

6. Would you say you'd read thebook when you'd only read· theCliff Notes?

7, Would you say you were,sickand then stay home from schoolbecause you didn't finish that bigreport? '

8. Would you buy a term paperand turn it in as your own?

9, Would you,tell the cashier atthe discount store you were under­charged for an item?

10. Would you let someone elsetake the blame for something youbroke?

Sometimes we know what is theright thing to dQ; doing it is theproblem. Like washing our handsbefore we eat, we think we're theonly ones who know what we (jid- and that,may be true.

But if honesty is the best policy, .where does'it start if it doesn't startwith you?

SMILING SOMALIS: Children in Bulo Fur, Somalia,who were on the brink of death a few months ago, are nowlaughing and playing as Catholic Relief Services food ship­ments reach their village. Two U.S. prelates who visited thecountry in December say the country's needs are still extremeand an estimated 90 percent of Somali children are undernour­ished. (CNS photo)

14 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Jan. 15,1993

By Linda L. RomeYou buy a pound of overpriced

but delicious fudge at the localamusement park. You give thecashier a $10 bill, expectirig smallchange in return.

Instead, she gives you back $11,two quarters and a dime. What doyou do now?

Everyday situations have a wayof confronting us with everydaydecisio'ns that can seem inconse­quential at 'the time. But in fact,they are the .way we discover whowe are and how we show what wethink is important.

Psychologist Kevin Leman,author of "Keeping Your FamilyTogether When The World Is FaIl­ing Apart," says "values are caughtmore than taught." Translation:An example is worth a thousandwords. To prove the point, I'll fel1you a story.

One hectic Saturday morningmy mother made it to the drive­through bank tel1er just beforeclosing. Wit.h cars lined up behindher, al1 trying to beat the noondeadline, she grabbed the enve­lope from the pneumatic cylinder,stuffed the envelope in her pursewithout counting the money anddrove off. '.

When we got home, she countedthe money in the envelope. Shecounted it again. There was $440,exactly double what the receiptsaid! ,'.. ' .

Quickly my mother called thebank, explaining she knew theywere closed but that one of the,tellers had oyerpaid her. f

What relief on the other end ofthe phone!. The error already hadbeen disc'overed. But with no wayof tracing it, the teller could onlyhope that someone .would returnthe money. Otherwise the ,tel1erwould have to·pay the money backout of her own pocket.

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They're top brass of school bands THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Jan. 15, 1993 15

Bishop Stang

Jesuits' plan middle schoolfor Baltimore urban youth

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Vatican has recognized the div­ision of Czechoslovakia into twocountries. The Vatican announce­ment said that the decision wasmade after the Vatican receivedrequests from the Czech Republicand Slovakia to establish diplo­matic relations. The Vatican namedArch bishop Giovanni Coppa as itsambassador to both countries.Previously. he had been ambassa­dor to Czechoslovakia. On Jan. ICzechoslovakia peacefully split intotwo independent nations.

She asks them to "find the soul,­and the heart, that's the whole per­son coming together." She wantsthem to look beyond hunger andhomelessness to see their brotherand sister.

Ms. Taylor's educational pro­gram began shortly after the Houseof Bread opened its doors eightyears ago, when she was asked toaddress students at Alter HighSchool. Students from Alter havebeen coming ever since.

Carroll High School studentsand University of Dayton studentscome, as do those from publicschools and Temple Israel. Con­firmation classes come. But mostlythey're eighth-graders, she said,from local Catholic schools.

House of Bread relies on contri­butions to serve 250 to 500 peopleeach weekday and two Saturdaysa month. Churches contribute mostofthe food and money, but privatedonations, such as a large plate ofcookies baked weekly by a neigh­bor, also help.

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SUNSET SLEDDING: A father and daughter tryout thesledding hill at Burnet Park in Syracuse, NY. (CNS photo)

DAYTON, Ohio (CNS) ­Young teen-agel's stood in the serv­ing line with adult volunteers;handing out plates of chicken andvegetables or stew, bowls of fruitand salad, yogurt, bread and cake.

Seventh-graders at St. Christo­pher School in Dayton had bakedthe bread; eighth-graders. wereserving it along with other fooddonated by the community to theHouse of Bread. On one winterday, they served more than 460persons who came in a steadystream for a noontime meal andsome warmth.

Later the students talked withdirector Jean Taylor about theexperience. "A lot of people ... alot of work ... makes you feelappreciative," said one student. Ayoung woman said she "kind offelt stupid in designer clothes."Mostly they were silent, thinking,as Ms. Taylor told them aboutsome of the people's lives.

"You won't get the full impact,not for a few days or weeks," Ms.Taylor told the students, urgingthem to jot down a few of theirfeelings when they got home.

"We have to get our young peo­ple to see this," she told the Catho­lic Telegraph, Cincinnati archdi­ocesan newspaper, "so things,willbe different when they grow upand we won't have a place likeHouse of Bread in our countryever again."

Ms. Taylor said she wants tosensitize young people to prob­lems of poverty and hunger andtries to leave them with the ideathat they will have power soon andwill be able to make a difference.

She asks students to look peoplein the eye as they hand out food.

Breaking the cycleLANSING. Mich. (CNS) ­

Catholic Charities USA haslaunched the latest phase of a pilotprogram aimed at breaking thecycle of teen pregnancy. Lansinghas become the third site for theagency's $1 million project. Child­ren of Children. which aims tosupport teen mothers and theirfamilies. Other sites are in Albu­querque. N.M .. and Newark, N.J.The three-year program targetsparents ages 12-16. their childrenand the children's grandparents.The program will provide parent­ing skills. health care. educationand career training and involve thebaby's father and grandparents infostering healthy family livi.ng.

BENCH WARMER: achilly skater tries to withdrawfrom winter as he waits for abus in University City, MO.(CNS photo)

raisers that keep the band march­ing in competitions miles from itshometown.

The Marian band presents anartistic show, often with classicalmusic, unlike college marchingbands that have a rah-rah style.

"It's more like a ballet as opposedto MTV," Greg Bimm, band direc­tor for 16 years, told The NewWorld, Chicago archdiocesan news­paper.

Marian has been an innovatorin use of woodwinds, such as oboeand flute, instead of louder brassand percussion.

In an II-minute performancethe band will wave in and out of100 formations. Other bands typi­cally do 65 or so, said Bimm.

Such a performance requiresathletic ability. While playing andcarrying their.instJ:!1p1e.n~s, whichweigh'as much as 20 pounds,band·members compiete intricate for­mations while marching with toesup when moving forward.

Collisions and near collisions,particularly involving freshmen,are a routine part of practice earlyin the year..

BirillTl said he takes a practicalapproach to leading the band. "Ifastudent is messing up but he's try­ing, then I'm a motivator. But ifhe's not doing his best, I'm notabove being stern and demanding."

Being in the band, which beginspracticing in mid-August, is a laborof love.

Senior Danielle McCabe said,"When you think of school, youthink of band. It's a big part ofyour life."

academy will make a contributionto the city and to Baltimore'sfuture."

The academy is modeled afterthe Jesuit-run Nativity MissionSchool in New York. About 95percent of Nativity's graduates goon to college.

Classroom hours will be 8 a.m. ­4 p.m., followed by a sp·orts andrecreation program lasting until5:30 p.m. Students go home fordinner but are expected to returnfor supervised study hall between7 - 10 p.m. Transportation will beprovided to return students homein the evenings.

Saturdays are set aside for cul­tural events and service projectssuch as visiting homebound elderly.

"We're looking for the studentwith average intelligence who haspotential but who for some reasonis not performing at his best level,"said Tony Capizzi, a faculty mem­ber at Loyola High School and aSt. Ignatius parishioner who helpedstart the academy.

"Parental commitment is alsonecessary," he added. "We needtheir support as well."

public schools Marian competesagainst. The band travels to com­petitions in school buses, eschew­ing the more comfortable and moreexpensive coach buses. Hotels, too,are an unaffordable luxury.

Band members roll out theirsleeping bags on a gym floor.

The band is successful thanks toa. team effort, uniting parents andstudents, seniors and freshmen.Parents sew the color guard uni­forms and construct the equipmentcarriers.

Upperclassmen take the youngerstudents under their wing, advis­ing them on how to properly exe­cute a maneuver and what to packfor a r0<id trip.

Both parents and students areinvolved in three annual fund-

42 cocurricular activIties duringthe next academic year.

"These are two very popularsports for young men and women,"said athletic director Bill Hart."There are already a number ofquality student-athletes in thesesports currently attending Stang.With the addition of new studentsfor these teams I feel confidentwe'll be competitive early on."

Ice hockey will initiate as a jun­ior varsity sport for the first twoyears and move to the varsity levelduring the 1995-96 season.

Dominican AcademyRegistration for the 1993-1994

school year for kindergartenthrough grade 8 will be held noonto 3:30 p.m. weekdays todaythrough Feb. 5 and 9 a.m.to noontomorrow.

An open house will be held atthe Fall River school2 t04:30 p.m.Jan. 31. Entertainment will includepresentations by the French club,directed by Pamela Chretien, andby the DA chorus under directionof John Travers. Grade 5 will hosta display of Native American cul­ture under direction of Sister IreneComeau, SSJ. Guided tours willbe avaihible and refreshments willbe served.

CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill.(CNS) - It's only a slight exag­geration to say that Marian Cath­olic High School is to high schoolmarching bands what Notre Dameis to college football.

The Chicago Heights school hasbeen Bands of America GrandNational Champion four timessince 1985. It has been undefeatedin its class in Illinois since 1980.

Marian, a coed school in a sub­urb south of Chicago, has 1,400students, with almost IS percent ofthe student body involved in theband. Some students choose toattend the school because of itsband. program.

The succesS in competitions hascome despite a'budget that's prob­ably half the size of those at most

The WNAC-TV Channel 7 ser­ies "Imagine That!" recently broad­cast segments featuring the Pro­ject Search program of BishopStang High School, North Dart­mouth.

The TV show highlights exem­plary high school science and mathprograms from around the state.

Project Search, initiated withthe opening of the school's newbiology lab, is a hands-on sciencemodule with which students target,hypothesize and research topics ofinterest.

Channel 7 spent about threehours at the school filming lab ses­sions and interviewing principalTheresa Dougall, who formerlychaired the science department;current department head KathyCrosson; and students NicolePoisson and Alison Fleming. Thesegments first aired on newscastsNov. 30 and were later shownbetween regular programs on·thestation.

Student Michelle Neves won anInternational Model of the Yearpageant held recently in Ports­mouth, RI. She was awarded aNew York City shopping spreeand the opportunity for a profes­sional photo shoot at a modelingagency.

Boys' ice hockey and girls'swimming will be added to Stang's

BALTIMORE (CNS) - AJesuit parish in Baltimore is buck­ing the trend of Catholic schoolclosings in urban centers and plansto open a new middle school inAugust for low-income boys fromBaltimore.

St. Ignatius Loyola Academy,as the school will be known, willhave a maximum capacity of 60,taking in 20 sixth graders for thenext three years to reach capacity.

According to Jesuit Father Wil­liam Watters, students will be re­cruited from the city's lowest in­come levels regardless of race, color

'01' creed, with referrals comingfrom schools, parishes, principalsand counselors., Parents will pay only a smallstipend. Tuition and related ex­penses will be paid through schol­arships, including a $50,000 sub­sidy from the Jesuits' Marylandprovince for the first three years.

"The focus is to move studentsto college prep schools," FatherWatters told The Catholic Review,Baltimore's archdiocesan news­paper. "We believe in Baltimoreand we want it to grow.... The

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A MOST UNHAPPY BIRTHDAYFORROE V. WADE.

29,000,000 WASTED LIVES.20 WASTED YEARS.

Roe v. Wade has had more than enough time. Yet the Supreme Court decision on iabortion,./hasn't delivered on its promises to solve social problems. In fact, the

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safeguard the value of those lives. Surely we must heed His caU. It has never been quite

So c.lear or quite so urgent as now. Let us not waste another year or another life.

Let Washington know how you feel. Watch for Project Life ... a national letter­

writing campaign ... in your parish on January 24th.

For more information, call or write:

THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS

PRo-LIFE SECRETARIAT

3211 4TH STREET, N.E.

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20017

(202)541-3070

FATHER STEPHEN A. FERNANDES

DIOCESAN PRo-LIFE ApOSTOLATE

500 SLOCUM ROAD

No. DARTMOUTH, MA 02747

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