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Holy Spiritto be focusof meeting

VATICAN CITY (NC)-PopeJohn Paul II asked all Catholicbishops' conferences to send rep­resentatives to Rome for Pente­cost, June. 7, to "entrust to thepower of the Holy Spirit thechurch and her mission amongall nations of the world of todayand tomorrow."

The invitation was containedin a papal letter to bishops mark­ing the 1,600th anniversary ofthe First Council of Constanti­nople, which defined the divinenature of the Holy Spirit, andthe 1,550th anniversary of theCouncil of Ephesus, which pro­claimed the divine motherhoodof the Virgin Mary.

The 21 page letter stressed theimportance of the ancient coun­cils for such contemporary is­sues as ecumenism, church re­newal and the vocations cri!!is.

"These great anniversariescannot remain for us merely amemory of the distant past,"Pope John Paul said. "They musttake on fresh life in the faith ofthe church."

The pope said Pentecost cele­brations - with ceremonies inSt. Peter's and St. Mary Majorbasilicas - will allow the entirechurch to renew together "theinheritance that we have re­ceived from the Pentecost u.pperroom in the power of the HolySpirit."

He urged each bishops' con·ference and each patriar<:hateand metropolitan province of theEaster-Rite Catholic Church tosend one or more representa­tives to Rome for the servi<:es.

The pope expressed hope thatthe councils of Constantinopleand tphesus, "which were, ex­pressions ~f the faith taught andprofessed by the undividedchurch, will make us grow inmutual understanding with ourbeloved brothers in the East andin the West, with whom we arestill not united by full ecc:lesialcommunion."

But he said the CatholicChurch would not abandoJll itsspecial veneration of Mary,which has sometimes been anobstacle to ecumenical pro~:ress.

The Second Vatican Council,the pope said, "summarizes infelicitous words Mary's unbreak­able relationship with Christand with the church."

He slJid the effect of the HolySpirit on the work of renewalinitiate<l by the Second VaticanCouncil is crucial for internalchurch unity, for the flourishingof vocations. to the priesthood

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"Pieta" by Moretto da Brescia, National Gallery of Art

Now are the holiest days

Casino standis explainedby bishops

The Roman Catholic Bishopsof Massachusetts - HumbertoCardinal Medeiros, Archbishopof Boston; Most Reverend Ber­nard J. Flanagan, Bishop of Wor­cester; Most Reverend Daniel A.Cronin, Bishop of Fall River;and Most Reverend Joseph F.Maguire, Bishop of Springfield- have issued the followingstatement on casino gambling:

During the past few months,the issue of casino gambling inthe Massachusetts towns ofAdams and Hull has gained agreat deal of attention. We arecertain that the same issue willcontinue to be a topic for livelydiscussion during the months tocome both in the media and atthe state legislature. For thisreason, we are deeply consciousof a serious obligation to thecitizens of Massachusetts, to ourown parishioners and to thelegislature to communicate ourviews on this complex issue.

From the very outset, weshould state that simple gamesof chance done primarily foramusement are not immoral inthemselves nor are they categori­cally forbidden by the teachingsof the Church. However, we dobelieve that there is a majordiff-erence between these simplegames of chance and casinogambling.

We are familiar with the argu­ments proposed in favor of cas­ino gambling: the possibility ofincreased jobs for local residentsand the possibility of increasedtourism in the areas in whichthe casinos are located. How­ever, we are not impressed bythese arguments inasmuch as wehave received reliable informa­tion prompting serious questionsabout the alleged benefits.

Many responsible surveysshow that whatever gain in taxrevenue may be achieved ispurely speculative. In someplaces where casino gamblinghas been permitted the rate ofunemployment among local peo­ple actually increased. Moreover,predictions concerning the 'riseof tourism are not only purelyspeculative but also vary widely.

In point of fact, we are morepersuaded by the argumentbrought forth against casinogambling. Every grqup makinga study of this que!!tion recog­nizes the danger o~ organizedcrime involvement and the po­tential for the corruption ofpublic officials.

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PilgrimageFall River pastors need not

worry·if they see and hear some40 young people at their churchdoors in pre-dawn hours of GoodFriday. CYO members of Es­pirito Santo Church, Fall River,led by Father Edmond Rego,associate pastor, are making apenitential candlelight pilgrim­age of 14 Fall River churches,beginning at midnight HolyThursday.

A brief service of prayer andsong will be held at each churchdoor, said Father Rego.

The pilgrimage route will ex­tend to Santo Christo church onthe west, St. Jean Baptiste onthe south and St. Anthony of theDesert on the north: At its endthe young people will return toEspirito Santo for breakfast.

NC projectopposed bynewspapers

WASHINGTON (NC) - Thecreation of a Video-Audio Newsdepartment at the National Cath­olic News Service was an­nounced by Richard W. Daw,Director and Editor-in-ehief. Op­position from members of thediocesan press immediately sur­faced.

Daw said the new department,funded by the Catholic Commu­nications Campaign, will enableNC to extend its activities intothe television and radio fieldswhile maintaining its primaryrole of serving newspapers.

The diocesan press, however,through Msgr. John P. Foley,chairman of the Catholic PressAssociation-NC liaison commit­tee, strongly criticized the NCproject.

In a letter to Bishop ThomasC. Kelly, general secretary ofthe National Conference of Cath­olic Bishops, Msgr. Foley, editorof the Catholic Standard andTimes of Philadelphia stated that

. the CPA~NC liaison committeevoted 5-2 in March to opposeNC's expansion into radio and TVand that he and the other com­mittee members were caught un­aware by the news, less than amonth later, that NC was goingahead with the new departmentwithout further notice.

·According.· to Msgr..FoleYireasons. for liaison ..committee'disapproval are:

1. "NC is a self-supportingagency of the' USCC which re­ceives its funding in large part­in fact almost entirely-from thepayments made in proportion tocirculation by newspapers whichsubscribe to the service."

2. "The CPA-NC liaison com­mittee and many editor-membersof the CPA have a long historyof opposition to NC involvementwith electronic media because­as weekly newspapers particu­larly-diocesan newspapers arenot eager to see materials fromthe service they are supportingand to which they previouslyhad exclusive rights to publica­tion being supplied to competingmedia.

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SCHEDULE for HOLY WEEK SERVICES for 1981

at the

Cathedral of Saint Mary of the AssumptionPASSION SUNDAY, April 11-12, 1981The Solemn Blessing of Palm, Procession and Mass will be celebrated at- 4:00 P.M. onSaturday, April 11, 1981.

MASS OF CHRISM, Tuesday, April 14, 1981, 4:00 P.M.This is an especially appropriate occasio n for all members of the Presbyterium to join

in concelebration with the Most Reverend Bishop. Every priest who wishes to concelebrateat the Mass of Chrism is asked to bring amice, alb, cincture and stole and to assemble in theBishop's chapel in sufficient time to form the procession.

Holy Oils may be obtained in the Cathedral Vestry following the Mass of Chrism andfrom 8:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. on Wednesday, April 15, 1981 at the Cathedral Rectory.

HOLY THURSDAY, April 16, 1981The Mass of the Lord's Supper will be celebrated at 7:00 P.M.

GOOD FRIDAY, April 17, 1981The Celebration of the Lord's Passion will be held at 3:00 P.M.

HOLY SATURDAY, April 18, 1981.The Vigil Service and Mass of the Resurrection will be celebrated at 7:00 P.M.

EASTER SUNDAY, April 19, 1981Bishop Cronin will be the principal celeb rant of the Mass on Easter Sunday begining

at 10:30 A.M. on WLNE, Channel 6.

CONCELEBRANTSThe Palm Sunday. liturgy to be celebrated at 4 p.m. Saturday at St. Mary's Cathedral

will be offered by Most Reverend Daniel A. Cronin. The concelebrants will be Msgr.Thomas J. Harrington and Rev. George W. Coleman. The deacon will be Gerard Hebert,with Eugene Orosz and Frank Mis as deacon chaplains.

Msgr. Harrington will read the part of Christ in the Passion with Deacon Hebert asnarrator and Father Coleman taking the other parts of the narrative.

The Chrism Mass, to be offered at 4 p.m. Tuesday, will have Bishop Cronin as principalcelebrant and diocesan clergy as concelebrants. Deacon Hebert will serve and John Schon­dek and Manuel Camara will be deacon chaplains.

Deacons Leo Racine and John Cwiekowski will be Bearers of the Oil of Catechumens;Rev. Edmund Fitzgerald and Rev. Thomas Lopes will be Bearers of the Oil of the Sick; andMsgr. Henry T. Munroe and Very Rev. John J. Smith will be Bearers of the Chrism.

Designated concelebrants will include jubilarians Clarence D:Entremont, 45 years; Rev.Joseph O'Donnell and Rev. Lucien Jusseaume, 40 years; and Rev. Gerald Shovelton, Rev.Bento Fraga, Rev. Armando Annunziato, Rev. James Clark, Rev. Paul Connolly and Rev.Paul McCarrick, 25 years.

Other designated concelebrants will be Rev. William Davis, SS.CC., Rev. CyprianSondej, O.F.M. Conv., Rev. James J. Doherty, C.S.C., Rev. John Foley, S.J., Rev. JohnBavaro, O.F.M. and Rev. Thomas Paris, M.S., representngreligious order priests.

Also Rev. Timothy Goldrick, chairman of the Priests' Council; Msgr. Luiz Mendonca,vicar general; and Msgr. James Gleason, representing retired priests of the diocese.

Bishop Cronin will celebrate the Holy Thursday liturgy with Msgr. Harrington andRev. Jon-Paul Gallant as concelebrants. Deacon Hebert will serve and James Meloni andBenjamin Nogueira will be deacon chaplains.

The bishop will preside on Good Friday with Msgr. Harrington as celebrant, DeaconHebert serving and Paul Metilly and Eugene Orosz as deacon chaplains.

For the reading of the Passion Msgr. Harrington will take the part of Christ, DeaconHebert will be narrator and Father Gallant will take the other parts.

For the Holy Saturday Easter Vigil Bishop Cronin will be principal celebrant andMsgr. Harrington and Father Coleman will be concelebrants. Deacon Hebert will serveand John Schondek and Maurice Lavallee will be deacon chaplains.

Master of ceremonies for all. Holy Week services will be Msgr. John J. Oliveira.

Moralitv of..•energy Issue

is exploredWASHINGTON (NC) - The

U.S. bishops have published amajor new statement, "Reflec­tions on the Energy Crisis," call­ing on policy-makers and Cath­olics to address energy issues"with moral insight and com­mitment."

The statement treats the en­tire range of energy issues, in­cluding plusses and minuses ofvarious energy sources, just dis­tribution of energy, and moraldimensions of energy policy.

"The threat of war, the dangerthat scarcity poses for the poor- such considerations are rea­son enough for the church totake part in the national discus­sion of energy," remarks thestatement. "Further, energy isone ·of those touchstone issueslike arms control or the limits offederal power whose resolutionwill profoundly affect society inthe 21st century.

The statement was developedby the bishops' Committee onSocial Development and WorldPeace and was approved for dis­tribution by the AdministrativeBoard of the U.S. Catholic Con-ference. :; . ,

Seeking to "arouse sensitivityto human considerations whichare often ignored," the state­ment lists six moral principlesthat ought to govern develop­ment of energy policy.

-The right to life. While ac­knowledging that no energy stra­tegy will be risk free, the state­ment urges energy planners todo all in their power to safeguardhuman life. "They must especial­ly avoid exposing people to dan­ger without giving them the op­portunity to accept or reject thatdanger," the statement says.

-Responsible stewardship ofthe environment. "There is noquestion that, in our presentstate of knowledge, we cannotobtain adequate energy supplieswithout imposing some costs onthe environment," the statementremarks. "But surely our re­sponse should not be to alienateourselves from nature."

-Accepting necessary sacri­fices. The statement urges thatif sacrifice for the common goodis necessary, it should be accept­ed in a Christian spirit.

-Striving for a more just so­ciety. The statement notes thatthe energy debate is not aboutabstractions but about "war,famine and suffering." It alsonotes that public discussion ofenergy policy has been sharplypolarized and wonders how amore just social order can resultwhen advocates for one positionor another refuse to consideropposing arguments.

-Special attention to theneeds of the poor. The poor andthose subject to discriminationmust have an adequate energysupply, the statement says.

-Participation in decision­making. The statement says abroad spectrum of groups andindividuals should take part informulating energy policy.

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the parish facilities were onceagain in need of enlargementand he directed a remodeling thatbrought the church seating cap­acity to 850 seats.

Again the sanctuary was reno­vated, bringing it into conform­ity with conciliar liturgical direc­tives, while religious educationclassrooms were provided. forthe parish hall. .

Growing with' Cape 'Cod, St..Patrick's enters its second 50years with confidence and pride.

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seating capacity. At the sametime the sanctuary was enlargedand a basement was construct­ed to serve as a parish hall. Thenew facility was blessed' by thelate Bishop James E. Cassidy onMay 15, 1949.

Msgr. Gleason succeeded Fath­er .Kelly in 1953, embarking on'St. Patrick's longe:;t pastorateto date. By 1964 he realized that

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"For the wonderful way in By 1949 the parish had grownwhich this parish community has to the extent that it was nec­responded to the Word of God . essary to double the church'sproclaimed here over these manyyears, for the wonderful way inwhich you have allowed thesacraments to transform yourlives, we give hearty and humblethanks today to Almighty God,"said Bishop Daniel A. Cronin tothe people of St. Patrick's par­ish, Falmouth, gathered March22 to celebrate the church'sgolden jubilee.

The bishop was principal cele­brant of a Mass of thanksgivingat which retired Msgr. James E.Gleason, St. Patrick's pastorfrom 1953 to 1977, was amongconcelebrants. Also concelebra­ting were Father James A. Mc­Carthy, present pastor, FatherFrancis X. Wallace and FatherColumban Leonard, OFM, asso­ciate pastors, and many priestsof the diocese.

The Mass was followed by ajubilee banquet.

Parish HistoryCircumstances surrounding the

foundation of St. Patrick's, if notunique, were at least unusual,notes a history book issued in·connection with the jubilee.

In 1928 the parish of St. Thom­as, Falmouth Heights, was estab­lished because Bishop Daniel P.Feehan, then Ordinary, did notwish to upset the late FatherThomas Kennedy, whose parishincluded all of Woods Hole andFalmouth, by raising the then St.Patrick mission to parish status.Eventually, however, practicalconsiderations prevailed and in1931 St. Patrick became the par­ish and St. Thomas became itsmission.

At that time Father JamesCoyle was named, the first pas­tor of St. Patrick, succeeded in1938 by Father John J. Kelly.

MSGR. JAMES E. GLEASON, former pastor, Bishop Daniel A. Cronin and FatherJames A. McCarthy, present pastor of 81. Patrick's parish, Falmouth, from left, at ban­quet following 50th anniversary Mass of thanksgiving. (Poisson Photo)

"You all pray for me now!"

WASHINGTON (NC) - Lastrites were administered by a Via­torian priest to the three menwounded in the attack on Presi­dent Ronald Reagan at a Wash­ington hotel March 30.

Father Joseph Donahue, 76,described as a long-time memberof the Building and ContructionTrades Department of the AFL­CIO, gave the last rites to. Tim­othy J. McCarthy, 31, a SecretService officer; Thomas K. Dela­hanty, 45, a Washington policeofficer, and James Brady, 40,Reagan's press secretary, short­ly after the three were gunneddown.

Father Donahue could not bereached for comment. He is' as­signed to the Viatorian provin­cial center, Arlington Heights,Ill., in the Chicago Archdiocese.

McCarthy belongs to St. Fran­cis parish, Arlington, Va., Dela­hanty attends St. Joseph's par­ish, Washington. He also re­ceived the last rites in the hos­pital from Father R. JosephDooley, a chaplain for the Wash­ington police and fire depart­ments. Brady is Episcopalian.

Victims gotlast rites

Sacred Heart paris::l, FallRiver, will sponsor a public con­cert at 3 p.m. Sunday in thechurch. Choristers from the Sec­ond Church of Newton, directedby David Carrier, from 1967 to1977 organist at St. Mary's Ca­thedral, Fall River, will be heardin a program ranging from Ren­aissance to contemporary sacredmusic.

Carrier is a graduate of theNew England Conservaltory ofMusic, from which he holds de­grees in organ and choral con­ducting and where he studiedunder Yuko Hayashi and LornaCooke deVaron. While at theConservatory he was assistantconductor for Mrs. deVa,ron andalso conducted the school's Rep­ertory Chorus.

He has been heard in recitalsin Boston and New York. Atpresent he Serves on thE! facultyof the All-Newton Music Schooland Choral Society and the choirof Mt. Ida Junior College.

Madeleine Grace, choir direc.tor and organist for SacredHeart, will be organist for Sun­day's concert, for whic:h therewill be no admission charge.

Sacred Heartconcert set.

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unites all efforts to assist the.parish in ministering to its peo­ple. Prayer may not pay the billsbut it makes what is being paidfor worth the effort.

The strength of an organiza­tion can never be determinedsolely by its financial position.The wealth of the church is inits"'Sustained ability to keep thesense of eternity alive in thehearts of men.

The number of youth willin8to devote themselves fulltime tothe task of keeping alive thatsense .of eternity is a surer sign'of strength or weakness than afinancial position.

Each culture and age hflve fac­tors either conducive or non­conducive to the promotion ofthat mission.

The abundance of choicesopen to our youth can be almostoverwhelming; and if parents do·not encourage prayer in the fam­ily, nature will seek to fill thevacuum. Those not fortunateenough to discern their callingthrough prayer may find theirlives consumed by the pursuit ofpassing pleasures.

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areas have slowed.Many of the faithful have de­

voted long hours to helping theirschools directly through ser­vice or indirectly through fundraising.

Parishes have been able tomeet the growing burden of fuelexpenses in the same manner.However, no combination ofbingo, tax exemptions or tuitiontax credits can .hide the factthat there is a crisis upon us ofunprecedented proportions.

Financial success can neverbe equated with spiritual suc­cess. Catholic schools in them­selves do not asSure a strongCatholic Church for tomorrow.Bishops and priests must worktogether to see that theseschools are not Catholic in nameonly. Religious sisters and Cath­olic laity must see to it that thesacrifices made by the faithfulreap a fruitful harvest.

The key factor, in my opinion,is prayer. There is little use inspeaking of God's call if no oneis listening. Prayer should be thecentral factor that keeps thefamily and the Catholic schoolboth together and Catholic.

Parishes, however, shouldnever neglect religious educa­tion or CCD in order to helpkeep schools open. People canbecome so busy raising money topay bills that they forget thepurpose of having a church, a .school or a CCD program.

Prayer is the one factor that

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The vocation

'Swing back doors, higher yet; reach higher, immemorial gates to let theKing enter in triumph! Who is this great King? It is the Lord of

Armies that comes here on his way triumphant!' Ps. 23:9-1

By Father Kevin J. Harrington

Without a doubt, one of thegreatest problems facing thechurch is that of the world-widevocation crisis. It is hard tospeak of God calling men andwomen to the priestly and reli­gious life when there are somany other voices that competefor our attention. Most articlesconcerned with the vocation cris­is go to great lengths in deter­mining the severity of the prob­lem and in pointing to a varietyof causes.

Often we confuse causes withsymptoms. Obviously, parentsbecome the first factor to con­sider. Parents spend hours tak­ing their youngsters to roller­skating, ice-skating, dancing,sporting activities, school events,music and art lessons and scoutmeetings, all to make sure thechildren are well-rounded in theirinterests and well-adjusted totheir peers.

When any of these activitiesconflicts with religious educationor a church-related event, thereis no question that the formertake precedence. Priorities arefar out of focus and there islittle wonder that youngsters aregrowing more and more distantfrom the church.

There is a false sense of pros­perity prevalent in today's paro­chial life. Catholics have achiev­ed much financial success in thesuburbs and parochial schoolclosings in these prosperous

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Head and Heart Together

It is becoming more and more obvious that a pressingneed and want in today's church is adult education. Theneed exists because so many Catholics do not know eventhe rudiments of good theology.

There might be more people going to prayer groups andencounter sessions. However, in many cases, their grasp offundamental church teaching, especially in biblical areas, isoverpowered by emotional responses that sometimes appearto be substitutes for that teaching.

Frequently, the more faith tricks you appear to perform,the bigger the crowd you can pack into a church. Much ofthis situation, of course, is due to those who brought theatmosphere of the oldtime tent revival to television. Whatis emerging in some areas is an Elmer Gantry atmosphereof conflict and confusion occasioned as far as Catholics areconcerned by a plain lack of good sense and truthfultheology.

The very fact that people are seeking the Lord invarious ways is indicative of their thirst. People hflve aneed. More and more do we see men, women and youngadults reaching out for the Lord and often finding onlyan illusion. .

For a time, a Disneyland Jesus can seem to' satisfy one'slonging, but fantasies soon shatter in the face of life'sreality. The head must be fed as well as the heart. Betweenthe two there should be a blend and a balance. At present,it seems that much work remains to be done to effect sucha union.

In the practical order, fulfillment of spiritual needs andwants must be accomplished where people live, work andpray. For too long have many in the church communitydreamed dreams of adult education that were in realityidealistic nightmares. Great schemes, drafts.and proposalshave been put forth to uplift the level of faith knowledge.Unfortunately, they have been so far removd from what isneeded that they have ended in a heavenly heap.

If the need to know is to be met, it must be donewithin the framework of pastoral ministry. All the diatribesof speculative theologians and church divines have littleeffect on a population that is neither reading them norlistening to them.

Support must be given to the grassroots efforts seenin many lay ministry programs. If there is one area thatoffers more than a remote possibility of bringing the GoodNews to the people of God, it is that of proven and dynamiclay ministry programs.

Yet in themselves these programs have little effect onthe majority of Catholics unless they are implemented ontheir home turf, the parish. It is in the parish that adulteducation will find its greatest challenge and its greatesthope.

All the training programs in the world will be futileunless they are geared for and implemented in the neighbor­h~ds where people have their hearts and homes. In today'sSOCIal order people are trying to combat spiritual dehydra­tion. They yearn for the waters of faith.

Development of lay ministry training programs on theparish level would indeed bring together the gifts of headand heart, leading the. faithful to the Easter waters ofjoy to be found in the Savior's fountain.

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coat, worn with leather pants,fur-cuffed boots and a fur hatrammed over a face scarf. Veryspiffy for a guard on the Afghan­istan border, but the graduationis in Boston and Lizzie had beenthinking of a picture hat.

I have been trying to figureout what it all means. Someyears ago, at the height of theChe Guevara craze, the NewYork Times had a picture of afashionable woman wearing ajungle-camouflage jumpsuit,with a bandolier of live bulletsdraped over her shoulder. It wasa cocktail-party statement ofsupport for leftist risings.

Perhaps terrorism has invadedthe ranks of Italian high-fashion?Frankly, I had been looking toSecretary of State AlexanderHaig, who can usually be de­pended on to inform us immedi­ately of Soviet infiltration of anyarea. If he had told me that theRed Brigades had taken overalta moda, I would have doubt­ed him.

You don't have to be a CIAagent to figure it out. Westernwomen will be dressed like bagladies. Men will shun them. Pro­creation will fall off sharply. TheSoviets will bury us with theirbirth rate.

But since nobody in authoritywill confirm this theory, I amtoying with another. I tell Liz­zie the Italians may know some­thing we don't know. I think theythink nuclear war is inevitable- as indeed a man from theWhite House hinted the otherday. If you look at their crea­tions more closely, you will seethat for bomb-shelter apparel,they make all kinds of sense. Ifyou're padded, layered, rounded,you won't have to worry aboutgrabbing extra clothes as thesiren shrieks. You could definite­ly come as you are. You wouldbe completely outfitted for lyingdown on a concrete floor untilthe all-clear sounded, if it everdid. The Italians, not for thefirst time in their long history,are opting for survival.

I tell Lizzie that she shouldnot completely close her mindto the yak-herder ensemble. OnCapitol Hill, people are talkingabout taking old folks to Nation­al Guard armories during thecold weather. If, in years tocome, she can't pay her fuel billand has to take shelter with theGuard, she will probably be thebest-dressed woman in her rowof cots.

On the diet, it could go eitherway. She's at a crossroads now,brooding about macaroni andcheese and scallope(i potatoes.

"Why not?" she asks. Lookingat the latest from Milan ­"voluminous medieval capeswrapped over swinging leathershorts" -- I don't have an an­swer.

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How towrecka diet

My pal Lizzie has beendieting, which means that asmall black cloud has de-·scended on our small office.Low calories cause low spirits.She has, as usual, been workingthe crossword puzzle, and tell­ing me what I am doing wrong,which she considers her gravestresponsibility. But her heart hasnot been in it. Still, in the in­terests of cutting a svelte figureat her daughter's law schoolgraduation, she was slogging on,morosely munching apples,drinking diet soda, sighing ­until, that is, she saw the NewYork Times Sunday Magazinefashion report from Milan.

"I'm suffering so I can looklike THIS," she stormed.

I could see, what she meant.'l'he picture was of a model peer­ing out of swaddlings of wool,mohair and leggings. She looked,for all the world, like a Mon­golian yak-herder.

"A wide-shouldered sweaterover pleated balloon pants," thecaption reverently informed us.

I tried to be noncommittal.She might be, I pointed out, theonly mum at the graduation toshow. up in a Mongolian yak­herder's outfit. On the otherhand, she might not. Either way,I suggested, she would estab­lish herself as a trendy, and per­haps spark off a discussion ofanimal husbandry in Asia in theranks of the proud parents.

Another sketrh showed usMariucci Mandelli's puffy knee­length pants and rounded-sleevekimono jacket, over floral-printjodhpurs. It was the very thing,obviously, if you wanted to betaken for a Japanese female

. wrestler heading for the bridlepath on her day off. Lizzie hadhad in mind a black and whiteprint, with ruffles at the neckand sleeves.

The New York Times kept upthe bulletins from Milan, but al­most every day brought to usmore evidence that Italian cou­turieres were chipping away ather motivation. As Lizzie said,as each new picture showed alayered, padded, bunched, round­ed-hip silhouette, she had al­ready achieved it.

The pregnant-porcupine look,I guess you would call it, al­most drove her back to frenchfries: a mohair sweater, volum­inous around the waist, comingto a halt in mid-thigh, and wornover leg-warmers that baggedaround the ankles.

"My ankles," wailed Lizzie."The only thing thin about me."

On another day, we found apicture of pleated knickers wornover leg-warmers and a waffle­stitch cardigan - the per­fect thing, obviously, for a golf­ing weekend at the polar ice cap.But a graduation?

Then there was the sheepskin

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This week's assignment: 1.Who are the people in our squareblock area who a) are lonely andwould like to have us visit orwould like to come here? b) needto be needed? c) need afterschool child care? d) have elderlyat home and need occasional re­lief? e) need someone to drivetheir children to activities afterschool? f) need to be relievedoccasionally as young parents?g) are afraid to go out afterdark? h) don't have a ride tochurch or shops? 2. If we can'tanswer, how can. we go aboutfinding out? 3. What person orfamily will we be God's presenceto this year?

inflation. They argue, however,that many of the proposed cutswill cause the poor and disad­vantaged undue hardship.

Church groups are not aboutto get involved in a partisan con­troversy with the administra­tion. But if Stockman's philos­ophy prevails in the administra­tion, the chttrch agencies willhave no choice but to break withthe administration and stand upfor the rights of the poor anddisadvantaged. They will notrepudiate their own social phil­osophy for the sake of curryingfavor with this or any otheradministration.

Having already declared theirpolitical independence regardingthe El Salvador crisis, I wouldfully expect them to do the samewith the administration's budget­cutting proposals.

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God's Samaritan to them in anotherwise impersonal society.

It's important to remind our­selves that our language pre­sumes two meanings in thephrase, "to care for." It meansboth love and physical care.Caring isn't a passive verb butone that means doing as well asloving. That's why the ultimateput-down is a snide, "Whocares?" That's why the gospeltells us love without action isnot love.

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warophy, charging that the adminis­tration's approach to budget cut­ting lacks compassion.

Their criticism shouldn't sur­prise Stockman. As a formerYale Divinity School student, hemust know the majority of reli­gious authorities in social ethicsdisagree with his philosophy,holding that citizens are entitledto certain essential services fromtheir government in cases ofnecessity.

Pope John XXIII summarizedCatholic tradition on this issuein the encyclical "Pacem inTerris":

"Experience has taught us thatunless these (government) au­thorities take suitable action withregard to economic, political andcultural matters, ine.qualities be­tween the citizens tend to becomemore and more widespread, espe­cially in the modern world, andas a result human rights are ren­dered totally ineffective and thefulfillment of duties is compro­mised."

The encyclical points out thatgovernments must "make effortsto see that insurance systems aremade available to the citizens, sothat in case of misfortune or in­creased family responsibilities,no person will be without thenecessary means to maintain adecent standard of living."

The majority of Protestant andand Jewish social ethicists agree.

Church social agencies do notoppose federal budget cuts inprinciple; they understand theneed to trim the budget and curb

those of us with elderly at home.What a pleasure it would be tohave just a half-day a month toshop, to visit a friend or just donothing. But nobody offers tobabysit the old," writes a readerfrom a small town.

"Do you know of anybody whowill offer a home to an unwedpregnant 16-year-old?" asks aschool counselor.

"The Meals-on-Wheels peopleare out of drivers."

"We're in desperate need offoster homes."

"Who can care for my firstgrader till I can get home fromwork?"

"My son is on drugs and it'sripping our marriage apart."

"Will somebody drive me tochurch?"

On and on the verses go. Achorus of human needs - rightin our own neighborhoods. U's somuch easier to admire MotherTeresa than to listen to theramblings of the pre-alcoholichousewife down the block or toinvite an obnoxious youngsterover because his single mother isworking and won't be home forthree more hours. Not nearly asromantic as selling everythingand serving the poor but a lotmore realistic and just as validin the fabric of life.

The people in our communitiesmay not be physically needy butmany are spiritually hungry, oth­ers emotionally starved. Theyare ,our needy and we can be

A truly coldDavid Stockman m:ay unwit­

tingly be doing the R,eagan ad­ministration'a disservice by talk­ing so much about his philosophyof government. Some of hisstatements are so conservativethey make even Calvin Coolidgelook like a liberal.

People are not "entitled" toany federally funded !locial ser­vice, Stockman said during a re­cent appearance on "Issues andAnswers." "I don't bEllieve thatthere 'is any entitlement, anybasic right to legal services, orany other kind of services. . .The idea . . . that almost everyservice that someone might needin life ought to be prc)vided, fi­nanced by the government as amatter of basic right, is wrong.We challenge that. We rejectthat notion."

If Stockman's hard-nosed ideo­logical p~'Onouncement accuratelyreflects the thinking of the newadministration, it's going to bea long cold winter fOl' the poorand the disadvantaged. Stock­man has bluntly put them onnotice that the administration isprepared to eliminate any fed­erally funded social program inorder to balance the budget.

While it is true Stockman isprepared for now to pUll a "safetynet" under the "truly" needy, hisstatement indicates he does notbelieve even the truly needy are"entitled" to· such protection.

Many church-related socialagencies have already expressedtheir djsagreement w::th Stock­man's coldblooded social philos-

WIIOI sat in a small group list­

ening to a police officer fromour community teU about.~he rampant loneli:ness hefinds in suburbia. "nlere's thisolder couple that calls us aboutonce a month at 10 or II o'clockat night because the:, hear aprowler. They don't l"llally hearone but they haven't got anybodyelse around to talk to and theyjust get lonely. We go throughthe motions of checking aroundwith our flashlights and thenthey ask us if we'd likEl a cup oftea.

"If we don't have any pressingcalls, we sit and talk for 15 min­utes. The only other people theysee are those at the grocery oncea week. They don't have anyreal problems but they need toknow that somebody in the com­munity cares about tht!m."

This column on the gospelvalue of caring about others isn'tgoing to take families to theThird World or even to the Cath­olic Worker House. Rather, it'sgoing to force us to look at deephuman needs in our own neigh­borhood, our own community."Tell them not to send me flow­ers. Tell them to come and talkwith me," says the mIddle-agedheart patient whose s:Jdden re­tirement from an active ·workinglife is harder on him than hisangina.

"I appreciated your c:olumn onrelieVing trapped young mothersoccasionally but what abaut

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erty values are affected becauseof the presence of casinos.. Finally, we are familiar withmany other studies indicating theharmful effects of casino gamb­ling on the social fabric of com­munities. These include thestimulation of illegal gambling,an increase in the consumptionof alcoholic beverages and theintroduction of prostitution.

In light of the above, it is ourfirm conviction that the intro­duction of casino gambling inanyone of our Massachusettscommunities will result in theshift of control from local peo­ple to control by the gamblingindustry. We contend thatrather than solving a commun· .ity's economic problems (a realtemptation in these days. ofProposition 2Yz), casino gamb­ling would result in higher prices,higher taxes for local residentsand businesses, an increase ofcrime, an influx of negative ele­ments into the community and adisplacement of the elderly andthe poor. We are convinced thatwhatever new jobs might becreated, few would be for localpeople.

We, the Roman Catholic Bish­ops of Massachusetts IJ,re alarmedby numerous negative effectscasino gambling woul~ have up­on the citizens of the Common­wealth. For that reason, we voiceclear and categoric opposition toany attemp~ to lega~ize casinogambling in this state.

BISHOP DANIEL A. CRONIN and Father' Bento R.Fraga, Attleboro area director for the 40th annual CatholicCharities Appeal, prepare for the drive's tradtional kickoffm~eting.

Continued from page oneInasmuch as the action in ca­

sino gambling is hard, fast, andnonstop, it occasions a markedincrease in compulsive gamblingintensified by offers of credit toplayers who run out of money.There is a considerable amountof data indicating the negativeeffects on the poor and elderlywho often are forced out of theirhomes to make room for the con­struction of casinos or who findit necessary to relocate as prop-

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Holy SpiritContinued from page one

and religious life, for growth inthe lay apo~tolate and for ecu­menism.

The pontiff urged bishops topreach about the tWQ anniver­saries on Holy Thursday, April16, and on other occasions "inorder that in every local churchand every community of thechurch they may similarly berecalled and lived as they de­serve,"

In connection with the letterthe Vatican announced. thatPope John ;Paul had asked rec­tors of ecclesiastical universitiesin Rome .to organize an interna­tional theological Congress onPneumatology, the study of theHoly Spirit.

Thelogians of other Christiandenominations will be invited toattend the meeting, the an­nouncement said.

C~A kicl~off meetingThe traditional kickoff meet-· Gomes, appeal director, and V.

ing launching the annual Cath- Vincent Gerardi of New Bedford,olic Charities Appeal will be held 1981 lay appeal chairman.at 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, Opening and closing prayersat Bishop Connolly High School, will be offered by Msgr. Luiz J.Fall River. The appeal funds Mendonca, diocesan vicar gen­maintenance and expansion of eral, and Msgr. Thomas J. Har-diocesan charitable endeavors. rington, diocesan chancellor.

In his 11th year as appeal Audience singing will be ledchairman, Bishop Daniel A. Cro- by Kenneth Leger and the Bud­nin will be the meeting's key- dy Braga group will providenote speaker and also to be band music. A social hour willheard are Msgr. Anthony M. follow the program.

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dialogue and mediation,"A recent list of alleged sub­

versives issued by EI Salvador'sarmed forces--including at leasteight priests and two lawyersworking for a Catholic agency­was described by the prelate asrepresenting a "very intransic

gent" viewpoint and one which"would not bring about peace,"

The church is asking for me­diation because civil war canonly result in "the shedding ofblood," he said, and the churchwants a solution "with the leasttbloodshed possible."

EssentialVATICAN CITY (NC) - Hu­

man dignity and freedom are es­sential for peace, Pope JohnPaul II recently told teachersand students of the Rome-basedNATO defense college.

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NEW YORK (NC)--Bishop Ar­turo ,Rivera Damas, apostolic ad­ministrator of San Salvador, EISalvador, said at the start of aone-week visit to the UnitedStates that Pope John 'Paul II hasencouraged him to continue hisefforts for "mediation and dia­logue" among the wamng forcesin his country.

"Military.aid from outside ourcountry cannot assist in solvingour internal problems," the bish­op said at a press conference atthe CathoHc Center in New York.

He stressed that ,the pope was"satisfied" with the Salvadoranbishops' efforts to seek political"dialogue.

Since Jan. 10, he said, theDemocratic Revolutionary Front,which previously had refused towork with the government whichcame to power in 1979, has"seen the necessity of seeking apolitical solution by means of

Bishop cites papal support

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~e fact that m~ new deaconsare quite unaware of the innerworkings of what might be term- .ed clerical Hfe as it now existsin most areas of~ Ro~n rite:

Not· -,,"to labor the point,itshould'be taken into considera-'tion by all in·,~ churc:b,. that,like it or not, priestsb$-fe de­veloped .a ~nicw.e life. style.

·By force "of .the.fi: c1eric8I celi­bacy, theY.~. ··ll1Jtlle .nat­ural plus.' .~~:;"··Signs ofbachelorhOoC1 OPQie"pUtely·psy­chologicallevel, this is to be ex-pected~ .

In addition, this life style hasaspects peculiar to. rectories.Many priests, often rightly,guard their privacy of the rec­tory, not because they seek tohide from reality but becausereality has made them, for somuch of their time, such publicpeople.

At first, upon encounteringsuch situations, a deacon mightbe a bit taken aback, feeling thathe is being cut off or that he isnot really a brother cleric.

But deacons should realize thatpriests have, over the years, de­veloped their own clerical "sys­tem." The new men must havepatience and understanding asfor the first time they see someof the more difficult aspects of ,clerical life in a new light.

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It would 1» foolish toet;im'that a e:Utanddrled diaeonalformation.. 9J'Ogram':coukt;. ,qteeteverY ...eea· of the o~t1'ea­con. No program can give;. dea­con all that he really needs' tobe effective in' all areas of hiswitness, once ordained.

In this diocese, for .~xample,

the program for the 1982clas8of deacons bas already beenmodified as the result of an hon­est evaluation of the effective­ness of the original program.New and needed courses havebeen added, others have beeneliminated. The program hasbeen extended by four months,while the approach to minister­ial assignment has been com­pletely renovated.

This is as it should be. A dia­conal program should constantlyevolve, otherwise it will fail togive the church the best possiblecandidates for ordination.

Many areas of developmentneed particular attention: for in­stance, that of homiletics. Aspreachers of the Word, deaconsmust not only be steeped in theWord itself but must be effec­tive in passing it on to theirbrothers and sisters.

Some deacons will excel intheir public delivery of sermons,others will preach best at a bed­side alone with the dying. What­ever their capabilities, they mustalso be aware of their limita­tions.

A problem that may developwith the newly-ordained, be hea 26-year-old priest or a 46-year­old deacon, is that of enthusiasm.Some deacons feel they are thesaviors of their church. Fresh inspirit and primed with updatedknowledge, they could become

. insufferable, bearing witnessmainly to a personal ego trip.

Fortunately, this reaction hasbeen minimal among deacons.'However, where -even slightmanifestations of such tenden­.cies exist, the church is not wellserved. .

Priests who serve with sucha .deacon should in charity· tryto reach out and help him avoidnovice pitfalls. They should real­ize too that the diocesan officeof the .permanent diaconate ex­ists to qelp them in adjustments

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A funeral Mass was celebra­ted April 1 at Notre DameChurch, Fall River, by FatherThomas E. Morrissey, adminis­trator of Sacred Heart parish,New Bedford, for his stepmother,Mrs. Gilberte Morrissey.

A longtime resident of FallRiver, she retired .from work inthe garment industry and wasactive in senior citizen organiza­tions.

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ting parish. Father Goldrick wasdelighted, he said, at the creativ­ity and imagination. displayed byparishioners. .

At Our Lady of Mt. Carmel inNew Bedford, for instance, aPortuguese-language program onthe theme of family harmony,prayer and love was video-tapedarid shown in segments on cableTV over a 10-day period, thussharing it with thousands in ad­dition to its original audience.

At, St. John ,the Baptist, NewBedford, another Portugueseprogram was interpreted, in signlanguage for the hard of hear-

. ing; while at St. Joseph's, alsoNew Bedford, many parishionerswere found to be living in nurs­ing homes and Vincentians ar­ranged transportation for themto the Advent program.

And at St. Mark's parish, At­tleboro Falls, where an evangel­ization program was alreadyunderway, We Care/We Sharenevertheless turned up 140 fami­lies not previously on the parishrolls, while 64 persons asked fora meeting with a priest.

At St. Dominic's, Swansea,'the Advent program was so suc­cessful that it's gone on the cal­endar as an annual ecumenicalevent.

An especially rewarding partof We Care/We Share, saidFather Goldrick, was the num­ber of persons encountered whowanted help in untangling mar·riage problems. And many un­baptized child!:.en have receivedbaptism as a result of the homevisits, he said, citing 27 childrenwho received the sacrament inone parish alone. Also discoveredhave been many homeboundelderly, now being visited bymembers of pa~ish Legion ofMary units and Eucharistic min­isters as well as by priests.

With regard to these and othermatters that have emerged fromstudy of We Care/We Share cen­sus cards, :r:ather Goldrick saidthe chancery offic~ will shortlysend ~ series of questionnairesto parishes to aid them in follow-

. up work.

"Followup is of critical im­portance in convincing peoplethat We Care/We Share wasmore than a one-shot effort,"

'noted Father, Goldrick.

In a way, .he's doing somefollowup himself. We Care/WeShare has convinced him he en­joys statistics and research tothe extent that he's embarkedon - a genealogical study of theGoldrick clan.

jobtank of priests, each with aspecial area of diocesan exper·tise, to work out the best waysof tackling the job."

It was during that year, hesaid, that the original idea of acensus broadened to includeevangelization - reaching out infriendship and concern to bothCatholics and non-Catholics."And once We Care/We Sharepublicity began, ecumenical re­sponse to the project was mostencouraging, said Father Gold­rick.

A special mailing to areaclergy explained what was goingon and one of the coordinator'smost rewarding moments came,he said, when he escorted a NewBedford rabbi and his studentson a tour of St. LawrenceChurch.

"He had no idea 1 had anythingto do with We' CarejWe Share,but during the tour he saw aposter about it and carefully ex-

, plained to his students what itwas and what a good idea itwas. I was overjoyed!"

Other ecumenical gestures in­clueled an invitation to FatherGoldrick to explain the programat a Council of Churches meet­ing and a' discussion of it on an·interchurch radio program. Andthe theme., was picked up by aMattapoisett Congregationalchurch when it acknowledged adonation frpm St. Anthony's par­ish, Mattapoisett, to its windowfund.

"You cared, you shared,"wrote the church members intheir thank you note.

An important part of WeCare}We Share was an Adventprogram held by each participa-

superba1800 homes were visited, 162families asked for a followupvisit from a priest.

Finally, concluded FatherGoldrick, parish cooperation inthe campaign was an unbeatable100 percent.

How did Father Goldrick gethis daunting assignment? Act·ually, he said, "it wasn't tooburdensome. It took a lot ofhours, but they were spread outover a long time and never inter­fered with my fuiltime parishwork."

He said he had always beeninteres.ted in evangelization andhad closely followed the workof Paulis Father ~lvin Illig,coordinator of the U.S. bishops'Evangelization Committee.

"But you can't minister if youdon't know how many peopleare involved and where they are,"he said. Hence, as an associatepastor at St. Margaret's parish,Buzzards· Bay, he 'began explor­ing the visitation aspect of parishoutreach.

"When Bishop Cronin waslooking at ways to celebrate the75th anniversary of the diocesein 1979 he thought about door'to door visitation," expla1r;tedthe coordinator. "And Father'Ronald Tosti, in char.ge of ju­bilee planning, had hl'ard .aboutmy work in Bl.lzzards Bay andasked me if' I'd be interested inworking on a dfocesan census.

"Initially, it seemed an enor­mous task - to visit every homein Southeastern Massachusetts- but when we started break­ing it down into parts it becamemore manageable.

"To begin with, I met at leastmonthly for a year with a 'think'

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occasional assistance of a sister,Mrs. Dennis Pelletier, and who­,ever else "came at the wrongtime."

So frugally was the operationrun, he said, that out of the threeroomsful of materials barely ashoebox full was left over.

Only one glitch occurred in theprinting and distribution phaseof the project, he said. Thatcame when a New Jersey print­er, seeking to deliver envelopesto Father Timothy Goldrick atSt. Lawrence Church, New Bed­ford, wound up in' Lawrence,Mass., looking for St. Timothy'sChurch.

And, for a young man unin­terested in statistics at the out­set of We Care/We Share, theynow roll trippingly off FatherGoldrick's tongue. Some 165,959visits were made by 10,130 visit­ors on that November afternoon,w~th 99,141 census cards deliver~ed.

Seventy newspaper ads in '13papers explained the campaign,as did 292 radio stations record­ed in both English and Portu­guese by' Bishop Daniel A. Cro­nin. Arid 35,000 colorful bumperstickers, still visible on nearlythat many cars, spread the mess·age throughout and beyond thediocese. The bumper stickers, in·cidentally, have been responsiblefor several out-of-state queriesabout the program.

A whopping 59.73 percent ofhomes visited turned out to beCatholic and only 3.75 percentof all homes in the 1,184 squaremile diocese were .unreached,said Father Gildrick, indicating,he noted, the persistence of visit­ors. And in a typical parish ­St. Mary's 'of Seekonk -,.Where

Care/WeWeBy Pat McGowan

Remember that Sunday lastNovember when thousands ofvolunteers blanketed the diocese,clutching pink report sheets, St.Francis prayer cards and censusenvelopes?

Aiming to ring every doorbellin Southeastern Massachusetts,they were participants in themammoth diocesan We Care/WeShare outreach program.

And they did a superb job,says Father Timothy Goldrick,the intense young architect ofWe Care/We Share.

"It couldn't have been moreefficient," he says.. "It was allwe hoped for."

But what's been done about thestatistics gathered, the contactsmade on that sunny afternoon?Did they go into a giant com-

.puter, emerging as a neat print­out now gathering dust on a di­ocesan shelf?

By no means, says Father Gold­rick. "Computenzation wouldhave taken the infOrmation awayfrom the parishes, where it be­longs," he said.

Instead, he ran the entire pro­gram from St. Lawrence parishin New Bedford, where he is as­sociate pastor as wen as wear­ing a couple' of other hats aspresident of the diocesan priests'council and an advocate for themarriage tribunal.

At St. Lawrence,·truckloads ofWe Care/We Share materialsdestined for distribution through-_out the diocese were initiallystored in three unused rooms ofthe former Holy Family HighSchool.

Father Goldrick collated par­'ish leaders' kits, callingolt\,the

The report carried photos ofthe 10 bishops who were im­prisoned by the Soviet govern­ment in 1945 and have sincedied, but it gave no further in­formation on the other deaths.

"We have priests, monks, sis­ters, numerous vocations and aclandestine hierarchy," CardinalSlipyi said. "The athei~tic sys­tem has not been able to destroythe faith.", '

A key sign of the church's vi·tality is the large number of vo­cations, especially among youngdoctors, engineers and lawyers,the cardinal said.

He quoted from a Jan. 8, 1980,letter received from a bishop inhiding: "Soon I will ordain thenew priests who study theologyby mail. Our nuns take writtenquestions to the candidates andthen take back the answers. Theoral examinations take place inspring or summer, outdoors.Then the ordinations follow."

The report also describes thelife of a young priest namedFather Mykola, who was ordain­ed in 1975 with 11 others in thebasement of the home of "trust-,worthy people." _"!

At the ordination, each newpriest received a case resemblinga shaving kit which containedliturgical equipment - a smallglass, a colored ribbon to use asa stole, and tiny bottles contain·ing water and wine.

When Father Mykola cele­brates Mass, the report said,each Catholic arrives with asmall piece of bread, wrapped ina napkin:

But when the young priest isnot performing priestly duties,"he returns to being a simple So­viet worker."

Cardinal Slipyi warned againstbelieving t"at the communistgovernmem would 'assist the Uk­rainian. Catholic Church.

"Within the communist sys­tem, there is no place for· t~e

church," he said. "We cannotexpect the true good of thechurch from a regime which byits nature must fight God."

UkraInianchurch grows

ROME (NC) - The CatholicChurch is thriving in the Uk­raine and other parts of the So­viet Union despite continued per­secution by the communist gov­ernment, according to Cardinal

, J~sip Slipyi, the exiled 89-year­old archbi-shop of Lvov in theUkraine.

The Ukraine is one of the 16republics in the Soviet Union.

In a lengthy report publishedin the current edition of, thenewsletter of Aid to the Suffer­ing Church, a private 'organiza­tion which sends funds to Cath- .olics in Eastern Europe, the car­dinal said there are about 4 mil­lion CathdHcs in the SovietUnion who remain faithful tothe Vatican.

The report said 10 bishops,more than 1,400 priests, about800 nuns and "tens of thousands"of lay peopie "have sealed theirfidelity to the pope, to the HolyRoman See and to the universalchurch with the sacrifice of theirlives."

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There are times in life, evenfor the strongest ERA supporter,that call for romantic looks withall the trimmings. Proms areone of those times.

I'm sure most of us rememberwith great nostalgia our firstprom dress. Well, today's dressesare just as lovely, even more so,because they're more naturallooking, and it's retlly delightfulto see our young people have afew romantic even.ngs beforethe realities of life encompassthem.

ter of selecting priorities. Ifhospitality is important, it de­serves high priority. Make timefor it by dropping less importantactivities.

In trying to practice hospital­ity, start small. Perhaps there isone neighbor, one fellow parish­ioner, one family 'you want toknow better. Invite them for ameal.

Perhaps a neighboringCQuplehas no, relatives in the area.Make their children. welcome andoffer to house the children for anight or weekend if the needarises.

Let's not forget our children'sfpends. Most children are hospi­table, eager to have friendsover. Too often we begin to re­gard their friends as a nuisance. ­Let us encourage and support,our children's hospitality. In­stead' of criticizing, let us seetheir efforts as a'mQdel for,greater generosity in ourselves.

Hospitality means, putting awelcome sign on our homes andour hearts. Relieving loneliness.Getting to know others betterso that we might love them morefully. Sharing what we have in­a spirit' of love. Giving withoutdemanding a return. Hospitalitymeans' living and loving as aChristian.

Questions on famlly living anddilld care are invited. Addressto the Keunys e/o 1be Anchor,P.O. Box '7, Fall River Mass.02722_

for romancetimeture as the' young ladies a~d Igather that they are every bit asfussy as to color and style offormal attire as are their femi­nine counterparts. One unusualtouch this season for the youngman who likes just the touch ofdrama will be a matching cow­bQy hat (watch out, J.R.).

'The evening gowns for youngwomen are just about as prettyas can be, complete with rufflesand bows. Materials are thoseof summer dreams-pique, eye­let, dotted swiss-and, like sugarcandy, they spin themselves intobeautifully simple j3owns.

Many have spaghetti straps ofself material or of contrastingribbon, others float off the

SHERRY HURSEY is "The Girl on the Edge of Town"who faces her most difficult decision when she becomespregnant. The syndicated Paulist TV· film will be shownthroughout the country this month., (NC Photo). '~,"".'"

opening of our homes and ourhearts to others.

Hospitality differs from enter­taining others. We entertain torepay social obligations, impressothers, develop social ties orsimply to enjoy. Hospitality, onthe other hand, means sharingwhat we have wiij) others in aspirit of love.

Hospitality does not demand areturn for our generosity, yet itgraciously allows the other toshare whatever gifts he offersin return. ~tertaining oftenmeans overwhelming the guestto demonstrate our affluence orlargesse.

Viewed in this light, the ob­stacles to hospitality virtuallydisappear. ''These are inflation­ary times," some' might say_"We're struggling to feed ourown family."

Yet hospitality involves shar­ing what we have. It does ,notrequire steak and lobster butthrives on soup or stew or evenbread and cheese lovinglyshared. Those two great modelsof hospitality, Dorothy Day andCatherine de, Hueck, sharedwatery soup, but they senred itday in and day out with dignityand love. '

"There is no time," others ob­ject. "In our family the adultswork aD(~ the children have somany activities that we simplycan't find time." Nonsense.

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Q. Dear Mary: I read your col­umn about reaching OIlt to otherpeople. I thiDk that is Dice in aneighboihoocl, but it is not thec;oneem of, the ehurcb.

A. You remind me of a dearfriend, Linda, who is a modelfor reaching out. Widowed withthree children, Linda copes withthe challenges of her rather diffi­cult, life by giving to and re­ceiving from others.

Often she invites <; ~ple toher .home. When she needs helpsuch as baby sitters for her chil­dren, she calls those who haveoffered to help.

She is the prime mover behinda local:'club for singles, widow­ed and divorced persons. Shehas taught Die much about thecondition of widows and aboutreaching out to others.

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MASS AT the bedside ofKaren Quinlan last monthmarked the 27th birthday ofthe young woman who hasbeen comatose for six yearsin a New Jersey nursinghome, following a "right todie" legal struggle that re­sulted in her disconneetionfrom a respirator. The birth­day Mass. has been cele­brated annually since Karenslipped into a coma April 15,1975. (NC Photo)

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(necroloCiY)April 10

Rev. John P. Doyle, 1933, pas­tor, St. William, Fall River

April IIRev. John F. Downey, 1914,

Pastor, Corpus Christi, Sandwich

April 12Rev. John Tobin, 1909, Assist­

ant, St. Patrick, Fall River

April 14Rev. Louis N. Dequoy, 1935,

Pastor, Sacred Heart, NorthAttleboro

Rev. Cosmas Chaloner, SS.CC.,1977, St. Francis Xavier, Acush­net

April 16H.cv. Arthur E. Langlois, Hl28,

on sick leave, Denver, Colorado

April 15Rev. Christopher G. Hughes,

D.D., 1908, Rector, Cathedral,Fall River

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Parents of first communicantswill meet at 9 a.m. Saturday inthe school.

SECULAR FRANCISCANS,NEW BEDFORD

Our Lady Queen of AngelsFraternity will meet at 10 a.m.Sunday in Our Lady's Chapel,600 Pleasant St. Mass will fol­low a formation and' businesssession. New members are wel­come.

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Altar boys will rehearse HolyWeek services at 9 a.m. Satur­day.

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Reservations for a bus fromthe Fall River area to the Dioce­san Council of Catholic Womenconvention to be held Saturday,April 25, at Coyle and CassidyHigh School, Taunton, will closeThursday, April 16. Further in­formation is available from Mrs.Rudolph Ouellette, 674-4050.

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The Ladies' Guild will meet at7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Arts andcrafts will be on display andLouise Freeman of BristolCounty Agricultural School willshow slides on patchwork andquilting.

(See also page 16.) .

CARDINAL MAURICEROY, 76, has resigned asarchbishop of Quebec, Cana­da's primatial see. HE~ willbe succeeded by' AuxiliaryBishop Louis-Albert Vachonof Quebec.

Cardinal Roy, archbishopof Quebec for 34 years,. is al­so military vicar for Canada.

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The Light of Christ prayergroup will meet at 8 tomorrownight at the rectory.

Vincentians will meet at 1. p.m.Saturday. Sunday meetings arethe senior high discussion :groupat 7 p.m. and the parish councilat 7:30 p.m.

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All CCD students through 8thgrade Will participate itt t~he

Palm Sunday ,H~urgy 'and shouldmeet in the church at 9:4f, a.m.

The Women's Guild is offeringa scholarship to a senior highschool student whose mother hasbeen an active guild member forthe past five years. AppliC:iJtionsare available at high school guid­ance departments and mu.st besubmitted by April 24..

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-Parish youth will meet tonightto plan a May dance, a May din­ner for older parishioners and aJune weekend in New Hampshire.

DEAF APOSTOLATE,FALL RIVER DIOCESE

Diocesan chapter members ofthe International Catholic DeafApostolate will celebrate their15th anniversary with a banquetSaturday, June 13.

The chapter's Easter Mass andsocial will take place at 2:30 p.m.Sunday at St. Mary's Church,South Dartmouth. Festivitieswill include an Easter egg huntand an Easter parade.

A captioned movie, "Black­beard's Ghost," will be shown at2 p.m. Saturday in the cafeteriaof St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River.

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don't feel they have the exper­tise, so we give them training,"added the associate pastor.

Robert Bacic, religious educa­tion coordinator, emphasized theimportance of giving volunteersspecific tasks. "It's devastatingto ask people to serve and toprovide no follow-through," hesaid.

For the parishioners' part, theyindicate that as volunteers theyprovide services and in returnare given an outlet for their tal­ents.

A senior citizen, for instance,who takes communion to nurs­ing homes, said, ~'God's beengoo'd to me and I want to dosomething for him. I hope myvisits make the residents feelthey are still part of the parish."

At Most Pure Heart of Mary,staff and parishioners communi­cate the feeling that they canmeet most needs if they worktogether.

come to his attention that somecommunity members are filingsuits against fellow Christians inthe civil courtS,!'I. ' ".:'

Today we may find nothing un­usual about this - it is the ac­cepted thing. But Paul was notof our culture and so viewedmatters rather differently.

He may have had in the backof his mind the little Jewishcommunities scattered through­out the empire. These communi-

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Iconium became so angry withPaul and Barnabas that the twowere driven out of the cities.In fact, at Iconium they escapedjust in time. The leaders of boththe Jewish and Gentile communi­ties were ready to stone them."

The whispering campaignagainst Paul and Barnabas wassuccessful. Gradually t.he peopleof Lystra turned against them.

One .day a mob surprised Pauland his disciples in a city street,picked up rocks and began tothrow them at Paul.

Stone after stone struck llim.His disciples could do nothingto protect him. Finally Paul fellto the ground but people con­tinued to throw rocks at his stillbody.

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ushers, greeters, catechists, cleri­cal helpers, phone volunteers, .visitors of the sick, sacristyhelpers, publicity designers andcommittee members.

"There are more than 35 peo­ple involved in the various Sun­day eucharistic celebrationsalone," Father Thomas Culhanesaid. "The parish just couldn'tsurvive without volunteers."

How do so many people get·involved?

Each year in August, the par­ish holds a Volunteer Sunday,emphasizing that everyone hastalent and is called to serve.People are asked to take a two- .year commitment to serve onone of eight committees.

Personal contact is a key tothe parish's success. "There areso many things drawing peoplethat unless they ~re told theyare really needed, they probablywon't volunteer," observedFather Phil Winkelbauer. "Many

Christ Jesus really can live to­gether in love and understand­ing, peace, harmony and mutualsupport.

If Christians fail to give thiswitness, they are not fulfillingtheir Christian vocation; if theygive a contrary witness, theyare contradicting their very rea­son for being.

These considerations help usto appreciate Paul's reaction tothe situation he faces in FirstCorinthians, Chapter 6. It has

By Janaan Manternach

Some Jewish enemies of Paulfollowed him from Antioch andIconium to Lystra. They arrivedshortly after Paul cured the crip­pled man. They could 'hardly be­lieve that the people of Lystrawanted to worship Paul and Bar­nabas as gods.

"This man Paul is not the godHermes," they told their friendsin Lystra. "And that fellow Bar­nabas is certainly not your godZeus."

"How can you be so sure ofthat?" the Lystrans asked them."We saw them cure a crippledman before our own eyes.""They are tricksters, trouble­makers," the hostile visitors an­swered. "People in Antioch and

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A parish that works together

know your faith

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By Father John J. Castelot

St. Paul reacted rather nega­tively when he heard that someCorinthian Christians were filingcivil lawsuits against other Chris­tians of their community.

The more one reads and re­flects on Paul's letters, especi­ally First Corinthians, the moreone is struck by the supreme im­portance he attaches to the ideaand reality of Christian com­munity. No matter what specificproblem he may be treating inhis parishes, the underlying con­cern always seems to be that ofcommunity.

Christians are not just a groupof like-minded individuals whohappen to get together for dial­ogue and common effort. Theyare united in a person, JesusChrist. They become, in a veryreal sense, a corporate person.

The unity of Christians is thusnot accidental or simply func­tional; it is organic, life-giving,life-sustaining.

Christians don't so much formcommunity, as tlte communityforms them. This has obviousimplications for their mutual,interpersonal relationships. Itsimplications for the relations ofChristians to society at large,while not so obvious, are no lessreal and serious. .

It is a community that Chris­tians demonstrate in a fragment­ed world that people united in

Life-sustaining communities

By Sister Barbara An:o Mayer

At Most Pure Heart of Mary Par­. ish, Topeka, Kan., nearly 1,000volunteers, one-third of theadults, help in parish programs:

- A teachers aide in the CCDprogram says she feels it is im­portant to show children thatadults do have faith.

- A man thinks it is "reward­ing to know you are part of allthe things happening in thechurch."

- A woman got involvedwith Birthright to help pregnantwomen find alternatives to abor­tion.

- A young man taught aScripture class because he want­ed to share his theology back­ground.

- A couple heads the marri­age and family life committee­as their contribution to parishlife.

'Parishioners are lectors, can­tors, organists, liturgy planners,

then, perhaps parishes shouldprovide support so that peoplewill not feel they are alonewhen they reach out to theirneighbors.

It seems to me that people do .want to help one another butfear often restrains them fromfollowing their best intentions.Fear can even keep family mem-

. bers from reaching out to eachother.

Another obstacle to caring forothers can be lack of informa­tion. People often do not knowwhat needs other people actuallyhave. What a difference it canmake when people see for them­selves the needs that exist.

A third obstacle. can some­times be found in the growth ofagencies..Sometimes people feelthat they are already helpingmeet needs through their taxes.They may also feel that pro-.fessionals are better equipped tohelp the needy.

On the other hand, anyonefamiliar with agencies' knowshow limited their help can be.Nothing can replace personalcare. Parishes should counter­act this idea that all the charitythat is needed in society is avail­able through- professional agen­cies. Many parishes nowadaysmonitor agencies to make surethe intended services are pro­vided. And they are helping makepeople aware of the help avail­able to them..

Caring for each other is cen­tral to the Christian wOy· of life.

1. A surburban Minnesota par­ish is involved in bail hearingsin city courts.

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Today's Good Samaritan might be found deliveringgroceries for the elderly.

II Today's Good SamaritanBy Father Philip J. MumioD

The parable of the Good Sam­. aritan contains Jesus' basic les­son on caring for others but itspoint is often missed.

After describing the two neg­ligent passersby and the Sam­aritan who helped a man whohad been beaten and robbed,Jesuus asked, "Who was theneighbor?" .

The Samaritan became theneighbor by getting involved inthe victim's situation,by findingout what the victim neeaed. Thisis what parishes do when theyreach out to their own membersand to others in their communi-

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Why so, the group was asked."Because they are afraid," a

priest responded. "People do notknow whether they will get inover their heads. They also feartheir offer to help may be re­sented."

I find this exchange quite illu-.minating. For it seems that fear,rather than a failure to under­stand the meaning of charity,can be a major obstacle for al­most anyone. To overcome fear,

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pagan world. Christians have"washed, consecrated, j'ustifiedin the name of the Lord JesusChrist and in the Spirit of ourGod." ,

This is the ideal toward whichthe Christians should be striv­ing.

Paul is realistic enough toknow that the ideal is not attain·able overnight, but, in the mean­time the least people can do isto settle their inevitable squab­bles among themselves and givewitness that a community canmaintain love and harmony des­pite human tensions.

Continued from page twelveties tended to be quite self-con­tained, following their own lawsand customs, and even judgingcases in their own courts accord­ing to their own law code. Theydid not hang their dirty linenout for the whole world to see.

In any case, Paul is aghastonce more. He appeals to them,not without a touch of irony, byalluding to a popular Old Testa­ment belief that the "saints"would judge the world. If thatis true - and with their nativeconceit the Corinthians are alltoo willing to believe that theywill judge even "the angels" ­then surely they should be com­petent to handle their own every­day disputes.

The Corinthians boast of theirwisdom. Well, then, "Can it bethat there is no one among youwise enough to settle a case be­tween one member 'of the churchand the other?" Paul exposes areally raw nerve with the nextquestion: "Must brother dragbrother into court, and beforeunbelievers at that?"

Christians are supposed totransform society, not scandal­ize and disillusion it. If they real­ly were living the gospel ideal,they would shun vindictivenessin the first place, "turn the othercheek," forgive and forget.

"Why, the very fact that youhave lawsuits against one an­other is disastrous for you," Paulsays. The Christians are sup­posed to have abandoned thestandards and procedures of the

For childrenContinued from Page TwelveWhen they were convinced he

was dead, they dragged himthrough the city gates and lefthim lying outside the walls.

Paul's disciples gathered.around him. They noticed thathe was still breathing and theywashed and bandaged hiswounds. They all prayed to Godfor Paul's life.

After a while, Paul regainedconsciousness. He was in greatpain. Barely able to stand atfirst, he slowly recoveredstrength. He did not seem to beseriously hurt.

His friends praised God forsparing Paul's life. They led himback into the city through backalleys so no one would see him.They hid him in one of theirhomes.

Paul slept well. By the nextmorning he felt strong enoughto travel.

Barnabas joined him and theyset out for Derbe, a city some60 miles to the east.

Some time later Paul lookedback at how much he sufferedin Lystra, Iconium and Antioch.Writing to his friend, Timothy,he recalled those painful days.

"Timothy," he wrote, "yousaw how strong and patient Iwas, how faithful and loving,whe~ people persecuted me atAntioch, Iconium and Lystra.You know how the Lord savedme from them all. Anyone whofollows Jesus can expect tosuffer. But God is always withus to save us."

A Verd&1lde E A VidaDirigida pE!lo Rev. Edmond Rego

A entrada triunfal de Jesus em Je­rusalem, narrada pelos quatro evange­listas, para todos constitui motivo deadmira9ao: sendo costume de Jesus f~­

gir a qualquer publicidade e explosaodo entusiasmo popular, permite agoraque 0 povo, que viera a festa, lhepreste uma ruidosa homenagem as portaEda cidade santa. 0 que realmente teraacontecido, torna-se dificil de saber.Joao sugere que a manifesta9ao se di­lui pelo Monte das Oliveiras, enquantcLucas apresenta Jesus a entrar destemodo na cidade ate ao temple. Seriaisto possivel? ~ sintomatico que 0 .Sa­nedrim, tao afa.noso em buscar indiciosde provas contra Jesus, nao aludisse aeste facto na acusa9ao perante Pilatos

Dos relatos evangelicos deEreende­se tratar-se de: uma manifesta9ao popu­lar em que Jesu.s e aclamado como Reie Filho de David, as portas de Jeru­salem, em virtu.de do entusiasmo nasci­do do prodigio da ressurrei9ao de La­zaro, ou da cura dos do~s cegos de Je­rico. As aclama.90es do povo serviriampara definir 0 caracter da manifesta­9ao, mas as diferen9as neste ponto en­tre os evangelistas nao permitem dedu­zir uma uniforrnidade de ideias. Na mente do povo, 0 sentido damanifesta9aonao era bern claro; teria urn matiz maisprofane: Jesus foi aclamado como Mes­sias nacional, como libertador do po­vo. Os proprios apostolos nao compre­enderam a inten9ao de Jesus ate depoisda Ressurrei9aCl do Senhor.

Na inten9ao dos Evangelhos, a ma­nifesta9ao tern claro sentido messiani­co. A narra9ao de Mateus, de acordocom a orienta9~io fundamental do seuEvangelho, est~l preocupada com 0 cum­primento das profecias por parte deJesus. Nessa preocupa9ao, recordadatambem pelo quarto Evangelho, cita aprofecia de Zacarias, a que a tradi9aorabinica e unanime em atribuir senti­do messianico. 0 Rei Messias faria asua entrada em Jerusalem como pobre,montado sobre tm burro, animal rr.ontadopelos primeiros reis de Israel, humil­des~ 0 cavalo, pelo contrario, tinha­se convertido no simbolo dos reis or­gulhosos e belicosos de Israel. A ex­clama9ao "Filho de David", frequenteem Mateus, mais evidente torna 0 snetido messianico Cia manifest9ao, tal comoa viu a Igreja primitiva.

A entrada de Jesus em Jresalem, segundo a narra9~io de 1 ateus, e a apre­sent9ao do Messias na sua Cidade, manifestando 0 seu caracter de defensor dopobres, dos hmlildes, mostrando-se co­mo abilidor do desprezo pelos fracos,da soberba e da violencia como crite­rios de valor.

A celebra9io litGrgica deste acon­tecimento tern a finalidade de apresen­tar Jesus Cris1:0 como Aquele que cumu­la as esperan9as do Antigo Testamentoe vern ao encon1:ro das aspir90es inti­mas mais urgentes de cada pessoa, aoaparecer cbmo Deus acessivel, que naose orienta pela violencia fisica e mo­ral dos crterios abusivos deste mundo,mas proclama os criterio de Deus.

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One wrote, "We must live' inmutual concern if we are to live .fully." Still another, "thereshould be enough love to goaround but I find it concentra­ted in some places more than inothers."

"Daddy, God grew better andkinder as he got older, didn'the?" said the little girl.

These are the words of a childseeing God from a child's pointof view. How do we see God?Do we see him more clearly aswe get older? Are we better aswe get older?

My mail was quite heavy lastweek and in just about everyletter there was this search fora God that made sense in one'slife. Some pointed to the organ­izing intelligence at 'the heart ofthe universe, others to thebeauty and harmony in natureand to the moral law.

Christ the Lord"Christ" is not. a personal

name, although for us it is asso­ciated with Jesus. It is the Greekequivalent to the Hebrew "Mess..iah" and means "the anointedone," the "messenger of God." .

The title infers that Jesus isthe revelation of something pro­found and intrinsic to the ulti­mate natllre of reality.

Just as in the physical scien­ces we use various instrumentsto determine the properties ofcertain substances, so Jesus isan instrument that reveals to usthe nature of God and the pur­pose of life.

."Lord" simply means master,one having authority over others.It is the Old Testament title forGod.

When we say that we acceptJesus Christ as Lord we are say­ing that we believe that Jesus ofNazareth has the authority togive us orders for our lives. Weare directed by Christ to under­stand people who can be crueland cold and dead in their rela­tionships to others.

We are called to fight for jus­tice and to accept the fact thatall human beings are children ofGod and therefore worthy of re­spect. If we wish to abide in Godwe must stop stereotyping peo­ple.

At the heart of things, we mustsee that Jesus and his Fatherare one. Jesus' is the image wemust emulate, not that of a presi·dent, an athlete, a movie star,a pop singer, a politician or amillionaire.

Ahout JesusBy Cecilia Belanger

The story goes that a littlegirl was very disturbed when herfather read her the Old Testa­ment story in which God com­manded Saul and hLo; army tosmite the Amalekites and wipethem off the face of the earth.men, women and children alike.

Later the father read a NewTestament passage that depictedthe Almightly in different terms:"God is love and he who abidesin love abides in God and Godin him."

STRENGTH and weakness arethemes of this song. It tells ofthe woman's strength becauseshe understands the man and hisweakness in wanting anotherlover. The woman's strengthflows from her ability to over·come jealousy. She believes theman will return to her, and shewants him to do so. Her attitudesays something about love. Forlove doesn't give us control overanother person's wishes or de­cisions.

Society, in a very romanticway, for example, often suggeststhat there must always be a"one and only" in our lives. Butrealistically, no one person canfulfHl all our needs, no matterhow deep our love is. Vibrantpeople form relationships withmany persons.

And sometimes society seemsto equate love and sex. But sexand love are different dimensionsof life for us.

Real love involves commit·ment. As we form different re­lationships, we need to be sensi·tive to all those we love.

Remember, however, authenticlove never abuses another. Andit remembers that there is com­mitment of a special kind, and itshapes or helps define our otherrelationships.

It is not a weakness if weneed several people in our liveswho are important to us. Loveenables us to respond to eachperson with dignity, appreciationand respect. Love is the strengththat empowers our commitmentt:> others.

By Charlie Martin

OCUIon youth

STRENGTH OF A WOMANYou've ~n so quiet latelySometimes I wonder has the cat got your tongueYou seem to be a thousand miles awayDon't look me in the eyesAnd say.it's OKDon't lie.11 got his funny feelin' babyTh~t it's gonna be that time againWhen you have the need for someone elseI know you better than you know yourself.Sometimes it takes the strength of a womanTo understand the weakness of her manIt's gonna take ~s strength of this womanTo keep fightin' for the lovin' of her man.And darlin' when you've been satisfiedAnd it isn't new to you no moreThink of me I'll be here aloneWaltin' for you to find your way back home.Oh I know how hard you tried to hide all this from meBut if you keep a silent heartI can't give you what you needSo hold me elose and hold me tightLet's say goodnight let's never say goodbye.

Sung by Eloise Laws, Written by PhylIis Brown and Juanita Curiol,

(e) 1979,.by Colgems-EMI Musie Inc.

NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY members at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River,plan forthcoming activities. Seated, Mrs. Gracie Burke, moderator; standing, from left,.Steve Brown, president;' Sister Theresa Farrell, moderator; Ray Grant, secretary. .

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Sister Eugenia Margaret, mod­erator, welcomed the new mem­bers and Very Rev. John P. Dris­coll, HF director and pastor ofSt. Lawrence parish, New Bed­ford, spoke on leadership, char­acter, scholarship and service,the requirements for NHS mem­bership.

William Lacey directed musicfor the pJ;'ogram al\d KennethKramer, assistant principal, pre.sented NHS pins to the induc­tees.

Two new members, RichardTetrault and Robert Yergeau,were also recogriized for theiracceptance into Science Seminar,an Air Force Academy summerprogram. •

Lisa Da Silva, a senior NHSmember and active in the De·Rosa Band, recently merited firstplace in a statewide accordioncontest held in Boston. She willcompete on the national level inJuly.

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Kris Kristofferson plays a free­spirifed rebel who leads a groupof fellow truckers in a violentprotest against police harass­ment in a muddled and preten­tious movie with casual sex ondisplay. B.

Thursday, April 16, 9-11 p.m.(NBC) - "Family Plot" (1976)- This below-par Hitchcockthriller is about the efforts of anot-quite-bogus medium (Bar­bara Harris) and her not-too­bright boyfriend (Bruce Dern)to match wits with a pair ofdiabolically clever kidnappers(William Devane and KarenBlack). The movie is pepperedwith profanity and unwittydouble entendres, put in, itseems, in an attempt to give itsome life. A3.

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"Confluence," 8 a.m.. eachSunday, repeated at 6:30 a.m.each Tuesday on Channel 6, isa panel program moderated byTruman Taylor and having aspermanent participants Father,Peter N. Graziano, diocesan di­rector of social services; Rev. Dr.Paul Gillespie, of the Rhode Is­land State Council of Churches;and Rabbi 'Baruch Korff.

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General ratings: G-suitable for gen·eral viewing; PG-parental guidance sug·gested; R-restricted, unsuitable forchildren or younger teens.

Catholic ratings: Al-approved forchildren and adults; A2-approved foradults and adolescents; A3-approved foradults only; B-objectionable in part foreveryone; A4-separate classification(given to films not morally offensiveWhich, however, require some analysisand explanation): C-condemned.

On TelevisionThe birth of Christ's church as

described in the Acts of theApostles is vividly re-created in"Peter and Paul," a four-hourminiseries airing Palm Sunday,April 12 at 8-10 p.m. and Tues­day, April 14 at 9-11 p.m. onCBS.

The dramatization starts withthe stoning of Stephen a fewyears after the crucifixion andends with the martyrdom of Pauland then Peter in Rome around64 A.D. The record of these threedecades tells the remarkablestory of how a handful of dedi­cated followers of Jesus broughthis word from Judea to theworld.

What comes across mostforcefully in this TV productionis the total vulnerability of the

, early church in simply trying tosurvive persecution.

With Anthony Hopkins in thecentral role of Paul, the script istranslated to the screen with dra­matic authority. Hopkins doeshis characterization with spirit­ual intensity. Robert Foxworthas Peter has much less to do ex­cept be steadfast amidst the con­fusions of the time.

The adaptation, faithful to theepistles, deals rather well withsuch complex issues as Chris­tianity's relation to Judaism orthe priorities of faith and iove.But the emphasis is upon thecritical formative years of thisnew religious movement and thespiritual motivations and interiorconflicts of its leaders.

Concern for epidemic teen-agepregnancies inspired PaulistProductions to make "A Girl onthe Edge of Town," a pro-lifetelevision drama about a preg­nant girl, its executive producersaid.

"A Girl on the Edge of Town"is "the story of a high schoolgirl who gets pregnant and ofher reflections on getting herselfpregnant. The girl in question isvery much the liberated woman,very much the feminist and it'sfrom the context that her de­cision is made," Paulist FatherElmwood Kieser, the producer,said in an interview.

The hour-long syndicated pro­gram will be shown in 95 per­cent of the country during primetime in April, according to Fath­er Kieser. The program was writ­ten by Jim McGinn, directed byMike Rhodes and includes act­ress Patty Duke Astin.

Films on TVSunday, April 12, 9-11 p.m.,

(ABC) - "Convoy" (1978) -

The Danger"How great is the danger and

the shame of knowing that weare loved and of not loving inreturn." - St. Catherine ofSienna

the program will support re­search and new methods of eyetreatment. He also noted thatfunds raised will be matched 10­to-l by the federal government.Last year, the Lions Eye Re­search Fund and matching gov­ernment funds raised nearly $7million.

Fall River CYO boxers havemade notably successful appear­ances 'in Montreal and St. Johnsover the past year. Fight forSight is an outgrowth of thegood relationships developed dur­ing the CYO fighters' appear­ances north of the border.

British in 1681 as a leader of the"horrid popish plot," which theBritish said was a conspiracy toaid a French invasion. He wasbeatified in 1920 and canonizedin 1975.

and Paul Hogan scored forSouth. Hogan's second goal ofthe game early in the last periodknotted the count at 3-3.

,In CYO Diocesan basketballchampionships St. Mary of NewBedford defeated Fall River'sHoly Name "A", 74-64, in theKennedy Youth Center, NewBedford, Sunday night in theopener of the best-of-three se­ries for the diocesan seniorcrown. Holy Name "A" got aforfeit victory when its Tauntonopponent failed to field, a teamin the Junior division.

The Hockomock League opensits season next Monday withStoughton at No. Attleboro,Franklin at Mansfield, Sharon atCanton, King Philip at Foxboro.Oliver Ames has the bye Mondaybut hosts No. Attleboro nextThursday when Canton is atKing Philip, Stoughton at Frank­lin and Mansfield at Foxboro.

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Ron Comeau, boxing d.irectorat the Fall River CYO, a,nd hisassistant, John Almeida, are pre­paring for an amateur boxingshow to benefit the Lions' EyeResearch fund.

The program, at 7 p.m. June 6in the Driscoll Rink, Fall River,will pit 11 amateur Ca:nadianfighters, including several Olym­pic hopefuls, against selectedNew England amateurs, includ­ing CYO fighters,' in the firstannual International Fight forSight.

Comeau, a Lions' Club mem­ber, said that monies raised from

New Bedford, the regular sea­son titlist, nipped Fall RiverSouth, 4-3 last Sunday night inthe Driscoll Rink to complete asweep of the best-of-three finalin Bristol County CYO HockeyLeague post-season playoffs.

New Bedford won the seriesopener, 2-0, and clinched theplayoff crown on Troy DeMoran­ville's game-winning goal at11:40 of the last period. Twogoals by Pete 'Lariviere and oneby Mike Cassidy in the first pe­riod gave the Whaletowners a3-0 lead going into the secondperiod, in which Dan Nobrega

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.COri~olly Is Tournament ChampionIn an auspicious debut for new a non-league game against Di­

varsity coach Don Chouinard the man Voke at Lafayette Park,Bishop Connolly High Cougars Fall River. The Cougars meetcaptured the Old Colony Region- Durfee Monday at Lafayetteal Vocational High School Base- Park and visit Diman next Thurs­ball Tournament with a 10,·3 vic- day.tory over New Bedford High ... Among non-league games thisSunday afternoon in the tourney afternoon, Holy Family is homefinal. to Dartmouth, Apponequet at

Connolly defeated the host Wareham, Fairhaven at Oldschool, 6-3, and New Bedford Rochester. Tomorrow Somerseteliminated Greater New Bedford is at Case and Saturday OldVocational High School, 11-9, in Rochester is host to Nantucketthe tournament opening semi- and Wareham to Middleboro.finals Saturday afternoon. OldColony defeated Voke-TE~ch inthe consolation final.

Jeff Palmer, who pitched afive-hitter against Old ColonySaturday and picked up the winin relief in Sunday's game, wasnamed the tournament's mostvaluable player.

Connolly resumes pre-confer­ence action this afternoon with

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VATICAN CITY (NC) -- PopeJohn Paul II has named CardinalTimothy Manning, the Irish-bornarchbishop of Los AngE~les, ashis personal delegate to celebra­tions marking the third centen­ary of the martyrdom of St.Oliver Plunkett.

The celebrations are scheduledfor July 5 in Drogheda, Ireland.

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Couples who have made En­gaged Encounter weekend aswell as young married couplesare invited to a program at 7:30p.m. Saturday, April 25 in thebasement of St. Anthony of Pad­ua School, New Bedford. Mr. andMrs. Raymond Antunes will dis­cuss sexuality in marriage.

ST. MARY,NEW BEDFORD

A computer learning centerwill be installed in the parochialschool, a first for both the dio­cesan and New Bedford elemen­tary school systems.

The school girls' basketballteam has won the city champ­ionship and will continue to dio­cesan finals.

Women's Guild members willmeet at 7:30 p.m. Monday atBoulevard Tire and Battery Co.on Ashley Boulevard, where acar upkeep demonstration willbe given.

ASTHMA CLUB,ST. ANNE'S HOSPITAL

A nine-week Asthma Club forchildren ages 6 to 14 and theirfamilies will begin at 7 p.m.Wednesday, May 6, at St. Anne'sHospital, Fall River. It will aidpatients and their families inattaining optimum life styles.Further information is availablefrom' the Southeastern Massa­chusetts Lung Association. 947­7204.

ST. PIUS X,SOUTH YARMOUTH

The Women's Guild will meetat 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, with a pic­ture presentation on the HolyLand offered by Gertrude Calla­han following a business session.Guests are welcome.

OUR LADY OF ANGELS,FALL RIVER

A planning meeting for theEspirito Santo feast will take­place at 7 p.m. Monday. April27, in the parish hall.

SS. PETER & PAUL,FALL RIVER

Parochial school parents willmeet at 7 tonight to discuss pre·paring children to celebrate HolyWeek. Ms. Mary Tyrrell will be·gin a mini-course in typing onTuesday for 7th and 8th graders.

This year's first communicantswill participate in ~he HolyThursday procession at 7 p.m.

New schedules for altar boys,lectors and special ministers areposted in the sacristy.

ST. STANISLAUS,FALL RIVER

The 10:15 a.m. Mass on Sundaywill begin in the school, wherepalms will be distributed. The

.congregation will then processinto the church.

Rice bowl donations will becollected on Holy Thursday.

ST. JOHN OF GOD,'SOMERSET

The concluding talk in a serieson the sacraments will be givenat 7:30 tomorrow night in theCCD center by Father DanielFreitas, pastor.

Parents of first communicantswill meet at 6 p.m. Sunday in theparish center; Holy Name So­ciety members will meet at 7:30p:m. Tuesday in the rectory; andthe Women's Guild will meet at7:30 p.m. Wednesday in thecenter..

ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA,NEW BEDFORD

A parish mini-retreat is in pro­gress with sessions held daily at10:30 a.m. in French and at 7p.m. in English, with confessionsfollowing each session. Today'sprogram will be on "Parents andChildren Who Care" and tomor­row's topic will be "The Chris­tian in the World." The stationsof the cross will conclude eachsession tomorrow.

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION,FALL RIVER

First Communion will be re­ceived at 8:30 a.m. Mass Sunday,May 10, and Confirmation willbe administered at 7 p.m. Thurs-

Masses of healing will be cele·brated Wednesdays, April 15, 22and 29, followed by a prayermeeting. A novena to the HolySpirit will begin after 7 o'clockMass tonight and will continuefor nine weeks in preparation forPentecost.

Senior citizens will meetThursday, April 23, as will theparish council. 'Council electionswill be held the weekend of June6 and 7. Membership is open toany parishioner 18 or older, asis membership on the parishschool board.

An art fair will be held in the.school hall from 6 to 8 p.m.Thursday, April 30.

SACRED HEART,NEW BEDFORD

A Tenebrae service will beheld at 7 p.m. Good Friday with

. music by the chapel choir direc­ted by Joseph Scammons andMartha Jenkins.

The 45-voice choir will also beheard at the 7 p.m. Easter VigilMass on Holy Saturday and at10 a .m. Mass on Easter Sundayin selections from the works ofPeloquin, Haydn, Mozart and·Handel.

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A Seder Service will be cele­brated by Rabbi Bernard Glass­man of Tifereth Israel Syna­gogue, New Bedford, at 7:30p.m. Tuesday in the church hall.Rabbi Glassman will explain thePassover tradition.

All area residents of whateverfaith are invited to this program.Preregistration is requested bycalling 993-2351.

Services will be held at 7 p.m.each night of the Sacred Tri­duum, Holy Thursday, Good Fri­day and Holy Saturday.

COUNCIL OF CAmOLlCNURSES,FALL RIVER DIOCESE

Catholic nurses will meet from1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 25,at St. Mary's Church, New Bed­ford. Marcy Smith of Cape CodCommunity College will speakon "Burned Out and EnlightenedWithin" and Father EdmundFitzgerald, diocesan director ofpastoral care for the sick, willcelebrate Mass. A scholarshipdrawing will be held and CEUshave been applied for.

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Confirmation candidates willreceive the sacramen.t at 7 p.m.

ST. JOAN OF ARC,ORLEANS

First communion will be re­ceived Sunday, June 7, at 9:30a.m. Mass in Eastham and at 11a.m. Mass in Orleans.

ST. THERESA,SOUTH ATTLEBORO

A Lenten mission conductedby Father Haurice Proulx, MS,and Sister Virginia Sampson,SUSC, will conclude at 7:30 to­night. Its theme has been "TheParish: A Family Who Calls God'Our Father.'''

DIVORCED & SEPARATED,NEW BEDFORD AREA

April meetings, held at 7:30p.m. each Sunday at Our Lady'sChapel, 600 Pleasant St., NewBedford, will be as follows: April12, Mass, followed by coffee andconversation; April 19, firstmeeting of an eight-week begin­ners' course for newcomers and,for regular members, a groupdiscussion on "How to Survivethe Loss of a Love;" April 26,"Counseling a Couple GoingThrough Separation," address byPatrick McCarthy, area director,New Bedford Catholic SocialServices.

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A Tenebrae service will beheld at 10 p.m. Holy Thursday,

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ST. ANNE,FALL RIVER

Nominations to the parishboard of education are being ac­cepted by Mrs. J. Brodeur, 678­1510. They will close Mondayand elections will be. 'held theweekend of April 25 and 26.

Little League tryouts and reg­istration will take place Satur­day from 10 a.m. to noon andnext Monday, Tuesday andWednesday at 5 p.m.

Knights .of Columbus will re­ceive corporate communion at8 a.m. Mass Sunday.

ST. MICHAEL,SWANSEA

Parishioners will join membersof other Westport churches inwalking the Way of' the Crossat noon Good Friday, April 17.Participants will meet at the re­ligious education center, 926Main Road, progressing south tothe cemetery and paush)g ateach of the 14 stations for pray­er and meditation.

16 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., April 9, 1981