t ean VOL. 36, NO. 40 • Friday, October 9, 1992 FALL RIVER, MASS. FALL RIVER DiOCeSAN NEWSPAPER FOR SOUTHEA$l',.MASSACHUSETTS CAPECOI&I: \ANDS Southeastern Massachusetts' Largest Weekly • $11 Per Year Dominican Republic sticky wicket for pope VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope John Paul II's 12th voyage to Latin America is an attempt to face the challenges of the future while overcoming the ghosts of the past. The main aims of his Oct. 9-14 trip to the Dominican Republic are to celebrate the 500th anniver- sary of Catholicism's arrival and to help Latin American bishops set strategies for a new evangeliza- tion of the region. This new evangelization includes tackling the region's social prob- lems and erosion of Catholic church membership by sects and Protestant churches. It involves refining the church's position on liberation theology and basic church communities. Both are inno'vative Latin American ways of meeting the social and evangelizing challenges of the modern world, but have sparked debate as to whether they are too politically oriented. Most of the pre-trip arguing, however, has focused on the con- troversies of the initial evangeliza- tion and its ties to Spanish and Portuguese colonialism. The main event of the pope's 56th trip outside Italy is to be the Oct. 12 opening of the Fourth General Conference of the Latin American Episcopate in the Do- minican capital of Santo Domingo. The meeting, scheduled to end Oct. 28, was called to draft plans for the new evangelization of a region where most people are nominally Catholic. The opening date was chosen because it marks the 500th anni- versary of the landing of Chris- topher Columbus in the New World, the event that made evan- gelization possible. But many in the Dominican Republic view Columbus anniver- sary celebrations as symbolic of the abuses of Spanish colonialism. Several people have been injured and two killed in protests oppos- ing the festivities in late September and early October. The'quincentennial celebrations began Oct. 6, with dedication inauguration of a controversial lighthouse honoring Christopher Columbus. Originally the inauguration was scheduled for Columbus Day, Oct. 12, the actual 500th anniversary date, but Dominican President Joaquin Balaguer's grandiose plans for that day foundered. Touted visits of heads of state and foreign royalty, including the king and queen of Spain, never , materialized. The Vatican has tried to dis- tance the pope from the Columbus controversy. He is not scheduled to participate in state ceremonies at the lighthouse and his Mass is not scheduled for Oct. 12, the anniversary date. The Dominican government has down played the protests and vio- lence to foreign journalists, while at the same time warning its own people that if protests occur dur- ing the pope's visit there could be dire consequences. "He who dares attack or disturb the public order may have to pay even with his life," Hector Garcia Tejada, the armed forces minister, told reporters a few days after a Dominican human rights leader was killed during one of the street protests. But Pedro Morales, a member of the government-appointed quin- centennial commission, told Cath- olic News Service, "Everything is calm. This is the most tranquil nation in the Caribbean. "The Ministry of Tourism has announced there are no more hotel vacancies during festivities. Res- taunint owners are happy. Catho- lics are content the pope is com- ing," Morales said. The pope has planned to cele- brate an Oct. II Mass near the lighthouse despite the protests, said Joaquin Navarro-Valls, Vatican spokesman. The site for the Oct. II outdoor Mass was chosen because of the open field in the area, not its prox- imity to the lighthouse, Navarro- Valls said at a Vatican news conference. Turn to Page II Bishop Angell to Burlington Perot seen as underwhelming The Most Rev. Kenneth A. Angell, Auxiliary Bishop of Prov- idence, has been named by Pope John Paul II to become the eighth bishop of the diocese of Burling- ton, Vermont. He replaces the Most Rev. John A. Marshall who became bishop of the diocese of Springfield last December. As Ordinary of the diocese of Burlington, which takes in the entire state of Vermont, Bishop Angell will be responsible for the spiritual governance and welfare of nearly 145,000 Catho- lics. Present plans call for the Bishop to be installed in Burlington on Monday, November 9. In Provi- dence, a Mass of thanksgiving and farewell will be offered at the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul at I p.m. Sunday, Nov. I. In congratulating Bishop Angell, Bishop Sean O'Malley wrote: "It is with great joy that I write to you today to offer my prayerful best wishes on your appointment by our Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, as Bishop of Burlington. "I join with the clergy, religious and faithful laity of the diocese of Fall River in expressing our pray- erful support as you begin your new ministry in the diocese of Bur- lington. May Our Lord' fill you Turn to Page 13 WASHINGTON (CNS) - Pan- elists at a 'national teleconference on the influence of the Catholic vote last week greeted the rean- nounced presidential candidacy of Ross Perot with little excitement. "My first reaction is that there are now three guys I'm not enthu- siastic about," said John L. Carr, U.S. Catholic Conference secre- tary for social development and world peace. Texas businessman Perot's an- nouncement that he would rejoin the presidential race against Republican President George Bush and Democr_at Bill Clinton came Oct. I in Dallas, while the telecon- ference on "Does the Catholic Vote Count?" was taking place in Wash- ington. "I think it will hurt Clinton more than Bush. but it will not affect the outcome of the elec- tion," said sociologist and author Father Andrew M. Greeley of Chic- ago, another panelist. Father J. Bryan Hehir, USCC counselor for social policy, pastor of St. Paul's Parish in Cambridge, Mass., and Catholic chaplain at Harvard University said Perot's proposed 50-cent-a-gallon gasoline tax increase and other tough eco- nomic measures raise "one of the most difficult issues of the cam- paign - taxes." In the Catholic context, taxes are "part of distributive justice" and "one of the ways you get to heaven," he said. Tax;:Ition is "a systematic way to fulfill our obligations to one another, and I think the church ought to address this," Father Hehir added. Father Philip J. Murnion, director of the National Pastoral Life Center in New York and moderator of the panel, asked whether the panelists thought Perot would appeal to the Catholic "Reagan Democrats" who are ex- pected to playa big role in the 1992 elections. "I don't think he'll have much Turn to Page 13 CARDINAL BERNARD LAW speaks at the rally preceding Sunday's Respect Life Walk in Boston, sponsored by Massachusetts Citizens for Life and benefiting more than 40 pro-life organizations statewide. Participants, who came from all over the Fall River diocese, included Father Richard Andrade of St. Mary's Cathedral, with Joshua Caesar of Our Lady of Grace parish, Westport (left), and cathedral parishioners Madeleine and Richard Grace and their children Mary Ann, Benjamin and Elizabeth (front). At right, a group from Corpus Christi parish, Sandwich, led by Marian Desrosiers (center), Cape Cod deanery representative to the Diocesan Pro-Life Apostolate. (Lavoie photos)
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Dominican Republic sticky wicket for popeVATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope
John Paul II's 12th voyage toLatin America is an attempt toface the challenges of the futurewhile overcoming the ghosts of thepast.
The main aims of his Oct. 9-14trip to the Dominican Republicare to celebrate the 500th anniversary of Catholicism's arrival andto help Latin American bishopsset strategies for a new evangelization of the region.
This new evangelization includestackling the region's social problems and erosion of Catholicchurch membership by sects andProtestant churches.
It involves refining the church'sposition on liberation theology andbasic church communities. Bothare inno'vative Latin Americanways of meeting the social andevangelizing challenges of the
modern world, but have sparkeddebate as to whether they are toopolitically oriented.
Most of the pre-trip arguing,however, has focused on the controversies of the initial evangelization and its ties to Spanish andPortuguese colonialism.
The main event of the pope's56th trip outside Italy is to be theOct. 12 opening of the FourthGeneral Conference of the LatinAmerican Episcopate in the Dominican capital ofSanto Domingo.The meeting, scheduled to endOct. 28, was called to draft plansfor the new evangelization of aregion where most people arenominally Catholic.
The opening date was chosenbecause it marks the 500th anniversary of the landing of Christopher Columbus in the New
World, the event that made evangelization possible.
But many in the DominicanRepublic view Columbus anniversary celebrations as symbolic ofthe abuses of Spanish colonialism.
Several people have been injuredand two killed in protests opposing the festivities in late Septemberand early October.
The' quincentennial celebrationsbegan Oct. 6, with dedicationinauguration of a controversiallighthouse honoring ChristopherColumbus.
Originally the inauguration wasscheduled for Columbus Day, Oct.12, the actual 500th anniversarydate, but Dominican PresidentJoaquin Balaguer's grandiose plansfor that day foundered.
Touted visits of heads of stateand foreign royalty, including the
king and queen of Spain, never, materialized.
The Vatican has tried to distance the pope from the Columbuscontroversy. He is not scheduledto participate in state ceremoniesat the lighthouse and his Mass isnot scheduled for Oct. 12, theanniversary date.
The Dominican government hasdownplayed the protests and violence to foreign journalists, whileat the same time warning its ownpeople that if protests occur during the pope's visit there could bedire consequences.
"He who dares attack or disturbthe public order may have to payeven with his life," Hector GarciaTejada, the armed forces minister,told reporters a few days after aDominican human rights leaderwas killed during one of the streetprotests.
But Pedro Morales, a memberof the government-appointed quincentennial commission, told Catholic News Service, "Everything iscalm. This is the most tranquilnation in the Caribbean.
"The Ministry of Tourism hasannounced there are no more hotelvacancies during festivities. Restaunint owners are happy. Catholics are content the pope is coming," Morales said.
The pope has planned to celebrate an Oct. II Mass near thelighthouse despite the protests, saidJoaquin Navarro-Valls, Vaticanspokesman.
The site for the Oct. II outdoorMass was chosen because of theopen field in the area, not its proximity to the lighthouse, NavarroValls said at a Vatican newsconference.
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Bishop Angell to Burlington Perot seen as underwhelmingThe Most Rev. Kenneth A.
Angell, Auxiliary Bishop of Providence, has been named by PopeJohn Paul II to become the eighthbishop of the diocese of Burlington, Vermont.
He replaces the Most Rev. JohnA. Marshall who became bishopof the diocese of Springfield lastDecember. As Ordinary of thediocese of Burlington, which takesin the entire state of Vermont,Bishop Angell will be responsiblefor the spiritual governance andwelfare of nearly 145,000 Catholics.
Present plans call for the Bishopto be installed in Burlington onMonday, November 9. In Provi-
dence, a Mass of thanksgiving andfarewell will be offered at theCathedral of SS. Peter and Paul atI p.m. Sunday, Nov. I.
In congratulating Bishop Angell,Bishop Sean O'Malley wrote:
"It is with great joy that I writeto you today to offer my prayerfulbest wishes on your appointmentby our Holy Father, Pope JohnPaul II, as Bishop of Burlington.
"I join with the clergy, religiousand faithful laity of the diocese ofFall River in expressing our prayerful support as you begin yournew ministry in the diocese of Burlington. May Our Lord' fill you
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WASHINGTON (CNS) - Panelists at a 'national teleconferenceon the influence of the Catholicvote last week greeted the reannounced presidential candidacy ofRoss Perot with little excitement.
"My first reaction is that thereare now three guys I'm not enthusiastic about," said John L. Carr,U.S. Catholic Conference secretary for social development andworld peace.
Texas businessman Perot's announcement that he would rejointhe presidential race againstRepublican President George Bushand Democr_at Bill Clinton cameOct. I in Dallas, while the teleconference on "Does the Catholic Vote
Count?" was taking place in Washington.
"I think it will hurt Clintonmore than Bush. but it will notaffect the outcome of the election," said sociologist and authorFather Andrew M. Greeley of Chicago, another panelist.
Father J. Bryan Hehir, USCCcounselor for social policy, pastorof St. Paul's Parish in Cambridge,Mass., and Catholic chaplain atHarvard University said Perot'sproposed 50-cent-a-gallon gasolinetax increase and other tough economic measures raise "one of themost difficult issues of the campaign - taxes."
In the Catholic context, taxes are
"part of distributive justice" and"one of the ways you get to heaven,"he said. Tax;:Ition is "a systematicway to fulfill our obligations toone another, and I think the churchought to address this," Father Hehiradded.
Father Philip J. Murnion,director of the National PastoralLife Center in New York andmoderator of the panel, askedwhether the panelists thought Perotwould appeal to the Catholic"Reagan Democrats" who are expected to playa big role in the 1992elections.
"I don't think he'll have much
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CARDINAL BERNARD LAW speaks at the rally preceding Sunday'sRespect Life Walk in Boston, sponsored by Massachusetts Citizens for Lifeand benefiting more than 40 pro-life organizations statewide.
Participants, who came from all over the Fall River diocese, includedFather Richard Andrade of St. Mary's Cathedral, with Joshua Caesar of Our
Lady of Grace parish, Westport (left), and cathedral parishioners Madeleineand Richard Grace and their children Mary Ann, Benjamin and Elizabeth(front). At right, a group from Corpus Christi parish, Sandwich, led byMarian Desrosiers (center), Cape Cod deanery representative to the DiocesanPro-Life Apostolate. (Lavoie photos)
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Case review askedWASHINGTON (CNS)
Seven organizations including theNational Council of Churches havejoined in a briefasking the SupremeCourt to review the case of anArizona deaf student who wasrefused a state-paid sign-languageinterpreter because he attended aCatholic school. James Zobrestsued the Catalina Foothills SchoolDistrict in Tucson, Ariz., for refusing to pay for his sign-languageinterpreter when he attended Salpointe Catholic High School. The9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appealsin May ruled in favor of the publicschool district. The district hadagreed to pay for the interpreter ifZobrest attended any non-religiousprivate or public school, but contended that hiring an interpreter towork at a Catholic school constituted 'state support of religion.
An informal gathering and refreshments will follow the Massand explanatory literature on pastoral care for the sick will bedistributed.
inferior is finally and permanentlydiscredited and abandoned, everywhere is war. ... Until the color ofa man's skin is of no more significance than the color of his eyes,I've got to say war!"
After Ms. O'Connor sang theconcluding lyrics, "We have confidence in the victory of good overevil," she raised a picture of thepope and tore it in two while turning to the TV camera and saying,"Fight the real enemy."
Block said the insult to the popewas not scripted and took everyone at the show by surprise. At adress rehearsal Ms. O'Connor hadtorn up a picture of a child at theend of the song, which also contains an exhortation against childabuse and urges, "Children, children, fight!"
"It was completely unauthorized," Block said. "It goes withoutsaying that the network does notcondone what Ms. O'Connor did,"he added.
"Whatever her motivations, theywere of a personal nature and certainly did not reflect the opinion ofthe network or the 'SNL' staff. Wewould never authorize anythinglike that."
Block said Ms. O'Connor wasable to rip up the picture of thepope without the show's staffknowing ahead of time becausethe show is broadcast live ratherthan from tape.
Ms. O'Connor is no stranger tocontroversy.
Two years ago the shaven-headed25-year-old singer threatened tocancel a New Jersey concert if"The Star-Spangled Banner" wasplayed. Organizers acceded, fearing fans would riot if they did not.
Elaine Schock, Ms. O'Connor'spublicist, said the singer hadreturned to Ireland and wouldhave no comment.
Educated by nuns, Ms. O'Connor is opposed to church teachingon abortion, marriage and othersocial issues, and is reported tohave had two abortions in the lasttwo years.
An ABC spokeswoman said thenetwork would show a recordedperformance by Ms. O'Connor onthe Oct. 9 installment of "ABC inConcert" despite the "SaturdayNight Live" incident.
All interested in pastoral ministry to the sick are invited by theDiocesan Council of CatholicWomen to attend a Mass at 2 p.m.Sunday~ Oct. 18, at St. Patrick'sChurch, Wareham. Father GeorgeC. Bellenoit, diocesan director ofthe Department of Pastoral Carefor the Sick, will be principal celebrant and Very Rev. James F.Lyons, pastor of St. Patrick's, willbe among concelebrants.
"I am hopeful that anyone concerned with the sick will attend,"said DCCW president Mary Mikita. "This includes those workingwith the sick, those offering respiteassistance to home caregivers andthose who feel that such concern ispart of being a good Catholic."
Sinead O'Connor shocks audience
Pastoral ministry to sick to be topicat Wareham Mass and meeting
NEW YORK (CNS) - Irishpop singer Sinead O'Connor left aTV studio audience stunned andsparked a flood of phone callsafter she ripped up a picture ofPope John Paul II on a nationalTV show as she said, "Fight thereal-enemy."
The incident on the Oct.. 3broadcast of"Saturday Night Live"left the audience in silence andNBC's switchboard jammed withnearly 500 calls of protest.
They included a statement fromthe Massachusetts chapter of theCatholic League for Religious andCivil Rights, which called the incident "yet another outpouring ofvicious anti-Catholic bigotry, byone of the leading feminists in therock music industry."
Catholic League executivedirector c.J. Doyle said, the singer's "vicious hate-mongering, withits implicit message of violence,has no place on television. NBCshould apologize for this callousand calculated act of contempt forCatholics."
NBC spokesman Curt Block saidOct. 4 of Ms. O'Connor, "I thinkthere will be discussions in theoffice about her future with theshow. She certainly won't be backanytime soon." She had appearedtwice previously on "SaturdayNight Live" without incident.
The gesture sparked one of thelargest reactions in the 17-year history of the show. Block said 98percent of callers disapproved ofMs. O'Connor's action. Since theincident, hundreds of other protests have been received.
The New York Daily News calledher a "holy terror" iJ;! its front-pagereport on the incident Oct. 5.
"It is a pity she embarrassedherself that way," said FrankDeRosa, a spokesman for BishopThomas V. Daily of Brooklyn,N.Y., of the incident.
DeRosa added, "She needs someprofessional help - and spiritualhelp wouldn't hurt, either."
The gesture came at the end ofMs. O'Connor's cappella performance of the Bob Marley reggaesong "War."
A chantlike protest of racismand other forms of injustice, it saysin part: "U ntil the philosophy whichholds one race superior and another
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Among the missionaries ofShillong-Gauhati are the people.themselves. Father Thomas Manjaly, the local chancellor, describesthe tribal society as very social.. "The people," he said, "share
their faith with the members of theclan. For instance, when we havethe annual eucharistic processionin Shillong, Catholics bring alongsome of their non-Catholic friendsor relations."
From this often arises a longingin the guests to know Christ andthe church.
Almost half of the baptisms inthe area are of adults; sometimesan entire family or groups offamilies in a clan come at one time tothe faith. Recently eight priestswere ordained for this youngchurch, all from among the localtribal people.
In November, 1990, after nineyears of spiritual renewal, Shillong-Gauhati celebrated a centuryof faith. From village after villagethe people came, 150,000 of them,giving thanks for the gift of Jesus,the Savior.
In 1991, aid provided by thePropagation of the Faith toShillong-Gauhati included $35,000for catechist training and support,$94,500 for the education of 135major seminarians (about $700 foreach seminarian for the year),$20,400 for'the training of 68 religious novices (about $300 for eachnovice for the year) and $38,500 asbasic support for the diocese's pastoral and evangelizing programs,including travels from village tovillage supporting people, priests,religious and lay catechists.
Your prayers and financial sacrifices offered through the Propagation of the Faith on Oct. 18,World Mission Sunday, will helpArchbishop D'Rosario of Shillong-Gauhati and the others in hisarchdiocese who daily share thegift offaith. Indeed, your offeringwill help priests, religious and laycatechists throughout the missions.Please pray for the missions and'give generously on World MissionSunday!-----How To Do It
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Missioners share faithIt's a hot sunny day; the path is
hilly. A person might think twiceabout setting off on foot to thenext village, six or seven milesaway. But Mathias Pilat Shadap,nearly 80 years old, is always moving from village to village.
For most of his lifetime, thiscommitted catechist has visitednon-Christian villages, instructedthe faithful in Catholic communities, and guided them at prayermeetings. A family man himself,his specialty has been visiting otherfamilies, bringing many to the faith.
Mathias' journeys echo the laborsof four Salvatorian missionarieswho arrived in Northeast India acentury ago. They too went fromtown to town, reaching Gauhation a February day in 1890 andShillong six days later.
Salesian Archbishop HubertD'Rosario of Shillong-Gauhatispeaks of the "touring" of missionary priests through later years."People still remember them, howthey sacrificed themselves. In thosedays there was the eucharistic fast.They would say one Mass, thenwalk 20 kilometers or so and say asecond Mass ...on an empty stomach, not even a drop of water."
Archbishop D'Rosario himselfhas long experience of village touring, much of it on foot. In his morethan 20 years as a bishop, he says,"There has not been one dull daybecause I see how Christ is lovedand wanted."
For 'many years, in most religious communities in the area, twosisters are assigned the special taskof visiting the villages. They tourfor seven to 10 days at a time,instructing in the faith, visitingespecially the elderly and the sick,preparing people for the sacraments, teaching hygiene. Recentlya community was founded whosesisters will stay in those remoteareas, caring for the needs of themost abandoned of the people.
Today the church in ShillongGauhati serves in 29 parishes, inmedical facilities, in various socialservices and in more than 950schools, many of them primaryschools. Bringing little ones toschool, parents will say that theythemselves cannot read, but theywant learning for their children.
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sought refuge in the United Statesfrom political persecution sincethe military in a coup oustedHaitian President Father JeanBertrand Aristide Sept. 30, 1991.Father Aristide continues to seek areturn to office.
The U.S. Catholic Conferencehas not joined in any brief in theHaitian refugee case, but did referto the order involving the forcedreturn of Haitians in a friend-ofthe-court brief filed in a differentcase involving the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Serviceand Haitian immigrants this summer.
"By simply turning back boatswithout an adequate opportunityto hear claims, the Coast Guard islikely to return people who wouldbe in grave danger and who meritasylum," the brief said in a reference to the May 24 order.
In that brief, USCC and variousreligious, labor and human rightsgroups said INS procedures failedto protect people who would beendangered by returning to Haiti.
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Sr. Margaret Wese~an
Sister Mary Margaret Weseman,OP, better known as Sister Mar- garet, died Sept. 29. A HawthorneDominican, she had cared forterminal cancer patients for 22years· at the Rose HawthorneLathrop Home in Fall River. Earlier she had served at similar homesof her community in St. Paul,Minn., and Philadelphia.
The former Janet Weseman, shewas a native of New York City andworked in a city advertising agency,entering the Hawthorne commun-ity in 1939 at age 22. .
She was accepted by foundressRose Hawthorne, daughter ofAmerican writer Nathaniel Hawthorne.
While at the Fall River home,Sister Margaret was instrumentalin founding a chapter of Dominican Laity, which now meets at themotherhouse of the Dominicansof St. Catherine of Siena, also inFall River. She marked her goldenjubilee of religious life last year.
She is survived by cousins.
WASHINGTON (CNS) - TheSupreme Court will review an orderby President Bush requiring theCoast Guard to turn back boatloads of Haitians fleeing theircountry.
The Haitian refugee case addresses a May 24 order by President Bush for the Coast Guard toturn back boatloads of people attempting to leave their country forthe United States. Previously, U.S.policy had been to get involvedonly when the Haitians reachedU.S. territory.
Under the May order, CoastGuard boats patrol internationalwaters around Haiti and turn backHaitians before they reach theUnited States. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered astop to the patrols soon after theorder was issued. But the SupremeCourt on Aug. I said they couldresume pending a formal petitionto the entire court.
Thousands of citizens of theCaribbean island-nation have
LOOKING AHEAD to the annual Bishop's Charity BaH,to be held at 8 p.m. Jan. 15, 1993, at White's of Westport, areLeonard Nicolan event cochairman and' Fall River district., .
president of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, and Rev..Daniel L. Freitas, ball director and pastor of St. John of Godparish, Somerset. .- -
Bishop Sean O'Malley will unveiland bless a statue of St. Maximilian Kolbe following 4:30 p.m.Mass tomorrow at Holy RosaryChurch, Taunton. A reception willfollow the ceremony.
The statue of the Polish Conventual Franciscan priest, whoheroically offered his life in placeof a fellow prisoner at the Auschwitz concentration camp in Polandand was canonized in 1982, waspresented to the parish by its St.Maximilian Kolbe Men's Guild.
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The Massachusetts CatholicConference has issued the following statement with regard to fam- .i1y benefits for homosexual partners:
The Massachusetts CatholicConference is concerned that Gov-
.ernor Weld has· issued an executive order extending some familybenefits to certain homosexual·political appointees who are livingtogether as "domestic partners."
This action is u~just to true families and every other friendshipthat does not arbitrarily claim thetitle of"domestic partner." Familybenefits are provided by the statebecause of the intrinsic importanceof stable family life for the good ofsociety. That advantage is not a"right" that, by being given to onegroup, mU!~t be extended to all.These benefits are given to thefamily as a concrete expression ofthe state's commitment to protect·and foster sound family life fOf thegood of society. .
The extension offamily benefitsto that small minority which wishesto express friendship through homosexual relations is an arbitraryand illogical act which directlyharms family life by making a special interest group equal to thefamily. Why should special recognition and assistance be given tofriends who happen to share thesame house?
As we said in our 1991 statement, Family: The Key to a HealthySociety, "No legislation should bepassed and no program approvedthat compromises the family ortakes from the family those rolesand initiatives that are proper toit.The extension of the title 'family'to gay and lesbian couples and thegranting of economic privileges to'domestic partners' on an equalplane with true families must beopposed and rejected as undermining the family in our societytoday."
We support equal civil rights forall persons. We oppose any and allunjust discrimination against persons who are homosexual. Thecurrent executive order, however,and similar initiatives in our Commonwealth, confuse civil rightsand family benefits. In so doing,they unjustly deprive the family ofits rightful place in society andexacerbate social tensions thatwork to undermine the commongood.
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to an aide to Rep . .James R. Olin.D-Va.
Bill Frye told Olin aid PatriciaH. Grondin, "I don't think thereare that many bills that would saveus money."
Other GroupsBread for the World is not the
only group doing grass-roots citizen lobbying.
Network, a Catholic social justice lobby founded by nuns. hasbeen at it for nearly 20 years. Andpro-lifers have been lobbying lawmakers every Jan. 22 since 1974,the year after the Supreme Court'sRoe vs. Wade decision.
Nellie Gray, who annually headsthe March for Life. said marchershave found effective ways to maketheir point.
"They go after the march. theygo before the march," Miss Graysaid, with petitions seeking enactment ofa Paramount Human LifeAmendment.
Some delegations hold breakfasts the day of the march to whichall their elected representatives areinvited; while Rhode Island prolifers host an issues forum. invitingtheir congressional delegation.
The March for Life itself sends adozen red roses to each member ofCongress arid Supreme Court justice, and a bouquet of 100 roseseach to the president and vicepresident.
Feedback on the roses is minimal, Miss Gray reported. Somerepresentatives refuse them on thegrounds that they accept no gifts..and "I've never gotten anythingfrom the Supreme Court. ofcourse," she said.
Sister Richelle Friedman, oneof Network's two registered.lobbyists. said 200 Network memberstook part in the group's last annuallobbying day.
She said some 300 congressionalvisits were made that day to pushsuch issues as health care, housing.domestic economic conversion anddevelopment and Third World concerns.
Job Corps graduate CynthiaParker, who now holds a master'sdegree in counseling and development, told the group. "I startedout without even a dream of goingto college."
But she made the choice. shesaid. to "give up or grow up" andenrollt.:d in Job Corps. Its value.Ms. Parker said. is "evidenced bymyself and thousands of other JobCorps graduates."
Joyce Robinson-Paul told ofbeing a mother of two by age 20. "Iwas a working parent trying tostay away from going into the welfare system," she said. "I luckedout" by finding a Head Start daycare program that educates bothchildren and parents.
Her first two children havegrad uated from college. A thirdchild is in college with dreams ofbecoming a lawyer. Without HeadStart. Ms. Robinson-Paul said."the statistics say my childrenwould not have made it."
Bread for the World presented arole-playing situation of a citizenlobbyist meetinga lawmaker's aideand gave other hints for use atlobbying meetings:
- The "investment'" characterof the funding. A U.S. GeneralAccounting Office study of WIC's$296 million funding in 1990showed a savings of $472 millionin medical expenses in the firstyear, and $1.03 billion over thefirst 18 years of the children whobenefit.
- To refute claims that theEvery Fifth Child Act would swella deficit budget, Ms. Pomroy reminded the group "the S&L people did not have to come up withwhere their money was going tocome from."
- Leave behind a slim packetdetailing the bill's highlights, and athick packet of newspaper clippings about the Every Fifth ChildAct. The clippings on top werefrom each lawmaker's home state.
Cost-effectiveness was played up
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WASHINGTON (CNS) Mister Smith goes to Washington.
And so do Sister Smith. FatherSmith and Miss. Ms. and Mrs.Smith.
They're all part of the phenomenon known as citizen lobbying.
Lobbying in recent times hasbeen defined by power suits andthree-martini lunches. But forcitizen lobbyists. plaid and polyesterare just as fashionable as silk tiesand double-breasted blazers because it's a matter of substanceover style.
Bread for the World. a Christian citizens' lobby on hungerissues. is among organizations.
. regularly sponsoring lobbying days.inviting members to come to Washington. at their own expense. topush for its legislative priorities.
On one recent such day. Breadfor the World pushed for the EveryFifth Child Act, whose title emphasizes that one in five U.S. childrengrows up in poverty.
The act. supported by 250organizations including the U.S.Catholic Conference, would increase funding for the Women,Infants and Children feeding program. Head Start and Job Corps.
Bread for the World's strategybegan with a seminar to informsome 100 members of the bill's status, and what was needed fromtheir visit to Capitol Hill.
The seminar was held in theCannon House Office Buildinga site arranged through Rep. TonyHall, D-Ohio, chairman of theHouse Select Committee on Hunger.
Hall got a standing ovation fromthe citizen lobbyists. He called thehunger committee work "very fulfilling. It's very exciting. It's veryscriptural to me.
"There are 2.800 verses in theBible dealing with hunger~" Hallpointed out.
Bread for the World also broughtout a Job Corps graduate andformer Head Start mother to illustrate the success of the plans.
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A Call for RenewalThe value of the recent three-year study of u.s. religious
orders lies in its prophetic message to the entire church. Itsgeneral conclusion is that most orders will survive only bymaking dramatic changes in their perception of their foundingpurpose. Indeed, the study clearly indicates that most of thenation's 900 religious orders have lost their way and their senseof purpose and feel alienated from the hierarchy and theVatican.
This particular manifestation of post-conciliar doubt hashad'a devastating effect on the American church. Since 1962,membership in religious orders has fallen 40 percent, whileduring the same time period the general Catholic populationhas increased 36 percent. As a result, a personnel vacuum hasdeveloped in the ranks of the priesthood and religious life, with
. laypersons coming forward to fill many voids.These facts are beyond dispute. Every survey and study in
the last 20 years has pointed towards the current state ofreligious orders. Of course, diocesan vocation statistics havealso plummeted, but the ~tate of the religious communities isseemingly more confused and cumbersome simply because oftheir structure and diverse charisms.
Nevertheless, the new study should be viewed as a positivestatement of a basic problem in today's church. Among religious orders, it is the more service-oriented groups that arehaving the greatest difficulties, while the so-called monasticcommunities are for the most part faring quite well. Figuresshow an incredible awareness and acceptance of the monasticlifestyle by a growing number of young Catholics.
Communities which maintain a daily common prayer lifeare experiencing an increase in vocations. From the followersof Benedict to those of Mother Teresa, the Spirit is renewingmany places on the face of the earth. It is obvious that prayeroriented religious orders have something going for them.
In this connection, one recalls that in the exciting daysfollowing the Second Vatican Council, many who fled to theapostolate ofthe marketplace forgot about returning regularlyto the mountaintop. The concept that one could be entirelyfulfilled by being busy and would never need the silencedeceived many, who eventually left their orders and monasteries. Many communities have never recovered from thissituation.. It is true that some will challenge the findings ofthe religious
orders study, but one cannot deny facts, figures and reality ingeneral. Many orders as we now know them will not be aroundin another generation. Others will shine, rising to meet today'schallenges.
One thing is more than evident: all efforts in the area ofvocational renewal and development must be rooted notmerely in Gospel-oriented service but in Gospel-orientedprayer. Orders directed to service should not be afraid toreturn to their founding purpose, at the same time seeking torespond to today's human needs.
Much of today's church ministry is indeed in the province ofthe laity, yet there remains the very special role of the sign,symbol and service that only dedicated religious men andwomen can offer to the church family. Let us hope and pray forrenewed confidence in the unique dedication of religious life.
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put down the fundamentalistbranches of the faith which emphasize a personal relationship withthe Lord. Yet our emphasis risksthe danger of regarding sacredactions as just some magic rites,put into play whenever we needgrace. We forget the sacramentsin which we have so much confidence - only "work" because of aprior union with Jesus. Fortunatelythe author of 2 Timothy sees thisvery clearly.
"If we have died with him," hewrites, "we shall also live with him;If we hold out to the end we shallalso reign with him." The authorknows Paul proclaimed'Jesus, andhis relationship with us, beforeanything else. The Apostle immediately conveyed the dying and rising of the Lord to everyone heevangelized. Nothing, or no one,should come between Jesus andthe believer. He is the one mediator between us and God. Specialpersons and actions evolve onlyafter we learn to join the Lord inhis dying and rising. They must beseen and judged in the context ofthat relationship.
We rely on Scripture to teachthe most essential points of faith.Nothing can be more essentialthan making our relationship withGod the most important part of
·our lives.
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For end to abortionBlessed are -you, Lord,
Creator God. Hear myprayers of grief for yourbeloved children deprivedof existence through abortion. Open the eyes ofthoseblind to the vision of yourlove. Bring out oftheirprisons those whose view oflifeis pinched orparched. R escue those who suffer violence or rejection. Calm theanxiety I feel for those indanger or despair. I askthis through Christ ourLord. Amen.
ministers would become if we, likeElisha, also refused such payment!)
Certainly today's Gospel pericope conveys several theologicalmessages on different levels. But,following our topic, Jesus' remarkwhen the cured Samaritan leperreturns is very significant. "Werenot all 10 made whole?" he asks."Where are the other nine? Wasthere no one to return and givethanks to God except this foreigner?"
Luke is not concerned aboutgood manners; he's concernedabout good Christians. The curedoes not make this Samaritan adisciple of Jesus; his acknowledgment that God is the agent of thecure does. All 10 had followedJesus' command to perform theusual ritual for a leprosy healing,but only one went beyond the ritual and recognized that God wasmore important than the liturgicalformula. Such an insight is themark of a Christian.- _.. .-
In typical Lucan fashion, Jesusproclaims, "Your faith has savedyou." In other words, "Your ability to see God working beyond theexternals is what brings you salvation."
Denominations like our own,which emphasize the sacramentaldimensions of Christianity, often'
Daily ReadingsOct. 12: Gal 4:22-24,26-27,
31-5:1; Ps 113:1-7; lk 11:2932; or for quincentennial: Is2: 1-5 or Zech 8:20-23; Rome10:8-18 or Eph 2:13-22; Mt28:16-20 or Mk 16:15-20 orlk24:44-53 or In 17:11,17-23
Oct. 13: Gal 5:1-6; Ps119:41,43-45,47-48; lk11:37-41
Oct: 18: Ex 17:8-13; Ps121:1-8; 2 1m 3:14-4:2; Mk18:1-8
2 Kings 5:14-172 Timothy 2:8-13
Luke 17:11-19Those engaged in holy activities
must always overcome the temptation to behave as though what theyare involved in comes from themrather than from God. We're "doingright" if. at the completion of anysacred action, we thank the Lordinstead of the minister.
We definitely see this principleat work in today's readings.
Though Elisha seems to cureNaaman, the Gentile Syrian, ofleprosy, the sacred author tells thestory in such a way that we mustgive credit to Yahweh and not tothe prophet. First, (in part of thestory left out of our liturgical text)Naaman balks at the command towash in the Jordan. He clearly wasexpecting the man of Yahweh tocure him by performing some eyecatching, stupendous deed. Onlythe urging of his servants pressuresthe army commander to do theunpretentious thing the prophetrequires. The very simplicity ofbathing in the Jordan demonstratesthat God must be effecting thecure, not the prophet or the actionitself.
Second, Naaman, believing Yahweh is God only of the actual territory of Israel, asks for "two muleloads of earth." This is a sign hehas converted to Yahweh and notto Elisha. Only by "offering holQcaust and sacrifice" on this specialdirt, can he be certain that theright God will hear him and granthis request.
Third - in a point we priestswould like to overlook - Elisharefuses to accept a stole fee for hiswork. "As Yahweh lives whom Iserve, I will not take it." To acceptwould imply the prophet hadbrought about the healing. Andwhen (in another part left out ofour text) Elisha's servant, Gehazi,runs after the Syrian and asks forthe fee, he not only receives Naaman's money, he also receives hisleprosy! (What a tremendous witness to God's power we priests and
Jesus:the onemediator
Is it possible that we are training children to be hostile from anearly age? Just turn on Saturdaymorning television and you'll see.
One of our teachers informedus that she and her husband gotoconfession together. She said thatevery priest would not allow it
The message children get is thatthis is a world where you don'ttrust anyone, that enemies are outto get you and you must strikeback.
What the world needs now islove. But love seems to be inshort supply in the air childrenbreathe;
ful, spiritually enriching and forgiving experience for them as wellas for the priest. According to thechurch's discipline, however, suchan event remains distinct from thesacrament of penance.
As I said, the good that can beaccomplished is attainable in otherways.
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If adults ever had a job to do,.one that is a matter of conscience,I think it is to chcwge the tone ofhostility that has infiltrated television, schools. neighborhoods and
. even families.
In spite of what your acquaintance says, perhaps what they areexperiencing is not really the sacrament of penance. The priest'maybe talking with them, and evensharing with them and for them aprayer offorgiveness and reconciliation without it being the sacrament itself.
I have occasionally experienceda husband and wife coming together, particularly in a communal penance service, Marriage Encounter or other appropriatesituation, wanting to speak oftheirmutual concerns and faults andasking God's forgiveness andhealing.
Obviously this may be a beauti-
My friend assumed the girlsdidn't want a male homing in ontheir territory. I doubted that': Iassumed they saw him as an intruder and that it was yet anothercase of how human bei.ngnespondto one another all foo often withhostility. not acceptance.
While I was standing at a
At a recent reconciliation service where several priests wereavailable, this couple went togetherto a priest and he accepted them, .visibly enjoying a friendly sharingamong the three. (New York)
A. There is no provision whatsoever in the church's liturgy forsacramental confession of the typeyou mention. It seems to me nopriest has a right to introduce thistype of sacramental action.
As you indicate, while theremay be deep intimacy between ahusband and wife, they still havetheir individual relationships toGod and that relationship must berespected in the sacrament ofpenance.
A friend at work told me ofanother incident. She had seentwo girls about 8 years old pickingup leaves and putting them by the
His mother didn't say a word atfirst, but then smiled at her smilingchild and said, "Isn't he adorable?Look at that beautiful face."
He didn't look beautiful tome at that moment, and I couldn't
." . . ". .
Is hostility in the· air. children breathe?I wonder if we've set the stage understand what was' going on. armfuls into a wheelbarrow. Then bus stop, I heard a IO-year-old
for a few generations to come Were the mother and grandmother a boy about their age came along boy say that if anyone tried towhere hate will remain stronger denying that the child was behav- and asked if he could help them. touch his new watch he'd punchthan love, with outsiders always ing atrociously? Or didn't they The girls consulted for a moment them out. I asked him, "Don't youthe enemy. know the differences between a and then told him no. think a schoolmate might just be
I saw a grandmother recently loving action and a hostile curious to see your watch?" HeThe boy ignored their rebufftrying to hug her four-year-old one? and began picking up leaves. At shook his head no and told me thatgrandson. She was smiling and that, the two girls gathered bunches these days everyone is out to gettelling him how much she loved We usedto say that children had of leaves and began tossing them you and you have to protecthim. to be taught to hate. Instead, I yourself.
d d 'f h h b h at the boy until he finally ranThe child was smiling too, but I won ere I t ey ave to e taug t away.caught a meanness in his look. He to love. I hoped it wasn't the hatewas pinching her and kicking her and meanness that come naturally.and getting obvious pleasure from But I began to appreciate morethis action. than ever the gift of grace from
God that helps Us to choose goodover evil. .
May couples go to confession together?and they had to find one thatwould. .'
She said she lIcnd her husbandare so ~Iose' that they have nosecrets and know what the other isthinking.
I really would have to disagreewith that. All of us have a side thatno one knows, and who is to saywhen situations or moods mightinfluence actions that are foreigneven to a devoted spouse?
Many couples have deep caringrelationships, but all should stillhave .the freedom to sit before thepriest for personal reconciliationand consultation about their insightinto life.
Am I wrong? Is the practice of. couple reconciliation accepted?
The AnchorFriday, Oct.9, 1992
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Q: A question arose during atable discussion at our catechumenate program. I understandabout group penance services andalso know there is a need for personal reconciliation.
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How to avoid falling asleep at the wheelBy
Dr. JAMES &
MARY
KENNY
Dear Dr. Kenny: My son fellasleep while driving home recently.The car went off the road'and hit atree. Ifhe had not been seatbelted,he would have died in the crash.No alcohol whatsoever was involved. He simply nodded off.
This is the third accident inrecent weeks among our circle of
family and friends that was causedby fatigue. One of them was fatal.
Have you any suggestions toma~e this less likely? (Indiana)
Yes. At the first indication thatyou are sleepy, STOP! Take abreak. Have a short nap. Thenwalk around or get physically activefor 5-10 minutes.
Thank you for raising a problem as common as icy roads and asdangerous as alcohol.
Fatigue, like alcohol, when mixed with driving, is a killer. Fatigueand falling asleep are a very common cause of serious accidents.
We all suffer from drowsinesssometimes while we are driving.Unfortunately, many of us try to
shake our head awake and ignoreit. Here are some better suggestions.
-Take regular breaks. Don'twait until you are sleepy and startto nod off. Whether you think youneed it or not, you should stopevery two hours.
Use the break to buy gas, have asnack, go to the bathroom.
-Avoid long trips. Day-and- ,nighters are an invitation totragedy. Eight hours, 10 at thelongest, are plenty of driving timefor a day.
-Be careful of the midnighthour. Most accidents due to fatigueoccur between midnight and 3A.M.
-Drive with acompanion. Take
turns driving if you can. Talk toone another, especially if you thinkthe driver might be vulnerable tosleep.
-Use your seatbelts. They maynot keep you awake, but they arethe No. I safety factor in avoidingfatalities.
-Stimulants may help. Coffeeand colas will aid in staying awake,but can make you jittery. Consequently they are more useful forhighway driving than for city'traffic.-Keep a window open. Heat andstuffiness promote sleep. Fresh airhelps you stay alert.
-Play the radio or a tape. Listening to something is helpful in
staying awake. Perhaps you havean audiotape with some "stayawake" music.
My closest friend nodded offmomentarily, just as the highwaycurved. He snapped alert, cut thewheel quickly and rolled the carthree times. His seatbelt saved hislife.
Fatigue is a little-discussed andunderrated major factor in autoaccidents. I hope your letterreminds us all to take sleepinessseriously.
Reader questions on family living and child care to be answeredin print are invited by the Kennys;219 W. Harrison; Rensselaer, Ind.47978.
Slow's the way to go, says Dolores
Open Window"All one can do is leave open a
window so the breeze of love maycome in. If a window is open, thebreeze may still not blow in' thereis no guarantee. There is, ho~ever,one guarantee: if the window is notopen, the breeze will not blow in."- Joel Kramer
stood this, the missionary mused,while we supposedly literate folkdon't?
So, in spite of the m~rvels ofupdated technology, I'm keepingmy wimpy computer. It waits formy soul and my brain to catch upwith its technology and we getalong just fine, thank you.
growers have been asked to stopusing pesticides and the state hasbeen asked to test them. "The[state] Department of Health isrefusing to admit that a problemexists," he added.
her native bearers made excellent'time the first day and she praisedthem. But the next day they refusedto move. When she asked themwhy, they explained, "We wenttoo fast yesterday and now wemust wait for our souls to catch upwith our bodies:' How is it thatthese uneducated peoples under-
Children are cancer victimsSOUTH ORANGE,N.J.(CNS)
- Children of immigrant farmworkers are being born withoutfully formed brains and have a1,200 percent higher rate of cancerthan the rest of the country, CesarChavez told a recent national assembly of Pax Christi U.S.A."There is one block [in a SouthernCalifornia immigrant farm workercommunity] where every singlefamily has at least one child who isdying or is dead from cancer," hesaid.
Chavez, president of the UnitedFarm Workers of America, said
average reader will spend onlythree or so minutes on the grossnational deficit. Perhaps it wouldnot be so gross if they offeredinformation as well as titillatingheadlines.
The one-minute phenomenon iscatching on: The One Minute Manager, and The One Minute Scolding and such. But life is meant tobe lived, not spent. We now measure miles in time: how long does it
. take to getthere? How fast, nothow pleasant, becomes the relativemeasure of excellence from foodto freeways to fax machines.
We're all victims of this slow-iswimpy national creed. Porch sitting is wasteful, but paradoxicallywe rush to movies that portray asimpler lifestyle of yore, intuiting,perhaps, that if we can't live thatpace, at least we can enjoy watching people who did.
In the early twenties, a Methodist missionary traveling to hermission in Africa recounted that
undeveloped ideas and sentencesin a culture that's awash in them. Iknow it's passe but I like to thinkwhile I write. I like to see thewords, not just on a monitor, buton paper as readers will see them.
So I write a draft, print it out,read it with a red pen, cross out,add" move paragraphs and thenreturn the whole mess to the computer to print the final product. Itworks for me and that's whatcounts.
I'm leery of a society that presumes that because we have themeans to escalate our lives wemust do so. The 30-second soundbite replaces thoughtful reflectionon issues. The catchy slogan becomes instant wisdom. "In depth"newspaper features consist of ajumble of quotes from authoritiesstrung together with, "Not all agreewith her," ano "Another point ofview is held by."
Editors prize these, citing marketing surveys indicating that the
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CURRAN
My son, who can make hiscomputer, do everything but windows, informs me that my computer is an outdated wimp.
That's a pretty good descriptionof me, I tell him. He rolls his eyesso I tell him about the eager youngagricultural expert who visited anold farmer and spent an hour telling him about new techniques to'improve his productivity. Thefarmer listened politely and thenreplied, "Well, I'll tell you, sonny,I ain't farming half as good as Iknow how to now." My son givesup,
I don't tell him that I'm as fast asI want and that a faster computerwould pressure me to churn out
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discussion of "The Woman, theNurse: Integrating Roles to BetterHealth."
Participants will earn 4.8 CEUs.To register, contact Alice LeBlanc,64 Waldo St., New Bedford 02745by Oct. 19.
The New England Council ofCatholic Nurses will hold its annualmeeting Oct. 16 to 18 at the, Marriott Hotel, Andover. The BostonArchdiocesan Council of CatholicNurses will host the gathering,themed "God, Our Inspiration."
FRDCCN membershipapplications are available from ElizabethNovacek at St. Anne's Hospital,.Fall River, 674-5741 ext. 2081.
The FRDCCN awards three annual scholarships to young womenpursuing a career in health care.Applications for 1993 scholarshipswill be accepted until April I andare available from Joan Morin,P.O. Box 271, West Hyannisport02672, tel. 775-3121.
Though focused mainly on Catholic or Catholic-related individuals and services, the directory alsoincludes interdenominational andnon-religious organizations as wellas some international listings.
, Marianist Father Rodney DeMartini, San Francisco archdiocesan director of AIDS educationand executive director of the AIDSnetwork, told Catholic News Service that the directory was published in August.
He said the directory is available only in the print version at thistime, but within a year or two thenetwork hopes to havefuture editions' available electronically oncomputer disks.
The National Catholic HIV/AIDS Ministry Directory is available from National Catholic AIDSNetwork, P.O. Box 422984, SanFrancisco, CA 94142; Phone (415)565-3613; Fax (415) 565-3619.
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Oct. 161987. Rev. Raymond M. Drouin.
OP. Former Pastor. St. Anne's,Fall River
CENTENARIAN Julia Catherine Shea O'Brien celebrates her 100th birthday with her daughter, Sister CatherineMary, OP, of the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Sienaof Fall River. Born Sept. I, 1892, she came to Fall River fromIllinois in 1894. During her working life, she owned a beautyparlor and later worked at the Newport Naval Station.
Until age 90, she was an active bowler with a Daughters ofIsabella team and was the bowling league's treasurer. Amember of St. Mary's Cathedral parish for 61 years, she wasamong the first tenants of the nearby O'Brien Apartments.(Gaudette photo)
DCCN plans parley, scholarshipsThe Fall River Diocesan Coun
cil of Catholic Nurses will host itsfall conference, "Cancer in Women:An Overview," 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.Oct. 24 at St. John the Baptist parish hall, Westport.
Presenters will be Brenda CurryMcKeon, RN, BSN,and Helen M.Sullivan, RN, BSN.
Ms. Curry-McKeon, a familynurse practitioner, is a primaryhealth care resource person. Ms.Sullivan is an oncology nurseclinician at Cardinal Cushing Hospital, Brockton. She coordinatescare of oncology patients and conducts educational programs forhospital personnel and community agencies.
There will be presentations on,cancer as a disease process, gynecological cancers, breast cancer,health care practices and nutritionand fitness as related to cancer.There will be a film and laboratorydemonstration on mammographyand breast self-examination and a
Hospital plans talkson children
The St. Anne's Hospital Pediatric Rehabilitation Program is offering a monthly Childhood LectureSeries in the Nannery ConferenceRoom (room 134) of ClemenceHall at the hospital in Fall River.
At the next lecture, to be heldOct. 27, a panel headed by PamelaC. Begg, PT, will discuss "HowWe Grow - Your Child's Development." Tht: same group will discuss "Toys for Growing" on Nov.17.
On Dec. 10, Harry Brown, MSW,LCS W, will present a seminar on"Positive Parenting - HelpingToddlers Manage Their Behavior."
For more information on thelecture series or the PediatricRehabilitation Program at St.Anne's, call Barbara Chlaupek,674-5741 ext. 425.
Joanie ZakMonument Beach
Rosary for lifeDear Brothers and Sisters:
I have been asked to write aboutthe Rosary for Life, which willtake place Oct. 10 nationally topray for unborn babies, pregnantmothers, and a softening of thehearts of abortionists arid theirsupporters.
I share with you a meditation onthe rosary from our Holy Father,Pope John Paul II: "Let us be diligent in the recitation of the rosaryboth in the ecclesial community,and in the intimacy of our families:in the wake of the repeated invocations it will unite hearts, rekindlethe domestic hearth, fortify ourhopes and obtain for all the peaceand joy of Christ who was born,died and rose for us. Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Fair Love,protect our families, so that theymay always be united, and blessthe upbringing' of our children."
The Glorious Mysteries shouldbe recited on this special day: theResurrection, the Ascension, theDescent of the Holy Spirit on theApostles, the Assumption of Maryand her Coronation as Queen ofHeaven.
Letters are welcome but the editorreserves the right to condense or edit, ifdeemed necessary. All letters must betyped, signed and include a home orbusiness address (only the city name isused in print). Letters do not necessarily reflect the editorial views of theAnchor.
Oct. 101918. Rev. James c.J, Ryan.
Assistant. I mmaculate Conception.North Easton
1987. Rev. Boniface Jones.SS.CC.. Chaplain. Sacred HeartHome. New Bedford
1990. Rev. Joseph A. Martineau.retired pastor. St. Theresa. NewBedford
Oct. II1952. Rev. .lames A. Downey.
Pastor, Holy Ghost. Attleboro
Oct. 141918, Rev. Dennis M. I.ownev,
Assistant. Sacred Heart. Taunta"n1972. Rev. Msgr. Edward B.
Booth. Pastor Emeritus, St. Marv.North Attleboro .
Catechists urged to fight materialismthis so-called great society a goodsociety, one that reflects the visionand values of the Gospel."
To do so, the speaker continued,members of the church must realizethat "we're related, dependent andresponsible."
He told of visiting the OvalOffice of the White House on atour during Ronald Reagan's presidency and seeing a sign reading,"You can be too big for God touse, but you can never be toosmall."
"To be a faith-filled disciple,you have to realize how dependentwe are on God," said FatherHawker. Jesus told his disciplesthat "you didn't choose me, I choseyou. And so the Lord has choseneveryone of us."
As Christians we are also responsible for one another, FatherHawker continued, relating theGospel story of the paralytic whowanted to be touched by Jesus butcould not get to where He was.
Eventually neighbors carried himto the house where Jesus was andlowered him to the Lord from theroof. Jesus told the paralyti~ that"because of their faith" he washealed, said Father Hawker.
"And that's what we're about incatechetics. Everyone of us individually is replaceable - but theLord sends us together."
Finally, Father Hawker said,the Church today is strengthenedby the "memory" of Jesus' wordsand actions.
"The Church without a memoryis the Church ~ithout identity," hesaid, quoting' a statement of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger at a Vatican meeting the previous week.
As an example Father Hawkertold of once meeting a wheelchairbound James Brady at a FriendlySons of St. Patrick gathering inWashington, DC.
Brady, who was Ronald Reagan's press secretary when he waswounded in the 198.1 assassinationattempt on the president, told thepriest, "Father, I want to walk, butI'm crippled. Will you pray forme?"
Father Hawker replied that "onlyGod knows how many people inthis country pray for you."
Brady smiled broadly and toldthe priest, "I can feel the power ofprayer!"
Later Brady's companion explained to Father Hawker thatBrady had suffered brain damageaffecting his memory, and whatever he learned in physical therapyone day had to be painstakinglyrelearned the next.
"He had no memory," saidFather Hawker. "But we have amemory! And we are privileged toenter into that memory beginningwith the celebration of the Eucharist, at which [Jesus commandedus to] 'do this in memory of me.'''
As catechists, Father Hawkertold the audience, "You carry thatmemory with you. You're infectedcarriers of the memory! Howblessed you are to be invited toshare the memory and tradition ofwhat we'believe!"
The convention, coordinated byFather Beaulieu and Sisters ElaineHeffernan, RSM, and EugeniaBrady, SJC, both associate directors of religious education, continued with three workshop sessions at which nearly 50 workshopswere offered for catechists.
In the center of the city was atemple where the Gospel was displayed, open to the page whichsays, "If your hand causes you tosin, cut it off; if your eye causesyou to sin, pluck it out."
The pilgrim fled the city.Likewise, "when we feel the word
of God is beginning to challengeus, we back away," said BishopO'Malley. But "there are othervoices, other messages out thereand our young people are hearingall of this noise!"
The task of communicating thesacredness of human life is "a mission, a vocation...because whenteaching the lasting wealth of thekingdom we must be witness to avision we see in our own hearts"said Bishop O'Malley. "We are n~tjust communicating informationor techniques, but a friendshipwith the Lord that is part of ourdaily lives." .
"So many people see only thesurface - the lies, deception andpropaganda," the bishop continued. "We must see beyond that- see the lasting wealth - thewealth of God's kingdom" in whichwe are our brother's keeper, a·"family of families" made up ofdifferent races and cultures.
"Before the Lord returned to theFather," Bishop O'Malley concluded, He charged His disciples to"go and teach the Gospel everywhere to everyone. That smallgroup of followers did their job.Today the responsibility is on ourshoulders. Jesus is counting on usto make his voice heard and tolead people to the lasting wealth."
Is Anybody There?In continuing the day's theme,
keynote speaker Father JamesHawker adopted a line from 1776,a musical about the FoundingFathers' struggle to build a newnation: "Is anybody there? Doesanybody care? Does anybody seewhat I see?"
"The church has so much tosay!" said Father Hawker. "I nevercease to be amazed and in awe ofthe power of the word of Scripture..We have so much richness,but it's so difficult to get acrossbecause our culture is so indifferent to the Gospel."
Father Hawker delineated whathe called the "two languages" oftoday's culture, the "primary" onespeaking of individualism, competition, consumerism, relativism("doing what everyone's doing")and materialism.
The "secondary language" ofpersonalism, cooperation', community, absolute right and wrongand the value and dignity of everyperson, .he told catechists, "is thelanguage that you speak; and without it we would be so much poorer."
In baptism, "we are touched bythe Holy Spirit ofthe ~ord to pro-
. claim the secondary language of Willing Effortsthe culture, to proclaim Il!-sting "We are what we want to be bywealth," said Father Hawker. "We the efforts we are willing to make."want to do what we can to. ma.l<.Y.. ,. - St.,Julie Bjlli.art . ~ ..'... : ~ .....
8 THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., Oct. 9, 1992
By Marcie Hickey
Catechists - and indeed all thebaptized - have the responsibilityof shouting the Gospel message of"lasting wealth" above the din of aculture that promotes individualism over community, cynicism overthe sacred, and materialism overthe spiritual wealth of the kingdom of God, Bishop Sean O'Malley and Father James Hawker toldreligious educators of the FallRiver diocese at their annualgathering.
"Proclaiming Lasting Wealth"was the theme for Religious Education Day, held Sept. 26at BishopStang High School, North Dartmouth.
Bishop O'Malley celebrated theconference's' opening liturgy withmore than a dozen diocesanpriests, and Father Hawker, director of religious education for theBoston archdiocese, delivered thekeynote address.
Father Richard W. Beaulieu,director of the diocesan Department of Education, reported thatBishop O'Malley was "overwhelmed" by the turnout for hisfirst religious education conferenceas bishop of Fall River. The bishopcalled the more than 900 registrants "an army of evangelizers toproclaim the Good News."
In his homily on the conventiontheme, Bishop O'Malley told catechists, "We know the voice of theGod of lasting wealth.. .is theonly thing that's going to lead tomeaningful lives and happiness."
The Gospel says that "you can'tserve two masters, that it is easierfor a camel to pass through the eyeof a needle than for a rich man toget to heaven," said the bishop,adding that "Chesterton once saidthat ever si nce our Lord pronounced those words there havebeen zoologists trying to breedsmaller camels!"
Like the rich young man inLuke's Gospel, the bishop continued, we want to know what wemust do to be happy. The Lordanswered that "you must try to livea good life and to obey the commandments," but one thing alsoremains: "you have to be able to letgo [of the material life] to look forthat lasting wealth. Many peopleturn their backs and go away sadbecause they are not able to letgo."
"Wealth and materialism arespiritual dangers," the bishop continued. "Judas sold the Lord for 30pieces of silver; today the Lord isoften sold for less."
Young people are bombardedwith messages from bumper stickers, T-shirts and music thattell them "whoever dies with themost money wins," said BishopO'Malley.
In one week, children see thousands of acts of violence on television, the same medium whichtransmits a "commercialized" viewof human sexuality and in which"millions of dollars will be spentfor a two-minute beer commer-
PRO cial," added the bishop.CLAIMING LASTING WEALTH at the annual Catechists must challenge that
religious education conference: (top, from left) Father Richard vision of reality with the GospelW. Beaulieu, Sister Eugenia Brady, SJC, Bishop Sean O'Mal- message, he continued, but "weley, Sister Elaine Heffernan, RS M. have a fear of taking up the Scrip-
Keynote speaker Father James Hawker,' Sister Muriel tures because the Good News isoften bad news first. We know we
Lebeau, SS.Cc., principal of St. Joseph's School, Fairhaven, have to change our lives andwho presented a workshop titled ('Children of Passover: Chris- hearts."tian Seder." Bishop O'Malley told the story'
Below, conference participants register; a workshop on of a pilgrim traveling to a moun"Welcoming Children with Disabilities" presented by Barbara taintop city where the people wereD' d' f h d' .' reputed to be very holy. He arrived
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and Senate versions' of an urbanaid bill, would address some oftheproblems raised by Gregory'ssituation.
Weill said the depiction of Gregory's case as a "divorce" from hisparents was misleading.
The child was drifting throughthe foster care system withoutserious efforts to either reunify hisfamily or sever legal ties, he said.
"We need a mechanism to bringthis kind of case to resolution earlier," he said, noting that fewchildren in situations like Gregory's would be either articulate orbrave enough to take their parentsto court.
Gregory has become the ninthchild in his adoptive parents' family. When Judge Kirk ruled infavor of the adoption, the boy'seight new siblings presented himwith a jacket and cap bearing thenumeral 9.
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GREGORY KINGSLEY, now known as Shawn Russ,confers with his foster father, Atty. George Russ, during abreak in his court case. (eNS/ Reuters photo)
to be informed of their right to anattorney even though they alreadyreceive a court-appointed guardian.
Gregory's mother said she herself is a victim of a social welfaresystem that paid for her children'sfoster care but would not provideher with financial help that mighthave helped keep her family together. Her lawyer said she wouldappeal the ruling.
Gregory went with his fatherafter his parents separated, returning to his mother briefly five yearslater when she filed neglect andabuse charges against her husband,Ralph Kingsley.
Mrs. Kingsley was unable tocare for Gregory and his twobrothers consistently and he wasshuttled between foster homes andinstitutions before the Russ familytook him in a year ago. Gregory'sbrothers, Jeremiah and Zachariah,live with Mrs. Kingsley and her·fiance in St. Louis.
The attention to h'oles in the foster care system made public byGregory's lawsuit might haveanother positive effect, hopes JimWeill, general counsel for theChildren's Defense Fund, a children's lobbying agency.
Gregory's case could help focusattention on the foster care systemat a time when Congress i.s considering a bill that aims to make thefoster program more responsive toproblems, Weill said.
The Family Preservation Act,which is included in both House
WASHINGTON (CNS) - Aruling allowing a 12-year-old boy.to sever ties with his parents willnot necessarily start a wave of similar actions by disgruntled children, according to legal observers.
A Floridajudge Sept. 25 grantedthe request of Gregory Kingsley tocut his mother's legal ties andallow him to be adopted by hisfoster parents. The case attractedwidespread attention as the firstknown instance of a child initiating such proceedings.
While Gregory's case mightinduce some children in similarsituations to try to take legal action,it's unlikely many will get far, saysThomas A. Nazario, law professorspecializing in children's issues atthe Jesuit University of San Francisco.
"Any child in a similar situationis there because they've either beenforgotten by their foster familiesor the child welfare system,"Nazario said.
Normally, the state, a temporary guardian or foster parents acton a child's behalf in asking thatthe natural parent's rights besevered.
"My guess is there would be noneed for a youngster to terminateparental rights himself if he's beingcared for properly by the system,"he added.
Gregory, who now calls himselfShawn Russ, taking a new firstname and his foster family's surname, called a lawyer himself whenhe learned his mother, RachelKingsley, was attempting to regaincustody. Gregory, who had spentonly seven months of the pasteight years with his mother, toldhis foster parents, George andLizabeth Russ, he wanted them toadopt him.
George Russ, a lawyer, testifiedat the two-day trial that he explained Gregory's rights to himand gave him the name of a fellowattorney to contact if he wanted topress his case.
The ruling of Florida CircuitCourt Judge Thomas Kirk doesnot set a legal precedent unless it isaffirmed after appeal to a highercourt. Kirk himself made it clearthat such cases must be reviewedindividually to weed out frivolousclaims.
"If a kid isjust unhappy at home... it's not going to be enough byany means" to justify granting similar legal divisions, according toNazario. Only in graver situations,such as if the child is being beaten,isn't fed properly or if there is illegal activity like drug use in thehome will claims by children get ahearing, he predicted.
And in most such cases, thelocal welfare system ought alreadyto be taking care of the child'sinterests.
Even then, "it is fairly difficultto terminate the rights of a parent," said Nazario. In most states,parents have a year or two to"clean up their act" before thestate cuts off their parental rightspermanently. Gregory's mother wasat the end of such a grace periodwhen the child sued to cut her ties,claiming she abused and neglectedhim.
"How many kids in a similarsituation to Gregory's are going tohave a handy family that wants toadopt them and a social servicessystem that hasn't taken care ofthem?" Nazario asked.
Karen Adams, national coordinator for the National Child RightsAlliance, believes children goinginto the foster care system .ought
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"supers" which are boxlike structures. Inside each are frames withcombs where the honey is madeand stored.
Once a year, Sister Blee collectsthe honey from her hive. "Thissummer I got about 80 pounds ofhoney from the hive," she reported.
Sister Blee shares the honeywith the other nuns and teachers atMaryvale and gives much of itaway as Christmas presents.
When working at the hive, shedons a heavy white jumpsuit, a hatwith netting and long gloves.
Has she ever been stung? "Ohsure, but beekeepers don't mind,"she said. "In fact. I've heard thatbee stings prevent arthritis."
steeple and they promised "never,ever to open a day care center."
The opposition to church construction in residential or suburban areas concerns church-stateexperts. "If you cannot organizenew congregations," one said, "thenyour denomination doesn't have afuture,"
Such anti-ehurch militancy coulderode the First Amendment rightto free exercise of religion, anothersaid. "A church should determine[its programs;] and not some zoning board."
I'm not sure how extensive· thisrejection is, but it is surely a sign ofsecularism gone mad. Churchesused to be considered assets whichraised property values!
Antagonism to newspapers is alot older. It's less violent than itused to be, of course, as newspapers clean up their act. I've notheard of any editors being shot orhorse-whipped in quite a spell.
One way for me to get a littlemore respect, I guess, would be tostop being a newspaper or churchworker and really retire. Hmmm.Do people die of boredom?
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in New York one day. she wasintrigued with an exhibit on beesand beehives,
"The man said he'd give a dollarto anyone who would walk intothe hive," she said. "I wanted to doit but my mother wouldn't let me."
Many years later, as a biologyteacher at Maryvale, Sister Bleehad a student whose mother was abeekeeper.
"She came and spoke to theclass and I asked her what it wouldtake to start a beehive," the nunsaid. "She helped me get it going."
Getting started involved construction of a wooden hive aboutfour feet high. Located in thewoods beyond the lush lawn ofMaryvale. it consists of three
I'm not sure who ranks lower onthe popularity scale, newspaper orchurch workers, but I was startledto learn the bitter opposition somechurches face when they try tobuild new sanctuaries in some U.S.cities and suburbs.
Friendly feelings seem to prevailin rural areas when churches wantto build, according to a recentWall Street Journal, but somemunicipalities "are treatingchurches like toxic waste dumps,"an Atlanta attorney said.
Journal religion writer R. Gustav Niebuhr told of the battle aPresbyterian church faced when itwanted to build in a San Diego,Calif., suburb. It would be the"quintessential good neighbor,offering day care, a pre-school,maybe some elder care," he wrote.
"But locals were aghast. .. Crowdsof Sunday churchgoers would interrupt peaceful weekends by thebarbecue. Car exhaust fumes wouldbring pollution',!he church wouldbe an eyesore...
Other churches, including oneCatholic and one Evangelical, wantto build in the booming suburb.An opponent ofthe Catholic churchobjected because people will "useit a lot," especially for weddings,funerals, early morning Massesand bingo.
The Presbyterians got to buildtheir church by agreeing to make itlook like a house: "beige, boxy andtwo stories high." There will be no
BALTIMORE (CNS) - SisterAgnes Blee wants to take the stingout of the bad reputation beeshave been given.
"Bees are really not all that ferocious," said the Sister of NotreDame de Namur. "And despitepopular belief, they're not out toget you,"
When she's not busy with herduties as business manager forMaryvale High School in Baltimore, Sister Blee. 67, tends to abeehive that is home for about70.000 bees.
"!t's a fun hobby," said SisterBlee, who has been raising bees forthe past II years.
Her interest in bees started whenshe was a child. Visiting a state fair
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If I live to be 100 (and why notone of my aunts did), I'd like to geta lot more respect in the last quarter of my life.
I've got 25 years to go, havingjust reached my 75th birthday, butI'm not too optimistic about beingplaced on a pedestal. Respect forthe elderly is not all that great inthis country.
I figure I've got it coming becauseI spent most of my life working fornewspapers and for the church.These jobs usually get you morebrickbats than bouquets, and I can
,show you a few scars."They Hate You Out There" is
the title of a study published someyears back revealing the low esteemin which those who write for papers are held-especially when theybring bad news. Even before newspapers, however, messengers carrying bad tidings sometimes hadtheir heads cut off.
Can this attitude be changing? Iread where September is now called"Be Kind to Editors and WritersMonth." Honest! The observanceis limited, however. It asks onlythat editors and writers "showuncommon courtesy toward eachother."
That's not much. to ask, surely,but I suspect even that modest ideawill be widely ignored. It camefrom the Lone Star Publicationsof Humor in San Antonio, Texas,and it does sound a bit tongue-incheek, right?
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Cape Codders toldof senior scam
A group calling itself the"American Association of SeniorCitizens" (AASC) is operating onCape Cod. Typically, the secretarycalls in the morning and makes anappointment that afternoon because "the salesman will be in yourarea." The sales representative thenarrives at your home and talksabout living trusts and how he canhelp older people and their estatesavoid inheritance taxes, nursinghome costs and legal fees.
The April 1992 Bulletin published by the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)warns specifically that this groupand others like it are operating inat least 15 states. Sales agents tryto convince clients to pay thousands of dollars for membership,which they say entitles the client toliving trusts and other services asmembership benefits. Frequentlythey imply affiliation with AARP.However, AARP does not sellliving trust products marketed byany organization.
Be suspicious of sales agentswho use high-pressure tactics, particularly if a telephone call is thefirst contact. Ifyou have concerns,please call your Council on Aging.
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Communicating with Alzheimer's patients can be frustratingon both sides, especially as theability to absorb information diminishes. The following suggestionsmay be helpful:
Verbal Approaches-establish eye contact- speak face to face- use exact words- use simple sentences- speak slowly, clearly, calmly- avoid negative statements- allow time to respond- repeat directions using the samewords- break down tasks one step at atime- treat with respect- avoid distractions-listen to your own tone of voice
Non-Verbal Approaches- move slowly and calmly- remember your mo.od iscontagious- approach from the front- use gestures to emphasizedirections- demonstrate what needs to bedone·- use a gentle approach- don't overwhelm- be aware of your body language- promote a calming environment
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During the heated 1982 presi-. dential elections, Cardinal Lopez
Rodriguez pleaded for calm andexplained how communist theories could not be reconciled withCatholic teacHing. The Communist Party had asked Catholics tocooperate in the fight against socialinjustice.
Father Vincent Kobida, a priestof the archdiocese of Milwaukeewho works in a parish outside thesouthwestern city of Azua, saidabout 92 percent of Dominicansbelieve in the tenets of the churchand profess Catholicism.
Roman Catholicism is the official religion of the Dominican Republic, established by a concordatwith the Vatican.
In the Dominican Republic,Father Kobida said, "Catholicismis a lived religion, not a studiedreligion.... I see God playing areal strong part in their lives."
Dominican Sister Margarita'Diaz, an anthropologist, told CNSin a telephone interview that acombination of African-based voodoo and Catholicism remains popular throughout the country.
Increasingly priests and religious"respect and understand [voodoo]as a form of popular religiosity,"but the official church still rejectsit as "black magic," said SisterDiaz.
Father Kobida said in the south,where for decades residents rarelysaw priests, Dominicans formed"pious practices" that combinevoodoo, the rosary, saints, incenseand what they remembered of apriest's visit in years past.
Many Dominicans prefer to prayto God through intermediaries,such as the saints, rather thandirectly, he said. The priest saidthe practice is not much differentfrom that ofpraying to St. Anthonyto help locate a lost article.
Even today, the priest said, whena death occurs, a paid laypersoncalled a "rezadora" or prayer leaderis asked to pray over the corpse.
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Dominican Republic sticky wicket for popeIn his view, the church in the
Dominican Republic has taken aclear "option for the poor," as wascalled for by the Latin Americanbishops at their general confer~
ences in Medellin, Colombia, andPuebla, Mexico.
Throughout the brutal regimeof dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina, 1930-61, the CatholicChurch was relatively quiet; butwhen the bishops issued a pastoralletter protesting mass arrests ofgovernment opponents in 1960,the dictator ordered a campaign ofharassment against the church.Only his assassination preventedhis planned imprisonment of thecountry's bishops.
The Dominican bishops issuedvarious statements in the 1970sand 1980s calling for respect forhuman rights and an improvedstandard ofliving for the majority.
In 1989, the bishops backed a48-hour general strike called bythe country's main labor federations and mediated the disputebetween government and unions.
As president of the Dominicanbishops' justice and peace commission, Cardinal Nicolas LopezRodriguez of Santo Domingoopened a legal aid center for Hai-tian immigrants and Dominicanworkers who had no money to hirelawyers. He called the center "apractical way to bring justice tothe poor and voiceless," addingthat the alternative was "violenceand subversion."
Church Is HeardFather Errasti, told Catholic
News Service that the church playsan important role in Dominicansociety, frequently acting as intermediary in labor disputes, forexample.
"The church is listened to here.Committed priests, religious andCatholic university officials workhard for the less fortunate," saidFather Errasti.
The seven-story, cross-shapedlighthouse was built by the government as a museum and as a mausoleum for the remains of Christopher Columbus, who landed inwhat is now the Dominican Republic in 1492. The government says itcost $13 million, but critics say theprice was actually $100 million.
The homes of some 50,000 people were bulldozed to build thelighthouse. Shacks of about 3,000Dominicans living nearby havebeen enclosed behind a IO-foot,1.5-mile-long wall that has beendubbed the "wall of shame."
Franciscan Father Mariano Errasti, a Spanish-born social historian who works at a poor parish inSanto Domingo, told CNS thatColumbus is less of an "abstraction" in the Dominican Republic- where he took over as the firstgovernor - than elsewhere.
Columbus, who ruled the islandof Hispaniola from the present siteof Santo Domingo until 1499, established the "repartimiento" system of land settlement and nativelabor under which a Europeansettler could be granted a largetract ofland together with the services of the Indians living on it.
Later, in 1503, the Spanish crownreplaced "repartimiento" with the"encomienda" system, under whichall land became in theory theproperty of the crown, and Indians were considered tenants onroyal land.
Within 30 years of the Europeans' arrival, the nation:s TainoIndian population was wiped out.Historians blame labor abuse anddisease.
"The pope is not going to renderhomage to Columbus," said Navarro-Valls. "He is going to celebratewith his brothers in the episcopatethe beginning of evangelization inAmerica: North, Central andSouth."
But Vatican officials acknowledge that during his visit it will bealmost impossible for the pope notto mention Columbus or the anniversary. He has often separatedevangelization and colonization,saying that the purpose of thechurch is to commemorate theanniversary of Catholicism's arrival.
Early evangelization had its goodand bad points, but there were"more lights than shadows," thepope has said.
On his schedule are separatemeetings Oct. 13 with Indians andblacks, the two groups sufferingmost under colonialism. He willgive each a special message aboutthe SOOth anniversary.
The decision to write separatemessages was made because thehistory of each group has important differences, said NavarroValls.
"Africans were brought against- their will" as slaves, while Indians
were the natives, he said."If the pope asks forgiveness, it
will be more in the name of whitesthan the church," said NavarroValls.
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12 THE ANCHOR-'-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Oct. 9, 1992 De Vitoria: quincentennial good guy
U.8. abbot to head world's Benedictines
CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL student Kristen Diamond of Catonsville, Md., helps sortsome of thousands of rosaries donated for over 6,000 participants in recent Marian International Conference in Baltimore. (CNS photo)
Vatican honorsU.8. sculptor
PALM BEACH, Fla. (eNS)An American artist now has apermanent place of honor in theVatican Museums. A newly remodeled wing of the Gregorian Etruscan Museum has been designated the Edward Marshall Boehmwing. It is the first time an American artist has been so honored. "Itis really the first time for a nonpope, non-royalty or non-churchfamily." said Helen F. Boehm ofthe honor bestowed upon her latehusband.
rule was legitimate only to theextent that it promoted theirwell-being.
He rejected theological arguments that the primitive state ofIndians and their barbarous practices, such as human sacrifices,automatically justified Spanishdomination.
De Vitoria encouraged evangelization, but not forced conversion.They had to voluntarily accept thefaith. he said.
Spanish Emperor Charles Isought De Vitoria's advice on moralissues, but little of what the theologian taught was applied acrossthe Atlantic. But his works showthat, from the beginning. the abusestied to colonization and evangelization were pricking Catholic consciences and producing calls forcorrection.
Vatican complainsof catechism leaks
VATICAN CITY (CNS) - TheVatican says recent leaks of pagesfrom the new universal catechismgive an incomplete picture of theyet-to-be-published work.
In a statement. the Vatican saidit "deplored" the leaks as an "und ueviolation" of church secrecy.
"It was made more serious bythe arbitrary choice of some themes.by the partial publication of outof-context paragraphs and by aquestionable translation that is notalways faithful to the original." the
. Vatican statement said.
Some contents of the catechismwere widely reported in the worldpress after an Italian news agencypublished the material in midSeptember. The leaks focused onwhat the new catechism considers"modern" sins - including drunkdriving, drug-dealing and tax evasion.
Also leaked were sections on thedeath penalty, the just war andsuicide.
The 450-page Catechism of theCatholic Church took six years toprepare. It is currently being translated into several languages and isnot expected to be published beforethe end of the year.
Although draft versions of thecatechism had already been leaked,the Vatican is postponing publication of the final text until all translations are completed. The finaltext, originally written in French,was approved by Pope John PaulII in June.
Church officials have stressedthat the catechism does not contain any new church teachings, butapplies existing principles to modern situations. It is designed tohelp bishops' conferences and dioceses prepare local catechisms.
degree from St. John's University,holds a doctorate in theology fromSt. Anselm's in Rome and is proficient in Latin, Greek, German,Italian and French.
As abbot primate he will live atSt. Anselm Abbey in Rome and bea liaison between the pope and 250Benedictine monasteries throughout the world. He will also directthe College of St. Anselm.
The Benedictine Confederationwas founded'99 years ago to bringgreater unity to the order's farflung independent monasteries. Itrepresents about 10,000 monks.Also associated with the confederation are 20,000 Benedictine womenreligious.
providing the basis for presentday reconstructions of his views.
Among his promoters is PopeJohn Paul II. who cited him lastMayas an example of church concern for protecting Indian rights.
De Vitoria held that Indiansand Spaniards were fundamentallyequal and that Indians had basicrights that could not be deniedthem because of infidelity, idolatry and other offenses against God.
These were strong stands in the16th century. when other theologians were justifying violent conquest of Indian lands in the nameof spreading the faith. One suchjustification was the "Requerimento," a text read to Indiansbefore Spaniards could enter battle. It commanded Indians to acceptthe spiritual authority of the popeand the political authority ofSpainon pain of being forced into submission, stripped of property andpunished as rebels.
The text was based on papalconcessions to Spain of Indianlands in return for Spanish help inconverting Indians. Spanish authorities interpreted this concession asmeaning that war was morally justified against Indians who refusedto convert and that these Indianscould be made slaves because theywere also rebelling against theSpanish crown.
Against this, De Vitoria arguedthat the papacy had no authorityto assign rulers to the Indians,therefore Spain could not cite papalconcessions to justify its actions.
De Vitoria opposed slavery. Hesaid Spain could only rule with thefree consent of the Indians and its
the archdiocese of Milwaukee in1977.
Abbot Theisen replaces GermanAbbot Victor Dammertz, who succeeded Archbishop Weakland.
Bishop Jerome Hanus of St.Cloud, also a Benedictine and headof the diocese where St. J ohn's islocated, said the election was "avery fitting recognition of thetalents and past achievements ofAbbot Jerome·s .... He is a firstrate theologian and an accomplished administrator."
Abbot Theisen is a native ofLoyal, Wis., who entered St. John'sAbbey in 1952 and was ordainedin 1957. He has an undergraduate
VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Ifthe Vatican had its way, Franciscode Vitoria would be a householdname linked to the 500th anniversary of Latin American evangelization.
In papal speeches, at Vaticanseminars and in church publications, his name pops up as an antidote to the "black legend," the current view of many that Spanishcolonialism and evangelizationwere negative experiences.
De Vitoria was a 16th-centurySpanish theologian who advocatedreligious tolerance and freedom atthe time of the Spanish Inq uisition. criticized the conquest of theNew World and taught that people
'should choose their own rulers.Christianizing Indians was not a
moral justification for abusing theirhuman rights. taking away theirland and denying them self-government. according to De Vitoria.Although he never left Europe, heattempted to forge moral guidelines for the newly emerging relationships between colonists andIndians being colonized.
It was a new field for a theologian, and he became a forerunnerof international legal scholars.
De Vitoria. born in 1483, enteredthe Dominicans at an early age.specializing in philosophy andtheology. In 1526 students electedhim to fill the main theology professorship at the University ofSalamanca, Spain's chief seat oflearning. He died in 1546.
For 20 years, he expounded hisviews publicly but never publishedhis talks. His notes were subsequently printed by his followers.
COLLEGEVILLE, Minn.(CNS)- Abbot Jerome Theisen. abbotof St. John's Abbey in Collegeville, has been elected to a six-year'term as abbot primate ofthe world'sBenedictine communities of men.
Abbot Theisen, 61, was electedlast month at the Congress ofAbbots of the Benedictine Confederation in RonJe. becoming onlythe second U.S. Benedictine tohold the international position.
The position has been held mostly by Germans since it was established by Pope Leo XIII in thel890s. The other U.S. abbot primate, now-Archbishop RembertG. Weakland. held the post from1967 until he was named to head
In the meantime. the pumpkins.beans. figs and flowers in thecourtyard ofthe abandoned orphanage bloom and the sisters, suppliedwith medicine and other necessities by Mother Teresa. quietly'continue their work.
Some of the children. like Martin. the only Christian. have severedisabilities: he is blind. deaf anddumb.
Samira. 13, is so badly crippledthat she spends much of her day ona cot, while Haider, 12. shuffles onhis bottom. trying to communicate with a mumbled "Marhaba"- Arabic for "hello" - and anoutstretched hand.
In the corner a cassette recorderplays "Love Me Do." a 1960s BeatIe classic.
Mother Teresa's nunsaid handicapped kids
BAG H DAD, Iraq (CNS) - Astone's' throw from a Baghdadmosque, a garden blooms in thecourtyard of an abandoned stateorphanage.
An Indian nun in a blue-trimmedwhite habit pads through thegreenery to a day room. where 18severely handicapped children playquietly on the carpeted floor.
While a question mark hangsover the future of U. N. and otherrelief workers in Iraq. the six Missionaries of Charity sent there byMother Teresa of Calcutta in theaftermath of the Persian Gulf Warhave been told they can stay.
"The children have improved alot since coming to us," says SisterRaphael, superior of the one Pol-.ish and four Indian nuns lookingafter the children.
She cites the case of 7-year-oldAhmed Mahmoud. He,like all butone of the children cared for by thenuns. is a Moslem. The programwas set up based on the understanding that it was for humanitarian, not religious ends.
"When he came he would just liethere. Now he tries to give usthings," Sister Raphael said.
The children. ages 2 into theteens, have a variety of physicaland mental handicaps. Most areorphaned or abandoned.
Mother Teresa, who won the1979 Nobel Peace Prize for herwork with the destitute of Calcutta. came to Baghdad last year.moved by reports of the plight ofthe Iraqi poor after the war, whichleft the country without power ordrinking water.
The Baghdad children's home isone of 16 run by the order in theMiddle East.
The work of the sisters in Iraq,like that of other non-governmentalwelfare organizations. was regulated by a post-war "memorandum of understanding" betweenIraq and the United Nations.
But last June, at odds with theU.N. and resentful of the presenceof U.N. guards on its territory.Iraq refused to renew the agreement.
Diplomats said the nuns wereamong organizations asked to leavebut the Chaldean patriarch appealed to Deputy Prime MinisterTareq Aziz. who is also a Christian. and the nuns were allowed tostay.
The U. N. relief program remainsat a standstill as the world bodytries to renegotiate the memorandum of understanding.
Coordinator Gualtiero Fulcherisaid he has only 75 staffers in Iraq.instead of the 1,100 running thethe U. N. relief program last year.
"We just cannot get the visas."he said.
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people ofthe diocese have for him.Indeed, he has reflected to us theimage ofthe good shepherd, a truedisciple, a loyal apostle, and afaithful collaborator in the ministry of Jesus Christ."
Bishop Gelineau pointed outthat Burlington was his own home
18 letter from Robert Van Dine,national chairman of Catholics forBush-Quayle. The letter encouraged "calls from concerned Catholics" to "balance the discussion."
All of the panelists but FatherGreeley seemed to take offense atthe suggestion that they were biasedtoward a particular candidate.
The teleconference, part of aNational Pastoral Life Center'sseries, originated from theWashi ngton studios of the Catholic Telecommunications Networkof America.
Has Touched Lives"Bishop Angell has touched the
lives of literally everyone in theChurch of Providence," said BishopGelineau in commenting on hisauxiliary's appointment to theBurlington diocese.
"People have constantly reportedto me," continued the Ordinary,"about what a great impression hemade at a certain ceremony, or asa speaker for a special event, or ata meeting where difficult problemswere being addressed. His prayerful demeanor, his soundjudgmerH,his passion for charity and justice,his sympathy for those in specialneed, and his extraordinary andrenowned sense of humor, have allled to the profound esteem all the
general. He was ordained to theepiscopacy Oct. 7, 1974, and wasappointed pastor ofSt. John's parish, Providence, April 4, 1975.
In a statement, Bishop Angell.said in part: "I look forward to mynew ministry of service in theGreen Mountains of Vermont andwith God's help I shall try to servewith glad ness the People of God inthe Diocese of Burlington.
"I have lived all my 62 years herein Rhode Island. This has been myhome and it will be difficult leaving relatives and friends behind,but we priests are ordained for theservice of the Church, and so I gowillingly, knowing all the whilethat this is God's will for me.
"I very especially want to thankBishop Gelineau who has been mymentor and my friend for thesepast 20 years. I know well the debtlowe him for all his goodness tome and I will continue to cherishhis friendship."
CONTROVERSIAL Christopher Columbus is depictedin this 1843 portrait by Paolo Mercuri. It is based on a paintingbelieved to have been made by a student of Flemish painter JanVan Eyck while the 15th and early 16th century explorer was atthe Portuguese court. (CNS/Knights of Columbus Museumphoto)
BISHOP ANGELL
Lady of Providence Seminary whileserving as a deacon prefect.
He was ordained to the priesthood on May 26, 1956 by the lateBishop Russell J. McVinney andcelebrated his first Mass the following day in St. Brendan's Church,Riverside ..
After assignments as a parochial vicar in Jamestown, Pawtucketand Newport parishes, in 1968 thefuture bishop was named assistantchancellor and secretary to BishopMcVinney, holding these posts until1972, when the present ProvidenceOrdinary, Bishop Louis E. Gelineau, named him diocesan chancellor.
In 1972 the Burlington bishopelect was invested as a prelate ofhonor to Pope Paul VI and in 1974was appointed titular. bishop ofSettimunicia and auxiliary toBishop Gelineau. Also that monthhe was named Providence vicar
parties, said the Catholic socialjustice agenda "does not fit anyone'spolitical program. It's not Clinton,it's not Bush, it's not right or left."
Father Murnion mentioned during the teleconference that a lettersent out beforehand by Catholicsfor Bush-Quayle criticized thegroup as ':a biased panel of proClinton Catholics."
"The teleconference intends toconvince Catholics that Clinton issufficiently moderate for Catholics to vote for him," said the Sept.
Bishop AngellContinued from Page One
with light, wisdom and happinessas you shepherd the flock entrustedto your pastoral care.
"I am certain that your 18 yearsas a member of the College ofBishops as Auxiliary Bishop ofProvidence will provide a firmfoundation for your service fo yournew flock. I look forward to ourcollaboration as fellow bishops inthe Province of Boston."
Archbishop Daniel A. Cronin,who heads the ecclesiastical Province of Hartford, of which Providence is a suffragan see, noted in acongratulatory statement that Bishop Angell "has been an illustriousbishop in the Province of Hartfordfor 18 years. As he succeeds BishopJohn A. Marshall in the see of Burlington, Bishop Angell will bringto his new diocese his many talentsand priestly zeal for souls,'" continued the archbishop.
"To Bishop Angell, friend andfellow bishop of many years, I say'ad multos annos,''' concluded theHartford prelate.
Providence NativeKenneth Anthony Angell was
born Aug. 3, 1930, in Providence,the son of the late Henry L. andMae T. (Cooney) Angell. Heattended East Providence publicschools and St. Brendan's Schoolin Riverside, RI, before enteringOur Lady of Providence Seminaryin 1945 for high school and thefirst two years of college. In 1950,he entered St. Mary's Seminary,Baltimore, to study philosophyand theology. He completed hisfourth year of theology at Our
Continued' from Page OneCatholic appeal at all," said FatherGreeley, who described himself as"pro-Clinton." The other panelistsexpressed no preference for anycandidate.
Criticizing what he called Perot's"strongly fascist tendencies" andfor. presenting himself as "a charismatic leader who's going to solveall of our problems,'; Father Greeley said, "We have enough of thatin the church, we don't need it insociety too."
Much of the discussion duringthe teleconference centered on howthe Republican and Democraticplatform positions agreed or differed with Catholic stands on various issues.
"I (you laid out a template" tocompare Catholic positions witheach party's platform, "neither ofthe platforms would be identicalto it," said Father Hehir.
The fourth panelist, Commonweal editor Margaret O'BrienSteinfels, said she was uncomfortable with the way the DemocraticParty dealt with the abortion issueand with the treatment Gov. RobertCasey of Pennsylvania, a pro-lifeDemocrat, received at the Democratic convention.
"The Democrats have to do someserious adjustment on their cultural issues if they want to get those[Catholic] voters back," said Mrs.Steinfels.
But she said neither party trulyreflects the majority viewpoint ofmost Americans and most Catholics who "have trouble with variousaspects of Roe vs. Wade." Thosevoters have "nowhere to go if theywant to treat this issue seriously,"she added.
Carr, who said he came from a"mixed marriage" of Catholic par-.ents active in different political
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St. Anne's School
14 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-":Fri., Oct. 9, 1992
TCMSTaunton Catholic Middle School
is offering the workshop "ParentingTeenagers" 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays Oct. 13, 20 and 27 in theschool library. A previous sessionwas held Oct. 6.
The workshop consists of avideotaped series combined withworksheets on "What Makes YourTeenager Tick?,"" Parenting: HowDo You Rate?," "Communicatingwith Your Teenager" and "YourTeenager's Friends and PeerPressure."
To register, contact the schooloffice at 822-0491. Attendance atall sessions is not mandatory.
TCMS will sponsor its. annualwalk-a-thon I to 4 p.m. Oct. 17beginning at 'the school. Individuals and teams are invited to walkthe 10 k (6.2 mile) course.
tory of Christopher Columbus.Grade 3: Indians and Their Contribution. Grade 4: Early Settlersof Attleboro.
Grade 5: Flligs of the World andthe 50 U.S. States. Grade 6: Currencyand Different Forms of Payment in the World. Grade 7: Portugal - Customs, Dress, Food,etc. Grade 8: France - Customs,Dress, Food, etc.
JCOYLE-CASSIDY soccer
captain Brendan Devlin sc()resthe first of his two goalsin theteam's 'win over West Bridgewater;
Bishop FeehanAnand Sekhar, a senior at Bishop
Feehan High School, Attleboro,was among 109 students participating in the 10th annual Frontiers in Science, Mathematics andEngineering Program held for twoweeks in July at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
The program provides promising high school seniors withhands-on experience with sophisticated scientific equipment andcoursework in biology, chemistry,civil engineering, computer science,electrical engineering, mathematics or physics.
Sekhar was selected for the program based on academic performance and recommendations fromteachers and guidance counselors.
.with the annual opening of schoolliturgy i'n the school's auditorium.The Mass was celebrated by CoyleCassidy chaplain Rev. William L.Boffa.
First quarter Parent-TeacherConferences are scheduled for Oct.13 and 15 from 3 to 5 and 6 to 8p.m. each day.
cester, and Dansereau attendsSacred Heart University, Fairfield,CT.
Faculty and staff began theschool year with the introductionof "Sharing the Faith," a programon faith awareness. Its elementsare community building and discernment and development of personal faith.
The program is being offered atsecondary schools throughout thecountry in concert with theNational Catholic Educational Association, and Stang will continuethe program during the six professional days this year. Parentteacher conferences will take placefrom 7 to 9:30 p.m. Oct. 20.
St. John Evangelist
The school officially opened thenew academic year on Sept. 30
St. John the Evangelist School,Attleboro, joins other schools inthe Fall River diocese in celebrating the 500th anniversary of theColumbus voyage with the theme"Weaving a Tapestry of Cultures."
Students in grades 5 through 8will take part in a social studiesfair under direction of teacher JayF. Hoyle on Oct. 13 in the schoolgymnasium. The fair will be opento the public during the school dayand from 7 to 8 that evening.
Students have built and willdisplay scale-model structuresfound in Attleboro or a country oftheir choice.
Some Attleboro subjects are St.John the Evangelist Church, thepost office, Sturdy Memorial Hospital, the AM-Track railroad station, Texas Instruments, LaSaletteShrine, Bliss Brothers dairy, andCapron Park.
Other subjects include the EiffelTower, Big Ben, St. Peter's Basilica, the Olympic Stadium, theColosseum, Fenway Park and theAlamo. There will be 103 projectsfor viewing.
Each grade is concentrating ona different topic for the ColumbusProject: Kindergarten: collage inthe shape of the Santa Maria.Grade I: Transportation,' Explor~.ers, and Inventors. (hade 2: His-
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for the Lady Warriors, whileMarybeth Thompson and LisaFreitas served well in the secondgame.
The Coyle-Cassidy athletic department has set up a "Captain'sConference" which involves thecaptains ofall of the athletic teams.The conference, which meets twicea month, helps build school spiritand acts as a liaison between thestudent-athletes and the school'administration.
Working with athletic director'William Tranter and the coachingstaff are football captains MarkDoherty of Lakeville and Anthony
. Maffini ofPlymouth; cross-countrycaptains Megan Lincoln of Taunton and Scott Hughes of SouthEaston; volleyball captliinsJulieAmber ofMiddleboro and jessicaWronski of Taunton; soccer cap~tains Katie Wapenski of Taunton,Kristen Bracken of Plymouth,Jason Osburn of Raynham,Michael Janicki of Raynham, andBrendan Devlin of East Taunton.
in our schools
Bishop Stang High School,North Dartmouth, began the academic year with a picnic formembers of the Class of'96 andtheir families.
All gathered on a sunny Sundayand were welcomed by principalTheresa Dougall, '64; assista,nt 'principal Sister Judith Doloff;director of recruiting AI Catelli,'67; and student council officerLauren Walsh.
Students enjoyed a scavengerhunt on the school grounds whileparents inet with faculty membersand other parents from the samegeographical area.
Transfer students also had theopportunity to become acclimatedto their new school with a breakfast welcome in the library duringthe first week of' classes. Therethey met with the administration,faculty and other new students.
Bishop Stang joined HurricaneAndrew relief efforts with its NorthDartmouth neighbor, NYNEX Information Resources. The Stang community delivered cartons of toiletries, baby supplies and towels tothe NYNEX office for shipment toFlorida.
Senior Alison Fleming and mathteacher Joyce Menard have beennominated as 1992-93 Tandy Scholars in science, math and computerscience.
Miss, Fleming ranks third in herclass and has a grade point averageof 4.0. Her·extracurricular activities include the math team.
Mrs. Menard teaches AP calculus and college placement math,coordinates the math lab andcoaches the math team.
1992 graduates Michelle Beaupre and Chris Dansereau havebeen named AP Scholars by theCollege Board for exceptionalachievement on the college-levelAdvanced Placement Examinations. II percent of those whotook the tests in May qualified forsuch recognition. Miss Beaupreattends Holy Cross College, Wor-
Bishop Stang
Coyle-Cassidy High SchoolMark Doherty scored the win
ning touchdown with 19 secondsleft in the game to lead the CoyleCassidy Warriors to a 14-6 upsetwin over Archbishop Williams.
It was the first varsity win fornew Warrior head coach SteveMcGonigle.
Anthony Maffini scored theTaunton high school's first touchdown on the Warriors' secondplay with a 38-yan;1 run. Quarterback Chris Pabst was outstandi'ngon· both sides of the ball with 92yards rushing and 18 tackles, 14 ofthem unassisted. . .
The big weekend began with arally and ended with. a VictoryDance, both sponsrred by,the stu~
dent council.The boys' soccer team earned a .
4-0 victor'y over West Bri'dgewater,with senior captain Brendan Devlin scoring two goals to pace theWarrior booters. Captain JasonOsburn had a goal, as did juniorChuck Shehadi. Junior Bill Frazier recorded the shutout in the netwith six saves.
The girls' volleyball team alsoposted a' win, a 2-0 shutout ofBishop Stang. Junior LauriePoyant had a strong serving game
have students attending St. Anne'sSchool.
To depict their cultural roots,students created family bannersdetailing their ethnic heritage. 430shields, representing 540 schoolchildren, are now on display at theschool to recount various familytraditions.
The school's 23 classes beganthe 1992-93 school year by com~
posing a "Spread the Good News"banner for which each classroomcontributed an 8-by-1 O-inch squareof fabric representing their role aspart of the school family. .
Squares were sewn together byeighth grade class president KatieMenard, who with class vice president Andrea Case presented thebanner to Bishop Sean O'Malleyat the Mass''IIlarking the openingof the school year.
The banner now hangs in theschool's main hallway beside themural and boat. Classes are nowconstructing a school quilt thatwill combine the three phases oftheir journey into on'e symbol.Plans are also underway for anEthnic Day offamily celebrations.
For students at St. Anne'sSchool, Fall River, Advent 1991marked the beginning ofajourneythat will culminate in the annualpeace procession in honor of OurLady of Fatima that concludes atSt. Anne's Church on Oct. 12.
The journey, commemoratingthe 500th anniversary of the evangelization of the Americas, wasundertaken to help students develop a better understanding of theirvarious faJ!lilies: spiritual,and parish; ethnic and cultural; and school.
The program began with a JesseTree celebration in Advent 1991..Students and teachers traced theirspiritual roots, held prayer services; and researched Bible readingsto under~tand their identity as followers of Jesus Christ.
Students' spiritual family rootsare represented in a display including a mural of the apostles standing on the banks of the JordanRiver, created by kindergartenteacher Anne Marie Silvia. In front.of the mural is a sailboat whosesails are cross-stitched bannersrepresenting the 39 parishes which
THREE PHASES of the St. Anne's School journey: cultural roots, depicted by family banner; spiritual roots, depticted by a mural and sailboat; the school family, representedby a "Spread the Good News" banner. .
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INSTALLATION of Father Damien Student Council-National Junior Honor Societyofficers and members ofthe Safety Patrol was held Sept. 30 at St. Joseph's School, Fairhaven.
Chief Stephen L. Foster received the pledge of the safety patrol, and Father PatrickKillilea commissioned students in both groups.
Members of the safety patrol are at left with Chief Foster; student council members at right.
get any better than this. Briskautumn evening. Hard benches.Cozy blanket. Hot coffee. Watching your son play stand-up football."
She said: "All 1 saw was mybaby boy disappear under a pile ofbodies. At least I th,ink that wash· ..1m.
What she was thinking: "Youmen are wacko. Macho wacko.And I 'notice they don't keep anambulance on standby at tennismatches."
He said (later): "Did you seethat sideline tackle I made, when Isaved a touchdown and got mybell rung?"
What he was thinking: "Whatan adrenaline rush. I was a hero.This has to be better than evenbungee jumping, If only we didn'thave to do wind springs at practice,"
.She said:" Is that the play whereyou lay on your face until theco'ach, and trainer waved smellingsalts urider your nose and thendragged you to your feet and helpedyou stagger to the bench?"
What she was thinking: "Youbet I saw it. My heart stopped, Mywindpipe froze, My knees are stillshaking. It'll probably give menightmares ...
What he thought: "There's s'omething not being said here."
St. Jean Baptiste School, FallRiver, has received a $350 grantfrom the Lions Club of Fall Riverto enhance student's participationin the Lions, Quest "Skills forGrowing" and "Skills for Adolescence" programs, which helpsyoung people develop p'ositivesocial behaviors while makingstrong commitments to their families, schools and positive peers.
St. Jean Baptiste
top her Columbus, including acoloring book, has been receivedfrom Mexico.
An open house will be held atSt. Pete's from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.Oct. 29. Each classroom will be 'decorated as a different country,with students and teachers costumed accordingly, An international potluck dinner will be heldthat evening.
SS. Peter and Paul School, FallRiver, is preparing to celebrate theSOOth anniversary of Columbus'voyage to the New World, Theschool community will participatein the city of Fall River's Columbus Day parade on Sunday, usinga float to be assembled by parentstomorrow.
Students will also perform songsand dances from various countriesin a production of "It's a SmallWorld" on Oct. 22 and 23 in theHenry Lord Middle School auditorium.
Students have been studyingvarious nations and their culturaltraditions, with the third gradeclass holding an English tea partyand fourth-graders hosting anAustralian barbecue.
Students have written letters toLions' Clubs all over the worldasking for foreign pen pals andmemorabilia. A packet on Chris-
By Dan MorrisHe said: "I decided to tryout for
football this fall." What he wasthinking: "I've never played before.I don't know a nose guard from aface mask. I wonder if I will findout how a bug feels just before ithits the windshield."
His mother said: "I thought youwere going to tryout for tennis,"
What she was thinking: "No,no, no. Not my baby. What have',done to deserve this?
1 said: "Do you need to get aphysical and have insurance formssigned?"
What' was thinking: "Yahoo!All right! You'll make lifelongmemories - gut-wrenching windsprints, butterflies before the game.the thrill of a bruising tackle, thesatisfaction of springing a buddyloose witha good block .....
His mother said: "Y ou knowyo'u have to keep your grades up to'get into college, and football takesa lot of time and energy."
Whai she was thinking: "I likedtennis. Tennis balls don't breakyour legs. Your opponent isn'tbent on loosening the teeth we justhad straightened."
(Later) I said: "Did you see thatplay? Did you see him stack upthat halfback in the middle?"
What I was thinking: "It doesn't
He said, she said, I said
SSe Peter and Paul
THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Oct. 9, 1992 15
A T A recent liturgy at SS. Peter and Paul Church, FallRiver, Father Gerald Barnwell presented the Msgr. GeorgeMaxwell'Award to Peter Richard. Established II years ago,the award is given each year to a young person who excels inreligion, 'character and service.
land Academic Alliances. Department members Suzette Andradeand Suzi Silvia also attended theworkshop "Immersion in Francophone / Hispanic Worlds" at ElmsCollege.
Returning as a faculty memberthis year is Brother Daniel Caron,FIC, who will teach chemistry.From 1968 to 1979 he was a bio~
ogy teacher and athletic director atConnolly, where he was instrumental in the building of the track,which was then named for him.
St. James-St. JohnStudents in grades 4 to 8 at St.
James-St. John School, New Bedford, are participating in a mockpresidential election process thatbegan with voter registration andwill culminate in casting votes onOct. 29. The students' votes will betabulated along with those fromother schools through 19 participating newspapers, and results willbe announced on Oct. 30.
Eighth-graders are in the pro-,cess of publishing a school newspaper. Student reporters interviewed each teacher for a class-by-classreport of activities, projects andnews.
The newspaper staff, advised byeighth grade teacher LorraineCormier, consists of reportersDominique Ramos, Danielle Bill,Michelle Guilbeault, Melissa Gonsalves, Alex Aguiar and WillowHoagland. Editors are MichelleDaSilva, Melissa Souza and Chantel Souza. Layout and graphics arein the hands of Philip Pereira,Brian Chase, Brian Brocklehurst.Alex Aguiar is responsible forassembly and distribution,
Fifth grade teacher Lisa Villeneuve is moderator for an afterschool Spanish Club offered t(>
grades five and six, The programwill introduce students to basicvocabulary and pronunciation andprogress to reading and writing inSpanish.
St. James-St. John studentsCathleen Furtado, Caitlin Grenon,Isabel Andrade and Alex Aguia..volunteered on Friday afternoonsduring the summer at the KennedyDonovan Center to foster friendships with students they had metduring the school year. The twoschools have been working togethelfto promote friendships and awareness of and sensitivity toward thedisabled.
The St. James-St. John studentsparticipated in group activities atthe center, such as making flags;playing ball, cooking, coloring andreading.
representatives, will now use theyearbook for demonstrations inother schools.
Members ofthe foreign languagedepartment recently attended aday-long symposium on "Strategies for Building Proficiency in theForeign Language Class" held atUMass-Dartmouth under thesponsorship of the SoutheasternMssachusetts and Aquidneck'Is-
BISHOP CONNOLLYHigh School junior MatthewTracy has been named principal violist in the Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra.
Also a member of Connolly's drama club and winterand spring track teams, Tracyhas been playing the violasince seventh grade. He sayshe was drawn to the uniqueness of the instrument.
"There are very few violistsin the world," he said. "It'sone of the least common instruments played. In readingmusic for the viola, you alsoread a different clef, a clefthat's unique."
The G BYSO has two concerts planned for Decemberand will travel to Chicago inApril. An end-of-the-seasonconcert will be held in May atthe Halfshell in Boston.
in our schoolsBishop Connolly High School
Bishop Connolly High School,Fall River, is joining the politicalscene this presidential campaignyear with a mock election allowingstudents to vote on the national,state and local levels.
Each student must first registerto vote in the school-wide election,at which time they will be suppliedwith information on the candidatesand party platforms, The seniorUnited States history honors class,taught by Allen Valcourt, is coordinating the event.
Senior David Silva, meanwhile,is involved in the real-life politicalprocess as a student intern in there-election campaign of State Representative Albert Herren, Silva isresponsible for polling, telemarketing, fund raising and answering thephone at the local office.
"A lot of my friends complainabout how teenagers who don'thave the power to vote feel neglected or alienated from the system," he said. "And this is one wayto get into the system and find outhow it works. Obviously, knowledge is power."
At Connolly, Silva is involvedin Junior Achievement, the National Honor Society, and choir.
Senior Catherine Torphy hasbeen named a commended studentin the 1993 National Merit Scholarship Program. She is among35,000 students in the nation whoplaced among the top five percentof the more than one million entrants who took the 1991 Preliminary Scholastic aptitude Test/ National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.
The Connolly drama society haselected as 1992-93 officers HeatherFletcher, president; Sarah Thiboutot, vice president; SusanSoares, secretary; and LaurenMack, treasurer. The society's firstperformance of the season will bean adaptation of the play "Fame"on Nov. 20 through 22. The groupalso plans to attend two TrinitySquare Productions in Providence.
Connolly graduate Brian Michaud is offering an after-schoolmusic program. Plans includeformation of a choral group and aband.
Opus '92, Bishop Connolly'syearbook, has been selected by theJostens publishing company as a"quality sample book." Company
STONEHILL COLLEGE,N. EASTON
The Borromeo String Quartet(Nicholas Kitchen, Ruggero Allifranchini, En Sik Choi and YeesunKim) will perform the first in the E.Nakamichi Concert Series for 199293 in the Martin Institute Auditorium on campus. Selections willinclude works by Mozart, Schubertand Ravel. Information: 230-1487.
CATHEDRAL CAMP,E. FREETOWN
Our Lady of Victory, Centerville,retreat Oct. 10 and II; EmmausGalilee reunion 7 to 10 p.m. Oct. II.SEPARATED/DIVORCEDCATHOLICS, NB
Peg Hannigan will spe'ak on "Surviving the Holidays" 7 to 9 p.m. Oct.14, Family Life Center, 500 SlocumRd., N. Dartmouth.
VINCENTIANS, FRFR District. meeting 7 p.m. Oct.
14, St. Mary's Cathedral. Mass willbe celebrated by cathedral rectorFather Horace Travassos.
ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVENRCI'A programfor adults wishing
to learn more about Catholic faithor to. receiye sacraments of baptism,confIrmatIOn or Eucharist will beheld 7:30 to 9 p.m. alternate Tuesdays beginning Oct. 13, rectory. Information: Sister Dolores Pavaoss.cc.,994-9714. '
. ST. JOSEPH, WOODS HOLEVideo film series'will be offered 7
p.m. third Thursdays; Oct. 15 showwill be "A Man for All Seasons"about St. Thomas More. Coffee andpopcorn will be served.
CATHOLIC WOMAN'SCLUB, FR
The Fall River Catholic Woman'sClub will receive new members at7:30 p.m. Oct. 13 in Holy Nameschool hall. Entertainment will be by
. vibraphonist Victor Mendoza, whoholds a degree in music educationfrom Northern Arizona Universityand was a scholarship recipient atBerklee College of Music, where henow teaches. He has performed atjazz festivals in Montreal and Boston and as a soloist throughout theUnited States and in Brazil, Mexicoand various European countries. Heteaches master classes at major U.S.music schools and in Europe, including the London Royal College andScottish Royal Academy in Glasgow.
Registrars will be in the schoolhall at 7 p.m. and tickets will beavailable for the club's annual Bishop's Night dinner.
p.m. Oct. II, Rose HawthorneLathrop Home. 1600 Bay St. Profession ceremony will be held andrefreshments will follow. All welcome.COYLE-CASSIDY ALUMNI,TAUNTON
1982 alumni of Coyle-CassidyHigh School, Taunton, will hold areunion dinner and entertainmentprogram at 7 p.m. Nov. 7, ColumbiaCultural Center, Taunton. Information: David Diaz, 824-8086.
ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN'Bereavement support meeting 1:30
to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, rectory meet- .ing room; anyone who has lost aloved one or wishes to help someonethrough their grief is invited.ST. MARY, N. ATTLEBORO
Devotions for the month of therosary and respect for life, consistingof rosary, litany and Benediction~
will be held 7 p. m. Tuesdays throughout October.
FATHER MATTLINN, SJ, will present theretreat "Healing Life'sHurts" Nov. 13 to 15 at Cathedral Camp, E. Freetown.A member of the Association of Christian Therapistsand board of the Journal of
. Christian Healing, he issupervisor of training for
. spiritual directors in theCenacle Program in Minneapolis, MN.
Father Linn has focusedon integrating physical, emotional and spiritual aspectsof healing in his work as ahospital chaplain, psychotherapist and retreat director. Since 1970 he has taughtcourses and given retreatson he.aling in over 40 countries.
Information on registering: Cathedral Camp, P.O.Box 428, E. Freetown02717; tel. 763-8874.
HOLY GHOST, ATTLEBORORCIA for adults wishing to join
the Catholic faith or to receive sacraments of Eucharist and/ or confirmation will begin at noon Sunday. Rosary will be recited at 8:40a.m. weekday Masses during October.
CONTROVERSIAL LIGHTHOUSE: A memorial toChristopher Columbus, this giant lighthouse is the scheduledsite of an outdoor Mass to be celebrated 'by Pope John Paul IItomorrow in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Theseven-story structure, built in the shape of a cross laid on itsback, has sparked controversy in the poor nation, where someconsider it an excessive expense. (eNS photo)
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ST. ANTHONY, TAUNTONAnnual candlelight procession in
honor of Our Lady of Fatima following 7 p.m. Mass tomorrow, Benediction of Blessed Sacrament afterprocession.CATHOLIC WOMAN'SCLUB,NB
First meeting of season 7:30 p.m.Oct. 14; singer Billy Walsh of Bostonwill entertain with songs and stories.
D. of I.St. Patrick's Circle Daughters of
Isabella, Somerset, will meet 7 p.m.Oct. 14 at Old Town Hall, Somerset.A display of members' collectionsand hobbies will follow businessmeeting. Absorbent material is needed to make cancer pads for RoseHawthorne Lathrop Home.
DCCWAttleboro District of Diocesan
Council of Catholic Women willmeet 7:45 p.m. Oct. 13, St. JohnEvangelist Church, Attleboro. Atty.Gerald D'Avolio, counsel for thebishops of Massachusetts, will speakon "Political Concerns for CatholicWomen in 1992." An open meetingof the St. John's Ladies Guild willprecede the talk.SECULAR FRANCISCANS
St. Francis of Peace Fraternity ofWest Harwich annual mini-retreat10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 18, SacredHearts Seminary and Retreat- Center, Wareham. Father Thomas McElroy, SS.Ce., will preach on "WhatIt Means to Be a Disciple." Information: 394-4094.
. ECHO' RETREAT PROGRAMHigh school juniors and seniors
I from Cape Cod are invited to participate in 1992-93 retreats: for girls,Nov. 6-8, Jan. 8-10, March 12-14;for boys, Dec. 4-6, Feb. 26-28, April2-4. Information: Mary Fuller, 7594265, or Father Richard Roy,255-0170.
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ST. PATRICK, FALMOUTHThe St. Vincent de Paul Society
will collect peanut butter and jellythis weekend for the Falmouth Service Center.
MCFL, TAUNTONTaunton chapter of Massachusetts
Citizens for Life will present thevideo "Learn the Truth: AbortionQuestions and Answers" 7 p.m. Oct.15, P.A.e.e. Hall, School St. Taunton. A Taunto.n chapter of Massachusetts Teens for Life will be formedthat 'evening; all interested youngpeople are encouraged to attend.Information: 824-8378.
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