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Labor Day statement

Moral analysis WASHINGTON (NC) - Moral

reflection on economic issues re­quires raising questions about U.S. practices and policies with­out regard to party or adminis­tration, Archbishop John J. O'­Connor of New York said in the annual Labor Day statement is­slMld by the U.S. Catholic Con­ference.

Archbishop O'Connor said the pastoral letter on the economy being prepared by the U.S. bish­ops, Iike the bishops' previous letter on war and peace, wiH help open pulj)l)ic debate !to more explicitly moral analysis.

"In doing so, the church is not 'intruding' in political af­fairs or adding an aJien issue to ,the public debate. Rather it is seeking to make clear the hum~n

and moral consequences of the technicm. choices we make as a nation," A!l'chbishop O'C011nor said.

Labor Day is observed Sept. 3. Archbishop O'Connor, chair­

man of the USOC's Committee on Social Development and World Peace, said there is room for dispute about the size and style of the state's role in so­ciety and the economy.

"But the principle that the state has a positive, active role

. to play, especially in defense of the poor, is beyond question in Catholic teaching," he said.

He appeared to Catholics and others to participate in illhe dia­

logue about economic justice that wilJl be stimulated by the bishops' pastoral letter.

"I do not believe that Cath­olics can conscientiously sit out the debate over America's econ­omic future. Both the priciples of American democracy and the -social teaching of the church compel us to make our voices heard," he said.

The 1984 Labor Day statement was the first by ArchJbishop O'­Connor. The 1983 statement was presented by Bishop Mark J. HurJey of Santa Rosa, Calif., whom Archbishop O'Connor suc­ceeded as committee chairman.

The statements are a tradition begun by 1abor advocate Msgr. George G. Higgins, who issued more than 30 commentaries for Labor Day before retiring. from the USCC in 1!}80.

Archbishop O'Connor's state­ment traced !the tradition of CathOlic teaching on economic justice from the Industrial Revo­qution to Pope John Paul II's en­cyclical, "Laboren' Exercens, (On Human Work.)"

He said the U.S. bishops have also .issued documents over the years which have calJed for re­forms such as minimum wage legislation, government. regula­tion of public service monopolies, equlrl pay for women, public housing and the right of labor

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'Satanic market'

Fetuses sold VATICAN CITY (NC)

L'Osservatore Romano, the Vati­can newSpaper, has condemned as "a satanic market" a reported international traffic in human fetuses for scientific research and fO!l' use in the cosmetics in­dustry.

In a recent front-page editor­ial, 'the newspaper commented on reports that a French pro-life group had documented the wonld­wide sale of thousands of fetuses, some of which were deliberately delivered prematurely.

The charges were made by ,the organization "Laissez Vivre" ("Let Them Live") and detailed in a recently-published book, "The Traffickers of the Unborn," by French authors OIaude Jac-.

quinot, a judge, and Jacques De­lay, a jouinaHst. Jacquinot is the founder of "Laissez Viyre."

At first, the news of such sales seemed incredible, L'Osservatore Romano said. "We couln't be­Romano said. "We couldn't be­point," the editorial said.

"Now we can: the charges are precise and well described and indicate the international scale of this satanic market, which like d markets has its centers of production, its price lists and its consumers - consumers of human life," said the editorial. signed by the newspaper's direc­to!l', Valerio Volfini.

"Not even the often-dark fan­tasy of science fiction writers

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Gaudette PIIoto

Students at I;)ominican Academy, Fall River, as at all diocesan schools, prepare to hit the books.

Dioc,e:se. reverses .tr'e'nd With Bishop Stang High

Schod} in North Dartmouth al­ready open and other schools in the diocese scheduled to begin the academic year Sept. 5, ' thoughts turn to the Catholic school system and how it is far­ing midway through th.e 1980s.

Although nation8iI figures for CathOilic Ilchools show a de­crease of 1.9 percent in enroll­ment for the 1983-1984 acado emic year, schools in the Fall River diocese posted an increase of 1.6 percent, reports Father George W. Coleman, diocesan director of education.

He said 7,369 stludents were enroDled in the 20 Catholic cle­m~ntary schools of the diocese, wh.iile there were 3,475 students in the five Catholic secondary schools.

However, the Nationlll1 Cath­olic Educationa,1 Association finds the 1.9 percent decrease encour­aging, since it is the smallest decline since the 1969s. The fig­ure was published in a report on U.S. Catholic schools fO!l' the 1983· ~mic year writ,ten

by Father Bredeweg, consultant for NCEA's data bank.

The report transIates the na­tional decrease into a drop of 58,000 students. It notes that CathOl1ic school enroMment for for 1983-84 was 2,968,000 in ele­mentary schools and 788,000 in secondary schools.

Father B!l'edeweg, in compar­ing ,the small decline of 31 school closings for 1983-84 with the annual average of 72 dlosings for the past seven years as fol­Jows:

"Large scale reviews of dio­cesan school systems have been compileted, and obvious closings or consolidations have been ef­fected. Administrative and bud­get procedures have !become more sophisticated. The drastic move­ment of people from city to sub­urbs has slowed, a significant factO!l' since most Catholic schools were built in the cities.

"Most important of am, Cath­olic parents and students con­tinue to enthusiastically support Catholic schools. Proponents of Ca,tholic education have borne

higher tuitions and more inten­sive devclopmen~ and fundraising efforts in order to retain schools."

Other highlights from the 1983·84 NCEA Il'eport include:

- The percentage of non­Catholic students in Catholic schools increased to 10.6 per­cent in 1982-83, as compared to 2.7 ,percent in 1969·70. Non­CathoDic students now make up ,to 10.4 percent of the elementary enroLlment, 11.2 percent of the secondary enroHment.

- The percentage of minority students also continues to in­crease. More than one-fifth of the total enrOillment (20.4 per­cent) in 1982-83 are minority students. Black and Hispanic students account for the largest percentage (8.8 percent and 9.1 perceht); Asian Americans make up 2.1 percent and A'merjcan In­dians, 0.4 percent.

- The 1983-84 full-time fac­ulty in Catholic clementaryI secondary schools increased 453 ,teachers ,to 146,913. On the ele­mentary level, 78.8 percent are

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THE ANCHOR­ Papal visit rejected 2 NY prelate,.Friday, . Aug. 31, 1984

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at funeral in an ~ttempt to visit Lithuania,

The pope underlined his con­bishop John J. O'Connor, with a Soviet republic, this year. cern for the Lithuanian church New York Gov. Mario Cuomo in A!Ithough the pope did not say during a Mass celebrated atthe front pew, commented on why he was unable to visit the Castelgandolfo Aug. 25. Thetheir disagreement ov,er abor­ eastern European country, a Mass and the pope's sermontion and the roles of church and Vatican official said the pope were in the Lithuanianstate during a funeraJl Mass Aug. wanted it made known publicly language and were transmitted24 for Auxilliary Bishop Edward that he had asked for and ·had live to Lithuania by VaticanMaginn of Albany at the Cathe· not received permission for theCARDINAL. SHEHAN Radio.dral of the Immaculate Concep­ trip.tion. "I am with. you today, ~mostThe official said that Soviet

The archbishop .said he was Cardinal Shehan as in as spiritua:l pilgrimage, with authori,ties either said no orimpressed that hundreds, from my heart" my thoughts and my simply didn't answer. am walks of life, had come to' prayers," the pope said in afuneral today The pope made his unusualpay their -last respects to Bishop homily. He said the Mass celE~­

BALTIMORE '(NC) - Funeral statement in a message Aug. 23Maginn, 87, who died Aug. 21 ibrated in Lithuania's native lang­services were to be held today to Lithuania's Catholics during at1ter a brief illness. He whimsi­ 'uage was a sign of his spiritu~ for Cardinal Lawrence J. Shehan, concluding ceremonies for thecally expressed a wish that his communion with the faitht1ul 86, Baltimore's 12th archbishop, 500th anniversary of the deathown funeral woUld attract such there. . \who died Aug. 26. of St. Casimir, patron saint of attention. \ . , Speculation over a papa-l tripThe cardinal, a Baltimore na· Lithuania and Poland. The papal "We have the governor of the to Lithuania began in April 1983, .BUFFINTON tive, was ordained to the priest- comment was unsual because the state here, who i hope willI come when the four Lithuanian bish­hood in Rome in 1922 and to the Vatican normally does not dis­when I die," he said. He added, FLORIST, INC. ops who administer the six dio­episcopacy in 1945. First an cuss the pope's trips until they "But then' if he does, the news­ ceses made a visit to the Vatican. . auxiHary to Archbishop'Michael are confirmed. papers will say the governor is It was the first time since Lithu­. • 490 ROBESON happy to -go ,to the archbishop's J. Curley of BllI1timore, while re- ,Pope John Paul repeated his . . STREET ania became part of the Soviet·

funeraI." maining a pastor, he was then comments on the Lithuanian trip .' , " FALL RIVER, Union that communist officials named vicar general of the arch- Aug. 26, while speaking at theThe funeral came a day after had allowed the bishops to reportMASS. the governor and the archbishop diocese. In 1953 he became papaJl vilila in Castelgandolfo.

directly to the Vatican, and itmet privately in the archbishop's founding bishop of the diocese He added, however, that he had

was considered a major step to­Tel. 678-5651 of Bridgeport, Conn.Manhattan residence. Both said In 1961 he returned to BaRti-' not given up hope for an event- ward better relations betweenthe meeting had been useful, but ual visit to the country, where Member F.T.D.A. the Vatican and Moscow.did not disclose what they had more as coadjutor archbishop most of the population is Cath­

with right of succession to Arch- olic.talked about. But last December, Vatican­bishop Francis P. Keough. in-After the funeral Mass as a Moscow re1ations worsened when stalled on Sept. 28 of that year, Lithuania, a Baltic country ab­

gesture of respect, Cuomo'kissed a well-known Lithuanian. priest, he became archbishop less than sorbed by the Soviet Union intJhe archbishop's ring and both Father Sisitas Tankevicius, wasEastern' Te·levision three months later, on the death 1945, is the only Soviet repub­exchanged greetings. f lic with a Catholic majority. An sentenced to six years in a So­

In an impromptu news confer­ o Archbishop Keough. estimated 2.5 million of its_ 3.2 viet labor camp for "anti-Soviet . Sales And Service .He a cardinal in ence outside the, cathedral, after was named activities." ,Prospects for the trip1965 by the late Pope Paul VI million population is Catho1ic,Fall River's Largest the governor had left, Arch­ rePorte<iay also were complica­and retired in 1974. despite harsh Soviet measures

bishop O'Connor repeated his ted by the death of Soviet Presi­During his long years of ser- taken against the church.Display 01 TVs position that bishops have a dent Yuri Andropov in February.· . vice to the church he was direc- In his telegram, written in La-RCA - ZEMTH - SYLVANIA right to speak out on pubQic is­sues, including aJbortion. ·tor of Catholic Charities in1196 BEDFORD STREET

Washington, episcopaa chairman "A bishop is a citizen 'of the Aquino remembered673-9721· of the National Catholic Wel­United States. We are talking , fare Conference and· presidentabout Hie and death when we are By NC News Service Rehabilitation Center in Newton. ..general of the NationaR Catholictalking about abortion. And it Mass., and vice president and

Educational Association. He sup­ In the Philippines, Cardina!would be a sad day in oUr coun­ treasurer of the Benigno Aquino ported the Catholic school sys­ Jaime Sin. celebrated a Mass toMAR R lAG E try, wouldn't· it, if anyone said Memori~ Foundation of Boston, tem and urged the Kennedy ad­ mark the. first anniversary of thethat a bishop of ,the church has said "He had a dynamic person­PREPARATION

no right to try and defend the ministration in 1962 to include' death of ~lain civil rights advo­a:lity. 'He attracted YOU like aAT ITS BEST! life of the unborn simply because Catholic schools . in proposed cate Benigno Aquino, while in magneU" .

the United States, a friend inmassive federal aid for educa-Give A Gift he happens to be a bishop," .he tion. . Boston worked to keep Aquino's ,Both men graduated from the

: said. In another admirnstration, the reputation alive. University of the Philippines in

C~rtlileate ForA He also stated that he does Weekend Awa"

cardinal spoke against the Viet­ More than 500 people attended the late 1960s - Aquino in law not tell Catholics how to vote.T ,......_. nam War, writing in 1971 that the anniversarY Mass Aug. 21 at and Hipona in medicine. He be­. "My responsibility is to artiou­1021 Ra, Str.et .

.=.:. ED" BECKY ST. 'IERRE ,it had become "a scandal the the Ohurch of Santo Domingo in gan to foHow Aquino's career,late church teaching. as dlearly Christian conScience· can no Quezon City, the Philippines. and his admiration grew, Hipona E E F.II Iinr. MA 02720 as I can and then, as I have al­

T.I. .75·227. longer endure." said.ways done, aeave it to individual The 'anniversary was markedAnother issue of concern to theci~izens to determine who they by demonstrations throughout Aquino's popularity also grew cardinal was abol1tion. In a case WIsh to elect to public office," the country against the regime as he was elected to the iPlhiUp­similar to the Baby Doe situation Archbishop O'Connor said. of President Ferdinand Marcos, pine Senate and was favored toof the 1980s, Cardinal Shehan with as many as 450,000 people win a presidential race againstjoined Cardinal IPatrick O'Boyle attending one Mani1a rally. Marcos. Then mantial law wasof Washington in 1971 lin pro­Bishops protest DUring his homily, Cardinal imposed in 1972, and Aquinotesting the dea·th of a newborn

VATICA:NCITY (NC) - Nica­ Sin urged reconciliation between was among the first jaiaed. mongoloid child whose parenrtsragua's bishops have asked tftle the opposition party and thewould not permit a simple opera~ A'quino left his native Philip­Nicaraguan government to stop Philippine government and pro- . CUr:iting tion to remove a stomach block­ pines in 1980, following eightabusing the chUTch, says the motion of peace and harmony in age. As head of the ·Baltimore years of soUtaxy confinement.'Vatican newspaper, L'Osserva­ the Christian spirit of fraternity ~ Archdiocese he frequently spoke """'IIIIG . He came to ·the United States for DI •• f • DOll" tore Romano. The bishops caNed and community. .against lfaci8!l discrimination,DOL,"I" heart surgery and later settled

DulIN•••• for an end to ~'insults against and in 1963 published a letter Cardinal Sin asked Filipinos to ­."'lOIII in Newton. He had an interna­((WI.". '0I""'t_ the person of Archbishop Miguel pardon Aquino's assassins andcondemning prejudice, saying,CAPE COD'S tional fel10wship for two years UOST OUTSTANDING Obando Bravo (of Managua) and "We have an· essential duty in those who ordered the kHling and ATTRACTION at Harvard University and oneFOAF.M1lV ENJO'tIltfNT of other bishops, priests and jutice to recognize and respect urged the government to act in at the Massachusetts Institute ofCatholic faithful." PLUS eq'llaRlythe rights of all men." a humanitarian way towards the

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THE ANCHOR (USPS·54S-ll20). Second· Class Mar-tin Luther King Jr. A year after his assassination, Then, despite facing a govern­Postage Paid at Fall River, Mass. PublishedRoute 28 . In his autobiography, "Aweekly except the week of July 4 and the Aquino was remembered as a ment-imposed death sentence week after Christmas at 410 Highland Aven·· Blessing of Years," published in "dynamic personality" by friends Aquino returned to .the Philip~u~, Fa II River. Mass. 02720 by the Cath·West Yarmouth ollc Press of the Diocese of Fall River 1982, he said, "In the end I be­ in the United States. pines Aug. 21, 1983, when heSubscription price by mall, postpaid $8.00 per year. Postmasters send address changes lieve I shaH be judged primarily 'Or. F-lorencio Hipona, director was fataMy shot in the head to The Anchor, P.O. Box 7. Fall River MA as a priest." .'.

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IN A MOVING MEETING with Father Stanley Wlodyka, OFM Conv., of Holy Rosary Church, Taunton, Pope John Paul II blessed the diocese of Fall River and the city of Taunton. "I spent almost a minute enumerating all the people I wanted him to bless," said Father Wlodyka. "I then said, 'Holy Father, we all now fall to our knees and ask your blessing.' He answered in Polish, 'I send my regards to all and I bless everyone you ~entioned.' He kept me from falling to my knees by holding both of my hands and then imprinted the sign of the cross upon my forehead. What a thrill that was!"

Father Wlodyka led a group of nine parishioners on a trip to Rome and Poland.. He said that the top salary of Poles he met was $40 per month and that each indi­vidual is entitled to only_three kilograms of meat per month. Clothes are always in short supply and Holy Rosary sends clothing packages regularly to the Iron Curtain nation. (Arturo Mari Photo)

Court calls fetus 'person' BOSTON (NC) - The l'¥1assa­

chusetts State Supreme Court ruled Aug. 16 that a viable fetus is a "person" and a driver caus­ing its death may be prosecuted for vehi<:uaar homicide.

In its 4-3 decision, the court said, "An offspring of a human parent cannot reasonably be con­sidered to be other than a hu­man being, and therefore a per­son, first within and then in normal course outside the womb

" The count said an autopsy

showed that itlhe 8-and·one-half­

month-old fetus in question, whose mother was stJIUck by a car in 1982, "was viable at the time of the incident and that it died as a result of internal in­juries by the impact of the vehi­cle."

The court said its decision .would apply only to future vehi­<:War homicide cases and was not applicable to the case at hand because the court's decis­ion "may not have been fore­seeable."

Massachusetts Citizens for Life praised tlhe court decision

"for recogmzmg the existence and vll'lue of unborn human life."

"By including viable, unborn chi~dren under the vehicular homicide law's definiltion of 'person,' the court takes a step forward in logic and compass­ion," the group said in a state­ment.

"It is ironic, however, that on one' hand the -law upholds a wo­man's right to kiM 'even viable fetuses, whiile on the other hand the law imposes criminaA sanc­tions for tlhe taking of ute before birth," the statement said.

Permanent diaconate assembly set The annual RegionaA Assembly

for the Permanent Dlaconate Programs of Region I in New England willI be held Saturday, Sept. 29, at the Community Col­ijege of Rhode Island, Knight campus, in Warwick.

There wiU be a meeting for all the permanent diaconate direc­tors of the region on Friday, Sept. 28, at Howarc:ll Johnson Motor Lodge in Warwick..

Providence wiU be the host . diocese for the gathering.

Satl1l"qay's program willI open at 9 a.m. with an address, small group discussions and a ques­tion/ans~er period. A status re­port on PfOPosed diaconate guide­ijines will also be presented. The

. meeting :willi close· with .liturgy at approximately 5 p.m.

Region 1 permanent diaconate directors wiH attend the S·atl\lr­day gathering as· wiH staff mem­

bers, ordaiood deacons, pros­pective candidates presently en­rolled in a diaconate program and their wives.

The guest speaker will be Deacon Joshua ~lves, who serves in the Archdiocese of Chicago. Deacon Alves is a retired Blue Cross/Blue Shiel1d executive who devotes his time to giving re­treats, days of recoHection and

parish missions throughout the United States.

Msgr. Ernest J. Fiedler, execu­tive director for the Bishops' Committee on the Permanent Diaconate, Washington, D.C. will also speak at the assembly.

Most Reverend Kenneth A. Angell, D.O., auxiliary bishop of Providence, wiill be principal celebrant at the closing Uturgy.

Blood bank accreditation renewed The blood bank of St. Anne's

Hospital, Fall River, has been granted renewEd of accrediation by the American·Association of Blood Banks. .

Accreditation ~nvooves on-site inspection by trained association representatives. It indicates that medical, technical and adminis­u~ve~rlormanreatafucili~

meets or exceeds rigorous A:ABB standards. Some 2,200

U.S. and foreign blood banks are AAB.B accredited.

The AABB inspection and ac­creditation procedures are volun­tary. They indicate that a facility exceeds gowmment-mandated standards.

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4 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Aug. 31,. 19.84

the mooril\9..-, ~ Second Spring .

There is' a new and fresh look in Catholic schoOls. They have settled down and once again dare to be Cath­olic, with all that implies for church and community.

For the past 20 years, Catholic schools were simply losing the ballgame. Sisters fled the classroom,' parents withdrew students, pastors. closed schools, educational ex­periments were in vogue and all the turmoil of the age had a field day in the classroom. '

I. Well, things are beginning to settle down. The reli­gious who have remained in our schools are models of faith commitment. Parents are once again realizing that dis­cipline is an illtegral part of the learning process, painful as that might be for some to accept.

But the really big difference in today's Catholic schools is the laity who have accepte~ the mission to teach as Jesus did. The energies of a dedicated lay staff have in the majority of situations made the difference.

When all is said' and done, the revival of Catholic schools is directly correl~ted to the reVival of the Catholic laity. The motivation for teaching is once again becoming more than money, important as that may be. Love, reli~ gious commitment and, academic excellence are the seeds of Catholic education now being sown by the men and' women who have made our schools their mission.

To be sure, the question of salaries yet plagues Cath­olic schools. Some who are responsible for paying teachers have failed miserably in their dedication to justice.

, It is easy to talk about a just wage but for some it seems very difficult to put words intol action. Dedica~d, teachers deserve support, not because it will keep them from leaving a school, but because justice i!!a gospel ~~~~ " '

Yet, despite low salaries, despite unnumbered diffi­culties" Catholic laity are having a measurable impact on our schools. There is a new interest in church" a realization that school reflects church and that God is the center' and heart of all education. In a society that has allowed pub­lic education to ban God and prayer from the classroom, this indeed is a sign of hope.

This revitalization of our schools must I!ave the sup­port of all members of the faith community. A school should not be seen as an island unto itself but as an iiltegral part of the parish family, the larger diocesan family and the total family of God, the church.

There are great demands on the lay teachers in our schools. They have the obligation to be what they repre­sent in the Catholi~ classroom. If our schools are to be a sign of church, they must witness to that church; and every effort must be made to help them fulfill their special role. ' .

A student, a class, a school will reflect the teaching. of Jesus only to the degree that teachers reflect the role he plays in their life. Pastors and administrators who have been given the special care of a school have the awesome responsibility of pointing the way and setting the pace.

Catholic Schools must be Catholic. One lay teacher put it well: "The most important person in education is God. If I'm going to teach, I'm going to go all the way and teach what I, believe, not, just teach facts. My goal is to save the world."

This is· the new spirit in the second spring of our Catholic schools. . '

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~he work of olllr h~nds do thou direct.' Ps. 89:17 -The· art of musing

By Father Eugene'Hemrick out, "teLls the engineer we are long ago react to a train station about to switch tracks and that that overshadowed every home

My travel agent 'scoffed when . we should slow down." in town? Was i't their pride and I traded in my airplane ticket for ­ joy, such as a cathedral oncea . round-trip ticket by train.' The pride in his voice toad me

was? Or were there violent ob­"Think how -long the trip will he was a man who truly loved jections ,to such extravagance? 'take," he said. "What a horriJble trains and had dedicated his life

The word' "muse" ds defined as way to waste your valluable to them. Whllit a stark contrast a state of deep thought ortime.'~ to so many people who work dreamy abstraotion. Today we.i couldn't agree with him less in cubicles and never feel that live in a time in which our minds as I sit here headed from Wash- they are in intimate contact with are fully occupied from the mo­ington, D.C., to Chicago. I've the company that employs them~ ment we awake each morning.

just finished a 'sandwich I con- There was something pleasing Often, unknown to ourselves,cocted of salmi, bologna, cheese, in watching that grandparent our. minds are held captive. tomato, onions and mustard. and grandchild together. How

. Perhaps something like a aongAs I sit in my compartment often young people are so con­train ride is what is needed every composing this .colupUl, I'm lis- sumed by. the busy pace of their so often for us to rekindle thetening to the music for a balliet lives and their activities that they valuable art of musing thatby Igor Stravinski. I can't im- miss out on the opportunity to frees the mind and 'lets it wanderagine abetter choice to provide hear their grandpaTents talk for a whiae.background for the shifting scene about their Hves and experiences.

outside my window. The Alle- Seeing those two generations gheny mountains, vaBeys and compare notes was worth the rivers fit perfectly with the price of the trip in itself. . [necrology]melodies of Stravinski. Then there was the excitement

I wonder if Stravinski, who of young children as we' passed September 3 lived on the shores of Lake ,through several tunnels. Why Rev. Thomas J. McGee, D.D.,Geneva, Switzerland, composed do children find tunnels so much Pastor, 1912, Sacred Heart,this ballet under similarly beauti· fun? Could it !be the sudden, Taunton ful circumstances. slightly scary sensation of riding

,Every train ride has a differ- in the dark? September 4 ent effect on me. This plJ.rticular 'My fascination with. this trip Rev. Joseph P. TaiBon, Pastor, one makes me feel adventurous. was heightened as the train 1864, St. Mary, New Bedford And it's not the scenic Oumber- , passed an old and quaint train Rev. John J. McGuire, Founder, land of the AHeghenies that is station which looked aike a mini­ 1894, St. Peter, Provincetown llit the root of ,this feeling. It ature castle. Its turreted roof and September 5 comes from observing the in- decorative windows were' truly Rev. Napoleon A. Messier,teresting people I meet. something out of the past. Pastor, 1948, St. Matthew, Fall

In the dome CaT I listened to I wondered about the person Rivera grandfather, who obviously was responsible for its design. Was a conductor once, explain to his there, perhaps, a prototype some­ , September 7 granddaughter the various train where, in Europe which caught Very Rev. James E. McMahon, signals. the imagination of the architect? Pastor, 1966, Sacred Heart, Oak

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Family Night A weekly at-home program for famllies

sponsored by the Diocesan Office of Famlly Ministry

OPENING PRAVER Dear Jesus, whenever people

come together to share or cele­, brate there almost always is a

meal. How wise you are, Lord Jesus, in giving us yourself in the Eucharistic meal. Thank you for tonight, Lord Jesus, and also for yOUr family gatherings at mealtime. Amen.

LESSON Young Family

tMateriltls: poster board, cray­ons, magazines, scissors, gllue. Divide the poster into four sec­tions. Mark them: (1) meat, (2) milk, (3) vegetables and fruits, (4) breads and cereltls. Mark at the top "Good Eating for Our Family." Color or cut out pic­tures of food Ito fit into the four categories. For good health: mHk - 3 glasses for kids; 2 glasses for adUlts; mea,t - 2 more'serv­ings; vegetables and fruits - 4 or more servings dSli'ly. Look back over today. Have everyone Hst and eva1uate what he or she ate today. Put the poster on the refrigerator.

Middle Years Family Materi8!ls: paper, crayons.

"Mealtime Memories." Each per­son takes about two minutes to recaU what their dinner' table was like when ithey were kinder­garten age. Color a picture of the t8lble, where each person' sat; make colors for the mood of the different people. Share pictures and explain them. Answer to­gether, what are mealtimes like now in the family? Review the past week; how many meals were shared together? Is me8iltime a hassle or is it pleasant? How can the meaUime together be im­proved? List tMee ways for the coming week. Try them.

Adult Family _ Materials: Bible. Read 8Jloud

Gen 18:1-9, then John 21:9-14. Why a meal in these readings? What are they saying? Plan a family reach-out: have a pot luck dinner for some neighbors or a single person. Set a date and plan the meal.

Mixed marriage Recently I wrote about

some of the pains in the ecu­menical marriage. Now I want to talk about some of the supports being offered in local churches. Many dioceses are bringing in , practicing two-faith couples to sponsor ecu­menical couples in marriage and pre-baptismal preparation. "We don't try to frighten them," said a Methodist married to a Cath­olic, "but we do try to teM theni what to expect. We share our own experiences, our pains, our joys, our famidies' attitudes, and our . chi~dren's questions with them. It helps if you anticipate and offset problems before they arise."

In Milwaukee, there is a lot going on. The Catholic-Lutheran dialogue program opeJ'8lting be­tween churches is of great help to couples in interfaith marri­ages. One said, "There are some people who know nothing about

. their spouse's religion even though they have been married for many years. They just don't discuss religion. It's a taboo sub­ject." She said the dialogue aI­dows couples to talk openly in a relaxed atmosphere. Recent topics include Holy Comunion, sin, Vatican II and interfaiJth marriage, different denomina­tions within the Lutheran Church, and baptism. ~other Milwaukee parish has

a support group for women mar­ried to "non-churehed" husbands, an increasinglly familiar sibualtion today. These women talk about

topics like the difficulty of rais­ing a child in the faith, the lone­liness of going to church a10ne, and the meaning of sacrament in their «ives.

Not incidentally, MHwaukee's Archbishop Rembert Weakland has created a task fbrce on inter­faith marriage with representa­tives from the family life and ecumenicad commissions. Sr. Maureen Hopkins, director of ,the Ecumenica'l Commission lauds her Archbishop's move. "The ecumenical marriage is a serious pastoral concern for the Church," she says. "We have programs for Interfaith engaged couples, but not much help is given to coupdes after they're married. That is the concern I have."

Vice-chanceHor 'Fr. Michael Newman explains, "We can talk about moving with more sensi­tivity toward interfaith couples. Neither we CathOl1ics nor the Pro­testants have been particularly sensitive. We've had the attitude: You've made your bed, now He in it, rather than asking couples,

- How's everything going?" In Colorado Springs, a parish

recently held a speciad Mass for Catholics in a new approach to create more understanding. This was especiaHy designed for peo­ple who want to understand a little more of what the Mass is adl about. "We realize that for many non-Catholics, the Mass has often remained a mystery," said a parishioner. "At the same time, there are many people who have been curious about what goes on in a Catholic church and

SNACK Say "No snack tonight." What

are the family reactions? Okay - hot fudge sundaesl

ENTERTAiNMENT Stage a, water-balloon tossing

contest.

SHARING 1. Share a time someone want­

ed a particul81' thing to eat and he fina1'ly got it.

2. Each person share what ·is his favorite thing to eat, and what he hates to eat.

3. Share a moment someone felt 'close to God.

CLOSING PRAVER Gentle Jesus, we thank you

for our Family Night this' even­ing. Jesus, how well you under­stand famIlies and'how we need to come together and share. Thank you for food and how it can draw us together at meal­time. Jesus, 'we pray for those who don't have enough food and for those who 81'e actually starving. Strengthen them, Jesus, for that terrible nightmare and burden. Amen.

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would <like to know more about it." Interfaith couples and their families found it partioularly helpful.

Support groups exist in some parishes today, simple get-to­gethers of interfaiith couples who want to share a stronger spiritual Ufe. They talk about passing on two faiiths, dealing with grand­parents, and respecting one an­other's beliefs.: At the 1980 Sy­nod, Bishop Frank Stafford said, "It is the role of the church to assist these coupdes in the strengthening of their marriages as spirituai communities. Rather than establish a religious truce, couples should be" helped to search out and amplify areas of communali.ty, troths' on which they discover agreement and ex­pressions of piety which bring both to a deeper awareness of God."

One Milwaukee husband sum­med up the chalJlenge to our cl1urch in this way. "People can change for each other in a lot of ways, but who they really are never changes. Re'1igion is a deep thing . . . There should be a community of Christians. But as long as you have differ­ent people, you're going to have all kinds of different beliefs."

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-F~i., Aug. 31, 1984

Can he' b'e, 'a Knight?

Q. I have a personal ques­tion to ask. Can a man be a member of the Knights of Columbus if be is divorced and Is living with another w0­

man? ThIs man Is my ex-hus­band. We were married for more than 25 years when I got a div­orce with the advice and help of the priest from my parish.

I am told It doesn't matter any more If a KnIght Is divorced and Is living with someone else., He has aU his mail coming to my house so they don't know how he Is living. I'm Mrs. to the Knights and other th8n that I'm Ms.

I'm tired of lying for tum and am In poor health for what he did while we were married. Please answer. I need to know. (Ohio)

A. The Knights of Columbus fraternity tlearly intends and de­sires that its members be Cath­Olic men who are living their religion faithfiuli1y \in every way. Lt is not always easy, however, to assure this is happening, es­pecia'Hy when the matter is one of personal private conscience.

Your basic question is: Who may be a member of the Knights of Columbus? The regulations of that organizllltion state: "Only practical Catholics in union with the Holy See shaN be eJ1igible to and entitled to continue member­ship in the order."

Another rule asserts that any member who faBs to remain a practica'l Catholic in union with the Holy See shall automatically forfeit membership in the Knights.

There was a time in the his­tory of the K of C when those who were known not to nave fuI­fiill1ed their Easter obligation or who were divorced and remar­ried were promptly expelled, generally with the consent of the' local pastor or chaplain.

After receiving your letter I asked a sp.okesman for the Su­preme Council of the Knights of Columbus to describe their policy today. He correctly noted that the ellithOlic attitude has changed considerably in the past two decades, at least in that the church no longer excommun\­cllltes those who obtain a divorce and remarry. In fact it encour­ages ,them to continue the prac­tice of their faith as best they can.

"This more compassionlllte and hopeful view also has been adop­ted by most of the Knights of Columbus councils," he said. "There is more concern about 'bringing ,the individual back to church and to the sacraments so he indeed wi'll be a practicing Catholic, rather than in rejecting him (rom our society. One possi­ble ~eption to the policy would be a case of serious scandal,"

I do know that national K of C officia'ls have given mUlch con-

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JOHN

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sideration to the problem in the ·past 10 or 15 years. They, have concluded that it is difficult, U not impossible, to find a hard and fast rule which would gov­ern every case and still be fair to everyone.

Consequently they have left implementation of any penalties to ,the docal grand knight and the chaplain.

As my friend at the supreme headquarters put it: "If this seems ,to be a rather complex response to the question it is be­cause we are dealing with a very complex situation. Perhaps it wiU let her know ,that we are aware of the issue and that our concern is to help rlllther than harm alii involved,"

Q. Is a priest required to say only oDe Mass every day? Some­one told our study club that this Is true. But, ~f so, why do priests, at least in some of the parishes In our area, have several Masses every Sunday? (Nebraska)

. A. By general church law, priests are sllowed to offer no more than one Mass each day. Bishops may permit them to offer two Masses on Sundays and specia!! feast if necessary.

However, the basic principle of the chureh in at.! such matters cis that the reasonable needs of the people must be met, especi­ally where Mass and the sacra­mt;nts are concerned. It is not uncommon for priests to offer two Masses on weekdays - for example, when a funerad Mass must be added to the Masses al­ready scheduled in the church or elsewhere in the parish that day.

Many priests frequently offer three Masses on Sundays to ful­fiB a minimum schedule of Mass­es in a parish church. Wi.th the disproportionately srna11 number of priests available in some par­ishes, this must be done if the priests wish to give appropriate opportunity to the people for participation at Mass.

The chmch has no strict law about when. a priest is required to offer Mass, but urges frequent celebration of the Eucharist.

Canon law says: "Remember­ing that the work of redemption is continually accomplished in the mystery of the eucharistic sacrifice, priests are to celebrate frequ.ently; indeed daii1y celebra­tion is strongly recommended, since even if the faithf.u1 cannot be present, it is the act of Christ and the church in which priests fulfNl their principal function." (N. 904)

Obviously, in fulfiHing his re­sponsibilities to ,the people of his congregation, any priest in a parish wiaa oe1ebrate the Eu­cl1arist at least once almost every day under normal circum­stances.

6 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall Riyer-Fri., Aug. 31, 1984

Sister Bertoloto Sr. Madelena Bertoloto, 57, of

the Sisters of St. Dorothy, Villa Fatima, Taunton, died Friday, Aug. 17, 'at Massachusetts Gen­eral Hospital.

,Born in Sumidouro, State of Rio de Janeiro, !Brazil, she was a daughter of the late Antonio and Assunta (Suem) Bertoloto.

'Sister Bertoloto entered reli­gious Hfe at iFribourgo, Brazil, March 3, 1945. She came to the United States in 1949 and served in Dorothean communities in Staten Island and Detroit.

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She leaves four brothers in Brazil; a sister, Sister Nazaria BeI1l:oloto of the Sisters of St.' Dorothy of Receife, Brazil, and another sister in Brazil.

A !Mass of Christian Burial was held Aug. 20 at·ViHa Fatima chape!l. The celebrant was Rev.

.Manuel Resendes, chaplain for the sisters and pastor of Our Lady of' Lourdes p~rish, Taun· ton. The homilist was Rev. Mar­cel H. Bouchard, confessor for the community.

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Guatemalan bishop is,' transferred VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope

John Paul II has· transferred Bishop Juan Gerardi Conedera from. the rural Guatema~an dio­cese he was forced to leave in 1980 'because of death threats and named him auxiliary bishop of Guatemala City. , A Vatican announcement said the pope. had accepted the resig­nation of Bishop Gerardi as head of the Diocese of Santa Cruz, del Quiche, and transferred him to Guatemala City.

The Vatican announcement did .not say why. the 61-year-old

. bishop was reassigned. Bishop Gerardi had been Hv­

~ing outside the Quiche'Diocese since escaping an assassination attempt in 1980. He took a leave of absence and was subsequently

. named 'an apostolic administra· tor for Quiche.

The assassination attempt came after the bishop had ac­cused the military of massacring innocent Indians in a campaign against guerrilllas.

When Bishop Gerardi was forced out of Quiche most of the foreign priests' and religious working there a<}so left; both in support of the bishop and,because they also had received~;cteath~

to harassment in carrying out UN reported "irrefutable evi­its pastoral mission, particwIarly dence that some of the Roman in the countryside arid Indian Catholic clergy and catechists in areas," the OAS report said. the confilict areas have taken an

However, a human rights ex- actively pro-guerrilla Hne in pert sent to Guatemala by the teaching, and action."

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couId have imagined· such a hor­rible degradation of human be­ings,". it said.

A report in the Aug. 20 ltalian newspaper Corriere Della Sera oUitlined some of the assertions made by ,the French authors. The book said that in 1977, the sale of thousands 'of fetuses from South Korea to the United States was discovered. The fetuses re­portedly were sOld for $25 each.

In 1981, the book said, French custotns .police stopped a refrig­erator truck' and discovered it c.ontained human fetuses.' The shipment, the book said, came from Yugoslavia· and Hungary and was destined for a Western cosmetic company.

The book also noted a Bel·

gian parlimentarian's charge in 1982 that an internationa:I busi­ness existed to pay women to prolong unwanted pregnancies into the sixth or seventh month, and then sell the developed fetus for scientific research oli to the cosmetics industry. The fetuses are removed by Caesarian sec­tion, the book said.

The newspaper report said the examples were a small part of the book's evidence on the exis­tence of the international fetus market.

Fetuses have been so1d as teaching aids in the United .states, and in the early 1970s, a

/ federal grand jury was trying to trace the proceeds of the reported sale of dead fetuses to drug firms.

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lay teachers; 74.3 percent of' seCondary teachers are lay. The lay staff today holds almost the same majority that religious held in the 1960s: . - Father Bredeweg comment­ed that "in general, parents and students have accepted today's predominanlJly lay staff, and this does not seem to present acad­emic or administrative prob· lems."

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This history of Catholic state. ments on economic issues shows "the consistency with which the church has expressed its con­cern for economic justice in dif­ferent times and' in different­social and economic settings," Archbishop O'Connor said.

He said the upcoming pastor· al on the economy thus is "a continuation of a long: and im­portant tradition in the church.

Archbishop O'Connor said moral . !reflection on economic matters is "beneficial and nec­essary for the church, for dt is carrying out the Gospel mandate to re-evaIuate every aspect of our lives in the Hght of Jesus' tife and teaching." .

Moral reflection by the church ~so is beneficia" for s9ciety "be­cause i,t is an affirmation of our democratic political heritage and

- institUitions," A!rchbishop O'Con­nor said. "It is a sign of our dedication to democracy when we strive to make a genuine and unique contribution to public discoUrse on these vital issues."

The church is not only a com· munity of believers but a major: social institution in a pluraJIistic society, the archbishop said. "As a 'public church' we believe that we have not only the right but the responsibility to contribute to public debate on major issues of our day."

The aegitimacy of t1his public role for the church, he said, is rooted in scriptural and theo­logical tradition.

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JUBILARlAN MEMBERS of the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena were honored at a Mass on Aug. 19. Front to back, left to right, they are Sister Mary Martin' Delahanty, 25 years; Sisters Marie de Ricci Bonin and Marie Diane Talbot, 70 years; Sisters Irene Plourde, Celine Thiboutot, Anita Lavalley, Marie Anne Cardin, Angele Morin and Albertine Durocher, 50 years. Not pictured, Sister Louis d'Aquin Heon, 60 years, ill at the time of the ]ubilee, who died Aug. 28. ..

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Aug. 31, 1984

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Belfast bishop chides attack' The violence which erupted in

West Belfast Aug. 12 when po­lice attempted to arrest an Am­erican official of the Irish North­ern Aid Committee ~ORAID)

has kindled debate over the role of the New York-based group in Northern Ireland's sectarian troubles.

The police attack on a crowd gathered at Irish republican head~ quarters in Belfast was termed a "propaganda coup for NORAID" by Belfast's Down­town Radio. A 23-year-old Bel­fast man was killed by police plastic anti-riot buHets during the melee.

NORAI'D is an American or­ganization founded in the late 1960s to collect money for de­pendents of Irish prisoners. Brit­ish officiails have accused the group of supplying money ,to the IRA arms purchases.

The man police sought when

they waded into the crowd of 2,000 with clubs and guns was 34-year-old Martin Galvin, a New York City attorney and NORAlD's publicilty director.

Galvin eluded police but sean Downe, a Catholic, was killed and 20 others were injured when the heavily armed Royal mster Constabulary - firing plastic bullets and wielding clubs ­drove into the crowd.

Galvin went to Nonthern Ire­land with a NORAID-sponsored party of 130 Americans.

Bishop Brendan Daly of Down and Conner criticized the polke and the Sinn Fein for the vio­lence.

The police attack "bore mtle sign of the restrained and discip­lined use of reasonaible force which is the recognized mark of good policing," the bishop ,said.

''The display or force and the use of force by the police can­

not be said to' have been justi­fied by the behavior of the crowd, or to have been in pro­portion to iJt," !he said.

But "the platform presentation of the NORAID leader was an obviously provocative act and a blatant publicilty stunt designed to- secure support at home and in the USA for the murderous purposes of the IRA," Bishop Daly said. .

"The scene was set to secure maximum media coverage of po­lice reaction," he said.

"I hope that Irish Americans wil not be seduced into provid­ing, money for guns which will be used to perpetrate' horrible murders and to wreak violence whioh is poisoning the whole quality of life of ·nationalist com­munities," he said. .

,Bishop Da'ly also called for an independent inquiry into the in­cident.

Msgr. Geno Baroni dead at 53 WASHINGTON (NC) - Msgr.

Geno C. Baroni, 53, a specialist in urban etlhnic affairs and the first Catholic priest named as­sistant secretary in a cabinet­level U.S. government agency, died Aug. 27 in Washington.

Msgr. Baroni had a rare form of aibdominal cancer, diagnosed in 1981. He had been hospital­ized for several months prior to his death.

His Mass of Christian Burial is scheduled for .today at St. Augustine Church. The parish was Msgr. Baroni's first assign­ment in Washington.

Archbishop James A. Hickey of Washington was to be the principa:l' celebrant at the Mass and Father J. Bryan Hehir, sec­retary o~ ·the U.S. Catholic Con­ference Department of Social De­velopment and WoJ1ld ,peace, was

the scheduled homilist. Msgr. Baroni was assistant sec­

!l'etary for Housing and Urban Development during the Carter administration, working from 1977 to 1980 with neighborhood groups, helping them establish joint partnerships with the pri­vate and public sectors for re­vitalization.

,Before joining the Carter ad­ministration. Msgr. Baroni, son of an immigrant coal miner, had struggled outside the establish­ment to preserve urban neigh­borhoods and to protect civil rights alid ethnic identity.

He was described as a "pesky gadfJy" by The New York Times in 1977 because of his persistent efforts to save the Italian, Po­~ish, Irish and other ethnic neigh­borhoods which once enlivened American cities.

He walked on picket lines and joined the 1963 March on Wash­ington, ',Jed by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Msgr. Baroni tbecame director of program development for the U.S. Catholic Conference Task Force on Urban Problems, in 1970. He was among developers of the Campaign for Human De­velopment, the U.S. bishops' anti-poverty program.

In 1971 he founded the Na­tional Center for Urban Ethnic Affairs, an affiliate of the USCG, and was a board member of na­tional civic and religious organ­'izations devoted to ·urban, racial, ethnic, community and public in­terest concerns.

When Carter left office in early 1981, Msgr. Baroni was named a special assistant far commun­ity affairs to Archbishop James A. Hickey of Washington.

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Audiellce ticl~ets easy to get, handsllake harder to come by

By Sister Mary Ann Walsh

VATICAN CfIY (NC) - A ticket to a Wednesday papal au­dience is free and as easy to get

. as Wrirting a ietter, deSpite the image of scalpers hawking $100 tickets "guaranteed" to get you a handshake with the pope.

"People think,we make money on audiences" but that's not the case, said a Vatican source fami­liar with the logistics' of the weekly event. AudienceS can" at­tract anywhere from 10,000 to 80,000 people.

To. counter the hucksters and - the' money-making image, the

Vatican now prints "this ticket , is entirely free" on fhe back of

each ticket, ,in five different languages.

Although a' papal handshake isn't guaranteed for everyone holding a ticket, newlyweds re­ceive special seating up front as well as the gift of a rosary and key chain blessed by the pope especially for them.'.Otheri who receive special places are the sick for example, those in wheel chaN's or the terminally ill, whom the pope personalIy greets at the audience.

The Vatican strives to be fair in granting seating lequests, the' official said.

"The rule is to 'look at the facts, not the signature on the letter," he said, "and the Vatican

'does not· accept money for tickets."

But he admits that, "the Vati· can lI1Udience office'used to have a terrible name. . "Twenty years ago, when peo­

ple asked for tickets, the.' first thing they did was place a large bill on the desk."

Despite Vatican efforts ·to keep

thirlgs honest, the system is easily subverted. .

Hucksters, especially at busy times, "will get 'hold of a special ticket and guarantee the buyer that he wiH shake hands with the pope' himself," the officiai said.

He aJlso acknowledged that .while those who guard and usher at the audiences have been told not to accept·tips, more than one person has bribed his way to the front for a close-up look.

Many whQ ·cOme. to the 8JUdi­ence hope to give the pope a gift or ·a personal message.

"Some come to an audience wishing 11:0 tell the pope of Ii problem..Others come to thank him for his help. Some give him notes and letters, or gifts.

"So many people bring gifts, the source noted," th8lt a truck goes to each audience to pick up the wine, jams, fish and other gifts."

Those who !bring gi~ts shOUld include their names and. ad­dresses to ensure a Vatican ac­knowledgment, he said.

For Americans hoping for a papaJl audience, all it takes to get a ticket is a letter to the "audience office" at Casa Santa Maria, the graduate house of North American College. Another source of tickets is the perfei­ture of the papal household at the Vatican. . Persons . requesting tickets

should include in their letters the dates they wHil be in Rome and the address at whicl1 they will be. staying, il:henurnber of people in their party, and some background information on them­selves. Requests for tickets may' be made by individuals planning

to come to Rome or by church personnel seekirig admission to the audience for these persons.

Most people receive tickets al­lowing them one of 20,000 seats reserved for the general public.

:But there is' special seating which a person might get, de· pending on background, connec­tions, or some speciaJl case.

The best places are the 50 reserved seats in the front row on the lefthand side of the pope. The seating guarantees a per· sonal greeting by the pope and usually a picture taken with him.

To get one of the 50 seats takes the aid of a nunciature, embassy, curiaa office, or chan· cery office.

When the pope is at ·his sum­mer residence at Casteigandolfo, there are no private audiences so persons who might otherwise be invited to one, such as an ambassador ending his tour in Rome, are compensated with a front row seat.

The next best seats are the "primi posti," the 150 seats di­rectly behind this first row. These are the overflow seats from the front row. They are for those who qualified 'for the front, IbIJ't were not seated becaJUse there were more candidates than chairs.

Others who might qualify for the first 200 seats, or the A and B sections, which are also prized, might include a missionary celie­brating his golden jubilee of re­ligious profession or refugees from oppressed nations such as Czechoslovakia and Hungary. Special groups, for example, members of study groups or members of religious .communi'·

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Pope John Paul II: 'moral super-power'

"MORAIJ SUPER-POWER" and world-class leader has time for one of the newest members of his flocIt as he kisses a newborn during his recent trip to Switzerland. (Ne/ UPI Photo)

Al1dience tickets Continued from Page Eight ence-goers. The more eXCllusive

the seating, of course, the betterties attending a. community meeting at their generBmates in the opportunity for a greeting.

But, as the Vatican officialRome also would be placed in said, "·the pope is elastic and by­the A or B sections. passes the bureaucracy. Those who write for tickets

from the United States should re­ "He shakes hands with hun­quest them at least one month dreds more people than he has in advance, since it generaJIly been scheduled to," ,the official takes two weeks for a letter said, "because people push and from the USA to reach Rome. reach over one another to get Tickets then may be picked up to him. When his staff tries to ,the day before the audience from fend him off, he pushes them the place to which the request aside. Someone who shouts, WI'S directed. 'Holy Father' can catch his at­

1 ~ ~kets from the prefecture of tention and make him stop." the p~pal household are hand­ Ticket addresses: Audience delivered to· hotels, pensiones Office, Casa Santa Maria, Via and residences in Rome between DeU'Umilta 30, 00187 Roma, 5 p.rn. and 7 p.m. the Tuesday Italy telephone 6789184; Pre­before the audience. fecture of the Papal Household,

A personal greeting from the Audience Office, Vatican City pope is a prize sought by audi- State 00120. Telephone 6983865.

all Iboundaries," said a diplomat at the Vatican who asked to re­main anonymous. "That was one reason cited in the' U.S. Congress for establishing diplomatic re­lations with the Holy See. The pope's stress on human rights makes him a universal 1eader."

The diplomat also cited the pope's position as head of one of the 32 states to sign the Hel­sinki accords on human rights.

"Hardily a week passes when the Holy See does not make an intervention on someone's be­hanf," the diplomat said. "Usual­ly the intervention concerns im-_ migration rights or impr.Lson­ment for religious reasons."

The diplomat asked that the Vatican's nuncios and pronun­cios to more than 100 countries around the world also help es· tablish the pope's global position.

"The embassies and the dip­Iomatic relations of the Holy See make the pope' a 'worldwide leader," he said.

An offician at the Pontifical Commission for Justice and Peace noted a recent example of the pope's high standing among world ·Ieaders.

"President Reagan invited Archbishop Pio Laghi, pronuncio of the United States, to the western White House to hear the pope's views on Poland," he said. "Very few ambassadors, if any, are invited to the western White House. World leaders iisten very mu~h to the pope."

Observers of Pope John Paul differ in their views on why he receives the degree of respect he enjoys in the world.

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- Griffiths cited the fact that the pope is the ~eader of 750 million Catholics.

- A source famlIiar with the estaMishment of diplomatic re­·Iations between the U.S. and the Holy See cited the pope's popularity, which was boosted by his trip to Poland. He also noted that the drive in Congress for fuB diplomatic relations with the Vatican began after that trip.

'''I1he pope's impact on tele­vision during his visit to Poland was phenominal,....he said. "Peo­ple were fascinated by him."

- Another diplomat said that the pope's aeadership is enhanced by the wide exposure he receives on his papal trips outside of Italy, the 24th of which will take pllice in September when he travels to Canada.

"On his trips around the world he touches Catholics and non­Cathollics. He meets' with 1eaders of all religions," the diplomat said. "In Asia and Africa he met with mmlions of people who had never seen him or any other pope :before. He is worldwide. No pope is as well-known as this one."

,Pope John Paul's ability to comunicate through diplomatic and religious channels gives him a broa1i perspective, Griffitilis said.

"The f.low of informatiQn to and from Rome is impressive," he said. The British diplomat noted that the pope communicates with national leaders, religious 1eaders of other faiths, and bishops al1 around the worl1i.

Church historian Jesuit Father

Robert Graham said that in the 19th Century papal statements were unwelcome outside the Catholic world. Bowt in the 20th Century the entire wonld is open to the voice of the pope, he said, although governments are free to ignore him.

The pope's frequent statements "keep certain ideas, for example, disarmament and ai1i to the poor, at the fore," the historian said.

"The pope oils the wheels of government bureaucracy to make it easier for foreign gov­

. ernrnents to vote for foreign aid to . such areas as the drought­stricken Sahel," Father Graham added.

A Vatican official told this anecdote as evidence of the pope's effectiveness:

"Just the other day, I was looking through a report by Dr. Abdel Rahman Khane, under­secretary general of the United Nations and executive director of UNIDO (United Nations In­dustrial Development Organiza­tion) and a Muslim," he said. "Khane was quoting the pope to emphasize the importance of preserving the rights of individ­ua!ls in devedopment projects.

"The pope often is a reference point in international organiza­tions," the Vatican official said. "He's being heard."

I Am One "I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything but I can do fiomething. What can I do, I ought to do. And what I ought to do, by God's grace, I will do." - Everett Hale

By Sister Mary Ann Walsh

VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paul II is a "moral super­power" in the view of William Wilson, U.S. ambassador to the Holy See.

Wilson cited the pope's exam­ple of reconciliation in his post­Christmas visit to Mehmet Ali Agca and his effbr.ts to recon­cile Chile and Argentina by mediating the Beagle Channel dispute.

A!lthough the dispute is un­settled, at Pope John Paul's urg­ing the foreign ministers of the two countries signed a "Declara­tion of Peace and Friendship" at a Vatican ceremony Jan. 23. they pledged to bring the terri­torial dispute to a peac.eful con­clusion.

Several other diplomats abo cited the pope's mediation be­tween Chile and Argentina as an example of world-dlass leader­ship.

It is the kind of leadership that draws flag-decorated limousines wi.th influenti~1 figures regularly to papal appointments in Vati­can City.

At least 16 nations, including Great Britain, the United States, Sweden, Norway an1i Denmark, which are predominantly Pro­testant, have estal)lished diPlo­matic relations with the Vatican during the past three years.

Pictures of the pope have ap­peared on the cover of Time magazine nine times since his election in 1978.

Pope John Paul has become involved in world affairs to a degree unprecedented in the mod­em papacy. Both diplomats sta­tioned at the Vatican and church personnel place the pontiff in the category of world 1eaders.

Carl Hach, first counselor of the West German Embassy, said the pope's integrity makes him effective in disputes such as be­tween Chile and ATgentina.

"The pope has a speciaij au­thority as a man who does not

defend his own interests," said Haw. "People respect what the pope says more than they do what a politician says. Even non­Catholics respect his moral au­thority."

A Vatican source, who asked to remain anonymous,. agreed.

"The problem of the Beagle Ohannel existed for years," he said. "The two countries. turned to the pope as mediator because they felt ,that he could be just and fair. He was approached not as a politician but as· one who is respected for his justice, fair­ness and objectivity."

Ralph Griffiths, first secretary cit .the ·British Embassy, acknow­ledged the respect world Jeaders have for the pope.

"It is unusuaij for any meading statesman to come to Italy and not have an audience with it'he pope," said Griffiths..

Such audiences often go be­yond mere pleasantries, as ac­counts of the encounters indi­cate. For example, following the June 20 audience witili South African Prime Minister P. W. Botha, the Vatican released a statement condemning apartheid, the system of racial separation practiced by the South African government.

During the 1982 meeting with Vasser Arafat, head of the Pales­tinian Liberation Organization, the pope said he hoped the solu­tion to the conflict between the PLO and Israel would exclude' "recourse to arms and to vio­mence in any form, and especially to terrorism and revenge."

The pope spoke with the two men despite criticism that the meetings would appear to be en­dorsements of South Africa's apartheid and PLO terrorism.

Several diplomats said that the pope's position on human rights has helped establish him as a world neader because the iss~e goes beyond traditional church concerns.

"His constant preaching and stress on human rights surpasses

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which used to be frequent., Also he haS been coming home a little later. We worked at the same place, so we spent a lot of time together. Now he goes alone. I'm out of the picture. Please help me. (minois)

Times ,of change are always times of stress, even when the changes are positive. The major change in your life has been an unfortunate one. You lost your job. Do not be surprised that this has affected your relationship with your husband.

The spin-off is that you are to­gether less, your 10vemaking is curtailed and you are fighting a lot. ~se are probably signs of a U'~sition in your relationship.

What was is gone. Do not ex­pect things to be as they were. Ra.ther, have faith that your fu­ture togehter .can be even better than your past, once you are through the transition.

How can you move into a bet­ter future? Look on your present crisis as an opportunity. Do not focus on the fighting and lack of affection and time together.

These are. symptoms of disrup­tion, not necessarily signs of a problem marriage. Focus on new ways for you and ,your husband to be together and to relate.

Now is:.-bofthe time for a Mar­riage Encounter,' not ibhe time to explore your communi<;ation and deeper feelings for each otner. Too much of what seems to be going on now between you is negative. Once said, unpleasant and angry words have a way of hanging around a relationship 'like unwelcome ghosts.

you write that you I are no longer together as often as when you worked at the same place. The' safest remedy would be to focus on finding new ways to be together, perhaps trying some joint or fami.)y activities you ha'.re never tried before.

Meals' together are always a possibility. Plan' a picnic break­fast for the two of you. Take advantage of a 1unch or dinner special at a local restaurant. Select somellhing and schedulle it.

Recreation together is an op­tion. T~ planning obe or two TV dates a week when you select a, program and make popcorn and watch it together.

Minivacations can be sched­uled. A weekend overnight at a nearby hotel might be something to ,look forward to. For tighter budgets, camping out, visiting friends or relatives: or even trad­

ing houses with friends for a weekend cart provide a change of pace.

This might be the time for you and your husband to develop a new skill or activity together. Most towns and cities offer in­expensive 1essons in painting, ceramics, stained glass, guitar and many other arts and crafts. Jogging, tennis and similar forms of physical exercise' are popular.

Stay positive. Avoid focusing on your problems and think of something pleasant to do to­gether. Have the courage to try something the two of you have never'done before.

Pick one or two of these possi­bilities, talk with your husband, try to reach some agreement and schedule it. Unless you schedule time and place, inertia wioJI hold sway' and you will remain in your present doldrums. Have fun! . ", ~

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Master craftsman , By Antoinette Bosco Tales' of vandalism by young­

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I'm aiso distressed when I see children deliberately smash a toy or adults leave tools outside to !lUSt. Again, I ,think l. feel this way because I see this as a sign that a person doesn't reverence the furnishings that add so much be1U'~Y and enjoyment to our ex­istence.

Maybe that's why I was en­thralled w~th "Japanese Wood­working Tools: Their Tradition, Spirit and Use," a book I came across' recently (Taunton Press). 'J1he author is Japanese sculptor Toshio Odate who moved to the United States in 1958.

The beautiful1ly illustrated book is a complete guide to Jap­

'ariese woodworking tools and how to use them. But it is much more. Lt is an invitation to ex­perience how a master crafts­man ,in Japan, called a "Shokun­in," is inseparable from his tools.

The relation is spiritual and their bond is one of reverence. The pl'oduct, whether something practical like a ,table, or aesthe~

tic like sculpture, is one of seek­ing and finding.

In an interview, Odate told me he wrote the book to give Americans "a spiritual adven­ture." Now was "the right time and the right place" to interpret

, this Japanese "philosophy and283 Station Avenue attitude thalt are inseparable

South Yarmouth, Mass. from the shokunin's craft," he explained. He was a shokunin as

Tel. 398·2285 a young man in Japan. Odate' said the "tremendous

interest among Americans and Canadians" for Japanese wood­working tools had made him curious. "So many were buying and using these hand tools which are so senstitive and difficult to 'Use," he said. "They require tre­mendous skill. And you can't make money by using hand tools." The work is very slow.

Fina,Uy, Odate continued, he had "pinpoimed why Japanese tools fascinated" other cultures. In his opinion, it is because they are "charmed by ,the spiritual world" reflected in how these tools are respected and used.

He relalted a particul!!rly charming tradition about the New Year's Day anr.ual "cele­bration of the tools." The tools, in their boxes, ~e placed in "the tokonoma, a special, decorated corner of ,the house or shop. We put a small piece of rice paper on each box and then two rice cakes and a tangerine.

"This simple gesture is the traditional way of thapking the tools for their hard work and for ,the crucial part they play in the shokinin~s life."

It seems to me that books like Odate's could be used to 'teach youngsters in our elementary 'schools how created goods of the earth are respected in other cul­tures. Perhaps this could help to end our vandalism problems.

The tradHion explained by Odate has such richness in it. and such yalidity. It certainly is right in I)armony with the gospel ,accounts of Jesus' rever­ence for the earth and its ;.;oods.

Sisters' authority

sUSI)ellded by Vatican By NC News service

The Vatican suspended the School Sisters of St. Francis' au­thority over its European pr0­vince and has appointed Auxili­aT}' Bishop Wolfgang Kirch­gassner of FreiJburg, West Ger­many, to oversee the province.

According to the president of the Millwaukee-based order, Sister Frances Cunningham, the action of the Vatican Congrega­tion for Religious and Secular Institutes had come "in answer to questions peltaining to pro­vincial 'leadership in the Euro­pean province." She said she ex­pected the acti()n to be tempor­ary.

The suspension was announced to the sisters by the Vatican in a May 28 netter, but came to Ught when the Milwaukee Sen­tinel, a morning daily, published a story on lit Aug. 17.

Sister Ounningham said there has been "some polarization" within the European province. She told the Catholic Herald, newspaper of the Milwaukee Archdiocese, that the European provinci~ superior in Erlenbad, West Germany, had been asked by the Vatican to resign but had re~used. Sr. Cunningham would not give the name of the Euro­pean provincia!l superior, and other effolts to find the name of the superior were unsuccessful.

Sister Cunningham, who has been president of the School Sisters of St. F('ancis since July 1, declined to say how Rome be­came involved. But Sister Lau­retta Mather, former president of the order, said, "We the (gen­eralate) did not bring the matter to Rome's attention. Someone brought the matter to the atten­tion of Rome."

Officials in Rome declined

comment on the case, citing con­fidentiality.

A Vatican source said the pur­pose of appointing Bishop Kirch­gassner to oversee the European community was "to try to get the European community to­gether again" because "difficup ties in the community showed • the need for the intervention of a third, neutra1 party."

Sister Cunningham, ,in her written statement, can:Ied on the Vatican for a specific date for the appointment of the new deader of the European province and the re-establishment of the generaiate's canonical status as soon as possiJble.

In addition to meeting several times with administrators of the School Sisters of St. Francis, 'the Vatican congregation also met with Bishop James W. Malone of Youngstown, Ohio, president of the National Conference of John L. May of St. Louis, NCCB vice president; and Msgr. D!lniel F. Hoye, NCCB generaoJ secretary. Sister Cunningham said the NOCB offcials were sUpportive ­of the order.

The order "is proceeding in good faith in its dill!logue" with the Vatican congregation, Sis­ter Cunningham said. She said she has been assured that the

. situation is temporary and .that the European sisters eventuanIy wiD be able to elect new leader­ship.

The first step after Bisho'p

KiTchgassner's appointment is to appoint a temporary provisional government for the provisional government for the province, Sister Cunningham added.

She also said she believes the European province will be re­turned to the generalate. \

Diocesan sisters attend LCWR assembly

Among sisters from the FaU River diocese in attendance at the annual assembly of the Leadership Conference of Wom­en ReligiolB which concluded yesterday in ~ansas City, Mo., were Si~ers 'Barbara McCarthy, OP, CllTol Regan, SUSC, Mary Catherine Guiles, SP, Noel Blute, RSM and Frances ,Lynch, RSM.

"We nive in an in.,between time . . . pointing to creative alternatives," observed assembly planners. "We see the forma­tion ,of communities of people moved by creative spiritual, reo Ugious and socia.J energies."

Creative energies showed up in all aspects of the program. Biblical morning prayer options stood si~e by side with oppor­tunities for yoga, re1ilections on pioneerfoundresses of midwest religious' communities and medi­tations with women mystics.

Major presentations by Sisters Margaret Ann Leonard, LSA, Doris Gottemoeller, RSM, .and Nadine Foley, OP, were comple­mented by presentation and dia­'Iogue with Anna. Lou Dehave­non, a cultural anthropologist

and mother of four. Highlighting cultural experi­

ences of Hispanics, workers, the laity, blacks, native Americans, rural Americans and women were six affinity group sessicns. They brought participants in­sights f.rom 'perspectives includ­ing .Jabor unions,' the rural poor and Christian .femiJiists.

Backgrounds of sisters who participated in the assembly in­dicate the varied points of view that were represented. Sister Margaret Cafferty, PiBVM, newly instaoJled LCWR president, was formellly a tabor organizer. Other superiors· present were a former mayor, a leader of women murdered in El Salvador, a Man­hattan radio talk show host and planners of shelters for bat­tered women and housing for the elderly poor.

Great Art "To improve the golden mo­

ment of opportunity and catch the good that is within our reach is the great art of life." ­Samuel Johnson

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Concern for poor VATICAN CITY (NC) - The

church must promote justice by bringing people together, rather than by taking sides in class struggle, the pope has said in a message to southern African bishops.

A Vatican offcia.J said the pope was t~king about liberation theology, even though he did not use the term in the message. '

"The solidarity of the church with the poor, with the victims of unjust laws or unjust social and economic structures goes without saying," the pope said

,in a note to the bishops who were attending a regionail meet­ing. "But the forms in which his solidarity :is realized cannot be dictated by an analysis based on class distinctions and class stroggle.

"The church's task is to call all men and women to conver­sion and reconciliation" without opposing groups, without being 'agilinst' anyone," the pope said. "Every form of ministry and ser­vice in the church must be an expression of the love that is at the heart of Jesus."

Although the pope did not specif1cal3.y mention liberation theology, which applies theories of class struggle to the Gospel,

.a Vatican official familiar with the issue said "that's exactly what he's talking sbout."

"It's certainly a reflection of his thought in regard to libera­tion theology :itse'lf," the official said.

The off.icial aJso said'that while liberation theology usuaHy is Hoked to Latin America, the fact that the pope referred to i,t in a

o message to the African bishops "is an indication that liberation theology is much more wide­spread .than Latin America ­contrary to uninformed opinion."

Canlinai Joseph Ratzinger, head of the Vatican Congrega­tion for the Doctrine of the Faith,

. has recently warned about the danger of a theology ·which in­corporates aspects of Marxism, a pooitical philosophy which em­phasizes class distinctions.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of fall River-fri., Aug. 31, 198.4 12

By AnY.

ARTHUR

MURPHY

And AnY.

RICHARD

MURPHY

. Although it hasn't always meant precisely the same thing, usury is nonetheless a concept that's been with us us a long time. In 'biblical times, usury was simply taking back more than you loaned, be it ren­ta1 fee or interest on money or goods. Both the books of Leviti­cus and Deuteronomy spelled out injuctions against usury, grounded in the belief that it was morally, wrong to profit from the distress of a needy bor­rower. This idea of prohibiting usury was backed by both church and state until the' sixteenth century.

In the 16th century, usury came to mean the charging of unreasonably high rates' of in­terest, rather than simply the charging of interest. Religious' prohibitions are not forgotten quickdy, however, and it was not until 1950 that PoPe Pius XII de- '

•Usury: biblical term still In use clared that "bankers earn their livelihood honestly."

The definition of usury con­tinues to be whittled down. To­day, only a rate 0 finterest ,above a limit set by state statute is considered usury.

Although Massachusetts was the first state to pass a law fix­dng the maximum rate of in-. terest (then 8 percent) in 1641, it repealed that law, in 1867. From that time untH 1970, there was no general usury st8ltute in Massachusetts. For quite a whille, Massachusetts and New Hamp­shire were the only states with­out such statutes.

If somewhat out of line with the rest ofth~ states, this situa­tion was completely iB line with that found in most other coun­tries; England, the original' source of our entire country's usury statutes, repealed its own usury statutes in 1854. Today, English law does presume that interest rates above 48 percent are ex­cessive, and gives .the courts dis­cretion to invalidate or reform (substituting a new, fair interest rate) loan agreements wit~ such interest rates. No interest rate, however, is simply ililegal with- ' out further inspection, not even one of 80 percent. Most Euro­pean countries treat usury very much as England does.

Why such differences? It all boils down .to an endless debate over who should protect bor­rowers -:-the market or the law? One view is that competi- , tion among money-lenders wiIl keep interest rates from reach· ing excessive rates, and that no general prohibition on i11Jterest rates above a certain level is

necessary. Another view is that the market doesn't protect the consumer or .the business bor­rower, and that the l,aw simply must step in:

Well, whatever. the merits of either view, we can expect the market vs. law debate to rage on indefinitely. In the mean-' time, let's take a look at the 1aw in Massachusetts today.

In 1970, Massachusetts passed a "criminal usury" statute, m8in­ly in an effort to protect bor­rowers from "loan sharks." The statute deolares the charging of interest rates over 20 percent per year to be' criminal usury, punishable by a fine of up, to $10,000, 10 years imprisonment, or both. The statute also gives courts the discretion to deolare void any loan agreement incor­porating an interest rate over

. 20 percent per year. Courts are not required to deolare such agreements void, however, and may instead reform them, sub­stituting reasonable, legally per­misslllble interest rates.

Not aIll loan agreements are' covered by this statute. If you have a type of loan or an instaFl­ment purchase regulated by some other statute (a mortgage, for instance), 'or one that's Nom a dender regulated by a state or federal ,regulatory agency, it won't be subject to this statute.

, And a -lender is a-llowed to ex­ceed the 20 percent per year maximum if the Attorney Gen­era·l is notified beforehand

The criminal usury statute is' Onlly one of the many Massacbu­setts statutes dealing with maxi­mum allowable interest 'rates. But if it doesn't cover your 10an ,

or installment plan, another sta­tute will. '

When you purchase a new or used car, you might arrange an installment payment plan with the dealer, or you might obtain financing tilrough a bank, credit union or financing company. The qimits on the rate of interest you can be charged differ, depending upon how you finance your pur­chase. Retaiij' dealers of motor vehicles in Massachusetts are not permitted 11:0 ,charge more than $12 per 100 doBars per yeM' as a finance charge: If a dealer charges you a rate of in­te,rest greater than the legal limits, he can be fined up to $500, jailed for six mo11Jths, or both. And, you'H be released from paying the iNegaFly charged interest rate.

' Finan~ companies, banks, and crec:lit, unions can' charge you higher rates of interest than the retail dealer, 20 perce11Jt per year is the maximum interest rate these institutions can charge you for a new or used car financing.

Whenever you purchase a new stereo, a new washer or dryer, or some other high-priced item on an' installment plan, there are legal limits on the interest rate (fin,ance charge) you can be chM'ged by the retailer. The limit depends upon ·the amount of your balance. For anything under $500, you can be charged no more than 10 percent per year. For anything over $500, you can be charged no more than 10 percent per year for the first $500, and no more than 8 per­cent for the ba~ance above $500. SO,)f you buy. a new stereo for $1,000, pay $400 cash and fin­

ance $600, the retailer can charge you a 10 percent finance charge on $500 and an 8 per­cent finance charge on $100. Any retailler who c~arges you a finance charge above these legal limits will "lose the right to col­lect any finance charge from you at all. Of cOU'J"se, you'H stiU have to pay the aotuall balance due on your purchase.

There are maximum -interest rates set by law on small loans (under $1,000), larger loans, and mortgages. Any institution in .the business of making small Uoans at 12 percent interest per year or more must be licensed by the Commissioner of Banks. These institutions may only charge up to the maximum in­terest rate set by the Commis­sioner (this varies from time to time). You can check the Bank~

ing Commission or the At­torney General's Office to find out ourrently alilowable' rates of interest.

Under the truth-in-Iending law, a creditor must disclose to you the finance charge and'the annual percentage rate. If a busi­ness' mentions one feature of credit in its advertising, it should specify all other important items, or eijse tile ad may be mislead­ing and deceptive.

ASt a borrower, you're fairly well 'protected in Massachusetts., Do contact the Attorney Gener­al's Office or the Massachusetts Banking Commission for advice arid assist~nce if you think you've run into a swineHer, or simply a lender who doesn't know .the law.

The Murphy's practice law In Braintree.

The spiritual meaning of Labor Day IBy Msgr. George G. IDggins

The notion that Labor Day has a spiritual meaning may be met with a measure of cynicism by some readers. Nonetheless, it has an imporotant spiritual meaning and so does the Illibor movement which succeeded in having the day made a nationlll1 holiday in 1894.

Labor Day was conceived by its ,founders - Samuel, Gompers, Peter McGuire and their associ­ates in the original American Federation of Labor - as a means of puljlicly and dramatic­ally calling attention every year to the dignity of labor and the solidM'ity of all men and women.

Gompers, first president of the AFL, was not a religioUS man, according to one of his biogra­phers. That doesn',t mean, how­ever, that he was a' materiaJist. On the contrary, he had a deep appreciation of spiritual values, and he invariably stressed their importance in his writings on the essential meaning of the la­!bor movement and the purpose of Labor Day. ,

"For ev~ry cause," he wrote in 1913, "'there must be some­thing that ·lifts it out of an at­

mosphere of common experience; it is intensely practicllJ1 and seeks material ends, but i,t is guided by ideals that are exalted and iHuminated with a realization of the value of life and the possi­bilities for human development.

"By our recognition of these ideals and by ~eepiD.g them prominently before the workers and the 'public, we set our own valuation upon Labor Day as an index to the value of tile ~ove­ment. Organized labor cannot afford, for any reason, to permit the day to dose its real meaning."

The labor movement, the AFL executive council said 10 years later, "fixes as its goall nothing less than the complete richness of life, without limitation of any kind, the attainment of the com­plete human ideal, in aIll .its econ­omic, ethical and spiritual im­plications."

Given this goal, Gompers and his AFL associates held it fitting ,that aIll "chU'J"Ches draw close to their aItars the soul of labor on Labor Sunday, and that men and women of labor everywhere make special efforts to cooper­ate with the churches and to

secure the cooperation of the masses of out people." church wi,th them in order that It was for ,the purpose of keep­there may be in the chU'J"ches ing this spirit of ideaJism alive everywhere on that day a great that Labor Day was founded. unison of expression in behalf of Now ,that Labor Day has been a higher, nobler life for the christened, as it were, by. the

chU'J"ch and transformed into a religious holiday in honor of 5t. Joseph the Workingman, there is reason to hope that it wil:l serve this purpose more effective­ly than ever before.

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13 Catholicism

still makes a difference WASHINGTON (NC) - Catih­

olicism sti'ld makes a difference in attitudes of American you,ths toward having children, accord­ing to a new sociologicaq study.

That finding has significant pastoral implications for the U.S. church, said Msgr. James T. McHugh, a leading American Catholic expert on mamage, family and population issues.

The study, by sociologist Ju­dith Blake, says that dn compari­son with their non-Catholic peers, students in Catholic high schools and religiously active Catholics in public schools tend to want more children, to place greater value on raising children, to attach more impootance to the role of the mother .in the home, and to consider themselves less knowledgeable about birth con­trol.

On the average, for example, Catholic youths surveyed ex­pected to have aibout 10 percent more children than their non­Catholic counterparts. The more religious ·the person considered himself or herself, the more like­ly he or she was <to expect to have more children. Catholics in Catholic schools tended to ex­peot more children than Catholics in public schools.

Similarly, Catholics as a whole scored higher <than non-Cath­olics :in the importance they at­tached to having chi:1dren. Among the Catholic you,ths, factors of Catholic school attendance, regu­lm-ity of religious practice (measured by frequency of Mass attendance) and degree of reli­gious conviction aU correlated positively with the importance they attached to having chiild­reno

Ms. Blake, a demographer, and sociologist at the Universi,ty of Southern California and a lead­ing U.S. expert on population and fertility data, reported her findings in Population and De­velopment Review, a quarterly journal of the Population Center in New York.

She sa.id the new data, gathered by the National Center for Education Statistics and the National Opinion Research Cen­ter, bring into question the wide­spread. view that Catholicism has become irrelevant to the fer­tility behavior of Americans.

Msgr. McHugh, former direc­tor of pro-life activities for the U.S. bishops and cl,lfrently a special adviser on .population is­sues for the Holy See's Perman­ent Obllerver Mission to the United Nations, said the findings indicate that at high school age "Catholic youth are more sus­ceptible to' 'Understanding and accepting Catholic teaching on m~age and parenthood than they are often given credit for."

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•SerVICe76 years 'of The following appreciation of

Sister Marle Elisabeth Raymond of the Dominican Sisters of the Presentation, who reached the century mark on Aug. 25 and who has spent 76 of her 100 years serving St. Anne's Hospl­tal, Fall RIver, is by Sister Made­leine Clemence, OP, director of the former St. Anne School of Nursing and now community archivist and a member of the hospital board of trustees.

Sister Marie Elisabeth was born Adele Elisabeth Raymond, on August 25, 1884, at Sandy Bay, Province of Quebec. She was about three years old when her family migrated to Fall River: when tihey settled in the United States, she had older brothers and sisters, and a brother two years younger than she, also

.born in Canada. But her sister Dozia, who was to become Sis­ter Zenaide, was born in Fall River, on September 9, 1888.

Life was not a.lways easy for the Raymond family: all those who could, and as soon as they coUild, worked in ,the mills; Elisa, as Adele Elisabeth was caJ1led, went to work when she was 14: she had to take an examination in order to get a work permit, and she was proficient enough in English for the miH to hire her..

The Raymonds were faithful memJbers of St. Anne's parish. Elisa received her first Holy Communion and was confirmed there. She saw the buHdings of the hospital being erected at the comer of Middle and South Main streets; she may hav,e glanced at Mother Josepha, when she came in the FaIll of 1904; she certainly

.was aware of the coming of the sisters from France, in September of ;the followin~ year.

Elisa Raymond was a tertiary of St. Francis. She had much re­spect and affelCtion for the Domi­nicans serving her parish and, because of their influence, she was devoted to St. Dominic.

More deeply, she wanted to consecra,te her -life to God and to the service of the sick. S'o, when father GrQn~au to~d' the

young ladies of his parish that the sisters of the hospital were opening a novitiate, Elisa went to see Mother Marguerite du Sacre Coeur.

She began her postulancy on May 4, 1907, took the habit on May 28, 1908 under the name of Sister Marie Elisabeth, and made her profession on Novem­ber 21, 1910.

Except for a short stay in France, from August 1932 to 'June 1933, Sister .Marie Elisa­beth spent her whole religious life at St. Anne's Hospital, most of the time in the operating room. She was tall, bigboned, and thin, untid arthritis prevent­ed her from moving freely around; she had striking dark eyes and dark bushy eyebrows; she was quick-witted, with a dry sense of humor, an easy laugh and an unshakable common sense.

She was an indefatigable worker; in' the days preceding central supply services, she was responsib~e for the upkeep and sterilization of all operating room Hnen and equipment. This was her official office but, in addition, she was the one to be called when doors, windows, faucets and <the like needed at­tention in the convent part of the hospital. She could mend practically anything,. including .shoes.

Arthritis obliged Sister Marie Elisabeth to slow down, and the pace of the operating room was getting overwhelming. She then took care of the incapacitated sisters: first of Sister Maria Paula, who died in February 1963 and of Sister Marie de st. Augustin, who died on December 31, 1965. .<'\fterwards, she went to live in the infirmary, where she did what she could for those who needed her services. When the Rosaire opened, ~n Dighton, in August 1972, Sister Marie Elisabeth moved in with iflhe first

. group that was to Jive there.

By then she moved with diffi­culty, Yet, she was the regular religious ,that she had 8ilways been: prayerful, mindful of

others, deeply attached to the Presentation. The ensuing years brought about gradual changes: increased deafness made com­munications difficult and Sister's mobility became more and more Hmited.

The tragedy of Oct. 11, 1983 (a gas explosion"at the commun­ity's provincial house in Dighton whiJch took the Ute of one sister and seriously injured another),

. traumatized all of us, but it 'took the heaviest to/il on the most vulnerwble. Sister Marie Elisa­beth was ,transferred to the hos­pital, but she was never to be the same again. She remained lucid, recognizing those around her: the sisters, her nephew Rob­ert and his family, but she lost some of her hold on reality.

The two wlues <that she had held dear throughout her. life: prayer and work, occupied all her ~onsciousness, and she spoke mostJIy of prayers to be said and of work to be done. Slowly but steadily, her physical condition deteriorated and her streng,th was ebbing out. Now Sister Ma­rie Elisabeth has only a tenuous hold on life . . .

August 25, 1884 to A'ugust 25, 1984: a long, dong time to live!

. The life of Sister Marie Elisabeth has been uneventful, ·largely spent at St. Anne's Hospital.

For many years,' she has given to those living with her .the ex­ample of what Mother Poussepin called "the true and solid devo­tion," the simple, generous, joy~ ful accomplishment of the daily tasks - that obedience demanded of her. She is giving us now the, example of an equally simplle and generous submission to the Will of God.

Let 'Us thank the Lord for His gift of Sister Marie Elisabeth to us, to the Province, to the Con­gregation, to the people of Fal'l River, that she served'long and well. And, at her !hour of need, 1et 'Us pray for Sister Marie Elisa­!beth and ask Mary, that she in­voked so often, to be with her, now and at the hour of her death. Amen.

New abbot president

(NC) - Benedictine Abbot' Jerome Hanus was eleoted the new abbot-president of the Bene­dictine Confederatio~'s Swiss­American Congregation.

The election was held at the order's 35th general chapter meeting wt Kenet Lake.

The new abbot-president is a native of Brainard, Neb., and was ordained in 1966. He re­ceived theology degrees from Saint Anselm's in Rome and Princeton University.

The Swiss-American congrega­tion is composed of 781 professed monks in 22 priories and abbeys in North and South A'merica.

The congregation was founded in 1881 by Pope Leo XIII and is known best for its chora1 litur­gies.

In Quiet "Man e~periences the truest

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall ~iver-Fri., Aug.. 31, 1984

By Charlie Martin

THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE WheD she means yes She says no And what she wants You know that I can't guess When we want more You know we ask for less Such is the language of love I say leave . When I mean stay But she don't see And so she moves away What we, really want You knoW we rarely say Such is the language of love. It's tooth for tooth and eye for eye We hide our hearts And then we won't say why' It's truth for truth aDd Ile for lie Such is the language of love. One cries foul And will not speak ,

" The other claims a little vietory And all the time You know we 'faU to see This is the language of love. When a love begins to wander No one ever knows But we feel It deep Inside. us Long before It shows .. Long before It shows. We hem and haw We balk and bluff ., Our words don't ever seem ~ say e.nough But a simple smUe '., , A, tender touch Speaks the true 'language of love.

differently than a partner. , Good communication depends

not so much on changing these differences as learning how the other feels and thinks. This is

. gained through mutual sharing and listening.

Couples who take communica­tion fOI: granted end up with the type of problems described in the song. It' takes time and ef· fort, to build up good patterns

. of communication. Ho:w does a couple go about

establishing this goal? First, there needs to be a commitment to helping the other ,person understand your feelings or thoughts. This, means putting them into concrete terms. It is easier if each partner speaks hon­estly and is willing to listen non­judgmenWly as the other shares feelings and thoughts more' deeply. Getting to know some­one in a close way means loving the ~er as he ~r she is.

Persevereance is necessary fOf' building effective communica­

. tion. Understanding or being understood does not always come . easHy or smoothly. Love enables a couple to keep plugging on, perhaps gaining better communi­Cation slQwly rather than in quantum leaps. Witll persever­'ance a couple can move beY,ond misconceptions about what the other thinks or feels.

When we know that the other .person cares how we feel, we aTe more wi)ling to' accept changes'in ourselVes and in' the relationship-and investigate what they mean.

Finally; ,building good com­munication'leave,s room for mys­tery. Each person, as a reflection of God, possesses infinite depths

Written .and sung by Daniel Fogelberg, (e) 1984 by, AprU Musie Inc. of person81ity. Love means show­and Hickory Grove Music. ~ ing reverence for this ·mystery.

WHAT IS the language of love? Most couples experience' some Your comments are, always If we are to pay attention to Dl!n difficulties with communication. welcomed. Please address to: Fogelberg's la~est release, it is Part of this problem stems from Cliarlle Martin, 1218 S. Rothei'­mostly a maze of miscommu~- individualty.· One, ~rson may wood Ave., Evansville, Ind. cation: p~rceive realty, think or feel 47714.

What's· on 'your , . d?'min. Q. Pm it person who needs ac­

eeptanee from my peers, and I will do almost anything to be ac­cepted. How can I get acceptance without giving myself a· bad reputation either about drugs or sex or botht (Nebraska)

A. It is healthy and very hu­man to want acceptance from our peers - at altl stages of life, not only in adolescence.

But if you "wii.f do almost anything to be accepted," you're headed for trouble now or later.

You seem to want acceptance from your peers to an almost desperate degree and that is the problem you should deal 'with~ ,

You need to think seriously about whO or what is going to determine the kind of person you wiU become. '

B.y

TOM

,LENNON

If you choose, you can ,De "like a reed blown by the wind." And if you do, you will be the prey of every trend that comes along, of every opinion you hear voiced, and of all the desires and ideas of others. .

In your fierce longing for ac­ceptance; you will not think for yourself. Others' will do your thinking for you.

You will be a weakling. Furthermore, genuine, lasting

acceptance will forever elude you, because different people wiU have different expectations of you. You just cannot satisfy aU of the people all of the time.

Fortunately, there's an alter­native.

Hang tough. Be courageous. Be your own person.

For God's_sake and for the

sake of your own happiness, you be ~e one, t~ decide what you wiH think, what: you will do, what trends· you, will and will not fOllow, what you wiU dike and ~dislike, ,whom. you will (lC­

cept as a friend and, whom you will not associate with because they could get you in trouble.

Learn' now, little by little and beginning witlf smaJol deeds, to stand on your own two feet.

If you do not eventuaLly learn to have enough courage to be your own person, you are never -likely to achieve much, least of all happiness. '

You must endure some rejec­tion. This is· painful for anyone, but it is a part of dire that you must experience and live through.

Acceptance? Oddly, you are most likely to experience the widest acceptance after you abandon your search for iJt and 'concentrate on being a kind and' loving person.

But this kindness ~nd love must not be surface things. They must spring from the deepestre­cesses of your heart. They must always be sincere.

YOllr altar is the world By Cecilia' Belanger

Matthew 5:23-24: If, when you . bring your gift to the altar, you remember that your brother has 8lnything against you, leave your gift before the altar, and go, first be reconciled to .your broth­er and then come and offer, your gift.

Let us think, we who call our­selves peacemakers, 0 fthe world as ,an altar.

We often speak of the hard sayings of our Lord, an dthey should be hard, for that is the only kind some people under­stand. Do we come to the· altar only because we are in need or do we come to give something?

Maybe we are coming with outstretched hands to the llI1tar and Jesus stops us short: "Put your gift down. Think. Is there anybody in the world who has anything against you? If so, leave your gift, first go and be reconciled with your brother."

In other words, go mend your fences and them come back.

Would that the world's lead­ers could go to one another in

' humility, mend their fences and go on from there.

Jesus teaches us that our brother or sister can hold against us any sin of commission: any unkind word or deed by which ' the fabric of human fellowship can be damaged. ,Behind his com­mandments lies God's intention that the human family showd

dive in unbroken feUowship; therefore anything that damages that fabric of fellowship comes under his judgment. How many go to the altar· bringing with them unkind words, cutting com­ments or selfish acts? "Step down from that altar and be recon­ciled," says Jesus.

Jesus also teaches us that our brothers and sisters can hold against us sins of omission: op­portunities we have had to help someone and instead have cut that person down, said unkind things, never looking, back on 1he harm we have done, never caring about their suffering. If we have done those things, det us step aside from the alrtar and undo, if possible, the damage we have done.

But sometimes it is too ~ate.

The victim is wilth God. What then? To whom shall we be re­conciled in his or her stead?

When we' come to .the altar, we come to meet Ohrist. But what does he do? He sends us back into the world to meet him there in our brothers and sisters. They are not always those in need 'of food, shelter and cloth­ing. There are. those who suffer in other ways: loneliness" sick­ness, misunderstanding.'

Let us be reconciled to them and then !l'etum to the aJtar to find peace, joy, assurance, the victorious inner' life and finally HIe with Christ forever.

CoyIe-Cassidy 14, varsity cheerleaders at

Coyle and Cassidy High School, Taunton, have not taken the summer off. Just ~med from a weeklong cheel'1eading camp at ~outheastern, Massachusetts University, they will practice ,the remainder of the va~ation for the forthcoming (ootbaU and, basketbaU 'seasons.

At the SMU camp, over 300 cheerleaders from New Jersey' and the New England states worked 12 hours a day on cheers, chants, jumps, gymnastics and dance rOlitines. They were coach- . ed by nine instructors, al'l on college and university cheering squads and two gymnasts from' the New England Patl'iots cheer­leading contingent.

- The program W8$ directed by Doug Wood, and Pat Shea and also on hand were many coaches from area colleges and high schools. . .

The Coyle-Cassidy girls won the Spirit megaphone on the second night of _the program, recognizing outstanding pep and sportsmans~p. Several C-C squad members arlso merited blue ribbons for individual ac­complishments.

The week was climaxed by a ral1ly at which squads demon­strated special routines for fam­ily members and friends. C-C's contribution, a combined cheer and dance. routine, was warmly received, and at the end of the rally the. squad received a plaque for outstanding performance throughout the week.

Chrissy DeMoranvilIe, squad cocaptain, received an individ­ua'i trophy for personality, pep,

attitude and cheering and dance abmties. .

Other contributors to C-C's outstanding record were Tracy Benoit, cocaptain, and Stacy Coo, Suzanne nurt, Melanie, Paten­aude, Lisa O'ConneH, Kathy Red­mond, ,Barbara DiUon, Michele Labrecque, Chris DeToro, KTis­tin DeMello, Pam E~singwood,

Gina Tardo' and ,Ann Marie Fitz· gerald.

,~verly DeMQranvilIe is the C-C varsity coach~

Bishop Co~nolly The traditional Connolly fam­

ily day will take place Sunday, Sept. 9, and the program win in­"clude Mass, a picnic and an aft­ernoon of entertainment.

Summer improvements tl) the FaU River campus include road ,~epair and repainting.

Among faculty activities have been attendance at west coast institutes, while Father RiChard J. Wolf, 51, will shortly leave for a year's sabbatical in Eng­land.

Freshman orientation is set for Sept. 5, all day; sophomore for noon to 3 p.m. Sept. 6; junior (or 8:05 to 11 a.m. Sept. 6; and senior for 8:05 to II a.m. Sept. 7.

Reelected HARTFORD, Conn. (NC)

HolyCross 'Brother Richard Daly, executive director of the Texas Catholic Confereoce, has been re-elected president of the Na­tional Association of Catholic COllference directors for the 1984-8~ biennium.

ports watch eyo Baseball Finales

Barr-ing unforeseen delays the ,two St. Michael teams as ,the I

caused by inclement weather, or contenders for ,the playoff crown. other factors, CYO baseball for Regular-season champion St. 1984 will be history when this Michael's Club and St. Michael. edition of The Anchor reaches its Parish teams are the finalists. St. readers. Michael's . Parish eliminated

The best-of-three final for the regular-season runnerup Swan­championship of the Brist91 sea in the semi-finals. County CYO League got under­ St. Michael's Club gained the way last· Sunday at Thomas final . elim~n~ting St. Wiffiiam,Chew -Memoriad Park in Fa'll two-tIm? tIthst, but was for~edRiver. to a third game before oustmg

Anawans won that series the gallant St. WHliam nine. opener with a come-from-behind Facing elimination from the 5-4 victory over NoJ1th End. The' playoffs sewral times duringregular-season champions rode the regular season l;Uld in the to v:ictory on Peter Guilbeault's playoff quart~r-finals and semi­two-out home run in the bottom finals. St. William made the of the eighth inning. 'impossible ~ream'· come true on

The game was attended by the those several occasions but. the biggest crowd of the season, in­ string of impossible .dreams come duding scouts representing the true !l"an out as St. Michael's Boston Red Sox, San Francisco Club defeated St. William, 6-3, Giants and Philadelphia PhiUies. in the third and deciding game

The series continued on Tues­ of their semi-final !*!ries. day night wl,th a third game, if The second game of ,tIhe St. needed, set for last night. Michael vs. St. Michael final was

Post-season playoffs in the Fall schedUlled for aast night with River Area CYO opened Tues­ the third game, if needed, to be day night at Lafayette Park with played Sunday night.

Football Jamborees With the rapidIyaproaching set High was a,t a camp ,in Dux­

football' season high school teams bury whlJe Nortlh Attleboro and are busy with scrimmages and Tyngsboro were at one in Sharon. jamborees as well as training The Hockomock League will camps. Most schools started hold its jamboree Sept. 8 at King double sessions last Monday. PhHip High School, Wrentham.

Bishop Feehan Higlh School, Teams will meet their Thanks­Southeastern Massachusetts Con­ giving Day rivals but North At­ference Division Two 1983 cham­ tleboro wi1lJ. oppose Attleboro of pion, and Canton of the Hocko­ the conference. mock League have been holding Another jamboree. is set for 1 camp this week at 'Portsmouth p.m. on the same day at Case Abbey. Dartmouth, the confer­ High School in Swansea. The ence's Division One champion schedule is Case vs. Norton, Dur­and Division Three Super Bowl fee vs. Dighton-Rehoboth and titlist Gast ~ar, broke camp at Somerset vs. seekonk, dn that ·the A!>bey last Sunday. Somer- order.

Soccer Jamboree Too Also on Sept. 8, at 10 a.m., should be sent to the University's

soccer ,teams of the conference Personnel Office and further in­will hold their own jamboree at formation may /be obtained from Diman Yoke's' John Harrington atheletic director Bo Ruggiero. Field in Fall River. •

Bishop Connolly, Dartmouth, He's fulltime Durfee, Holy Fami/ly, Somerset, Bishop Stang, Westport and host NEW YORK (NC) - Brother Diman will be the participants. William J. Martyn, a Franciscan

Each school will play a total Friar of the Atonement, has been game with each half agafnst a appointed the Archdiocese of· different opponent. Quarters New York's first fuHtime staff wHl be of 15 minutes dU!l"ation. member for ecumenical relations.

The Southeastern Massachu­ Brother Martyri, ~ the exeou­setts Football Officials Associa­ tive secretary of the archdioce­tion wiIjJ conduct instructional san Ecumenical Commission, will classes Wednesday evenings, deal with parish and neighbor­starting Sept. 5, with written ex­ hood interfaith efforts and co­aminations to be held OCt. 1. ordinate formal discussions of

the archdiocese with other reli­The classes will be held at gious communities. 7:30 p.m. at the Somerset Lodge.

Persons interested in attending The appointment makes the should contact Eric Peterson. Archdiocese of New York one...of

Bridgewater State University the few dioceses in the country has advertised openings for an wi·th a full~ime ecumenical af­assistant .women's basketball fairs officer. Others include the coach and an .assistant women's archdioceses of Los Angeles, San gymnastics coach.. Applications Fran~isco and Milwaukee.

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IRENE SILVA, career resource coordinator at Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth, checks computerized career gl,lidance materials with student Richard Leduc of Westport. The computer system provides up-to-date infor­mation on colleges, graduate schools, career choices, schol­arships and financial aid to Stangites.

Five women p.astoral consultants WASHINGTON (NC) - Four research and practices are to co­

laywomen and a nun have !been operate in preparing the pastO!1"al, named consuiltants to the bishops' and other specialists are to be committee drafting a national consulted in developing it. pastoral letter on women.

Bishop. Joseph L. Imeschof Joliet, nt, chairman of the TV head' drafting committee, announced VATICAN CITY (NC) - Popethe appointments. They are:. John Paul II has named Ariteri­

- Sister Anne Carr of the can Arehbishop John Foley presi­Sisters of the Blessed Virgin dent of the Council for tt1e Ad­Mary, who teaches systematic ministration of the Vatican Tele­theology ail: the University of vision Center (CTV).Chicago Divinity School. The council supervises and'

- Mary arabeck,· assistant sets direction for CTU, estab­professor in counseling psycho­ lished in 1ate 1983. Archbishop .:logy at Boston College, who is Foley also h'eads' the Vatican a wife at:!d m.other of two.. . Commission for Social Comuni·

- Toinette Eugene, assistant cation. . professor of educ8ltion, society Archbishop FoGey, former edi­and black church studies at COII­ tor of the The Catholic Standard gate R9Chester Divinity School and Times in Philadelphia, said in Rochester, N.Y. CTU "renders a service to the

- Rhonda Chervin, philosophy church.in documenting the pope's professor at Loyola Marymount travels and in making programs University in Los Angeles and a about the pope and the Vatican wife and mother of three. available throughout the world."

- Theme Perkins, who teach­ "The Vatican has made sure es Scripture at Boston College. that adl that the Holy Father

does is covered and availableThe bishops decided to write for use throughout the world so a national pastoral. aetter on ·that aN individullils have accesswomen in society and in the to it," said Archbishop Foley. church during their general "Networks do not cover every­meeting last November. Target thing, and some countries do not date for its completion is 1988. have .tIhe resources to have tele­The vote to go ahead with the vision crews -here in Rome." project was ~early unanimous,

On occasion, he noted, CTUdespite objections to the writing acts as a pool service, covering of a pastorllil on women by an an event for aU the media. One all-male group of bishops. such instance was when PopeProject suppoJ1ters said that John Paul II visited his would­the roles the letter will address !be assassin, Memhet Ali Agca.are ·significant pastoral concerns Another pool arrangement waswhich are the responsibHity of made during the pope's Maythe bishops to deal with as pas­ visit to Korea.tors and teachers of the church.·

"When the student with theBishop Imesch, said consultation toy gun pointed :it at the Holy with women would be an essen­Father," Mchbishop 'Foley said, tial part of the drafting process. "the crv camera crew had itBesides Bishop Imesch, mem­ documented and made the filmbers of the drafting committee availlable to the network at nofor the pastoral are Bishop Mat­ charge."

th~w H. Clark of Rochester, CTV, he added, is somewhatN.Y., Bishop Thomas J. Grady of

like the papal photographer, be­Orlando, F1a., Auxiliary Bishop cause it "has access to the most Alfred C. Hughes of Boston, p.rivate of audiences." AtixiHary Bishop William Lev­

ada of Los Angeles and AUxili­ary Bishop Amedee W. Proulx of The Balance Port·land, Maine. "Wisdom is knowing what to

According to the Aug. 14 an do next; skiH is knowing how to nouncement, t1he bishops. com­ do it; and virtue is doing it." ....,. mittees on doctrine and pastoraI David Sta'lT Jordan

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-;-Fri., Aug. 31, 1984 16

Iteering pQinti PUBLiCITY CHAIRMEN

are asked to' submit news Items for this column to The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, Fall River. 02722.. Name of city or town shOUld be Included as well as full dates of all actiVities. please send news of future rather than past events. Note: We do not carry news of fundralslng activities such as bingos, whlsts, dances. suppers and bazaars. We are happy. to carry notices of spiritual programs, clUb meetlnl/s, youth projects and similar nonprofit activities. Fundraislng pra­lects may be advertised at our regular rates, obtainable from The Anchor business office, teleph~ne 675·7151. ,

On Steering Points items FR Indicates Fall River, NB Indicates New Bedford.

ST. STANISLAUS, FE Eileen Diskin is the winner of

the Women's Guild first annual scholarship. She will attend Southeastern Massachusetts Uni­versity.

An anonymous donor has ,pre­sented $200 to the parish to aid in school tuition for two needystudents. Other recent donors include a young lady so movec;l by the peace and beauty of the parish gardens that she ,gave

ST OSE . J PH, NB

Beginning Sept. 3, Masses will be offered Monday through Fri­day at 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. in Eng­lish and 11 a.m. in French. Saturday Masses will be at' 8 and 11 a.m. and 4:30 and 7 p.in.

Prayer meetings: 7 p.m. each Wednesday of September.

St. Joseph seniors: business meeting Sept. 6; social Sept.. 20; theatre trip Sept. 27; bus trip Sept. 28. ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVlEN

Space remains for five child­ren in an, "I Am Special" pro­grain for ages 41h to 5. Infor­mation at rectory.

Parish renewal week beginsSept. 8, with a special liturgy at 7 each night.

A Wednesday night youth program will ,begin in Septem­ber for teens who have been 'confirmed.

$500 tow;:lrd~ ground upke~p;, ST., J,OlllN OF GOD" and. many glv.e~s. to the n~w ,', S'01WER'SET ' ":'. sacristy /reconcillahon room ,ad- :" ':"";''':':'". ~.:' '., ,", '. ' . dition to the church: ,'",::';":"; ;; ..;,.';.:~,\.(J?p~l'I~~abon candidates WIll,

, ',,:",':",::, .. ' :,.:'b,e"'P.r:v.~sted: at 7 p.m. Sept.;>" .. HOLY TRINITY, w..iiARWlGH/,:'af:·::l,-.Mijssiri the church. Par-'"

New oficersof the·La~s,,';;,;eilts~,a:'re.'asked to attend with Association of the',;·;' Sa~·rtid;,;,;;;.thefr.:' children: ' Hearts: Frances: ",GIynn/:;-~~!!~V\,~:~~j': JUDE/QUEEN OF dent; Rose M~chold,' vice-pr~j:::;'::' . dent; Florence"'Perry,:treas~ret':·:,,ALL SAINTS, Jeanne Downes" Mae' McGrath;" SAN~UIT/MASHPEE secretaries ' ' ' pally Mass: 8 a.m., Wed.,

. Thur., Fri., at St. Jude's; 9 a.m., BL. SACRAMENT, FR Mon. through Fri., 'All Saints.

Women's Guild meeting: 7:30 Meeting for eucharistic min­p.m. Sept. 5, church hall. isters, lectors and music minis-

Bible study classes: :begin ters of both chapels: 7:30 p:m.

ST. THOMAS MORE; SOMERSET

,Father John F. X. O'Connor. C.SS.R., will speak at weekend Masses on behalf of Redemptor­ist missions in Latin America.

A volunteer cook is needed for the Fall River Community Soup Kitchen.

It is hoped that "A Man f,lr All Seasons," a play on the life of the parish patron, St. Thomas More, will be produced in the parish in November. A 'plan­ning meeting of interested per­son~ was held Aug. 27.

ST. PATRICK, FALMOUTH First Saturday devotions:

Mass at '8 a.m. at St. Patrick's and St. T'homas mission. Rosary followin~ Mass at St. Patrick's.

Massachusetts Citizens for Life will have representatives at the church this weekend. Those wishinj! to, assist may call Ellen Mitchell" 548-3276. ' "

CATHEDRAL, FR The Women's Guild will spon­

sor a, trolley trip' to HeritagePark at 1:15 p.m. Sept. 9.

SS. PETER & PAUL, FR Father Gerald P: Barnwell

will be parochial school chap­lain, aiding with religion c;lasses and conducting liturgies. A few openings remain in the school and information is available ilt the principal's office, 672-7258'-All are welcome at a Mass open­ing'the' school year at 1:15 p.m. S t 7 ' .ep " . O.L. HAVEN, FAIRHAVEN

Volunteers are needed at this diocesan nursing home. Infor­mation: Sister Aileen Johnson,999-4561. .

LaSALETTE SHRINE,ATTLEBORO

Bible study ,group mettings: resume Sept. 6 at 10 a.m. each Thursday un!ier the direction of Father Joseph Ross, MS:' All

Sept. 19 in small chapel. Th03e Sept. 4; for ushers, 7:30 p.m. , welcome. Participant's are asked, 'interested are asked to notify Sept. 5; for CCD workers, 7:30 to bring a Bible, preferably the

Father Rene Levesque, pastor. p.m. Sept. 6. Jerusalem edition.

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Childr~n move fast. so go slow! Drive carefully on streets near schools and

in all residential areas, Remember too, that

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children on bikes and on foot throughout the

day. Give the little kids a chance to grow up

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CITIZENS FOR LIFE,' NB Membership drive meeEng:­

7:30 p.m. Sept. 27, St. Mary's parish hall, 783 Dartmouth St., So. Dartmouth. All welcome. Information: Mary Ann Booth, 636-4903.

ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA A parish renewal retreat will

be held at Weston Priory, Ver­mont, Dec. 14 through 16. In­formation at rectory.

An inquiry forum for non­Catholics or Catholics wishing to learn 'more about their faith will 'begin after Labor Day and' be held on Sunday nights for thee months. Information at rectory. '

O.lL. ANGELS, FR CCD students will attend 9

a.m. Mass Sept. 23. The winter Mass schedule he­

gins Oct. 7 with weekend Mass­es at 4 and 5:15 p.m. on Satur­day and hourly 7 a.m. through noon and at 5:15 ,p.m. Sunday.

O.L. MT. CARMEL, NB Prayer meetings: New Cl'ea­

tion 7 p.m. each Monday in chapel; youth group ,7:30 p.m. each Friday in chapel.

ST. MARY, SEEKONK Child ,ca.re during 10 a.m.

Sunday Mass will resume Sept. 16. Volunteer aides call Pat Messier, 252-3762.

O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE Mass at Centerville Nursing

Home: 2 p.m. today. Parish council nominations

will take pla~e this weekend.,

ST. MARY, NB New members are welcomed

by the senior citizen grou;>. Meetings resume at 1:30 p.m. Sept. 5. Information: Florence Lavoie, 995-1298. '

Altar boy and eucharistic minister schedules for the com­ing months are now available.

The parislibus to Stang High School begins its schedule to­day.

ST. JOHN EVANGELIST, POCASSET

The Women's Guild welcomes new members. Inf{ormation: Adele Sr.haefer, Box 226, Po­casset 02559.

The Columban Sisters will visit the parish the weekend of Sept. 8 and 9, speaking in be­half of their foreign missions.

ST.ANNE,FR Congratulations go to parish­

ioners Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Du­pre, parents of St. Anne's CCD coordinator, Jacqueline Bro­deur, on their golden wedding anniversary.

ST. JOAN OF ARC,ORLEANS ~

Gifts of original Cape Cod paintings were presented to the parish's summer associate pas­tors, Fathers Thomas McGlynn and Mark Hession, as they left to ta.ke up canon law studies at Catholic University.

The parish choir is heal'd at 11 a.m. each Sunday in Orlean3. Rehearsals resume after Labor Day. '

A prayer group meets 3t 7:30 ,-p.m. each Tuesday at Visitation 'hall.

PHOENIX, Ariz. (NC) - N.a-," tive Americans are being trans­formed through a journey of hope and a pilgrimage of faith and 'love, said Archbishop Robert F. Sanchez of Santa Fe, N.M., in his keynote address at the Teka­kwitha Conference in Phoenix.

The transformQtion, he told the over 1,500 Native American Catholics and missionaries at the recent conference, is making Na­tive Americans a symbol of new life.

The conference for Catholic North American Indians' and those' working with _ them is named for Kateri Tekakwitha, a 17th century Mohawk woman whom Pope John Paul II beati­

, fied in, 1980. -Blessed Kateri, the' "Lily of the Mohawks," defied tribal tradition Iby liVing the life of a Christia~ virgin. Archbis~op Sanchez said that

her ~eadership was helping Na­tive American Catholics to per­severe on jtbeir sacred journey.

Recalling the conference's opeping procession, he said it helped "transform the haH in which we gathered into a sacred temple of worship." . . The opening ceremonies also included the traditionail blessing of fire, the blessing of water and the 'blessittg of place and people, ,traditions Archbishop Sanchez said should be preserved as ways of making man's life journey sacred.

The Tekakwitha conference, founded in 1939, was original-ly a support group for missionaries

The Art of Sowing "Sow an act and you reap a

habit; sow a habit and you reap a char.acter; sow a character and you reap a destiny." G. D. Board: man

working with Native Americans in the diocese of Fargo, N.D. It is now open to aU Native Am­erican Catholics and ,its central emphasis is on evangelization.

New system ROME (NC) - The Vatican

and the Italian government have agreed to repla~ state subsidies paid to clergy and church insti­tutions with a program financed by tax deductions. The agree­ment paved the way to final ap­proval of a new concordant be­tween the Vatican and Italy which ends Catholicism's status as Italy's official religion. Under the plan Italy would in 1990 cease payments to parishes and church officials totaling about $180 million annuaHy. Instead, taxpapers would be aHowed to deduct donations up to about $600 to a new administrative $>rganization.

Tightrope policy GUATEMALA CITY (NC) ­

Archbishop Prospero Penados del Barrio of Guatemala City said in a New York Times inter­view that he' tstrying to keep his distance from the country's military government while in­volving the church in more social reform. " We must be in constant dialogue with the au­thorities, but never be united with them, much less submit to them," he said. The archbishop has clashed with government officia-ls over human rights is­sues in the past. Several priests and hundreds of lay workers have been killed since 1976 in the country's chronic guerrilla warfare,

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