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Sorting out a tangle: who's a minister?WASHINGTON (NC) - The

National Conference of CatholicBishops Administrative Comitteehas approved a proposal to usethe term "ministry" in NCCBdocuments only for ord,ainedministry and designated lay min­istry.

The proposal by the NCCBCommittee on Doctrine fu.rtherspecified that:

- By "ordained ministry" thecommittee means the officialwork of people in the orders ofbishop, priest and deacon, and

- By "designated lay minis­try" the committee means theofficial work of acolyte or read­er (lector) carried out by peoplecommissioned in those two can­onical offices; any other func­tions that the Holy See may simi-

larly establish in the future; andfunctions established by a bishopin charge of a diocese that areimportant, that are performedin the name of the communityand that serve a permanent needof the church. These ministriesare exercised by people official­ly designated to perform them.

The Administrative Committeealso approved the proposal bythe Committee on Doctrine thatNCCB-USCC documents use theterm "Christian service" to referto "the response to the call toserve that flows from the sacra­ments of initiation." Baptismand confirmation are the sacra­ments of initiation. This responseto the call to serve "requires noformal action on the part of ec-

c1esiastical authority," the com­mittee said.

At a March meeting in Wash­ington the 46-member NCCB Ad­ministrative Committee also ap­proved the circulation among theNCCB-USCC staff of a paper bythe Committee on Doctrine, "TheConcept of Ministry."

A decision on whether or notto publish the 105-page paperwas postponed.

The paper discussed:- The meaning of "ministry"

as used in the Scriptures and dur­ing the history of the church.

- The use of the term in thedocuments of the Second Vati­can Council, in documents. issuedby Pope Paul VI and in docu­ments issued by various bishops'conferences.

- The use of the term in themodern church at large, in Pro­testant writings, newspaper andmagazine articles, articles byScripture scholars, theologicalwritings and ecumenical writ­ings. and ecumenical writings.

The Committee on Doctrinesaid: "While consistency inNCCB-USCC use of 'ministry'has value, it is premature to at-

\ tempt a precise definition of theword. A rush to judgment wouldonly disrupt discussion of theserious theological problemswhich definition raises."

The committee noted that theterm ministry refers to every­thing from celebrating the Eu­charist and preaching to visitingthe elderly and resettling refu-

gees. The definition of the termwill also tend to expand, thecommittee said, unless tendencyis checked.

Stressing the need for clarifi­cation of ministry, the committeesaid: "If ministers 'by definitionact in the name of the church,then bishops, pastors and thepeople need to know who areministers and who 'are not. Inorder to represent the churchwho are chosen as ministers mustreceive training in Catholicteaching and complete programsin spiritual formation. Finally,the local church must be in aposition to insure stability bydeveloping norms for recruit­ment and by requiring evidenceof commitment before designa­ting individuals as ministers."

FATHER REGO

Father Rego

a New Worldeach of us in bringing his owncontribution to the building upof a 'new world.'''

On July 17 more than 5,000young people - members of theEucharistic Movement for theYoung - heard Cardinal Gantinvoice the pope's plea for gener­osity in responding to vocationsto the priesthood and religiouslife.

Another congress speaker wasCardinal Emmanuel Nsubuga ofKampala, Uganda, who askedfor greater reverence toward theEucharist.

He said that priests fromUganda are scandalized whenthey travel to other continentsand see priests celebrating Masssitting' around a table and notwearing vestments.

Such priests, the cardinal said,"think the Mass is just a simplemeal and that there is no needto adore Christ in the Euchar­ist."

On July 19 a new form of lit­urgically based artistic express­ion received its world premier.

Performed in the undergroundBasilica of Pius X, "The Burn­ing Bush" by Didier Rimaud andChristian Villeneuve combinedinstrumental and electronic mus­ic; solo, choral and congrega­tional singing; frequent disson­ance and occasional harmony;donce; scriptural readings; slideprojections and audience parti­cipation.

During another event on July19 over 40,000 candles burnedas pilgrims chanted "Ave, Ave,Ave Maria" and marched in anevening procession in honor ofMary, mother of the Eucharist.

Cardinal Gantin referred tothe absence of the pope when hearrived at Lourdes July 16:

"We all know the shocking ac­tion which keeps the pope physi­cally distant from us. But thisserious wound injuring the tornbody of our father and lettingflow forth his blood puts us incontact and in communion with .his suffering, and with such afullness that his absence is trans­formed into a lively presence."

Symbolic of the continuity ofeucharistic congresses were twoMasses celebrated under coverof a blue and white circus tentfor English-speaking congressparticipants by Cardinal JohnKrol of Philadelphia on July 17and by Australia-born CardinalJames Knox on July 18. Both hadhosted previous congresses, Car­dinnal Knox in Melbourne andCardinal Krol in Philadelphia.

Although Pope John Paul wasabsent in person, he was presentin spirit at the congress. He re­ferred to it July 19 during anAngell,ls talk to people in St.Peter's Square at the Vatican.

He spoke of the congresstheme, saying that "communionin 'the broken bread' engages

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The excitement of the eventwas somewhat dimmed by theabsence of Pope John Paul II,still recuperating in Rome fromthe May 13 attempt on his life.It was also interrupted on sev­eral occasions by rain which can­celled at least one outdoor litur­gy and cut down attendance atother ceremonies.

Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, pa­pal legate to the congress, spokefor the absent pope at severalmajor events during the cong­ress week. Last Sunday he urgedweekly participation in SundayMass at a Eucharistic liturgytelecast throughout Europe.

It was celebrated on the plainfacing the grotto where theBlessed Virgin Mary appeared toSt. Bernardette 123 years ago.

Before a congregation of about30,000 in the spiritual capital ofa nation where only one out offive baptized CathoIfcs assistsat Sunday Mass regularly, Car­dinal Gantin said: "It was un­thinkable for the first Christiansto neglect this assembly of bap­tized persons on the very daywhich recalled every weekChrist's resurrection, and thuscalled the day of the Lord.

"For a long time the churchdid not need to speak about ob­ligation and law as the weeklyparticipation was taken so muchfor granted," Cardinal Gantinconcluded. "Every Sunday weare God's guests. May his spiritinspire us to give thanks."

dies,religious and many members ofEspirito Santo parish. The homi­list was Father John J. Oliveira,associate pastor of Father Rego'snative parish, Our Lady of Mt.Carmel, New Bedford.

Father Rego was a tirelessworker in the cause of thePortuguese immigrant. Since1977 he had contributed a Portu-

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Bishop Daniel A. Cronin pre­sided Tuesday at a funeral Massfor Father Edmond Rego, 37,associate pastor of Espirito San­to Church, Fall River, since hisordination in 1976.

Father Rego died last Fridayat Rhode Island Hospital aftera short illness.

His funeral was attended byscores of diocesan priest:3 and

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (NC) - The Third Annual Marriage Enrichment Confer­ence, with the theme "Global 'Perspectives on Marriage Enrichment" will be held inAlbuquerque Aug. 29·30. Father Anthony Bellagama, executive secretary of the U.S..Catholic Mission Council, will address the conference and 12 speaker couples willshare their experience of Christian marriage. "We see our Marriage Enrichment week­end as adaptable not only to other parts of the country but even to other parts of theworld," Father Bellagama said.

WASHINGTON (NC) - A Senate subcommittee has approved a proposed humanlife bill but also recommended that its further consideration be delayed until hear­,ings are held on a human life amendment. The action by the Senate separation ofpowers subcommittee came after Sen. Orin G. Hatch (R-Utah) suggested that the fullJudiciary Committee not take action until a consitutional amendment on a))ortion isbefore it. Ha,tch's action appeared to delay until at least next yeat: chances for finalpassage of the human life bill.

WASHINGTON (NC) - The leader of the coalition for better television, whichhas threatened a boycott of advertisers in an effort to clean up television, has decidedto urge coalition members to oppose congressional deregulation of broadcasting. TheRev. Donald Wildmon, chairman of the coalition, said he would urge the 350 groupsbelonging to the coalition to become involved in the debate over bills in Congress toderegulate radto and television broadcasting. The U.S. Catholic Conference opposedthe bills when they were being considered in June.

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (NC) - Father Edward Schillebeeckx, controversialtheologian whose views have been 'investigated by the Vatican, has received the$40,000 1982 Erasmus Prize for Culture. The Erasmus Foundation said Father Schille·beeckx won ,the prize for his faith and his writings on theological issue~. The Vati­can's Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith interviewed 'Father Schillebeeckx in1979 to investigate alleged ambiguities in his theology about Christ's divinity, thevirgin birth, the resurrection and the related questions. On June 25 the Vatican clearedthe theologian of questions regarding his orthodoxy.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (NC) - Bingo, one of the most popular money-raising activi­ties in parishes and parochial schools, has been legalized in Pennsylvania. The actionculminates many years of efforts to legalize the game in the state, according to thePennsylvania Catholic Conference. Catholic parishes and schools, especially in poorurban neighborhoods, have depended on bingo to keep operations in the black, saidPCC officials.

WASHINGTON (NC) - The Reagan administration's guest worker program forMexicans is open to moral objections, according to Aurora Camacho, coordinator ofthe Mexico-U.S. Border Program of the American Friends Committee (Quakers). "Ourmain objection is to the attitude which says: 'I want your labor, but don't care aboutyour person,''' said Mrs. Camacho. The program would allow Mexicans to do temp­orary farm work in the United States. It's goal is to stem the flow of illegal immi­grants into the United States.

BEIJING (NC) - Some Chinese who grew up under communism are now show­ing interest in religion, said a group of American clergymen visiting China. The groupsaid the government has become more tolerant to gain support for its modernizationpolicies. The result is new vitality among older believers and interest on the part ofthe young. Churches, shrines and seminaries are being reopened, said the New York­based delegation.

VATICAN CITY - A secretly ordained Romanian bishop who for more than 32years worked as if he were a parish priest died July 16 at his parish in Tirgu-Jiu, Ro­mania, Vatican Radio said.

Although Bishop John Duma was never listed in the Vatican yearbook as a mem­ber of the hierarchy, he carried out confirmations and ordinations of priests and bish­ops after his own episcopal ordination in 1949, two years after a communist govern­ment came to power in Romania. About nine percent of the country's 21.6 millionpeople profess Catholicism.

WASHINGTON (NC) - Reports that the U.S. government may send nearly 3,000"undesirable" Cuban refugees back to Cuba drew protests from members of the U.S.Catholic Conference's Migration and Refugee Services (MRS). Gerry Wynne, directorof the MRS office of program development, and Gerald Doyle. staff assistant for the'Cuban program, said labeling them undesirable would make resettlement in theUnited States more difficult. Instead of deporting the Cubans, Doyle recommendedthat their special needs be determined. "To send the Cubans batk to Cuba is some­thing that shouldn't even be speculated on," said Doyle.

MARTIN SHEEN (left) won an Emmy award for his performance in"The Long Road Home," a Paulist Production funded by the CatholicCommunication CamR1i\ign. Right is Harold Gould, who played a motelowner who turned out to be God in the 1980 Christmas special.

DRS. HENRY GRAVEL (left) and Richard Hatfield, both certifiedemergency medicine specialists on the staff of St. Anne's Hospital, FallRiver, are among the velY few Massachusetts physicians in their area ofpractice. (Torchia Photo)

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port from the People ofGod in Fort Worth. I askmy friends in Brownsvillenot to forget me in theirprayers. I ask my newfriends in Fort Worth topray that I will be for thema model of Christ's love andservice in their midst, thattogether we can continuethe task that Christ hasgiven us all: to preach theGospel to everyone and tobuild up his Body, theChurch.

Praised be Jesus Christ.

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A statement he released fol­lowing his appointment as bish­op of Fort Worth follow!!!:,

Our Holy Father, PopeJohn Paul II, has named methe new bishop of FortWorth. I accept this missionrelying totally on the graceand the sustaining presenceof our Lord Jesus Christ.

When I was ordained apriest 20 years ago, I pledgedmy life to Christ and to hisChurch. In assuming thisnew office, I renew my dedi­cation to serve all his peo­ple in humility and love.Christians are called tomodel their lives onChrist's, to love and serveone another and all people.With our heavenly Father'shelp, I shall strive faithfullyto imitate Christ and be abrother to everyone, toforge a closer union amongmen and women of all faithswho seek peace and justicein our society.

On this occasion I amdeeply moved by the confi­dence the Holy Father hasplaced in me and I am deep­ly _grateful to him. May Godgrant him a speedy recoveryfrom his illness.

I am thankful to God forthe many people who haveinfluenced my life up to thismoment by the example oftheir living Christian faith:my beloved parents and themembers of my family fromwhom I first learned aboutGod's love; so many per-

San Antonio Archbishop Pat­rick F. Flores, metropolitan ofthe province of San Antonio, willbe the presiding prelate at theordination and installation ofBishop-elect Joseph P. Delaneyof Fall River as bishop of FortWorth, Texas.

The ceremony will take placeat 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13, inthe Civic Center Arena in FortWorth.

Archbishop Flores will be as­sisted by Bishop John J. Cassa­ta, Bishop-elect Delaney's prede­cessor in the Fort Worth see, andBishop John J. Fitzpatrick ofBrownsville, TeJ4., where thebishop-elect has been chancel­lor.

Bishop Cassata presented hissuccessor with the crozier ofBishop Thomas K. Gorman, thelate bishop of Dallas, from whichthe diocese of Fort Worth wascreated in 1969. The gift wasdoubly symbolic in that BishopGorman was ordained to thepriesthood in Fall River and wasa close friend of the late Msgr.Felix Childs of this diocese.

Among priests from the FallRiver diocese planning to bepresent for the ordination andinstallation are Father John F.Moore, editor of The Anchor,who was ordained in 1960, thesame year as the new bishop,and Father Barry W. Wall, pas­tor of Sacred Heart parish, FallRiver.

'Bishop-elect Delaney said hehopes to visit Fall ,River laterthis year to offer Mass for dioce·san friends and relatives.

Two to speakat Hartford

Among speakers at a Lay Cele­bration of Evangelization to beheld Aug. 21 through :~3 at theHartford Civic Center will beFather Jose A. F. dos Santos,CM, associate pastor at St. JohnBaptist parish, New Bedford;and Father Timothy J. Goldrick,associate at St. Lawren.:e parish,also New Bedford.

Father dos Santos will discuss"Charismatic Fire in PortugueseLife" and Father Goldrick'stopic will be "Sharing and Car·ing in the Diocese."

From a gathering originallyplanned for about 1,000 partici­pants the celebration has grownto a program expected to attractfrom 15 to 18,000 persons fromall parts of the east COitSt.

It will offer over 100 work­shops and seminars a~: well asconcerts and praise and worshipservices. A pre-study day onAug. 20 is planned for bishops,priests and deacons al:ld youthsessions will run concurrentlywith the main program.

Further information o:n the pro­gram is available from. celebra­tion headquarters, 41 John St.,Waterbury, CT 06708.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (NC)Msgr. John S. Randall, 75, whoserved as managing editor of theCourier-Journal of Rochesterfrom 1942-71, died July 15 in St.Ann's Home, Rochester. Causeof death Was not identified.

Msgr. Randall was long in­volved with the Catholic PressAssociation (CPA), which heserved as president fJ'()m 1956­58. According to the CPA's ex­ecutive director, JamesA'. Doyle,Msgr. Randall was "or.le of thearchitects and one of the build­ers of the Catholic PI'E~Ss Asso­ciation as it is today."

Born in Newark, N.Y., Msgr.Randall was educated at St. An­drew's and St. Bernard's dioce­san seminaries and was ordainedin 1931. He became a monsignorin 1947.

He became active in the cpA'after he was appointed manag­ing editor of the Courielr-Journal,newspaper of the Diocese ofRochester.

He was also editor of theCatholic press annual jror manyyears and helped launch theCatholic Major Markets News­paper Association in IH67.

After he retired from the Cou­rier-Journal in 1971 Msgr. Ran­dall became assistant secretaryfor the Catholic Near East Wel­fare Association in New YorkCity, commuting there from Ro­chester every week.

According to~ DoylE! of theCPA, Msgr. Randall "liked togive the appearance of a crankycurmudgeon, but at heart he waskind and warm, alw~lYs seek­ing perfection in..the work he didand the work he asked of others,always demanding that the Cath­olic press strive to be as excel­lent as it is capable of being."

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'In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye ... the trumpet shall sound.', rCor. 15:52

Three little wordsmediately come to mind. Will theGreeks reciprocate by an equal­ly significant move? Will the Ro­mans continue to make suchgestures of ecumenism? Will theUkrainian Catholic Church re­cite the Creed with or without"from the Son?"

The history of these littlewords might be aptly called"War and Peace," especiallyamong the Ukrainians. In the1800s some clergymen omittedthem from the Creed, only to bepromptly denounced as "Mosco­philes." Of course, those priestswho recited the words in theliturgy were scorned as "Poly­aky."

The Provincial Synod of Lviv,convened in 1891, ended the dis­cussion (but not the controversy)by mandating the inclusion ofthe words in the new Liturgicon.And so it was. But in the 1940sthe Ukrainian Catholic Liturgywas revised and amended by theCongregation for the (then call·ed) Oriental Church. The newLiturgicon contained the wordsin parentheses, supposedly as anoption for the faithful. And soit is today.

Pope John Paul was not as re­covered as many thought onJune 7. It now appears that hewas still suffering great discom­fort and fever, as indicated byhis readmission to the. hospitala few days later. As we allknow, the words and actions ofa man near death cannot betaken lightly. Ecumenical andtheological history was .made atSt. Peter's on Penecost. We allshould be eager to see the un­folding of this history.

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ailing Pontiff made a surprise, atruly cameo appearance on Pen­tecost Sunday, June 7, at St.Peter's Basilica in Rome. Hespoke briefly to the startledthousands at the Holy Spirit Lit­urgy. They and the 300 Catholicbishops., plus both Orthodox andProtestant observers, then heardthe Pontiff lead the recitation ofthe famed Creed - WITHOUTTHE FILIOQUE.

The observant among the woreshippers knew at once the signi­ficance of the omission. The HolyFather was reaching out to theOrthodox, no less to the Protes­tants, with an olive branch inhis hand. The high drama washeightened by the fact that ·asimultaneous Holy Liturgy wasbeing celebrated at St. GeorgeOrthodox Cathedral in Istanbulby Greek Patriarch Damaskinosand Latin Cardinal de Fursten­berg, also, of course, without"filioque."

The significance of this papalomission of the "filioque" is im­mense. Consider, for a secondthat in the Roman Church it isthe pope who is regarded as thefinal and unquestionable author­ity in matters of faith. In theGreek Church it is the Ecumeni­cal Council. These two positionsare basically uncompromisable.With his action of supreme cour­age and understanding PopeJohn Paul II has moved hischurch further toward ecumeni­cal unity than the past 100popes, the only exception beingthe pair of popes of Vatican II,Pope Paul VI and Pope JohnXXIII.

Some interesting questions im-

the living

The following editorial, titled"Missing in Rome: Three UttleWords," appeared in J'he Way,newspaper of the UkraInian-RiteArchdiocese of Philadelphia.

Here's a neat little riddle thatmight entertain your minds fora spell: What three little wordsare always found in the RomanCatholic Liturgy, never in theOrthodox Liturgy and sometimesin the Ukrainian Liturgy? If youguessed "from the Son," the con­troversial 9th-century additionto the Nicean-ConstantinopolitanCreed, you are right.

These words, written in Latinas "filioque," have caused moretheological battles through thecenturies between the East andthe West than a dreamer can im­agine. The original Creed, whichwas formulated in the East at thevery first two Ecumenical coun­cils, asserted that the Holy Spiritproceeds from the Father. Later,the Western Church added thephrase "and from the Son." Bythe time of Emperor Charle­magne (810 a.d.) the phrase be­came axiomatic in the WesternChurch and its liturgy.

The Eastern Church railedthat (1) it was illegal to add toan officially accepted Creed andCouncil and (2) it was at leastheterrox if not downright hereti­cal to assert that the Spirit comesfrom Two Principles - Fatherand Son.

The Ukrainian Church founditself in the middle. More oftenthan not the phrase was put in­to parentheses as an option forpraying faithful.

Enter Pope John Paul II. The

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4 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. July 23, 1981

themoori~Father Edmond Rego

In God's providence it seems that there are a few peo­ple whom He has chosen to do much in His vineyard in a veryshort while. This thought is indeed more than applicableto Father Ed Rego who died this past week. This diocesewill indeed miss his presence and talent. His beloved par­ishioners will want for his care and concern.

Gifted by learning and insight, he brought to hispriesthood a love of his ethnic heritage. As a college pro­fessor he strove always to grace his classes with authenti­city.

Always aware of people's need of the Lord in theirlives, he employed his energies to ensure that those co~­

ing to the new world from the old would remainfaithful to their inheritance. His efforts to bring a Portu­guese language Pre-Cana program to new immigrants metwith great success. The personal concern he showed forfamilies new to a land that can be harsh to those seekingdreams brought many to his door seeking counsel.

And for all of us at The Anchor he played a veryspecial role. He was a pioneer in Catholic journalism asthe author of the first weekly diocesan column in thiscountry in the Portuguese language.

How swift the passage of time when one considersthat he edited "A Verdade E A Vida" for four of the fiveyears of his priesthood, his last column appearing onlythree weeks ago. His flying visits on Monday or Tuesdaymorning to meet the proverbial deadline were always mo­ments of joy and delight. His absence from our print shopwill indeed be a special sorrow.

Our sincere sympathy goes especially to his parents.In their hour of grief may it be their consolation to knowthat their son, Father Eddie Rego, made a contribution tohis church and his people that will not soon be forgotten.

May he be at peace.

Bishop-elect DelaneyThis is indeed a rare week for this editor. On the

one hand we weep at the death of one of our fellow diocesanpriests, on the other we rejoice in the happiness of a priestfriend originally from this diocese. Such are the Lord's ways.

News of the appointment of Father Joseph Delaney tothe see of Fort Worth, Texas, by His Holiness, Pope JohnPaul II, brings pride and satisfaction to all in the diocesewho worked with the bishop-elect. It is always a joy toknow that one of your own has been singularly honored bythe Holy See with the fullness of the priesthood.

And one of our own he truly was until he traveled toBrownsville to his new mission with the then BishopMedeiros. Before that time he served the people of thisdiocese well, for seven priestly years.

A man of many talents and gifts of soul and mind,Father Joe gave generously of those gifts to the parishionersof Sacred Heart Church, Taunton, and to his. students at thethen Coyle High School.

In addition to these responsibilities he also served thediocesan church as assistant superintendent of schools.During his diocesan years, from his days as a counselor atCathedral Camp until his departure for Texas, he broughtto I!is ministry a spirit of open honesty and unabashedintegrity.

As the bishop-elect prepares for his ordination to theepiscopacy his friends in his native diocese say with onevoice: "ad multos gloriosque annos!"

College thoughts 5

By

MARY

McGRORY

for Mr. Knightley, who like allMiss Austen's heroes, is a darl­ing. From Mr. Woodhouse, withhis open-ended alarms aboutpeople catching cold, tiring thehorses or getting married, youwould probably flee.

But it's no use arguing. Theheat was 100 degrees, the Dis­trict City Council was beingpelted with criticism abiut "en­couraging sex," and I was freeof it all.

I was off to Box Hill for thedisastrous picnic, where FrankChurchill and Emma flirted sooutrageously and-Emma wasmean to Miss Bates and Mr.Knightley berated her.

By the time the City Councilwas backing off its sex plan, Iwas lost in the shock and horrorof discovering that Miss JaneFairfax and Mr. Frank Churchillhave been secretly engaged formonths. The enormity of thistransgression is something thecontemporary reader is hard putto appreciate. Since in Miss Aus­ten's pages, passion finds its ulti­mate expression in the pressingof an arm, we can assume thatnothing irretrievably shamefuloccurred during their guilty clan­lestine romance. But the gravi­ty of the thing is attested by all,and the only hope held out isthat the love of Miss Fairfax willredeem the depravity of FrankChurchill.

Miss Austen is such a handwith snobs, frauds, climbers andname-droppers that' I cannothelp wishing that she could havebeen turned loose on the Wash­ington social scene. DavidStockman, who with his sharpfeatures and graying thatchsomehow suggests the youngclergymen she so often accom­panies on their search for aliving or a wife, would be some­one to intrigue her. The chiefjustice, Warren Burger, a man ofmany opinions and florid ex­pression, might be a fit subject.

But she is concerned only withthe fine-grained politics of thedrawing room. The "big bow­wow stuff," as Sir Walter Scottdeprecatingly described. his ownwriting in comparison:' to hers,was outside her interest.

I finally finished "Emma" andI have to put the book back onthe shelf. I am back to match­making in the corporate world- mergers instead of marriages.I am with tax cuts instead ofcutting remarks. I am with mam­moth federal follies instead ofthe gripping inanities of themorning calls at Highbury.

I am almost resigned.

A Pastor's Job"I see myself as ... one whose

job is to identify and call forththe gifts of the people,"Father William Bausch

TH~ ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall Ri...er-Thurs. July 23, 1981

JaneAustendistracts

You will have to excuseme. I've been away. Not outof Washington, in person,but in spirit. I can't tell youanything about the shake-up inthe Polish Communist Party, thetax cut or the revisionist Marx­ist theory about Mao Tse-Tung,if that's how you still spell hisname.

B-1, Gramm-Latta II, the brou­haha in the District City Coun­cil over lowering the age forsex, the tantrums of John Mc­Enroe, the snit of AlexanderHaig - these things swirledaround me. I observed them outof the comer of my eye. I wasunavoidably detained in High­bury. I was, in short, out tolunch with Jane Austen.

It was as if the pusher hadsidled up and offered some reallygreat stuff just from Colombia.I knew a page or two would dome no harm. I picked up thebook and opened it at random.I was in the middle of "Emma,"Four hours later, the Sundaypapers unread, I had gone backto the beginning and was spend­ing a "quiet and conversible"evening at Hartfield.

Emma's father is natteringabout the mildness of marriage."Ab, my dear," said he, "poorMiss Taylor. It is a grievousbusiness."

Mr. Woodhouse is referring tohis daughter's erstwhile gover­ness, who has married very welland is living nearby. Miss Tay­lor's removal from Hartfield isto him both tragedy and betray­al, even though he sees her everyday. He admits "she does comeand see us pretty often; but thenshe is always obliged to go awayagain,"

Emma was just as I remember­ed her, officious, fat-headed,highhanded and a matchmakerof actionable obtuseness: Also araving snob. She can be cruel.as to poor Miss Bates, the bab­bling old maid who never shutsup. But Jane Austen wants meto like Emma, and so I do.

How she accomplishes this Iam never quite sure. She slylyputs in nice things about her.Emma is a mimic and she has asense of humor, although notalways about herself. She has agood heart. She is kind to herfather and good with her sister'schildren. She was just comingto about her real feelings for Mr.Knightley when I turned out thelight at 4 a.m.

Don't ask me the secret ofMiss Austen's awesome power toblot out the world for her read­ers. She is, of course, a marvel­ous writer, word for word, butthat hardly explains it. Her char­acters - apart from being main­ly marriageable with the eternalfascination of their kind - arenot people you would especiallywant to spend time 'with, except

received it, passed the nextmorning's exam, and in hind­sight, view it as an importantthreshold. As students, we mustreach out to our families andfriends. I have a dear friend whowas my surrogate mother. Butonly because I admitted myneeds was she able to help me.Parents, believe it or not, aren'tclairvoyant.

My dad, wilo isn't a prolificwriter, sends me the best letters,usually ending with 'it's not thesame without you.' Such relief!We want to know what's goingon at home. Did Dan's team win?Does Pat like his schedule? And,most importantly, do you missme? Without being maudlin, thefamily can relay the sense ofloss, but also the feeling of vicar­ious excitement about their son'sor daughter's new experiences.

Finally, college is not just abridge to the future. It is in itselfa special time for growth, en­richment, learning, fun and aneducation. It's not the end ofparenting or family dependence.Rather, it's a beginning of newneeds and new responses.

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termining death. He said theremedy for confusion over de­termining death should be "fur­ther education and knowledge,not the formulation of a statute,"

In considering its recommenda­tion, the commission studied sev­eral major medical centers andfound that possibly 10 to 20 per­cent of comatose patients cur­rently on respirators were in­deed brain-dead.

"When there is no clear def­inition, the physician faces a dif­ficult choice," said AlexanderCapron, commission executivedirector. "There are the old vitalsigns of life: a heartbeat, a heav­ing chest, a warm skin.

"But he knows," continuedCapron, "that if he weren't giv­ing respiration, there would bea corpse."

In adopting the "whole brain"concept the commisssion said, ineffect, that someone in a chronicvegetative state such as KarenAnn Quinlan is still legally alivesince her brain stem still con­trols her breathing.

Under a definition recognizingbrain death as the loss of onlyhigher brain function, Ms. Quin­lan, who has been in a coma forseveral years, could be declaredlegally dead.

adjusted. It's helpful to remem­ber that we're all confused, andall desiring to meet new friends.

Secondly, college is a meltingpot of personalities and abilities.I've encountered extremely goal­oriented students and lazy ones;experienced pressurized situa­tions, and enjoyable times; work­ed harder than in high school,but felt high when somethingsuddenly fell into place.

Ho.w one handles new situa­tions and people is the key.Sometimes it's hard to rememberwho is in control. As long as wemake our own decisions and areself-disciplined, college remainsa pleasant learning experience.But making non-decisions by de­fault, like going out for pizzawhen we really don't want to,allows us to feel overwhelmedand makes college a series ofhurdles.

During my first year I wasable to take advantage of op­portunities, meet persons fromall spectrums of life, and enjoymyself while keeping my origin­al goals in the forefront. Such abalancing act is difficultI Myfamily helped by providing asense of focus. If .families are atrue home base, freshmen canbetter construct their new lives,building upwards, not off course.

I remember one lonely Novem­ber night calling home, askingfor reinforcement. Of course I

piration and swallowing - alsowould have to cease before thepatient could ·be declared dead.

While many pro-life groupshave opposed all "definition ofdeath" laws, others have notedthat such definitions would bebetter set by legislatures than bycourts and might be acceptablewhen based on the "whole brain"concept.

Father Bryce said the commis­sion's recommendation did notanswer satisfactorily three ob­jections the bishops' pro-life com­mittee always has raised to suchlaws: their need, the possibilityof their leading to enthanasia,and their likelihood of resolvingproblems prompting their formu­lation.

"This legislation can becomea stepping stone to laws author­izing euthanasia for comatosepatients who are dying but notyet dead," said Father Bryce.

He said the statute "as pres­ently worded is designed to in­sure that dead patients are nottreated as dead,"

He continued, "This creates asubtle shift in society's attitudetoward the dying patient, andcreates a precedent for treatingdeath as a matter of legal defini­tion rather than as a matter ofmedical fact,"

The definition easily could beamended by legislators support­ing euthanasia, Father Bryce con-tended. _

Father Bryce also questionedthe need for such legislation,saying that no physician everhas been convicted for usingbrain-oriented criteria in de-

A presidential commis­sion's recommendation thatstates enact new laws de­fining the poin,t of death

has been both criticized andpraised by the executive directorof the U.S. bishops' Committeefor Pro-Life Activities.

The presidential (:ommissionurged all 50 states to approvea law defining death as the "irre­versible cessation of all functionsof the entire brain, including thebrain stem."

Father Edward M. Bryce, thebishops' pro-life director, saidsuch laws could be thl~ "steppingstone" to legalized euthanasiaand have not been shown to benecessary.

But he also said thE: report ac­companying the commission'sproposed definition is "well­argued" and provides "useful ed­ucational features" in the debateover life and death.

The President's Commissionfor the study of Ethical Prob­lems in Medicine and Biomedicaland Behavioral Rese.arch urgedthat the new definition be adopt­ed uniformly so that the nationhas "a clear and socially acceptedbasis for making determinationof death."

In adopting the definition, theCOmmission rejected argumentsthat death should be definedsimply as the irreversible loss ofhigher brain functions.

Rather, the commission adopt­ed a "whole brain" definition ofdeath, in which activity of the"lower brain" - the brain stemwhich controls circulation, res-

(Last August when ourTeresa left for college Iwrote about her. NI[)W she'shome for the SUmnt.er and Iinvited her to share her thoughtswith the young grailluates inyour kitchens: what Ito expect,what they'll need, how theymight feel, and, how their fami­lies can support them.)1

Along with thousands of otherstudents, I survived my first yearof college. I had a wonderfulyear, growing mentally, spirit­ually, and socially. With threeyears to go, I am not an experton collegiate life, but I hopesome of my insights will helpfreshmen and their families easeinto this exciting phase of life.

College is a wonderful experi­ence. It's unfortunate that suchan exciting time is burdenedwith fears and uncertainties. Per­haps the most destnJctive ru­mors about college lif,e are thatno one else is worried, that it'sa hurdle that only the tough willclear, or that college is but abridge to bigger and betterthings.

The greatest misconceptionthat I experienced was that Iwas the only person lost, con­fused, or nervous. Only towardsthe end of the year, when remem­bering first semester, did myfriends and I realize how afraidwe all had been, and how we hadbelieved that everyonll else was

Rev. Kevin J. Harrington, Associate Pastor, St. Joseph'sParish, Attleboro, to Associate Pastor, St. Mary's Parish, NorthAttleboro, while remaining Director of the Attleboro AreaHispanic Apostolate, which will continue at St. Joseph'sChurch, Attleboro.

Effective Wednesday, July 29, 1981.

•serVIcemany are hesitant to make pub­lic announcement of a cure. Hereminded his listeners that "thegreat healing service God hasgiven us is the Holy Sacrifice ofthe Mass and the Holy Euchar­ist." He stressed that people"shouldn't be surprised at heal­ings - they are simply Jesusbeing faithful to his promises."

At the end of the service near­ly everyone in the center indica­ted by a show of hands that heor she had experienced eitherphysical, emotional or spiritualhealing.

"Services like this," FatherMcDonough told them, "shouldlead us to greater participationin the Mass and to expectantfaith that Jesus will come lov­ingly to us in his Holy Spirit,bringing his healing love to ourbodies and souls."

u.s. Armeniansget exarchate

VATICAN CITY (NC) - PopeJohn Paul II established twoseparate Armenian-Rite juris­dictions in the Americas July 17.One is for the United States andCanada, the other for Latin Am­erica.

The actions mean that for thefirst time Armenian rite Catholicsin the Americas will have theirown bishops instead of depend­ing on Latin rite bishops.

For Armenian rite Catholics inthe United States and Canadathe pope established an exar­chate with New York as its seecity and Msgr. Nerses MikailSetian, 63, rector of the Armen­ian Pontifical College in Rome,as apostolic exarch.

The Latin American exarch isBrazilian Salesian Father WaldirBogossian, who will have head·quarters in Buenos Aires.

Exarchates are quasi-diocesanEastern "rite jurisdictions some­what like Latin rite apostolicvicariates in mission areas.

The Armenian Rite is one ofthe smallest of 17 Eastern ritesin the Catholic Church, eachequal in dignity and rights withthe Latin rite which the major­ity of Catholic belong.

There are probably more than10,000 Armenian Catholics ineach of the two-new exarchates.Until now -they have been underthe jurisdiction of Latin Ritebishops therefore separate sta­tistics are difficult to obtain.

There are five U.S. Armenianrite parishes: in Los Angeles, De­troit, New York, Cambridge andPaterson, N.J.

A priest for 33 years, FatherMcDonough holds a master's de­gree in counseling from BostonCollege. He began fulltime in­volvement in the charismatic re­newal in 1974 and now conductsnightly services at St. Patrick'sChurch, Cambridge, and a week­ly service at the Mission Church.

Additionally, he directs a"prayer line" open 12 hoursdaily on which volunteers praywith callers, records radio pro­grams covering eastern NewEngland and travels extensivelyto conduct healing services.

pray at12,000

July 25Rev. Michael J. Cooke, 1913,

Pastor, St. Patrick, Fall River

July 26Rev. Msgr. Alfred J. E. Bon­

neau, Pastor Emeritus, NotreDame, Fall River

July 29Rev. Mathias McCabe, 1913,

Pastor, Sacred Heart, Fall River

(necroloQY:)

Diocesanspreparewelcome mat

Six members of the Fall Riverdiocese form a welcoming com­mittee for a convocation of NewEngland coordiators and direc­tors of religious education to beheld Aug. 21 through 23 atStonehill College, North Easton.

With the theme "Water andWord: An In-Depth Experience inSpirituality and Catechesis,"delegates will hear presentationsby Sister Jose Hobday and Dr.Maurice Monet, both nationallyrecognized catechetical experts.

The diocesan welcome com­mittee members are Sister Fran­ces Sidebottom, SSJ; Sister M.Reginald Zajac, CSB; Sister An­nette Desmarais, OP; Sister LuzCarenas, OP; Mrs. Patricia Pas­ternak and Mrs. Evelyn Bou­cher.

"It was heartbreaking to seeall the suffering people," saidan observer -at a recent servicethat drew 12,000 persons to theProvidence Civic Center, nearlyall hoping for spiritual or physi­cal healing.

Conducted by RedemptoristFather Edward J. McDonough,famed "healing priest" of theMission Church in Roxbury, theservice marked his sixth year offulltime engagement in the heal­ing ministry. It was described asthe largest gathering of peopleever to attend such a service andit drew attendance from all theNew England states, New York,New Jersey, Maryland, Washing.ton, D.C., Virginia, Pennsylvaniaand Canada.

Following prayer and singing,Father McDonough, in the high­light of the three-hour service,moved among wheelchair, stret­cher and ambulatory patients,blessing them with holy waterand touching many with the holywater container.

Many of those touched fellback in their seats or to theCivic Center floor in a phenom­enon described as "slaying inthe Spirit" which rendered thoseaffected unconscious for a fewminutes. No one seemed hurtand Father McDonough was un­perturbed by the repeated hap­pening.

After the blessings many peo­ple came to the Civic Centerstage to describe relief they saidthey had experienced from suchailments as deafness, arthritis

- and impaired vision."We don't hear about 90 per­

cent of the people healed," notedFather McDonough, saying that

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in Boston Dec. 2, 1932. He at­tended St. John's Seminary,where he is now rector, then theGregorian University in Rome.He was ordained in Rome Dec.15, 1957.

After serving a year at St.Stephen's parish, Framingham,he returned to the Gregorian tostudy ascetical theology, earn­ing a doctorate in 1961. He re­turned to the Boston archdioceseand was an associate pastor atOur Lady Help of Christians par­ish, Newton, for a year beforejoining the faculty of St. John'sSeminary.

At the Seminary he taughtphilosophy and ascetical theologyand in 1965 was appointed a full­time spiritual director to stu­dents. He continued in that postuntil this year when he wasnamed rector.

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Bishop-elect Hughes was born

IN CEREMONIES prior to his priestly ordination atSt. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, Father Stephen J. Avilakneels before Bishop Daniel A. Cronin. (Torchia Photo)

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Continued from page oneguese-Ianguage spiritual columnto The Anchor and he was in­strumental in organizing thePortuguese component of thediocesan pre-Cana program forengaged couples.

Born in New Bedford, June 16,1944, he was the son of Josephand Mary (Mendes) Rego, nowof South Dartmouth.

A graduate of New BedfordHigh School and SoutheasternMassachusetts University, hetaught at Dartmouth HighSchool and headed the languagedepartment of Bristol CountyCommunity College, Fall River,before entering studies for thepriesthood at St. Mary's Semin­ary, Baltimore.

He served his diaconate yearat St. John the Baptist parish,New Bedford, and was ordainedMay 8, 1976, by Bishop DanielA. Cronin at St. Mary's Cathe­dral, Fall River.

He is survived by a sister,Maryanne Cabral of South Dart­mouth, and a brother JosephRego Jr. of East Freetown, asweU as by his parents and ma­ternal grandfather, JosephMendes of New Bedford.

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"This collegiality in practice,"said Cardinal Cooke. "The betterCatholics understand the workof the Vatican in laboring to •hand on the faith and to minis­ter to the world's needs, themore they will respond in shar·ing this tremendous burdenwhich the holy father has."

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liquid, noted Cardinal Krol,quipping that he had "neverheard anyone make a bid on theobelisk in front of St. Peter's."

Museums and works of art,Cardinal Cooke said, are "thetremendous service to peoplewhich the church performs inbeing supportive of culture, as ithas been down through the cen­turies - a service which some­times is even more appreciatedby people not of our faith,"

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able in recent years, said Cardin­al KroI.

The American cardinals notedthat another misconception isthat the Vatican has astronomi­cal operating expenses.

"The administrative budget ofthe Vatican is less than that ofmany single hospitals qr Cath­olic colleges in America," saidCardinal Cooke. "And the en­dowment is less."

The Vatican is unique in thechurch framework, said CardinalKroI.

"Dioceses have a 'cathedrati­cum'(diocesan administrative)collection, state Catholic confer­ences and the national Catholicconference assess dioceses, butthe Vatican itself operates oncontributions," he said.

Ordinarily a company with adeficit tries to cut expenditures,said Cardinal KroI.

"But in the case of the Vati­can, 62 percent of the expendi­tures of which we are speakingare for salaries and pensions ofthose who work in the curialoffices. The hope of reducing ex­penditures is largely an imag­inary one," said the Philadelphiacardinal.

"It's a matter of justice. Anyreduction of salaries would doharm to individuals and to fami­lies," added Cardinal Cooke."And in many instances officesare understaffed in proportion tothe work being done,"

Another myth, said the car­dinals, is the notion that theVatican is enormously wealthybecause of its buildings and arttreasures.

"Many times," said CardinalCooke, "such supposed assetsare in reality liabilities, becausethe church has to maintainthem."

Nor are such assets always

"There is more thanone way to beatinflation' "

Vatican feels the pinchBy Father Kenneth J. Doyle

VATICAN CITY (NC) - Car­dinals John Krol of Philadelphiaand Terence Cooke of New York,the U.S. members of the Coun­cil of Cardinals convened byPope John Paul II to examineVatican finances and organiza­tion, are encouraged by effortstoward public disclosure of theHoly See's financial status.

"The people of God," said Car­dinal Krol, "have a right toknow the facts."

The prelate said that "mythsand fables" about the Vaticanfinances are in part the result ofthe failure of people to knowthose facts.

One myth, "the principal one,"said Cardinal Krol, "is that theHoly See has unlimited resources.

"The fact is that there is aprogressive operational deficit inthe Vatican's operations of itscurial offices (central adminis­tration). That deficit was an­nounced for 1979 as being in ex­cess of $20 million, and \t hasgrown since then," he said.

The Vaticalt Press announcedon July 15 that the projected de­ficit for 1981 is $25.4 million.

Cardinal Krol said the onlything that keeps the ship afloatis the Patrimony of the HolySee, reimbursement made to theVatican for properties takenover by the Italian government.

"The patrimony, which cameas a result of the Lateran Treatyin 1929," Cardinal Krol said," isnot an inexhaustible resource."

Income from the patrimony issupplemented by voluntary con­tributions from the world's Cath­olics through the annual' Peter'sPence collection.

But even with this collectionVatican deficits have been siz-

Refugee airdDear Editor:

Thank you for your story(July 9) on the needs of newlyarriving Indochinese refugees.

On July 7 I witnessed the re­union of two families sE!paratedfor years. Each had been forcedfrom its home, suffered in laborcamps and then escaped. Theyare now in Fall River.

Our greatest need is for peo­ple to volunteer as English teach­ers, drivers and housing loca­tors. We also need :materialitems such as clothing ar.d furni·ture.

Thank you. I !im glad that theCatholic and Episcopal churchescan work together in thi:s effort.

Rev. James HornsbySt. Luke Episcopal ChurchFall River

(Donations and offers I)f assis­tanee may be channeled throughCatholic Social ServiC4!S, 783Slade St., Fall River, tel. 674~

4681.)

BirthrighitDear Editor:

Thank you very much for list­ing the information I had for­warded to you in The Anchor.

Hopefully others reading TheAnchor will take note of ourneeds and volunteer their ser­vices or materials needed forour girls.

Mary GrochmalBirthrightNew Bedford

Jubilarial1l

Are We There?"Maybe in our own family we

have somebody who is feelinglonely, who is feeling sick, whois feeling worried, and these aredifficult days for everybody. Arewe there? Are we there to re­ceive them?" - Mother Teresaof Calcutta

Thanks

Sister Mary Irene Fitzpatrick,a native of Fall River, markedher 50th anniversary as a Par­ish Visitor of Mary Immaculateat recent ceremonies at the com­munity's motherhouse in Mon­roe, N.Y.

The jubilarian has served inmany missions in New Y4)rk andNew Jersey and is at presentstationed in St. Frances die Chan­tal parish, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Parish Visitors mini~:ter toalienated Catholi~ and the un­churched, combining contempla­tion with their active apostolate.

Dear Editor:Many" thanks for your kind

note and for sending mE! a copyof my article as it appeared inThe Anchor (June 25). You arevery thoughtful to do this.

Please be assured of my pray­ers for you and for the workyou do in spreading the Gospelof the Lord through the press.

Most Rev. Romeo BlanchetteRetired Bishop of Joliet, Ill.

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heartabout getting and giving bearhugs. Then she quit her job todevote herself full-time to Aman­da's ministry.

That was last November. Sincethen she has driven more than2,000 miles around the statevisiting sick children as wordspread about the seven-footpanda with a caring heart.

Mrs. Zimmerman does notnot charge for Amanda's visits,but depends on contributionsfrom churches, service and schoolorganizations and individuals tocontinue her ministry.

"I think we have to make abetter place to live and that'swhy I do this," Mrs. Zimmer­man said. "Whatever gifts we'vebeen given are given by God toshare with others."

She quotes St. Paul's SecondEpistle to the Corinthians as herscriptural inspiration: "He com·forts us in all our afflictions andthus enables us to comfort thosewho are in trouble with thesame consolation we have re­ceived from Him."

Hoke was unsure how a centerof higher education and pro­fessionalism like Hershey Medi­cal Center would react to Julia.

'~I completely underestimatedJulia's effectiveness at first," hesaid. Now I have her :'with mealmost always. Why, she's beenevery place but surgery."

Father Hoke said that beforeteaming up with Julia he receivedfew requests to visit non-Cath­olics in the hospital, but now.frequently someone will ask him:"Father, we're not Catholic butwill you bring your puppet in tosee my mother?"

Julia has helped Father Hoketo adjust to hospital work. "Thisis my first experience in hospi­tal ministry," he remarked. "Iwas apprehensive, b\Jt now I'veseen a tremendous need to havea Catholic chaplain present in asecular institution."

unexpected."Father Hoke said people find

it easier to talk to a puppet thanto a person. "Usually when Iwalk into patients' rooms theywant me to know how bad theyfeel, how depressed they are.But when Julia comes along,they forget they're sick. Theyjust enjoy."

Julia is also a favorite of thenurses. "They really enjoy her.It's a relief for them. They'rewith the patients day in and dayout. They get involved; theyfeel pain too."

Father Hoke bought the pup­pet at Easter after attending aworkshop at Johns HopkinsUniversity in 'Baltimore. He tookJulia to see Msgr. Carl Brady totest her effectiveness. Msgr.Brady, who had been seriouslyill and had not responded topeople for some time, perked upwhen he saw Julia: But Father

Sundermann, says her daughter'sreaction to Amanda is amazing.

"It seems that there's so littleMindy gets excited about anymore - except for Amanda. Shekeeps her emotions under con­trol because she has so muchto cope with," Mrs. Sundermannexplained.

"When kids learn to look for­ward to something more than ablood test or spinal tap it's justbeautiful, and Amanda providesthat for Mindy."

The idea of Amanda evolvedduring the last two years as Mrs.Zimmerman observed the use ofcostumed characters for com­mercial purposes by corporationsand amusement parks. Shethought that the concept couldbe developed to serve childrenon a nonprofit basis.

Mrs. Zimmerman proposed theidea to the bank where sheworked, but it was more interest­ed in an advertising angle. Soshe tried the idea on her own.She ordered a panda costumewith a happy face and soft furso that children would feel good

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HERSHEY, Pa. (NC) - FatherJohn Hoke and his pet monkeypuppet, Julia Jungle, have madea hit with patients at HersheyMedical Center.

From a hospital bed, theworld seems hostile to a childor an adult, explained FatherHoke, chaplain at the medicalcenter since January. "There isjust so much tension in a hospi­tal. Julia serves as a comic relief- sort of the ridiculous and the

The he'ar with aDES MOINES, Iowa (NC) ­

Terminally ill children in Iowahave a special visitor who giveswarm, cuddly bear hugs and tellsthem they are loved.

She is Amanda, the Panda,alias Joann Zimmermann in apanda costume. Mhs. Zimmer­man is a member of the HolyTrinity Parish in Des Moines, butas Amanda, she is the bear witha heart, giving love and caringattention to children.

Amanda has been successfulin cheering up children likeseven-year-old Sara Tomkins.For two years she has been fight­ing a type of leukamla thatleaves very few survivors.

Sara wrote Amanda a fewmonths ago, "It's hard to besomeone like me." But she re­minded Amanda in a P.S.,"There's a rainbow behind every

,dark cloud."In Forest City, eight-year-old

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Dear Dr. Kenny: I have threechildren, an ll-year-old boy and13-year-old tWin girls. They alldrop their belongings whereverthey feel like. No one pieks any­thing up except me. To makematters worse, they're alwaysbreezing in and out, too busy tostraighten things up. Their fav­orite occupation is having friendsover or staYing overnight at afriend's house. I told them nofriends overnight until they startpicking up, but it didn't help abit. What am I to do? - N.J.

A. You describe in a few elo·quent words the bane of everyhomemaker's life. Careless dis­cards of other family membersare a threat to mother's sanity.

You indicate a possible cure inyour letter. Your plan is good.With an adjustment or two, youmight get it to work.

A major problem in disciplineis that both parents and childare often vague and inconsistentabout what they want. Your let­ter, however, indicates that youdon't have that problem.

You want a clean, orderlyhouse. Your children want over­night visits or overnight guests.

Somehow, you should be able totie those wants together in away that works out for both ofyou.

The following plan, or somereasonable facsimile, might help.Assign one of your children topick up the living room, one topickup the dining room, and oneto pick up the kitchen. This isnot ordered by command. Ratherit is a nice bonus, a helpful taskthey can do for mother.

Since it is not a requiredchore, don't nag or remind them.Instead, put a chart up on therefrigerator with a daily spacefor record keeping.

Inspect the three rooms everynight at a fixed time. If theroom is picked up, put a smileface in the square. If it is not,mark the square with an X.Don't complain or criticize. Justkeep track.

Now the reward. For every fivesmile faces earned, a child maystay overnight at a friend'shouse. For every 10 smile faces,a child may have a friend over­night at your house. Make thisthe only way they can haveovernight privileges.

Such a system is calle'd "chart-

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One common way for suchplans to fail is that the childrenearn the right number of pointsbut the parents renege. Remem­ber, if the children merit an over­night privilege, you must keepyour promise.

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Church officials said the di­rective was unacceptable inter­ference with the church's histori­cal rights, especi~ly becausemany Jewish or Arab guides didnot share the "religious feelings"of pilgrims to holy places. Theofficials threatened to close vari­ous pilgrimage sites and theFrench National Agency of Dio­cesan Pilgrimage Directors tooksteps to halt pilgrimages from12 countries to Israel.

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to ease tensions between theSandinista-Ied government andthe hierarchy and was accom­panied by the establishment ofa joint church-state commissionto deal with issues of mutualconcern. Both moves, accordingto observers, are welcomed in acountry that faces difficulties inrecuperating from the two-yearcivil war that toppled the Som­oza dynasty in July 1979.

The four, like many otherpriests, Religious and lay peo­ple, joined in the efforts to endthe Somoza dictatorship. FatherD'Escoto became foreign minis­ter and Father Parrales ministerof welfare. Father Ernesto Car­denal heads the ministry of cul­ture and his brother, Father Fer­nando Cardenal, is coordinatorof the Sandinista Youth Move­ment.

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The dispute involved an Is­raeli directive requiring "pilgrimand other groups" to travel inIsrael only with a licensed gov­ernment tour guide after July 1.

A communique issued after ameeting between church andgovernment officials -said thatpilgrim groups may be guided, bytour leaders and priests inplaces where "religious andspiritual guidance is the pri­mary object of the visit."

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- Four priests in the Nicaraguangovernment and the Nicaraguanbishops have reached an agree­ment allowing the priests totemporarily retain their posts aslong as they "abstain in publicand private from the exercise oftheir priestly ministry."

The agreement, announcedJuly 15 by the Nicaraguan Bish­ops Conference, added that thepriests "will not invoke or usetheir condition as priests to helpor justify state or party func­tions and actions."

The bishops stressed the non­partisan role of the priesthood.

The announcement came afterthree days of meetings betweenthe seven-member bishops' con­ferenre and the four priests in­volved, Maryknoll Father MiguelD'£scoto, Jesuit Father Fernan­do Cardenal, and diocesanFathers Edgar Parrales and Ern-

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Opposed to MXSALT LAKE CITY (NC) ­

Calling his stance the "logicalapplication" of the teachings ofthe church and of Pope JohnPaul II, Bishop William K. Wei­gand of Salt Lake City has an­nounced his opposition to theMX missile system. His opposi­tion, he said, was not just to thedeployment of the MX in Utahand Nevada but to the missilesystem itself.

nous or predominant. Elsewhere,it has the same authority overdioceses, 'bishops, priests, Reli­gious and laity of the EasternRites as is exercised for the Lat­in (Western) Rite by the congre­gations for bishops, the clergy,Religious and secular institutes,and Catholic education.

- The Congregation for Sac­raments and Divine Worship isresponsible for the rules govern­ing the church's liturgical action.It is divided into two sections.The first governs the disciplineof the seven sacraments and thecelebration of the Eucharist, ex­cept in those areas governed bythe doctrinal congregation or bychurch courts (chiefly cases con­cerning the sacrament of matri­mony and the marriage bond).

The congregation, however,handles marriage cases in whichit is claimed that the marriagewas not consummated. The con­gregation's second section, ondivine worship, is in charge ofthe pastoral and ritual aspectsof liturgical and extra-liturgicalworship. This includes prepara­tion and revision of liturgicaltexts, approval of translations,interpretation of norms and rub­rics for the liturgy, and fosteringliturgical development throughrelations with bishops' com­mittees and other organizationsfor liturgy and sacred music.

semblies of the congregationmembers. The members of a con­gregation are mainly other car­dinals, some from the Curia andsome from dioceses, diocesanbishops and, in some cases, a fewpriests and male religious super­iors.

Daily business is conducted bythe congregation staff and atperiodic meetings of the mem­bers of the congregation inRome.

Here is an overview of thenine Curia congregations andtheir main areas of responsibil­ity:

- The Congregation for theDoctrine of the Faith is the chiefwatchdog agency in matters ofchurch teaching on faith andmorals. It is also in charge ofthe International TheologicalCommission and Pontifical Bibli­cal Commission, papally appoint­ed commissions of leading schol­ars who advise the pope and thedoctrinal congregation on theo­logical an<l biblical questions.

- The Congregation for Bish­ops is in charge of establishingor changing boundaries of churchjurisdictions, reviewing nomina­tions for bishops, reviewing thestate of dioceses and the activi­ties of bishops' conferences, andestablishing norms for the gov­ernance of dioceses and bishops'conferences. It exercises theseroles in all countries not gov­erned by the Congregation forthe Evangelization of Peoples(mission lands) or the Congrega­tion for the Eastern Churches(chiefly in the Middle ,East andEastern Europe).

- The Congregation for theEastern Churches has exclusivejurisdiction over Catholic Churchaffairs in more than a dozenMideastern and Eastern Europ­ean countries in which thechurch's Eastern Rites are indige-

How the Vatican work,s(Tbis Is the second In a series

of articles by the NC News Ser­vice Rome bureau on how theRoman Curia, the churcb's cen­tral administration, Is run.)

VATICAN CITY (NC) .- Allfinal power in governing theCatholic Church is vested hy thepope. But like any head of alarge organization or govern­ment, he needs a body of ad­visers and support structures tohelp him.

The equivalent of a presiden-­tial cabinet is formed by thepope's secretary of state a:nd thenine cardinal-prefects (heads) ofthe Vatican's major administra­tive departments, which are call­ed congregations. This cabinetforms the main part of the Ro­man Curia, the church's <:entraladministration.

The secretary of state, thepope's right-hand man, is re­sponsible for coordinating thework of the congregations when­ever decisions or policies over­lap into several departments. Heis the centerpiece in this Curiastructure.

The congregations, tak,en to­gether, provide the adniinstrativelink between the pope and therest of the church in every majorarea of church life.

They oversee church teElching,the naming of bishops and run­ning of dioceses, religiou.s life,priestly life and ministry, cate­chetics, Catholic school!! andseminary training, the church inmission lands, Eastern-Ritechurches, norms for liturgy andthe administration of the sacra­ments, and even the proc:ess ofdeclarin~ new saints for venera­tion by Catholics.

The development of majorprojects and long-term policies ofthe con~gations, along with ageneral review of their work, isconducted in annual plemlry as-

.12 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. July 23, 1981

Why was Matthew's Gospel needed?

IIway, first to our own folk, thealienated Catholics.

I got involved with OperationHomecoming after making a Cur­sillo (weekend retreat) becausethe pastor, a good friend, askedme to help in the summer of1977.

Q. Could you explain how yourecruit people to evangelizeothers?

A. First, in our parish, wepound away at people on whatit means to be a Christian in

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The sun warmed the whitemarble buildings of the Areopa­gus, the court district, in the cityof Athens. People filled thesquare in front of the supremecourt building. Paul stood on aplatform so all could see andhear him.

He was eager to tell the curi­ous Athenian people about theone true God and about Jesus.But he was also a bit nervous.He needed to explain his mess­age in a new way because theAthenian philosophers were notfamiliar with the Jewish Bible.

"People of Athens," Paul be­gan, "I am impresse4 with howdevout and religious you are.Everywhere I walk in your beau­tiful city I see shrines to your

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IFor childrenI

How to evangelizeII

"WE CARE/WE SHARE" was a massive door-to­door outreach and evangelization program in the Fall Riverdiocese.

By Katherine Bird

George Clements, communi­cations manager for IBM in At­lanta, Ga., was a force behind"Operation Homecoming," anevangelization effort of St.Thomas Aqulna$ Parish in Al­pharetta, Ga. In the following in­terview, Clements talks aboutwhat the parish did to invite for­mer Catholics back to thechurch.

Q. Mr. Clements, why do pe0­ple find it difficult to take partin evangelization efforts? '

A. I think most Catholics feelreligion is a private matter. We

. don't feel comfortable talkingabout our belief in Christ. Thetypical person finds it hard tosay, "The Mass charges my bat­teries." And lay Catholics haveno tradition of going out toothers on a personal basis to dis­cuss religion.

Q. What does the word "evan­gelization mean to you?

A. As I see it, evangelizationmeans that every Christian isobligated to share the good newsof Christ's resurrection and oursalvation with other people. Wecan't keep it to ourselves. Andthis means every Christian, laypeople and Religious, of all agesand backgrounds.

For me, the bottom line inevangelization is first, to look in­ward, to ourselves, to make sureour own faith is strong -tofigure out why we are Catholics.Then, to reach out in a friendly

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There are several ways todo this:

1. Parishes evangelize whenthey encourage people to reflecton the Gospel and examine themeaning of their faith.

2. Parishes evangelize whentheir love can be seen in theircelebration of the liturgy, intheir preaching, in their appre­ciation of people's struggles inlife and in their hospitality. Thenalienated Catholics, recognizingthe Spirit, may want to look inon the church again.

3. Parishes evangelize whenthey reach out to people. Door­to-door visits, letters of wei­

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olics also were invited to theparish.

Involving people in Sundayliturgies became an immediatepriority. A gospel choir wasformed which plays a promin­ent role at the main SundayMass which 85 percent of parish­ioners attend. Ushers learned towelcome people warmly.

The parish evangelization com­mittee initiated monthly visitors'Sundays. Invitations are sent topeople who have contacted theparish during the month. Visit­ors sign the guest book at thechurch door and are introduced

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to these needs of his communitygive his Gospel a distinctive air.

But there were other morefundamental factors which in­fluenced his recasting of the tra­ditional material.· These, too, wemust consider if we are reallyto understand this fascinatingGospel.

To interested readers I recom­mend the following books, all inpaperback:

1. John Meier's commentaryon Matthew in the New Testa­ment Message series, MichaelGlazier, Inc., Washington, Del.,1980.

2. John Meier's, "The Visionof Matthew," PauIist Press, NewYork, 1979.

3. On a more modest scale,but still excellent, is DonaldSenior's, "Matthew, A Gospel forthe Church," Franciscan HeraldPress, Chicago, 1973.

some people were just waitingfor such an invitation.

Of course, it isn't easy to cap­ture attention in today's society.The media and the mails areflooded with attempts to getpeople to buy, join, support, op­pose. So the impact of a parishwill depend on how it embodiesthe Gospel and how much it isa community in which peoplecare for each other and furtherthe 1ingdom of God.

Many parishes want to sharethe meaning of faith, to evang­elize.

The word "evangelization"simply means spreading the goodnews of Jesus.

the golden church dome has be­come a symbol of pride.

Father Miller and former pas­tor Father Maurice Blackwellwere enthusiastic and energetic.This made it easier to convincepeople "we weren't here to pre­side over a sinking ship," saysFather Miller. Tbe priests beganby emphasizing that everyonehad to get involved for the parishto grow.

They constantly remindedpeople they were in the best posi­tion to know who in their fam­ily and on their block had beenin the church once and mightcome hack if invited. Non-Cath-

about Jesus. They interpret thatinformation for specific Christ­ian communities with their ownpreoccupations and problems.

Matthew's community neededa Gospel that spoke directly toits concerns.

The careful structure of theGospel of Matthew has led todescriptions of it as a "catecheti­cal instruction." Such cateche­sis was necessary for new con­verts but also for establishedChristians, even leaders. All ofChapter 18, for example, is di­rected to leaders.

Other concerns had to be dealtwith, too. For example, therewere those who questioned andchallenged the Christians. The de­sire to defend Christian positionseems to be one reason why theGospel of Matthew was written.

Matthew's efforts to respond

A parish revitalized

Reaching the alienated

know your faith

By Father Philip J. Mumion

According to a Gallup Poll, asmany as 49 percent of adultsborn into Catholic families do notparticipate in Sunday Mass, near­ly 20 percent of adults bornCatholic consider themselves to­tally alienated from the church.

These statistics have been rec­ognized by many parishes as achallenge. Well-planned effortshave been recognized by manyparishes as a challenge. Well­planned efforts have been under­taken to invite non-practicingCatholics back to parish com­munities. There are even caseswhere it has been discovered that

By Lenore KellySix years ago the future looked

bleak for St. Bernardine Parish inBaltimore, Md. Today, becauseparishioners are actively involv­ed in evangelization, St. Bernard­ine's is alive and growing.

In 1975 when Father EdwardMiller became co-pastor, churchattendance had dwindled to about200 persons weekly. In a chang­ing neighborhood the parishschool had closed and rumorswere spreading that the samefate awaited the church building.Today an average of 750 parish­ioners attend weekend liturgiesin the largely black parish and

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By Father John Castelot

It is generally agreed that theauthor of the Gospel of Matthew- who, for, convenience sake,we still call Matthew - usedthe Gospel of Mark as a re­source. But if Mark's Gospel wasaccepted in Matthew's commun­ity, why would another Gospelhave been needed?

The answer does not lie in theauthor's desire to add material.that Mark did not use.

Matthew's Gospel is longerthan Mark's and quite different.Even when Matthew uses Mark,he frequently edits him, provid­ing fresh applications of the tra­ditional material.

So why was the Gospel ofMatthew written? To come upwith an answer, it needs to berealized that the Gospels domore than supply information

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People in the crowd smiledand looked at one another ap­provingly. Paul now argued fromthe text of their poet.

"If we are God's offspring,we should not look at a statueof gold or stone as divine. Godmay have overlooked people'signorance of him in the past. Butnow he calls people everywhereto change their lives. In fact,God has set the day on which heis going to judge the world andall our actions."

People on the edges of thecrowd began to drift away. Theywere not eager to hear aboutjudgment. Paul decided to hint atJesus, without mentioning hisname.

"God will judge us all througha certain man whom he has ap­pointed. God has approved thisman by raising him from thedead."

Some listeners sneered at theidea of resurrection from thedead. Some politely told Paulthey would like to hear moreabout his teaching some othertime.

Of that large crowd, only afew became believers. One wasDionysius, a member of thecourt of the Areopagus.

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Continued from page twelvemany gods. I even discovered analtar with the inscription: "To aGod Unknown."

The people of Athens likedwhat Paul said about them andtheir city. Paul sensed this andcontinued:

"I want to tell you about thisGod who is unknown to you.You worship him but do not yetknow him. The God who madethe world and all that is in itdoes not live in shrines made byhuman hands. This great Goddoes not need our service orprayers.

"He gives life and breath andeverything else. He made each. ofus. We are all called to seekGod, at times to grope for him,and perhaps eventually to findhim. Yet God is not really veryfar from anyone of us."

Paul paused for a moment.What he was saying was basedon the teachings of the JewishBible they did not know. So hequoted a source they wouldrecognize.

"Here is what one of yourGreek poets wrote about God:'In him we live and move andhave our being, for we too arehis offspring.'''

Continued from page twelvecome, articles and advertise­ments and special events such aslectures or discussions devotedto questions and problems peo­ple have concerning the churchare among the ways to do this.

4. Parishes evangelize whenthey promote the values of theGospel, such as freedom, justiceand caring for people in need.

These approaches -- deepen­ing our own faith, building acommunity of faith that attractspeople, reaching out to peoplewho are not part of the church,and bringing the Gospel to bearon society - are dimensions ofevangelization. They are ways tofulfill Jesus' mandate to makedisciples of all people.

We may suggest that the prim­ary means of Catholic evangeli­zation is through the vitality ofthe parish and its people. Forthe parish is a people who aretrying to 'be Christ in the worldtoday. It is a community inwhich people come together togrow in faith and to support oneanother.

There can be many efforts toreach alienated Catholics. In fact,many efforts are needed.

But nothing takes the place ofthe Christian community and itsvisible faith - the communitythat will be met when and if analienated Catholic comes to theparish.

Or a person can say some­~hing like, "I'd like to talk toyou for a while about mychurch." This works best if youinvite the person to some specialparish event, like a social houror a seminar.

Q. Do you find it easy to ap­proach people?

A. It's never easy. I never feeltotally comfortable. I alwaysthink, "Am I going to say theright thing?" I worry people willwalk away from me. I usuallypray and have a knot in mystomach the whole time.

'But the success stories keepme going. For instance, the manwho was away from the churchfor 25 years and now comes tochurch at least sometimes.

And then I have to believe thatI am planting seeds. That myencouragement may bring some­one back later on if not now.

Alienated

Busy KnightsNEW HAVEN, Conn. (NC) ­

Members of the Knights of Col­umbus throughout North Ameri­ca contributed more than 9.2million hours to community ser­vice during 1980, according to asurvey.

They also gave more than $29million for charitable and ben­evolent causes, the survey said.

The 9,228,937 hours in com-'munity service here devoted toyouth, hospitals, orphanages andchurch activities. An additional896,393 hours were dedicated tosick and disabled members andtheir families. The Knights alsomade 805,861 visits to the sickand bereaved.

Continued from Page Twelveto the congregation. After Mass,they are invited to remain tolearn more about the paJrish.

Twice each year, a five-nightparish revival is held with Pro­testant ministers invited to joinSt. Bernardine parishioners insinging, praying and testifyingabout the role of Jesus in theirlives.

The parish works hard to buildpride among its members and tobe visible in the community. T­shirts, buttons, mugs, billboardads, newsletters and a door-to­door census have been used tomake St. Bernardine known.

Even so, many communitygroups have not yet been reach­ed. So this year parishioner Don­na Powe was hired as fulltimeevangelizat~~n coordinator.

She will develop home Biblestudy groups for those unable orunwilling to come to the church.She also hopes to expand in­quiry programs. Baptized a Cath­olic as a teen-agel', she feels itis difficult for non-Catholics tounderstand the vocabulary, sym­bols and cultural traditions ofthe Catholic Church just by at­tending classes.

Father Miller sums up: "It isimportant for the church to pre­sent itself as church, for thestrongest thing we have to offerto people is the Lord."

Parish

Continued from page twelvehomilies and in the bulletin,through parish leaders and com­mittee members. We remind peo­ple constantly of the obligationto share the faith.

Second, when we have five or10 people ready to help, Wl~ showthem how to evangeli2:e. InHomecoming II, we turned tothose who worked during home­coming I to explain what theydid.

I always tell people the bestkind of evangelization is throughsimple conversation, one to one.Begin with someone you know- talking to one neighbor _orrelative about your faith. I alsoremind people you don't have tobe experts on church history.You have to be able to :iay, "Ilike being a Catholic." Or, "Mylife is better" because of myparish and my religion.

Let me add, it is probablyeasier to do this here in theSouth. Being Christian is ,11 moreopen thing down here. SouthernBaptists talk frankly abottt theirreligion. Many Protestant busi­nessmen have Bible study groupsover the noon hour. Some of thisfervor rubs off on Catho:tics..

Q. Could you give examples01 approaches you have U:!led?

A. Well, I've been workingwith a friend who drifted awayfrom the church many yeelrs ago.I might say to him: "Hey, Harry,I'll bet you've never seen a Massin English. Aren't you curious?Won't you come with me toMass next Sunday?"

Or, again, if someone is havingtrouble with his kids, and hasno spiritual anchoring in his life,I will try to introduce him tosomeone at the parish who isgood with strangers.

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permanent and loving relation­ship.

And those who are Christianswant to proclaim that love pub­licly in the presence of theChristian community - at awedding Mass.

As to the" reader's own appar­ent answer, basing a decisionsolesly on "how you feel aboutit" is a highly risky business.Feelings come and go; they canchange, sometimes from hourto hour.

Although we should take feel­ings into account when makinga decision, we also must use ourbrains and think about suchthings as consequences, and thecauses of happiness, and God'splan for the way we are to live.

In making decisions connectedwith sexuality one needs, per­haps most of all, to keep in mindthat being human means beingable to control one's actions andto make choices.

(Questions on social issuesmay be sent to Tom Leunon at1312 Mass. Ave., N.W., Wash·ington, D.C. 20005).

love?•Inphrase:

"Really in love" refers to anexclusive, permanent, loving re­lationship between two personsof the opposite sex. It's oftencalled marriage.

'Christians believe that the ex­quisite gift of sexual intercoursecomes to us from the God whocreated us.

But who's to say when thisact is right or wrong? Christiansbelieve that in the Old and theNew Testaments God has "said"a few things about the use ofthis gift.

In God's plan, sexual inter­course, the most intimate physi­cal expression of enduring love,is for married people and islinked with the creation of hu­man life.

God's exquisite gift is not ashabby thing meant for cheapmotels, irresponsible encounters,selfish goals and temporary re­lationships.

Sexual intercourse is for peo­ple of maturity, for persons withcourageous hearts who are will­ing to enter into an exclusive,

OCUIon youth,Who's

By Tom LennonQ. If you are really in love,

who is to say if sex is right orwrong? Your decision should bebased on how you feel about it.(Oregon)

A. This reader has sent in aquestion and seems als6 to pre­sent an answer. I preseume heor she is seeking a comment onboth.

I also presume that the read­er means by "sex" the act ofsexual intercourse.

But what does the readermean by "really in love?" If twopersons hit it off on their firstdate, are they then "really inlove?"

Or is the reader referring to asummer romance that may be asshallow as the water at the edgeof the seashore?

Or does the reader have inmind two teen-agers who aregoing steady? Is that being"really in love?"

I have no way of being surewhat the questioner means bythe phrase. But here's what I, amature Christian, mean by the

Private EyesTessWindwalker

Lion of the DesertThe Legend of the

Lone RangerModern RomanceNighthawksNine to FiveOrdinary PeopleOutlandRaging BullRaiders of the Lost ArkResurrectionSea WolvesSecondhand HeartsSeems Like Old TimesSuperman IIThiefTribute

Rings TwicePrivate BenjaminScannersS.O.B.Stir CrazyStripes

..Improper ChannelsKagemushaMidnij!ht MadnessOblomovPopeye

The Dogs of WarDragonslayerThe Elephant ManEscape from New YorkEyewitnessThe Four SeasonsGalaxinaGoing ApeThe Iiaunting of JuliaThe Incredible Shrinking

WomanInside MovesIt's My TurnThe Jazz SingerKill & Kill AgainKing of the MountainThe Last Metro

Happy Birthday to Me. The Hand

High RiskKnightridersPolyesterThe Postman Always

AmyBustin' LooseThe Devil and Max DevlinThe EarthlingHardly Working

American PopAlligatorAtlantic CityBack RoadsBeyond the ReefBlues BrothersBrubakerCafe ExpressCannonball RunCattle Annie & Little

BritchesCavemanCharlie Chan & Curse

of Dragon QueenClash of the TitansCutter and BoneDeath Hunt

A-l Approved for Children and AdultsFish Hawk The Great Muppet Caper JesusFox and Hound

All Night LongA1tereiJ StatesAny Which Way You CanExcaliburThe Final ConflictFor Your Eyes Only

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B - Obiectionable in Part for Everyone

A-3 Approved for Adults Only

A-4 Separate Classification

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astation of Europe in World WarII.

"In the Marshall plan; theygave away two percent or more

. of their total production of goodsand services for over five yearsto friends and ex-enemies alike- and at that time they wereonly half as wealthy as they aretoday," Barbara Ward wrote."This was the beginning of thelong prosperity of the 50s and60s, and not least to -benefit werethe Americans themselves."

The nch, she said, shouldshow the same imagination andgenerosity today. "This would bethe bedrock of a really new in­ternational economic order."

THE RESURRECTED CHRIST is depicted as a blackman in this striking mural in Our Lady of Charity Church,Brooklyn, N.Y. (NC Photo)

poorest, to make the gap widerstill," it adds. "We must nowuse all of our influence as re­sponsible citizens to see that,in the final two decades of thiscentury, this trend is reversed."

"The rich must assist the pro­cess by a wider readiness toshare their wealth. The hungrymust be fed, the homeless shel­tered, the sick healed," it says.

The general mood is not fa­vorable to a wider view of in­ternational justice and sharing,the pamphlet says. But sharingalso can serve the self-interestof the rich countries, it states,citing the economic interventionof the Americans after the dev-

About 800 million people livein absolute want and their num­bers will certainly increase vast­ly, it says.

"We cannot allow the rich,already 40 times richer than the

Barbara Ward booklet asks aid to poorLONDON (NC) - The rich,

whether nations or people, havtthe "inescapable task" of usingtheir wealth for the good of thepoor, according to a pamphletby the late Barbara Ward (LadyJackson), published posthumous­ly.

The pamphlet, "Peace and Jus­tice in the World," was com­missioned by the Commission forInternational Justice and Peaceof the Catholic' Bishops' Confer­ence of England and Wales andthe Catholic Fund for OverseasDevelopment.

The pamphlet is intended toexplain in simple language theissues involved in redressingeconomic imbalances betweenindustrialized and underdevelop­ed countries.

A letter has been sent to everypriest in England and Wales ask­ing them to preach on worldjustice and to recommend thepamphlet to their congregations.

The pamphlet says that by hisown example and by parableafter parable "our Lord makesplain this absolute priority ofsh3ring and selfless giving forthose who are fortunate enoughto enjoy the means of aid andlove."

The Howlin,Mel Brooks History of

the World: Part ISqueeze Play

C • Condemned

Eyes of a StrangerThe FanFriday the 13th Part IIFunhouseHe Knows You're Alone

A Change of SeasonsCheaper to Keep HerCheech & Chong's

Nice DreamsCity of Women

AN ALTAR BOY'S back is an impromptu desk asArchbishop Jozef Glemp, new primate of Poland, signs anautograph. (NC Photo)

(A Separate Classification is given to certain films which while not.morally offensive, require some analysis and explanation as a pro­. tection against wrong interpreta~ons and false conclusions.)

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States, and a look at contem­porary U.S. Benedictines.

On RadioSunday, July 26, (NBC) Guide­

line." Father Joseph Fenton, pre­sents the second of two inter­views with Father Alvin Illig, ofthe American bishops' Office ofEvangelization. Check local airtime.

Disney filmis scored

NEW YORK (NC) - The lat­est movie by Walt Disney Pro­ductions, "Dragonslayer," dis­plays an anti·Christian bias thatcould not be more surprising "ifTinkerbell had been caught soli·citing in Times Square," an Am­erica magazine editorial said.

In the July II edition of theJesuit publication an editorialtitled "Walt Disney Anti-Chris·tian?" stated that "in the fan­tasy world of "Dragonslayet"Christianity becomes supersti­tious nonsense, and sorcery isthe salvation of the world.

"Priests are raving fanaticswho lead gullible peasants totheir deaths, while sorcerers arewise men willing to sacrifice theirlives to save their people. Thecross is powerless but the magi­cian's crystal saves the day."

Jesuit Father Thomas J. Reese,associate editor of America, ex­panded on the editorial, sayingthat "the fact that the film isvery entertaining makes its anti­Christian message even moredangerol;ls."

According to Father Reese, thestory has all the makings of anexciting adventure. Set in theMiddle Ages, it has young he­roes, a wise sorcerer, a beautifulprincess, a Machiavellian kingand a fire-breathing dragon.

But "the clear message of themovie is that the fanatical Chris­tian priest with his cross is im­potent and in fact dangerous tohis people, while the sorcererwith his magic crystal will de­stroy the dragon even if it meanssacrificing his life for his people.

"The fact that early Christianmissionaries in Europe were themajor force in stopping humansacrifice to gods or dragons isconveniently forgotten. Thewriters could easily have leftChristianity out of the story.Why they went out of their wayto hold it up for ridicule is amystery," Father Reese said.

"You know what you are get­ting when you go to a movieadvertised under the name ofMonty Python or Mel Brooks.But it is disappointing to findthe Disney name associated withsuch bigotry," he added.

The Motion Picture Associationrated "Dragonslayer" PG, par­ental guidance suggested, andthe U.S. CathQlic Conferenceclassified it A-III. A USCC De­partment of Communication re­view called it "an interestingfilm that seems to have mis­carried despite some admirableintentions."

.'tv, mOVIe news

Sunday,' July 26, 2 p.m. (NBC)"NBC Religious Special." ActorJoseph Campanella narrates aspecial on the Benedictines, in­cluding a historical essay on thefounding of Monte Cassino, thespread of Benedictine monasti­cism to England and the United

Sunday, July 26, 2:36-1:00p.rn. (ABC) "Directions" reportson Amnesty International inLondon. Peter Jennings inter­views Amnesty's general secre­tary, and chronicles a case his­tory of a Soviet Jew's attempt towin freedom from prison in Si­beria. Check local air time.

Symbols following film reviews indicateboth general and Catholic Film Officeratings, which do not always coincide.

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

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

New Films"Windwalker" (Pacific Inter­

national): A dying Cheyene pa­triarch yearns to see again thetwin son kidnapped by hostileCrows when he was an infant.Aside from the casting of TrevorHoward, a fine actor who, how­ever, can hardly be accepted asan Indian, "Windwalker" is anauthentic and absorbing film onIndian life. Because of the vio­lence and conflict essential tothe story, it is not suited to veryyoung children but for olderones the dignity with which itportrays Indian life recommendsit highly. A2, PG

Films on TVFriday, July 24, 9 p.rn. (NBC)

- ''The Day James Dean Died"(1978) - College students reactto James Dean's tragic death.

. Interesting, but fails to buildmuch sympathy for its charac­ters or explain what drew themto Dean. One scene involvesyouthful sexual exploration. A3,PG

Thursday, July 30, 8 p.m.(NBC) - "St. Ives" (1976) - Aformula detective mystery fea­turing Charles Bronson as ajournalist who is a go·between ina scheme to recover some stolenpapers. Incidental sex and vio­lence. A3, PG

Religious BroadcastingSunday, July 26, WLNE Chan­

nel 6, 10:30 a.m., Diocesan Tele­vision Mass.

"Confiuence," 8 a.m. eachSunday, repeated at 6:30 a.m.each Tuesday on ChaJmeI 6, isa panel program moderated byTruman Taylor and having aspermanent participants FatherPeter N. Graziano, diocesan di.rector of social services; Rev. Dr.Paul Gillespie, of the Rhode Is­land State Council of Churches;and Rabbi Baruch Korff. Thisweek's subject: "Healing Life'sHurts."

Rev. Paul F. McCarrick, CYODiocesan Director, said thattrophies will be awarded to thechampion and the runnerup ineach division and that the twofinalists in each division willrepresent the diocese in the NewEngland CYO Tournament nextmonth.

Again this year the Marty Hig.gins Trophy will be awarded tothe outstanding golfer of thediocesan tourney. The trophyhonors the memory of the latepro at the Fall River CountryClub. Boys and young men in­terested should contact theirlocal CYO directors.

Wardyga, 24:23; Tim Walker,24:39; John Gorman, 25:01; GlennAnderson, 25:07; John Ellis, 25:38; Richard Elderkin, 26:05;Greg Harrison, 26:07; ArmandGendreau, 26:1O.

In the master category (ages30-39) Bruce Gamage was firstin 26:35, and George Silva, 28:59, was first in the 50-and-upbracket.

Central at 8:15. Sunday night'stwin bill, also starting at sixlists Central vs. Kennedy, NorthEnd vs. Somerset.

The league schedule runsthrough Aug 9. During the re­mainder of that week make·upgames will be scheduled followedby post-season playoffs. In thequarter·finals the teams finish­ing first and second will havebyes, the team finishing thirdwill meet the sixth-place team,the fourth will meet the fifth inbest of three series. The survivorof the fourth-fifth series willmeet the first-place team, andthe survivor of the third-sixthseries will meet the second teamin the semi-finals.

Henry Cebula and Paul(Spanky) Demanche have beennamed assistant football coachesat Bishop Stang High School.Cebula, a native of Fall River, isnot a newcomer to the Spartancoaching staff. In 1966 he wasassistant under head coach Char­lie Connell. After one year atKeith Junior High School in NewBedford and four at New Bed~

ford Yoke, all as assistant coach,he again was assistant at Stangbefore going to Fairhaven Highwhere he has been assistantcoach for the past three years.

Demanche is a graduate ofthe University of Connecticutwhere a shoulder injury inter­rupted his football career. Heserved as undergraduate assist­ant on the U Conn grid squadworking with receivers and run·ning backs, which is what hewill be doing at Stang.

portswQtch

The 22nd CYO Diocesan GolfTournament will be held at onep.m. next Monday at the Po­casset Golf Course, Pocasset,Mass. Bill Doyle is the tourna­ment director.

The competition will be in fourdivisions: seniors, born on orafter Jan. I, 1955; intermediates,born on or after Jan. 1, 1962;juniors, born on or after Jan. I,1965; cadets, born on (Ir afterJan. I, 1967.

tEach area of the diocese ­Fall River, New Bedford, Taun­ton, Attleboro and the Cape ­will be allowed two entries ineach division. Area tournamentsdetermine the qualifiers.

Ed Gordon won the second an­nuaI4.7-mile Mount Carmel roadrace in Seekonk last Saturday.His time was 24:06 and he fin­ished 50 yards ahead of :runner­up Ed Dwyer who ran the coursein 24:17. Chris Muller, the firstwoman to finish, had a time of27:27.

Following Gordon and Dwyerin the top 10 overall WE~re Bill

Gordon Wins Mount Carmel Race

CYO Dioceseln Golf Tourney Monday

The race for the Fall RiverCYO Baseball League champion­ship has gotten closer. Defend·ing champion Flint Catholic wasstill the leader entering thisweek with a 9-3 record b'ut ever­powerful Immaculate Concep­tion, 8-4, was only one game offthe pace, followed by Swansea6-2, St. William 6-6, St. Mich­ael's Club 5-8, Columbus 4-6,Our Lady of Health 4-8 and St.Patrick 3-7.

In games played last week itwas Swansea 4 St. Michael'sClub 3, Columbus 9 Our Ladyof Health 4, St. Michae!i's Club4 St. Patrick 2, Columbus, 7 FlintCatholic 3, Immaculate Concep­tion 2 St. William I, St. Wil­liam 6 St. Michael's Club 4, OurLady of Health 11 Swansea 8,Immaculate Conception 6 Colum­bus 5, Our Lady of Health 10 St.Patrick 7.

Tonight's games, at sixo'clock, are St. Michael's Clubvs.Columbus at Lafayette Park,Immaculate Conception vs. St.Patrick at Kennedy Park. Thelone game Sunday, at 7 p.m. hasSwansea vs. Columbus Ilt Lafa­yette Park.

In the Bristol County CYOBaseball League Maplewood, 11­3, was still in the lead I~ntering

this week with South End, 10-7,retaining the runnerup spot fol­lowed by Somerset 8-6, Kennedy7·8, North End 7·7 and Central0-12.

Tonight's games at ThomasChew Memorial Park in FallRiver have North End vs" Maple­wood at six p.m.. Somerset vs.

67th ANNUAL FEAST OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

Father Teilhard sees the evo­lution of man in terms of in­creasing socialization. Christi­anity is seen as playing essen­tially the same kind of role intransforming and directing hu­man evolution as the formationof consciousness played in thedirection of cosmic evolution be­fore man. Christ is the omega(end) point transforming andconsolidating human energies.

The Jesuit, who died in 1954,achieved world renown as ananthropologist and had been partof the team that discovered thefossil remains of Peking man inChina in the 1920s and 1930s.

Scholars have praised the cos·mic sweep and spiritual depth ofhis vision but raised questionsabout his methodology and thescientific rigor of many of hi3conclusions.

In his letter marking the cen­tenary of Father Teilhard's birthCardinal Casaroli commented: "Apowerful poetic intuition of thedeep value of nature, a stimula­ting perception of the dynam­ism of creation, a vast vision ofthe development of the worldwere combined in him with anundeniable religious fervor."

He wrote that "the amazingecho of his research, joined withthe radiance of his personalityand the richness of his thought,have left a durable mark on ourage.. "But at the same time the

complexity of the problemsbroached and the variety of ap­proaches used have not failed toraise difficulties, which, justlywarrant a critical and serenestudy, both on the scientific andon the philosophical and theo­logical levels, of this extraordin­ary work," added the cardinal.

Archives exhibitopens at Vatican

VATICAN CITY ~C) - PopeJohn Paul II has opened an ex­hibition of the Vatican secretarchives, commemorating thecentenary of the opening of thearchives to research scholars.

The exhibit, which will be opento the public for a year, displays230 documents from among themore than a million preservedin the archives. It includes sixgolden seals from the Vatican'scollection of 80, believed thelargest and most valuable col­lection of its kind in the world.

Some of the documents on dis­play are more than 1,000 yearsold, among them the importantletter by Pope John VIII, writ­ten in 880, approving the use ofSlavic languages for liturgicalrites. The decision was a keyevent for the conversion ofEastern Europe to Christianityand for the subsequent religiousand cultural development of theSlavic peoples.

The oldest document in the ex­hibit is a manuscrript titled"Liber diurnus romanorumpontifici\lm" (journal of the Ro­man pontiffs), which dates fromabout the year 800.

The exhibit is in the massiveunderground archive space justcompleted last year under theVatican'sPigna Courtyard.

Teilhard warning siands

RAYMOND SOUZA, President

VATICAN CITY (NC) - TheVatican Press Office said July 11that official church reservationsabout the teachings of the notedFrench paleontologist, JesuitFather Pierre Teilhard de Char·din, remain in effect.

The press office said it wasresponsing to queries resultingfrom the publication June 9 of aletter by Cardinal Agostino Casa­roli, papal secretary of state,which praised Father Teilhard's"vast vision" and "the richnessof his thought."

The cardinal's letter, writtenin the name of the pope, hadbeen sent to Archbishop PaulPoufard, rector of the CathQlicInstitute in Paris and pro-presi­dent of the Vatican's Secretariatfor Non-Believers, on the occa­sion of an international sympo­sium at the institute marking thecentenary of Father Teilhard'sbirth.

"Far from constituting a re­vision of the position taken be­fore by the Holy See, CardinalCasaroli's letter in several pass­ages expresses reservations ­that some newspapers let passin silence - which refer pre­cisely to the judgment given bythe 'monitum' of June 1962,even if this document is not ex­plictly mentioned," the pressoffice said.

The 1962 "monitum" (Latinfor "warning") from the Vati­can's Holy Office, as the Con­gregation for the Doctrine of theFaith was then called, warnedthat the Jesuit scientist's writ­ings contained ambiguities anderrors and should not be accept­ed uncritically.

The warning did not condemnFather Teilhard's writings.

Father Teilhard is best knownfor his efforts to link evolution­ary science, philosophy and the­ology in an integrated vision ofman and the universe withChrist at the center as the dy­namic force and also the goalof human evolution.

He traces evolution in termsof the increasing complexity andconsciousness up to the appear­ance of man (what he calls thenoosphere - the sphere of mindor reflective consciousness).

ADORERS OF BLESSEDSACRAMENT, FAIRHAVEN

A holy hour open to all willbe held from 7 to 8 p.m. Mondayat Sacred Hearts Church, Fair­haven. Father Eugene LaPlante,AA, chaplain to the foreign com­munity of Moscow, will be guestspeaker and the hour will alsoinclude Mass. Refreshments willfollow.

The Blessed Sacrament will beexposed Friday, Aug. 7, follow­ing 8:30 a.m. Mass until closingBenediction at 8:45 p.m.

BLESSED SACRAMENT,FALL RIVER

A parish picnic is planned atColt State Park for Sunday, Aug.9 under prayer group sponsor­ship. Mass will be offered duringthe day.

The spiritual life committeewill meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday inthe chapel.

ST. STANISLAUS,FALL RIVER

100 persons are still sought towork on the parish Czestochowatapestry. Those interested maycontact Sister Barbara Jean. Shemay also be contacted regardinga few vacancies which exist inthe parish school.

ST. RITA,MARION

Those interested in participa­ting in the St. Luke's Hospitalmusic group may contact Den­ise Morency, 992·7055.

Altar boys will have an outingMonday at Lincoln Park.

Sisters of the Sacred Heartsare praying for the parishthroughout this week.

ST. PETER & PAUL,FALL RIVER

Altar boys will take a trip toLincoln Park Monday, Aug. 10,and to Rocky Point Tuesday,Aug. 11.

Pictures of the old church,school and parish grounds aresought in connection with thecelebration of the 100th anni­versary of the parish next year.Those with material may contactLucille Pavao, 679-5904.

Going Home to Love"Many older people who are

reaching the end of their livesare not afraid to die. They feelthey are going home to someonewho loves them." - Father De­clan Madden, OFM

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ST. MARY,NEW BEDFORD

-Bringing of the Eucharist tothe sick by special ministers willbe initiated following 10:15 a.m.Mass Sunday. when Sister Rita,CCD coordinator, will bring com·munion to two shut-in parishion­ers.

The parish' has made a con­tribution to the Carmelite Sistersof Sol-e-Mar Convent, SouthDartmouth, and will continue tooffer support to the community.

Memorial plantings around thechurch will include a Mary Gar­den. Further details and archi­tect's drawings will be availableshortly.

CFM SEMINAR,SOUTH BEND, IND.

The biannual national familylife seminar of the ChristianFamily Movement will be heldAug. 6 to 9 at St. Mary's College,South Bend. Keynote speakerswill include Father Richard Rohr,OFM, a charismatic leader, whowill discuss "Ministry to Self;"and Maureen Miller, author andeducator, whose topic will befamily commuication techniques.Some 1000 persons are expectedto attend.

ST. ANNE,FALL RIVER

The feast of St. Anne will becelebrated Sunday, with devo­tions scheduled for 2, 3 and 4p.m. in the shrine and a specialMass and candlelight processionin the shrine at 7:30 p.m. Therelic of St. Anne will 'be avail­able for veneration during theday..

ST. JOHN OF GOD,SOMERSET

The patronal feast of the par·ish will be observed with a Massat 11 a.m. Sunday, with FatherJOQn J. Oliveira as homilist. Aprocession will follow at 1:30p.m. and a band concert will beheld on the church grounds dur­ing the afternoon and evening.

The Circle of Love prayer linegroup will meet Thursday, July30, following 7 p.m. Mass.

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Iteering pOintlST. DOMINIC,SWANSEA .

Parish council guidelines weredistributed last Sunday and par­ishioners are asked to studythem and consider serving theparish in one of the many acti­vities listed.

Families are encouraged tocontrrbute flowers from theirhome gardens for the church andcenter, especially when Mass isbeing offered for a family mem­ber. Arrangements may be madeby calling the rectory.

HOLY NAME,FALL RIVER

A few openings remain in theparish school and those interest­ed may contact the rectory. Uni­lorms may be priced up at theschool between 10 a.m. and 2p.m. Thursday, A'ug. 6. Studentsnot previously measured mayalso purchase uniforms at thattime.

ST. MICHAEL,SWANSEA

A family picnic will be heldSunday, Aug. 30 at St. Vincentde Paul Camp, Westport.

LA SALETrE SHRINE,ATILEBORO

Father Andre Patenaude, MS,will lead a healing service at 2p.m. Sunday at the outdoor grot­to altar. The program will beginwith a series of praise songs byFather Patenaude, followed by ahealing Mass at which he willbe principal celebrant and homi­list. Anointing of the sick andlaying on of hands will follow.

SACRED HEART HOME,NEW BEDFORD

Care of chronic patients willbe considered in a one-day work­shop to be held Wednesday atthe home. Further informationis available by calling 966-6751,ext. 59.

ST. JULIE BILLIART,NORTH DARTMOUTH

A six-week adult educationcourse will begin at 7:30 p.m.Wednesday, Aug. 5 in the parishhall. The topic will be "Prayer:Listening for the Lord."

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