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Bishops' agenda set Pro-life, evangelization,

ca.mpns ministry are concerns

Msgr. Hoye protests

Nicaraguan rights crackdown

WASHINGTON (NC) - A new pro-life activities plan and evangelization 'and campus min­istry statements are on the U.S. Catholic bishops' agenda when they meet in Washington Nov. 11-15.

The new pro-life plan stresses abortion as a central issue but also highlights the "consistent ethic of 'life" approach to all life issues advocated by Cardinal Joseph Bernardin of Chicago, chairman of the bishops' Com­mittee on Pro-life Activities. That approach appears to enjoy wide support within the hier-· archy, although some anti-abor­tion groups oppose it because they view at as spreading pro-life forces too thinly and weakening the battle against legalized abor­tion.

The bishops, meeting under their twin organizational titles of Nationa'l Conference of Cath­olic Bishops and U.S. Catholic Conference, will also discuss ,the second draft of a nationa,l pas­toral letter on Catholic teaoh~ng

and the U.S. economy and vote on a revised version of liturgical rites for funerals.

A day longer than fall meet­ings of recent years, this Nov-· ember's meeting will ~nclude a ha!f-day of prayer and reflection.

And on Nov. 14 Bishop James Malone of Youngstown, Ohio, NCCB·USCC president, will de­liver a major ecumenical address during a joint Catholic-Lutheran worship service at the Church of. the Reformation, 'a Lutheran Church of America church on Capitol Hill. Heads of major U.S. Lutheran organizations are to participate.

The bishops' original 1975 Pas­toral Plan for Pro-Life Activities spoke briefly of the whole

. range of pro~life issues and placed abortion within that con­text, but was otherwise devoted to educational, legislative and service plans to combat abortion.

The ,revised plan to be con­sidered this November remains focused on anti-abortion activi-. ties, but spells out far more fully the wider f.ramework of respect for me. It cites trends toward infanticide and euthanasia as areas of growing concern.

Passage of the revised pastoral plan wi'll require a majority vote by the bishops.

A planned nationa" pastoral letter on Catholic teaching and the U.S. economy has been one of the bishops' most controver­silH and widely publicized pro­jects since the 1983 wa,r and peace pastoral.

A second draft of the docu­ment was released Oct. 7 and is to be discussed in November. There is to be no final vote, however, until next year after a third draft is written, de­bated and aqtended.

The second draft calls a soci­ety's treatment of its poor the "l,itmus test" of its justice or in­justice and says that a "prefer· ential option for the poOr" is a Christian mandate.

"A Vision qf Evangelization" is the title ofa proposed state­ment on which the bishops will be asked to vote. _It urges that the Gospel become more central' to the Uves of American Cath­olics,- reconciliation of alienated Catholics anc;l outreach to the millions of unohurched Ameri­cans.

It also speaks of embedding the Gospel in America's "social systems and cultures."

The bishops are expected to take 'action on a proposed pas­,toral letter on campus' ministry 'and on a revised· "Order of Christian Funerals" which seeks to update the rite with fuller develo~ment in areas where op· tions a're allowed. There are, for example, 45 option~ prayers for the dead, many adapted to

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BISHOP DANIEL A. CRONIN and Cardinal Bernard Law share a pleasant moment at a recent Fall River banquet honoring the late Cardinal Humberto Medeiros and benefit­ing the Catholic University of Portugal. (Torchia photo)

WASHrNGTON (NC) - The general secretary of the U.S. Cathol:ic Conference has protest­ed the Nicaraguan government's orackdown on civil liberties in that country, including church press freedom.

In a teIegram to Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega; Msgr. Daniel F..Hoye urged. the gov­ernment to respect the right of the Catholic Church to publish newspapers -and magazines with­out interference. '

"We deeply regret the decision of the government of Nicaragua to reinstate the exoessively broad restrictions imposed by the state of emergency," said the Taunton-born generaoJ seore­tary. ­

"Regarding the unfortunate

events surrounding the inaugura­tion of the publication Iglesia, we call for a settlement whioh will respect the right of the church to publish freely," he said.

On Oct. IS, Ortega formally suspended freedom of speech, assembly and travel, as well as the right of workers to strike and the right of habeas corpus for prisoners. He said the rights were suspended because "the brutal aggression by North Am­erica and ats ,internal allies has created an extraordinary situa­tion" in the country.

OTtega said ,there were "agents· of imperialism," including some in "religious 'institutions," try· ing to destabilize the country.

In an interview with National Catholic News Service Oct. 17, Francisco Campbell, minister­counselor for political affairs at the Nicaraguan :Embassy, said ~he religious figure Ortega was referring to was Msgr. Bismarck CarbaHo, an official of the Arch­diocese of Managua.

Campbell said Msgr. Carballo 'attempted to publish a -magazine, Iglesia - which means "church" ,in Spanish - without registering the publication, which is an eight­page bulletin intended for dis­tribution in churches.

According Ito CampbelL Nica­raguan law requires every pub· Hcation to regist~r with the gov­ernment and be subject to re­view t~ prevent release of in-

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YOUNGSTERS AT St. Vincent's Home, Fall River, prepare for a balloon liftoff, part of the home's observance of its IOOth anniversary. (Torchia photo)

'tHE ANCHOR-':' ,',r- \,,', Friday, Oct. 25, 1985

TEAM MEMBERS: These

young people ~ll present an original production, "The Team," at 8:30 tomorrow night in LaSalette shrine cafeteria, Attleboro. Includ­

ing evangelistic and teach­ing skits, a stage band, songs

and a dramatic story line,

the show is described as "an evening of laughter and tears, . self-examination and learning." All welcome.

"".", .:Celiieter)/','Sunday , noted; interment rules cited

Cemetery. Sunday, annually sponsored by the National Cath­

,olic Cemetery Conference, will be observed .Oct. 27, ,the Sunday preceding All Souls' Day, '

In its connection; Msgr. Paul T. Dotson, Cemetery Conference

. president, . issued the following ,statement:

"Some memories are special to us. For Catholics, memories of our dead who were dear to us ·and still are take on a special meaning. Our memories turn to prayers offered for. our dear ones.

"All Souls' Day is a day for memories that become rays of hope for them and for us. We 'keep in touch' through our prayers, Masses and visits to the cemetery. We live· with more than just sorrowful memories.. We <live for that day when mem­

.' ories 'are past and we are to­gether with those who have made the exodus to the promised land of our Father.

"Father Karl Rahner in his book' 'Encounter With Silence' offers a prayer in the name of all troubled ,by the meaning and

. mystery of death: o Silent God, God of the

silent dead, living God of the 'living, who call to me through silence, 0 God of those who a're silently sum· moning'me to' enter Your Life, nev,er let me forget my

lief in you, the God of eter­nal life."

Intennent Arrangements Also active' iJ;l the Cemetery

Conference is Father Ernest E. Blais. pasto~ of Notre Dame par­ish, Fall River, and director of

'Notre Dame Cemetery, Fall River, and Sacred Heart and St. Mary cemeteries: New Bedford.

In his capacity as coordinator of the Parish Cemetery Com­mittee ·of the Cemetery Confer­ence, Father, Bla'is contributes frequent articles to the organ­ization's magazine, "The Cath­olic Cemetery."

A recent article discusses pro­cedures to be followed by ceme­tery officials in making inter­mentarrangements. It draws on the "Manual of Standard Inter­ment Practices" issued by the Interment Association of' Cali­fornia, The article follows:

"Great care is necessary when making interment arrangements if the interests of the lot owner, legal custodian, and interment property are to be properly safe­guarded.

"An interment order should be obtained for every interment, and signed by the 'lot owner or legal custodian. By legal cus~

todian is usually meant the sur­viving spouse OT the next of kin. If no relative is 'available, then the person inaking the funeral

dead, my living:, May my • arrangements should be identi­love and faithfulness to. fied and should sign as a repre­them be a pledge of my be- sentative of the deceased person.

If the lot owner and legal ,cus- \~ lOdihh'l1its\th'e'·tight·,t'o 'do'so-:-', todian are not one and the same, "The same, care should be then both parties must sign the • observed in making an entomb­interment authority; tile one per- 'ment in the mausoleum. If the mitting the propel1ty to be used, order cannot be signed at the and the other as having the legal interment property, tohe signa­right to OTder the interment.' ture should be witnessed by per­

"Orders' over the telephone so~s. known to ,the cem~.tery arranging for 'an interment or a offiCials or, better :yet, notarized. remova,l whether from'the family, , "Where there is any question the funera,1 director, attorney or of identity of the deceased per­any other person should not,be son, such as similar names, or accepted. Insist that the proper doubt as to :the exact location of pe~son come to 'the interment the interment space, then the property, inspect the location ,cemetery should insist that the and indicate the exact space. At family make the arrangementsthis time, a plot diagram should at the office of the interment be made and those legally en­ property.titled to do so should sign the authorization and diagram. "All orders should state the

"Every reasonable effort date, time of service, and the should be made to determine that type of outer container to be the party signin'g as legal cus- used."

School aid program lauded PHILADELPHIA (NC) - U.S. schools public, private or paro­

Secretary of Education William chial, but all students are part of . Bennett has praised Philadephia the public. What is done for one

business leaders for helping Cath- student is done fOT aU and I olic schools through what he call- "thank you, members of BLOCS, ed "probably the most success-, for all you have done for the ed­ful private-sector 'undertaking in ucation of OUT youth and for our the country." country."

The Business Leadership Or- Cardinal John Krol of Phila­ganized for Cath.olic Schools, delphia called BLOCS a "happy known, as BLOCS, has raised convergence 'of good sense and more than $28 million to support business responsibility." He Catholic schools in the, Phliadel- thanked BLOCS for its support phia Archdiocese since the non· of the 140,000 students in Cath­sectarian group was founded in olic schools, saying the business 1980. ,leaders recognize these schools

"What is done for one mem- as "a moral ,reserve which pro­ber of OUT society is done for dent men and women will not all," Bennett said at a luncheon see dissipated." honoring donors. ,"We call our

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"Obituaries

Sr. M. Bernadette The Mass of Christ:ian Burial

was offered last Saturday at Mt. St. Rita Convent, Cumberland, RI, for Sister Mary Bernadette, RSM, 95, who died Oct. 17.

She served for 50 years at St. Vincent's Home, Fall River, car­ing for small boys and girls in the years when the home shelter­ed a large number of orphans and children of single parents. She was fondly remembered and visited by many such chqdren, now adults, who regarded her as a mother.

Born in St. John, Newfound­land, the daughter of the late John and Mary J. (Fahey) O'­Brien, she entered the Sisters of Mercy in 1914. In addition to iller years at St. Vincent's, she was stationed for 14 years at Our Lady of Mercy Convent, New Bedford.

She retired from St. Vincent's Home three years ago, living since then at Mt. St. Rita Health Center in Cumberland.

Sr. M. Bblnchette Sister Mary Damien Blanch·

ette, OP, 94, died Oct. 18 at Dominican Academy ConVlent; Fall River.

Born in Salem, the daughter of !the 1ate Auguste and Grace Ann (Faucher) BlanChette, she taught in the FaU River diocese at St. Anne's School and Domini­can Academy, Fa:ll River, and St. Francis Xavier School, Acush­net, as well as in schools and catechetical centers in Platts­burg, Mooers Forks and Peru, NY. She also served at the former St. John's Nursery in Fall River.

Brother Hudon Brother Henri-Dominique Hu­

don, OP, 86, stationed at St. Anne's Dominican Priory, Fall River, since 1951, died Oct. 18 at Catholic Memorial Home, also Fall River. The Mass of Christian Burial was offered for him Mon­day.

A native of St. Pascal, Quebec, Canada, the son of the late Fran­cois-Xavier and Virginie (Leves­que) Hudon, he came w,ith his family to Arctic, RI, at age 22 and entered the Dominican Order in 1921. He was noted for his apostolate to the sick and elderly.

He is survJved by two sisters, Mrs. Alphonse (Evelyn) Bouffard of Pawtucket and Mrs. Lucien (Marie-Anne) Morrissette of Central Falls.

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SPECIAL CHILDREN'S BAZAAR IN BASEMENT Fire Engine Ride. Luncheon Served .

AMONG CELEBRANTS at a banquet honoring the lOOth anniversary of St. Louis parish, Fall River, were Msgr. Luiz G. Mendonca, representing Bishop Daniel A. Cronin; Rev. Ciro Iodice, OFM, pastor; and Rev. Richard Passeri, OFM, parochial vicar. (Torchia photo)

St. James'.St. John School

to relocate At Masses celebrated last

weekend at St. James and St. John's churches, New Bedford, the respective pastors, Rev. Peter Graziano 'and Rev. Bento Fraga, announced 'a decision to move students from the 100­year-old St. James School to the 25-year-old St. John School, 180 Orchard St., New Bedford.

The decision was reached by the pastors following detaHed study of the two faci:lities and after consultation with parish leaders and. diocesan education officials.

It 'is expected that the move will take effect Jan. 2, at the

~~~~Iusion of the Christmas re-

Father Fraga said he "weI­comes the opportunity to con­tinue the fine traditio6 of Cath­

'olic education in the area and 'looks forward to developing St:'" John School to its full potential."

Father Graziano noted that the decision to move was difficult, but in 'light of tthe study of the school buildings was the most practical thing to do.

Sister Michaelinda Plante, dio­cesan superintendent for Catho·

. lic elementary schools, will assist Sister Nora Smith, St. James-St. John principal, in smoothing the transition.

St. James-St. John S.chool opened to first and second graders Sept. 4, 1885. At that time, it was known as St. Mary's School. It gradually expanded under the guidance of the Sisters of Mercy and numerous dedicated priests and parishioners.

In 1965, the school name was changed to St. James and eight years later became St. James-St. John, a parish school under direc­tion of two parishes.

Sot. James-St. John continues t.o celebrate its centenary. Fur­ther plans for the observance will be announced.

Mexicans warned . MEXICO ciTY (NC) - Mexi­cans living in the United States should be wary of U.S. consumer­

- ism to avoid becoming culturally dependent, Mexican bishops' con­ference officials have warned. Bishops' conference president Bishop Sergio Obeso Rivera also praised the U.S. bishops for re­specting the cultural identity of

,Mexicans in the United States. He and Bishop Alfredo Torres Romero conference secretary commented at a press conference concerning the 175th' anniver­sary of Mexican independence from Spain.

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ST. ANN'S CHURCH ROLLS DOWN THE ROAD TO A NEW HOME NEAR ELDRIDGE, IOWA

'My door was open to the traveler.' Job 31:32

SLFrancis and Scripture , By Father Kevin J. Harrington

Since the Second Vatican Coun­cil there has been a great emphasis

· on Sacred Scripture and prayer. While the Council has been criti­

; cized as linked to:many contem­, pory social problems, we should I not forget its abundant good fruit.

Those who live in the warm glow · of nostalgia frequently blame it for i problems which would have faced : the Church with or without it. ' I The Church :is Jort,unate that at I crucial times men and women arise I who measure up to the challenge : before them. In our present age,

we are gifted by the presence of Mother Teresa of Calcutta and Pope John Paul II. Their popular­ity is all the more remarkable because the mass media magnify both the virtues and faults of

! public figure~. However, it is some­; times better to look to the past to ! obtain perspective for 9ur times.

, Sacred Scripture and prayer have been closely linked with the lives

:'of the saints. Our ancestors may' have looked to the Church as an unchanging instit~tion, but they, like us, lived in changing times.

· Eight hundred years ago' the capitalistic spirit was born. Today we live in a world of things: every­thing is subject to change, negotia­tion, falsification and disguise. Our

sociaf'relations are for the most part d~fined by money, the change agent par excellence. '

St. Francis of Assisi was born in a world where the object of inter­est was ch,anging from the person to the thing, from the unchange­able image of God to the change­able image of things.

Modern man looks with con­tempt upon the Israelites who paid homage to -a golden calf in the desert, yet is ~Iind to his own false worship of things in his ownwaste­land. 'St. Francis'.calf to"poverty derived from his prayerful reflec­tion' upon 'Sacred Scripture. He modeled 'hi's entire life on Jesus'

, inju"ction:, "Don't take anything with you on the trip..... (Mk 6:7).

, This tt;aching on poverty permeated his thinking and guided his decisions. .

St. Francis was an ordinary per­son like ourselves, seeking God's. will in a co~plicated world and a confused church. What he made 'of his life he owed to his awareness that God was speaking to him through Scripture and to his deter- ' mination to do the Word rather than just hear it.

St. Francis was preoccupied with taking the Word seriously. A young novice wanted to possess a copy of the psalter. St Francis was reluc­tant to grant him permission and

told him: "After you have a psal­ter, you will desire a breviary. Then you will sit in your chair, like a great prelate, and say to your brother, bring me my breviary."

The saint's advice to priests recQrded by St. Bonaventure also has eternal relevance: "Yes indeed, it is my will that priests who have bee I} received in the order should devote themselves unto the study of Holy, Scripture. But they should always remember to follow the e?,ample of Chri.st who, we read, prayed more than he studied. They may study as long as they do not lose their zeal for prayer. Nor should they study only that they may know how they ought to speak. Rather they should study with the purpose in mind of becom­ing doers of the Word, and after haying done it, of setting forth-to others what they should do."

It is dOiJbtfut"whether St. Fran­cis thought ofthe Gospels as a text or a book. On his deathbed he said, "No, don't read Scripture to me now. There is no need of it. I carry the words of the Crucified One in my heart and in my bones."

He held the Word of God as close to him as anyone who has ever answered Jesus' call to follow him.

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Sopho~~~e Sl~~p

Stop the clock! "Father, at your Mass you and makes real contact with any­

thing we see, hear or touch virtu~will have two baptisms. The ally impossible. deacon will perform them. Ah, but there are moments when

Could you please keep your sanity and time become related. homily brief? Hopefully, we won't Time is at its best when we stop it. annoy anyone with the baptisms It is a matter of putting time on and can get everyone out in the your side - getting lost in beautyusual 45 minutes." or goodness, hoping that a moment

When the above message was with someone you love will last. given to me by a parish lay litur­ In history the Greek view of gist, it got. me to thinking about time differed from the view of the time and how we treat it. We can Hebrews. kill it, rush through it or make it The Heraclitean "p~nta rei" in stand still - this depending on how Greek means that time is always we perceive it. moving toward aging, death and

Erich Fromm, the famed psy­ disintegration. Time is viewed nega­choanalyst, once wrote that if tele­ tively and with pessimism. vision and radio went dead for 24 The Hebrews saw each moment,hours and people were left with however, as a new creation. Theytime on their hands, many would used the image of a seed that grows go insane. He offered this observa­ into a tree and in time bears fruit. tion to demonstrate how we are Each moment is a moment of conditioned to fill every moment growth which adds new form to of the day with some type of the seed until it becomes a tree. stimulus. Today is the age of the instant.

Remove the stimulus, leave a' There is instant communication, person alone with time, and a food, transportation, feedback and problem is created. Either the per­ replays. Often I have the feding in son will know how to kill it or will this age of the instant that givenbe killed by it. the opportunity we would com­

Today one often witnesses a .press time out of existence. nervous rush through time. We Ironically, about the time this have the rush hour both in the feeling begins to really take hold, morning and evening, the holiday someone generally. tries to com­rush and the rush to meet a dead­line. Allowed to do so, life can become a race against time. Often

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many students are not ready to do so. Or they may be faced with c~anginga major, which may neces­sitate an extra semester. Parents should not confuse this trying time with malingering. .

Sophomore Slum'p can occur at a.ny time during· a college expe­nence. We can self-disclose about our own slumps and help our c.hildren know that everyone has times when they have to move ahead on sheer perseverance alone.

Having something to look for~

ward to helps, too, whether it's a spring break ski trip or a summer vacation with the family. But instead of phrasing it as a reward, .we can suggest it as a well-earned gift.

Not, "If you stick it out, we will give you ... " but "Won't it be great to have all this behind you when we are sitting on the beach in July?"

In spite of the confusion, the Sophomore Slump does end, espe-' cially with careful parent nurtur­ing. Once the year of doubt and questioning ends, it becomes a dim memory. Like the Freshman 10.

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FATHER

EUGENE

HEMRICK

press my time even more. Backed into a corner, I find myself faced with two choices. .

Either I can espouse the Greek' idea of time and consider it an enemy, or I can opt for the Hebrew' view - stopping time and trying once again to make contact with the creation all around me.

What do you do to seize the moment and stop the clock?

cnecroloQY) October 27

. Rev. Edmond L. Dickinson, As­sl~tant·, 1967, St. Mathieu, Fall River . Rev. Francisco L. Jorge, As­

Sistant, 1918; Mt. Carmel, New Bedford

October 28 Rev. Alfred E. Coulombe Pas­

. tor, i923, St. George, Westport Rev. Stanislaus Kozikowski,

OFM Conv., Pastor, 1956, St. Hed­wig, New Bedford

November 1 Rev. Willial11-H. McNamara, Pas­

tor, 1924, St. Mary, Mansfield Rev. Louis N. Blanchet, Assist­

ant, 1927, St. Jean Baptiste, Fall River.

Rt. Rev. John F. Ferraz Pas­

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Oct. 25, 1985

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There are some surprises experienced by parents of new and returning college students. It helps to be prepared for them.

The first, popularly called the Freshman' 10, refers to the 10 pounds a freshman puts on between September and Christmas vaca-' tion. It's a surprise to parents because during these months they hear constant recitals of terrible college food and expect to see skeletons.

Some parents get overly con­cerned about this weight gain, but not to worry. It usually evaporates by June. I suspect it's due to the stresses of first independence and the many fearful responsibilities faced for the first time by college freshmen.

More serious is the second year's problem, the Sophomore Slump, which speaks to a disenchantment with college, a longing for a year off, a semester at sea - anything to avoid making a deeision on a major or a future. Even formerly enthusiastic students begin ques­tioning the need for two more years of study and exams. Parents can be frightened and bewildered by such talk.

The Slump is· predictable and natural. It's the same slump mo~h­ers experience in the fifth month of pregnancy and authors in the mid­dle of a book. We know there's as much time and work ahead as we've already put in and the thought is depressing. The Sophomore

Slump, like the unfinished book, is merely the point of no return. Do I go for completion or start some­thing else?

When patents are faced with a potential slumpee, we tend to con­vince our students that school really isn't so bad and exams aren't really that hard. This just serves to irri­tate already depressed students who feel we don't understand the con­stancy of papers, the dreariness of study and the toughness of exams.

If we believe - and let our stu­dents know we believe - that col­lege is one big party interrupted by classes, we're making a mistake. If we give the imp,ression that they are ungrateful and lazy, it's an equal mistake.

I believe the best way to deal with the Slump is to empathize with our student. "Yes, it must be awful to keep facing exams. I don't know how you do it. "

"Another paper? You must be so tired ofthem. I'm impressed the

. way you get them done." As with us, when our young adult feels fully understood, the pressures and future don't appear so ominous.

College counselors tell me this is the time for parents .to support their students with surprise phone calls, boxes from home and even visits. They need the reassurance that somebody back home cares about them and understands their confusion and discouragement.

The second year is a time of decision, of choosing a major, and

wrong Gospel?

Q. My question has to do with the liturgy for the feast of the Immaculate Conception Dec. 8. The Gospel for that feast is the story of the Anpunciation, when Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit. The Immaculate Concep­tion, at least as I understand it, celebrates the conception of Mary in the womb of her mother~ St. Anne. Why doesn't the church cdrrect that? I'm only a tiny bit of the church, but am I the only one with this question? (Hawaii)

A. You ask a very good ques­tion. In fact, the Gospel ofthat day (Luke I:26-38) with the dialogue between Mary and the angel Gabriel at the time of the concep­tion of Jesus, may be one reason so many Catholics and others are confused about the Immaculate Conception.

First, there is, of course, no part of the Gospels that goes back as far as the time of Our Lady's con­ception and birth. This is under­standable: the New Testament ­particularly the .Gospels - is not about her but about her son Jesus. She comes into the picture only in relation to him.

We would expect, then, that the Gospel of that feast would be some passage that reflects that relation­ship, and would also give an idea a bout how early Christians, out of whose lives the Gospels arose, saw her and the special gifts God gave her. We must always return to the basic truth that, while we honor Mary as the greatest of the saints and as the recipient of the holiest gifts of God's grace, these gifts and her consequent holiness were given by the Father, first of all, in honor and goodness to his Son, who. would become man through her.

Thus it is the clear teaching of the church that all of Mary's glory, including her sinless conception in the womb of her mother, came to her through the foreseen merits of Christ, and to make her·a "worthy dwelling for Christ, not on account of her own bodily endowments but because of that grace which was hers from the beginning." (Pope Pius IX in his declaration of the dogma of, the Immaculate Con­ception in 1854.)

Understanding all this, it is clear why the church would have chosen this particular passage of Luke for Dec. 8. Every word and phrase overflows with profound, lyrical biblical themes proclaiming the greatness of Our Lord and Mary's sharing, as participant and recip­ient, in his redemption ofthe world. . To mention just one example: Gabriel's words to Mary, "The power of the most high will over­shadow you," are a clear echo of the overshadowing cloud or light, the "glory of the Lord," which stood over the Ark of the Coven­ant in the exodus, and later in the temple of Jeruselem. For the Jews this hovering sign marked' the presence of God himself. (See, for instance, Exodus 40:35.)

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revealed a new"Ark of the Coven­ant"in which - or rather in whom '- the Lord God himself was present.

It would be difficult to find a more appropriate gospel passage to celebrate the sinless entering into this world of her who was to become this new Ark of the New Covenant.

Q. Some time ago you responded to a man who had had a vasec­tomy. He had been attending Mass but was not receiving the sacra­ments. He wanted to be back in the good graces of the church.

You told him to talk to a priest a quickly as possible. I remember you told him that, whatever wrong he may have done, there seemed to be no reason that he could not now receive the sacraments.

My question is, does this hold true for a woman who has had a tuballigaton? (California)

A. Yes. I remember it was clear in that man's question, and appears also in your letter, that whatever sin may have been committed is thoroughly repented for, and there is a strong desire to return to the sacraments. In his case, and per­haps in yours, part of the motiva­tion was to be a good spouse and good parent.

Please go and talk to a priest, your own parish priest or another, if you wish. He will help you work things out and get back where you want to be.

Q. My sister has asked me to be godmother to one of her children. I attend Mass weekly but the prob­lem is I have been living with a man for the last five years. Will the ~hurch allow me to be a god­mother? I know I can be a good one. (Indiana) .

A. I'm not sure you understand the responsibilities of a baptismal sponsor. Several times in the Rite of Baptism, the Catholic parents and sponsors profess their faith in' the Catholic Church and its teach­ings, and promise that they will be models for the baptized children of a good and faithful life as Catholic Christians. .

Because the following are neces­sary to fulfill these commitments, the church requires that Catholic sponsors shall have received the three sacraments of initiation, bap­tism, confirmation and the Eucha­rist, and be practicing Catholics living according to the responsibil­ities of a member of the Catholic Church, including reception of the sacraments ofpenance and Euchar­ist.

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Cardinal John J. O'Connor of named to the. Congregation for New York was named as a mem- Eastern Churches and the Secre­ber . of the Congregation for tariat for Non-Believers. Bishops, the Council' for the·, ',In addition, Canadian Cardinal Public Affairs of the Church, Edouara Gagnon, president of and Ithe Pontifical Commission the Pontifical Council for the for Social Communications. . family, 'also' named a cardinal in

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•• specific circumstances such as ~ death from suicide, death after

,.a long illness, sudden death, , death of a young person, of par­

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The new funeral ritual also spells out more 'clearly variations to be used in the rite of com­mittal in special cases such as that of cremation, which has be­

,come more common a~ong Am­ericans in -recent years.

Other questions the bishops, will be asked to act on include:

0:-- Approval -"in prdnciple" of an, agenda for their 1986 retreat­style assembly dn Collegeville, Minn., The' proposed agenda places "vocations" as the meeting theme and calls for the bishops to meet June 9-16, with' no 'direct media coverage allowed. ,

- Approval of separate priest­exchange agreements with, th.e bishops' conference of Mexico and the Phi1ippin~s for the sake of better pastoral service Ito Mexican and Filipino immigrants

;in 1987 of 13.3 cents per capita .in the annual diocesan cont4"ibu­tion for NCCB-USCC funding. From 1983' to 1985 theassess~ ment was ·12.3 cents per capita, but last year the bishops agreed to increase 'that by one cent.in 1986 - meaning that a diocese with 100,000 Catholics would be assessed $12,300 in 1985 but $13,300 in 1986.

- Approval of fliture confer­ence priorities and plans and of a 1986 budget.

- Approval of norms setting new dollar, minimums and maxi­mums under whiCfh various. pro­cedu,res would be employed by dioceses in selling church prop­erty or committing church funds

.for various purposes.

The' bishops are also to hear '8 report from a committee of bishops studying CatholicRe­lief Serv,ices 'activities in Africa.

.Allegations that CRS misused funds' dn Africa and misrepre­sented itself to donors lI'eceived

,wide publicity this summer.

Vatican official lauds pro-lifers VATICAN CITY (NC) - Cana­

dian Cardinal Edouard Gagnon, president of the Vatican's Coun­cil for the Family, has praised U.S. pro-life' groups for helping convince the U.S. government to cut funds from .organizations that approve abortion.

In a recent interview in the Vatican newspaper, L'Osserva­tore Romano, Cardinal Gagnon 'said the U.S. action showed that Catholics "need'to know that it is possible to react against (abor­tion funding). With their courage and perseverance, for example, pro-life movements have gotten the U.S. government to cut funds for organizations that approve of abortion."

In September, the Reagan. ad­ministration withdrew a $10 mil­

- .lion grant ,to the ,'.U.N..Fund for Population A'divities because of its involvement in China's family planning program', which the ad­ministration said was abetting forced abortions.

In August, 'a House-Senate con­ference committee dropped a pro­posal which would have permit­ted funding of international fam­ily planning groups which use their money for abortion-related activities.

Cardinal Gagnon used ,the abortion example 'to illustrate that Third World cO\-lntries 'are forced to accept "our way of me, and often that which is least good about us." He said there are strong social and psychologi­cal pressures on the Third World to conform to Western lifestyles.

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formation that jeopardizes, na­tional security.

Campbell said Msgr. Carballo refused to register the magazine and the government banned its publication until it complies with the law.

In' Managua. the Nicaraguan Interior Ministry .called Iglesia "not religious but highly political, openly attacking the. policy of defending the revolution' and es­pecially patriotic military ser­vice." .

Campbell said suppression- of Iglesia did not reflect tensions between the government and the church. He said the government has no problems with the church as such but with members of the Nicaraguan hierarchy, such as Cardinal Miguel Obando Bravo of Managua.

,Cardinal Obando Bravo has ~en an· outspoken critic of Or­tega's -government.

Campbell said the government views the church as a "body of believers" made up of many Sandinista supporters.

'Campbell also said that the state of emergency was always lin existence, but will be more ~igilantly enforced because the goV'ernment believes' that counterrevolutionaries, or con· tras, 'are attempting sabotage in Nicaragua.

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MSGR. LUIZ G. MENDONCA, diocesan Vicar general, and Bishop Daniel A. Cronin are among concelebrants 'at a recent Portuguese Pilgrimage Day Mass at LaSalette Shrine, Attleboro.

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Prayer Vig'il Dear Editor:

I wdsh to thank you for the excellent "Respect Life" issue of The Anchor Oct. 4. I also wish to inform the community of a National Prayer Vigil to End Abortion taking place through December 8.

"We pray and wait for the re­birth of a nation," say vigil or­ganizers. "We call on all men of good will, peopJe of every faith, to pray to Almighty God, to lift up to Him our heartfelt desire to save the children and to save, souls from destruction."

Individuals are asked to join

with family, friends, church, prayer, or pro-life groups to pray weekly for a particular abortion­'ist or clinic in their neighbor-' hood and for an end (0 abortion nationwide. Private prayer, fast­ing and sacrifice are also en­couraged.

The following is the official daily prayer: .

a God spare the lives of the unborn children you have crea­ted. Turn the hearts of mothers and fathers toward their chHd­reno We pray that (a name may be inserted) wiH stop killing unborn babies and that there wi1l be an end to abortion in our nation.

For more information on how you can help: call 636-4903.

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Black woman in chancery post NEW YORK (NC) - Cardinal

John J. O'Connor of New York has named a black woman vice chancellor of community reia­·tions for the New York Arch­diocese.

She is Dolores Bernadette Grier, a longtime employee of the archdiocese who has worked since 1981 in the social develop­ment department of Catholic Charities.

Born in Harlem to parents, who came from the South, :;he converted to Catholicism at a teen-ager. She holds a master's degree in social work from Ford­ham University.

"She has a clear understanding of church teaching," Cardinal O'Connor said 'in announcing the appointment. "In any kind of forum or debate she remains calm, balanced and straight­forward on church teaching, and she's able to articulate even the most complicated positions."

At a recent symposium in Har­lem on the 1984 pastoral letter issued by the nation's 10 black bishops, Cardinal O'Connor said he hoped to appoint more blacks to archdiocesan posts and to be­gin with appointment of a black woman as vice chancellor.

Women, mostly nuns, have been named chancellor or vice chancellor ·in several dioceses. But Miss Grier's appointment :is the first such in the New York Archdiocese,and possibly the first in the nation for a black woman.

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JOINING TRADITIONAL celebration ofthe feast ofSt. Francis of Assisi at Our Lady's Chapel, New Bedford: from left, Father Pierre Lachance, OP; Bishop Cronin; Father Ray­mond,Lynch, OfM, Ghapel rectpr{Ro.sa. photo) . ,.... . .'

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Vatican II helped return Bible to center of Catholic life

By Agostino Bono Pope John Paul II has sche­ the local people - in the liturgy, ROME (NC) - "Access to duled an extraordinary World h~ said.

sacred Scripture ought to be open' wide to the Christian faithful," decreed the Second Vatican Coun­cil in 1965 in "Dei Verbum," and the Dogmatic Constitution on Divine R'evelation.

In the 20 years since, that simple statement has helped reinstall the Bible asthe centerpiece of Catholic life from which springs not only its theology, but also its worship, spirituality and social-action endea­vors.

The Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, which allowed Mass in the vernacular and reordered Bible readings so that a more represen­tative sample of the Bible is pres­ented during the liturgical year. It also asked that homilies be Scripture­based.

The constitution on divine reve­lation has helped ecumenism because it encouragesjoint Catholic­Protestant translations of the Bible.

Social action work and active lay partic'ipation in church life have been sparked, especially in Latin America, by the ~ormation

of lay groups which study the Bible, then seek to apply its teach­i~~~~o the problems around them.

Synod of Bishops Nov. 24-Dec. 8 to assess the impact of the Second Vatican Council 20 years after its conclusion.

The council's impact on know­ledge of the Bible has been "marve­lous, extraordinary," said Spanish ' Jesuit Father Luis Alonso-Schokel.

Father Alonso-Schokel is a Scrip­ture professor at Rome's Grego­rian University and has written commentaries on the divine reve­lation document for anthologies on Vatican II.

"I was 42 years old when the council started, so I 'know the lack of Bible orientation before the

_council," he told National Catholic News Service. '

"I was in the Jesuits 10 years before they gave me a Bible to read. We didn't even have one in the library," he said.

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The most popular approach to making the Bible available has been through the introduction of the vernacular - the lang~~g_e of

"The vernacular makes possible an immediate rapport. It provokes interest and curiosity in the listen­ers," he said,

Bishop James Malone ofYoungs­town, Ohio, president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, also credits liturgical reform with stimulating interest in the Bible.

"The new emphasis on Scripture­based homilies contributed to a far greater appreciation of the Bible among Catholics than before," he said in a presynod report on the status of the U.S. church.

"Catholics in the United States are now more familiar with the Bible than ever before and have a greater appreciation of the central­ity of the Word of God in Catholic life and worship," Bishop Malone said.

Father Alonso-Schokel cited Latin America's growth of basic Christian communities, groups of lay people formed ~round Bible readings.

"The readings of the Bible have provoked reaction against alcoho­lism, 'machismo' and family break­downs," he said.

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Dear Mary: I read your article in regard to a family that could not afford a vacation. Your response regarding camping is fine if one owns the equipment. Small trips are good; but if it is a really bad year, even gas could prove to be too expensive. May I offer some crazy but fun suggestions you could pass on. _

Take a one-week vacation with­out leaving home. Prepare every­one's clothes as if they were going, away. Buy paper plates and cups. Then change bedrooms or at least each pers~n sleeps in a room he or

......she does not normally sleep in. Each one takes turns fixing

meals. Even a 4-year-old can help with c,real fOl: breakfast. Avoid doing dishes or laundry.

Gather books to read and games to play and disconnect the phone for the week or for certain hours of the day. Use a den or living room for an eating area for the week. Use the kitchen for games and, relaxation. This makes for a lofof good laughs while trying to remem­ber where you 'are not supposed to

, be. During,the winter one year, my

mother took all seven of us to the beach in February, with hot beef stew and hot chocolate for a pic­nic. One could'do the same in a backyard or at a local park.

These are just two ideas but they

do not involve any extra expense trails in your area you did not even whatsoever. - Massachusetts. know about. Ifyou live·in or near a

Thank you for your creative major city, you can probably find suggestions. You remind us that a book which explores that city in memorable family event~ depend, _ depth and ferrets out many inex­not on how much'money we spend, but on the social things we do together. Experiences like a wi,nter picnic stay in our minds and hearts

. forever. Here are some more low-cost

and no-cost ideas which could ~urn into memorable family out­IIlgs.

While planning a make-believe, go-nowhere family vacation at home, why not give imagination free rein? Why not take an imagi­nary trip to France, Italy, Arabia, India, China,with appropiate food and dress for each coun~ry? In the

. wonderful world of imagination we can' .move from country to country at no cost of time or money. The family could be a pio­neer family moving west, or an astronaut family venturing into space. The whole family could contribute ideas for food, dress and activities.' . - Ven'turing outside the home, a weekend awaycan provide a refresh~

ing break from ordinary routine and a family time together at less cost than a more elaborate va­cation. , Your local library is an invalu­

able source of travel books featur­ing free and low-cost excursions. There may be hiking or bicycle

pensive attractions.

Meadowbrook Press published an excellent series, "The Best Free Attractions," which featured over 1',500 attractions in each of four areas: South, West, Midwest and East. The books are presently out of print, but you might find them at your library.

An excursion involving little more than travel expense is a visit

. to friends in another area. Almost all families have old friends they have been meaning to visit for years. Invite them to spend a night or two with you, and do the same at their house. You can probably accommodate another family, and

. they your family, if you are willing to treat the whole excursion as a camping adventure.

Finally, do as our reader did. Recall an inexpensive vacation or outing your family took when you were a child. Tell your children about it and re-create it as nearly as you can with your own family.

Reader questions on family liv­ing and child care to be answered in print are invited. Address the Kennys, Box 872, St. Joseph's College, Rensselaer, Ind. 47978.

Mom comes full circle By Antoinette Bosco in her little friend's face touched

her. She held the doll out. "All My 'mother is putting away her right, you can hold her, but just for

dolls and I feel sad about this. a few minutes," Making old dolls new was the . Her friend was thrilled but hobby she took up after raising her eight children.

She·turned one of our bedrooms into a veritable doll factory. For years, if you walked' into that room you'd see dolls in various states of repair lining the walls and filling boxes. My mother's sewing machine .would be open, with bits of cloth, trim and assorted rem­nants all around.

Now al..-her time must be spent on new and pressing chores as she cares for her home and nurses my ailing father. ,

I often tell the touching story of how dolls became a beloved hobby in my mother:s middle years.

She was a child of immigrants from southern Italy who came t9 the United States at the turn of the centt,Jry.Life was a struggle for her parents and their eight children. , Breakfast, for example, was hard bread soaked in cocoa made with­out milk, a luxury the family could not afford. The children survived 9n a minimal allowance,of food and clothes, without books and toys but not without longings.

As a child, my mother's dream was to have a doll with a china face. When she was about 5, she had seen a girl holding such a doll and that was all she wanted from then on. . Her dream needed a miracle and

that happened. An unmarried uncle brought Marya doll with a lovely china face. Like any little girl, full of excitement, she brought it out­side to show her friends.

One little girl had a shriveled leg and walked on crutches. She begged Mary to let her hold the precious doll. Mary didn't want to,let it go,

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somehow she lost her balance because of her crutches and the doll slipped out of her arms to the pavement. It lay there, dead, its beautiful face in shattered splin­ters. My mother must have screamed or becpme hysterical.

Her mother came running out­side to see what happened and picked up the body of the doll. She hugged my mother and tried to comfort her, saying, ''I'll make her a new head with rags and a stock­ing face and I'll embroider beauti­ful eye~."

My mother never had another doll.

Later she was immersed in the realities of raising eight children,

like her own mother. Then 19 years ago, after the marriage of my youngest sister, mom found an old and battered doll. Remembering her broken one some 55 years before, she decided to try repairing it.

She was extraordinarily success­ful and subsequently found herself entering a new phase of her life, making new dolls out of old, some to keep, some to give away to little girls from poor families. Mom, never sold a doll. She always gave them away to express her love for God, she said.

Now my mother once again must direct her energies to people, namely my father. And she has put away the dolls.

It is a strange but full circle and makes me see clearly why women have always been called caretakers.

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How. I know it's fall By Hilda Young

Fall is the time of year when the leaves turn colors, the new televi­sion season begins and children change their wardrobe from long­sleeved shirts and sweat shirts to T-shirts. -

I have heard "But I don't need a jacket" every day' since' school started.

"What do yo'u mean you don't heed a jacket?" I said to our 9­year-old this morning. "It's cold out. Even the dog has goosebumps. You'll catch cold."

"It makes me too hot." "It's your imagination. Your

, brain went limp from wearing a hooded sweat shirt in 90-degree weather all summer. It's 47 degrees outside. Put oil your jacket."

"You didn't make Mikey'wear one. "

. "You mean he got out of here with just a T-shirt on?" I yelped.

"No, he was wearing pants and socks and shoes.

"Don't be a wisecracker,"1 said. "Here, take this sweater and jacket with you to school and make sure he puts them on."

"A sweater and a jacket?" he asked incredulously.

"People hav,e been doing it for years," I assured him.

"How about it if·ljust give him my coat when I get to school?"

"Enough alre~dy," I said, giving him my argumentation-for-the­defense-has-ended look.

"OK, but if you get a call from the school nurse that I fainted from heatstroke, it's your fault."

"I'll risk it," I said.

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NICARAGUA'S crackdown on civil'rights has not hampered activiti~s of Managua's Cardinal Miguel Obando Bravo, here greeted by residents of San Marco, where he celebrated a Mass. (NC/UPI- Reuter photo)

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diocesan summer camps The 31st annual Bishop's Char­

ity Ball of the diocese of Fall River, to be held at Lincoln Park Ballroom, No. Dartmouth, on Jan. 10, will benefit summer camps serving exceptional and under­privileged children of every race, color' and creed in southeastern Massachusetts.

Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes,dioce­san Ball director, announced that in past years proceeds from the event have made many improve­ments possible at Nazareth Day Camp, which provides recreation under professional supervision for exceptional children, St. Vincent de Paul Overnight Camp, serving hundreds of underprivileged child­ren, and Catholic Boys' Day Camp. All facilities are located in West­port.

The Ball committee, with the Conference of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and affiliates of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women, Ball cosponsors, is solic­iting names for a commemorative booklet being prepared for the

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StonehiH College Twelve new fulltime faculty mem­

bers have been appointed at Stone­hill College, North Easton: E. Mary Lou Balbaky, Craig W. Binney, Peter Cataldo, Michael D: Coo­gan, Steven Cushing, George W. Gallant, Father Thomas P. Gar­iepy, CSC, Bonnel KIentz, Debra Launie, Susan Mooney, M. Louise Pinard and Richard L. Velkley.

Also' at the Catholic college,' groundhreaking ceremonies were held recently for a new computer science facility.

The $2 million, 17,000 sq. ft. building will be named after phi- . lanthropist John W. Stanger, who received an honorary doctor of business degree from Stonehill in 1984.

TheLockary Computer Labor­atory within the building will honor Father Thomas E. Lockary, CSC, professor of physics and mathe­matics at Stonehill for 30 .years, who has pioneered the growth of computer studies at the college.

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By ATT¥.

ARTHUR

MURPHY

& ATTY.

RICHARD

MURPHY

Suppose you open the nt:ws­pap'er one m.orning, and to, your surprise are confronted with a picture of yourself in an advertisement urging people, to buy a certain brand of cigarettes. Maybe you don't even smoke.' You would think this kind of unauthor­ized use of your picture, your like­ness, should be 'against the law. Not surprisingly, it is: .

You have a right to privacy, a right to be left alone that is highly

The right to privacy valued in our free society. Origi- You also have a privacy right that the law protects against. And The privacy of individuals is

'nally, the law only protected peo-, not to get publicity which presents these intrusions occurred in pri­ protected from government .intru­pie from physical invasions of their you in a false light. But because vate homes, where-expectations of sions in other ways. The Constitu­property, but as modern technol­ freedom of the press is so impor­ privacy are high. tion protects you from govern­ogy produced more sophisticated tant, you, ,are protected. against A person in a public place must mental interference in certain methods for i,nvading our privacy, that kind of injury only if (a) the expect to be observed, and only private decisions, such as those courts and legislatures recognized person publishing knew the irifor­ very serious intrusions are disal­ involving contraceptives and abor­the, need to protect privacy 'in dif­ mation was 'false, and (b) disre­ lowed in public. You can be pho- , lion. There's also a federal law ferent ways. There are now four garded t!lat knowledge and pub­ , tographed without your consent, against government wiretapping, general areas of privacy which are lished it anyway. for example, unless the circum­ even of a public phone booth. protected: I) the use of your name' stances are unusual. In one case, a Finally, in the criminal area, there , There must be (a) publication of. or likeness, 2) your being placed in woman was allowed to sue for a is the well-known right to be free a fact about you, (b) the publica- ,a false light, 3) a disclosure to the photograph taken when her dress of unreasonable searches andtion must be unreasonable, and (c)public of private facts, and 4) ,was unexpectedly blown up in a seizures. The rule that governmentthe fact must be truly private. A intrusion in your private affairs.

The theory behi,nd protecting your home ,and likeness is that they are unique and personal, and no one else should be able to use them for a commercial purpose without compensating you. Under

newspaper, for example, was' allowed to publish the name of a rape victim of a crime when that information came from a public record, so it was not a "private" fact.

"fun house." If the intrusion is intentional and continuous it may' be serious enough also. Jacqueline Onassis was thus able to get. a court to order aphotographer to stop following her everywhere and staking out her house.

or law enforcement agents must have very good reason to believe you're involved in some crime before they can search you or your car, or seize anything, is based on your general rig,ht of privacy.

this theory, Cary Grant was able Intrusio;}i'nto your privateaffairs . Massachusetts now has a "right Privacy is a far-reaching right, to sue a magazine which used his, is the only one of the four kinds of to privacy act" protecting you and its limits have not been fully picture in an article about stars intrusion on privacy that need not against any "unreasonable, sub­ defined. But ifthe next time you're and clothing without his per­ be publicized to be against the law. stantial or serious interference" grocery shopping you find your mission.' This category covers a variety of , with privacy. This law provides for 'picture plastered on the back of a

Ordinary people are also pro-, , activity, from "Peeping Toms"to financial compensation and cOurt box of your favorite cereal; you tected. In 1905, for example, wiretapping. A famous case in­ orders prohibiting unlawful intru­ may be getting that cereal free for someone won a lawsuit against' a volved consumer advocate Ralph sions. Massachusetts law provides a while., life' insurance company that used Nader. General Motors Co. had special penalties for eavesdropping. his picture in its advertisement. If his phone wiretapped and bugged Eavesdropping or wiretapping is a, The Murphys practice law in

your face turns up in cigarette ads, his home in an attempt to discour­ crime which carries a possible Braintree.

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family have donated a carving of St. Felix of Cantalice to the parish.

CATHEDRAL, FR Lectors needed for Sunday Masses~

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'O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE The sacrament of the sick will be'

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Vincenti~ns:."meetirigNov. 4, rectory.

Clothing drive: begins' Nov. 16. All usabl~/ clean clothing may be left

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CORPUS CHRISTI, SANDWICH Altar boy installation: eight boys

will be installed for service at 8 a. m. Mass Nov~ 3.

Halloween Mass and party: 7 p. m. Mass Oct. 31, followed by party in Father Clinton Hall. Admission by costume only. All parish children invited. ,

ST. JOAN OF ARC, ORLEANS Prayer group: meets 7:30 p.m.

Tuesdays, Visitation Hall. ' The religious education program

has received the donation of a bus from Mr. and Mrs. Wallis Barnes.

SISTER OF PROVIDENCE Sisters of Providence of Mary-of

the- Woods, 'Ind., whose Eastern provincial house is in Fall River, have invited friends to join them from Nov. 8 ·to 16 in a novena of thanksgiving to Our Lady of Provi­dence. The observance will express gratitude for the 145-year existence of the congregation in the United States.

ST. PATRICK, SOMERSET HOLY ROSARY, TAUNTON " Fellowship: meeting 7 p.m. Sun­ Halloween Mass and p~rty: 4:45 day,pa'rish center. All welcome. p. m. Oct. 31. All parish children I

welcome. ' ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAYEN

'Cub Scout'-Hilllow'een 'party: 5:30 - NOTRE DAME, FR to 7 p.m. Sunday, church' hall. • Halloween party for parish child­

ren: 6 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 3'1. AdultST. MARY, SEEKONK volunteers needed. Information:Altars boys needed. Interested rectory, 679-1991, between 9 a.m. boys (grades 4 to 8) may contact and 4 p.m.Father'Wiliiam F. Baker, 222-0399. Natural family planning (sympto­ ST. FRANCIS XAVIER,

thermal method): four monthly HYANNIS classes will be,conducte,d by Pauline Family Mass: 10 a.m. Sunday. L'Heureux of the Couple to Couple Children's choir will sing. League beginning 7:30 p.m. Nov. 7. Altar boys needed.' Interested Information: 336-6349. boys (grade 3 and older) may con­

tact Father John e. Ozug, 775-0818. , SILENT SCREAM "The Silent Scream," a 28-minute ST. ANNE, FR

pro-life film, be shown' on cable Cub Scouts: 'pack meeting 7 Channel 13 at 9 tonight and at 7:30 to!light, school. p.m. Oct. 28. St, Jude novena: services 2 and

7:30 p.m. tomorrow. MASS. CITIZENS FOR LIFE Pro-life, 'convention 9 a.m. to 5

p.m. tomorrow, 'Sheraton Tara, BL. SACRAMENT ADORERS, Braintree. Transporation available. FAIRHAVEN Information: Mary Ann Booth 636­ Holy Hour: 7 p.m. Oct. 29, Sacred 4903. Hearts Church, 382 Main St., Fair­

• haven, conducted by Father Alphon­YOUTH MINISTRY, CATHOL'IC sus McHugh, SS.Ce., pastor.CAM'P,. E. FREETOWN' ·The rosary is prayed at 7 p.m. Oct. Presentation by Father George E., weekdays, O. L. Lourdes Chapel, Harris'on, director; 'and' staff mem­ Sacred Hearts Church. bers on' newly-created' diocesan Exposition of Blessed Sacrament: youth ministry: 2 p.m. Sunday, fol­ following 8 a.m. M~ss Frid!lYs, to lowed by open house until 5 p.m. All 8:45 p.m. Information: Angelo De­Welcome. Bortoli, 996-0332.

, D of I, SOMERSET ST. ANTHONY OFTHE DESERT,St. Patrick Circle: Mass for FR ' deceased members 7 p.m. Nov. 13, Parish retreat: 2 to 5 p.m. Dec. I, St. Thomas More Church, Somerset, followed by Mass. Father Stephen followed by meeting at ,Old Town Furtado, 'O.L. Mt. Carmel Church, Hall. New Bedford, will speak:

Adoration of Blessed Sacrament: ST. JOSEPH, FR 40 Hour devotion beginning with 9'a.m. Mass Nov. 2 will be said for 6:30 r P·m. Mass Nov. 15. Blessedfaithful departed; 9 a.m. Mass Sacrament will be exposed in St.throughout November will be for ~harbel Chapel until 10:30 a.m. Nov. ,intentions of parishioners. 17,. All welcome. ,

~ '. Winter renovation, proje<:ts in­ December adoration;' noon to 6 clude repairs to stained glass win­ p.m.·Dec. 8, with holy h.ourat 5 p.m. dows and church flooring, also ,exterior spot painting. BIRTHRIGHT, TAUNTON

Volunteers needed. Orientation 7 WIDOWED SUPPORT, p.m. Oct. 29, 93 Washington St., ATTLEBORO Taunton.

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CLOISTERED NUNS in. Richmond, Va., enjoy Hallo­ween visitors. Massachusetts dentists have a message for the goblins and spooks, too. See article below. (NC/Wide World photo)

Advice to ghosts, goblins As miniature ghosts, goblins,

and gypsy princesses prepare for Hll'1loween, that· friendly neighborhood dentist has a word for them. According to the Massachusetts Dental Society, there are several steps to take to ensure a healthy and safe Halloween for youngsters:

• food treats should be low in sugar; popcorn, nuts, sugar­less candies, cheese, potato chips, crackers, peanuts, and pretzels are ideal

• don't give out soft, sticky foods, such as raisins and caramels, which remain on and between teeth surfaces

• make sure costumes are free

of dangling ends that may cause a faU

• check that masks allow clear vision in all directions

• encourage trick-or-treaters to go in groups on well-lit streets' and cross only at corners, never between parked cars or .in the middle . of the block .

• impress on them that they should wait until arriving home to examine and eat their treats, discarding any­thing unwrapped or dam­aged

• check that teeth are thor­oughly brushed after eating the treats!

Iteering pOintl IMMACULATE CONCEPTION,

TAUNTON Youth group Halloween party

grades K-5: 4:30 to 7 p.m. Oct. 27, church hall. . I

Altar boys: interested boys grade 4and older will meet lOa.m. Nov. 2, church. .

ST. JAMES, NB New altar boys: meeting II a.m.

Saturday, church. School centennial celebration:

alumni of St. James School who have not been contacted 'may call Sister Mary Nor~, 996-0534.

LaSALETTE SHRINE, ATTLEBORO

Healing 'service: 2 p.m. Sunday, People's Chapel with Father Andre A. Patenaude. M.S. All welcome.

Day of Recollection: begins 10 , a.m. tomorrow. Father Roger Chau­vette. M.S., will lead participants in an opportunity to reflect on, pray over and explore the word of God. O.L. PERPETUAL HELP, NO

New Society officers: Stefania Pabis, president; Helen Gracia, vice­

president; Helen Arabasz and Ste­phanie Smith, secretaries; Stella Boro­wiec, treasurer. · "Mass for living and deceased Society members: 8 a.m. Sunday.

FAMILY LIFE CENTER, N.DARTMOUTH .

Legion of Mary retreat: b.egins Oct. 25.

Bishop Stang High School retreat day: Oct. 30. I

SS. PETER &.PAUL, FR First communion: 9:30 a.m. Mass

Sunday. o of I, ATTLEBORO

Alcazaba Circle 65: meeting 7:30 p.m. Nov. 7, K ofC Hall, Hodge St. Mr. Ron Struminski, WARA talk show host, will speak.

Memorial Mass for deceased members: 9:30 a.m" 'Nov. 10, S1. Theresa Church, S. Attleboro

OLUEARMY Five-hour vigil: begins 7:30 p.m.

Nov. I. S1. Rita's parish, Marion. All welcome.

It has been said that records are made to be broken. In soccer at Durfee High and Diman Yoke, that has become a truism.

At Durfee, Luis Pacheco broke a school record by scoring nine goals in a victory over Stang. At the end of 'last weflk, he ha'd, scored 32 goals for the Hill­toppers.

At ,Diman, Joe Batista, with 36 gOlils to 'his credit as of this writing, approaches the school record of 39.

Diman, in its best season in ,several years, was in first place in the Mayflower ,league with an 11-1 record and has already qualified for post-season tourna-

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portswQtch Connolly Harriers Show WeU

ments. Durfee has won the South-'

eastern Massachusetts Confer­ence' Diyision One. volleyball championship.

The 'Bishop Connolly boys' and girls' cross-country teams parti~

cip'ated in the recent Catholic Memorial Invitationals.

The girls' finished fifth' in a field of 31 Division Il t~ams, while the .boys placed sixth out of 28. I •

In the boys'. meet, Bishop Fee­han took second place to Paw­tucket.

Bishop Connolly, with a 5-0 record, is Division Two titlist.

Hockomock Notes The Foxboro team leads the

.girls' soccer league, but in all other sports title races are close.

In footbaH, the chief contend­ers are Oliver Ames, Canton and. North Attleboro, while in boys' soccer Foxboro and Stoughton lead. In boys' cross­

country, Stoughton and Franklin top the field.

In golf, Mansfield and Oliver Ames are the top teams. while Stoughton, Canton and Mansfield are vying for the field hockey crown.

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busier than God wants him

By Charlie Martin

LI F IE IN .ONE, DAY The old man said to me' Said don't always take lire so seriously Play the flute and dance and sing your song Try and enjoy the here and now , The future will take care of itself soine~w

The grass is never greener over ~ere' Time ·wiD wear away the stone :' " Gets the ~itary bone.' , Don't try to live your life in one day

. Don't go speed 'your time away The old man said to me " . Said you caDi'¢ change the world singlehandedly Raise a ,glass enjoy the scenery, . ' . Pretend the water is champagne And fill my ~ass again and again , While, the wolves are gathering 'roUnd your door I tried to live my life in one day Don't go speed your time away I bit off more than ]( can chew Only so much you can do Wolves are gathering 'round my dooi;·

Ask them in and invite some more

Written and Sung by Howard Jones. (c) 1985 by Howard Jones Music Ltd. and Warner Bros~ Music Ltd.'

- HOWARD JONES' "Life in to ;try to speed ,through me, do­ fun in your me. One Day," comes from the soul ing everything at once. They charts. The lyrics remind us to may want to excel in academics Your comments are 'always slow down and take ,life one day or in athletics 'and' in addition to welcomed. Address Charlie Mar­at a ,time. be popular in school social life. tin, 1218 S. lRotherwood Ave.,

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'. Everyday, life

By ~ia Belanger If people could only see and

believe that God is working in their world they would, l>e much happier and less anxious. God's work did not end with the last page of the Bible.

The God of the Bible connects daily with our everyday lives 'and the events that shape and define them. He accomplishes the extraordinary throu~h tpe ordin­ary.

As we drive 'along the highway and see the beauty of the fall foliage and the flowers that are stiU blooming we see the things that Jesus related to God. His work is all around us.

know that people have lives that have been, devastated by tragedy. They are overwhelm­ed with grief, unsure of wl1at step to take next. They have a desperate need to discover the presence' of God; if they can find !him, they can make it. They need our prayers. .

We shouldn't wait for tragedy

to strike before we seek the pres­ence of God. We should always try to be close to him.

I'm 'aware that there is a wide sense of discouragement in the 11and, of fear and distrust. But we've survived. "I'm just barely coping," someone will say to me, "not living." Even in those bad moments one can believe Jesus; there is absolute security in him and he keeps His promises. 'We should not allow ourselves to be so distracted by the world that we do not hear ihds voice.

A 'lady I know told me she is having a hard time understand­ing God's grace, how he can con· ' tinue to ~ove us when we are ' sometimes so 'unlovable. 'It bog­gles her mind; "Accept it," I said, " and don't try to under­stand."

Then there is the young man .who changed his ways. "One day I reach~d :the conclusion that, I had hurt Jesus enough," he said. It was good for him to'reaHze that he belonged to Christ.

expectations can put much pres­sure on us. We discover that no time remains just to enjoy life.

Rushing through life 'means there is'no -time to wait patiently for events to happen naturally. Relationships must grow quick­iy. GoaTs must be achieved easily or they, are discarded. The idea cf working toward a'goal holds no appeal.'

The attitude ·is: If you cannot have whatever you want now, then what you want is not worth wait~ng for. Certa'inly with, that

'attitude, the -idea that individuals , 'might learn from failure willap­p~ar foolish,.

The song encourages us to put aside that nttitude~ to'" "enjoy the here and, now":and not "al­ways,' tak~ life, so seriously.'iWe need time to "play the flute and dance :~nd ~'sing, your song.", We, need .times of <lightness and fun.

Most people do not put enough joy in their lives.. Such individ-. uals fail to realize that each per­son has a responsibility for' their own happiness. It is unfair" to rlssume that others should simply. make 'us happy,partic~larly ,if, we are doing nothing to create joy:,

Life goes best whEm we bal­ance hard work land serious ef­fort with' fun. Enjoy the teen years by taking the pressure off yourself and making a place for

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mind? Q. Why ~o 'we have to' grow

up with the threat of nuclear should "love one's' own time, , war? (Massachusetts) , without vain regrets and mythi­" " ., , cal utopias." ' , A. Sorry,but l don't have an Our mission in life is ever un­answer to your 'question. '1 could folding and is not' always orys­make :Some guesses, but guesses talc1ear. But what might you do, are not really satisfying. one day at a time, with your per-

This much we do know: God sonal gift of life? Here are some is with us"'as we struggle to re- possibiHties: , solve our tragic si~uation and Speak some, friendly words to build a world of peace. ' a classmate. '.

But decades 'may pass' before 'Offer more smiles to mom and wOrldw1ide 'peace i~ achieved', dad." even half your \Jifetime or more. Adopt.a hang-in-there spirit Meanwhile; you wiB have to live that does not seek escape in

.with the threat' of nuclear war.' 'drugs when the going' gets tough And so for no\\' we need :to.' or boring:

search for an attitude' that will Through such ,loV'ing efforts see us t!troug~: 'this era, which you will be able to diminish to some would call the worst of some extent your fear of a possi­times. ble nuclear holocaust. '

;Each of us needs a spirit that If your heart is bent on 10vil1g will dispel crippling fear and, others, you will come graduaUy dark, despairing thoughts., We 'to love "your own time, with­-need to resist with all our power out vain regrets." Dwell on what the temptation to give ~p on you can do this very day to dis­

,our world land the human race. pel the darkness and mtle by Indeed,. we need to be con· little you will ~'ight up your life.

vinced. As ,Ralph Waldo Emer· In an unexpected way the son, the 19th-century writer, world will come to seem less said; "that this time, like a~1 frightening, and you will dis­times, is 'a very good time if one cover more and more clearly but knows what to do with it." what mission you are to fulfill.

In a familiar tone Pope John Each day then wiH seem 'like a Paul II once said that each of us very good day.

RECENTLY ORDAINED Father Michael R. Dufault, Bishop' Connolly High School, Fall River, class of '77, re­turned to his alma mater Oct. ,16 to offer a Mass for Voca­tion Awareness Week. Father Dufaul~, parochial vicar at Our Lady' of Victory parish, Centerville, was surprised after Mass,by Connolly principal Father James C. O'Brien, S.J., with a concelebration stole in the school colors of red and gold. (Motta photo)

School News

CoyIe-Cassidy Recently ordained Fathers

David A. Costa, Philip N. Hamel and Michael K. McManus, all graduates of Coyle and Cassidy High School, Taunton,' concele­brated an October 21 Mass at the school.

Bishop Connolly Carol Hazen, oncology dieti­

cian at St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River, will speak at 'Bishop Con­nolly High School, Fall River, at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 12. The ~ecture is being sponsored by the Parents and Friends of Connolly.

An open house will be held at Connolly Nov. 3 for interested eighth graders and their famil-ies. Tours of the school, with current students as guides, will be con­ducted at 2 and 3 p.m.

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THE ANf:H'OR-,; \ 1':5 Friday, Oct. 25, 19'85St. George School, WestportLet's hear it ANSWERS SONIA FRAGATA, left:

A good witc~. I'll be nice from thekids a nd kind. I'll use a flashlight

Photos by Joseph Motta

QUESTION What are you going to be on Halloween?

to cross the street and get lollipops.

TODD RAPOSA, right: A mud monster because I

want to scare people. Mud monsters live in the swamp and eat bread.

MATTHEW OUELLETTE, left:

A Ninja. I forget why but when I get home my brother's

, going to tell me.

SERENE RENE PIERCE, right: ' ..

A witch. Because you can put makeup on.

JASON DONATI, left: When I dress up as a ghost I

want to scare my dad, because he was a ghost once and he scared me.

TRACY BISA'ILLON, right: A monster. A girl monster.

I want to be scary.

SARAH MAROTTE, left: A jellybean. A purple jelly­

bean made of red and pink and blue and white and purple balloons.

MICHAEL DURGIN, right:Avampire. I'm gonna scare

. the heck out of all my friends.

- HEIDI ROY, left: A queen, but we're making

a princess costume. I like all , kinds of candy.

JASON ST. GELAIS, right: Voltron. But I can't scare

anybody 'cause he's a nice guy.

ANDREW JEGLINSKI, left: I don't know yet. There's so

many costumes I li~e. I have to decide. '

ERIN BRUCE, right: Minnie Mouse. 'Cause she's

a girl.

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THE PRE-K,INDERGARTEN,group at St. Francis Xav­ier School, Acushnet, with, from left, teacher Mrs. Therese Le Doux and principal Sister Mary Martin Delahanty, O. P.

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'Beatification for Nazi foe VATICAN CITY (NC) - A

. Dutch Carmelite priest who op­posed Nazism through the Cath­olic press' is scheduled to be be:atified Nov. 3. '

Pope John Paul II is to beatify Father Titus Brandsma, who died in 1942,at the Nazi concentration camp at Dachau, Germany. The ceremony is to take place in St. Peter's Basilica.

Father Brandsma was born in 1881 in Friesland, a northern Dutch province. A writer on Car­melite spirituality, he became

(famous in the Netherlands for university lectures, radio ser-'

'mol)s ·andarticles objecting to Nazi principles and the party's treatment of Jews.

Father Brandsma, who visited the United States in 1935, public-

Iy opposed the Nazis even before they invaded the Netherlands on May 10, 1940,

After the Nazi occupation, he represented the ,nation's bishops in their losing fight against Nazi,

, takeover of' Catholic schools and universities. He also led the Cath­olic press in its refusal ~o print Nazi propaganda. '

The Nazis arrested Fat'her Brandsma at his Nijmegen mon­astery Jan. 19" 1942,after he obtained written pledges that the Catholic newspapers would stay faithful to the church ,despite Nazi threats.

After his arrest, he was order­ed by the Nazis to explain in writing why the Dutch, especial- , Iy the Catholics, were opposed to the "Dutch National Social~

ists." He responded with ,an eight-page summary of his ~ec~

tures on the evils of Nazism. Father Brandsma spent 67

days at the Dachau camp, wh~re

he was transferred despite ill health 'after refusing to sign papers pledging he would no longer preach or continue to «,e· sist the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.

He died July 26, 1942 .in the camp hospital. He had been severely beaten. '

Carmelites in the Netherlands began to work toward the priest's beatification in 1942: Beatifica­tion is a step toward canoniza­tion.

Pope John Paul asa youthwas active in Poland's anti·Nazi re­sistance.