FALL RIVER DIOCESAN NEWSPAPER FOR SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS CAPE COD & THE ISLANDS

VOL. 28, NO. 15 FALL RIVER, MA$S.~ FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1984 . $8 Per Year

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u.s. editor gets press post

Vatican changes VATICAN CITY (NC) - In a

major reshufflinE! of top Vatican personnel, Pope John Paul II has named a U.S. priest to direct Vatican communications and has named a black African cardinal

'to head the key post of head of the Vatican Congregation for Bishops. .

The changes, announced April 9, include increased responsibili­ties for Cardinal Agostino Casa­roli, secretary of state, named papal representative in his role as he~d of state of Vatican City

Msgr. John Foley, 48, of the Philadelphia Archdiocese, editor of the archdiocesan weekly, The Catholic Standard and Times, will be ordained an archbishop and becomes president of the Pontifical Commission for Social Communications, a post vacated by' Polish Archbishop Andrzej Deskur, who resigned for reasons of health.

Archbishop Deskur was named president emeritus of the communications commission and

a consultor to the church's Sec­retariat of State.

Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, 62, a native of the African coun­try o~ Benin, leaves the presi­dency of the Pontifical Justice and Peace Commission to be­come prefect of the Vatican COJ;1­gregation for Bishops, which supervises the sppointment and activities of bishops in most of the world. '

The personnel shifts included resignations of several curial de­partment heads who had been in office for five years, a Policy called for by Pope Paul VI in his curial reform of 1967.

Resigning for reasons of health was Archbishop Jean Ja­dot, 72, propresident of the Vati­can Secretariat for Non-Chris­tians since 1980 and apostolic delegate in the United States from 1973 until 11980. He said he will return to his native BelgiuM where he hopes to be involved in pastoral ministry.

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Anchor drive _ "April is Anchor subscription month, kicked off last Sunday by distribution of envelopes in diQcesan parishes for renewals and/or new subscriptions.

Why a diocesan paper? Why, in a time of tight money, does it make sense to spend $8 a year for The Anchor?

An excellent answer to those questions was given by the late Father John Reedy, CSC, in one of the last of his nationally syn­dicated columns.

"In some way," he wrote, "a diocese - a local church - has to be a community of faith. It has to have some means of es­tablishing and recognizing its distinct identity as a commun­ity.

"And it 'has to have ways of perceiving how this distinct com­munity shares in the life and identity of the universal church.

"You can't develop this sense

of the reality of a local church from the collection of bulletins which flow from chancery offi­ces or from an occasional white paper. It ha,s to come from an ongoing recognition of the life, the relationships, even the argu­ments which link the people of this diocese to their local church.

"But the locsl church also needs to be constantly aware of its participation in the life and ministry of the universal church.

"We simply are not Catholic in our thinking if we see our re­ligious life as completely focused

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For Holy Week A Holy Week picture story

featuring the Discalced Car­melites of South Dartmouth appears on pages 8 and 9.

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2 THE ANCHOR­Friday, April 13, 1984

'Baby Jane' goes home

STONY BROOK, N.Y. (NC)­"Baby Jane Doe," whose real name is Keri-Lynn, received sur· gery in, fate March to help drain fluids from her brain and went home from University Hospital, Stony Brook, April 5, her par­ents announced.

\ Her parents, known only as Dan and Linda, sai dthey agreed to the surgery, which they had originally denied to the handi· ' c~pped infant, because she was doing so well on her own and there "was no reason to deny her'" the surgery. The operation involved inserting. a tube to al­low fluid to drain from her head to her abdomen.

A national controversy follow­ed the parents' initial decision to withhold major surgery after Keri-Lynn was born last Oct. 11 . with •. JJa.~c:licapping conditions, including~e fluid problem and spina bifid,a, a congenital condi- . tion in which the spinal cord is exposed. Her father and mother, aged 30' and 23, respectively, when the baby was born, celebra­ted their first wedding apniver­sary the month after Keri-Lynn's birth. They also have said they are Catholic. .

The Reagan administration went to court unsuccessfully to get, the hospital to release the baby's medical records, and pro­

' .. lifers, led by attorney A. Law­rence Washburn, fought to have the .surgery provided.

Washburn praised-the couple's eventual decision to allow the .surgery. He said they had "saved their child's life - and I think they are wonderful people,"

The baby's father said Keri­Lynn's spinal 'opening had heal­ed naturally when skin grew over it.

When he and his wife took the baby home, he said' that "she's

, going to be taken. care of by Linda and myself. We decided it was best she come home with us because we were spending so much of our lives at the hospi­tal,"

The. medical community has disagreed over the baby's condi­tion and potential. One progno­sis was that without major sur­gery her life expectancy' would ,be two, years or less and that, with surgery, she might live to about age 20 but be severely re­tarded paralyzed ~nd bedridden.

Other medical advice suggest­. ed that with proper corrective' treatment and other care, the child could have normal intelli­gence and be able to walk with braces.

Sister McNamara Funeral services took place

Tuesday for Sister Mary David McNamara, RSM,'SS, a native of Taunton, who' died April S at Mt. St. Rita Convent, Cumber­land, RI.

The daughter of the· late Thomas and Mary (Morlock) McNam~ra, she entered religion in 1920 and taught in Rhode ilsland sqhools during her active

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REV. ROGER L GAGNE (left): and. Rev. Bento R. Fraga" Attleboro area co-chairmen for the Catholic Charities Appeal. ':, - . . .

Catholic Charities App'!!!!'

,Special Gifts exp~ained The Special Gift Phase of the pate in the annual appeal.

diocesan Catholic Charities Ap­ Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, dio­peal will begin April 23 and end ~esan appeal director, announced May 5. today: "Over 900 Special Gift

The Special Gift campaign solicitod will' make 5,150 con· reaches fraternal, professional, tacts in this phase of the Appeal business and industrial organ-' in the fiVe areas of the diocese. izations in southeastern Massa-. It is ho~d that an increase in chusetts, asking support of dio­ giving will highlight this year's cean apostolates ser,ving, the Appeal,"; . needy regardless of religious af­ Atty. :James' H. Quirk Jr. 'of filiation. Yarmouth, diocesan lay chair­

,Special Gift workers in the man of: the. appeal, requested Fall River, New Bedford, Taun­ that solicitors complete their as­ton. Attleboro and Cape and Is­ signments, promptly and report land areas of -the diocese have to their iarea headquarters. The been contacted' via a personal final reporting date is May 5 letter from Bishop Daniel A. but volunteers are asked to make .Cronin and most have already daily r~turns to .their head­indicated willingness to partici- quarters;

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PASSION SUNDAY: A solemn HOLY rHURSDA Y: The princi­form for the Blessing of Palm is pal parish Mass on Holy Thurs­to be celebrated at one of the, day is that of the Lord's Supper, Saturday vigil Masses and/or at celebrated in the evening. How­one of the Sunday Masses. pref­- ever, fo~ pastoral reasons, it is erably at Mass(es) well attended permitted to schedule a second by the faithful. At other parish Mass exclusively, for those- un­Masses on Passion Sunday, the able to; participate in the eve­Simple Entrance may be used. , ning Mass.

GOOD FRIDAY: On Good Fri­MASS OF CHRISM: All priests

day, there is to be a single cele­are urged to concelebrate. the

bration :of the Lord's Passion inMass of the Chrism, which man­each pa'rish. Pastors who recog­ifests the unity of the priesthood,

nize a :compelling pastoral rea­regardless of other Masses cele­son for irequesting permission tobrated that day. The Chrism schedule a second service mustMass is scheduled for 4 p.m. make explicit representation to ,.Tuesday, April 17. Priests wish­the Ch~ncery. ' ing to concelebrate are asked to

bring amice, alb,cincture and EASTER VIGIL: There 'is' to be stole and to assemble in the a singl~ celebration of the Easter Bishop's Chapel in sufficient Vigil and Mass of Resurrection time .to form the procession. in pariShes of the diocese. No

I ' Holy Oil may be obtained' in the Easter 'Vigil ceremony is to be cathedral parish hall following scheduled before 7 p.m. No the Mass of Chrism. and from second ~ celebration is permitted, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, even in parishes where two vigil April 18, at the cathedral rec­Masses' are customarily cele­tory. brated.:

ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL

HOLY WEEK SERVICES

The Palm Sunday liturgy, to be celebrated at 4 p.m. Saturday, April 14, will be offered by Most Reverend Daniel A. Cronin. Concelebrants will be Msgr. Thomas J. Harrington and Rev. Jon-Paul Gallant; deacon chap­

. lains Deacons Roland LePage and Leo Racine; liturgical deacon, Deacon James Ferry. The Passion will be read. by Deacon ~acine, Christ: Deacon Ferry, narrator; Deacon LePage, other parts. .

At'the Chrism Mass at 4 p.m. ,Tuesday, April 17, Bishop-Cronin will be celebrant with diocesan clergy as concelebrants. Desigrated concelebrants will be Msgr. Luiz G. Mendonca, Rev. Daniel E. Carey, Msgr. Bema.rd J. Fenton, Rev. Roland B. Boule, Rev. John G. Carroll, Rev. John J. Murphy, Msgr. Maurice Souza.

Also Rev. Francis L. Mahoney, Rev. James F. Buckley, Rev. Robert F. Kirby, Rev. Roger J. Levesque, Rev. John V. Magnani, Rev. Thomas C. Mayhew, Very Rev. John ,J. Sniith.

.Deacons Mark Hession 'and Ferry will be, bearers of the Oil of Chrism; Fathers George Bellenoit and Edmund Fitzgerald the Oil of the Sick; Fathers Richard .Andrade and Paul Caron the Oil of Catechumens.

Deacons John Schondek and Maurice Lavallee will be deacon chaplains and Deacons James Fitzpatrick and Thomas McGlynn will be liturgical deacons.

Bishop' Cronin will celebrate the Holy Thursday liturgy at 7 p.m. April 19, with Msgr. Harrington and Father Gallant as concelebrants. Deacons Richard Murphy and James Meloni will be deacon chaplains and Deacon McGlynn will be liturgical deacon.

" On Good Friday, April 20, the Celebration of the Lord's Passion will be. held at 3 p.m. Bishop Cronin will preside and Msgr. Harrington will be celebrant. Deacons Robert Faria and Eugene Orosz wil' be dea­con chaplains and Deacon Fitzpatrick will be liturgical deacon. Deacon Faria will ~alte the part of Christ at the reading of the Passion, Deacon Fitzpatrick will be narrator and Deacon Orosz will take the :other parts.

The Easter Vigil wiU be' celebrated at. '7 ' p;!Ji.. Saturday, April 21. Bishop Cronin will b~, principal celebrant, with Msgr'- Harrington and Father Gallant as concelebrants. Deacons Fitzpatrick and Ferry will be deacon chaplains and Deacons Hession and McGlynn will be liturgical deacons.

An Easter Mass will be telecast from 10:30 to U:30 a.m. on WLNE, Channel 6, on EasterSunday. Bishop Cronin will be celebrant, with Deacons Fitzpatrick and McGlynn .as deacon chaplains and Deacons Hession and Ferry as liturgical deacons. Bishop Feehan High School students will be lectors and servers.

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AT 75th ANNIVERSARY 'CELEBRATION of Holy Name parish New Bedford from left, F'~ther John J. Murphy, pastor; Bishop Daniel A. Cronin; Willi~m Bancroft, parish councl1 president and celebration chairman. (Rosa Photo)

New· Bedford parish marks 75th year Holy Name became a parish In the year 19 hundred and

nine; A little bud in the garden

of faith, Now a blossom with the

passage of time. Thus began a poem by parish­

ioner Cecelia Weaver which she read as part of the 75th anni­versary celebration of Holy Name parish, New Bedford.

Her poem, encapsulating the parish history, was part of a festive day that began last Sun­day with celebration of a Mass of thanksgiving by Bishop Dan; iel A. Cronin and continued with a gala banquet complete with congratulatory messages from state and city officials and re­marks by the bishop.

Helping make the day memor­able were dozens of Holy Name parishioners, led by Father John J. Murphy, pastor, Father John J. Perry, associate, and Rev. Mr. Thomas McGlynn, transitional deacon.

Organist and choir director was June Dias Medeiros and William Bancroft was banquet master of ceremonies and gen­eral chairman for the celebration. Banquet speakers included Msgr. Henry T. Munroe, James Flana­gan and Father Murphy.

Parish HIstory A parish history available at

the ,celebration noted that the story of Holy Name is concurrent with the history of Catholicism

,in New Bedford, since many founding members of the parish traced their ancestry to' the early days of the Catholic com­munity of the, city; and many descendants of those ' founders are still active parishioners.

Holy Name parish, originally a mission of St. Lawrence Church, New Bedford, was es­tablished as a separate parish Jan. 9, 1909, ,but for its first six years wlJs known as St. Mary's parish. In 1915 it was renamed Holy Name and its school, which had been St. Joseph's High School, ,became a grammar

school, with St. Joseph's moving to a new facility and becoming Holy Family High ·School.

The original Holy Name church building, in use as a chapel before the parish was es­tablished, ,served until 1940, when the present Holy Name Church was erected, with the first Mass offered within its walls on Christmas Day, 1940. The former church became a parish hall for many years be­fore restrictions on old buildings. prohibited its furthe'r use. Event­ually it was gutted by fire and then demolished. . A tenement house north of the new church became a rec­tory, while the former rectory served for some time as a con­vent for the White Sisters, a community -of home nurses for­merly active "in New Bedford. Holy Name School, hard hit by loss of teaching sisters, merged in 1974 -with Holy Family School. The former parochial school building is now occupied by a secretarial school.

The World War II years are remembered at a time of great

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growth for Holy Name parish ,but they were also marked by the loss of Father Arthur Lima­ghan, an associate pastor who served as a military chaplain and lost his life on the Anzio beach­head in Italy.

Other notable dates in Holy Name history include consecra­tion of the church in 1954 by Bishop James L. Connolly and the dedication of a modern p8;r­ish center on April 23, 1978.

In recent months property has been acquired in order to en­large the center's parking area.

However, say the compilers of the history booklet: "A parish is more than a complex of buil4' ings, more than a church, a school, a rectory or a convent. It is a living organism, like a body that lives and breathes, grows and matures, with a head and many members, all working together for the' good of each and the welfare of all. Like a body also, a .parish has a spirit, an inner motivating force that inspires it to do good and great things.

"For 75 years Holy Name Parish has been just such a body,· with faithful, hardworking mem­bers and with an untiring and loving spirit. For 75 years this parish has raised its mind and heart in. prayer and praise to the Holy Name of Jesus.

"The fervor and faith' of its people have been matched by the l~bors and the care of its pas­tors and its priests. Besides the five pastors Father. Coffey, Msgr. Sweeney, Msgr. Hayes, Father Sullivan and Father Murphy, 21 other priests and two deacons have labored in this vineyard of the Lo~d."

All have contributed to the story of Holy Name.

The story is ongoing, with' many 75th anniversary activities yet to come, including the priest­ly ordination and first 'Mass of Deacon McGlynn and an anni­versary dance and bazaar.

'On to the 100th, say parish-i<mersJ, , .

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., April 13, 1984

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Holy Week -Services

ST. ANNE CHURCH 818~ddle S~t '

J"aU River, Massaehusetts

pALM SUNDAY· • Saturday Masses 4 and 8:30 P.M. • Sunday Masses 8 and 10 ~.. 12 Nooo and 8:30 P.M~

(10 A.M. ~ilI be. a 'special children's Mass with a pro­cession)

HOLY THURSDAY • Morning Mass.. 18:00 o'clock. • Confessions from 3:80 to 1:00 P.M. • Mass of the Lord's Supper at 7:80 P.M. • Adoration at the Repository until midnight.

GOO D F'R I DAY' • Liturgy of th~ ,Lord's Passion and Death' Elt 3:80 P.M. • Confessions' from 4:00 to 5:80 P.M. • Stations of the Cross and Procession at 7:00 P.M.

HOLY SATURDAY • Confessions' from 3:00 to 5:00 P.M. • 'EUter Vigil and First Mass of the' ResU'J'rection

7:80 P.M.

E A S T E R S E R V ICE'S Masses. at 8.'00, 18:00 A.M., 12 Noon and 8:30 P.M.

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4 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., April 13, 1984

the moorins.-., Vocations: Part I Caring with Compassion

Much is currently being re~earched, written and re­ported concerning the state of the priesthood in this countfy. Much of what has already seen print ha~ been informa~e and beneficial. Much of the continuing effort should be encouraged. .

The years ahead will produce fewer and' fewer priests for parish. ministry. A few feeble voices have responded to such projections with pietistic platitudes. But few in leader­ship roles seem really aware of the effects of the priest shortage foreseen by·reliable schplars and researchers. Little intensive work has to date been done in the area of encour­aging vocations. Perhaps such lack of foresight and under­standing on the part of our leaders are due to an inability to deal with today's priestly problems with honest compas­sion.

Priests are very human beings, perhaps more fragile than once was reaiized. In the past clerical problems tended to be covered up by a self-righteous' pastor .or bishop or' un~er the guise of a quick trip into' the night.

Only a few years ago, most solutions offered. to the very real problems of priests were dehumanizing and de­grading. Fortunately, more recently a more truthful approach has developed, an openness of spirit conducive to healing and help.

More and more the human needs of priests are being . met, not by inhuman mandates or Jansenistic spirituality, but by concern for the causes of clerical burnout. More and more priests are helping their brothers and sharing ~th

one another. These trends bode well for the future. They must be

nurtured and supported, especially' by' the bishop{ How· ever, .men who 'have been appointed to the fullness of priesthood often seem to leave the clerical ranks to become members of a private club. They so often get caught up

. in the administrative functions of a diocese or in expending tremendous amounts of energy to help meet the needs of the laity, that their own brothers in ministry get shoved aside.

Priests, in fact, often become the middle men and the forgotten men. As long as they don't cause trouble or make waves, all is presumed to be well.

Such an attitude, however, is not inviting to youth. The ideals and challenge of ministry cannot be made visible' to our young people in an atmosphere of frustration and even dejection. . .

If there is one challenge facing every diocese in the country it is that of coming to grips with the' reality of priesthood in all its dimensions. The spiritual effective­ness and growth of the American church is still dependent upon priests. As we spt!nd energies, time and monies to foster effective lay ministry institutes and permanent deacon programs, so too must we support the priesthood.

Bishops, above all, must seek new ways to sustain the priests who share their pastoral ministry and must lead in enthusiasm for the cause of vocations..

As we celebrate the total reality and joy of the sacra­ment of Holy Orders this Holy Week, may we urge all to pray that the Spirit will grace today's priests and enkindle the hearts of those who will' bless our tomorrows.

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The· danger of judgment I

By Father Kevin J. HarringtonI . Few phrases are more quoted

and less understood .than Jesus' maxim ~gainst passing judgment. How many times have we heard

I . the quotat!on: "Judge not lest ye be Judged"?

But too often people confuse 'judgmept with. fraternal correc­tion. \\fe have a duty to correct but judgment should be left in the hands, of God who judges the human heart, not just ap­pearances.

Since Watergate there has been an unprecedented scrutiny of our ~ublic .figures. Undoubted­ly people in the public eye should be held accountable for wrong­doing; 'however, it is often im­possibre to avoid the impression of wrongdoing on the part of suspicious minds. It seems pre­sumption of innocence has gone the way of the Napoleonic Code and that people are now pre­sumed;, corrupt until proven' otherwise.

Jesus was no foreigner to this manner' of thinking. 'He experi­enced this mentality in the Phari­sees who were only too willing' to accuse him of every crime under: the sun. 'Perhaps..this ex­plains:why he reserved his harsh­est ~riticism for those who­judge4 by appearances. How many: people prejudge the very people Christ mandated us to love? I

Today's .Pharisees have out­done ~ose of old in their ability to mdke every victim into a vil­lain. How many times have we

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heard that the poor are destitute because they are lazy or that people are sick because they did not take care of themselves?' In­deed, the presumptuous ways of our modern Pharisees border on being a ~in agairist the Holy Spirit., When they view the brokenness of the human condi­tion they merely sigh with a total lack of compassion: "Thank God, I'm not like the rest of men... ·

We must not forget that Jesus intends to separate' the sheep from the goats on the basis of how they have treated Christ in his most distressing disguise. Pharisaical judgments. can serve only to impede forgiveness and prevent those making them from recognizing the pain and agony they inflict on others.

Interestingly enough, the Gospel tells us. that the right­eous are surprised when they are told by the Lord that he was served through their acts of kindness. Equally, the condemn­ed are s~rprised that their neg­lect was an affront to their Lord. Soon their protestations of in­nocence are turned to pleas for mercy as judgment is passed upon them.

Pharisees come in three basic' disguises. There are the all-too­familiar sharks who at the first sight of wrongdoing or even the

. impression of it consume their prey as a killer shark approaches a victim at the first sight of blood.

There are also the chameleons

who with their shifting eyeballs and changing colors are able to compromise any principle to ad­vance their own well being. They avoid standing out in any way and have little mercy upon those harshly judged because their sole ·purpose is to live in such a manner as to avoid controversy.

Lastly, there are the vultures who are content to view both villains and victims from afar, knowing that after the sharks have their fill they can swoop down upon the carrion without meeting resistance.

The animal kingdom provides us with .an abundance of meta­phorical descriptions of sins against the Holy Spirit. Man's tendency toward presumption and despair leads him to judge rashly and mercilessly. But let­ting God judge others is our·ulti­mate sign of trust in his good­ness.

Sometimes goats need uncondi­tional love to understand that they are called to be sheep. Goats cannot benefit from our judgment but they can be helped by fraternal correction. . It takes a courageous sheep to confront the likes of a shark, a chameleon or a vulture, but the beauty of our faith is that it can move mountains, melt the cold­est heart and bend the strongest will.

Behind the face of every shark, chameleon and vulture is a hurt­ing person in need of the healing which only forgiveness, can bring. .

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Family Night A 'Weekly at-holDe program for falDmes

sponsored by the Dioeesan Office of FaJDily Mbdstry

OPENING PRAYER Dearest Jesus, tonight we

gather once again in your name for our Family Night. Bless us this evening as we dwell upon this coming Holy Week and all you have suffered for each one of us. Help 'us to enter into the spirit of this entire week begin­ning with· our family this even­ing. Thank you, dearest Jesus, for giving your life for all so that we might dwell with you eternally. Amen.

LESSON Young 'Family

Materials: Large piece of card­board, old newspapers, scissors, blue, red crayon.

Activity: Cardboard cross. Cut cardboard into a large cross, to­'gether look through the news­papers to find pictures of suffer­ing, of violence. Cover the en­tire cross with the pictures pre-' viously cut out. The completed cross may be hung in the family dining area during Holy Week. Ask each member of the family to remember a time when he really suffered physical or men-, tal, pain and have him try to relive, that moment, sharing it with the rest of the family. Each of us has suffered in some way. It might only be a scraped knee or it may be as serious as a death or critical illness. Have

each share, then draw a red heart somewhere upon the cross to add his or her own suffering to our Lord's.

Middle Years Family and ' Adult Family

Materials: Bible. Read aloud Mt 27:11·54. After a few moments, each may share with the others what the' Scripture meant to him or her and also a moment from the past of tre­mendous suffering, physically or mentally. People also may share what it is like to see a loved one suffer deep pain. How are our own sufferings united to the crucified Christ?

SNACK (optional)

Fasting is suggested.

ENTERTAINMENT This time should also be altered

to reflect Christ's Passion. This would be an ideal time for the family to plan their activities for Holy Week. Families are en: couraged to actively participate

Anger in families, I had an argument with

one of my sons several years ago and when he walked away from me while I was still talking, I blew up. He lis­tened for a few minutes and then stretched. his palms out in frus­tration. "But, Mom, how come I never get to be mad like you do? I walked away because I was afraid I'd say something and get into real trOUble. You don't like it if I just fold my anns and listen. You don't let me argue back. How can I get mad?"

He was, oh, so right. I was denying him the right to express his feelings of anger in any ap­proved way while I held the right to express mine in any way I saw fit. I learned a valuable lesson from him thllt day - we all need acceptable ways of ex­pressing our feelings of frustra­tion and danger in the family be­cause they will pop up in every family.

Contrite, I sat with him and we talked of different ways of responding which were accept­able without being disrespectful, Now when we have a conflict, he says' something like, "That really bugs me because I think you're being unfair:' or ,III don't think YO\1're listening to my side of the story," and I accept his right to express these feelings,

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as difficult as it is at times. In looking at anger, it's im­

portant to distinguish between angry feelings and angry actions. We have a right to our feelings although this is often used as justification for sullen with­drawal and uncommunicative­ness which makes others miser­able. We don't have a right to inflict pain, emotional or physi­cal, on others because of our anger. We have a responsibility to learn acceptable and caring ways of expressing our anger to those we love. Here are some ways of doing so.

1. Instead of accusing others, we expose our feelings. Rather than saying, "You never do a:ny- . thing around here," we can say "I feel like a maid who's expected to serve everyone." Instead of shouting, "Why don't you an­swer me?" we can say, "I feel like I'm not important enough to ,be listened to." The same message gets across but in a less explosive and more caring manner.

2. Recognizing and accepting reconciliation cues. Once the ex­plosion and cooling down period . have occurred, we tum to our family's unique reconcilation cues. In some families these may be a return to the room left in anger and a sentence which r~­opens a cooler conversation. .... ·.. l:":··.~"~~'·~:~ ." ":'l}f~ ..

in the observances that parishes provide. Such community experi­ences at the parish level should prove an enriching experience for the whole family. The sacra­ment of reconciliation can pro­vide members of the family with a uniquely meaningful insight duri,ng this time;

. SHARING - Share the experience of

making peace with some­, one with whom you ~ere

not at peace (see lesson for last week). .

-' Some may share when they felt especially close to God

, during the past week. ...... Share struggles and joys.

CLOS,NG PRAYER -Spontane9us:(prayer jar). ":"'Scripture:' Phil 2:8, 9 -Lord's Prayer.: -Suggested prayer: Most Holy .

Jesus, thank you for this evening and our family's sharings. To­night we tasted· but a small por­tion of your. suffering for us. 0, Lord Jesus, thank you for giving your life so that we might have life eternally with you. Help our family to make this Holy Week more meaningful through prayer, fasting, and our attendance at our parish Holy Week services. We praise you now and forever. Amen.

By

DOLORES

CURRAN

In others it might be a ques­tion like "Anybody want some iced tea?" Each family has its own cues but sometimes they're rejected. That simply intensifies the anger and often reopens the argument. Once the reconciliation takes place and the conflict is re­solved, then it sho,uld be for­gotten.

3. Discussing the issue later in a more rational atinosphere. Even though we've put closure on our angry outburst, we may still need to discuss the under­lying issue. Later, in a calmer moment, we can open. it .up by saying. "We need to talk about yesterday's fight over the car and see if we can come up with some' ways of satisfying every­one if it comes up again. What rules do you think are fair?"

This is' a caring way of dealing with the anger in healthy fami­lies. It says, I don't want to make you angry because I love you. Will you help me find. ways Of doing it?" Family members al­most invariably respond to such an invita~ion. '. .. '. ; ~'J' -';'>:!.'.....··f~.• v: t'!E '3'1

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., April 13, 1984 5

Joy of finding Jesus

The four men were having ,-dinner in a restaurant on the West Side of Manhattan be­fore going to see the Knicks at Madison Square Garden, and one happened to remark that he was in process' of having his first marriage annulled. His pres­ent wife is taking instructions to become a Catholic, he said. They plan a smaH Catholic mar­riage ceremony for ,later this spring.

, "What happened, did you find Jesus?" another guy at the table put in.

"Oh, no, nothing like that," the first one said, almost apol­ogetically. He sO\lnded self-con­scious, as 'though his friends might think he and his spouse had become" fanatics. They just wanted their marital situation regula~zed by the church, he added, shrugging and changing the subject to the stock market.

I was one of the four at the table, and' the others are all friends of mine,' including the' one who made the crack about "finding Jesus." I know he didn't mean it in a cynical or sarcastic. way. He was just being a typical glib New Yorker.

It's a fact, though, that peo­ple seem to get nervous and ill at ease whenever anything re­motely spiritual creeps into a conversatilJn. This is true not only in Manhattan restaurants, but probably at most church suppers, too. There seems to be a widespread general feeling even among religious folk that faith is too personal to' talk about.

By the way, what would you answer if someone asked you if you had found Jesus? This just occurred to me as I was writing. I think I would reply, "No, Jesus found me." That's a good and honest answer, in my case. If I uttered it aloud in a Manhat­tan restaurant, though, every­one else at the table would look at me, cringe and complain, "Geez, there goes Reel preach­ing again. Geez, he thinks. he's

. a deacon or something." It's odd what's happened: As

. eager as we are to blab about our bodies, that's how reluctant we are to mention our souls. Physical health and mental heaith and emotional health are belabored endlessly ·by just about everybody. But if the subject of spiritual health comes' up, we all hide our heads.

I include myself, by the way. I'm not always comfortable with religious rhetoric. ' Aggressive born-again Christians give me a bad case of St. Vitus Dance. I try to duck them. If Jimmy Swaggert calls, I'm out to lunch.

After dinner. walking to the Garden to see the Knicks, I fell in step with 'the guy who is get­ting his marriage annulled and

, getting, back int? the church. . "

By

BILL

REEL

"I think I know how you and your wife feel," I told him. "You want to have an orderly spirit­uallife."

"Right," he said. He seemed relieved. "And I'm concerned about our kids. I'd like them to grow up in a religious atmos­phere."

"Of course," I said. "Besides, the more in the church you are, the better you feel spiritualIy. It's possible to have a spiritual life outside the church, but the church makes it fuller and more interesting. That's been my ex­perience, anyway."

"I feel that's true," he said. "I was raised' a Catholic but got away from it for many years. Now I want to get back."

"I read the New Testament for a few minutes every night, and I go to daily Mass occasionally," I told him. "It does me a world of good."

By now we were at the Gar­den, and the talk turned to baskets. But we had talked easily and openly about faith. I felt better for it and I think my friend did, too. I'm not a fanatic either, but I hope I'll never be ashamed to avow my· faith. Faith is the best thing I've got.

(~ecroloQY) April 14

Rev. Louis N. Dequoy, Pastor, 1935, Sacred Heart, North Attle­boro

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

April 15 Rev. Christopher G. Hughes,

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

April 16 Rev. Arthur E. Langlois, 1928,

On Sick Leave, Denver, Colorado April 18

Rev. Hugh B. Harrold, Pastor, 1935, St. Mary, Mansfield

Rt. Rev. John F. McKeon, P.R., Pastor, 1956,. St. Lawrence, New Bedford

April 19 Rev. Msgr. Leo J. .ouart, !Pas­

.tor, 1975, St. Peter the Apostle, Provincetown

April 20 Rev. Edward F. Coyle, S.S.,

1954, St. Mary Seminary, Paca St., Md.

Rev. James E. O'Reilly, Pastor Emeritus, 1970,Mt. Cannel, See­konk

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Anchor drive' Continued from page one

on the activities of our parish or those of our diocese. We are part of that community of be­lievers which includes Vatican officials, feisty theologians, activists who challenge policies of church and state, suffering Christians who retain their faith in ,the face of poverty, hunger, oppression.

"We must have some way of recognizing, understanding the_ lives and struggles of those who share our faith . . . and we're not likely to get an adequate per­ception of that reality from the religion sections of Time and Newsweek."

Also convinced of the impor­tance of the diocesan newspaper is Pope Joh~ Paul 'II who re­cently told a meeting of the Federation of Italian Catholic Weeklies that the weekly format helps favor "thoughtful evalua­tion" over the "rush of'informa­tion" exhibited in the daily press.

"Weeklies work as a cor­rective to deformed news or to calculated silences," the pope said. "They have the privilege of ' contributing decisively to thoughtful mediation and in­terior growth - that 'civilization of thought' - that moaern society greatly needs because it is exposed to the dangers of dis­traction and superficiality. Th~Catholic .press should have

a clear, critical orienta~ion, with the aim of providing background and analysis of the most signi­ficant of life's events, he said.

Catholic weeklies~ he added, are a valuable instrument for in­creasing readers' awareness of the particular and the universal church. Journalism, he said, cor­responds to a "genuine voca­tion" and a "generous ministry."

The pope re~erred to the fin­ancial . difficulties of many weeklies, but said that "financial and technical scarcity" is often joined with more important' characteristics ,of enthusiasm and vigor.

Our Aim In common with· all, diocesan

weeklies, The Anchor strives to provide that mix o,f local, na­tional and international news and background information re­ferred to by both the pope and Father Reedy.

Week by week it attempts to chronicle the life of the church at home in the Fall River dio­cese and on the universal level. In so doing it is aided by reader input, both as expressed in letters to the editor and in com­ments made at personal en­counters.

One concrete example of such input is that of a ~ubscriber who asked some time ago that we list diocesan churches accessible to the handicapped. Our new diocesan directory, to appear as part of next week's Anchor, will include that information as a direct result of her request.

Subscribers also respond to col~ns inviting questions or comments, .such as the Question Corner, the Kennys' family life feature and Tom Lennon and Charlie Martin's youth offerings. Many have received valuable help from one or other of these writers.

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NC News Service Msgr. John P. Foley, 48, editor

of' Philadelphia's Catholic Stan­dard and! Times, named an ~~ch-bishop al1d head of the Pontlflc~l ·Commission for Social Commum­cations tPiil 9, is. one. of t~e best-kno'!Vn Cathohc editors 10 the Unit~d States..

~ His new appointment puts 1m

at the helld of the Vatican ~ge~cy respol}sible ~or commun~catmg and interpretmg papal actions to the worlWs press and electronic media. I

· The announcement drew praise ,from lea,ders at ~e U:S. church and Cat~olic press.

':Msgr: Foley knows his way around newsrooms and the j~ur-nalists' world. He's a total pro­fessional," said James: O'Neill, represen:tative of the Interna­tional Catholic Union of the Press ati the United Nations. "EVe~bodY in communica­

tions -: Catholic and general ­'Will surely benefit from this ex­citing appointment," said James A. Doyle, eXecutive director of the Catholic Press Association.

Archtlishop-designate Foley is currently' vice president of the CPA arid was the associa~ion's

·sole nominee for president in an election' of officers to be beld later this month. Rosemary Dus­sault Anchor business manager, was; member of the nomination commit~ee that selected the archbishop-elect.

"We'll have to go back to work," I she comlnented. "Any­way, iti proves we made a good

·selection," she added, noting that in -her I CPA contacts with the new papal appointee, she had found him a "thoughtful, delight­ful pers,'on."

Father John F. Moore, Anchor editor Who has had many con­tacts ~ith the new archbishop­design~te in the course of CPA meetings, commented on his "total Cledication and thorough­ness." ,

"ThJpope has 'a good man," he said. _ . The ~ppointment "is a tribute not only t6 him but to his col­league'$ in the communication apostolate in the United States," said Msgr. Daniel... F. Hoye, gen­eral secretary of the National Conference of Catholic iBshops and uJS. Catholic Conference.

Msgr. Hoye recalled that the archbishop-designate has had

.. long experience -on -the national · !

Vatican ,Cha~ges

Continued from page one of their terms. Cardinal Rossi To free Cardinal Casaroli for was prefect of the Vatican Con­

his new role, Cardinal Rossi will gregation for the Evangelization replace him as president of the of People and Cardinal Baggio Administration of the Patrimony was prefect of the Vatican Con­of the Holy See, and Cardinal gregation for Bishops. Sebastian Baggio will take over Vatican sources said it was his post as president of the too early to predict what Car­Pontifical CommissioJl for· the dinal Casaroli's new responsibili­Vatican City State. ties would involve. In a letter

Cardinals Rossi and Baggio dated April 6 commissioning the resigned their previous posts be· cardinal, the pope noted that ex­cause of the five-year expiration istence of the Vatican City State

guarantees to the Holy See "in­ll

.ltlllllllllllllmmmlllllllllUlIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllnlllllllllllllllllllllllllll dependence from every earthly

level as a press aide an d drecor- power." ing secretary for the U.S. bish· Replacing Cardinal Gantin as ops at their national meetings. head of the' justice and peace

At a press conference in Phila- commission is Cardinal Roger delphia the new archbishop- Etchgaray of Marseilles, France. designate said he did not yet Cardinal Opilio Rossi, 74, re­know when or where he would signed at the expiration of his be ordained a bishop or when he term as president of the Ponti. would move to Rome. fical ,Council for the Laity and

He said he had known for has been head of the Commission several days that he was to be- of Cardinals for the pontifical come a bishop and head of the shrines of Pompei's Loreto and Vatican commission, but he did Bari in Italy.

- not find out until the morning Replacing him as head of the of the appointment that he was laity council is 63-year-old Ar. to be made an archbishop. gentine Cardinal Eduardo Piron-

The editor of the Catholic ~

Standard and Times since 1970, Cardinal Pironio, who resigned Msgr. Foley has traveled with at the expiration of his term as POPEl John Paul II on several prefect of the Vatican Congrega­times. In 1979 he was the Eng- tion for Religious and Secular lish-language ..press liaison for Institutes, is replaced by Arch­Pope John Paul's' visit -to Ireland bishop Jean Jerome Hamer, 67, and the United States. a Belgian who had been secretary

He also traveled'to Czechoslo- of the Vatican Congregation for valda, Hungary and, most re- the Doctrine of the Faith. cently, to EI Salvador as an offi- Cardinal Giuseppe Casoria, cial U.S..observer of the March 75, has resigned as prefect of 25 Salvadoran presidential elec- the Vatican Cc;mgregation for the tion., Sacraments an4 Divine Worship

Born Nov. 11, 1935 in Sharon for reasons of age. The congre­Hill, 'Pa., he was ordained in gation will be split' into two Philadelphia in 1962. He holds a parts, both headed by Archbishop master's .degree in jc,lUrnalism Augustin Mayer, 72, a German from Columbia University and a Benedictine, who had been sec­

. doctorate in philosophy from the retary of the Vatican Congrega­Angelicum in Rome. tion for ReligioiJs and Secular

In his new post, Archbishop Institutes. designate Foley will direct the Archbishop Francis Arinze, Vatican Press Office, the most . 51, of Onitsha, Nigeria, will re­v:isible arm of the ~ontific~l place Archbishop Jadot as head Commission for Social Commum- of the Vatican Secretariat for cations. The press office issues Non-Christians. daily news releases on papal Archbishop Dermot Ryan, of activities and the texts of public Dublin, Ireland, replaces Brazil­

. statements ,by the pope and Vati- - ian Cardinal Agnelo Rossi as can agencies. head of the Vatican Congrega-

The pontifical commission is tion for the Evangelization of also responsible for coordinating Peoples.

. radio and television coverage of Resigning for reasons of age the pope and the Vatican, and is was Cardinal Giuseppe Paupini, in charge of t!te Vatican's film head of the Apostolic Penitenti­library and the development of ary, which oversees confessional films and other ,audiovisual ma- practices. terials on the pope and the Vati­can. He is replaced by Archbishop . Archbishop-designate Foley is Luigi Dadaglio, 69, who was

secretary for sacraments in the the third American to head the Vatican Congregation for Sac-Pontifical Commission for Social. raments and Divine Worship. Communications since it was es­-tablished in its present form in 1964.

The first was another Pennsyl­vanian, Archbishop Martin .J. O'Connor, who oversaw Vatican press relations during the Sec­ond Vatican Council.

Archbishop Edward Heston, CSC, who had been English­language press officer during the council, succe.eded Archbishop O'Connor in .1971. He died of a heart attack less than two years later, cutting short his aggres­sive efforts to make Vatican press relations more open and ft~ll.~ u ~ ~._V'V"'" .:......,:•••••••• " "

Three secretaries of Va~can congregations were also' named

v by the pope. - Italian Archbishop Vincen­

zo Fagiolo, secretary of the Vatican Congregation for Reli­gious and Secular Institutes;

.- Hungarian Archbishop La­jos Kada, apostolic nuncio to Costa Rica and EI Salvador, sec­retary 'of the Vatican Congrega­tion for the Sacraments;'

- Msgr. Alberto Bovone, undersecretary of the doctqnal congregation, was promoted to secretary and will be ordained

•••a.n ..ar.chbishop....

Reverend and dear Fa~her.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Ap~il 13. 1984 1-------------------"-~~-~,New trustees

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11Iomu F. Leahy, Thomas G.'I'aterson and Rev. David T. Ty­son, CSC haVe been electadSlonehill College trustees by thecollege hoard of fellows.

Leahy is executive vice presi­dent of CBS/1lroadcast -Group.Reportlng to him are the CBSEntertainment and TelevisiOnNetWmk divisions.

PatarsOn, a professor of hist9ryat the University of~t,. {Storrs, is CQIlSldered oile of tt.e .Most O\!tstanding".~.·", 'American historill'!"'-·. .......alty is post-World War D 1hirfed .States foreign policy. '

Father.~ is' execlitiveasSl$tant'tOl'iitber'l'heodortl M.Hesburgh,' esc, i/reaicIent of theUniverslt1 Qt, Notte Dame, HehoIcJa degrees in .BOCiology aodtbeqlogy froiij Notte ~. anda· cluClmltta-· in -education fmiiI"na-UJjiftility. .. .,._~_..~~,~"~~~-~"~.-

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The association, founded 'inIlM4. JlUlilbem260._""""aSllllC3ates;.•~-,"'bc>noI:"· .ary members affiliated with l11li>/'nicip'aland . privllta cemetaries.·Board· members nieet four. tim.esa year and folIr' workshops. onvllried sub~.'~" held~for aU. IIICIIIbes:Ii:

, .Faithfully 'yours 1tl.Chri.st._

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One 'ot ~he ~:~Y hie.sin9$:~~va.ilable durinq the. aol'y .Year is the"~~__of the J"ubnee tndu:l-qeooe. -",$oc'~ .-e- '"to.t...n6w" a nwnber of":'e-hutdies -!iave' been d./Deignated as sites fort.he qainin~r:o:f:tJ1e'Indulqelta.er.;. -- ::',.--, ... ''--'-.-- ....,

To facilitat.· the qa'inln~ Of, die Indulqence bY.' qrHtu ,.number of the.~aith;ul·of DU~ Qioc~se, I am'pleased toannounce the follOtij'il'i9: -' J~' ': -" ,

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1. ,The. IndP19cmcvo ,~Y¥e~. qai1t~d bY'- all -WhO .l5arti~tPatein the ,parish cel"b~aUon o-f COJif1dM!1bi.oD Where.. ~ ~the ,Sacrament. is aaaliilistered betore,rE.at.er,,· . '...rle.i!l,~~' .in.s:t~s ~< candidates on.t~ -meanihq .' ,

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for 't.-bPae. who 'at-wnd· the- Holy -week C-erellxul:1:es .. .the opport~i~y 9'f" sn.,rii1g ,in "the 9r':C8~ ,of ,.the 'Jubilee Yeart.'-< 'the_:.ic:k o,~-:,:t,fie Pari$h ,MY' ol"e<;e:i~the. Ind,ulqe~ by j1?inin~i_,'Iii ~pir"it' Wit'll: the ':.. '_parochial' .cdJMwllty on t:I;M deiiignated Gay_.. ~ -,

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})revai-l for £he, vain.inq of' the I-ndul9'e~:-ConfeS'sion., ,'- Co_union .... -and Prayer-';for. ~he Intenti0Q:8--ot Cbit Bell' ,:

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%. tf'Jc:e-'this O¢c'a:~ion to-.~e•• ay ~p_u8e,~o.~,1~ryour cooperation, in IUkinq this' Roly, l'&i1ir: a. spe¢,ia.l tiM-of grace.. wit.hin;'our D~se. td:th eVery cordiailjood -Vish.I rellain- !. --

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proposed cut in federal Medicaidfunding has been sbarply criti­cized by three major nationalCatholic organizations in a let·ter to Cqngress.

"AccesS to adequata healthcare is a bilsic JlIIIIl8\l right,".laid the letter. '!igned by repre~

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sought to assure baSIC ,health sells Cemetery Association. Hecoverage,for the ,mr, especially is the first member of the Fallsome of the .J!\OSt wiDenlble River diocese and the soieOndamong us: Pregnanl WO\'l"I'o in- priest to head the llI'g8lIi2:8tion. ..fanls. children and the eId!orIy,"the three groIlpa Wrote. .

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they need. And "the people ofGod In this diocese have open­ed their hearts to us." saJjMother Mary Teresa. who noletthan many groups. such as theNew Bedford Catholic Woman'sClub. regularly donate food andother' necessities luch as soapand paper goods.

A good friend Is Bishop Cro­nin. who often vislti the mOIl·

.Y~:Affie 'rei~t'ire'!§!:- -?8re":a~Avila. a Cai'me1lte anij Decmof ,the 'Church. On the feastdayhe conducted eucharistic devo­tions with the, 'Duns and ex·pressed the gratitude of ,the dio­cese for their prayerful contribu·tlOI\ to apostolic worb In thearea.

Following'the Channel 10 TVshow. said Mother Mary Teresa.the monastery was fioocJed bycongratulatory calls from friends.She said the nuns 'went to bedearly that night, arising in timeto watch the II p.m. programon a TV set loaned by a friend.

And yes. Sister Bernadettewas persuaded to be among theviewers.

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nuns pray a sacrifice for thechurch In g nera! and for thepriests and ople of the FallRiver dloce In particular. Inthe course of a year they receivehundreds of rayer requests. Allare honored there are manyreports of f vors received. saidMother Ma Terela.

The nuns' ay of prayer. spirit.ual reading d Income·produc.Ino '¥!.nw +'2. 111....1"0' !,!\a"'nll' -,Pllat­menu and 1 e ceramics ana .e ..tering' spirit al bouquets, beginsat 5:30 a.m. nd usually ends at10 p.m.

Except fo recreation periodsfrom I to 2 and 7:15 to 8 p.m.dally. sllenc Is kept unless agr,eat nece sity arises. saidMother, M Teresa. From 8:30p.m. to 7 a ..the even moreprofound 0 at Silence. hallow·ed by centu es of tradition, de­scends upon the monastery.

The rule as set aside for themedia visit, however. and thesllters an wered questions

, freely.They may ot. by the..Carmel·

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Even Mass Is said on the"public" side of the monastery.with the nuns receiving holycommunion through a grille.separating their choir area fromthe main chapel.

Within their enclosure the

astery. formtU'1y the Sol.....Mar"Children's Hospital. the nunselected themselves crew memobers, helping lug lights. cordsand tripods from one location toanother.

The lut stop was the'austeremonastery sleeping area. whereeach nun has a tiny bedroOm,known as a cell.

"The word cell comes fromplatneci'-Motb~r·-MUY---~.ClOUr .cella are OUf heaven, aplace where we meet God."

Each spartan room includes anarrow bed. a washbasin, a delikand a small prayer bench.

In the courae' of the hoursthe media were allowed In themonastery, Mother Mary Teresaexplained' that normally visitorsenter only a small display area.where ceramics made by thenuns are exhibltM and 801d; al'speak room" where a nun mayconverse through a grille with atsmlly member or other visitor;and a hallway housing a "tum,"an Ingenious turntable through

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.by the nuns and wanted to vl,ltthe monastery again. "Seeing thesisters' life did 80 mIlCh for me,"she declared.

On camera, she talked aboutthe Carmelite lifestyle Iii a seg·ment filmed In the monasterykitchen with peppery. 72.year.old Sifier Bernadette, a native ofCounty Oalway. Ireland. whocelebrates her gOlden jubilee of-_tl''\Vhat "(it) yoo -do'~ail day?u

asked Mrs. Wood."I live in union :wl!lt God,"

retumed Sister, Bel'llad~tte."t think I would D!liss a lot on

the outside," remarked MrS.Wood. .

''That's because you never fellIn love with Oodl" was the nun'squick .retort, delivered" with atwinkle and In'a lilting trlsh ac·cent. I

"But why did yoU become a'nun?" she was asked. :

"I fell in love with 094," wasSister Bemadette's respOnse. "Itwas an Inward draWIng that Icannot e1<plaln -' land ber8 I

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,"Ha Is the stili point of thetulning world" wrote T.S. ElIotof Chrlst. • '

During Holy Week anel everyweek that stili point Is near inthe Discalced Carmelite Monas·tery of Chrlst Crucified ~j1 MaryMedfatrlx In South Dartmouth.,Its inhabitants .lIve OIlIy for Ood.·i.,jU&IP"Bfl:edJ!KJflet,a'W..cove. the monastery is the bomeof seven contemplative nuns.They are separated from thenoisy world by a 12'acre "papalenclosure," solemnly designatedby Bishop James L. COllllllllYDec. 11. 1966.

Unl8&11 for a medical emer·aeneY' or to transfer to oothermonastery. the nun, will neverI9avetll6U' enclosure, even Increath. for the grounds Include' asmall cemetery.

Nor may outsiders enter the· monastery. Rare'exceptions' to 'the rule may include a priestvisiting the sick or workersmaking necessary repairs.

An .even rarer exception wasmade recently, when BishopDaniel A. Cronin granted per.mission for television reporterPatrice Wood and cametamanConrad Ostrowski of WJAR'TV.Provlden~nel 10, .,~terthe cloister."

"We did It to let people know· we lire here." explained Mother

Mary Teresa. the communfty's am. GO years'ater. I dOll't thinkprioress. "After all. faith COMes my life has been wasted." she

, through hearing and we thought added thoughtfully.it would be a good witness for Asked If she'd ever been onthe church and possibly would televllion before. she admittedencourage 80IIIe young women.to she hadn't. "And I hoPe, I neverthink about our life for them. am agaln,'v she quip,*,- "Butselves." you'll watch yourself Ion TV,

The Anchor was also permitted won't you?" aliked MrS. Wood.to be present not only to watch "I think I'll be lp ~i""]'(~ the

jubfiarian's're nse..:the Impact of television on con· -....templatives who neither see it At the close of htU' .egment,nor read newepapers, but to obo bowever, lbe endeared IJerself toserve the reaction of the TV both Channel 10 and,The Anchorteam to the cloister. by presenting all handf, with

"They are absolutely wonder. fresbly bIiked loavea fit wholeful to let us dO thIa," said Mrs. wheat raisin bread•

.woOd, a non4tbOIIc arid a In the 'moitastery l'etectory thenewcomer to Rhode I8Iancl.1:V and Anchor ~..' hadwb\lS8 husband had. told het the UIIUIUa1 prlYile~ liharlngabout the nuna. ;the nuns" ~... .' COlI·

She and 0atJvw11d were at 'silting that eveIiIng 'c< ' peelI\ltthe ' --"'-for five .......- butter sandwich and ~ apple.~-, ....~.. ·TIIe COIDIIlUll1tTs··".' meal

shootlngV/lat~ ca"the come. at 11:30 a.mraJld never11 o'clock news a'few n/iIata Includes ineat, although ftsh mayIa" as lMreif'l2Iree ~... of be eaWl. Ifootqe. .Mra. Wood uId. !low- ~ever, that ,the time~ .wu Sitting 011 ~I ea..eIleroua, .co~ to, "die 30 the nuns u8uaJly 1IIten spirit·secoDdI I usually get for a aiory." IIlIl reading u they eat. I . .

The Channel 10,pair ' were Another aspect of tbllir pem·palnataking In their aRJlfOa~ to tentilil lives was reftected In thetheir assignment, shOotIng,? for chilly Whiter temperatUlle of theInstance. a chapel segment over monastery. held to. a level takingand over to get precisely the ef· Into account mote the .ecessityfeet they wanted. to avoid freezing the water pipes

They were matched In pa. than the comfort of ~e nuns.tience by the nlll's. who cheer· who weaf only sandals ,On thejrfully re,nacted their chapel en· bare feet. That custom Is reotrance procession and sang a fiected in the \l8llle I'f theirhymn 841ain and again for the community. Discalced ill derivedcllmera. '. '. from the Latin for "without

"I really Wlll1t this tel be art,fs. shoes:' .tic,"~ M(S. ~~,.:~ .....~the C8,l!lua tqIve(edtrom",,!d she was deeply I. .,' nOor to fioor of the I.. m9n"

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THE NONs join ina'mg, Ie<! by their,prioress, Mother Mary Teresa, playing the auto­harp. SISTER MARIA, Sister Bernadette and Mother Mary Teresa enjoy being part of theTV crew. .

"St Ilpoint' found in South Dartmouth CarmeliteTHE ANCHOR-Dloc •• of Fall River-Fri., April 13, 19a04

UI'IJUi'U OSmOWSKllines upa shot of Patrice woOd iD the Car­melite refectory. Seated f . left, Sister Eliane (her white veil.denotes that ahe is a .J;lOv·ice).Si~ter Ann, Sister ' dette, Mother Mary Teresa, Sister Mary Magdalen. MotherM,aria CPartia!ly hidden),Sister~a .• 1N,~ClIE!.Yt.~is.ter,Be~~tte~dispJ~ys,IlerIfreed as Patnce Wood a akS aearnera cue. (Rosa PhOtO$)"" . " ·.C "

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Perhaps those two people"living in sin" ,wDJ somehow be ameans Clf,'/ll'ACl! fat eec:h other.Petbaps' this. relationship willshake us P!lfJnts out. 'of psideand COIIiplaClJri/i to huinmty andan acknow1edgment that we can·not make~'tunlout the

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'Our~'~'~c§ildrei( ·l!Ot.A~·., ....::g~~~re:rits~~~':gnal it conversion, ~18; t1iechanged ·heart of the person whoresponds to Christ. We cannotbring about convelSion for an­atbel' person. We Can merely re­flect as best we can the 1<I!>d'ness and love toward otherswhich Christ demonstratecL

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AJs~ JlP!Rtl!. what re- ledge ~ ~vior.IpC)JlSe should we .make to grown The .I8st ,POin,t is.parlicuIarlychildren who· have refused our ' impor:tant, in .de!lIinB... with ourvaI?es? Basically we have two children. ~pei!~ and. con•?ptions: to <:orrect and ..admon- version caDiJOt be acC<Jlllpiisbedish or to accept and love. The by another· person.. They lieexample we get from SCripture within theh~ A1ld.•ihe bestis mixed. Christ conects and ad· way to coDununicate the beautymonillhes some; he aCcepts and and gllOdness i)f tile' Christianloves others. , life is for US to live as CJuistiIms,

Perhaps the flgm., whi> most to reai:h oUt to others 'as Christclosely resembles our "sinful did in kindness and love.scandalous'~ • children is the ThU Is not to say that kind­Samaritan. .woman at the wen ness on your Part wiB. Jead to'(JaM 4;1-42). several ...,.;cu of repentance and' converslononChrist's bebatior are striI$&. the part of your cIiiIdren - im-

First he reached out to 11er. mediately or ever. Our personalHe started the conversation. knowledge and understandingsecond. at no Point did be lee· are so limited. We do not knowture ber or criticize her. He was God's plan for us. for our child.'

u.s. ambassador sees popeVATICAN CfIY (NC) -'The efforts. ,to <Iefeud human dignity Wilson· alluded to :dle u.s.

United States and the Vatican and the rights of the human per- po.ition - as a· military super•can work together for world son - every human person, power and as s, COUntry abundantpeace. hwnan rights and the de- every man, woman and~ on in resources.·velopment of nations, said Pope this earth," he added. ''We ~ze: that a funda­John Paul U ./qIriI 9. 1/11 he "'-., After ~ting .his creden- menllli respoD8ibility of aDlltlOftcepted the credentlal.of Willjall>, - tial~".w~~tlld. tl1II. RJipciples . Is lto,p_:Jtslcpeqpl<liILlIIIlclA. Wilson, first ambassador,of oftbe DeClaration of Indllpencl- WiliJon."B_l'se"ilf·,!3litclolP·the United Slates to the Holy _ ence, wIlich, he said, "<:IoseIy cern for' the welfare' Clf the in-See. parallel those of the Holy See." divicfual ill our soc:ietY, we also

This cooperation, "means en- "As an infant nation," Wilson feel a reoijIOOSibilityfOl'tbe weIJ.terlng into an exteoded dialogue said, "we sought to ..,reate the beiiJg of oar fellow man through.on the important issues whlcb best possible set of conditions out the. world."are at the basis of civilization It- for human' freedom and develop- AJs a -wt, Wilaon said, theself," the pope told Wilson, 69, ment under the mle of law. As a United States seeks "to promotea Californian and close friend of maturing nation, we continue to ' buman deVelopment" and ·'toPresident Reagan. espouse the precept that all men foster peace 'and _ tnoedom

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similar staiUS'to Haitians, Bish­op Ronuiti' saie( ''This' lack ofjustice lor the :Raitilln!, refugeesfrom a .counfry' that suffers froma tight-wing dietatolSbip, createssome .elision between these sis­ter groups in our community."Bishop Roman, a native of Cuba,was deported when Fidel Cas­tro came to poWer.

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MIAMI ,(l«:) -.,. AuxiliaryBishop Au,ustin Roman ofMiami has ,called on Cuban andHaitian refugees to support eec:hother in. their bids for legalizedstatus in the United States. Re­ferring to a tentative Pt!lJlOS8lby the Reagan administration tooffer 1egal status to about125,000 Cubans from the 1980Mariel boatift while denyjng

praised the st~ fOr defeJld·ing the cruciflJ: aDd asked-themto show forginnea. He advisedthe stucleats. to "get had< towork and make up for lost time."

The school's director. llysZard~pskj .said' stlldents would

i be ale to w_~ toclass, and PJomised to make sureexaminations,do not~~ ~ith~ i·eJi&iouS~. ....

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--.a-- sa 'promise with authoritiesthat allows one cross to he hungin~ school library.

Tile 'April 6 ~ent endeda bitter montMong dispute thatIula placed Pope John Paul nand the P<1Iish'eImcb in conDictwith the qonm,uDiSt government.~. . , " . also allowed

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•to~- to 'tIle'school Withoutsiliniiit'PledPl' of obedience ~SChOoII'llles. PieviousJy. lIUthori~tiila::lIacf~ 1m the ~edges .arid had threatened tl> 'cut shortthe"""demic cateersot. severalhundred iItudenta..

'l)e~';t wiis ,workedout by Polish officlais and Bish­op Jan Mazur of Siedlce. whosediocese includes Mietno. BishopMazur bad announced March 27that he was beginning a bread­and·water fast to support thestudents in their protest.

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self-examination and diverted congregations of the Dominican from the very grave needs of the Sisters of the Presentation and world. of St. Catherine of Siena.

Lastly, she noted, the study The proceedings were video­could raise very serious questions taped and information on obtain­for women of the church, both ing the tape is available at the within religious communities and Bishop Connolly High School among the -laity, who may feel office, tel. 676-1071. excluded from full participation in a patriarchal church.

Sister Mosslander concluded her presentation by quoting from what she feels is a daring chal­lenge by Pope John Paul II to religious concerning the matter letters .re welcomel1, but should be DO

living out more thaD 200 words. The editor reservesof their vows: "In the right to condense or edit. All leltefl their lives of poverty, religious must be signed and Include a home or

business address and telephone number forwill discover that they are truly the purpose of verification If deemed

n&",sS8ry.relevant to the poor. Through chastity they are able to love

to Message of hopewith the love of Christ and experience his love for them­ Dear Editor: selves. It is especially through The New Bedford Area Nu­Part of the large attendance at the meeting of religious. obedience, that Christ himself clear Weapons Freeze Group is offers to religious the experience deeply concerned about the of full Christian freedom." growing danger of intended or

In'introductory remarks at the accidental nuclear war. We arewitb bisbop Religious meeting, Bishop Cronin noted convinced that it is the right and that three regional meetings will duty of every living person to

The following descrfptloo of Headed by San Francisco Arch­ ing of the possibility of "conver­ continue the process of dialogue act to prevent it. aD unprecedented gathering of bishop John Quinn it had as sations at the local level." called for by the pope. They will It is clear that the majority of nearly 500 men and women reli­ members Archbishop Thomas If such meetings "result in a be held at 7 p.m. May 15 at people in the United States asgious of the Fall River diocese, Kelly of Louisville and Bishop better understanding, greater Bishop Feehan High School, At­ well as many other countrieshas been compiled from reports Raymond Lessard of Savannah. tr,ust, stronger bonding and mu­ tleboro; at 9:30 a.m. May 19 at share this feeling. We suggestby Msgr. Thomas J. Harrington, The first step came earlier tual support between the United Bishop Connolly; and at 7 p.m. that all who support a mutualChancellor, and Sister Mary Lou this spring when Bishop Cronin States Bishops and the women June 6 at Bishop Stang, North US-USSR nuclear weaponsSimcoe, SUSC. Editor met with major superiors and and men religious, it will· indeed Dartmouth. freeze light a single white elec­

representatives of area religious be a great gift to the, entire A meeting held,April 3 at Bish­ Meeting participants were tric candle in n promipent win­

communities. As a result of the Church in the United States," op Connolly High School, Fall guests of BishQp Cronin at a dow every Friday evening until

meeting a committee consisting she declared. Nov. 6. ' ~River, was the second step in dinner served in the Connollyof .Sisters Barbara McCarthy, "A second hope," she added, an ongoing dialogue between cafeteria with students as waiters Can you help us to reach your

OP, Carol Regan, SUSC, Doro­ "is that we might dispel someBishop Daniel A. Cronin and and waitresses. A question period readers with this message of

thy Ruggiero, OP, and Lourdette, of the confusion and negative hope and unity? memb~rs f?f religious congrega­ followed the meal and the even­RSM, representing Sister Noel judgments that have arisen due tions active 1n the diocese. ing ended with a Holy Year New Bedford Blute, RSM, was established to to the changes over the last 20

It came in response to a. letter prayer service prepared by the Jacqueline Kummerset up the format for the study years.sent by Pope John Paul II to the called for by the pope. "A final hope is that thisUnited States bishops at the be­ This group obtained the ser­ process will provide an oppor­ginning of the Holy 'Year call­ vices of Sister Bette Moslander, tunity to explore the incultura­ing for a study of American re­ CSJ, who is·a past president of 'tion of the American church, frederic'sligious life. In it the pope called her own religious c,ommunity that is, the effort to determine upon the hiersl'chy to collabo­ and of the Leadership Confer­ how the gospel of Jesus Christ flowersrate with those in the institutes ence of Women Religious and a and the mission of his churchof consecrated life who are in member of a national advisory can be carried out in our highly the United States to foster and committee of religious selected pluralistic, technological, demo­ CLOSED SUNDAYSenrich religious life. Promulga­ by Archbishop Quinn to assist cratic First World Society. Doily Deliveries to Otis. Barnstable County Hospital,ted with the letter was a docu­ the pontifical commission. Sis­ Among concerns raised by the . Tobey Hospital, Falmouth Hospi!alment prepared by the Holy See ter Bette, at present engaged in speaker were: a fear lest the 12 McARTHUR BLVD. - BOURNE SO. ROTARY, BOURNEto focus attention upon the es­ theological studies' at Weston study promote polarization with­ ..sential elements of the conse­ Tel. 759-4211 and 759-2669School of Theology in Cam­ in communities and congrega­crated life. bridge, addressed last fall's con­ tions who have striven to col­

The pope named a pontifical ference of the United States laborate in ministry and the' re­commission to facilitate study bishops in Washington. newal process over the past 20 of the letter and the document. Sister 'Mosslander began her years; and a fear that religious

presentation on the papal docu­ may become preoccupied with We're ments by noting that the. pope's

'letter was addressed to the Better bishops of the United States rather· than to the individual Together.communities of religious.

She. cited the words of the pope, that based on "their splen­ Durfee -rn Falmouth -rn.did contribution to the church in Attleborodid Nationaldidthe United States, the great mis­sionary activity that they have performed over the years, the Members Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation:influence they have exerted on religious life throughout the world . . . I am convinced that!.. as bishops, we must offer them encouragement and the support ~ of our pastoral love." , --'SJ. - DAILY 5:00 to 6:00 P.M.

She cautioned that the papal ,~,::;:,-~ SUNDAY 4:00 to 6:00 P.M.SPEAKER Sister Bette document must be studied in the

". . -AIl.SO-Mosslander, CSJ, right, of context of all the papal docu­ THE CATERING 11'0 WEDDINGSthe Sisters of St. Joseph of ments concerning religious re­ SISTER Mosslander with; BIC ANDBANQUaSConcordia, Kansas, mee'ts newal which have appeared since Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, Sister Loretta Love, 84, a the Second Vatican Council, as who announced that region­ . NEW WIN T ERN 0 U R S FISHER\iEN

- CLOSED MOHOAYSJII ­well as the elements in the new Dominican of St. Catherine al followup meetings will Rte. 28, East Falmouth LUNCH - 1~;~' p~~u Fri. 11:30 A.M.

. 'toCode of Canon Law which per­of Sien~ who as a child made continue the successful dia­tain to religious. Hosts. Paul & Ellen Goulet DINNER - ~~~~' Thru Sat. 5:00 to 9:00her first communion and logue initiated April 3. (AnAmong especially positive as­

was confirmed at Sister pects of the papal document, photos by Sister Gertrude Tel 548-4266 SUNDAY 12:00 Noon to 6:00. ~~

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usee update,S' political ~esponsibility. statement fo~ 1984 .-;

I', . ,HALL:ETT By Liz,Aiin$tr<t,ng, co~science.., on· po\itica,1 .iss~~s. the most basic. human right and ,.-" "Promote international co­The advice came in an updated it demands the protection of' operation in developing and dis­,"FuneraIHome In'c~" WASHINGTON (NC) - The

versidn of the USCC's statement law." It adds that· "we do not tributing energy. thus reducingU.S. Catholic Conference, with283 Station Avenue on . '~~Political Responsibility: accept the concept that anyone the tensions which may lead toan eye toward the 1984 National Choices for the 1980s." Earlier has the right to choose an abor- international conflict;South Yarmouth, Mass. election, has reiterated its quad­versions of the statement were tion" and that "we reject the - "Provide for equitable ac­rennial challenge' to American

,published for the 1976 and 1980 public funding of abortion." cess to ~ergy resources andTel. 398·2285 Catholics to "take stands . . . campaigns. "In view of our commitment benefits,. particularly for low­,become involved . . . inform your

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The 1984 statement. approved to the value and dignity of human income people; and . by the USCC's Administrative life, we oppose capital punish- - "Promote the development Board I March .22 and released ment," the statement says. of renewable energy sources."earlier! this' month, includes new Since the last political respon­

. sections on energy and civil In the 1984 version,' the USCC sibility statement, conflict in rights' :and expanded discussion has devoted a separate section Central America has intensified. of Central America. nuclear dis­ to 'civil rights. The 1979 version Victims of violence in the last armament and other ongoing treated it under a discussion of four years include Archbishop1 I concerns. human rights. Oscar Romero of San Salvador

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1979. the bishops stated Both documents say that "dis- and four American churchwomen I ..

that they "do not seek the for- crimination based on' sex, race. all murdered in EI Salvador in mation lof a religious voting bloc" ethnicity or age continues to 1980. or "to 'instruct persons on how exist in our nation." They de- "Central America has come to they should vote by endorsing scribe this discrimination as "a be the most visible focus of our candidates... .grave injustice and an affront to attention to regional conflicts,"

~ , I' human dignity" which "must be the 1984 political responsibility "Make candidates declare their I . aggressively resisted by every statement says, values, ~o you can compare those

individual and rooted out of "Under no resasonable fore­values with your own," the new every social institution and seeable circumstances can direct s'tatemeftt says. "Take stands on structure." intervention of military person­the can~idates and the, issues. '

The 1984 document adds that . nel in the region, on the part of"Becotne involved in the cam­"racism is a particularly serious the United States or any other paign .ot party of your choice," form of discrimination" and that outside power, be justified," theit continues. "Finally, use the while progress has been made in statement declares. coming ~onths to better under­eliminating prejudice. "an urgent The section of the 1984 docu­stand thi:l i.ssue~ and inform your

.. need for continued. recon~i1iation . ment on arms control and disconscii:ln~e..... ~... in this area" remains. "Racism armament reflects increased re­

Issues', discussed specifically, is not ,merely one' sin among flection by the bishops, in par­if Qriefly, .by the d~ument are many" but "a radical evil divid~ ticular, . through their pastoral.abortion•. arms control· and dis­ ing the human family," the 1984 "The Challenge of Peace: God's armament, capital punishment. statement says. Promise and Our Response." civil righ~s, the e~onomy, educa­ As the poli.tical responsibility tion; energy, family life, food In the' new section on energy, statement points out, the pas­anCl agricultural policy. health. the 1984 statement urges na- toral "rejects the notion of wag­housing, " human rights,' mass tionai policies which would: ing ·limited nuclear wars'. • . media, arid regional conflict ­ - "Promote conservation and and questions' the moral accept­'including: Central Amedca. responsible stewardship of our ability of policies that contern­

· southern IAfrica and' the Middl~ limited energy resources; '. 'plate. the' initiation of nuclear · East. '." .­ - Commit energy develop- war -to repel a.conventional at-

Discussing abortlo'il, the state­ ment to .improving safety' 'for ,the' . tack, as is tHe case in NATO .-: ment .Say~ the "right .t041fe ~ work force and,. the. 'community;" :,$tr.ategy,:·,_ ~n ._ '-_,I.,

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You~ve' . probably . heard that most auto accidents hapPen close,to home, at low speed, usually involving just your car and theirs, or maybe just your ,car and their·· fence. Those fnvolved are, typically, pretty· frazzled .after even the mo~t minor. collision, and look to each other for instructions qn what to do next. Sometimes 'this leav~s everyone. in the 'dark, es­pecially -if there's a' fence in-

How to han'dle volved. Well, for your next fender bender, here are a few things you should do to keep

· yourself out of trouble.

Always exchange licenses and registrations with the other driver, even if there's no appre­ciable damage apparent (there might be later. and even if the other driver wants to forget about it (he might change his mind later). The law requires that any driver involved in an auto accident produce his license and the car's r~gistration, if .the other driver so requests. .

From the license, copy the name and add'ress of the driver. Ask for Ii' ·ph.one number, ·too. This will make' communications' much. easi~r. .

From the. registration, copy the name' and' address of the owner. the name of the owner's insur~nce company, and the registration number.' Check the

· registration number against the license plate numb~r ::.... they should 'be . t~~ sallie. If they aren·t,·copy..both and.keep mum. Your insurance company or· the

· police can 'deal' with the" dis­crepancy later. 'It's a good' idea to make note of the model, make

'and color Qf the other car. Your

, . in$urance company may ask for this when you fill out its acci­dept report forms.

If you can't remember, in your fr~zzled state. which information you~re supposed to copy, copy eVerything from everything Better .a few unimportant de­

. tails noted than something es­sert,tial omitted. In any event, don't ,let· the ,other driver's im­patience make you -careless, alid remEm~ber to get your license and, registration back!

. I .

'Most drivers will probably be cooperative and have license and. csr'registration handy. But what

, happens' if the other driver re­fuse,S, to, .sho)\'. his. lic~!1se and registiation. or doesn't have one or : Itheother, 'or 'just 'drives

· away? ·If you can't get a 'look' at . t~e; registration; or the car driv~s 'off, cOPY' the. license plate nuniber. .'

The owner and his or her in­s,l.!r!1nce comp~ny can be tr~ced 'th~ough the~' Registry of :t\'tqtor VehiCles in Massachusetts, as'in I

mosi! other states: Again'. making note Iof the model,· make and color1of the car is a good idea.

· If the other driver doesn't have his .Jicense, a'sk for' his name. ad­dress! and phone number~ It's a

accid'ents good idea to ask to see some accident which involves an form of identification. too. automobile.

If a fence has suddenly ~p- You should report all accidents peared in front of your car, and to your insurance company, even you seem to have collided with if the amount of damages is less

. it, the necessary exchanges are than your deductible. This will pretty much the same. ensure that the company has a

Bring your license and regis- record of the accident on file. tration to the fence owner, and just in case the owner' of the

• allow him to copy the necessary other vehicle files a claim against ipforination, as we've outlined. your insurance company charging If there's no one at home, pro- that the occident was your fault. tect yourself by leaving a note. If you think the accident is not You will need the ,address of the' your fault, you are best adivsed fence, and its owner's name, f9r to take names and addresses of your insurance co~panY. any witnesses to' tile accident.

who ,could later testify on your You don't have to report all behalf. This is especially 'impor­

accidents to the police. However, "'tant since there is now a sur­you must, by ,law, report any charge· pn insurance premiums accident resulting ip injury. or. ,charged" for any accident in any accident causing more than which you were more than 50 $500 in property damage to' the' pei'c~nt at fault. Tak,ing names local police departinent where .'and ,addresses of any witnesses the accident occurred and to the is a wise move, in any event. Registry of Motor Vehicles. You 'Don't assume there's no need must make these reports 'withfn for a medical examination mere­five days. ly because the accident. seems

If you aren't sure about the minor, and there's nO' physical existence., of physical injury or injury immediately apparent. the amount of" damage; or' if Some injuries, such as whiplash. 'the 'other driver flees the, scene, may not be noticeable at first. the best policy is tei call the If there's any doubt it, is wisest police. Both the police and the to see your doctor. . registrar's office have the power . The Murphys practice law in to, investigate the cause of any Braintree.

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4th anniversary should be spur

WASHINGTON (NC) - The fourth anniversary of the. mur­der of Archbishop Oscar Romero of San Salvador should be an occasion for ,the U.S. govern­ment to press Salvadoran author­ities to pursue investigations in­to the archbishop's death, said Holy Cross Father William M. Lewers, associate secretary for international justice and peace at the USCC.

He also urged U.S. govern­ment action in the case of four U.S. churchwomen murdered in EI Salvador. Archbishop Romero was murdered March 24, 1980, as he celebrated Mass. The four women - Maryknoll Sisters Ita Ford and Maura Clarke, Ursuline Sister Dorothy Kazel and lay missioner Jean Donovan - were killed Dec. 2, 1980.

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Christ' laid down his life toResurrection take it up again. No man took Dean's List • I -.

What's on 'your mind?'

, , Q. Why do people Judge you

'by your looks and _t by your personality? (California)

A. It, is surprising how many questions from and about young people are also relevant to adults. , More than a few adults at~

tach great, importance to the kind of clothes ,people wear; type of car or house and the importance of their jo~.,

Quite likely; when these adults 'were teens' they atache~ more importance to_apPearance and possessions than to people.

If someone judges you solely by your, ~ooks, it i~ likely, he or she has some shallow values and a shallow understanding of life. ,

True" we can base sOple judg- , ments on appearances. If a girl is seen listlessly walking down a school corridor with a joint hanging from her lips; .certain

•In our schools

, Coyle-Cassidy

.. Mothers' Club members will

hold a potluck supper and elect officers at 7:30 p.m. April 18.

Potent181 varsity cheerleaders for next' year are signing up

, through today., , ' • ,. •

In preparation for the annual C-C Jim-Jam, rehearsals will be held April 24 and 27.

"Bishop'""Fe~haii':', , -Feetia:niie Briari Kirby' is one of four young people selected torepres~t Massachusetts at a national' yoUth cOiiference on ~. 'and driviDg spmisorecJ ~ the, ,U.S. ..Deputment "~ Health aJtd' ,Human' 'ServiceS. ne eoDrerence, to be heId APril 27 to 30 at the National 4H Cen­ter in Chevy Chase" ~d., will focus on developing work site­based programs for co~~ating

By

TOM

LENNON

dent to have an expensive car, •the latest and costliest clothes, a hair style that cost a fortune, and a perfectly nasty personal­ity.

Someone with shallow values and little understanding of hu­man life is \ikely to judge such a person solely by outward ap­pearances.

Others, however, seek, the treasures of the human perso~­ality, the riches of the, spirit. '

About three years ago I met a young man, I: have never for­gotten. He was poor, dresse,d in ragged, dirty clothes, didn't speak very well, and, to tell.' the truth, was not what many people would call attarctive, in appear~

ance. , " He was also one of the kind­

est, most sensitive persons I have ever mei:, He strengthened my spirit by' his caring attitude.

event on the basis of her scholas­tic and extracurricular activities. They include participation in the Feehan theatre d'epartment, edit­ingthe school ,literary magazine and membership in the Feehan .marching band,' chorus, folk group and Spanish and academic· honor societies., ;

Ms. Harrop has won various speech, elrama and art' awards, was a radio show host and was captain of the 'Feehan honor

~~~. aMiss T'een, 'contestant she is eligible for a college scholarship'grant and' possible ,advancement; . to' the national finals of the competition.

... ... ... ' SophomOre Amy Cronin Is

AnnIe in the FeehaD productl~ 'of the award-wbinlDg musical of ,the same naine;' wliich ,winds up a three-night nan at 7~30 this

- ~evening; Directed by Alan Ksen,' It has Ms. 'Elaine Saulnier as music and voCa1 directOr. Both,

"drunk ,clrivln~, :' ,are Feehan"faculty members. 1\ . When participants return they will organize meetings' to share the conferenee- results with in­terested persons. '. .'

... ... '$', •

Feehan junior P~mela Harrop will, participate, in. a Miss Teen 9f Amej~ca IP~geat;lt, to "be 'liel~ 'in'Worc~ster -in, July. She'wa!> chosen·,as a state ,finalist in the

'special dress rehearsal was held 'for retired SisterS of Mercy and residents of area,' nursing horlteii:

... .. .: : Junior lJatricla ~iero wiIl

represent the Attleboro school' ,at the 'annual 'Stud~nt Govem­ment Day' 'in' Boston,~ "standing in" for Rep. St~ Karol of Attleboro. "

" By Cecilia Belanger

, Je~us came to the cross with a bd,dy weakened by physical torture and a mind wrung' by the agony in the garden. But when be died many hearts remained stony~ harder than the' rocks that were rent. , .

But some were awestruck as 'they beheld not only the calm­ness Ibut the resolution with which: Christ faced his end. His words i from the cross deepened this impression. One pictures the Romaq soldiers, accustomed to the frantic curses of those whom they c~cified, but now hearing

, the qJiet voice which prayed, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what' theY do."

, He h~d already triumphed. Be­fore the,eyes of all who witness­ed' the ~crucifixion, except those deadly Ienemies ,whom nothing could . Ienlighten, the cross changed to an' altar and shame was reIhoved from it. ' Whe~ the Rom~n ce~turio~

eXclaim~ci, ''Truly this was the Son of God," he' voiced the faith Whi~~ ':I:ould spread as the story of the' death' of Christ became tDore wIdely k~own'.

A mightier power'than Rome had tiiuhtphed.. i ' .

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I negative, conclusioris~ can be' mad,e. " ,

But the questioner asks about "lookS" - clothes perhaps, or too much 'Makeup, or maybe a

,somewhat' sloppy appearance. ,All these ','looks" can, go hand

in hand with a splendid person­ality. .

It is also possible for' a stu­

'I met this guy in a soup kit­chen and I thirlk of him whim­ever I read the words' of St. Paul to t1)e Christians in Rome: "Put away, ambitious thoughts and associate with those who are loWly."

Send questions to Tom Len­DOD, 1312 'Massaehusett$ Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. 20005.

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it from him. He ~aid it down of himself.

He was buried by His friends. The night passed and no one came near the tomb. Those who guarded it passed the next day, the Sabbath, as best they could, no doubt jesting and gambling. Finally they fell asleep from the boredom of an empty day.

Toward morning, they dis­covered that the massive stone at the entrance of the tomb had been displaced. They rushed into the city, full of alarm. It seems no one bothered to look into the sepulchre, nor even sus­pected ,that it was empty. - ,

The' first person to enter 'the ,garden was' Mary Magdalene. ,lipon 'seeing the empty tomb her 'great arid immediate con­cern was that' "they had taken away her' Lord, and, she' knew not where they had laid him." But Mary was confused in her sorrow. The Jesus she 'saw 'she thought' was the, gardener. But then all became. clear and she knew his voice.'

'Th'en she was" instrl,lcted "to hasten with a message to those

Carolyn Perry of 'New Bed­ford has been placed on the fall semester dean's -list at Salve Regiria College, Newport.

Hispanic pastoral in bilingual form

WASHINGTON (NC) - The U.S. bishops' pastoral letter on Hispanic ministry has been pub­

_ Jished in booklet form in English and Spanish. '

It is availabl~ for $1 from the USCC Office of Publishing Ser­vices, 1312 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.; Washington.

The' 9,000-word letter, "The Hispanic Presence: Challenge and Commitment:' was approved at the National Conferen<:e of Cath­olic Bishops' meeting in Wash­ington last November. . I " .

In' it the bishops called the growing number of Hispanics in ~!le Vnited State,~ "a blessing from God." They not~d that the total, U.S. Hispanic population is estimated to be at least 20 million and that the" ,united States ranks' fifth among the,

who were still weeping. Did"ever .' "wor:ld's, Spanish-speaking coun· anyone bear such tidings?,' .,' tries." "

By Charlie

Cross' song' should be cal1ed 'Think 'of Lynn' because it re­minds m'e so much of my friend."

From Kingman, Kan., another ,reader commented; "I have ex· periepced the, death of several friends in the past few years. It is very' hard to cope with."

We can all .relate to those readers' feelings. Death affects

Martin -us deeply and may be even more

T H INK 0 F L' A U RA Hey Laura Laura ooh Hey Laura Every once in a while Pd see her smile And she'd turn my day around A girl with those eyes ' Could stare through the lies

" And see what your heart was saying. Think of Laura But laogb d~t cry, I know she'd want it that way. Hey,yeah When, you think of Lauta, ,",

" Well laugh don't cry , I know she'd want it that way.

" .A friend of a friend ,A friend to' the end ,

" That's the ki~ of 'girl sh~ was Taken away so young ,

i, :Taken away, Without a warning. I knOw you

intense when a friend or family member ;dies unexpectedly or while still ,young.

Yet death teaches us' some­thing about life. It reveals time as Ii gift. What an individual does or does not do, today makes a

' difference, for today ,can neyer be regained.

For believers, death also teaches that life doesn't end in this world. Consequently becom­ing 'overly attached to posses­sions, goals or achievements on earth can mean failing· to see life as .it really is. While we should use our gifts and abilities as ful1y as possible, we should also keep them in perspective. The ways our Wents are used can influence the "?lay our spirit grows.

Society speaks of how death 'puts an end to something. Cross'

, "song presents a different view, " And you're here ' " .. th~t 'held by'believers'. We be­" Inev-ery day we live ' . ,'I know her and ,well she""s here ' ,lieve that love is not broken by

'death, but transformed. , And I f~1 her when I slOg. '

Hey LaUra . ' ,,' - , ':- ~ , Final1y" some of ,the feelings . Where are yOu now? . ",.,:J' "... . '''j.. death brings can. be very diffi­, Are y.o1i far aWay' 'from, here?; < "cult to face. StfU, we, can talk

. I 'dOtl't lliink so ',' " , .', ' With ot1)er,s about the loss, can­, ,\ :' I think you're' 'here :,: :, ',:' J' ' fusion' and, anger we' feel. In

i ," Taking oUr tears away., . talking "with God,: especially :i.. ' ',' about- any anger we feel toward

wr:itten and,l:mg,bY ~bristopher ~ross" (c) 1983;~Y.Another ,Page. ~~,)Ve .can ,rece,ive.h~s litrength

RECENTLY f received two friend was taken from,this world. a~d ~eah~~~ .' , letters aboutl "Think of Laura." at the age'of 17. She ha~ cancer. Please ,address 'co~ence Pi. reader frotp Pequannock, N.J.., I f«11t that G,o~ b~t.rayed m~ ,and to' Charl1e MaJ;tfu, 1218 S. share,d ~ese :~ough~s:' had taken ,someone very mean;' Rotherivood" Ave., . Evansville,

"Three' years' ago my good ingfu1 from"my' life. f:feeJlthat '-IJid. 47714~ , : ", I

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By Bill Morrissette

portswQtch Mansfield Is CYO Hockey Champ

Mike Cassidy's goal late in the game enabled Mansfield to gain a 5-4 victory over Fall River North in the Driscoll Rink, Fall River, last Sunday in the decid-Ing games of the best-of-three final in the Bristol County CYO Hockey League playoffs.

The Bristol County Hockey CYO League All-stars pinned a 7-3 setback on the Seniors in the Driscoll Rink last week in the 11 th annual Father Donovan CYO Scholarship Fund all-star hockey game.

Goals by IPete McDonald and Chuck Borge, gave the CYO skaters a 2-0 lead after one period. Goals in the second period by Borge, Paul Hogan and

Dave Gerwatowski boosted the CYO team to a 5-0 lead before Mark Souza netted a pair of goals for the Seniors narrowing the CYO lead to 5-2.

Goals ,by Rick Webster and Scott Durocher again widened the gap, this time to 7-2 before Dan Heaslip netted the Seniors' third and final goal of the game.

It was the eyO team's fourth straight win over the Seniors and their sixth overall, in, the 11­game stretch.

Individual awards were pre· sented to Seniors John Coleman, Bill Camara and Mark Souza and to CVO's Scott Wilkinson, Peter McDonald - and Chuck Borge.

Gauvin Wins Bronze Medal I-n Thailand David Gauvin, the Fall River Saeng-Ano in the semifinals last

CYO's 119-pound fighter, finish­ Sunday. ed third in that class in the 10th He has returned to Colorado annual Kings Cup amateur box­ Springs, home of the nation's ing tournament in Bangkok, boxing team training camp. He Thailand. After winning his first is scheduled to participate in the two bouts Gauvin lost a decision national Golden Gloves tourna­to home-towner Theeraporn ment in St. Louis on April 21.

St. James New Bedford Titlist The St. James team swept its

best-of-three final with St. Mary to win the New Bedford CYO Girls' Basketball Championship.

The first game went into over­time and was decided on Tracy Gomes two conversions on a one-and-one situation for a 27-26 victory for the St. James hoop­sters. The game-winning shots came with four seconds remain­ing in .the overtime and' St.', Mary in the lead, 26-25.

A strong second-half come­back earned St. James a 25-12 victory and its first champion­ship. St. Mary led, 1'0-7, at half­time but the new champions scored 18 points while holding St. Mary to two. In that game Shannon Souza tossed in 11 for

St. James, Sandra Brown six for St. Mary, while in the first game St. Mary's Jill Simas was the top scorer with 10 points' and captain Molly Fontaine contribu­ted six to the St. James cause.

St. James finished the regular season with a 17-1 record, the only loss being to St. Mary in the first game of the season. Coaches Judith Belli and Paul Pelletier, note that the champions \ average 23 points per game while allowing the opposition seven.

The New Bedford champions met ,Fall River champion Notre Dame, coached by AI. (Val) Vail­lancourt, last Wednesday in the Kennedy CYO Center New Bed­ford, for the diocesan crown. -

HERE'S THE ST. JAMES TEAM, New Bedford eya girls' b~sketball champs. From left front, 'Tracy Gomes, Kathy:{{elly, co-captains Sally Harney'and Molly Fontaine, Lynne ~erard, Shaynne Gomes; standing, coach Judy Belli, Shannop Souza, Kim Morgan, Amy Ferreira, Beth Newby, Paula D'emers, coach Paul Pelletier.

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"Misunderstood" (MGM-UA) Gene Hackman plays a widower slow to come to terms with his loss and make a new life for him­self and his two young sons (Henry Thomas and Huckleberry Fox; who' scored' in "E.T." and "Terms of Endearment," respec­tively). The picture is pleasant, with competent acting and an exotic Tunisian setting. But director Jerry Schatzberg, work­ing from a lackluster script, is unable to strike any dramatic ,sparks from the situatio~ until

Food for 6billion VATICAN CITY (NC) - A

United Nations official has pre­dicted ,that the world will have enough food in the year 2000 to feed six billion inhabitants, but that 'hunger will still remain be­cause the food will be distributed unevenly.

Rafael Salas, director general of the United Nations Fund for Population Activities, spoke at a Mexico City press conference reported by Vatican Radio.

Salas, who is also secretary general of the UN sponsored­World Conference on Population to be held in Mexico City this August, said that although the annual rate of increase in world population has decreased from two percent 20' years ago to 1.7 percent today, the world is still growing by about 80 million in­habitants each year.

That rate will result in a total of six billion inhabitants by the turn of the century, he added.

Salas said that 80 percent of the world's nations, including most of those in Asia and some in Latin America, would like to reduce their fertility rate. Three

. :percent, including, parts of Afri- ' ca, want to increase it, and 17 percent are satisfied with the present level.'

The: UN official noted that a study undertaken by UN's Food, and: Agriculture Organization showed that the world could feed itself in the year 2000, even allowing for projected popula­tion growth, :if food were more equitably distributed.

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a contrived tearjerker ending. Some vulgar language. 1'2, PG

"Romancing the Stone" (Fox) A best-selling author of romance fiction (Kathleen Turner), sedate and timorous by nature, is plunged into wild adventure when she goes to Colombia to ransom her kidnapped sister. A handsome American adventurer (Michael Douglas) turns up to save her at regular. intervals.' This is an uncertain effort, the only really bright moment com­ing when the heroine discovers an avid fan of her work (Alfon­so A'rau) under, extremely un­likely circumstances. Because of graphic violence, partial nudity in a bedroom scene and some rough language, this is rated A3, PG.

"The Stone Boy'~ (TLC-Fox) A rural family comes to terms with the tragic death of a son in this fine film directed by Chris Cain and starring Robert Duvall and Glenn Close as the bereaved parents. An ini~ial decision on the part of the father to let his younger son, who unwittingly caused the death of his older brother, to work out his trauma on his own is a bit hard to take. ., But otherwise this quiet film is well worth seeing. There is some relatively mild profanity and one humorous sexual reference used by the boy's grandfather in an attmept to jar his grandson from his isolation. Recommended. A2, PG

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Our Times" - CBS presents a musical celebration of Passover based upon the "Song of Songs."

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"Guideline" - Jesuit Father Robert Dressman is interviewed about the Gregorian University in Rome.

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7 ·p.m. ~pril 16: exposition of B1~sed Sacrament, .prayer fel ­lowship.

7 p.m. April 17: prayer ser­vice.

8 a.m. ·to noon April 21: color­ing of Easter eggs in church hall for distribution at Easter celebration.

6 a.m. Easter Sunday: sunrise service on church lawn with S't. Louis music ministry.

SSt PETER & PAUL, FR New Mass vestments .have

been donated to ·the parish by Mildred J. Shannon and Mrs. Florence C. Taylor.

Parish festival meeting: 7 p.m. April 16, Fr. Coady Center.

ST. JAMES, NB Ladies' Guild meeting: 7:30

p.m. April 25, Lower church hall, featuring music by the Bar­rington College Chamber Sing­ers. All welcome.

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DofI,NB' Hyacinth Circle, Daughters of

Isabella: meeting and Chinese Auction 7:30 p.m. April 17, K of C Hall, Pleasant and Camp­

. bell streets.

O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE Solemn Stations of Cross:

3:30 p.m. April IS, followed by high school CCD meeting for students..

O.L., ANGELS, FR Auto blessing: 1 p.m. May 27,

church parking lot. . Charities Appeal solicitors:

meeting at 7 p.m. April 29. . Espirito Santo feast meeting:

7 p.m. April 23.

ST. PATRlICK, SOMERSET Lenten penance service: 4

p.m. April 15.

ST. :LOUIS de. FRANCE, SWANSEA

Special Way of the Cross for confirmation cahdida,tes: 7 p.m. April 15. All welcome.

Ladies of St. Anne: meeting7:30 :p.m. April 18, parish 'hall; program on prevention of child abus~. 'All welcome.' .

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Vhj.centians: meeting April 15 after \10 a.m. Mass. .

ST. FRANCIS XAVIER. _ HYANNIS . Holy Year Mass: 7:30 tonight.

. All Cape ·residents welcome. I . .,

AMERICAN CATHOLIC HISTORICAL ASSN.

Fall River historian Philip T. Silvia I Jr. of the faculty of Bridgewater State College will be a commentator tomor.row at 'Vi11anova University ·at the an­nual ~eeting of the American Catholic Historical Assn. He 'will discuss a study of French­Canadian parishes in Sh:idey .and Hudson, Mass,., presented by Father William Walkovich.

f ST. JQHN OF GOD, . SOMERSET

Holyl Year observance: 7'p.m. April 18.

Women's Guild: meeting to follow Ithe Holy service and to include, elections.

SACRED HEART, Fit Palmi Sunday Children's Lit ­

urgy: 9, a.m. Mass April 15. Senior Citizens: dinner-'

theatre Ishow May 15. Women's Guild: 'all parishion­

ers invited. to .35th ·anniversary celebration at 6:30 p.m. May 7 in the sChool cafeteria. The ,pro­

, gram will include a banquet, installation of officers and awarding of the guild' scholar­ship. \, ·ST. RIT~, MARION .'

Penance service: 7:30 tonight.Canned goods and staples for'

the needy are requested ·by par­ish Vinqentians. They may be brought ~o weekend Masses.

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ST: JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN Tonight: StaJions of the Cross

6:40, followed by 7 o'clock Mass and an Easter program by the Saints and Singers Chorus at 8 o'clock. A reception will follow the program.

CCD registra,tion for next year: April 14 and 15 from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. at school. First communion: May 6 and May 13, at noon Mass.

D of I, ATTLEBORO Alcazaba Circle of Attleboro .

will 'hold a rollcall supper April26 at 6 p.m. in' K of C Hall on Hodges Street. A regular meet­'ing will be held at 7:30 p.m. ~ay 3 in the hall. Maybaskets lor shutins will be made.

HOLY NAME, FR Rice Bowls should be returned

to ,the church this weekend.

ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA The parish Lenten series con­

cludesSunday with a concert, "The Seven Last", Words of Christ" ,by Dubois presented by,the music ministry and the First Congregational Churcl) of Hol- ' liston.

Parish council meeting: 9:30 a.m. April 14, rectory. All wel-. come. LaSALETTE SHRINE, ATTLEBORO

April 15: 3 p.m. service cele­brating the sorrowful mysteries of the ,rosary in. poetry and song. Led by, Father Andre Patenaude, MS, with the shrine chorale and the Reconcilers. All welcome.

Easter egg hunt and sing­along for children 10 and under accompanied ,by an adult: 2 p.m. Easter Sunday on the shrine grounds. S'll'.ANNE,FR

Youth retreat weekend openstonight. Also 'tonight, c.YO meeting 7 p.m., with FBI agent ,as guest speaker. K of C, FR

Annual dinner meeting: 7 p.m. April 25, council home.

HOLY CROSS, FR Father Paul J. Dalbec, MS, of

the Attleboro. LaSalette F·athers will conduct a Holy Week par­ish renewal ,program April 16 through 18 in the context of 6:30p.m. Mass. Father Dalbec's homilies will ·be based on the Holy Year theme, "Open the Door to the Redeemer." Those in attendance will 'be able to gain the Holy Year indulgence.

ST. THOMAS MORE, SOMERSET .

First communion: Mother's Day, May 13.

Youth' ·group: meeting 7 p.m. April 15. .

Family penance service: fol­lowing 6:30 p.m. Mass April 16.

Holy Thursday Seder Supper: 5:30 ,p.m., April 19, parish cen­ter. Meal- should be brought, beverage will be provided.

BCC,FR Bristol Community College

Cborale: free presentallion of Haydn cantata. "The Seven Last Words of Christ," 7:30 tonight. Walter Keith Jr. will conduct and Judith Conrad will ·be .the accompanist.

ST, PATRICK, FALMOUTH Youth gjroup. meeting: '6:30

p.m. April 15. St. Patrick Scholarship appli ­

cations are available at Fal­mouth High School guidance Ol­fice. Seniors in any public or private high school, -are eligibieand should apply ,by April 24.

Women's Guild: meeting and slide presentation on Shroud of Turin, April 16. Guests wel­come.

Transpol'lta·tion to iSchool is available during Lent followingthe 7 a.m. Mass. '

CAPE AREA A day of recollec,tion for area

parishes will be' conducted April 29 at Otis Air National Guard Base chapel under direction of Father Joseph Maguire of St. Patrick's Church, Falmouth. In­formation: St. Patrick's rectory.

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