of the Fall River diocese will days for each other. McCready, a director of the Na shows, with Masses and open school colors, dress in "crazy recent survey reported in U.S. celebrate Catholic Schools Week No homework will be a popu tional Opinion Research 'Center. school programs, the 34 schools outfits" and hold appreciation Catholic magazine by William C. With bright balloons and talent and staff members will wear otic schools were results of a 20c, $6 Per Year "~. 8~) , '-~ '%. ,', .' ;
FALL RIVER DIOCESAN NEWSPAPER FOR SOUTHEAST MASSACHUlSEnS CAPE COD & THE ISLANDS t eanc 0 20c, $6 Per Year VOL. 26, NO. 4 FALL RIVER, MASS., THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1982 ... '-''l , Balloons bear good news ,', ; With bright balloons and talent and staff members will wear otic schools were results of a shows, with Masses and open school colors, dress in "crazy recent survey reported in U.S. . '.. : . - .' school programs, the 34 schools outfits" and hold appreciation Catholic magazine by William C. '%. of the Fall River diocese will days for each other. McCready, a director of the Na- celebrate Catholic Schools Week No homework will be a popu- tional Opinion Research 'Center. lar one-day beginning on Monday. feature at some "Catholic schools are a bar- The national schools week schools. In some, older students gain at any price," he declared theme, "The Good News in Edu- will take over teaching and aide and in the magazine's response cation: Catholic Schools," will be chores for a day. Activities will column, "Feedback," a majority symbolized throughout the dio- also include writing letters of of readers agreed 'with him. cese with "balloon days," when appreciation to parents for pro- He wrote that Catholic schools children will release helium-fill- ,viding a Catholic education. "are effective, by almost any ed balloons with "good news" Prayer services, family pot- standard of comparison. Paro- messages from their schools. luck suppers and poster, essay chial schools have a significant Also going on at nearly every and banner contests will also positive impact on those who school will be Masses, open be on several school agendas. attend them. Graduates are school days' and registration for The Attleboros closer to the church, more inter- new students: Not every grade in ested in thinking about a At St. John the Evangelist voca- every school has vacancies, so tion and more involved in par- School, Attleboro, the week will parents are advised to make their open with Mass and a balloon ish activities when they grow up September plans early, say prin- release. Prayer services, a talent than those who do not attend cipals. show and a field trip to the the schools. Celebrations have been organ· Boston Museum of Science are "Not all graduates become ex- ized on an area basis, with Ms. also planned. emplary Catholics by any means, Kathleen Burt, principal of SS. At North Attleboro's St. Mary- but that is an unrealistic expec- Peter and Paul School, Fall River, Sacred Heart, Wednesday will tion. The schools are very ef- coordinating greater Fall River see an open hOl\se program, fol- fective at influencing people to activities; Sister Mary Nathan lowed by a potluck supper. A remain close to the church and Doherty, RSM, principal of Holy in these times that is no little balloon release will be sched- Family-Holy Name, New Bed- uled during the week. achievement." ford, greater New Bedford; Ed- Schools Are Bargain Sixty-two percent of those sur- mund Borges, principal of 'St. Mary Primary, Taunton, greater Confirming the value of Cath- Turn to Page Seven Taunton; and Frank Ricci and Sister Martha Mulligan, RSM, principals respectively of St. Mary-Sacred Heart, North Attle- boro, and St. John the Evangel- , ist, Attleboro, working at their schools. WASHINGTON (NC) - "I District of Columbia Police De.- Fall RIver Area think the government has a re- partment estimated March Innovative' activities will in- sponsibility to opt on the side of for Life crowd at 25,000, the clude publication of a "Good life for the unborn," President lowest estimates by both agen- News in Education" 'newspaper Ronald Reagan said in a message cies since the annual demonstra- at SS. Peter and 'Paul School, to to thousands of abortion oppon- tions began in 1974. include stories of classroom and ents gathered in Washington Freezing temperatures, pre· school events. Copies will be dis- Jan. 22 to mark the ninth anni- tributed at weekend Masses. Reagan's pro-life dictions of sriow and sleet, and versary of the Supreme Court the fact that most congressmen In other schools there will be decision that overturned most were out of town because of a teacher and student appreciation state laws restricting abortion. congressional recess may have days, a Good News for Kids Day when students share lunch contributed to the low turnout. "I believe that when we talk desserts, visits to church and Earlier last week President about abortion, we are talking civic officials, lectures and slide Reagan had also addressed the about two lives, that of the shows for parents, book and abortion question. At a news con- mother and that of the child," science fairs and student art ference, he saM, "I have been said the presidential message, work displays. Rededication ser- one who believes that abortion read by U.S. Secretary of Health vices for students and teachers is the taking of a human life." and Human Services Richard S. will be featured at several Schweiker to thousands of pro· But if there were doubts about schools. lifers gathered on the snow- when life begins, Reagan sug- covered ellipse south of the gested an analogy. "If you come Taunton Area White House. upon an immobile body and you Taunton schools will display yourself could not determine Schools Week banners at their The enthusiastic but smaller entrances and families will join whether it was dead or alive, I than usual crowd that was in a skating party. Students will think that you would decide to gathered for the ninth annual compete in poster and button March for Life cheered Schwei· consider it alive until somebody contests and nursing homes will ker, March ,for Life leader Nellie could prove it was dead - you Gray, and five U.S. congress- wouldn't get a shovel and start be visited as an expression of community concern. covering it up," Reagan said at men at the hour-long rally on the ellipse before marching down the press conference. "And I New Bedford Area Pennsylvania Avenue to lobby think we should do the same' In New Bedford, where John their Cqngressmen for a consti- thing with regard to abortion." Markey has proclaimed Jan. 31 tutional amendment to ban abor- The president's view "is cer- to Feb. 6 Catholic Schools Week, tion. tainly good moral principle," schools will hold Spirit Week 'Both U.S. Park Police and t1re Turn to Pase Six during which teachers, students Good news balloons
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FALL RIVER DIOCESAN NEWSPAPER FOR SOUTHEAST MASSACHUlSEnS CAPE COD & THE ISLANDSt eanc 0
20c, $6 Per YearVOL. 26, NO. 4 FALL RIVER, MASS., THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1982
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'-''l , Balloons bear good news '-~ ,',
; With bright balloons and talent and staff members will wear otic schools were results of a
"~. shows, with Masses and open school colors, dress in "crazy recent survey reported in U.S. . '.. : . - ~ .' school programs, the 34 schools outfits" and hold appreciation Catholic magazine by William C.
'%. of the Fall River diocese will days for each other. McCready, a director of the Na8~) celebrate Catholic Schools Week No homework will be a popu tional Opinion Research 'Center. " lar one-daybeginning on Monday. feature at some "Catholic schools are a bar
The national schools week schools. In some, older students gain at any price," he declared theme, "The Good News in Edu will take over teaching and aide and in the magazine's response cation: Catholic Schools," will be chores for a day. Activities will column, "Feedback," a majoritysymbolized throughout the dio also include writing letters of of readers agreed 'with him. cese with "balloon days," when appreciation to parents for pro- He wrote that Catholic schools children will release helium-fill ,viding a Catholic education. "are effective, by almost anyed balloons with "good news" Prayer services, family pot standard of comparison. Paromessages from their schools. luck suppers and poster, essay chial schools have a significant
Also going on at nearly every and banner contests will also positive impact on those who school will be Masses, open be on several school agendas. attend them. Graduates are school days' and registration for The Attleboros closer to the church, more internew students: Not every grade in ested in thinking about aAt St. John the Evangelist vocaevery school has vacancies, so tion and more involved in parSchool, Attleboro, the week will parents are advised to make their open with Mass and a balloon ish activities when they grow up September plans early, say prin release. Prayer services, a talent than those who do not attend cipals. show and a field trip to the the schools.
Celebrations have been organ· Boston Museum of Science are "Not all graduates become exized on an area basis, with Ms. also planned. emplary Catholics by any means, Kathleen Burt, principal of SS.
At North Attleboro's St. Mary but that is an unrealistic expecPeter and Paul School, Fall River,
Sacred Heart, Wednesday will tion. The schools are very efcoordinating greater Fall River
see an open hOl\se program, fol fective at influencing people toactivities; Sister Mary Nathan
lowed by a potluck supper. A remain close to the church and Doherty, RSM, principal of Holy in these times that is no littleballoon release will be schedFamily-Holy Name, New Bed
uled during the week. achievement." ford, greater New Bedford; Ed
Schools Are Bargain Sixty-two percent of those surmund Borges, principal of 'St. Mary Primary, Taunton, greater Confirming the value of Cath- Turn to Page Seven Taunton; and Frank Ricci and Sister Martha Mulligan, RSM, principals respectively of St. Mary-Sacred Heart, North Attleboro, and St. John the Evangel
, ist, Attleboro, working at their schools.
WASHINGTON (NC) - "I District of Columbia Police De. Fall RIver Area think the government has a re partment estimated th~ March Innovative' activities will insponsibility to opt on the side of for Life crowd at 25,000, the clude publication of a "Good life for the unborn," President lowest estimates by both agen News in Education" 'newspaper Ronald Reagan said in a message cies since the annual demonstra at SS. Peter and 'Paul School, to to thousands of abortion oppon tions began in 1974. include stories of classroom and ents gathered in Washington Freezing temperatures, pre· school events. Copies will be disJan. 22 to mark the ninth anni tributed at weekend Masses.
Reagan's pro-life
dictions of sriow and sleet, and versary of the Supreme Court the fact that most congressmen In other schools there will be decision that overturned most were out of town because of a teacher and student appreciation state laws restricting abortion. congressional recess may have days, a Good News for Kids
Day when students share lunch contributed to the low turnout. "I believe that when we talk desserts, visits to church andEarlier last week Presidentabout abortion, we are talking civic officials, lectures and slide Reagan had also addressed theabout two lives, that of the shows for parents, book andabortion question. At a news conmother and that of the child," science fairs and student artference, he saM, "I have beensaid the presidential message, work displays. Rededication serone who believes that abortionread by U.S. Secretary of Health vices for students and teachersis the taking of a human life." and Human Services Richard S. will be featured at severalSchweiker to thousands of pro· But if there were doubts about schools.
lifers gathered on the snow when life begins, Reagan sugcovered ellipse south of the gested an analogy. "If you come Taunton Area White House. upon an immobile body and you Taunton schools will display
yourself could not determine Schools Week banners at theirThe enthusiastic but smaller entrances and families will join whether it was dead or alive, I than usual crowd that was in a skating party. Students will think that you would decide togathered for the ninth annual compete in poster and buttonMarch for Life cheered Schwei· consider it alive until somebody contests and nursing homes will ker, March ,for Life leader Nellie could prove it was dead - you
Gray, and five U.S. congress wouldn't get a shovel and start be visited as an expression of community concern. covering it up," Reagan said atmen at the hour-long rally on the
ellipse before marching down the press conference. "And I New Bedford Area Pennsylvania Avenue to lobby think we should do the same' In New Bedford, where John their Cqngressmen for a consti thing with regard to abortion." Markey has proclaimed Jan. 31 tutional amendment to ban abor The president's view "is cer to Feb. 6 Catholic Schools Week, tion. tainly good moral principle," schools will hold Spirit Week
'Both U.S. Park Police and t1re Turn to Pase Six during which teachers, students Good news balloons
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. MSGR. NORMAN J. FERRIS, pastor of St. Anthony Of the Desert Church, Fall River, kneels before Bishop Francis M. Zayek of the diocese of St. Maron as he is ele\vated to the rank of domestic prelate. 'Holding document \lfor bishop to read is Father James Namie, episcopal secre~ary. The new monsignor was formerly a priest of the Fall :River diocese but transferred to the Maronite rite when he became adminstrator of St. Anthony parish in 1970.· (Sr.I •
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i J~b Club~s there to help \ ATLANTA (NC) - In tune
vyith the times, St. Jude's parish, Sandy Springs, .offers its mem~
~ers a Job .Club whose semimonthly meetings are attended .by up to 50 people. The clul1 is open to anyone and participants range in age from late teens to e~rl.y 60s:·.
\Jim Knocke,. a club founder, h,d quit his job pecause of the traveling involved When a pI~cement agency p;oved a waste o~ time and J:Iloney, he thought
_of forming the club with Frank lDuffy, a financial planner.
. .. . In addition to the meetmgs at·\St. Jude's, smaller groups gather
in \ homes to work .on areas of common interest.
Much attention is given to de· velopment of resumes. "A resume wdn~t get you the job, but it will ge, you an interview which can get! you the job," Duffy said.· . Vsually at mee~ings someone 10 personnel recruitment, person-I· .
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nel management or career development gives a- talk followed by geheral .discussion. Then participants breal,t into smaller groups according to professional interests.
The club has no· dues and speakers volunteer their time while members share experienc~ and job information.
.. ' . . TopiCS discussed 10clude res
ume writing, interviewing. and ways to. m.ake emp~oyment con· t~cts. ASSistance IS also pro· vlded !hrough referral to the counseling and career center of a nearby community college.
"Basi~ally, wh~n you come to a meet1Og, you re .exposed to other. people' in the same boat who've found ways to get through it," Knocke said. "It's all a sharing of survival tactics and a sharing of hope together."
He said the club seeks sponsors, individuals to work on
.8 one·to·on~ basis with a job hunter. The help needed may include moral support, job I d" . ea S, 1OtroductIons to potentialemployers constructive criticism of resumes
vAN"COUVER, Bristish Columbia (NC) - Archbishop James F. Carney of Vancouver has announced an archdiocesan pro· gram to assist Polish refugees and to estabish a fund for emergency relief for Poland.
Archbishop Carney said beds in Vancouver's Catholic hostel· would be available for Polish sailors seeking refugee status and other temporary arrangements will be made for them until permanent solutions can be found. The archbishop said it would provide emergency assistance to these refugees until they can find employment or are eligible for other assistance.
Funds of the· program were raised through a special Sunday Mass collection.
Archdiocesan officials said they will assist Polish sailors or other Poles in Canada on a oneyear permit from the minister' of immigration. In addition, a program of parish sponsorships for refugees now in Austrian refugee camps will be initiated immediately, using structures or· ganized to help Vietnamese boat people over the last two years.
Polish refugees are arnv10g daily in Vancouver, a port at which Polish fishing vessels regularly call. Most are sailors who have jumped ship.
Church is Target UNIATED NATIONS (NC)
The Catholic Church has been a special target in the current civil war in EI Salvador. according to a United Nations human rights ·investigator's report. Jose Antonio Pastor Ridruejo, a U.N. Human Rights Commission spe~ial representative, cited "blatant· and illustrative cases of murder," such as mass killings of peasants and attempts against priests and Religious who defend human rights. This is a part of "a gen
. eral climate of persecution of the Catholic Church," he said. His 35-page report, sponsored by the. Human Rights·· Commission, was presented to the U.N. General Assembly by Secretary General Kurt Waldheim.
TUESDAY will be the 75th anniversary of the death of Bishop William Stang, the first -bishop of Fall River, aft~r whom Bishop Stang High School is named.
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of Schools and CoUeges. In 1974, Msgr. O'Neill was
named a domestic prelate and in '1975 he was appointed pastor of 55. Peter and Paul parish, Fall River. In 1977 he resigned from the education directorship to de· vote full time to the pastoral ministry.
1982 will be an especiallyi busy year for him as he directs
observance of the 100th anniversary of 55. Peter and Paul.
Father Wingate Father Wingate is the son of
Angela (Kirby) and the late Ray· mond Wingate. He was born tn Wellesley in 1930.
After graduating from St. Mary's School, Fall River, and Msgr. Coyle High School, FallFour to mark silver jubilees Tuesd~y River, he attended Providence College for two years, then enter
Four priests of the diocese Father Bernier was associate Subsequently he served at St. . As director of education, Msgr. ing St. John's Seminary. will mark their silver jubilees of pastor at St. Michael's parish, Joseph's parish, Taunton, and in O'Neill was deeply involved with He served at St. Joseph's and ordination on Tuesday. All were Ocean Grove, Notre Dame and 1977 was named to his present the National Catholic Education- St. Mary's parishes, Taunton; St.
St. Mathieu,~Fall River, and Sa position. al Association. He was presidentordained Feb. 2, 1957, in St. Lawrence, New Bedford; Sacred Mary's Cathedral by Bishop cred Heart and St. Anne, New Msgr. O'Neill. of its department of Chid Ad- Heart, Fall River; and St. Mary's, James L. Connolly, now retired. Bedford, before being named to Born in 1931, the son of the ministrators of Catholic Educa- Mansfield, before beginning his
Father Adrien E. Bernier, his present post in 1975. late Patrick and Sarah (Coogan)' tion and held membership on present assignment last June. Father John P. Cronin and Msgr. O'Neill, Msgr. O'Neill graduated many committees.
Father CroninPatrick J. O'Neill are Fall River from Sacred Heart School, Fall He also served on state edu- ............................... ;
natives. Father Cronin, born in River, and Msgr. Coyle High cation committees and was the Father Arthur K. Wingate is 1931, the son of the late John School, Taunton. first Catholic chairman of the ill.GOD·S ANCHOR HOLDS
a native of Wellesley. and Mary (Moriarty) Cronin, at .He prepared for the priest- Independent School Commission ,Father Bernier, pastor of St. tended St. Patrick's and St: hood at Our Lady of Providence of the New England Association ... ' ..... ", •......... ,
Mathieu's Church, Fall River, Louis' grammar schools, Fall and St. John's seminaries and will be principal celebrant at a River, and Msgr. Coyle High holds master's and doctoral deMass of thanksgiving at 11 a.m. School, Taunton. Following two grees in education from Boston THE PARENT ENRICHMENT PROGRAM Sunday, Feb. 14. Homilist will years at Providence College, he College. 1
be Father Thomas Landry, OP, entered St. John's Seminary to For YOU, the PARENTv who WANTS to:Msgr. O'Neill was associate associate pastor at St. Theresa's prepare for the priesthood. Improve your discipline 01 your childpastor at Immaculate Conception Church, New Bedford, and con Help your child develop a positive self·irnalteHis first assignment was at parish, Fall River, and St. Thomcelebrants will include many Learn to handle' difficult behaviorSt. Patrick's parish, Fall River, as More, Somerset, before being priests of the diocese. Relatives, • Help your child lessen temper tantrums, lying, cheating, or drug abusewhere he served until 1962. He appointed successively as actingfriends and former parishioners Help your child become Involved in fami~y togethernesswas' then appoint~d director of superintendent and superintenare invited to attend. St. Vincent's Home and camp, dent of diocesan schools and as WHEN: Tuesday, February 9, 1982 WHERE:' United Way Hall
A reception and dinner at 6:30 ·8:30 p.m. 101 Rock Street White's restaurant will follow
diocesan director of radio acti diocesan director of education Eight weeks Fall River, MAvities, juvenile court chaplain when the department was reor
the Mass. Further information Presente~ by Cost: $40 per personmay be had from Mrs. William
for Fall River and administrator ganized in 1973. During this Family Service Association $45 per couplefor St. Bernard's parish, AssOl~et. period he also served as chap of Greater Fall River limited ScholarshipsLeBlanc, 678-8029. In 1966 he earned a master's de lain and instructor in religion at . . Available
Among observances planned gree in social work at Boston· Bishop Stang High School, North - FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 678-7541 by Father Cronin are a Mass of College. Dartmouth.
thanksgiving on Tuesday and attendance at a reunion of seminary classmates. He is pastor of Our Lady of Fatima parish, Swansea.
Msgr. O'Neill, pastor of 55. Peter and Paul Church, Fall River, will celebrate a Mass of thanksgiving at 2 p.m. Sunday,' Feb. 7. Among concelebrants will be priests of the diocese and many of the jubilarian's former coIleagues in the National Catholic Educational Association.
AIl parish music groups wiIl participate in the Mass and the program '\viIl include a solo by Father Stephen A. Fernandes, associate pastor. Father Cornelius O'NeiIl, Msgr.. O'Neill's brother and pastor of St. Paul's Church, Taunton, will be homilist.. .
Father Wingate, serving at St. Mary's parish, Norton, will observe his jubilee privately.
Father Bernier Father Bernier was born in
1919, the son of the late Oscar lind Eva (Boucher) Bernier, and one of 14 children.
After graduation from Blessed Sacrament School, Fall River, he attended the College S. Alexandre in' Canada and the School of St. Ppilip Neri in Boston. He complett;d his studies for the priestho~d at St. John's Seminary, Bri~hton.
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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River":""Thurs., 'Jan. 28, 1982 : 4 I the living word ,/
themoorin~ Return to Catholic ,Schools
There can be little doubt that Cathoiic schools are once again an important factor in community education. More and more schools report record enrollments and some even have waiting .lists. Despite growing tuition costs and the lack of tax credits for the same, parents see in Catholic elementary. and secondary schools something that they do not see in the public· education on the same level. The difference lies in discipline, learning and religion. ' ,
Th,e demise of di'scipli~e in public ,education is nothing short of appalling. The keeping of order in many public' schools mean police patrolling corridors to pr~vent student clashes or assaults on teachers. Teachers Who want to teach find it almost impossible because so 'many students and parents just do not care. I
Such indifference only encourages ignorance. To teach, one must have discipline. There is no substitute for it in faculty room or classroom. Because of their basic commitment to its enforcement, Catholic schools have the opportunity to teach ~nd students have the opportunity to'learn.
Learning today, for the most part, means the ability to read and write. Colleges and universities are spending millions of, dollars on remedial courses in these areas because so many prospective students do riot meet even minimal standards.
In Catholic schools, however, homework and account: ability are still.. considered positive means of intellectual development. Learning extends beyond classroom hours.
, In the past, many parents saw the parochial school as a convenient substitute for their own religious obl~gations and duties. Today our social order has taught many a hard lesson. More and more parents realize that they. are the first teachers of their children in the ways of faith and that they should be the best of teachers: '
A Catholic school is not and cannot be a parental substitute in matters of religious education. Parents of chIldren in Catholic schools should realize that they cannot live a lie. What good is it to teach a child in school that he or she should, for example, attend weekly Mass when tpat child's, parents do not?
A growing number of people ar~ realizing that spintual child abuse can be as dangerous as physical child abuse. ' It is a real injustice to a child to have him or her taught the truths of faith in the classroom and then deny these same truths at home. On the other hand, it is wonderful to see so many younger parents trying to live what they believe and sharing their beliefs with their children by ~ord and action. '
,To be sure, Catholic schools are not perfect. They still have much to' achieve. For example, much has to be done to assure that those who teach in such a school also practice what they teach. Lay teachers of religion should be faithful sons and daughters of the Church. I
There are other problems Catholic schools face in the areas of physical and technical advancement. However, in ' ~he light of today's life, they offer a very real hope in' a world of educational uncertainty and doubt. '
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Ignoring culture By Michael Gallagher
Millions of our fellow Ameri. dans, as I need hardly tell you, ~xperience acute men~al anguish ~t the very thought of having to get through the day without their soap opera fix. (yes, I ~now, millions of others are simiI~rly addicted to televised footb~1I llJld baseball" but why get eyerybody mad at you at once?) I Now I know that the soaps,
\\jith "General Hospital" setting the pace, depict all sorts of untqward behavior, with sexual ~isconduct the favorite· and g~eed a distant second. I know t~at young children come home from school and tune in on this, which is ample cause for out-' rdge. But let's forget moral con· siderations for' a minute.
iWhat I find most distressing al)out the "General Hospital"I ' phenomenon is that some threeq~arter~ of its 14 million viewers fa.1 into the 18-34 category and thrre seems to, be especially wild enfhusiasm among college stu-. dents, according to a Newsweek co~er story' ("TV's Hottest' shbw," Sept. 28, 1981).
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When reading the Newsweek pi+e, I felt especially depressed by a picture of a crowded student
I •lounge captioned: "'GH' fans
'tu~e in at Boston College." Fair
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Harvard, according to Newsweek is no less fervent in its admiration of GH. Its campus erupted with "groupie hysteria reminiscent of a '60s Beatles concert'; when some of the show's stars' paid a visit during a "General Hospital Weekend." . These privileged young people are susceptible to trash simply because their cultural lives are empty.
The other day I read a book to my two daughters, aged seven and four. 'Written by a wise and witty woman named Miriam Cohen, it was titled "First Grade Takes a Test." Big Daddy appreciated it even more than little Maureen and Julie.
In the story, a lady from the principal's of(ice come~ into the classroom with a sheaf of multi·
. pie-choice examinations,. Ana Maria is delighted. "Oh
good, now we can see how smart'we are!" she chortles. The enthusiasm of the rest, of the kids, however, is muted..
The first question puzzles George: '~abbits eat: (lettuce) (dog food) (sandwiches)." He raises his hand to tell the teacher that rabbits have to eat carrots. Otherwise their teeth. will get too long. The teacher nods and smiles, putting her finger to her
lips. George draws a carrot next to the question so that the examiners will know.
Jeanne has trouble with another question, one that shows a girl passing what looks like a sandwich to a boy. She has to indicate by her choice who is taller o,r whether they are the same size. But Jeanne wonders what passing a sandwich has to do with how tall a person is. And
, what kind of sandwich is it anyway?
Ana Maria breezes through the test. Her efforts get her into a special class where her presumably superior intellectual powers
, will get freer rein. Her lack of imagination and her ability to conform, involving avoidance of useless knowledge - Le., the kind they don't test you on have helped make her a great test passer. She's culturally deprived, but you'd, never guess it from her grades.
Is it any wonder that boys and giris like Ana Maria, once they get to Harvard or Boston College, turn to the likes, of "General Hospital" '(or "Animal House") to fill in the vacuum left by their education? They've never developed critical awareness. They have no radar to tell them that trasb is trash.
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Fathers flower tHE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Jan. 28, 1982
By
DOLORES Number Two
By.CURRAN
MARY
McGRORYcity-
"My father was the kind of man who told me I could do anything I wanted to do in life," said the dynamic woman speaker, "as long as Mother had dinner on the table at six."
There was a roar of laughter and prolonged applause as this familiar dichotomy touched a responsive chord in her listeners. She pinpointed the dilemma of fathers today who really want their daughters to be full persons but who have grown accustomed to the comfort of a fulltime wife. .
Fathers of all ages are having it rough today. Those who married in the fifties or earlier are often bewildered by the changes in "that nice girl I married.." They did their part, as prescribed by society and church. They married a good woman, fathered a sizable family, took on the total support of that family and now find themselves criticized for doing what they were supposed to do.
Their wives are telling them they want to grow just when they're ready to relax and enjoy life with a fulltime spouse. Their sons are telling them there's more to life than work, silently rebijking them for failing to
spend more time with them as children. Their daughters are shaking their heads indulgently, accepting emotional and financial support while wondering aloud how Mom ever put up with it all these years.
Then there ate the fathers of the sixties, as much a frame of mind as a decade. These are the men who never intended to marry, much less to be fathers. These who openly denounced trust in anyone over 30 are now over 30, married and fathers. What can we say other than that they love their children, want to be good fathers and are trying to establish lifelong trust between generations without the pain and trauma they experienced and fostered with their own parents?
Now we're seeing the fathers of the seventies, those young men who are trying hard to create a new role model of father in our culture. And· bless them, they're pulling it off. I work with couples like this and I know it's hard to live out new ideals and structures in a society which reveres nostalgia. But these 'families are developing intimacies. and relationships foreign to their parents and grandparents.
They don't place economic roles at the base of their union
he as breadwinner and she as IJomemaker - but consider the quality of their relationship first and foundational. He knows that if they are lonely in their marriage, a better paycheck isn't going to help them. She knows that cleaning and cooking more and better aren't going to compensate for a lack of sharing and intimacy.
I deeply admire these young couples, especially the fathers, because they get hit from· all sides. They hear their own fathers say, "My wife had to work" and their mothers say, "Your dad never had to diaper a baby." Instead of becoming defensive, they smile because they know they are in an evolutionary process of fathering. They sense the truth of Cardinal Newman's words, if a chi.ld sees further than the parent, it's because he's sitting on his shoulders."
To our fathers and their shoulders, of allages and eras, thanks.
Postal rate sieesaw "
Catholic editors stagger propriations Committee quickly revised the figure back up to the ing under the weight of a full $696 million. monumental postal rate hike
Theoretically, action on thewill be pleased to know that bill should have been comp~tedthere is perhaps even a good by Oct. I, the beginning of thechance that those rates might 1982 fiscal year. Since it had not, be rolled back somewhat. a temporary, "continuing appro
But while there is hope that priation" bill was. passed. And in Congress might undo some of that bill Congress agreed to use the budget cut which forced the the Senate committee's figuresU.S. Postal Service ,to raise sec for the' temporary appropriation, ond class mail rates, there is al meaning that for the time being most no hope that they will be the full subsidy for second class rolled back to their previous non-profit mail remained intact. level. But a short time later the comIn fact there were signs last mittee, responding to Reagan'sfall that a postage rate hike was new request, proposed a cut ofimminent for the religious press, $77 million· from the $696 milthough the hike that came was lion figure. Still later, $20 milhigher than might have been lion of the cut was restored,foreseen. leaving the proposed appropria
Besides expressing concern tion in the Senate bill at $639about the financial survivability million.of Catholic papers, editors point
Meanwhile, the first continuing out that the higher rates were appropriation expired Nov. 20,not supposed to go into effect forcing Congress to come upuntil around 1987, when the subwith a new temporary funding sidy that supports lower postal bill.rates for non-profit publications
But Reagan vetoed that billwas scheduled to be phased out. and Congress, with the governLast summer things looked .ment shutting down all over the promising for the Catholic press. country, quickly decided to conPresident Reagan had proposed tinue the Oct. 1 figures for ancutting the subsidy, but Congress other three weeks, giving thedecided to reauthorize the full Catholic press another reprieve amount. from postage rate hikes.Things began to unravel, how
ever, in late summer and early Finally on Dec. 15 the roof fall when Reagan urged even caved in. President Reagan signgreater cuts to keep the federal ed another continuing appropriadeficit under control. tion bill, the third of the fall,
While the House appropriated which included only $614 million only $500 million for the sub for the subsidy - $639 million sidy, thllt was seen as an aber minus an additional 4 percent ration since the House approved across-the-board cut for all prothe bill before Congress finally ~rams funded by the measure. agreed to reauthorize the subsidy A week Jater the Postal Serat $696 m,illion. The Senate Ap- vice announced that it was forced
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Can you believe it? Washington has become a cinderella dty.
We're No.2 in the country in "desirability." Skip quickly over Atlanta being No.1 -. that could ruin it for you. Hold on to the thought that the city of exiles is the second nicest place in the United States to live.
Yes, dear old Washington, the town America loves to dump on, is on the charts now as a cool place. The Big Apple barely noses us out in the arts; we're fifth in transportation. At our Kennedy Center last -Monday" night, you could hear Philip Smith play Haydn's "Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra" in a way to call the dead from the grave. Any day, you can take our Metro and get to where you're going by the time you've found a seat. Not-Sa-Big Apple, eat your heart out.
Can we handle success? The question leaps to mind in the , the "favorable" grade on climshrink. capital of the world. We at,e? Did the authors, Richard have more psychiatrists pel' Boyer and David Savageau, do capita than any area on the anyon-site inspection in midplanet. Angst is our growth in July? Were they using the humiddustry, second only to the adBy ity rate in Kuala Lumpur as their vanced paranoia that afflicts all baseline? levels of government service,JIM Betimes, can' Washington adfrom the Oval Office to the Pen
just? Will its inhabitants misstagon janitors' locker room. The LACKEY the hostility that enyeloped them president believes the Libyans whenever they ventured out into are out to get him. The janitor what the First Citizen of the city broods that the president will invariably reminds them is "the
to raise the rates, effective Jan. 10.
Work continues on the regular appropriation bill, which when passed by Congress and signed. by the president will supersede the continuing appropriation, due to expire March 31. Sen. James Abdnor (R-S.D.), chairman of the subcommittee which oversees the bill, said he intended to keep the $639 million figure in the bill and said he believed the House ultimately would agree to that figure too.
That would mean the postage rate hikes could be rolled back, at least for this year, although not all the way back to their pre-Christmas level.
"I'll never understand the Book of Revelation if I live to be twelve'"
beries, thefts and muggings, an indication that came too late for our surveyors, and showed' that, while more cultured, we are not necessarily more civilized.
But we know we beat Atlanta in the PR of the thing. In Atlanta, travelers see billboards proclaiming crime statistics. It has something to do with a feud between state police and local polnce. We have no such vulgar displays. We lllre not a state. In fact, we've never been sure what we are beyond a butt for politicians' jibes.
The initial local reaction to our new status was one of total surprise. It was followed by a certain moroseness. We get the glass slipper, well, the second pair anyway. We don't break out the champagne. We decant the doubts. How was the survey made? How large was the sample? Could any rational survivor of a Washington summer credit
get his job. ·But that has been in the air
since the John Adamses moved . into the White House. From the
first, the image of the Federal City has been that of a swamp - a breeding ground of rogues, parasites and bad ideas.
The rest of the country believes that the reason people living in Washington have massive recourse to Freud is that they live in Washington - and are guilt~
ridden for the part they play in squandering money, filling the Congressional Record with hypocritical blather and strangling honest businessmen with regulations and paperwork.
But now we are desirable. What do we do? Booster buttons? But what will be the symbol of our scientifically established charm? A cherry tree? Some congressman from Michigan would scream that we were pushing Japanese cars. The Washington Monument? Not since the day of the big government shutdown when they locked the doors. Bad vibes for bureaucrats. We'll have a study commission with three retired generals, four California tennis players and a deadline of 1990.
The accolade comes at the best possible moment. We have just been advised of a "seasonal wave" of crime. The first four days of 1982 brought 68 yob
real world?"
Will we be able to hold up our heads in, say, Cleveland, and probably proclaim that we come from a city that used to be an expletive?
A senator once gave the ultimate rejoinder to our detractors. He said of the lawmakers who had mortgaged their fortunes and their family life to finance the chance to come and live here part of the year: "They never go back to Pocatello."
But that was many years ago. Until we got the results of the
survey, we hadn't realized that anyone had noticed how beautiful we are, that we have as many trees as psychiatrists, and worldclass springtimes.
But let us try to accept acceptance, shall we? We might like it.
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Rev.. Christiano J. Borges, 1944, Pastor, St. John Baptist, New Bedford
Rev. Albert J. Masse, 1950, Pastor, St. Joseph, Attleboro
January 31 Rev. Charles J. Burns, 1901,
Pastor, St. Mary, No. Attleboro Rev. William F. Sullivan,,,,,1930,
Pastor, St. Patrick, Somerset Rev. Manuel C. Terra, 1930,
Pastor, St.Peter, Provincetown'y, F~bnrary 1
Rt. Rev. Michael 'J. O'Rei'lly, 1948, Pastor, Immaculate Conception, Taunton r. I
Rev. Anatole F. Desmarais, 1975, Pastor: St. James, TaunLookto tpe light. ton
Rt. Rev. Patrick Hurley, 1968, Pastor, St. Joseph, Taunton. for guidance
February 2 . Most Rev. William Stang, D.D.,
1907, First Bishop of Fall River in everytrunk financial.· 1904·07
I -.,:.~, Rev. Patriclt F, McKenna, 1913, ',t., ,~
Rev. John L. McNamara, 1941, Pastor, Immaculate Conception, Fall River
Rev. P. Roland Decosse, 1947, I Pastor, "St. Hyacinth, New BedI ford
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Fe1,mlary 4 \!Ii Rt. Rev. Hl,lgh J. Smyth, P.R.,
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Pro-life Continued f.rom page one
said Richard Doerflinger, legislative assistant to the· bishops' Committee on Pro-life Activities. ·~It's always been a· part of Catholic theology. Even in the centuries when biological knowledge was murky and the question of when life begins was unresolved, they always used that."
He disagreed with Reagan's statement at the press conference concerning recent.hearings on when life begins.
The president said the results of the hearing showed that it could not be resolved when life beg~n, but Doerflinger said scie"ntists at the hearing gave their philosophical, not scientific views, on the beginning of life.
"To say the subcommittee could not resolve when life begins, is not accurate," Doerflinger said. "Some scientists chose to answer a different question about things such as qual. ity of life," he said.
Douglas Johnson, legislative director of the National Right to Life Committee, said "the president gets the conclusions exactly backward."
Johnson said that in reporting on the hearings the press has confused the separate questions of when life begins and when that life was value. Although witnesses at the hearings disgreed about when life has value they all concluded that life begins at conception.
Reagan was asked whether, if one of his daughters were raped and became pregnant as a result, he would agree that she be forced to carry that pregnancy to term.
The president said he would not answer the question in personal terms but, "i do know. that I once approved the law in California that allowed that as a justification in the line of selfdefense, just as a mother has a right, in my view to protect her own life at the expense' of the life of the unborn child.
"I am very concerned because I have found out since that it was used as a gigantic loophole in the law and it . . . literally led to abortion on demand, on the plea of rape," he said.
He added that he would be "hesitant to approve abortion" in cases of rape.
Johnson said it was actually the health exception that caused the loophole allowing abortion virtually on demand. Pro- abortionists expanded the health provision to in~lude almost anything, he said.
Peace asked SAN SALVADOR (NC) - Cit
ing the more than 600,000 victims of 1981's civil war in El
. Salvador, Bishop Arturo Rivera Damas, apostolic administrator of the Archdiocese of San Salvador, appealed to the military and the guerrillas to end their conflict through a negotiated peace. He asked Salvadorans to reflect on his belief that "the conflict of El Salvador ·is at the heart of the East-West conflict and runs the risk of becoming truly international with no end in sight."
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Priests needed Dear Editor:
You headlined a letter of mine in 1975 "Look at the Growth of the Church." It told of the growth of the church from 35,000 in 1790 to almost 49 million in 1975. It also stated that from no diocesan priests in 1790, by 1975 there were over 36,000 with religious priests going from 34 in 1790 to 20,000 in 1975.
I bring this up 'again as our own diocese has grown phenomenally, especially in the Cape Cod area, yet our growth in candidates for the priesthood hasn't. This has happened all over the country. Where have we failed in trying to rectify this? ...
I wonder how many signed those cards asking us to pray for priests which came from the bishop a few years ago - and if they signed and sent it in, are they still fulfilling their pledge?
Each day at Mass that is one of my most fervent intentions. Never forget, our precious liturgy of the Mass, our confessions, our calls when ill or dying, our sympathy and help, our children's CCD instructions, our church's very existence depend on our having priests.
Pray, pray for more of them, and may they all be guided by Pope John Paul II.
Katherine Nowak Marion
Test-tube babies Dear Editor:
So Dr. Leroy Walters thinks in vitro fertilization to produce test-tube babies is ethically acceptable (Anchor, Jan. 14, p.l)? Who put him in charge and why didn't you print, in answer, the church's teaching. After all, we expect and look to our diocesan Catholic paper for the Catholic position on current moral questions as they arise,
The complex procedure of in vitro fertilization is well summarized by Father Aidan Carr, OCSO: "In vitro (test-tube) fertilization is immoral. It is artificial insemination compounded and it will often include abortion. It is wrong because it is a denigration of human dignity, of the sacredness of human life, of the integral meaning of human marital love and the family, of man's accountability to God.
"By it j man is equated with the animal; a human embyro is exposed to the serious danger of damage or extinction in the medical processes necessary; marriage is not of itself regarded as procreative; divine law is mocked by a total disreg'ard for revealed truth and the teachings of the Judeo-Christian moral heritage" (Homilet~c and Pastoral Review, June 1912, p. 67). . .•
Even Dr. Steptoe himself, when asked about birth defects due to test-tiJbe fertilization, said
BOY SCOUTS representing eight New England Diocesan Catholic Scouting committees meet in Worcester with chaplains and lay chairmen. Top row left is Ted Figlock, Taunton, elected a youth representative to an area meeting to be held next September, also in Worcester.
Balloons. bear good news Continued from page one public schools," 87 percent system in general. I changed my
veyed agreed with that. "I think agreed. . faith five years ago because of that Catholic schools are a bar One reader commented that gain at any price." . "there is no substitute for good
. In the U.S. Catholic survey 92 Catholic education in a good percent of the readers agreed Catholic school. Catholic schools with the statement: "Just as im are superior to public schools in· portant as religion classes in 'every regard and' CCD classes Catholic schools is the Catholic once or twice a week can never environment which surrounds the take the place of a daily reliteachings of all subjects." gion class and a Catholic en
To the statement that "apart vironment." from religion, Catholic schools Another wrote, "I am impressstill have better disCipline than ed with the Catholic education
Bishop asks f()rgiveness for brother's murderers
CIJEVELAND (NC) - Auxiliary Bishop James P. Lyke of' Cleveland said he and his family "beg God's mercy and forgiveness" for those who murder.ed his brother.
Bishop Lyke also rejected capital punishment for those charged with the murder.
The bishop's brother, Amos Lyke, 59, was suffocated in his Chicago apartment on the evening of Jan.!. Three men and a woman have been arrested and charged in the robbery-murder.
"I am so proud of my family," said Bishop Lyke in a homily at a funeral service in Chicago. "For those who killed my brother, we beg God's mercy and forgiveness. With St. Paul, w~ believe deeply that we shall overcome evil with good. We listen intently to Christ's words, 'Love your enemies; pray for your persecutors: "
Bishop Lyke continued: "While we would want some form of justice, I would. not desire the death penalty. Capital punishment is inconsistent with the way
What of the defective children brought into being by test-tube fertilization? Dr. Steptoe responds "Termination (abortion) would be necessary."
and thinking of Jesus, who could have called 12 legions of angels to his defense, but instead chose to die that even his enemies might have life.
"In a very real way, we are all on trial," the bishop said. "So much of what all of us do fosters a climate of violence in our society and feeds the systems of aggression that cheapen human life.
"When we attempt to solve family problems through physical force or vitriolic words," he continued, "when we applaud the injury of others, when we view television programs or attend movies wherein violence is glorified, when we use or condone the use of drugs, when we join gangs that bring fear and terror to our neighborhoods, when we purchase 'hot' goods, when we participate in these and so many like activities, we support and feed the climate of violence and the systems of aggression."
The first black instructor in physical education at Millington Naval Base in Millington, Tenn., Lyke. who was not a Catholic, worked for most of his life as a bus driver and construction worker. For the last five years, he was retired on disability. He
it." One reader told of her child
ren in CathoH~ gramwar school, Catholic high school and Catholic university. "I am more impressed than ever of the loving atmosphere the chiidren are in every day. There have been years when we wondered how the tuition would ever be paid, but with the help of God and part-time jobs for teen-agers, it was. Our children are not only well-educated but seem to be happy and well adjusted. I give a lot of credit for this to our great Catholic school system,"
"It is well worth the tuition, the Bingo volunteer hours, the bake sales and card parties to keep God alive in our children during school hours as well as at home," a Massachusetts reader said.
LONDON (NC) - Rastafarianism, the West Indian cult centered on the person of the late Emperor Haile S'elassie of Ethiopia, should be recognized as a valid religion, according to the Catholic Commission far Racial Justice.
In particular, Rastafarian dress, including the characteristic hairstyle of dreadlocks, should be accepted as an authentic religious and cultural expression, the commission said.
It asked the British government .to ensure that Rastafarians in prisons do not have their dreadlocks forcibly cut off, as is often the case, In general, it asked that they be allowed the same privileges as other religious believers:
The commission's report said Rastafarianism developed from the Jamaican black people's experience of slavery and oppression and took form with the crowning of Ras (prince) Tafari in 1930. Haile Selassie was seen as a sign of black liberation and as the living God.
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ROME (NC) - Pope)ohn Paul II likes the people of Africa.
The pope, by nature and by his position, likes everybody, of cOlirse. But he has a special predilection for what he has called fondly "the African soul." , That is why in mid-February Pope John Paul's first trip outside of Italy, since his near-fatal shooting will be to Nigeria.
In the spring of 1980, upon the pope's return from an ll-day visit to Zaire, Congo, Kenya, Ghana, Upper Volta, and the Ivory Coast, thousands of visitors to St. Peter's square heard him declare' that he would return to Africa.
"Although only one African in eight is today a Catholic, they are deeply sensitive to the sacred dimension," the pope explained, and he went on to describe that sensitivity._
Even a casual observer can make sense of the upcoming trip.
Nigeria is one of the most important nations in Africa.
At 80 million the most popu-IOUS nation on the continent, Nigeria is a burgeoning econ
Iomic power. Rich in naturalresources, it is a major producer of oil and a member of OPEC. Other minerals include tin,: limestone and coal. Although SO percent of its total' work force is
I currently engaged in agricultural production, that figure' is dropping. Stimulated by a government policy encouraging wider self-sufficiency, there is a growing manufa<;turing sector, as well as the beginnings of basic heavy industry, including several refineries and steel mills.
"It doesn't surprise me at all," said an American working at the Vatican, "that the pope is risiting Nigeria. When he went to Africa the last time without going there, it was because. ~igeria is important enough to deserve a trip by itself."I The changing nature of the ~igerian workforce gives an important clue, to the .pope's conc!:ern. From previous statements ~t is clear that the pope cherishes l>frican values and wants to ~elp protect them from the as-' ~ault of materialism. On his previous trip, he pleaded with Af~icans no~ to succumb 'to the intoxification of profit, to the ~enefit of privileged class." 1 From Pope John Paul's words
'Africans are Cleeply sensitive to the sacred dimension.'
shield from' materialism is the sense of family. In Zaire in 1980, he lauded "the positive values of a sense of family, anchored in the African soul, which carry many asp~cts that are certainly able to' cause reflection by socalled. advanced civilizations."
Among these values the pope listed: "th!! seriousness of the entry into marriage at the end of a long .journey; the priority given to tile transmission of life, and thus the importance given to the mother and children; the law of solidarity among families who have', made an alliance which is exercised especially in favor of the elderly, widows and orphan~; a' kind of co-responsibility in taking care of the education of children that can readily lessen psychological tensions; and the cult of ancestors, which promotes fidelity to traditions."
But evangelization plays itself, not only against- the wide screen of society in general; there is a sharper focus, too, and the pope wants to address himself particularly to the Roman Catholic community in Nigeria..
Its 4 million members do not represent the largest nation of African Catholics - Zaire, for example, has 11 million. But the Nigerian church is particularly vibrant, in . the full springtime of its growth - converts by the thousands, seminaries overflowing, priests and nuns going as missionaries to other African nations, lay catechists and volunteering in multitudes.
At this 'strategic moment, the pope wants to' foster Nigeria's continued energy, to insure its unity within itself and with the wider' church, to invite it to match itself regularly against the Gospel and to draw its power from there. ,
To Nigeria's. bishops Jan. 14, Pope John Paul gave a preview of February's message: "It is
through evangelization, through the communication of the power of Christ's Gospel that the local churches are purified and enabled to become ever more authentic communities of faith, in which the poor and the suffering, the sick and the handicapped, the, unemployed and the disinherited, the orphans, widows and refugees find fraternal love, solidarity and support; and in which everyone is 'eager' to maintain the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace.' '(Eph.4:3)"
In the context of Pope John ~aul's past statements and Nigeria's present situation, the pope's planned visit, as one Roman observer put it, "makes perfect pastoral sense."
But perhaps it is easier to explain.
Said a priest who knows the pope, speaking about the Nigerians: "They are his responsibility and they ask him to come. With this man, that's all you need."
Papal trip details are -announced
VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paul II will visit the African nations of Nigeria, Gabon, Benin and Equatorial Guinea Feb. 1219, a Vatican spokesman said,'
'Father Romeo Panciroli, director of the Vatican Press Office, announced details of the trip, to be the first for the pope since February 1981.
The pope's first stop in Africa is Nigeria, where he will visit Lagos, the capital, and the cities of Onitsha, Enugu, Kaduna and Ibadan.
After a brief visit to Cotonou. the capital of 'Benill, the pope will go to Libreville, the capital of Gabon, Father- Papciroli said. His final stop will be in Equatorial Guinea.
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9 Mary~ mother and disciple SAN FRANCISCO (NC)
The key fact about Mary, the mother of Jesus, is her discipleship, said Sulpician Father Raymond. E. Brown, Auburn professor of biblical studies at Union Theological Seminary in New York City.
"The essence of what Mary means to'us all is that she heard the word of God and did it," Father Brown said at a Marian symposium at St. ·Patrick's Seminry, Menlo Park, Calif.
"Jesus explains," he said, "that whoever does the will of God is mother and brother . ". and sister to me."
"This is an important distinction," the Scripture scholar continued, "because in the Judaic tradition the people of God were those born of a Jewish mother - all others were outside of the chosen people.
"But the radicalism of Jesus
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came to challenge this. Birth does not accomplish relationship to him or his people. He is not interested in mere physical birth or relationship. He distinguishes natural birth from the relationship that comes from doing the will of God. This is what makes a real family for him:'
"The relationship of mother to to son and son to mother and Mary's role as both mother and disciple are reflected throughout the Gospels," Father Brown said, "but especially in the scene in the temple when Jesus, as a young boy, is preaching and remarks to his mother that he must be about his Father's business he is not merely her son."
At the wedding feast at Cana, Jesus acceded' to his mother's request to provide inore wine but first told her "my hour has not yet come," Father Brown said. "Even though she is his
mother, she is beginning to give priority to what he wants.
"She has faith," Father Brown went on. "She is willing to obey his decisions and his word. She is disciple. Jesus brings her to the foot of the cross, and without naming Mary or John sp~cifically, he commends them to each other with the words, 'son' and 'mother: These two are typical of all the people Jesus loves. The language. of the family' is the language of love and peace.
"So in answer to the question, "Who are my brothers?' Jesus' answer ultimately is that those who stand at the' foot of the cross and who believe in him are," Father Brown said.
"The reality of Mary is that she was Jesus' natural mother but she also met the criterion of the Gospel - she ·was disciple, too:'
He's the first born-deaf U.S. priest By Marian Walsh
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (NC) - "I see myself as a broken toy:' said Trinitarian Father Thomas Coughlin, the first born-deaf priest in the United States and one of the only four born-deaf priests in the world.
In an interview with the Visitor, newspaper of the Providence diocese, he said, "Our task is to repair the broken aspect of humanity and in that process, mankind becomes one:'
The 34-year-old priest, a native of Malone, N.Y., has been a trailblazer.
He was turned down by the first religious order he sought to join, but was accepted by the Trinitarian Fathers.
Because of his deafness he felt isolated from his fellow semino;irians because he could not communicate with them, but he per-. severed and was ordained in Baltimore in May, 1977.
He has served as a missionary priest for the International Catholic Deaf Association since or
dination and has traveled throughout the world giving re
. treats for the deaf. He expects to go to the .Phillipines soon to conduct a retreat there.
During his visit to Providence, Father Coughlin spent several" hours with students of the Rhode Island School for the Deaf.
At one point, two students started a little scuffle and Father Coughlin laughingly challenged one to an arm wrestling contest, which resulted in all the boys seeking a bout.
But the visit was not all games and laughter. Father Coughlin spoke to the students about God and heaven, told stories and .showed a movie:
He said a chaplain at St. Mary's School, a secondary insituation for the deaf run by the Sisters of St. Joseph in Buffalo, was his inspiration to become a priest. After being turned down by one order because .of his handicap was accepted by the Trinitarians after graduation from Gallaudet College. He later received a master's degree from
Df:REK REGO of the Rhode Island School for the Deaf in Providence arm wrestles with Father Thomas Coughlin. Brian Bulger will be the. next contender. (NC Photo)
Catholic University. Speaking at a banquet of the
International Catholic Deaf Association, the priest emphasized that the deaf should take more responsibility in the church and be encouraged to develop leadership qualities.
To promote such leadership and foster vocations, Father Coughlin has established the Mark Seven Foundation whose goals are to establish and operat~ a national Catholic Deaf Youth Leadership Training Camp; to initiate a deaf religious vocation program; to establish a House of Prayer; and to conduct a moral education program for deaf students of all faiths.
Many members of the Fall River diocese are -active in the International Catholic Deaf Association under direction of Father Joseph Viveiros, head of the Deaf Apostolate, .which has headquarters at 243 Forest St., Fall River, tel. 679-8:l73 or 6745741, ext. 261. New members are welcome.
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Dear Dr. Kenny: RecelDtIy I I separated from my husband. We 'I·are not divorced but are hoping to work out some of our differe~ces while living apart. I have
I.four children. One of our pro». Ilems was that he is married to Ihis job. Several times he told me his work had to come before his family.I 'When we separated tWo weeks Iago, his first request was that Ihe eat with us and. I do his ilaundry. I said no because it Isounded like the arrangement we had had. I wanted him to learn Ihow difficult and time-ronsumingIiit was to provide room and lboard. Perhaps he would find a iway to give more time to me and the children in return for my homemaking.I Yesterday r found out that my closest friend, a widow, offered to find him an apartment and ~elp him f.umish it. I am so upset. I doubt there is anything :tomantie in her efforts. How~ver, she is interfering with my ~trategy to get my husband back. IT don't think I can handle this. 'Vet my friend is doing nothing kong. I don't know what to do. ~ennsylvania) i Your letter raises many quesllions. However, not knowing
your circumstances, I can only accept that you and your husband have chosen the wisest strategy to effect a possible' re~ conciliation. "
Accepting this, I can understand your pain when your friend helped your husband find an apartment and take care of the particulars so that he could continue his workaholic ways. In a way, she has assumed one of your wifely roles.
Tell her how you feel. Tell' her that you cannot handle the emotions, the jealousy. If she is truly your frie~d, she will stay out of any, domestic matters with your husband.
Some might say that since you and your husband are separated, he is fair game for others. You had your choice to accommodate his workah9lic ways. Since you didn't choose to, you have no right to be upset if someone else wants him as he is.
On the 'contrary, you have every right to be upset. You are still married. Anyone else who gets involved in your domestic arrangements is out of place.
One final word of caution. Your friend may be the least of your worries. I suspect there are many' other women out there who would like to meet and marry a
hard-working breadwinner. They might be willing to put up with some of his faults. In short, while your friend may back off, others wilt probably come along who are less sympathetic to you and they may take a very selfish ,interest in your husband.,'
To help counteract this I would suggest that you not present your husband with the ultimatum of no wifely support until he guarantees the family more time. Soften your position a bit.
Perhaps you can enjoy a relationship again. Maybe he can have one din~er per week at home. Can you take the children places together?
Your strategy is to withhold .your homemaking support until your husband agrees to spend more time at home. Tell your friend you would appreciate it if she did not interfere with your plan. At the same time, offer some inducement to keep your husband coming by. If you don't, I fear he will sink further into his job or' else, take up house
.keeping with someone who accommodates his style.
Reader questions on family living and child care to be answered in print are invited. Address The Kennys, Box 67, Rensselaer, Ind. 47978.
Rome's .theologia~s enter computer age By Father Kermeth J. Doyle
i ROME (NC) - Suppose you
Ire one of Rome's 10,000 theolo~!y students and you are beginr.ling to work on the dissertation
Ifor you~ graduate degree. , I Chances are that Fathe1"Ralph
"filtgen is your hero. ,Before the' 60-year-old priest
gbt involved, the early stages of dlilsserta'.tion work' were long, tedious and inefficient. You first , ,
selected a topic and then, on a p'it-and-miss ,basis, struggled to fi'nd the important writings on' tI~at subject. The process was inelificient.
IThen the Chicago-born Father Wiltgen came on the scene. In December 1981 he established Uie Theological Library Network, gi:ving Rome's scholars and studl~ntsaccess to a computerized' dllta base of millions of bibliogl'raphical references.
IThe Divine Word missionary is [no stranger to the communications world. During the Second VAtican Council he issued a tv.\ice-a-day newsletter on council
l proceedings which had 3,147
subscribers in 108 countries. \o\pplying the same creativity
to I library science, the priestscJ~olar, who has also authored books on church history, is seek-· in!~ to take Roman research by tM hand and lead it into the 20tfh century. '
This is the way Father Wiltgelj,s system works.
I ,Under the auspices of his
Th,bological Library Network, YQI~ send your dissertation topic viai computer' to the United Slates to the On-Line Computler Center (OCLC) and the
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Research Libraries Information Network (RUN). Back comes a printout of all the books, by title a,nd author, registered on' your topic. OCLC and RUN store 12 million bibliographical records.
Also listed on the printout, in code letters, are the U.S. libraries which contain the books' you need. What before was done in months is now done in minutes, with precision and thoroughness.
It remains, of course, for the student to get the books from the United S,tates through interlibrary loan by written request, unless a Rome library happens to have the book.
Within two years Father Wiltgen envisions a new phase beginning. By then, he feels, the books in Rome's hundreds of theological libraries will have been entered into this same data Qase.
And the dream does not end there. Shortly after that, says Father Wiltgen, electronic sophistication and declining costs
will make it possible for each of Rome's houses of theological study to have its own computer terminal and video display screen, 'giving it instantaneous access to this fund of knowledge. , in the few weeks since its inception, Father Wiltgen's project to modernize theological research has met with wide approval and interest. Thirty Rome libraries, including three, Protestant ones, have asked to be included in the system. Three Vatican congregations have endorsed the undertaking, and requests for printouts on particular topics have already come from theological scholars as far away as Paraguay and the PhilIipines. '
The enthusiastic welcome for the Project does not surprise its founder.
"It seems to make perfect ;sense," says Father Wiltgen'. "With it, you can do better work, and at less cost, in less time and with less strain."
Gol~en rose stolen from Knock KNOCK, . Ireland (NC)
Thieves smashed a glass case in the basilica at the shrine of Our Lady of Knock and stole II goldplated carving given by Pope John Paul II when he visited the shrine in 1979, police said on Jan. 6~
The carving has a nine-inchhigh golden rose. said Msgr. James Horan, the local priest who. invited the pope to the Marian shrine in County Mayo. He said it was similar to gifts presented by the Vatican to most of the world's Catholic pilgrimage centers.
, The metal of which the rose is made is, worth relatively little, but Ireland's 3.5 million Catholics consider the rose "almost beyond value," Msgr. Horan. said. Appealing to the robbers to return the carving, he said, "It means so much to the people around here and· we badly want it back."
Pope John Paul visited the Knock shrine during'his threeday visit to Ireland in October 1979. The shrine wlJs, built on the spot where local people said they saw a vision of the Virgin Mary on Aug. 21, 1879.
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are asked to submit news Items for this Folk choir rehearsals will be column to The Anchor, P,O. Box 7, Fall River, 02722. Name of cltx or town should held Wednesday in the rectory be Included as well as full dates of all basement: 6:30 p.m. for juniors,activities. Please send news of future rather 7 p.m. for seniors. than past events. Note: ·We do not carry
fundralslng such as The parish council will meetnews of activities bingos, whlsts, dances, suppers and bazaars. at 7:30 tonight in the rectory.We are happy to carry notices of spiritual Cub Scouts wlll hold a packprograms, club meetlngs youth projects and similar nonprofit activit les. meetlnR at 5:30 p.m. Sunday in Fundralslng projects may be advertised at the church 'hall. our regular rates obtainable from The The ,human development comAnchor business office, telephone 675·7151. On Steering Points Items FR Indicates Fall mittee will meet at 7:30 p.m. River, NB rndlcates New Bedford. Thursday, Feb. 4, in the rectory. DAUGHTERS OF'ISABELLA FIRST FRIDAY CLUB
Alcazaba Circle 65 of Attle Jo McGowan will speak on herboro will meet .at 7:30 p.m. experiences in India at a meetThursday, Feb. 4, in K of C Hall ing of the Greater Fall Riveron Hodges _Street. A social hour ,First Friday Club to begin withwill follow the business session. 6 p.m. Mass Friday, Feb. 5, at
Sacred Heart Church, Fall River.OUR LADY OF ANGELS, FR Supper and the. meeting will folThe annual credit union meet low in Sacred Heart School cafeing will be held at 2 p.m. SUI) teria.day at the parish hall. The Holy Name Society will ST. ANNE'S HOSPITAL, FR
hold a breakfast meeting follow The Cancer Support Grouping 8 a.m. Mass Sunday, March will meet at 7 p.m. tonight in 21. Room 108 of Clemence Hall.
Candles will be blessed at 7 Cancer patients and members of a.m. Mass Tuesday, the feast of their families are welcome. Fur•. the Presentation. They will be ther information: Pamela Clift,available at all Masses the week 674-5741, ext. 261. end of Feb. 6 'and 7. Throats will
. also be blessed at all Masses Ithat WIDOWS, WIDOWERS, NB weekend. A support group for the wid.
Leaders are needed for a Cub owed will meet at 8 p.m. MonScout pack in process of forma day, Feb. 8, at St. Kilian's rection. Volunteers may contact the tory, 306 Ashley Blvd. Henry rectory. Rodrigues, CPA, will speak on
finances for the widowed perSS. PETER AND PAUL, FR son. All we~come.An evening of recollection for
CCD teachers and aides in area LA SALETTE SHRINE,parishes will begin 'at 7 p.m. ATTLEBORO ' Needy get gourmet.mealsSunday at the Father Coady Forthcoming shrine programsCenter. The program will be will include a series of discussconducted by Sister Theresa, and ions on the sacrament of penance, PHOENIX, Ariz. (NC) - The from Cardinal Humberto MedFather John Oliveira. Interested for women at 10 a.m. and 8:15 St. Vincent de 'Paul Charity Din eiros of Boston, who had attendparishioners are invited. p.m. Wednesd.ay, Feb. 10, led by ing Room in Phoenix used to ed the conference.
Father Andre Patenaude, MS,'DIVORCED/SEPARATED, NB serve its patrons good nourish Although offered big moneyand for men at the same hours Support group members meet ing meals, but since gourmet by Phoenix area restaurants, von Wednesday, Feb. 17. led byat 7:30 p.m. each Sunday at Our Father Paul Dalbec, MS. chef Karl von Lutz took over, Lutz has turned it down. He said Lady's Chapel, 600 Pleasant St. Beginning at 10 a.m. Thurs those meals have become epicur he'd rather work at St. Vincent February's schedule: Feb. 7, talk day, Feb. 11, and continuingon annulments by Father Marc ean delights at no extra cost. de Paul's' Charity Dining Room weekly throup.h May 27, a BibleBergeron; Feb. 14, Mass, coffee where he can serve the poor.study group will meet under di The dining room, run by theand conversation; Feb. 21, talk on rection of Father Joseph Ross, Society of St. Vincent de Paul, taxes for the divorced and sep MS, in the Devotional Chapel.arated by tax preparer Donald has been in operation for 29Participants ars asked to bringDumont; Feb. 28, group discuss Bibles. . years, serving more than 8.9 Stonehill courses ion on the "annulment men "An Experience in Prayer million free meals to the needytality," facilitated by Chris 0' Movement" will be led by Doro start in FebruaryNeill. of Phoenix.
thy Buck of Hamden, CT, from VINCENTIANS, FR 9:30 a.m. 'to 5 p.m. Saturday, Von Lutz, 57, who retired as The Conferences and Insitutes
The greater Fall River Council Feb. 13. The pro!ttam inteerates a chef in 1979 and moved to Division of Stonehill College,will meet for Mass 'at 7 p.m. classical ballet and prayer tech Phoenix, had 32 years of cook North Easton, has announced deTuesday in St. Anne's School niques. hall, Fall River. A meat pie sup Furt:her information on /all ing behind him before taking on velopment of certificate programs per and meeting will follow. programs is available from the the job at the dining room in in management and in computer
shrine, tel. 222-5410. April 1981. At one time von science. Also offered are manyST. THOMAS MORE, WIDOWS, WIDOWERS, Lutz served lavish meals to eleATTLEBORO
SOMERSET courses in professionalcontinuA parish renewal program is gant diners at the Edgewater ing education. All begin in FebMembers will leave from St. planned for Sunday, March 7, Beach Hotel in Chicago and at ruary.Theresa's pa.rking lot at 7:15through Wednesdav, March 10. the Lord Simscoe Hotel in Trop.m. Friday, Feb. 5, for a music The management programThe Women's Guild will meet
and singalong program at Sa onto, where he was executiveat 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11 in offers six courses covering comcred Heart parish, North Attlethe parish center. chef. munication and leadership skills, boro.
ST.ANNE,FR "I'm now repaying God for managerial activities, ,computer ST. JOSEPH, NBParents of first communion what he allowed me to do in the basics, time management andS'econd-gradieI1S rwi]] receivecandidates will meet in the First Penance at 3 p.m. Saturday. past," von Lutz said; "When I fundamentals of fina.nce and ac·
school cafeteria at 7 tonight. All welcome. die I want to have that memory counting.The Liturgical Committee will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the ST. ~CHAEL, SWANSEA left behind me." The five-course computer prorectory. Parents of first communion Von Lutz .said that helping gram consists of introductory
and confirmation candidates areST. JULIE BILLIART, people is now his vocation. "My material, BASIC and COBOLasked to meet on Tuesday, eitherN.DARTMOUTH at 10:30 a.m. in the chapel or 7 family is raised," he said. "I programming, computer systems
Parishioners are invited to join p.m. in the church. Candidates' have no one to worry about but development and managementfamilies and candidates prepar baptismal certificates should be myself. My dedication is to help science.ing for first communion and brought.confirmation at rosary and Bene Father John FoIster will con ing the poor." The non-profit professionaldiction servIces to be held at duct an evening of renew,al at 7 Born in Maine to Swiss-Ger continuing education curriculum 7:30 p.m. the last Sunday of p.m. Sund.ay, Feb. 7. All wel man parents, von Lutz was a includes courses in real estate,each month. come.
Navy cook after World War II small business development, inMARRIAGE ENCOUNTER ST. MARY, SEEKONK but learned his craft from his surance and food service proAn Encounter weekend is Mrs. Lee Ghazil will speak to father, whom he succeeded as grams.scheduled to begin tomorrow at teachers, parents .and other inthe Family Life Center, North terested persons at 7 p.m. Sun head chef at the Edgewater , New offerings are "WritingDartmouth. A few spaces are day on Family Life Education Beach. for Success," designed to sharpstill available. Further informa for Sexuality. In October 1981 ,the St. Vin en communication skills; ation: Norman and Lucy Paul, Altar boy candidates meet in678-8694. Other weekends are cent de Paul Society' held its 67th speech program emphasizing prethe church from 1 to 2 p.m. each planne4 for Feb. 12 and Feb. 26. Saturday. annual convention in a special sentation techniques; and "The
A community night for couples conference room adjoining the More Effective Woman Manwho h,ve made the weekend ST. PATRICK, !FALMOUTH
will take place at 7:30 p.m. Sat The Women's Guild is sponsor charity dining room. With his ager." urday, Feb. 6, in St. Joseph's ing a May pilgrimage to the Blue usual finesse, von Lutz offered Information on all programsChurch, Fairhaven. Jackie and Army shrine in Washington, a gourmet dinner to the group, is available from the college,Walt Coyne will speak. All en N.J. Information: Paulyn Dick,
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Alive, well II By Katherine Bird
Parishes are alive and well. That seems to be the overview
, gained by calling several parishes profiled during the past year in KnO\y Your JFaith. The series on parishes concludes this week. Pastors interviewed were Msgr. WilUam Jones, the Church of the Risen Christ, Denver, Colo., Father William Bausch, St. Mary's Church, ColtS Neck, N.J., and Msgr. John Lynch, immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Rutland, Vt.
Q. What do you see as. the most promising trend in parishes today?
Msgr. Jones: I notice a great return to prayer life and a tremendous interest in Scripture. People respond eagerly to opportunities for prayer and Bible study.
I think this has .happened partly because the Second Vati~ can Council released new fervor in people and also because of the availability of good books. audiovisual materials and other aids.
Father Lynch: For me, it would be the changing role of pastors. Many pastors see themselves as enablers. with a primary responsibility for identifying the gifts. in parishioners. Pastors also expect to train the laity and then support them in serving the parish.
Q. What do you consider the most pressing needs of parishes today?
Father Bausch: Leadership is the single most.pressing need. We need people of vision and imagination. Also. in view of the
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Odds, .ends By Father John Castelot
Paul has come to the end of his first letter to the Corinthians. but there are still several odds and ends to mention. some business. others a bit more personal. All together they provide an interesting glimpse into 'the life of this remarkable man.
First was the matter of the collection for the church in Jerusalem. That community seems to have been especially poor,' and Paul soliCited help from his more self-sufficient converts.
Besides its practical purpose. the collection served other' ends. It helped break down the barriers between the Jewish and gentile Christian churches and illustrated how all the churches were linked by a strong love expressed in sharing.
Paul's instructions about th~
collection are interesting. Every Sunday each one should put aside whatever he or she' feels able to give. Then it will be ready when P~ul comes.
Significantly. 'Paul does not ask, that they put it into a common fund. He doesn't ,want a
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BARBARA AND BILL VELEz AT THE FUNERAL OF THEIR TIlREE CHlWREN.
KILllED IN A CALiFORNIA MUDSLIDE I
What iSI the church's future?
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By Katherine Bird
What does the future hold for the church?
· . . For Irish Bishop C~hal
Daly. a high priority should be the struggle to' create a just society:
· . . For Carmelite Father Noel ' Dermot O'Donoghue, the gr,eatest challenge will be creating "channels of prayer" in believers.
· .. For Irish' professor Father Eamonn Bredin, changes in the church and sQciety will impose a new asceticism on those who come to the decision of faith.
Believers will be "forced; to jettison the inessentials. get back to the core of what Christianity is about and live it." he explained.
He prop~sed that the church experiment with new forms' of living the G,ospel. This will lead
,small groups of Christians 'to gather together frequently for spiritual renewal. living in' service of each other like Christians in the early, church.
The three gazed' into their crystal balls at a conference last July in Maynooth. Ireland. attended by 300 priests. religious and lay' people worki~g in the
I ,field of pastoral and religious Eiducation. , I The keynote speaker. Bishop
l)aly. said statistics indicate 91 Ilercent of Irish Catholics attend v~eekly Mass and 46 percent go I • . to confession monthly. But he n:oted "disquieting trends" in I:reland - trends hardly unique tl~ the Irish scene. '
I He point~d. for example. to disenchantment with the instituti'~nal church among many young pImple. especially university students. They see the institution as irhpersonal, remote. uncompassi<,nate and unfeeling, the bishop said.
iTherefore. it is imperative for tlle church to provide pastoral care with a "human face, a hum,an presence and a Christ-like, hl~art," he continued. "I believe Hiat people nowadays need. more Uian anything else. human conta~ct with their pastors and with al,l who represent Christ for th:em."
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,The bishop called on the young tOI become active in politics as a Iway of working for a just socil~ty. Only "committed and coimpetent Christians" will be able to put "their faith to work
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in the, love and service of their fellowmen." he observed.
Father O·Donoghue. of New College at the University of Edinburgh. said only' prayer can personalize human beings and their world. It allows a person to be united' with "all men and women at all times, past, present and 'future."
Father O'Donoghue stilted his ' conviction there is a "candle
. waiting to be lighted" in every human heart - a candle which can be lighted by "any of a thousand or a million candle.lighters." Mother Teresa does this. but so did Hitler, he observed somberly.
The philosopher cited II "radical shift of consciousness" in youths today, which shows itself in willingness to join altern'ative communities and to participate in traditional spiritual exercises, such as Marian devotion. He believes prayer is essential to engage the ,hearts of the you~g.
Accordingly. on a practical level. Father O'Donoghue proposed that teachers of religion learn to be teachers of prayer as well, for the teacher must "both inform the mind and form the heart."
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/. Crystal ball By Father PhiUp J. Mumion
It is said that the rapid pace of change in the world at large has outstripped the capacity of the imagination to make the kind of leaps into the future that almost seem demanded of it.
Perhaps it is just so with parish life. So many' changes in such a' short period! It is hard to imagine the future. Yet there are some indications of further change to come.
Gazing into my crystal ball, I offer some speculations about what the future' may hold:
- Undoubtedly there will be further changes in the ways we celebrate Mass. not radical changes, but small changes allowing for adaptations to special cultural or ethnic groups. for example.
- New devotions will surely arise because of a need for group prayer that more fully allows expression of our sentiments.
- More and more attention will be paid to the belief of each individual with more opportunities and encouragement to participate in small groups for prayer and reflection while balancing this with the more public role of the church in matters of justice and human development.
- In the future we may see sharper divisions between middle-class Catholics and poor Catholics, coupled with greater efforts to bring the two together. And the church will focus more and more on ways to serve its adult members.
-Most probably. lay people will play an increasing role in parish decision-making and leadership. I think it will be increasingly ne~essary to insist on commitment and involvement, some background in the <;hurch for lay leaders.
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For children By Janaan Manternach
Paul finally arrived in Rome, the world's capital.
The Roman centurion allowed him to rent a place to stay, where he was kept under house arrest with a sol~ier to guard ' him. No date was' set for his trial before the emperor.
Paul was eager to meet the leaders of the Jewish community in Rome. I\s a Jew. he looked upon them as his' kinsmen. So after he found a place to stay, he invited them to visit him. He was eager to explain his situation to them.
He also wanted to preach the good news about Jesus. In a new city he always spoke first about Jesus to the Jewish community.
"My brothers...• Paul said to the leaders when they gathered at his apartment•."I have done nothing against our people or our ancient customs. Yet in Jerusalem, I was handed over to the Romans as a prisoner. The Romans found me not guilty of anything deserving the death penalty. Still I was in danger. So 1 appealed as a Roman cili-
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large amount of money lying around to be stolen or ·misappropriated.
Neither does he want to expose himself to the charge of self-interest. The community will choose its own delegation to deliver the collection. If they want, they can go to Jerusalem with him.
Then Paul tells the people that he plans to visit them. Things were to turn out quite differently, but his plan was to spend some time with them after revisiting the churches in Macedonia, which he hadn't seen in almost five years. That in itself is an indication of how he trusted his communities. However, before he can even start out on the trip he has things to clear up in Ephesus.
Much earlier in this letter to the Corinthians, Paul had mentioned that he had sent Timothy to them. Now the visit doesn't seem ·so definite. "If Timothy should come," he writes.
In any event, Paul wants them to welcome Timothy warmly and not give him a bad time. He is aware that there are some unpleasant people in the communityl
He also seems anxious to let them know he is not all jealous of Apollos, whom we remember from earlier in the letter: "I urged him strongly to go to
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zen to the emperor for judgment and protection. I am a prisoner for no other reason than my belief in the hope of Israel."
The leaders responded: "We have no letters about you from Jerusalem. We heard no reports or rul1)ors that discredit you. We want to hear your views. Of course, we know well that this new sect, the followers of Jesus, is denounced everywhere."·
They arranged to meet again when the leaders returned, Paul spoke with them from early morning to late evening. He talked about the' reign of God. He told them' that he saw Jesus as one in a line with the law of Moses and the teachings of the prophets.
Some of the leaders were convinced. Others were not. Without reaching any agreement among themselves, they began to leave. Paul asked them to stay just a few minutes longer. He had a final word to say.
"The Holy Spirit summed it all up very well in the words of the prophet Isaiah. You know the words well: The heart of this people has grown sluggish. They have scarcely used their ears to listen; their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes, hear with their ears; understand with their minds and repent.' "
The leaders left. They talked into the night about what Paul had tol~ them. '
Paul temained under house arrest in Rome for two years. He welcom~d everyone who visited him, te~ching them about God's reign and the Lord Jesus.
you . . . but he did not want to go at this time."
Paul has warm words for the household of Stephanas, applu-enUy Chis first converts in Corinth. They have turned out model Christians and he urges all to follow their example.
Again indicating the unity of the churches, Paul sends greetings from the communities of A'sia Minor, with special greetings from his good friends Aquila and Prisca. Their home is one of the "house churches" typical of the day.
. Paul invites the peop,!,e to greet each other with a holy kiss, suggesting that his letter was read at a liturgical gathering.
Finally, taking the stylus 'from hi~ secretary, he writes the final lines with his own hand. And although he was visibly upset with the people in many instances
. throughout the letter, his last words are, quite typically: "My love to all of you in Jesus Christ."
Crystal ball Continued from page twelve - Again, many parishes will
have to decide whether they will settle for fewer activities in light of the declining numbers of priests or Religious, or whether greater lay involvement will help maintain activities.
. - There will be more parishes without resident priests. Again, this will raise considerations about the responsibilities of the laity.
- Already we are witnessing changes related to reception of sacraments. For example, in many places there are preparation programs for engaged couples, reflecting the desire to insure that couples understand matrimony as a sacrament.
These are some of my speculations. They emphasize the challenge of Christian life.
But the parish will continue to deal with the basic needs, desires, emotions and relationships of humankind, as well as the basic message of the Gospel.
Required will be more attention to faith and theology. We will need to give attention to ways of making belief personal, of developing a sense of belonging. We may need more collaboration among church members and more courage to challenge the conveniences of culture in the name of the Gospel of love and justice.
Conditions may change, but with the help of God the parish of the future· will reflect our convictions' and commitments.
Not totalitarian WASHINGTON (NC) - Al
though there are limitations on freedom. of the press and political dissent, and some officials try to curtail church influence, Nicaragua has not gone totalitarian, according to Archbishop Miguel Obando Bravo of Managua, Nicaragua. "We are still working toward democracy in a pluralistic society under a revolution that we want to remain genuinely Nicaraguan, not a copy of others." the archbishop said.
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diminishing numbers of clergy, we· need collaboratve ministry among laity, Religious and clergy.
Msgr. Jones: It seems to me the church needs deeply spiritual people in the various parish ministries, people who can bring the love of God into daily life.
High quality educational programs are another pressing need. We must educate people about their faith in a way that combines the needs of the intellect as well as the heart. Right now, we seem to be better at providing experiences of faith for the young, for instance, then at teaching them to appreciate the' substance of the faith.
Msgr Lynch: We must build ecumenical awareness in parishioners. The church has done some work in developing the theological and even the political aspects of ecumenism, ready for the reunion of churches --or even that they understand why the lack of union is a scandal.
Q. What do you. find surprising about parishes today?
Father Bausch: Creativity. People are using their imagination to revitalize parish life; like taking a dead inner city church, knocking out a few pews, and opening a center where people can meet and share.
Msgr. Lynch:" it has been a real surprise to not~ some teen-' agers returning to regular Mass attendance. Also, I see a return to formal marriages.
People seem to want something they can rely on.
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concern with left and right that there are an above and below." - Ave Maria
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Q. My father lost his job three weeks ago and cannot find another one. Late last night I heard him crying in his and ~m's
bedroom. My little brother heard him too and began crying and could not go to sleep for Ii long time. I don't know what to do. (Michigan) .
I A. One of the' most difficult
parts of growing up is discove~•. ing that grownups cry,. get scared and don't always have everything under contro}. Even big, tough grownups shed tears sometimes.
On occasion it can be healthy to cry; this helps let out the sadness we feel inside.
Can you explain this -to your younger brother and try' to help him understand?'
About seven years .ago. I lQst a job that I had held fo'r 23 years. It' wasn't fun '- 'and it's not 'fun for your dad either. Going down to collect unemployment 'compensation is; at best; riot a che~ring experience. I
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.The ram ~as hOt and 'the i streets ~ere empty As downtown cJosed her eyes .1. . .
The movie house stood i.n:.silence lias I said my last goodbye . 'Her sllver screen was ~ect witlll memories As CagDey shot them down . .l. In dreamland lost and found . ,Ob my GOd,' well we both are em~ty : Paradise and me :: I Do you believe Pm still chasing rrlinbows When everywhere I see, I . Lonely people, lonely people I Up above these ghetto streets I . They smlle and say they're fine ! In penthouse suites they si,t and st~re But behind those smUes they just don't care . Lonely people, lonely people I' . Beneath those-neon ~ts· in subway seats they crowd for air So close and yet so far they share Ithe secrets of despair
. I I Sung by Styx, Written by Del~ DeYoung, (c) 1980
by. Stygian ~ongs
STYX'S 1980 album "Paradise, :As I listened, I thought about Theatre" has produced such hits 10Aeliness. as "The Best of Times," "Too Styx' compares. inner emptiMuch Time on My Hands," and ne~s with the image of the Para. "Nothing Goes as Planned." .I di~e Theatre .:...:.. a once-famous
Recently I was replaying the pldce in. Chicago. Now all that album and "Lonely People" relrains of it are memories. grabbed my attention. Ch'ange and urban renewal have
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I Nor is:' wondering about the Ifuture any .fun. One minute Iyou'te filled with all sorts of worries. Then perhaps angerI,wells up within you and you're Ino£ even sure whom you should be angry at. . I Then all sorts of frustrations
'lbOil over. Self-confidence dwin,dIes down to zilch. And finally \tears come.' .
Losing a job can be one of the !most terrible experiences a perison has to endure. I If your father doesn't ~~y much or loses his temper easily, beI . .patient. He's' not really mad at you; he's angry about not having a job. ! I would be dishonest if. I said, j'Everything will turn- out all right." Although things may indeed tlim out beautifully, it's also possible that you'll have some difficult times ahead. I But perhaps these hardships. will bring y.our family closer together. Try to be cheerf~l - but not phony cheerful. And try n6t to complain if supper isn't as.big lind tasty. as it used to be, OJ ifI . . ..
.leveled both i~s fame and struc~ure.
What· does this have to do with US?I There are parallels with how .we change inwardly ~nd why we feel lonely.
The Paradis~ Theatre lost its purpose. When whatever is the source of meaning in our lives is altered, We experienc'e im inner restlessness and a loss of direction. Our biner upheaval filters into our emotional lives and we may :end up feeling lone
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., First we 'must acknowledge the pain and' try to discover its causes. 'Perhaps for too long we have taken our relationships for granted. We can renew them by focusing on the need genuinely to communicllte with others.
Loneliness can also creep into our relationship with God. His presence in our lives may seem distant and we may wonder how he affects us:· .
If we begin to feel that way, perhaps we need to think about what kind' of priority God has in our lives. If we are taking no time to reflect, pray or celebrate God's .presence, the time has come to renew our friendship with him. '
Loneliness is complex. It often makes us restless. But it can also
. move us toward seeking personal growth and renewal.
Readers may write charlie Martin at 3863 Bellemeade Ave:, Evimsville, Ind. 47715. .
Sin is in us By cecnia Belanger
A student told me she reo ceived a new -Bible for Christmas. I asked her why she wanted another when she already had. one. 'Her answer: "I don't think one is enough. I was afraid I'd miss something in the new translations. And I don't want to miss out on anything Jesus said or meant."
"Did you read your new Bible during the' holidays?" I asked.
"I not only read most of the New Testament again, but I was even more interested. I think every sentence Jesus uttered was a masterpeice."
Needless to say, I was pleased to hear this and it gave me a lift. Yes indeed, the words of Jesus are masterpieces of balance and wisdom. He is always tranquil, measured, exact and self-possessed.
About 50 percent of the people I've conversed with during the past two weeks have been concerned with the problems of the day, here and abroad. One lady said, "There are too many reformers in our country, too many people' trying to tell the rest of us what to do, as if they had all the answers. I wish they'd remember that they are sinners too, and not infallible."
There is a constant need, I agree, to remind political and religious reformers' that they must be prepared to see their purest motives corrupted by historical necessities, their dreams compromised by realities in the human situation; which attests only to the fact that no one has all the power and -goodness required to
. bring in the KingdoJ11 of God. The more I hear and think
about this problem, the more I become convinced' that this is not the central pro~lem, but
'rather that it is among us, we who find the constancy of our intentions broken by the apparent temporality of ~verything we undertake. '
A young couple were com'plaining about this. "What's the use? We've joined groups and we find they're more interested in perpetuating. themselves than in sticking to issue.s."
We must remember that when w.e seek to change things, we contend with a deeply ingrained bent tQwards self·interest which often expresses itself in a power grab, no ma,tter how small the power.
Some theologians call this ten. dency sin. We also need' to remember that rooting out sin and selfishness from one place' at one time does· not mean that the job will stay done.
The Puritans tried to exorcise sin and build a New Jerusalem in Boston and found the endeavor
'fruitless. The Marxists tried to locate sin in private property' and anyone who takes a careful look at the problem of distributive justice in the Soviet Union knows that that, too, is an illusion. Sin is not in private ·property. It is imbe~ded in the depth of our being and that's where obliteration sltould begin. The young lady wi~h the new Bible has the right idea.
, I By Charlie Martin
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portswQtch Feehan In Contention
As second-half play opens in Family Parochials, each 2-3, are the Southeastern Mass. Confer tied for fourth place, two games ' ence's four divisions Bishop Fee ahead of winless New Bedford han and Coyle-Cassidy appear Voke-Tech, 0-5. to be the only diocesan hoopsters Undefeated New Bedford, 5-0, in contention, for divisional is the leader in Divison OM crowns. with Durfee, Taunton and Som
At the conclusion of the first erset, all 3-2, sharing the runnerhalf schedule Fe~han was tied up spot followed by Barnstable, with Fairhaven and Wareham for 1-4, and Attleboro 0-5. second place in Division Two, , Dighton-Rehoboth, 4-1, is the all with 3-2 records and trailing leader in Division Four followed pace-setting Dartmouth, 4-1. by Bourne, Seekonk, Case, allFeehan's two losses were to Dart 3-2, Westport 2-3, Diman Voke mouth and Wareham. 0-5.
In the second-half opener to Among other conference games morrow Feehan tangles with an tomorrow New Bedford is at other dicesan school, Bishop Con Durfee, Somerset at Taunton, nolly High, on the Cougar's Holy Family at Old Rochester, court in Fall River. Connolly en Coyle-Cassidy meets Dennis Yarters second-half play with a 1-4 mouth. slate in conference. In the Hockomock League
Coyle-Cassidy's Warriors are Oliver Ames, the pacesetter, is tied with Dennis-Yarmouth for home to Franklin, Canton is at
'second place in Division Three, Mansfield, Stoughton at Fox, also with 3-2 records, two games boro and Sharon at King Philip back of undefeated Old Roches tomorrow while on Tuesday it ter, the division leader with five will be. No~ Attleboro at Frankwins in as many outings. lin, Mansfield at Sharon, Fox
In Division Three the Bishop boro at Oliver Ames and StoughStang Spartans and the Holy ton at Canton.
Cheerle,ading Competition Set -The 23rd CYO Cheerleading Preparations are also under-
Competition will take place on way for yet another popular Sunday, March 14, starting at CYO event - The Father Dono1:30 p.m., in the Kennedy Youth van CYO Scholarship All-Star Center, New Bedford. Hockey game - scheduled for
The competition is open to Thursday, March 25, in the Drisgrammar school, ninth grade, coll Rink, Fall River. high school junior varsity and The event will again be under varsity squads and senior CYO the direction of Anthony Abrateams. Jayvee ~nd ninth grade ham, who has chaired the game squads will compete in one div committee since its inception in ision, varsity arid CYO squads 1960. The games features CYOwill compete separately. Tro players against senior' highphies will be presented to the school players. More on thisfirst three squads in each divis- later., . - . ion. '
Entry forms may be 'obtained Defending champion New Bedby writing to CYO Cheerleading, ford and Fall River South won 403 Anawan Street, Fall River, their games 'last Sunday' and reMass. 02'720. Entries must be re mained tied for first place in the ceived at that addres.s by March Bristol County, CYO Hockey 1. League. New - Bedford defeated
Meanwhile, the Southeastern Seekonk, 4-1, South topped MariMassachusetts Umpires Associa on, 5-3, tion will sponsor a baseball
Next Sunday night's games,umpire's school, beginning Thursstarting at 9 o'cl~ck, in theDrisday, Feb. II, in St. Joseph's coIl Rink, Fall River, list SomSchool hall, '1335 North Main erset vs. Seekonk, Marion vs.Street, Fall River. New Bedford. New Bedford and
There will be two sessions a Fall River South are now 10-3-1, week for three weeks,' starting Seekonk 7-7, Somers,et ,3-10-0,at 7 p.m. in preparation for the Marion 2-9-2. qualifying test given by the association.
Paul Borkman, association More Catholicspresident, will conduct the classes with the assistance 'of BONN, West Germany (NC) Paul (Lefty) Duval, the associa In the land of Martin Luther, tion's interpreter, Dave Gibeau, Catholics outnumbered Luther
. Tom McDermott, John -Donnelly ans at the end of 1980,' accordand Rene Dupont, all experienced ing to statistics of the Evangeliofficials. cal (Lutheran) Church of West
Persons interested are asked Germany. They showed that to attend- the first session or con Lutherans were 42 percent of tact 'Borltman at 675-7691." There West Germany's population of is no charge except for the cost more than 61 million, while of a rule book. Catholics were 43 percent.
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Truman Taylor and having astv, movie news permanent participants Father Peter N. Graziano, diocesan director of social services; Rev. Dr. Paul Gillespie, of the Rhode IsSymbols following film reviews indicate Broadcasting Corp., a high-cost
both general and Catholic Film Office operation that uses computers land State Council of Churches; ratings, which do not always coincide. and Rabbi Baruch Korff. ,General ratings: G-suitable for gen. and letter machines to generate
"The Glory of God," witheral viewing; PG-parental guid~nce sUg: ever-larger amounts of money gested; R-restricted, un~iJltable for from viewers. Father John Bertolucci, 7:30 p.m. children or younger teens. Wh .. (J h each Sunday on Channel 25.
Catholic ratings: AI-approved for en a young minister 0 n On Radiochi,ldren and adults; A2-approved for Ritter) comes to work at DBC, Charismatic programs areadults and adolescents; A3--approved for he is disillusioned by its crass
adults only; A4-separate classification commercialism. "It's not the heard from Monday through Fri(given to., films not morally offensive church," he finally tells Beatty, day on station WICE, 1290 A.M. which, however, requint some analysis . Father John Randall is heardand explanation); O-niorally offensive. "it's a 'media show." Helping
from 7 to 8 a.m. and 7 to 8 p.m. 0Ritter rediscover the church as a New Films community of faith that brings and Father Real Bourque is
"Night Crossing" (Walt Dis- people together in worship is the heard from 8:45 to 9 a.m. ney), is the true story of the es- local town pastor (Richard cape by means of allot air bal- Kiley). loon of two families from East This film is less interested in FAIRHAVEN Germany. The two fathers are religion than in television and its LUMBER CO.played by John Hurt' and Beau power to exploit. Marring the Bridges, the mothers by Jane enterprise, however, is the one-Alexander and Glynnis O'Con- dimensional portrayal of "true Complete Line nor. The plot is excellent but believers" as being sincere but Building Materials the film fails to show, that life dull and gullible. ~ 18 ALDEN] RD. FAIRHAVEN in East Germany is really so unbearable as to drive people to Bette Davis dominates the 993-2611 risk their lives in an escape at- small'screen as an elderly wom- .''''~~~-'='-''''.''''.!!=>=o!=. o!="""""""=!o.=!o"~""""~~. tempt. Also lacking credibility an who has to prove to a judge is the casting. Although good that she can take care of herself REBELLO'Sactors, the principal characters in "A Piano for Mrs. Cimino," fail utterly to make the viewer airing Wednesday, Feb. 3, 9-11 NURSERY INC. think of them as German. Disney p.m. en CBS. "0111 The Cape" productions have a new policy of Withdrawn and despondent "WE BEAUTIFY OUTDOORS"
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• CERAMIC TILE • ARMSTRONGtion is by Dick Richards. Be- fession and by their own -rami674-5410 cause of nudity and explicit lies.
violence and bloodshed, it is As one of the characters says about the bank's' disregard of·rated 0, R. Mrs. Cimino's wishes: "It may
Films on TV be immoral but it isn't illegal." Need moneySunday, Jan. 31, 9 p.rn. (ABC) Much that happens in the story , - "Slap Shot" (1977) -'-.' Paul for a new Something?can be summed up in the s'en-Newman is an aging player-coach tence. Although Mrs. Cimino tri NBIS likes to say 'yes' who rejuvenates an inept bush- umphs ultimately over these league hockey team by intro- injustices, viewers are left with ducing dirty playing to his the "terrible reali~aiion that charges. The playing is but one others have not been as fortudirty element in an incredibly nate. ....... Ill~"
crude, foul-mouthed comedy Underlying this cautionary 'II ' New BedfOrd which also c0'ltains eploitative tale is a healthy sense of moral ~ nstBtutIon fOr SM1gs nudity. 0, R indignation at people and. insti- BconvenlE'nt off'C(~:,
Sunday, Feb. 6, 9 p.rn. (CBS) tutions who regard old age as if - "Silver Streak" (1976) - it were a terminal disease. Gene Wilder and Jill Clayburgh
Thursday, Feb. 4, 9·11 ~p.m.battle ruthless killers aboard a (CBs) "The' Huncl1back of Notre transcontinental train, aided by Dame." - Anthony Hopkins ·is,Richard Pryor, whose' comic·talQuasimodo, the deformed bellents give the film a much need ringer of Victor Hugo's famous ed lift. Moderately entertaining, novel, in this new televisionbut some ill-advised obscenities version produced by Normanand a rather crude love scene Rosemont, whose previous adap
make it adult fare. A3, PG tations of the classics have been TV Programs done with considerable finesse
The electronic pupft is wel and quality. comed into millions of homes
Religious Broadcasting but some clergymen see it as destructive of the traditional Sunday, Jan. 31,WLNE, Chan THRIFT STOR~~church. Dramatizing the issue nel 6, 10:30 a.m., Diocesan Tele
la3 COLlEm STREEYis "Pray TV," an ABC Circle vision Mass. NEW.BEOFORO, MASS. Film Production, airing Monday, "Confluence," 8 a.m. each Feb. I, 9-11 p.m. on ABC. Sunday, repeated at 6:30 a.m. l10a ~EFFERSaN BLVD.
WARWICK, R.I.Ned Beatty 'stars as a TV each Tuesday on Chann.d 6, is (At. III 8outll· Airport !!lllt,l
evangelist who runs the Divinity a panel program moderated by
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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Jan. 28, '1982 . ,16
STUDENTS A~IOUS to learn and teachers williQg to teach form' an unbeatable combination in the nation's Catholic schools. :I.
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"... the purpose of Catholic education is to.communicate Christ to you, . so that your~ttitude toward others will be that of Christ"
-Pope JoHn Paul II, speaking to students in Madison Square Garden, October 1979
