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Why s·eek you the living with the dead?He is not here but is risen!

-Luke 24:5-6

Bishop Cronin's. .

Easter MessageDear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

The resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ,which we celebrate this Easter morning, alwaysfills us with the greatest joy. This Easter joy is allthe more alive in our hearts today because of therecent resolution to our country's involvement inwar. All of us hope that this marks the beginningof a new and more secure peace in the MiddleEast. Our hearts and prayers are with the familiesof the many victims ofthe war, as well as with thecourageous men and women who served ourcountry in the Gulf War and their families.

Jesus Christ our Lord is the King of Peace. Inthe celebration of the Mass each weekend wehear our Lord's prayer for peace for His Churchand for all humanity: "I leave you peace, mypeace I give you."

Likewise, in the coming Easter Sunday cele­brations, as our Lord appears to His disciplesafter His resurrection, His words of greeting"which are also the first words coming from Hismouth after His resurrection, are "Shalom! Peacebe with you." There is a certain connectionbetween Christ's resurrection and His gift ofpeace. It is because of Christ's Passion, Deathand Resurrection that the Christian faithful canboldly proclaim: "Christ is our Peace!"

By His resurrection the Lord Jesus is not onlythe source of all life, He is also the source of allpeace. Now that the war is over, it is time torededicate ourselves to peace. We must rededi­cate ourselves to being preservers, guardians, aswell as active agents, of Christ's peace on earth.We must continue to pray daily that. Christ'speace may take hold of the hearts of all men andwomen, and that His peace may reign on earth.

May the grace and peace of the ris'en Christ bewith you and all your loved ones throughout thisjoyous Easter season.

Faithfully yours in Christ,

+- Ao.-...;~ t:..~Bishop of Fall River

Bishop Cronin will be principal celebrant of the Mass of Easter,to be telecast on Sunday from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

on WLNE Channel Six. \The television Mass will resume its usual broadcast time

oU a.m. on Sunday, April 7.

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socialism, communism. But cer­tainly not a rebel against thechurch," he said.

Before the 19HH episcopal ordi­nations which led to his excom­munication and that of the fourbishops he ordained, ArchbishopLefebvre said he was taking theaction so that his Priestly Societyof St. Pius X could continue toeffectively "guard against the spiritof Vatican II."

"Radically opposed to the de­struction of our faith and resolvedto stay within the traditional doc­trine and discipline of the church,we feel the absolute need to havechurch authorities who take upour concerns and help us to guardagainst the spirit of Vatican II andthe spirit of Assisi," he said in aletter to Pope John Paul.

The Assisi reference was to a1986 interreligious prayer serviceconvened by Pope John Paul inthat Italian town. ArchbishopLefebvre had called it an act of"public blasphemy."

CHICAGO (CNS) - Currentand former m'embers of the YoungChristian Workers/ Young Chris­tian Movement are invited to aJune 14-16 meeting at the Univer­sity of Notre Dame's Center forContinuing Education in SouthBend, Ind.

The weekend will commemoratethe 100th anniversary of "RerumNovarum." the papal encyclicalconsidered the beginning of thechurch's modern-day social teach­ings and will include a panel dis­cussion by former YCW and YCMmembers on how they have madechurch social teachings part oftheir lives.

For registration information,contact Josephine Furnari Stewart,5815 N. Sheridan Rd. :100 I, Chi­cago. IL 60660 or call (312)271-1904.

Spiritual .Communion·"When we cannot come to

church, let us turn toward thetabernacle and make a spiritual

.communion. A wall cannot separ­ate us from God." - St. JohnVianney .

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O.L. Perpetual Helpsets Divine Mercytriduum April 4-6Continuing its annual tradition,

Ol.\r Lady of Perpetual He/,p par­ish, New Bedford, will conduct atriduum to the Divine MercyThursday through Saturday, April4 through 6. Mass will be cele­brated and triduum prayers will beoffered each day at noon and theobservance will be followed at IIa.m. Sunday, April 7, the 'Feast of.Divine Mercy, with a special liturgyand devotions.

The triduum, believed the onlyone in Southeastern Massachusetts,is associated with Mercy Sundayat Stockbridge, where priests ofthe Marians of the ImmaculateConception congregation maintaina Shrine of the Divine Mercy andwill conduct a day of prayer andpenance on April 7, expected todraw some 10,000 people.

The New Bedford observance iscoordinated by Fathers RomanChwaliszewski and IsidoreKowalski, both members of theOrder of Friars Minor Conventual.

archbishop had prepared for hisown death by illicitly ordainingbishops.

Another official said that thesociety has grown in recent years,but that its influence has beenlargely limited to France.

.Society officials claim I millionfollowers worldwide; Vatican offi­cials estimate 500,000.

Born Nov. 29, 1905, in Tourco­ing, France, Marcel Lefebvre wasordained a priest of the diocese ofLille, in 1929, but later joined theHoly Ghost Fathers.

Ordained a bishop in 1947, hewas apostolic delegate to FrenchWt::st Africa from 1948 to 1959,during which time he was firstapostolic vicar and later arch­bishop of Dakar, Senegal.

In 1962, Pope John XXlll madeArchbishop Lefebvre the bishopof Tulle, France, with the personaltitle of archbishop. He headed thediocese for. about eight monthsbefore being elected superior gen­eral of the Holy Ghost Fathers. Hebroke with the order in 1968.

"Insofar as the pope [Paul VI]stays true to the faith which hasalways existed, we are with him,"he said in 1976. "To tne ext.ent thathe departs from it, it is the popewho is in schism."

During a 1983 visit to Trent,Italy, Archbishop Lefebvre said he­did not consider himself a rebel.

"Me, a rebel? Certainly, a rebel

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MARTIGNY, Switzerland(CNS) - Traditionalist Archbish­op Marcel Lefebvre, who provokeda schism and was excommunicatedin 1988 for ordaining bishopsagainst papal orders, died March25 at a Martigny hospital after suf­fering from cancer. He was 85.

According to a Vatican state­ment, the pope had been ready "upto the last moment" to lift theexcommunication if ArchbishopLefebvre had shown remorse forhis actions.

Archbishop Lefebvre's funeralwas held Milrch 26 in Econe, Swit­zerland, where he had founded aseminary. Canonical approval forthe seminary was given in 1970 butwithdrawn in 1975.

The French archbishop was sus­pended from priestly ministry inJuly 1976 by Pope Paul VI forordaining priests without churchapproval. He and his followersrejected the Second Vatican Coun­cil reforms especially those dealingwith ecumenism, religious libertyand liturgical reform.

News of the archbishop's deathwas received with "sadness," theVatic'an statement said. It said theHoly See had not forgotten hisyears offaithful service in Africa.

Activities of the traditionalistsociety are likely to continue de­spite the death of Archbishop Le­febvre. He had transferred thepost of superior general of thePriestly Society of St. Pius X toFather Franz Schmid berger in1983.

"~ don't think his death willmake that much difference," said aVatican official. He noted,:that,the

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- In Mexico, an abortion rightscoalition called the National Frontfor the Struggle of VoluntaryMotherhood formed in January topush for a liberalized federal abor­tin law, while local bishops con­tinue fighting state efforts to ex­pand the reasons for allowing abor­tions.

- In the pope's native Polandabortion is widespread and a papallysupported bill to make it illegal iscontroversial.

"Abortion is the culmination ofan anti-life mentality because itsees the birth of a child as a prob­lem," said Navarro-Valls;

Sects are a growing problem inma,ny countries with a large Chris­tian population and tradition, saidNavarro-Valls.

Complaints have been comingfrom Latin America, the UnitedStates and Western Europe, hesaid.

In 1986 a Vatican document onsects called them a "pastoral chal­lenge" to the church because manypeople see in them an answer totheir spiritual yearnings.

Sects challenge the church tocreate "caring communities of liv­ing faith," it said.

The document said mainstreamChristians should avoid a naiveview of such religious movements,but added that "our attitude assincere believers should be one ofopenness and understanding, notcondemnation."

It criticized "brainwashing" andother "highly sophisticated" tech­niques of "social and psychologi­cal manipulation" used by somesects to recruit and hold members.

The document, sent to the world'shierarchy, included a two-page listof questions to encourage I'ocalstudy and research into the rise ofsects.

But complaints continue pour­ing in, said Navarro-Valls.

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) - PopeJohn Paul II will seek the insightsof the world's cardinals on thegrowing phenomena of sects andcontemporary threats to humanlife, such as abortion and war.

The consultation is scheduledfor April 4-6 when the full Collegeof 141 cardinals is to gather at theVatican.

Bishops throughout the worldhave increasingly complained tothe Vatican that sects and anti-lifementality are seriously erodingCatholic life and values, said Joa­quin Navarro-Valls, Vatican spokes­man.

The pope chose the themes andconvoke~ the college because"many cardinals are also heads ofarchdioceses and have exp~riencewith these situations," Navarro­Valls said.

"It also shows the pope's policyof reviving the role of the collegeas a major advisory body," headded.

The April meeting will be thefourth time the pope has convokedthe college during his 12-year pon­tificate to discuss specific churchproblems.

The meeting comes on the heelsof the Persian Gulf War, whichsparked numerous papal appealsto end the use of war as a meansfor solving political problems. Italso follows decades of worry bychurch leaders over the growinguse and acceptance of abortion.

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A Triduum toThe Divine Mercy

Mass and Triduum PrayersEach Day at 12:00 Noon

The conclusion of the three days of prayer will take place onSunday, April 7, 1991 at the 11:00 A.M. Mass.

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Goldlen JubilariansCelebrating 50 years in religious

life are Sisters Marie Emilia Gauth­ier, Cecilia Michaud and' CamilleDescheemaeker.

The three had a traumatic novi­tiate, being caught in the Germanoffensive of the summer of 1940 asthey traveled from Tours toLourdes. Their journey,. partly onfoot, partly on freight trains, wasoften interrupted by bombingalarms. However, they did reachLourdes, then returned to Tours,where they professed final vows in1941.

Because they were American citi­zens, Sisters Gauthier and Michaudwere sent to the part of France notoccupied by the Germans and sta­tioned in small towns Where for­eigners were less likely to be de­tected if they spoke French, asboth sisters did.

The two returned to the UnitedStates after the war and were as­signed to St. Anne's Hospital.

There Sister Gauthier, who hadTurn to Page 10

Afte'r the school of nursingclosed, Sister Laberge ran the linenroom at Marian Manor. She re­mained at the nursing home untilher retirement last year and nowresides in the sisters' Tauntonconvent.

Sister Vaillot, a native of France,began her career in religious lifeteaching at a school run by thesisters in Barcelona, Spain. Soonafter, political turmoil forceq,transfer of some of the sisters, and'Sister Vaillot was sent to teach onthe island of Mallorca off the eastcoast of Spain. Then she returnedto' France to work in the generalsecretariat and study nursing.

After completing her training,she returned to Spain in 1936.When the Spanish civil war brokeout, she and her colleagues escapedto France on a destroyer.

She was an operating room nursein Rome for a short time beforetaking a post at St. Anne's Hospi­tal, where she directed the schoolof nursing from 1940 until it closedin 1969. She then became found­ing dean for the SoutheasternMassachusetts University collegeof nursing. She also taught part­time at Boston College graduateschool in the 1960s.

She retired from her S M U posi­tion in 1977 and now resides at theprovincial house, where she isarchivist for the congregation anddoes some writing and tran~lating.

She is also a St. Anne's Hospitalboard member.

f////(•...DOMINICAN JUBILARIANS, from left, Sisters Madeleine Clemence Vaillot, Marie

Emilia Gauthier, Maria Teresa Gomez, Gertrudis Maria Betancourt, Camille Descheemaeker,Beatrix Marie Laberge and Cecilia Michaud.

Seven Dominican jubilarians honoredFive Dominican Sisters of the

Presentation were honored at ajubilee Mass March 3 in the chapelof the sisters' Dighton provincialhouse.

The Mass, attended by. most ofthe sisters of the United Statesprovince, was celebrated by FatherDaniel L. Freitas, pastor of· St...John of 'God parish, Somerset.Concelebrants were'Father DavidM. Andrade, also of St. John ofGod; Father Raymond Graham,S M M, pastor ofSt. Pefer's parish,Dighton; and Father Hugh J.Munro, chaplain at Marian Manornursing home" Taunton. FatherMunro was the homilist and musicwas provided by organist Mrs.Madeleine Grace.

Celebrating 60 years in religious• life are Sisters Beatrix Marie La­

berge and Madeleine ClemenceVaillot, both of whom professedfinal vows on Feb. 28, 1931, inTours, France.

Sister Laberge, born in the Uni­ted States, was sent to Toulouse, 'France, after professing first vows.During World War II, she enduredbombings in Marseille in 1941.'then was sent to safer villages incentral France in the zone notoccupied by the Germans.

After the war she came to St.Anne's Hospital in Fall River,where she was in charge of thelaundry, then supervisor of thephysical plant at the hospital'sformer school of nursing. Formerstudents still recall her never-end­ing war on sloppiness and disorder.

WOMEN EXPLORING possibility of religious life meetat Dominican Academy, Fall River, with, seated from left,Sister Carole Mello of the Dominicans of the Presentation;Msgr. John J. Smith, diocesan director of vocations; BishopDaniel A. Cronin; Sister Theresa Bisson of the Dominicans ofS1. Catherine ()f Siena; standing, 'Sister Mary Noel Blute,RSM, Episcopal Representative for Religious; Sister MaryGolden, MSBT. Others in picture are among women inattendance at the program. (Gaudette photo)

Feast of Divine MercySunday, April 7, 1991

Special Liturgy & Devotions at 11 A.M.

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"Whoever does not carry his cross and come after me cannot be mydisciple." Luke 14:27

The lessons of Good FridayThe laws that govern mankind

show that dying is the price of liv­ing. The core of Easter faith is thatthe same law pertains to the spe­cial dying we call death. No otherfaith has for its foundation symbola dead young man stretched upona cross - a cross composed of an"I" that has been crossed out.What dying to oneself does thatcross entail for each of us today?

Preaching Christ crucifiedbrought fierce persecution in theearly days of Christianity. St. Paultells us that the Greeks consideredthe cross to be folly and the Jewsthought it a stumbling block.

But the cross was never meantto be an obstacle but rather aninvitation to love God, neighborand self unconditionally. Thosewho respond to that invitation willbe no strangers to suffering, norwill they be strangers to a Godwho will console them in waysbeyond their imaginings.

Good Friday is a stark reminderof everyone's need to let go of thepast. of other people, of grandioseexpectations of themselves.

Perhaps the hardest thing forChristians is to let go of the half­truths they harbor about God.They must face the terror oflettingtheir false gods go so that the onetrue God of love can enter theirlives to cast out all fear.

When Jesus himself exclaimedfrom the cross: "My God, my God,why have you forsaken me?" hefaced life's darkest moment andsurrendered his spirit to his Father.

In the same way, those with theeyes of faith can look upon thisFriday, give thanks for it. and dareto call it Good!·

God the Fathero God the Father, Giver

of life, grant to prayingsouls the grace of life to doThy Will. Amen.

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Indeed, nothing more imperils amission than a perceived indiffer­ence among those who are respon­sible for its spread and growth.Note the radical difference betweenthe lukewarm apostles who hid inthe upper room and' the zealousmissionaries filled with the fire ofthe Holy Spirit after that firstPentecost. .

Good Friday was the point atwhich the apostles "hit bottom" intheir lives. They had gone as far astheir own effort could possiblytake them and despite having thebest of all tutors had not yetlearned that it was only in lettinggo that they would finally encoun­ter the God who could make allthings possible.

Sooner or later, in some way orother, every Christian must learnto let go, to let himself or herself goto the Father with Christ. This les­son is best learned through per­sonal involvement in the Paschalmystery. Being told and shown byChrist did not suffice for the apos­tles. It was only when they sharedthe sufferings entailed in thepreaching of the Gospel that theytruly understood Christ's teachings.

By Father Kevin J. HarringtonOur culture has raised to an art

form our ability to avoid sufferingand death. But Good Friday is theone day of the year when Chris­tians are brought face to face withboth realities in the form of thecross, our primary Christian sym­bol. However, many who' callthemselves disciples neverthelesskeep a safe distance between them­selves and the suffering and dyingpresent in the least of their broth=­ers and sisters.

Strangely enough, many ofthesesame Christians, when they hearthe Passion proclaimed, fail to

. identify themselves with thoseapostles who fled from the foot ofthe cross on that first Good Friday.

The Church has survived heresyand hatred, sin and persecutionbut Jesus warned his followers ofan even more deadly enemy, thatof indifference. In this connection,Good Friday must be more thanjust a day on the Church's liturgi­cal calendar; it should influencewhat goes on every day in the lifeof a Christian.

On this Good Friday, 1991, atthis point in your existence, whomare you most like? John? Mary?Pilate? Herod? Joseph of Arima­thea? Peter? The other apostleslooking on from a safe distance?

Good Friday is as good a time asany to take a searching personalinventory and address the ques­tion of how one has advanced onone's journey in the Christian lifefrom the day of his or her baptismto the present moment.

Jesus reserved his harshest criti­. cism for those whose faith he con­sidered lukewarm.

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The Need of Easter HopeWe are called to be an Easter people. But what does this

really mean for most Catholics? Is Easter simply a time toparade a new fashion? Do most of'our family effort·s centerabout the preparation of Easter dinner? Or do we look at thefeast as an archaic leftover from a ceremonial church?

Actually, from the very outset Easter was a controversialaffair.' In the early days of the church, rio one could agree whenit should be celebrated. It took the Western church six centur­ies simply to agree on a date. The pagan rites of spring and theJewish passover ceremonies have also contributed to ourEaster observances. Amid ~ll this, the true meaning of the feasthas been obscured.

There can, however, be little question about the tremendousimpact of the revised liturgical celebration of (he day. WhenEaster and the Holy Week rites leading up to it are faithfullyobserved, the Spirit is alive. Where tokenism is the norm, it isno wonder that people concentrate on clothes and the Easterbunny. .

We cannot cease to emphasize the necessity of Easter, notonly for the church but for all of society. The Easter vigilshould be the summit of parish liturgical life and all in theparish should be well aware of this.

The commercial world expends much time and effort inpromoting Easter, with manufacturers, advertisers and retailoutlets celebrating the season simply as a profitable under­taking. Would that we of the Christian community expendedequal energy and creativity in emphasizing the true meaning ofthe feast that promises us eternity.

To be willing to do this, of course, we must be truly con­vinced of the new life of Easter. Easter people do not remainindifferent: they care and they are concerned.

It is the Easter person who shelters the homeless, who workswith the addict; it is he or she who dares to help the victim ofAIDS, who serves the terminally ill in a hospice program.

For such a person, Easter is not a once-a-year feast; it is away of life, as it should be for all the baptized. But few of us liveup to such an ideal. Psychologists and other students of humannature tell us that the average person achieves only 10 percentof his or her potential to live, to learn, to love and to enjoy.

One wonders what happens to the other 90 percent. So manypeople never really live, never fully utilize their talents. Suchpeople do not see in themselves the glory of Easter, nor realizehow much they could give the world.

This year, as we prepare to celebrate Easter, let us sharepersonally in its message, not superficially but substantially.Imagine what would happen ifthose called to be Easter peoplereally became healers and helpers, fully believing themselvessustained in their endeavors by a loving God..

May each of us take from this Easter not a mere passing.vision of hope but the courage to view ourselves as a fulfillmentof that hope.

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Likewise, he said, it was unreal­istic to think that the church coulddo without cash offerings in thisday and age. In f~ct, he said, themajority of today's priests draw insome way on these offerings fortheir own support and that of par­ish activities.

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renewal. It is a time of hopeand joy, as family afld friendsgather in joyous celebrationsof faith.

ways for Catholics to share in theMass.

Those who argue that the prac­tice overly "privatizes" the -Massdo not have a proper understand­ing of the church, he said. Thechurch has constantly taught thatthe fruits of the Mass are variouslydistributed, he said.

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Mass intentions notto be combinedVATICAN CITY (eNS) - The

Vatican has issued rules to curbthe practice of combIning inten­tions of more than one personmaking an offering for a Mass.

Such Masses do not fulfill theexpectations of donors and couldbe seen as an abuse of the offeringsthey make to priests, the Vaticansaid.

The rules were contained in afive-page decree, drawn up by theCongregation for Clergy and ap­proved by Pope John Paul ll,which was made public March 22.The decree was issued after con­sultation with bishops' conferen­ces and in response to widespreadrequests for clarification, the Vati­can said.

It emphasized that normally nomore than one offering should beaccepted for each Mass, and onlythe donor's intention should beapplied to that Mass. A priest whoaccepts such an offering shouldcelebrate the Mass himself or findanother priest to do so, it said.

Mass intentions can be com­bined only if the previous andexplicit consent of the donors isobtained, the decree stated. SuchMasses are exceptions' to the rule,however, lind should not be cele­brated more than twice a week inanyone church.

At the same time, it noted thatthe rule would not apply to situa­tions where Mass offerings andintention lire meant to be collec­tive - such as in poor parisheswhere periodic offerings of goodsand money are routinely broughtto the church at Mass time.

Similarly, the rules Clearly allowa group of Catholics to agree onvarious intentions for a Mass.

Most Mass intentions are forthe deceased and, in practice, manyofferings for individual Massesarrive on All Souls' Day or otherfeast days. If a priest cannot him­self celebrate the large number ofMasses, he should seek help fromother priests or his bishop rathert,han reject the requests, the decreesaid.

. In general, the document said,the practice of Mass intentionsdeserves protection from the abuseof a "collective" celebration.

In an article explaining the newrules, the secretary of the clergycongregation, Archbishop GilbertoAgustoni, said individual intentio.nsand offerings were one of the best

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Friday, Mar. 29, 1991 The EasterV'igil: recalling first faith experiences

By

FATHER

ROGER

KARBAN

By Father Roger KarbanEaster Vigil Readings: Gn 1:1­

2:2; Ex '14:15-15:1; Rom 6:3-11;Mk 16:1-8,

Actually there are nine EasterVigil readings, but because ofspacelimits, I will comment on onlyfour.

The Easter Vigil is Christianity'smost important celebration. Sincethe entire ceremony revolvesaround baptism, the readings logi­cally emphasize the new life which

the catechumens are about to re­ceive.

Th,ose brought into the churchtonight have been prepared differ­ently from' past "converts." Wehave stopped producing"catechismCatholics." The restored catech­umenate (RCIA) has returned tothe early Christian practice of usingScripture as its primary formationtool. No longer are candidates'brains overflowing with facts.Tonight we shall see people whohave been led to reflect on howGod works in their lives - past,present and future. Though factsare.. important, they cannot beunderstood correctly until we firstsee how God is present in everyaspect of our being. And the Bibleis ideal for such a process.

Scripture scholars agree that thesacred authors did not begin 'theirfaith journeys at logical jumpingoff points. We might assume, forinstance, that the ancient Hebrewsrecognized Yahweh's presence from

the time of their creation, recountedin the first reading. Instead~ wefind that God's people first beganto experience his love and atten­tion during their Exodus fromEgypt, described in the third read­ing. The wondrous events at thesea convinced the Israelites thatYahweh really cared for them.Only after generations spent re­flecting on the their liberation didthey begin to understand that thissame Yahweh had created themand all the world. A deep faith inGod's immediate love eventuallyled them to find that same love intheir distant past and hazy future.The Exodus is the beginning of allJewish belief in Yahweh.

A parallel chronology took placein Christian belief. We may thinkour faith stories should begin withJesus' birth narratives; yet if wewish to imitate the step-by-stepfaith of the Lord's original follow­ers, we must start with his dyingand risi?g an,d w,ork 'our way back.

His disciples first had to copy hisself-giving lifestyle and recognizehis new, resurrected life in theirown lives, before they could under­stand the past and future correctly.

Paul summarizes this experiencein our eighth reading. "Throughbaptism into [Jesus'] death," hewrites, "we were Duried with him,so that, just as Christ was raisedfrom the dead by the glory of theFather, we too might live a newlife."

Catechumens can even identifywith the women visiting the tombon Easter morning. Jesus almostalways comes into our lives inunexpected places and at unex-pected times. Who would think offinding life while looking for thedead? Mark's comment that "00. be­cause of their great fear, [thewomen] said nothing to anyone"makes a lot of sense. We mightexperience'the Lord in our ownlives, yet because, We' were oncetaught that such personal expe-

riences are suspect, we tell no oneabout them. Thankfully the churchhas returned to a process whichbuilds on these experiences.

The restored catechumenate im­plicitly rejects the idea that faith isprimarily an assent to a collectionof intellectual facts. Instead it helpsus see how God has already beenin our lives, even before we beganexpressing that faith within Cath­olic parameters.

We are returning the Bible to itsproper place. Catechisms, no mat­ter how comprehensive, simplycannot mirror the Christian' con­version process.

Tonight offers an occasion forall Jesus' followers to reflect ontheir first faith experiences. Nowonder our readings in this, andall liturgies, are taken from Scrip­ture. When it comes to our lives'most important moments, cate­chisms just cannot measure up toGod's word.

Lilies of the field, fiber optics: how mighty the smallBy

ANTOINETTE

BOSCO

Imagine a city like New Yorkhaving its lines ofcommunicationsunexpe~te~lycut.

That is whathappen.ed one Fri­day not too long ago. All the peo­ple in the business and service sec­tors and others with personalmatters to :attend to were imme­diately out of-contact with ,those

they had to reach in that greatmetropolis.

, The source of the trouble wastraced to an ~mericanTelephone& Telegraph Co. crew that waspulling out antiquated cables in amanhole in Newark, N.J., when aworker accidentally snipped a fibreoptic telephone cable the thicknessof a person's thumb.

It turns out that this was a maintelephone link, connecting NewYork City and Newark to the restof the world. "

While AT&T's depen'dence on asingle cable ,l1-S the lifeline for sucha huge and important n'etworkofcommunications came as a sur­prise to many, the disruption was a

vivid example of how we shouldnever underestimate the importanceof little things. ,

I have always felt' that the par­adox of this world was that in themidst of the very big things, likethe sky, the earth, the oceans, cit­ies, stockmarkets and banks, it is 'so often the small things that makea major difference.

I think this truth hit me decadesago when I read H.G. Wells' sciencefiction novel, "The War of theW'orlds." Alien invaders werewinni'1g a war against the earth.Desfructionwas all around and itappeared all would be Iqst.

Unexpec,tedly, one by one, theinvading sp~ceships went silent,

their weapons dead., They floated'silently to earth'and the life'formswithin began to emerge, dying,one after another. The author, in abrilliant piece of plotting, explainedthat it was not the guns and rocketshurled, at the invaders that haddone them in, but rather the alienshad ;been overcome by germs. Itwas, said Wells, the tiniest thingsof our ,earth, our microscopic'bac­teria, that had destroyed them andsaved the, earth.

I never forgot that, - the power.ofthe tiniest things on earth~

I have ai~ays feit thatJesuscanhelp u's look at the, iittle things,withn!=w undl';rstanding. In fact, I oftenhave wondered what ,the reaction.: : ~.' . - .

was when he told people howimportant each one of 'them was.

". And if they did not believe it, theycould just consider creatures even'smaller than' themselves, like thelilies and the birds: to get the idea'of how much the Creator lovesevery little thing'he brought to life.

With all, the big things that'envelop u's, we can sometimes

become overwhelmed with oursmallness and forget' our o'wnimportance.

And then a solitary workmancuts a cable, affecting'several mil­,lion 'people (or'halhi(iay. It is adisruptio'n with a message, a'notherreminder ofaparadox designed bythe Creator: How mighty the smallcan be!

birth ofChristianity,~afaith thatwould change the face of the world.'Only God knew. /

Only' God knows what we'rereally feeling arid fearing and onlyGod can give us the 'courage and,hope to go on.

I pray that' by the time thiscolumn appears" we'll be talkingabout Desert Storm 'in the pasttense. I pray that our young men.and women will be back home andthat we will all be renewed in ourdetermination that, as Christians,we must find alternatives to warand killing.

As I write, I am still fearful inthat Upper Room, but I must notforget that Easter has alreadyhappened.

together: Listening to' war'newscan diminish hope. Being together

,and rejoicing in the resurrection'can restore it.

" In' wartime, depression reigns.''we'feelpowerless. But Easter hopereminds us that we are never pow­erless as long as we believe in aloving and forgiving God. He haspromised us over and over that hewill not forget us and our, pain aslong as we trust in him.

As I write this, the world is isthat Upper Room, fearful andgrieving. Jesus is dead. What willhappen to us?

,Little did those early Christiansknow that the resurrection wasindee~ a'fact or that is signaled the

War began at 5:30 p.m., my'time, Jan. 16. Ironically, I wasslated to direct a workshop forMethodists that evening on hope,humor, and'idealism.

I dreaded going and hoped forcancellation, but my hostess said,"Let's see if a~yo!1e comes andwants to talk about the war in­stead."

T~ our astonishment, 200 showedup and when given 1the choice of 'topics, selected hope, humor, andidealism. "We have war, we needhope,"they said.'

I don't know if we still have war,but I do know that we still needhope and, like those early Chris­tians, we need to experience hope '

It's at times like the,se that wemost desperately need the hopeEaster promises.

,During the time of the plaguesin Europe, people turned to Godas their only hope. During times ofwar we do the same. When askedon Jan. 14 if there would be war,the United Nation's Javier Perezde Cuellar said, "Only God knows."But it wasn't God who was doingthe planning.

',Easter d~ring wartime? Now. we 'know file answermust have felt that first Easter:

,uncertain. They didn't know whatwas happening or what lay ahead.Some didn't believe reports ofJesus" rising from the dead. Somedidn't recognize'Him on the roadto Emmaus.

Easter and war; lilies and cruisemissiles, resurrection and death. Iam struggling with this columnbecause, writing at the end of J'!n­uary to meet deadline, I don'tknow ifthe war will have ended orjust seriously begun by' the timeyou read this.

I feel as the e:;uly Christians

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In many countries of northernEurope, Easter Monday is markedby "drenching" customs: boysdrench girls with water, then thegirls retaliate.

FMC's campaign to restore theEastertide custom of Easter Mon­day celebration has lel1 to a varietyof events, like last year's ice creamsocial at St. Joseph's Church in

, Kalamazoo. About 150 adults andchildren participated in the event,which began with' a processionfeaturing pictures of a joyful risenChrist, clowns with balloons, jug­glers and musicians.

Clowns and musicians led a ser­ies ofcelebrations at St. AugustineElementary School in Kalamazoo,which culminated in an interde­nominational celebration servicedesigned by the fellowship.

St. George Catholic Church inWest Falls, N.Y., held a "HolyHumor Day~' last year with the"Original Holy Humor Chorus,""Clowns on Parade" and a 1990version of the parable of the prod­igal son, while Bernadette Mc­Carver Snyder, a columnist for thenational Catholic newspaper OurSunday Visitor, helped lead aninterdenominational April Fools'Day retreat in ~t. Louis.

For information about the fel­lowship write to Fellowship ofMerry Christians, P.O. Box 668,Kalamazoo, MI 49005.

Fools for Christ set sightson Easter Monday

PORTRAIT OF "The Joyful Christ" by Francis Hook(CNS photo) . '

Biessed are ye that weep now,for you shall laugh. "(Luke 6:21)

The Fellowship of Merry Chris­tians plans to take advantage ofthis year's concurrence of AprilFools' Day and Easter Monday,traditionally aday of celebrationand parties among Catholics, Ortho­dox Christians -and Protestants.The interdenominational fellow­ship, headquartered in Kalamazoo,'Mich., urges churches and prayergroups nationwide to organizeEaster Monday celebrations with"Fools for Christ" themes.

Created on April Fools' Day1986 with the aim of encouragingjoy, ~u!U0r an~ celebration, inchurch life, the FMC also observesits fifth anniversary April I..

The goal set forth by founderCal Samra and his wife Rose issummed up in the organization'smonthly Joyful Noiseletter, whichproclaims, "Our modest aim is torecapture the spirit of joy, humor,unity and healing power of theearly Christians. We try to bemerry more than twq times a year."

The fellowship, whose member-, ship is comprised of 10,000 clergyand laypeople from all walks oflife, includes in its ranks SteveAllen, Doc Blakely, Leo Busca­glia, Joe Garagiola, Bil Keane andArchbishop John L. May. The lateMalcolm Muggeridge was amongthe newsletter's 40-member boardof consulting editors.

The fellowship encourages Chris­tians to follow St. Paul's lead andbe "fools for Christ's sake" (I Cor.4: 10) on April I and throughoutApril, de~ignated Holy HumorMonth.

The April Fools' Day/EasterMonday concurrence is a sourceof special delight for FMC, whichholds. as did fourth-century theol­ogians John Chrysostom, Augus­tine and Gregory of Nyssa, thatEaster commemorates the biggestjoke in history: that God's raisingJesus from the dead was a sort ofcosmic joke on the devil. God hadthe last laugh.

Easter Monday was once a hol­iday among Christians, celebratedwith parties and picnics.

In Greece, the celebration beg­ins on Easter Monday and con­tinues through "Bright Week." InPolish communities Easter Mon­day is known as Dyngus Day.

In Slavic countries it is an oldcustom that anyone may enter thebelfries on Easter Sunday andMonday and flng the church bells.

Ministries receivedIn the first such liturgy of the

bicentennial year of St. Mary'sSeminary and University in Bal­timore, Bishop Bernard W. Schmittof Wheeling-Charleston, W. Va.,conferred the ministry of lector onMichael S. Racine and of acolyteon Andre H. Faria Jr. Both arefrom the Fall River diocese, Racinefrom St. Lawrence parish, NewBedford, and Faria from St. An­thony, Taunton.

A dinner for family, friends andthe seminary community followedthe liturgy.

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For more information on thetraining sessions, call HospiceOutreach at 673-1-589.

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Archbishop Romero was shotto death March 24, 1980, by anunknown gunman while sayingMass in a San Salvador hospitalchapel just days after begging armytroops to disobey their command­ers if ordered to commit humanrights abuses against civilians.

An inquest into the killingimplicated former Army Maj.Roberto D'Aubuisson but he hasnever been formally charged.

Meanwhile, more than 10,000people marched through San Sal­vador streets in a "pilgrimage forpeace" marking the anniversary ofthe Romero assassination. Themarch ended in an ecumenicalgathering in front of the down­town Metropolitan Cathedral.

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Hospice Outreach, a home healthagency that provides home carefor terminally ill patients and theirfamilies, is conducting interviewsfor potential patient care volun­teers. Volunteers visit patients andhelp where needed. Volunteers maybe asked to do errands, provide ­transportation, or just"sit with thepatient. Good listening skills, com­passion, and a nonjudgmental atti­tude are needed.

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Sister Margarida Tavares,FMM, 70, will celebrate 50 yearsof religious life at 4 p. m. Saturday,April 6, at Espirito Santo Church,Fall River. A reception will followher Mass of thanksgiving, to becelebrated by Father John Bavaro,OFM, formerly of St. Louis par­ish, Fall River.

A warm and friendly person,Sister Tavares looks back on acareer that began in the pre-VaticanII years with traditional assign­ments such as cooking, perform­ing the duties of a sacristan andvisiting the sick and poor.

In the post-Vatican II church,however, she has since 1977 been ananny for grateful professionalfamilies, absolutely secure in theknowledge that a sister was caringfor their children.

S he has loved both parts of herlife and is now eagerly anticipatingher golden anniversary gift: amonth-long trip to Italy, begin­ning May 6.

Last week she, accompanied bytwo of her sisters, dropped in atthe Anchor office to talk about it ..all. She spoke, thankfully for thisreporter, in English, but is equallyproficient in French. and Portu­guese.

She is a native of Espirito Santo

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who've benefited from her devo-.tion.

The Anchor reporter and pho­tographer can also testify to herloving nature. It's the first timeeither of them has received agoodbye kiss from an interviewsubject.

Ad multosannos, Sister Tavares!

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grew the need for a nanny, shemoved to after-school care for twoother youngsters and a fostergrandparent assignment at St. JohnEvangelist kindergarten in Cam­bridge. ,

Like any grandparent, she ismore than willing to pull from herwallet pictures of the youngsters

cook and care for retired andinfirm community members.

From 1961 to 1971, she was atthe Franciscan Missionaries ofMary convent on Fall River~s

Second Street, teaching catechism,working as sacristan at St. Anthonyof Padua parish and for four yearsalso serving as a pediatric nurses'aide at St. Anne's Hospital.

From 1971 to 197; she was anaide in the cardiac children's wardof St. Francis Hospital in Roslyn;N.Y., following that with two yearsin Lebanon, N.H., where she helpedopen a convent and did catecheti- .cal work in two parishes.

Assigned in 1977 to her com­munity's Covenant Convent inBoston, she embarked on her careeras a nanny, first for 13 years in afamily where both parents weredoctors. When the: children out-

THREE SISTERS: Sister Margarida Tavares, FM M,center, with her sisters, Anna Foley, left, and Beatrice Mello,right. (Hickey photo)

parish, a 1936 graduate of its schooland one of II children, four ofwhom still live in Fall River: Bea­trice Mello'and Anna Foley, bothof Immaculate Conception parish,who came with her to the Anchor;Mary Mendes, a resident at theCatholic Memorial Home; andGeorge Tavares of Holy Name·parish.

Entering the Franciscan Mis­sionaries of Mary in 1940 at theirNorth Providence convent, sheserved in Cincinnati for three yearsafter completing her novitiate.There she was assigned to a parishfor home visiting and work with

. children.. After taking final vows in 1946,Sister Tavares was a cook at St.Clement's Shrine in Boston for 10years, followed by a return toNorth Providence for two y~ars to

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Catholic-funded documentary gets Oscar

AT RECENT convocation of permanent deacons of the diocese with Bishop Daniel A.Cronin are newly appointed area coordinators for the diaconate, from left, Deacon Richard J.Murphy Sr., Cape Cod; Deacon Paul J. Macedo, New Bedford; the bishop; Deacon JohnWelch, Taunton/ Attleboro; Deacon Robert Normandin, Fall River; Father John F. Moore,director of thediaconate program.

Mother Teresawarns against

U.S. scam

Magazine raps U.S.VATICAN CITY (CNS) - For

economic and political reasons theU.S. coalition went beyond itsU.N. mandate in the Gulf conflictto destroy the Iraqi regime and itswarmaking potential, said a Jesuitmagazine which often reflects Vat­ican views. '

The United States saw Iraq as athreat to "the existence of Israel,the independ~nce of borderingArab countries and the supply ofoil to the Western world," said anine-page article in the March 16issue of "La Civilta Cattolica."

The article favored the economicembargo against Iraq, rather thanarmed force.

Editorials and major articles inthe Rome-based magazine, whichappears every two weeks, arereviewed by the Vatican Secreta­riat of State prior to publication.

The Gulf war also blackened theimage of the United Nations be­cause it showed that, although itauthorized military force, it was "powerless to control militaryactions once the war started.

"Everything was decided by theallied forces command," said thearticle.

The U.N. authorized a "limitedmilitary intervention" to freeKuwait from Iraqi troops, it said.

WASHINGTON (CNS)Mother Teresa has asked U.S.bishops to warn people nation­wide of several fund raising scamsthat are using the Nobel Prizewinner's name without her ap­proval.

"Many people are giving gener­ously for the poor, thinking I haveauthorized such persons to collectmoney for us," MotherTeresa saidin a letter sent to all U.S. bishopsin late February. "I have not auth­orized anyone to raise funds orreceive donations in my name."

Mother Teresa, founder of theMissionaries of Charity in Cal­cutta, India, said in the letter thatthe so-called fundraisers sell pic­tures and statues of her and makepeople "believe that donations andproceeds from sales are given tome."

Fundraising efforts are prohi­bited in the order as well as amonglay workers of the order, MotherTeresa said. .

"Please help us to get thisinformation to the people becausethey work hard and give gener­ously for the poor and it is sadtheir gifts are not reaching thepoor," she said. .

Mother Teresa indicated in herletter that she had written U.S.bishops before about the problem,but she had continued to hearfrom people about the fundraisingploy.

Mother Teresa said people whowish to give something for thepoor should make donationsdirectly to the Miss.ionaries of

.' Ch~rity in tht;ir ~rea, '. ,.A nun at the order's mother­

house in the Bronx section of NewYork City told Catholic NewsService March 26 the order had nofurther comment about the in­cidents;

In St. Louis a nun at the moth­erhouse there told the St. LouisReview, newspaper of the archdi­ocese, her order had not heard ofsuch scams in that city, but hadheard of incidents elsewhere.

classified it 0 - morally offensive.Father McKenzie also com­

mented over the years on a varietyof other issues. In 1966, he criti­cized theologians who condemnevolution out of hand for makinga judgment on a field about'whichthey know little or nothing.

In 1978, he disputed a physi­cian's claim, published In theJournal of the American MedicalAssociation, that the temporaryblindness that led, to St. Paul'sconversion could have resultedfrom epilepsy, m'igraine, opticneuritis or six other eye conditions.

"Anyone who has a theory isfree to propose it," he said, "butthere's not enough basis for anyknown medical cause."

Born Oct. 9, 1910, in Brazil,Ind., John Lawrence McKenziejoined the Jesuits in 1928 and wasordained a priest in 1939. He earneda doctorate in theology from Wes­ton College in 1942.

He began his long teaching careerin 1942 as a professor of Old Tes­tament at the Jesuit seminary inWest Baden, Ind., and later taughtat Loyola University in Chicago,the University of Chicago, the Uni­versity of Notre Dame and DePaulUniversity in Chicago.

He was president ofthe CatholicBiblical Association from 1953 to1964.

the IOOth anniversary of 'RerumNovarum,''' Ms. McCloskey said.

"'Rerum Novarum" is Pope LeoX1II's 1891 land mark encyclicalon capital and labor and is consi­dered the starting point of thechurch's modern social teaching.

The documentary also comple­ments "Economic Justice for All,"the U.S. bishops' 1986 pastoral onthe economy, Ms. McCloskey said.

"American Dream" also wasfunded with $75,000 from theCorporation for Public Broad­casting and $10,000 fro'm thePresbyterian Hunger Program.

Catholic Communication Cam­paign funding is provided througha collection taken up annually bydioceses throughout the UnitedStates for church communicationsefforts.

after the Jesuit superior generalchided him for criticizing PopePaul VI's statement attributing adecline in religious vocations partlyto a dhire for soft living. "Comeoff it, Your Holiness," he wrote inThe Critic magazine': "You canread lessons to no one about softliving."

At the time he said he was leav­ing th~ Jesuits not because of thearticle but because of "a gradualestrangement" from the order. Hebecame a priest of the diocese ofMadison, Wis.

Even after retiring to Claremont13 years ago, he sometimes becameinvolved in controversy. Consultedby director ¥artin Scorsese whenhe was developing the scripts forhis film, "The Last Temptation ofChrist,"Father McKenzie said theidea was "not theologically bad"and was "dramatically faithful" towhat Christ might have done insuch a situation.

"We can't make Jesus a museumpiece - a plaster Jesus," he toldCatholic News Service in 1988."Some find it repulsive that Jesuswould ever be tempted. I think itwould be repulsive if he were not.It's part ofthe human experience."

The U.S. Catholic ConferenceOffice for 'Film and Broadcastinglater termed the film a "deeplyflawed portrayal" of Christ and

She won an earlier Oscar in1977 for the documentary "HarlanCounty, U.S.A.," about coal min­ers in Eastern Kentucky.

The Catholic Communication 'Campaign granted funds for"American Dream" to Cabin CreekCenter for Work and Environ­mental studies, which producesdocumentary and dramatic filmson economic problems of workersand justice in the work place.

Ellen McCloskey, manager ofproductions for the Catholic cam­paign, told Catholic News ServiceMarch 26 the coveted award "comesat a timely moment in develop­ment of the CCc." "AmericanDream" is "the caliber of program­ming that we want to fund."

"The topic reflects the socialteaching we're talking about on

CLAREMONT, Calif. (CNS)- Father John L. McKenzie, 80, asometimes 'controversial Catholictheologian and biblical scholar,

, died last month of heart disease inClaremont.

The author of such well-knownworks as "The Two-Edged Swot-d,"

, "Dictionary of the Bible" a'nd"Authority in the Church," FatherMcKenzie was the first Catholicfaculty member at the Universityof Chicago Divinity School, aninterdenominational school withBaptist roots, and the first priestelected president of the Society ofBiblical Literature.

His views on ecclesiastical au~

thority, contained in "Authority inthe Church," were labeled as"heresy" in 1967 by then ,San

. Antonio Archbishop Robert E.Lucey, but the Catholic Theologi­cal Society of America went on

,record in support of Father Mc­Kenzie and called the chargesunjustified.

When the book on authoritywas reportedly under investigationby the Vatican's Congregation forthe Doctrine of the Faith in 1968,Father McKenzie said the congre­gation should deal with him di­rectly, not through the Jesuits, theorder to which he then belonged."They can deal with me directly orthey don't deal," he said., He leftthe Jesuits in 1970, shortly

WASHINGTON (CNS) ­"American Dream," which wasfunded in part by $35,000 from theCatholic Communication Cam­paign, took the Oscar for bestdocumentary at the 63rd annualAcademy Awards ceremony March25 in Los Angeles.

The documentary ,explores thedevastating effects that massivefactory closings in the mid-'80shad on workers in the meatpack­ing industry of the American Mid-west. r

The Oscar went to producersBarbara Kopple and Arthur Cohn.

Ms. Kopple, who also directed, the documentary, made the film

while living three years amongdisplaced workers in Minnesota,llIinois, Iowa, Nebraska and Wis­consin to capture their story.

How to do itVATICAN CITY (CNS)

Social sins can best be eliminatedby avoiding. personal sins, saidPope John Paul II.

Although the church definessocial sins as the "collective com­portment of vast social sectors" or"the leadership of entire nations orblock ofnations," they are causedby personal immorality, the popesaid. '

"Social sins are the fruit of, theaccumulation of and the concen­tration of many personal sins," hesaid at his March 20 weekly generalaudience.

"We are called to avoid sin" and"to reflect God's love in our livesand in our' relations with oneanother, as individuals, in ourfamilies and society," said the pope.

The Anchor10 Friday, March 29,199'1

JubilariansContinued from Page'Three

graduated from the hospital'sschool of nursing before enteringreligious life, served as an operat­ing room nurse. She later heldpositions at Marian Manor an,dMadonna Manor, North Attle­boro. When the congregation leftMadonna Manor, she returned toMarian Manor, where she pres- ,ently serves.

Sister Michaud's career closelyparalleled that of Sister.Gauthier:she went from her post at St.Anne's to Marian Manor, then to

. Madonna Manor until the sistersleft. She spent a few months at theprovincial house before joiningSister Gauthier at Marian Manoronce again.

Sister Descheemaeker came froma large and deeply religious familyin northern France. She was al­ready a registered nurse when shejoined the congregation and afterprofession had assignments in thesisters' hospitals in Paris and inBrussels, Belgium.

In 1966, she came to the UnitedStates and continued her nursingcareer at St. Anne's Hospital, thentaught in the hospital's school ofnursing.

In 1971, she was asked to open amission in Brownsville, texas bythen Bishop Humberto Medeiros.There she worked in a local hospi­tal before returning to fall Riverto serve in the St. Anne's Hospitaldrug clinic. Later she worked ;.viihhospital volunteers. .

Since 1982; Sister Deschee­maeker hasheen assigned to thecommunity's house in Washing­ton, DC, where her activitiesinclude visiting shut-ins and gar-

. dening. ' , .

Silver JubilariansSisters Maria Teresa Gomez and

Gertrudis Betancourt professedfinal vows on May 30, 1966.

Both sisters came from theirnative Colombia to complete theirnovititate in Dighton. Followingher profession, Sister Gomez stud­ied at Salve Regina College, New­port, then joined Dominican sis­ters teaching in Puerto Rico. Shewas later transferred to Browns­ville where she worked with mi­grant workers. From Texas shewent to Washington, DC, whereshe is now pursuing religiousstudies.

Sister Betancourt studied nurs­ing for many years and served atboth Marian and Madonna man­ors. Presently she works with Latinand Central American immigrantsthrough Catholic. Social Servicesin Providence, RI.

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The cardinal's,first,public litu;gyin his homeland will be held March31, Palm Sunday on the Juliancalendar. "

Many Ukrainian Catholics liv­ing 9utside the Soviet Union areexpected to join the Holy Weekand Easter festivities. Those unable'to make the trip may be able to seehighlights on televi~ion. The car­dinal's office has arranged for twodocumentaries, one on the 1946liquidation of the church, the otheron its current status.

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One in five, WASHINGTON(CNS)-Onein five persons,in the United Statesis a member of an ethnic minoritygroup following a more than 50percent jumpin the Hispanic pop-

, ulation in the 1980s 'and a dou­bling of the numbers of Asians, the1990 census indicates. At least 49.1millio'll of the nation's 248.7 mil­lion people identified' themselvesas members of an ethnic minority.

, Jesuit F;ather Joseph P. Fitzpa­frick, sociology professor emeritusat Fordham University in NewYork, says the numbers don't sur­prise him and that "the characterof the U.S. population continuesto be what it always has been. It'salway!\ included very large numbersof immigrants and refugees."

"Masks and Mirrors," a presen­tation designe.d to aid adults sexu­ally abused as children, will bepresented at 7:30 p.m. April 9 atthe Catholic Center of Bridgewater'State College in Bridgewater.

A one-woman show written andacted by Roberta Nobleman, her­self an abuse victim, the produc-, '

tion draws on masks, pantomime,, poetry,' music, first person narra­

tion and audience participation toconvey its message. It includesexcerpts from stories written bynovelist Virginia Woolf, also achildhood abuse victim, as a 'ioand l2-year-old: The music is fromGustav Mahler's First Symphony.

Ms. Nobleman has also writtenand presented one-woman showson Dame Julian of Norwich andpilot and Episcopal priest JeanettePiccard.

of the intricate brickwork on thesquare in front of the church.

Among items in the trucks wereoffice supplies difficult or impos­sible to purchase in the Ukraine-from pens and paper clips tocomputers and photocopyingmachines. '

The trucks carried 3 millionsouvenir holy cards with a repro­duction of an icon on one side andthe date of the cardinal's'return onthe other.

They also brought the first 50,000'copies ofa Ukniinian prayer book.The books; over 1,000 pages long,contain prayers, liturgical textsarId a catechism. '

The German-based organizationAid to the Ch'urch in Need fundedprinting of the book, which \;Vasedited by Studite Father HlibLonchynaof St. Nicholas' parishin Passaic, N.J.

As the Ukrainian church emergedfrom its underground existenceover the past two years, prieststhere began celebrating liturgies inthe Ukrainian language. Ukrain­ian Catholics in other parts of theworld began using the vernacularinstead of Church Slavonic morethan 20 years ago., The few prayer books preserved

in Ukrainian cities are yellow withage and ragged from use. Theywere printed in the 1930s and '40s.

,A't most liturgies, the priestspray in Ukrainian and the peoplemake the responses in ChurchSlavonic from memory becausethey have no texts Qf the Uk-'rainian-Ianguage services, Msg.r.Dacko said..

Religious and theological booksare one of the greatest needs of thechurch in the Ukraine, he said.,Stacks of texts and theological'works, as well as some ,Gospelsand EpistIesused for liturgies andbolts of b'lack' cloth for cassockswere also aboard the trucks.

The cardinal and 103 other peo­p'e will (ravel to Lvov tomorrowon a plane chartered from,Aero­flot, the Soviet state airline.

, , T~ree gozen .jo~nlalists from, Hary.,the United States, England,',Gerlnany, Australia and Aus,triawill fly with Cardinid Lubachivskyfrom Ro'me: More than 20'Moscow­based correspondents of.Westernnews agencies alsoare expected inLvov for the events which willinclud~ a parade from the airportto'St. George's Cathedral.

DAILY READINGSApr. 1: Acts 2:14,22-32; Ps16:1-2,5,7-11; Mt 28:8-15

,Apr. 2: Acts 2:36-41; Ps33:4-5,18-20,22; In 20:11-18Apr. 3: Acts, 3:1-10;Ps105:1-4,6-9; Lk 24: 13-35Apr. 4: Acts. 3: 11-26; ,'Ps8:2,5-9; Lk 24:35-48Apr. 5: Acts 4:1-12; Ps118:1-2,4,22-27; Jn21:1-14Apr.~: Acts. 4:i3-2'1; p's118:1,14-21; Mk 16:9-15Apr. 7: Acts 4:32~35; Ps118:2-4,13-15,22~24; 1 In5:1-6; Jn2i:19-31

Ukrainian prelate to return to homelandVATICAN CITY (CNS) - Uk­

rainian Cardinal Myroslav Luba­chivsky and his staff in Rome hada thousand things to do in prepa­ration for his return tomorrow tothe Soviet Ukraine.

On Holy Thursday according tothe Julian calendar, a week behindthe Gregorian calender used inmost of the world, Cardinal Luba­chivsky will wash the feet of 12priests who were imprisoned fortheir faith.

The cardinal, who is the major, archbishop .of Lvov, has not be~n ,to his homeland in more than '50years'. There' hasn't been a majorarchbishop in r,esidence there formore than 45 years., In addition to personal items

"and liturgical 'vestments, the car­dinal is bringing a chancery toUkraine with him.

Ukrainian church offices in thediocesan sees of Lvov, Ivano­Frankovsk and Uzghorod "are veryprimitive,"·said Msgr. Ivan Dacko,chancellor of the archdiocese ofLvov and secretary to CardinalLubachivsky.

Benefactors and foundations inthe West have donated money andmaterials to help reestablishdiocesan. offices, 'which have' notexisted since before the UkrainianCatholic Chinch was outlawed inthe Soviet Union in 1946.

Six huge truck's were loaded upin front of St. Sophia's UkrainianCathedral in Rome. When theydeparted for Lvov earlier thismonth, they had left their mark.Their weight had damaged some

CHILDREN OF San Jose in front of their typical Honduran homes; Ronald Comeau and a friend display the catch of the day: armadillo.

Cape Cod medical group returns to Hondurascomplete invalid~ there was noth­ing we could do for him."

And there was the case of a littleboy with a club foot who had beenseen at the clinic the previous year.The group had arranged an appoint­ment for him at the hospital inTegucigalpa, but the family hadarrived two hours late and werenot seen at the hospital, so theboy's condition was unchanged.

"You can see I wasn't too happyin this photo!" said Comeau,showing a picture of himself treat­ing the boy.

This year he sent a child withspinal meningitis to the hospitalbut learned later that he had died.

"This is what I mean aboutshedding a lot of tears," he said."But we've saved a lot oflives, too,and helped a lot of people, Wecan't save them all,"

He marveled at the Hondurans'uncomplaining attitude towardtheir trials,

"They have a lot of bad cavitiesbecause they eat sugar cane," saidComeau. "Last year one of ourdentists pulled 222 teeth in oneday, The people are very braveabout it. There's no anesthesia,but I don't think we saw anybody- even the kids - crying. Theyjust accept the fact."

Their response to the medicalgroup is one of "tr'emendousgenerosity," he s~id. "As we giveup our time to go there and give ofourselves, it's nice to know thatthey lj.ppreciate what we do."

He recalled one' thankful Hon­duran mother bringing him a beanand rice dish that had an unusualflavor. After aTew bites he learnedthat the unfamiliar dement waslizard:

'Comeau' s"aidhe imnjediately: -, i J • ~

told the cook that It was very,good,bu't he iust wasn't hungry atthe moment. ' ,",He ';tdmits \0 'hav'ing'tried theiguana ttiat an a'dventu,~ousgroupmember b'ought an9 Qad had pre­pared at the hotel. but says heshi,ed away froom some 01 the evenmore'unusual food,off~ririgs,suchas armadillo,

When he saw,a boy ,on the road­side selling one ,of the bony-platedmammals, he bougpt it and let itgo.

Future PlansComellu said that the Cape has

, decided that "San Jose will be·ourplace" for return trips. "We willwork closely with the public healthminister there and hopefully raisethe level of health."

Sending several groups a year issure to have a positive impact, hesaid, noting that an April trip isplanned in addition to the two that

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who was having trouble breathing.Comeau was ushered into the

family's home by the grandmother,who had delivered the baby.

"The mother was tucked awayin a little corner on a metal framebed, sheets hanging from the ceil­ing over her - that was her 'room,'''he said,

It turned out that the baby'sproblem was simply congestion, acondition common in the moun­tains. Comeau provided some salinenasal drops and told the mother toadminister them to the baby eachnight at bedtime.

"I showed her how to put themin the baby's nose - and the kidpromptly sneezed," Comeau chuck­led. When he returned next, day"the baby was doing beautifully.The mother gave me a hug, Whatbetter thanks?"

But along with the success sto-

ries t'here are frustbitions. Comeausaid he tries not to get discouragedthat he can't do more for the peo­ple: especially the chil<jren,'

"These are lovable children," hesaid of the Honduran youngsters

,who despite their poverty are"happy the way they are." .

"You see these little kids, all ofthem so cute.. ." said Comeau, "Weshed a lot of tears [on these trips]- all of us do."

He told of a 13-year-old boycarried to the clinic on a blanketby his parents. At three monthsold, he had been diagnosed as hav­ing polio and "the parents hadcared for him all his life. He was a

The leaflet ,idea "worked very,well" and was praised by thegovernment, said Comeau, addingthat "the educational a~pect is allpart of being a nurse."

He noted that another Capegroup visiting the same area inmid-March "did not need to bringas much medicine for worms."

"Hopefully we can get them tokeep boiling the water," he said.

In the FieldComeau's group saw more than

800 people during their stay. A fewcases made a deep impression onthe nurse.

One that brings a smile to hisface involved a six-day-old baby

face, they are' boiling it b'eforeusing it to drink or in food prep­aration.

"It was something simple andeasy to un,derstand," said Comeau,explaining that he brought about2,000 copies of the leaflet to bedistributed by the public healthnurse for hanging in village homes.

Hopefully the effort will helpovercome one of the major obsta­cles to improving health condi­tions: the lack of education.

The people have been told "overand over" not to consume the con­taminated water, but sometimesthat message doesn't get through,said Comeau.

"According to our standards theyneed a lot of education, butaccording to their standards, they'redoing what's always been done.Their rationale is 'my grandmotherlives this way, so I will too.'''

dirt floors that turn to mud in therainy season and windows withoutscreens."

The villagers "average a meal aday," he added, "It's a difficultplace to live, The people are very,very poor, but they hang in thereand they pull through."

Comeau noted that there hasbeen some improvement in livingconditions since the medical mis­sions began.

"Last year we saw abou't 1,500people and treated about 1,000 forworms and vitamin deficiency; thisyear we didn't see half as manypeople with worms," he said.

But the contaminated river whichruns through Corrasita is a majorsource of problems.

"The people do everything inthat water - drink it, swim in it,bathe in it, do their laundry, use itas a latrine, said Comeau,

By Marcie HickeyRonald Comeauof Holy Rosary

parish, Fall River, came back fromhis recent trip with photos to showand tales to tell.

But his Feb. 9 to 16 trip towarmer climes was no midwintergetaway vacation: it was a medicalmission to Honduras. part of anannual effort by the Cape Codchapter of the Central AmericaMedical and Dental Foundation.

The interdenominational organ­ization, based in Texas, functionsyear-round, each month arrangingfor doctors, nurses, pharmacistsand dentists to bring supplies andskills to remote Central Americanpopulations who otherwise haveno access to medical treatment.

The February effort was thethird for Comeau. a registerednurse employed at VA MedicalCenter in Brockton. Among thoseaccompanying him on the trip wasBetty Mazzucchelli of St. Eliza':beth Seton parish. North Fal­mouth. who has discussed previousFoundation trips with the Anchor.The two have been with the Capegroup since it was organized aboutthree years ago.

This year. 25 health profession­als set up clinics in a San Joseschoolhouse and in a newly-builtchurch in the outlying village ofCorrasita. It took about an hourand a half for the group to getfrom th~ir hotel up a mountainroad 'to the village. where "all thepeople turned out" for the visit,said Comeau., The nearest local doctors are inthe Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa,,187 kilometers away and out ofreach to mountain populations likethose visited by Comeau's group., If riot for theseU .5. vol~nteersthe "nlO~rtlj.in people \yould likel;,:'get no medical care at all. save foroccasional immunizations admin­istered by local public h,ealthnur~es,said Comeau. ' ' v ,

"T.hese ));Cople are' isolated i~ a " 'COMEAu.AND two of his clinic, patients: left, a l3-year-old boy suffering from wormsmountainous region.of a. lp'gor and miilnutrition;';right, a boY, with ~ club foot':· ' . ' . , " ,coun.try. T~~ public health nurse , , , 'may have tnree or four thousand '" So this time the group brought.peopie .tq look ~fier> he said.,' ; leaflets designed to educate the vil-

If'hospital treatment is, needed" lagers about the health risk.!Ie added, a family must find a way The leaflet was Comeau's idea,'to transport the'patient to the city, ,created before the trip with the'~or else they don't go," , help ofa coworker at the VA Med-

The medical professionals trea'ted ieal Center:people for health problems rang- On one side, the artist drew theing from cavities to serious dis- river, depicting "what people use iteases or injuries, but the most for" and a truck, transporting watercommon illnesses, such as malnu- to home cisterns.trition and parasites, are poverty- The other side of the leafletcaused. shows people using the stored

Comeau described the average water: in one drawing, marked byvillager's home as a hut of "grass a frowning face and a death sym-tied together with vines and sticks bol, they are drinking it straightchopped from trees. The fairly from the cistern, without boilingwell-to-do have plain houses with it; in the other, marked by a happy

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'DOMINICAN SISTERS OF HAWTHORNEA religious community of Catholic women with seven modern' nursingfacilities in six states. Our one apostolate is to nurse incurable cancerpatients. This work is a practical fulfillment of our faith.The most important (alent, highly prized by us, is the talent for sharingof yourself - your compassion, your cheerfulness, your faith - with thosewho have been made so vulnerable and dependent by this dread disease.Not all of our sisters are nurses, but as part of our apostolate, all directlyhelp in the care of the patients..

If you think you have a religious vocation and would like to know moreabout our work and community life, why not plan to visit with us. Wewould be happy to share with you a day from our lives.

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ST. JOSEPH, TAUNTONSix adults will be fully initiated

into the church during tomorrow's7:30 p.m. Easter Vigil. Mother'sGroup-sponsored Easter egg huntfor children age 7 and under 10 a.m.tomorrow. CCD students will bringEaster baskets to Marian Manor res­idents tomorrow. departing fromCCD center at I p.m.

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SS. PETER AND PAUL, FRCYO meeting 7:30 p.m. April 2.

room 8. school. Women's Clubmeeting 7 p. m. April I. hall. Vincen­tians meet 7 p.m. April 4. rectory.

OUR LADY'S HAVEN,FAIRHAVEN

Volunteers sought to plan andassist in activities for nursing homeresidents. Activities include pet vis­its. music, crafts. one-to-one visits.outings and special events. Informa­tion: Gail Lawrence: 999-4561.HOLY ROSARY, TAUNTON

Blessing of food II a.m. to I p.m.tomorrow, church. Confessions 3 to4:30 p.m. tomorrow.

ST. STANISLAUS, FRBlessing of Easter foods and

baskets noon and 2 p.m. tomorrow.One catechumen will receive sacra­ments of initiation at Easter Vigil.Evening prayer for Easter 5:30 p.m.Sunday.

ECUMENICAL EASTERSERVICE, EASTON

An ecumenical sunrise Easter ser­vice for the town of Easton willbegin at 5:30 a.m. Sunday, SheepPasture. Refreshments will follow.

A Pattern"Let this be the pattern; show

mercy to others in ~he same way,with the same generosity, with'thesame promptness, as you wantothers to show mercy to you." ­SI. Peter Chrysologus

O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLEBlessing' of food II Jo a.m.

tomorrow. Confessions 10:30 to 11:30a.m. and 4 to 5 p.m. tomorrow.

HOLY NAME, FRWomen's Guild meeting 7:30 p.m.

April 2, school hall. Mrs. EdwardNicoletti will chair and officers willbe elected. Holy Name School Advi­sory Council meeting7: 15 p.m. April'4, rectory.

O.L. ASSUMPTION,OSTERVILLE

Confessions 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.tomorrow. Canned and packagedfoods for food pantries may be placedin containers at church entrance.ST. MARY, SEEKONK

Adult confirmation class meets 7to 8 p.m. April3, parish center roomI.

ST. JOSEPH. NBConfessions 3 to 4:30 p.m.

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Continued from Page 12have already taken place this year:"As for May - that's the rainyseason. so we're not sure aboutthat yet.'"

Comeau has also expressed aninterest in visiting a dispensaryrecently opened in EI Salvador byFranciscan Fathers.

"I've explored t.his on my own- written to the local bishop toask what the clinic's needs wouldbe," he said. The clinic is not farfrom the Honduras location, and"if they could assure me a place tostay and feed me, I'd go."

Comeau noted that anothermedical group is forming in Con­necticut arid a combined effortmight permit an expanded ministry.

"Our membership has grown'fantastically" since the group firststarted in the Cape area, he said,"We purchase the medical suppliesand pay our own way down there- about $1,200 apiece. That in­cludes the hotel and food - twomeals a day and a snack in the fieldat lunchtime."

He concluded, "It's a good crew- nice people, dedicated people:We go out and cry a lot, but wealso laugh a lot.

"It's fun and it's great - I loveit. It's an opportunity to do some­thing for your fellow man, to showthere are still some active Christ­ian-minded people out there. Whenyou go to another country andwork directly with the people, youcan see the benefit of your efforts."

ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN,Baptism preparation meeting 7

p.m. April 2.

SPIRIT OF JESUS PRA YERGROUP, HY ANNIS

Father Frank Santelli. vocationsdirector for Providence diocese, willconduct a generational healing Mass7:30 p.m. April2. S1. Francis XavierChurch. Hyannis.

SACRED HEART, FRVeneration of Cross service 4 p. m.

today. Confessions 3 to 4 p.m.tomorrow. Women's Guild meeting.potluck supper 6:30 p.m. April 2.

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O.L. CAPE, BREWSTERSupport groups for caregivers and

the unemployed are being formed;information for caregivers 896-9382;for unemployed 896-3401.

CORPUS CHRISTI, SANDWICHEcumenical Easter sunrise service

6 a.m.. Shawme Pond. Ushers' even­ing of recollection 7:30 to 9 p.m.April 3. Miramar Retreat Ce·nter.Duxbury; bus transportation fromchurch leaving 6:30 p.m. Informa­tion: Bill Mulcahv, 420-1889; DanteGallerani. 888-0890. Parish Couples'Club premiere gathering 8 p.m. April5, parish center; information: Ste­phen and Joyce Dealy. 888-5492;Ken and Philomena Figueredo.888-0375.

ST. PATRICK, WAREHAMYouth group will sponsor Easter

egg hunt for children in grade 4 andyounger following 10 a.m. Mass Stonehill College, North Easton,Sunday. will host a radio broadcast of TheLaS~LETTESHRINE, Peter Meade Show on WBZ-AMATTLEBORO Radio 1030 from 6 to 9 p.m. April

Easter Sunrise service 5:30 a.m.; 18. The program will be an on-airparticipants gather attomb at end of open town meeting with discus-outdoor stations of cross: Mass will sion about the Bill of Rights in

D, of I., ATTLEBORO continue in People's Chapel cele- conjunction with the documentsAlcazaba Circle 65 Daughters of brated by Rev: Joseph .Ross. MS. bicentennial. _

Isabella. monthly meeting followlng-Easter'cetebran:on-for-chIld~en-up-ro-' Admission is free, but advance6 p.m. supper April4. K. of C. Hall: -agt; 10; 2 pomo-~unday. Shnne cafe- registration is required. For freeHodges St. Mystery Sisters will be tena. InformatlOl): 222-5410. . tickets call 230-1120 between 8;30revealed. HOLY GHOST, ATTLEBORO. . . and 4:30 p.m.ROSARY FOR LIFE, HYANNIS Morning prayer9tomorrow. One 'The program will be broadcast

A rosary I'n defellse of ·11·fe--is.- candidate will receive the sacraments .. f h J hfrom the audltonum 0 t e oseprecited 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays in of baptism. confirmation and Euch-

. E V' '1 W. Martin, Jr. Institute for Lawfront of Womancare. 65 Camp St.. anst at aster Igi.and Society atStonehill, 320 NorthHyannis. Information: 428-7418 VINCENTIANS . S Th .. .Washmgton t. e mstltute IS

ST. ANNE, FR Taunton District Council monthly . 'blhandicapped access) e.. Confessions II a.m. to noon and I .Mass 7:30 p.m. April I. Immaculate

to 4 p.m. tomorrow. Conception Church. Main St .. NorthEaston. Meeting follows in church

ST, JULIE BILLIART, hall. Fall River District CouncilN, DARTMOUTH meeting beginning with 7 p.m. liturgy

Applications for Ladies' Guild April2. S5. Peter and Paul Church.scholarship must be submitted byApril I. Pastoral council seeks new ST. MARY, NORTONmembers; names may be submitted Confessions>3 to 4 p..m. to'mor-to nominating committee or one of row. Grade 9 students will atte~d athe priests. Confessions 4 to ..4:·30·.... talk on, sub~tance ~buse'Apnl I..p.m. tomorrow. Women s GUIld meetmg 7 p.m. Apnl

2.RETROUV AILLE

Program .to help heal and renewtroubled marriages; upcoming week­end April 26 to 28 in Marlboro.Information: Phil and Diane Caruso.429-6293, or Diocesan Office ofFamily Ministry. 999-6420.

EMMAUS RETREATA coeducational weekend retreat

program under .the leadership ofreligious and laity, Emmau~ pro­vides persons ages 19 to 30 ~Ith theopportunity to de~pen th~lr rt;la­tionship with ChrISt. Reglst.ratlOndeadline for Emmaus 88 (Apnl 19 to21) is April5. I nformation: LorraineRoy, 763-8954.

ST. PATRICK, SOMERSETSI. Patrick's pro-life group will

join other pro-life groups in prayerat the Planned Parenthood Clinic inProvidence tomorrow, meeting inchurch parking lot at 7 a.m. andreturning about 10:30a.m.lnforma­tion: 676-0213.ST. ANTHONY,MATTAPOISETT

Liturgy of thanksgiving for end ofPersian Gulf ~ar 7 p.m. April 2.

love is never extinguished by'the darkness offear.lndeed, wemay face personal loss. We maybecome disillusioned by the hurtin our worldwide family. Wemay wonder why governmentsmake choices based on fear andgenerate the violence that flowsfrom these decisions. Yet, toremember Easter is to believe inlove's ultimate triumph.

The song suggests that wemust "stand on the rock" ofGod's love, "no matter what weface." We do this when we openour hearts to God, sharing withhim what we experience andfeel. Sometimes, peo'ple areafraid to share their true feel­ings with God. Yet, we need toknow that God wants to listento whatever we are feeling, suchas our anger, hopelessness oreven our hatred.

Easter is God's,promise of hiseternal openness to each of us,that the healing miracle of lovecarinot be lost. To celebrateEaster is to be invited oncemore to open our hearts to theone we can feel "near all theway,"-"

Easter' brings 'us challenge.We are to be mirrors of God'slove, helping others come "outof the dark." God asks us toreflect his healing miracle. Manyneed to be "holding your hand"so th~! "step by step" they can"mak~ it through~~ wqateverp~rsonal darknes~ covers theirlive,S. Easter encourages us toevaluate how often and howgenerously we hold out ourhands to others. '

On the 'first Easter Jesuswalked out of the, cold, darktomb. Estefan's song gives tes-'tament to her own emergencefrom the dark. Open your heartwide to Easter's message!Resolve to live fully in the light!

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

It was about two minutes later Iheard her from the back of theroom point out to Crazy Carl thatshe made it perfectly clear theireggs were to have been hard-boiled.

Actually she used an additionalword before "eggs," but I am sure Imust have heard her incorrectly.

"N 0, you certainly may not usethat word on your egg," she saidsomewhat louder after a short time.

Soon she came to her desk aridfumbled through the top drawerwith trembling fingers.

"My doctor says I may use theseon rare o~casions," she:: s~id, pop­ping a large pill into her mouthand gulping. "This is one of thoseoccasions. Have you ever seen ahuman be~~gsw~llowa hard-boiledegg wholel"

It was about then the coughingin, t'li~ back of the r'o()m began. Itmoved up ,the rows 'of studentsalon'g wi'tha foglikephenomenonwhich gradually' enveloped theroom. ", ~fter, t'he school' evacuation,

Thug l;ll)d ~enny.explained to thefiremen they had spilled a littlevinegar on the steam valves. Thiswas interesting because the steamv~lv,es were eight feet high andcouldn't be opened without awrench oJ; perhaps a Boy Scoutknife with a spoon and fork attach­ment.

We \yeren't surprised when MissSweeney asked to extend her Eastervacation until Labor Day of anundisclosed year.

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I had suggested we use ping­pong balls and crayons to minim­ize the spill-and-splatter factor andthat the students stage their deco­rating party in the bus garagewhere Mack Thudenburn, ourmaintenance man, could keep aneye on them.

Miss Sweeney would not hear ofit. She felt "platoons" of four stu­dents could comfortably decoratethree eggs each at the room's art­work station.

Perhaps her mistake was group­ing Benny, Crazy Carl, Rachel andThug. I subtly tried to warn her.

"Yoli are nu'ttier than an ele.!phant's cage if you think I'm tak­ing that group," I said.'

"O'on't fret, Mrs. Young," shesaid coolly. "I'll take this platoon(she loved that word) if you will sitat my desk and oversee silentreading."

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~:~~::~':::::COMING OUT OF THEDA~

Why be afraid if I'm not alone t~Life is never easy, the rest is unknownUp till now for me it's been hands against stoneSpend each and every momentSearching for what to believeComing out of the darkI finally see the light nowAnd it's shining on meComing out of the darkI know the love that saved meSharing with meStarting again is part of the planAnd 111 be so much strongerHolding your handStep by step 111 make it throughI know I can 'May no.t make it easierBut I have felt you near all the wayForever and everStand ,on the r'of:k of your loveIs all it takes' ,No matter what we face

Written and sung by Gloria Estefan(c) 1991 by Sony Music Entertainment, In,c.

" "COlVlING Ol,JToft,heDark" As ~uch, the so'ng spe~ks for thei's Gloria Estefan's: personal meaning of Easter. ,statemen't ~bout facing death Estefan was one of pop mus-and then evei1tually' finding her ic's best-known and most-lovedlife and career renewed. stars before her tragic accident.

This 'song is her first hit since Once it was clear that she would'last ,year's life-threatening bus survive, it remained_ uncertainaccident which lert her with-a she would perform again,broken back. For the recording Through this journey of darkEstefan joins up with a Gospel uncertainty, Estefandiscoveredchoir, turni'rig the song into an a shining truth: "Why be afraidanthem of belief in God's love if I'm not alone?"and the power of-personal hope. Estefan reminds us that God's

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Of course, I have been food poi­soned at Thanksgiving, nearlyelectrocuted setting up classroomChristmas trees and stabbed (threestitches) with a plastic Cupid'sarrow on Valentine's Day,; butthese experiences are cakewalkscompared to Easter egg decorat­ing with Miss Sweeney's fourthgrade.

In all fairness, Miss Sweeneyhad taught onlY,one year and wasinexperienced with students likeBenny Fitz, Crazy Carl Weather- ,bent or Rachel ,Radbury.my.son 'Thug's best friends.

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When Joe heard of his upcom­ing appointment with a substance­abuse counselor, he reacted pre­dictably. "I'm no druggie! Druggiesare losers, and I'm no loser!" heyelled.

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"Marijuana is a very addicting.substance,. a·nd- ait,houg'h Joethought he was smoking it 'just forfun,' he has developed a depend­ence on this drug." .

Joe's parents could hardly believetheir ears. They ~ad not seen Joe'smoking marijuana, or anything'else for that matter. His motheradmitted she had searched his roomon several occasions, but found,nothing to suggest he might beusing drugs.

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A late morning call from. theguidance counselor at Joe's schoolcame as no surprise to his parents.

For several weeks Joe had beenquarrelsome and difficult at home,so hearing tha't he was in trouble atschool only reinforced the.ir fearsthat something was wrong. The"guidance counselor informed Joe'sparents that his' grades had. beenfalling rather dramatically, that hehad been absent from scho.ol onseveral occasions and that he hadfallen in with a group of kids witha reputation for using drugs. .

When Joe was confronted by hisparents, he reacted with predicta­ble vigor. He angrily denied allallegations of misbehavior atschool, denouncing the cQunselorsoundly for his in~erfei-ence,

Joe left the house in a rage,'squealing the tires ofthe family caras he sped away, In yet anotherunprecedentedevent - taking thecar without permission - Joe'sout-of-control emotions gave evi­dellce that he was indeed undergo­ing significant behavioral changes.

Now thoroughly alarmed, Joe'sparents called their parish priestfor advice.

"Have you seen any evidencethat Joe might be using drugs?" heask'ed.

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• * * •Classes. resume Wednesday at

Connolly following the Easter re­cess and faculty attendance at theNational Catholic EducationalAssociation convention in Boston.

On March 14, fourth and sixthgrade classes attended a produc­tion of "Harriet the Spy" ·at theZeit~rion'Threater.',

The sixth graders also wroleplays of the'ir own:, working insmall groups, they created four"radio" plays that were recorded,complete with sound effeats, in thelibrary. A mystery, a haunted housetale, a rescue mission and a com~dy:

were tl,Ien air,ed fo~ ,the whole slass.·",. '. ',.'The school has obtained ·three

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St. James-St. JohnSchool

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, Christqpher Ffynr;; an,; eighth'grader at'St. Mary-Sacred Heart·School,. North Attleboro, 'was 'awarded a second place certificate'at thc:n:cent Massaph!.!setts Region.III Science Fair at Bristol Com-'munity. College, Fall River. '

The St. Mary-Sacred Heartgirls'basketball team, coachedby TonyLanci and Tom O'Connell, cap­tured the Sunday School Girls'Division title in the AttleboroYMCA-Church'Basketball League.

Glenn Martin, Jayme Carvalhoand Jon Ruel received second teamhonors.

Camara, ajunior forward, scored26 goals with 17 assists. Macy, asenior defenseman, earned EACall-star status for his consistentdefensive play and his leadership.Both were also named to the NewBedford Standard Times all-starteam.•

Martin, ajuniur, scored 14 goalsand had 18 assists. Carvalho, alsoa junior, scored 20 goals with 18assists; and Ruel, a sophomore,scored three goals and had IIassists.

The first grade class from St.James-St. John School, New Bed­ford, had a lesson in maple sugar­ing March 13 at the DartmouthChildren's Museum.

After learning to identify a mapleand viewing trees that had beentapped, the students visited a sugar

. shack to learn aboutmaking maplesyrup and maple sugar candy. Theytasted sap and maple syrup.

On March 14, first graders stageda baptism ceremony using dolls.Each child who brought a dollselected classmates as a parent;godparents and a priest.

The "godparents" held a lightedcandle during the brief ceremony,which consisted of baptismal prom­ises recited by the "parents" and"godparents," the naming of the"baby" and the pouring of waterby the "priest."

Many of the dolls were dressedin the children's own baptismaloutfits, and students prepared forthe ceremony by asking their par­ents about their own baptisms.

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Ms. F. Ann Blumenthal, guid­ance director at Bishop ConnollyHigh Schol, Fall River, has an­nou nced that course selectionmaterials for 1991-92 have beendistributed to all students. Regis­tration for courses will take placein ApriL

"We ask parents to carefullyreview this material with their sonsand daughters," said Ms. Blu­menthaL "Those entering the jun­ior or senior year should be espe­cially careful to choose classeswhich will meet the entrance re­quirements of the colleges in whichthey are interested."

Senior Brigitte Rubano, daugh­ter of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Rubanoof Somerset, is the recipient of theUniversity of Massachusetts atAmherst Chancellor's Award forexcellence in art. Award recipientsreceive a four-year tuition waiverand are expected to remain ingood aqademic standing and tocontribute to the university's artis­tic community.

Senior Cara McDermott hasbeen named to the Fall RiverHerald News all-star girls' basket­ball second team. She has alsobeen selected an Eastern AthleticConference all-star. A four-yearvarsity player and three-year start­er, she averaged 12.1 points pergame this season.

Five members of the Connollyhockey team were selected for theHerald News all-star hockey squad.Brian Camara and Matt Macywere named to the first team, while

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Students in gr~des 6' through 8may enter' an art conteSt' spon­sored by the Bishop Feehan HighSchool NatiO'nal Art Honor Soc­iety:

Works in any two dimensioi,talmedium, any size,-that have beencompleted quring this school yearmay be submitted.

Entries will be exhibited in' thefoyer of the Attleboro high schoolfrom 6 to 9 p.m. May3 and awardswill be annQunced at that time. Artteachers, principals, students, par-'ents and relatives are invited to theexhibition.

Entry forms and informationmay be obtained from BrendaLoiselle at Feehan, 226-6223.Deadline for entries is April 19.

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Kathleen Sheridan, president ofthe debate club at Bishop FeehanHigh School, Attleboro, has re­ceived the Coaches' Award for her

, contributions to the club.During a recent South Shore

Debate League meet, KatherineGoldman, Nita Patel and KristenSaintdon placed fourth in the firstround. Miss Patel placed fifth in asecond round of competition, andMiss Goldman and Elaine Dwyerfinished·sixth.

During a tournament at TaborAcademy, fiistSpeaker awards went:to Feehan's Joseph Boyle, TimothyFamulare; Kathleen Sheridan, NitaPatel, Melissa Mille'r. D~rek Wes­ley, Darcie D~nnigan,katherineGoldman and Diane Masla'sk·a.

The Feehan dance' and rriiisicdepartments will, present "Carou-'sel" Aprin I to 14:

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