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Altar boys 0J Healing the Plastered,off duty· he~alers boxed

It was time off Health care Bishops in

from parish duties workers relax at Ohio, London

but a strenuous Cathedral Camp 0J minister in two

day for 225 of and reflect on unusual ways,

the youngest their special both aimed at

diocesan ministry to the relieving

ministers. 0 people of God. homelessness.

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RELAXATION RULED as health care workers met for reflection andprayer at Cathedral Camp. Top row of pictures speaks for itself; at bottom left,Marcy J.T. Smith and Father James Fitzpatrick prepare for presentation; innext two pictures program presenters conduct panel discussion. From left,

Sister Theresa Carlow, SND; Father Raul Lagoa; Sjster Shirley Agnew,RSM; Father George Bellenoit; Sister Mary Margaret Mello, OP; FatherFitzpatrick; Ms. Smith.

Health care workers reflect an'd relax at Cathedral Camp

Activists mourn Mitch Snyder death

.By Pat McGowan

Social workers, nurses, hospicestaffers, a doctor and pastoral min­isters to the sick were among par­ticipants in Reflection and Relax-

St. Anne's Hospital gratefullyacknowledges contributions thatwe have received to the Remem·brance Fund during June, 1990.Through the remembrance andhonor of these lives, St. Anne'scan continue its "Caring WithExcellence."

John Arminio, M.D.Ernest Beauregard

Alexander and Grace BernierMary Boucher

Raymond J. BoulayGeorge D. Boyer

Armand H. BrodeurRev. Roland Brodeur

Gilbert CabralChester E. Carr .Hilda CorreiaJohn Cosmo

Beatrice CostaMary M. CrahanSedia Desilets

Rene DugalRobert FontaineClaire S. ForczykGrace B. Furtado

Ann GibsonEugene landurandPatrick C. leary

Romeo H. McCallumEdward McGlynnEdward Michno

Joseph A. NanneryKristine Norton

Antone F. OliveiraJoseph Pacheco

Kazimira Przystaslouis J. RabinovitzJoseph C. Saulino

Russell SilviaFrederick J. Sullivan, M.D.

Albert R. Vezina, Sr.

•We are gratefuf to those whothoughtfully named St. Anne's Hospi·tal's Remembrance Fund.

ation, an overnight retreat forhealth care workers held last monthat Cathedral Camp, East Freetown.

The first of its kind, it was origi­nally intended for workers in hos­pitals served by chaplains from theFall River diocese: Charlton' Me­morial and St. Anne's hospitals inFall River; St. Luke's in New Bed­ford; Morton in Taunton; Sturdyin Attleboro; and Cape Cod, Barn­stable County and Tobey on Cape

. Cod. However, as word spread,other health professionals appliedfor admission and the retreat waseventually attended by 53 persons,three more than the originally an­nounced limit of 50.

The program proved "most suc­cessful" said its coordinator, SisterShirley Agnew, RSM, assistantdiocesan director of pastoral min­istry to the sick, who works with

WASHINGTON (CNS) - Theapparent suicide of Mitch Snyder,nationally known and sometimescontroversial advocate for thehomeless,left many Catholic lead­ers who knew the 46-year-old acti­vist stunned.

Snyder was found hanging July5 in his bedroom at a 1,400-bedshelter developed from a dilapi­dated building that he had con­vinced the federal government togive the poor after a 51-day hungerstrike in 1984. .

Police estimated he died July 3or July 4 at the shelter run by theCommunity for Creative Non-Vio­lence, a radical Christian com­munity of which Snyder was amember.

Jesuit Father Daniel Berrigan,whom Snyder had cited as aninfluence in his life, said he was"shocked" by the death.

"I really don't want to talk aboutit. It's too close," Father Berrigantold Catholic News Service.

Washington Cardinal James A.

Rev. Edmund J. Fitzgerald, pas­. toral ministry director.

Last month's experience waspresented by a team comprised ofSister Agnew, pastoral minister atBarnstable County and Tobey hos­pitals in addition to her diocesanposition; Rev. George Bellenoit,chaplain at Charlton; Rev. JamesFitzpatrick, chaplain atCape Cod;and Sister Mary Margaret Mello,OP, pastoral minister at St. Anne's.

Guest speaker Marcy J.T. Smith,RN, MSN, a professor of nursingat Cape Cod Community Collegeand an internationally recognizedexpert on the effects of stress, dis­cussed Stress and Spirituality: Inte­grating Body, Mind and Spirit forHealth.

Team members opened the re­treat on Friday night with an over­view of pastoral care, concluded

Hickey said he was "deeply sad­dened."

"Homeless people have lost atrue friend and an effective advo­cate," he said.

Snyder's strategies "were oftencontroversial," Cardinal Hickeysaid. "But neither his approachnor the way Mitch died shouldobscure the basic message of thiscaring human being."

"Mitch's work is not yet fin­ished," Cardinal Hickey said."Homelessness continues to be atragedy in our city and our coun­try." He called for "decent, afford­able housing" for all people andsaid that Washington's Catholiccommunity -"remains committedto offering our homeless sistersand brothers both dignity and op­portunity. We would all honor thememory of Mitch Snyder by re­committing ourselves to this ongo­ing struggle."

A maverick who abandoned hiswife and two sons as he launchedinto activism, Mitchell Darryl

with a prayer service directed bySister Mello. Saturday began withMorning Praise conducted byFather Fitzpatrick and continuedwith Ms. Smith's presentation anda session on the sacraments ofhealing, at which Father RaulLagoa, chaplain at Morton Hospi­tal, discussed reconciliation andSister Theresa Carlow, SND, pas­toral minister at St. Anne's, tookas her topic the anointing of thesick.

The day concluded with a paneldiscussion and question period.conducted by the presenters andMass, celebrated by Father Bel­lenoit.

Asked to comment on the pro­gram anonymously, most partici­pants agreed they .wished it hadbeen longer and one noted that ithelped caregivers not directly in

Snyder was born in the Flatbushsection of Brooklyn, N.Y. Hisfather left the family when his sonwas 9. In his teens Snyder spenttime in reform school and as .anadult, in prison for car theft. It wasin prison that he met Father Berri­gan and became interested in socialactivism. At the time Father Berri­gan was serving time.for civil dis­obedience related to antiwar activi­ties.

In a 1979 interview with thenow-defunct Washington Star dailynewspaper, Snyder said he sharedthe philosophy of Fathe,r Berriganand his brother, Phil, an ex-priest.. "We are pretty much agreed onmost things," Snyder said. "Thatlife is sacred and all things shouldverify that statement and reinforcethat statement in our lives and ourwork and our relationships and wejust have to figure out how to livethat out in our own individualconscience."

Snyder attracted media atten-

ministry roles to develop a pas­toral attitude towards patients.

Several mentioned that the over­night program had helped reducetheir stress level. "I feel that withall of the changes and stresses ofeveryday experiences in health care,workers need to have this timeaway to get in touch with them­selves and their feelings," said one.

Another person enthusiasticallysuggested expansion of the retreatexperience, saying "I think thatsome of us would be willing tohelp." The idea was echoed bysomeone who said "I would like tosee more caregivers on the team,i.e., nurses and physicians who canshare their experiences of pastoralcare."

Understandably encouraged bysuch positive feedback, Sister Ag­new and her te.am are already atwork on Reflection and Relaxa­tion II, scheduled for June, 1991.

tion through sIt-ins and hungerstrikes which he used to influencenot only government structures,but also the church - but notalways with the same success.

In the late '70s, for example, heunsuccessfully challenged HolyTrinity Parish, in Washington'supscale Georgetown area, to divertsome of its $400,000 buiding fundfor the poor and homeless. Heended the strike after II days whenthe parish council at the Jesuit-runparish voted not to yield to Sny­der's demands.

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nation's first black archbishop, whois stepping down for health reasons.

The pope has appointed 51­year-old Auxiliary Bishop JamesP. Lyke of Cleveland, 51, anotherof the nation's 13 black bishops, asapostolic administrator of theAtlanta archdiocese while the seeis vacant.

Citing stress, Archbishop Marinoin May temporarily relinquishedhis duties after he was diagnosedas suffering from exhaustion andbeing at risk of cardiac stress aftersuffering chest pains while travel­ing to New York.

In mid-June he was resting at aNew York retreat center under thecare of two physicians and a psy­chologist, according to FatherEdward Dillion, Atlanta archdi­ocesan vicar general.

In a July 10 statement, Archbi­shop Marino, who served as arch­bishop of Atlanta for two years,said he needed "an extended period

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His Excellency, the Most Reve­rend Daniel A. Cronin, Bishop ofFall River, has appointed Reve­rend James F. Lyons DiocesanModerator of the Fall RiverDiocesan Council of CatholicWomen while: remaining as Mod­erator of District II, New Bedford.

The bishop has also appointedVery Reverend Francis L. Maho­ney, V.F., to serve as Moderatorof Fall River District I of theDiocesan Council of CatholicWomen.

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responsibly," he said, but one that"condemns" those few who arepart of the "Iunati~ fringe."

Auxiliary lBishop Richard J.SkIba of Milwaukee, a member ofthe ,U.S. bishops' Committee onDoctrine, said he was pleased tosee the documt:nt "doesn't presumethat nonacceptance" of churchteachings automatically means"dissent." .

On the othl~r hand, he said hewished the document had clearlydefined dissent.

Bishop SkIba agreed that dis­senting theologians should not taketheir concerns to the mass media."In a scholarly journal you havethe chance to take an issue andanalyze it historically... but inUSA Today, for example, there isan abbreviate:d reporting of thenews that doesn't allow for thekind of nuan(:e that's necessary,"he said.

He said the major limitation ofthe document was that it focusedexclusively on the catechetical roleof the theologian, ignoring the"pre-evangelization" role, in which

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The third person, Elva Busta­mante, director of the clinic whereAquino works, said she was warnedby the bishop of possible excom­munication but that she had notreceived a formal notice.

A June 29 statement from theCorpus Christi diocese said thatBishop Gracida's policy was "notto make any public statement aboutthe relationship of any particularCatholic with the Roman CatholicChurch." It also said the bishopwas "very disappointed" that hisletters to Ms. Vargas, intended tobe "personal and private," werereleased to the press.

Bishop Gracida's decree to Ms.Vargas said, "Y ou must under­stand that by assisting directly inthe procuring of abortions, you

telling. theologians they cannotdisagree publicly, the Vatican issaying "all we can do is write alet~er to a bishop or to Rome."

But "there are no official chan­nels" through which to object tochurch teaching, he said. "It's notas if the bishops'or the Vatican arebound to listen to you.... It's sim­ilar to saying a citizen may com­plain about conditions in the city,but there are no channels for youto go to. You go to talk to themayor or a city council member,but no one is bound to listen toyou." he said.

He applauded the document for"giving importance to dialogue"and "freedom of inquiry," but tookexception to what he saw as thewriters' assumptions that "thereare many theologians holding wildbeliefs."

"This is not a document toencourage theologians who work

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WASHINGTON (CNS) ­Bishop Rene H. Gracida of Cor­pus Christi, Texas, has told thedirector of an abortion clinic andan obstetrician who performsabortions that they have incurredautomatic excommunication underchurch law.

The bishop also has warned athird pterson, who heads anotherclinic, of the 'same prohibition.

Rachel Vargas, administrator ofReproductive Services in CorpusChristi, was informed of the excom­munication in a decree from BishopGracida dated June I and madepublic June 28 by Ms. Vargas.

On June 30, Dr. EduardoAquino, who reportedly performs60 to 75 abortions a month at theNew Women's Clinic, also in Cor­pus Christi, announced he too hadbeen excommunicated.

Appointments

His Excellency, the Most Reverend Daniel A. Cronin, Bishop ofFall River, is pleased to announce the following appointments:

Reverend'Daniel L. Freitas as Diocesan Director of theCatholic Charities Appeal, effective July I, 1990.

Reverend David A. Costa as Assistant Director of the Diocesa '.'Office of Youth Ministry, effective July II, 1990

Reverend George C. Bellenoit as DireCtor of the Dioce i

Department of Pastoral Care for the Sick', effective JUly 18, 19~

Reverend John W. Pegnam from Parochial Vicar athnma~late Conception Parish in Taunton to Parochial VicafatS'Mary's Parish in Norton, effective July 18, 1990. .'

His Excellency, the Most Reverend Daniel A. Cronin, BishQl'Fall River has accepted the nomination of the Very RevereDavid E. Farrell, C.S.C., Provincial of the Congregation onilt;:;J'Holy Cross, and has appointed the Reverend Richard J. Segreve,C.S.C. as Parochial Vicar at Holy Cross Parish, South Easton.This appointment was effective June 25, 1990.

Two are excommunicated

Theologians, bishops react toVatican "dissent" dOCUlment

WASHINGTON (CNS) - U.S.theologians and bishops had kindwords, criticism and questionsabout a Vatican document thatasked dissenting theologians torefrain from making a public issueof their disagreements with churchteachings.

The instruction, issued June 26,said some forms of theologicaldebate can help the church grow,but called on theologians who differwith church teachings to go to themagisterium with their disagree­ments rather than to the massmedia.

Titled "Instruction on theEcclesial Vocation of the Theolo­gian," the 28-page document wasaddressed primarily to the world'sbishops and theologians.

Jesuit Father Ladislas M. Orsy,professor of canon law at TheCatholic University of America,told Catholic News Service that by

. weekly. Not surprisingly, less than40 percent of people between theages of 18 and 29 attend Massweekly. Analysts conclude thatthis drift is to be expected becausepeople between the ages of 18 and29 are entering an anti-mstitutionalstage of their lives and are begin­ning to form their identities throughrebellion.

Not surprismgly, this same groupis most prone to suicide, drug'overdOSe and fatal <;iutomobile ac­cidents that are often alcohol­related. This is also the age groupmost likely to approach a parishpriest about marriage or baptism.They are vulnerable

The encouraging finding of the1985 poll was that 54 percent ofpeople between the ages of 30 and49 attend Mass weekly. This is theage of maturity, when people areraising children and teens and as­suming responsibility in the secu­lar world; and apparently also the

, time when seeds planted in theearly years are beginning to blos­som.

Actually, conversion is an adultphenomenon and calls for patiencethroughout' each season of life.Our parishes will become betterinstruments of evangelization whenthey become more sensitive to thegrowth and development of thefaith life in all age groups.

. We are all pilgrims on the ongo­ing Christian journey. We maybegin our journey with our biolog­ical families and ior a while wemay walk alone but the call ofbap­tism ever beckons us to becomemembers of the community ofbelievers.

For the DyingAlmighty God, who has

bestowed on us both; themeans of preserving healthand the gift of everlastinglife, look mercifully uponus and cherish the soulsyou have created so that atthe hour of their departurefrom this life they mayappear before you withoutstain. Through' Christ ourLord, amen.

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clearly as we make our own effortsto evangelize.

Opportunities to be bearers 01the Good News abou'nd in anyparochial community but are toooften squandered. How manyyoung people reach out to their

. parish priest seeking the sacramentof matrimony or baptism for achild; only to be met with hostilitybec'ause of their lack of participa­tion at: weekend Mass'!

Marginal Catholics need to bechalle I ged, not crushed, treatedgentlyfnot harshly. Too often sucha pers,on is the proverbial bruisedreed (h smoldering wick, in needof tenderness and compassion, notscolding and judgment!

A 1985 Gallup. poll indicatedthat 64 perce,nt of people betweenthe ages of 13 and 17 and betweenthe ages of 50 and 64 attend ty1ass

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AN IRANIAN FATHER MOURNS HIS SON,KILLED IN THE COUNTRY'S-MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE .

"Have pity on me, have pity on me, at least you my friends, because thehand of the Lord hath touched me." Job 19:21

By Father Kevin J. Harrington

Our planet is said to be gettingdangerously overcrowded. thus itis sadly ironic that so many sufferthe pain of loneliness.

With so many unconnected peo­ple in our parishes. our challengeIS to make every member feel wel­come at the table of the Lord.

Unfortunately, too often this isnot the case, yet our churchesshould be safe harbors for thosewho feel alienated because of thesecular world's emphasis on com­petition and consumption. In sucha world, all our worshipers shouldbe made to feel that at least amongus no one is trying to get the edgeon anyone else. because we all rec­ognize our oneness in the Lord..

The Rite of Christian Initiationof Ad ults (R CI A) rightly stressesthe need to involve in the conver­sion process men anq women whoare gifted with conviviality. Suchparishioners are also needed toreach out to non-practicing ormarginal Catholics.'

Indeed, our parishes are calledto be instruments of- evangeliza­tion·and to become more aware ofPope Paul VI's Apostolic Exhor­tation, "On Evangelization in theModern World." Paul VI waskeenly aware of the marginalCatholics in every parish. They areoften adult children of dysfunc­tional families who not only have adifficult time fitting into a parishbut into any organization. Thepope's timeless advice to evangel­izers to be servants of the truthanimated by love and compassionneeds to be heard aga'in loudly and

themoorin~The Census .

Well, the national census was certainly an experience. Ifyou,had to fill out the long form you perhaps could get a jobmaking. triptiks for Triple A. Then, of course" there was thematter ofthe street people, those who spoke Tibetan and whatabout illegal aliens. .

There is no doubt the census results will be hotly debated.Local governments will feel they were cheated by undercounts;minorities will claim they were ignored; and the street peoplewill still' be on the streets.

Since the census determines the number ofa state's represen­tatives, you can bet your last. nickel that the politicians will bescreaming. Given the tremendous geographic-swings of the

,population, especially to the Sunbelt and areas with no stateincome tax, there will be definite changes in congressionalapportionment. This, of course, means that states that acquireadded representation will be well served in the House. -

In addition, local governments which lose population alsostand to lose federal funding, much of which is directly tied topopulation as well as to minority needs. The plight of cities,especially those in the industrial Midwest and Northeast, isbound to worsen. As people continue the flight mto suburbia,empty stores and decaying slums will contmue to be the stuff ofurban nightmares.

With fewer police and firemen to control crime and fire,blighted cities are in already deep trouble, while suburbs. willcontinue to thrive. ' '.' .

The result is predictable: city problems will be ignored;suburbs will have the advantage. This will also be true of statelegislatures, where seats will be filled by more and more peoplefrom suburbia. Such trends will undoubtedly spark attempts

-by affected politicians to hang on to. their seats by tbe oldgerrymandering hat trick. .

Nevertheless, in discussing 'areas which now seem bleak, weshould keep in mind that irt all likelihood' ma!1y coming toAmerica will utilize city housing' now vacant. In the next 10,years an increase in immigration is foreseen and' it seems'probable our new Americans will settle in urban,ai"e~s.

It must also be noted that we are experiencing a new babyboom. Census figures already available indicate that manymore babies are being born than demographers had expected,In the last two years over,8 million babies have been allowed tolive, contributing significantly to our rising birthrate. All indi­cations also point to the fact that this is not a mere quirk butwill be a trend for the remaining years of the decade. Thisgrowth will of course bring its own problems in the area ofschools.

No matter what legal deCisions are made concerning censusdata and processing, the 1990 count will.be a firm indicator ofchanges and circumstances that will involve the whole country.From the outset, the Constitution has mandated that censusfigures should be the basis for apportionment of representa­tives among the states. They also largely determine the numberof votes each state has in the electoral college.

All in all the. census is an important demographic tool and itssociological impact is immeasurable.

The 1990 cellsus was; really the first of the new 'computer age.Did we use new technologies to'their very limit? How welltrained are those who gather and interpret the census data?

Since the census impinges on our own Ijves and on our stateand our local community, should we' not support efforts toimprove, re!oo! and safeguard its procedures?

In the 'long run, the nation will benefit and the commol1good will be served. The Editor

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Chinese release askedHONG KONG (CNS) - Am­

nesty International has appealedfor release of 47 pro-Vatican Chi­nese Catholics reportedly detainedfor practicing their faith. Bishops,

.·St. Anne's offerscancer support,

cholesterol groups

Bjig, giversNEW HAVEN, Conn. (CNS)

- Knights of Columbus gave morethan $92' million and some 32million hours in personal serviceto charitable and benevolent activ­ities in 1989, according to an annualsurvey by the Catholic service organ­ization.

July 141938, Rev. Nicholas Feu,

SS.te., Pastor, St. Boniface, NewBedford "" .

1949, Rev. Edmund J. Neenan,Assistant, Sacred Heart, Oak Bluffs

July 161937, Rev.'Bernard'Percot, O.P.,

Founder, SI:. Dominic, SwanseaJuly 17

1960, Rev. William J. Smith,Pastor, St. James, Taunton

1981, Rev. Edmond Rego, Asso­ciate Pastor, Espirito Santo, FallRiver

July 181968, Rev. Adalbert Szklanny,

St. Patrick, Fall River1984, Rev. Lionel G. Doraisi,

SSS., Native South Attleboro '

July 191934, Most Rev. Daniel F. Fee­

han, D.O., 2nd Bishop of FallRiver 1907-34

1975, Rev. Francis M. Coady, ,Pastor, SS. Peter & Paul, FallRiver

July 201983, Rev. Joao Medeiros,

Retired Pastor, St. Elizabeth, FallRiver

St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River,is hosting "Significance," a seriesof free support group sessions forfamily members and friends ofcancer patients. Meetings are heldat 7 p.m. on alternate Tuesdays atthe hospital's Clemence Hall, Room128,795 Middle St. The next me~t­ing is July 24.

. Significance provides an oppor-tunity for family and friends todiscuss the issues faced when aloved one has cancer. Sessions willbe led by Kathleen Gagliardi,MSW, LCSW, of the hospital'sclinical social work department,and Brenda Silvia, RN, BSN, ofthe oncology department

Preregistration is recommendedbv calling 674-5741 ext. 2270.

St. Anne's is also offering "Cho­lesterol arid You," a two-hournutrition program, at 3:30 p.m.Tuesday in the hospital's educa­tion classroom.

Participants will receive guidancein developing a low-cholesteroldiet and re~lding food labels, andwill discuss the value of aerobicexercise. Heart-healthy recipes willbe distributl~d.

JoAnne Faris of the hospital'snutrition clinic will conduct theclass. To register, call 674-5741'ext. 2639.

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AMONG MANY events honoring just-retired' Msgr.Anthony M. Gomes, moderator of the Diocesan Council ofCatholic Women for nine years, was a tribute from the councilheld at St. Paul's parish, Taunton,at which he was presented arecliner. Shown with him as he tried it out, from left, AngelaMedeiros, DCCW corresponding secretary; Theresa Lewis,recording secretary; Madeline Wojcik, president; Mary Mi­kita, first vice-president; Mary Geary, treasurer; Claire Mc­Mahon, parliamentarian. (Breen photo)

Dear Dr. Kenny: Please adviseme what r should do when the fol­lowing occurs ill church. Teenagers

,sitting beside "lou 01' in front of 'you persist in talking ilnd laugh- By Dr. JAMES &ing. They are with adults who take MARY KENNY

no action to correct them. the "distracting people should beI travel a 10d and this has. hap- asked to leave." If 'bothersome

pened to me frequently, once even teens are to be sent out of church,in my own 'parish. Onetime I perhaps teens should not be re-announced in .1 rather loud voice quired to attend church at all.that I was moving. Sometime,,_ ' Although many Catholic fami-however"church is crowded and lies, including ours, require thatthere isn't another place to move. teens'under 18 attend Mass, I have

I thi'nk the distracting people often wondered whether this' isshould be asked to leave. What do wise. Many teens resent churchyou think? - Louisiana and are bored by Mass. I am not

Rude teen behavior is certainly sure whether forced presence leadsnot limited to church. You may to better church attendance as anjust as easily find yourself sitting adult or not.next to or behind a teen at a movie, In any case, this does not solvefeet on the seat ahead, comment- your problem since you are not ining constantly, showing off. charge of whether teens attend or

You face the same dilemma there. not, leave or stay.You 'can comment. You can con- You really have only two choi-tact the usher. 'rou can move your ces. You can move to a quieter orseat. Or you can request a refund less distracting pew. Or you canand leave. But there is no choice try to incorporate the rambunc-guaranteed to get you what you tiousness of teens into your ownwant. Worship.

The teen years are a time of Try including the teens in yourrebellion against conventional own meditation. Ask God forrules. Teens can be hard to handle. patience to put up with the imma-Ordering them to behave properly turity of those who are not yetsometimes has the opposite effect. grown. Ask God for tolerance to

Would that any of us could deal with the imperfections of oth-simply order things as we desired, ers. Ask God for the "ears" to hearthem. There is so much going on in his voice in all the sounds' andthis world that does not, "follow. noises of creatures and creation.the rules." If only we ,could With his grace, you maybe ablestraighten people out with, our' 'to, transform the teen distractionsclear and'iogical requests. But, we' i,ntc a melody. Good luck! ,can't. . 'Reader' questions on family Iiv- ,

Silence and sitting still in church ing or child care to be answered inare not the only way to worship. print are'invited by The Kennys;While silence is intended to reflect 219 W. Harrison St., Rensselaer,awe and prayerful concentration Ind. 47978.in most Western churches, conver, _sation and activity are the norm insome other countries. There is noone way to pray and worship.

You mention in your letter that'

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FATHER

JOHN J.

DIETZEN

Q. I hope you can help me. I waspregnant and my husband was inthe military service. I went to thehospital to have my baby at 6 p.m;and until 10:15 that night I wasstrapped to the table.

The Catholic doctor was madand went home because I was solong having it. I really had a terri­ble time; I was scared and didn'tknow what to do.

After almost a year my husbandreturned home and I became preg­nant the same month. I had a dif­ferent doctor. He stayed until itwas over, but I had another terri­ble time.

When I became pregnant againI thought I just couldn't stand it.The doctor said he would take careof it.

I never even thought about it astaking a life. I really thought lifebegan after you had the baby.

I have thought about U andprayed all the time that God willforgive me. I cannot go to thepriest in my parish for reasonswhich I cannot explain now.

The only place I go is to churchand to the store as I am afraid Imight be in a wreck and be killed.It is a heavy burden on my mindand I can't be myself until I get thisstraightened out. (Missouri)

A, While deliberate abortion isunquestionably a very serious sin,judging from what you tell me inyour letter it is extremely doubtful­that you were aware enough, ormorally free enough, to make whatyou did a serious, mortal sin,

You may remember the old basiccatechism requirements for a mor­tal sin, It must be a serious matter,there must be sufficient awarenessand reflection on the fact that itwill be a mortal sin, and one mustbe emotionally and otherwise freeto make an honest-to-God choice.

Judging from your descriptionof the situation, the last two ofthese requirements are at least inserious doubt.

I suspect, however, that you willnot feel this is totally resolvedunless you talk with a priest aboutit personally. This may be in or outof the sacrament of penance, atleast to start with,

There are other priests in the

general neighborhood of yourcommunity. Why not try to talkwith one of them?

I hope you will take my advice.God certainly does not want youto continue suffering this personalanguish over a long-past action.

Please read again carefully whatI have said above and talk withsomeone soon.

A free brochure outlining Cath­olic prayers, beliefs and precepts isavailable by sending a stampedself-addressed envelope to FatherDietzen, Holy Trinity Parish, 704N. Main St., Bloomington, III.61701. Questions for this columnshould be sent to him at the sameaddress.

Side effects of mothering lingerBy

ANTOINETTE

BOSCO

The oidest of my six childrenturned 40 in March. These days Ihear frequently - from relatives,friends and acquaintances alike­how great it is that.my kids aregrown,

They are right. No longer am Iresponsible for lheir care and safety,cars repairs and laundry, educa­tion and values training. I acknow­ledge it is a relief to be finishedwith that phase of mothering andto have arrived at the'truly terrific

stage when parenting is trans­formed into friendship,

Yet I have gained new insight'into motherhood since my"retire­ment."

It is that we mother 'on twolevels.

There is the active, working rolewith its clearly defined job descrip­tion and responsibilities. It beginswith pregnancy and ends when thechild turns 21 or leaves home to tryout the world on his or her owntwo feet, whichever comes first.Most mothers look forward tothat fine day as heralding thebeginning of well-deserved rest and

'new freedom.But there is also a dormant level

of mothering, hard to describe,but always there, This is a core­deep connection we retain withour children. No matter how oldthey are, something can trigger

this bond out of its dormancy andinto action, When this happens,the friendship goes on hold, themothering surfaces and we learnthat the umbilical cord can be cutbut it cannot be uprooted.

This has happened to 'me somany times, occasionally leavingme a bit red faced, My kids willnever let me forget the summer of'76, That July I had packed four ofmy kids into the family car anddriven 2,000 miles to visit my sonJohn who lived in Boulder, Colo,

While we were in Colorado myson Paul, who is a numismatist, acoin collector, wanted to go to thenational headquarters of the Amer­ican Numismatic Association inColorado Springs, some '100 milessouth of Boulder.

After a family powwow, wedecided that the best arrangement

for Paul, and my fourth son Peter,who then had a budding interest incoins, was to go there for the dayby bus.'I was to meet the boys when

their bus got back to Boulder at9:20 p. m. That night the bus arrivedpromptly, but no Peter and Paul.With a severe case of panic J ranonto the bus and confronted thedriver.

"Isn't this the bus from Colo­rado Springs?"

"N0 ma'am. It's the bus fromDenver."

"But I got tickets here thismorning for my two sons to go toColorado Springs and they were

"supposed to be on this bus cominghome!"

"That's a different bus line,ma'am. It probably got into Denvertoo late for them to make theconnection."

The look of horror on my facemust have alarmed him. With greatsolicitude he asked, "And how oldare the little boys?"

I won't even try to explain how Istammered and choked before I

'could blurt out "26 and 1'2,"

My face is permanently red fromthat one, but it was an importantlesson to experience as I was justmoving into the homestretch ofmothering.

'I learned that my new freedomwould l;llways be tied to an old andpowerful bond and, like all moth­ers, I would have to deal with this.

Since then I have experiencedover and over again the truth thatchildren grow and mothers "retire,"but the side effects of motheringgo on. I have'learned, indisputa­bly, that motherhood is a terminal,condition.

Catholic officeholders and the meaning of loyaltyBy

FATHER

EUGENE

HEMRICK

Ifpoliticians are not loyal to thechurch's teaching on abortion, theyrisk excommunication.

The number of bishops publiclysaying this is growing. Also grow­,ing is the number of Catholicofficeholders who are disturbed bysuch statements.

It would seem that we have anescalating public controversy thatwill remain with us for some time.Human nature being what it is,and given the complexity of the

issues, the two sides may neverfully agree.

So, what redeeming featuremight be found in this contro­versy? Let's look at it fro'm th~ per­spective of loyalty - takIng asecond look at our own under­standing of just what Iqyalty en­tails.

A loyal person remains true to aresponsibility in spite of lo~s ordanger. The power of conscIencecontributes to the kind of convic­tion that leads to loyalty. The loyalperson can say, "I have reachedmy conviction after muc~ e~alu~­

tion. Though my convIctIon IS, contrary tothe convictions of oth­ers and brings me scorn, I firmlyhold it."

In the present controversy, bish­'ops argue that they have the ;re­sponsibility to oppose abortIOn'because of a strong faith based ona moral tradition rooted in cen­'turies of interpreting God's word.

On the ,other hand, there areCatholic politicians who argue thatthey were chosen by the people toserve and protect society and thatthe demands of loyalty are en­

,countered here also. 'Some of those a politician serves

do not agree in conscience with thebishops. And since a politiciantakes an oath to uphold the Con­stitution, which allows for a plu­rality of convictions, loyalty to theoffice means respecting a varietyof convictions.

In fact, many officeholders wouldsay it is the responsibility of politi­cal office to defend a plurality ofthinking, even though the politi­ciil'il may personaIly disagree withmany positions. ,

But, it is countered by many" church leaders, God's law super­

sedes anation's constitution and aCatholic politician has a responsi­bility, in conscience to publiclysupport Catholic teachings. He orshe is part of the church com­munity.

There is an obligation to standfirm in one's faith despite dangers.This is a way to witness to the faithand to evangelize.

Where does ,this leave us? Arewe stuck in a situation of conflict­ing loyalties, with .....0 way out?

We have 'to look again at theide'a of loyalty and the principlesunderlying it.

To the extent that the presentcontroversy'over abortion and theroles of Catholic officeholders is a ­question of loyalty - loyalty inthe church" loyalty to the public anofficeholder serves - we shouldexpect some type of reconcilia­tion, In and of itself, loyalty isdynamic. It is alive, growing, creat­ive,

The loyal person searches for afull understanding of what loyaltymeans in given situations. Wewould need to worry, however, ifeither side in this controversystopped searching.

We've been sold a myth on ram­pant infidelity and dissatisfactionin marriage. The soaps and showslike Cheers where Sam Maloneromps from bed to bed to theobvious approval of all will go on.But the Cosby Show gets ratingstoo. ..

Why are we afraid of Marital Fidelity?cinctly, "Marital fidelity is epidemic ten a lot of flak from colleagues for fa~ilies with teenagers experience marriage researcher. Is it a chal-in America." "being naive." !JlaJor problems, lenge to his professional prestige?

When I read the dire words In order to understand the phen-, ,. omena we need to look at who How eager are talk show hosts

attacklOg the state of the famll~ 10 ' b I' f T - d' to cover research on the healthydaily headlines I wonder why I see nurtures our e Ie s, he me la ,

'f '1' 'are maJ'or sources Highly public- state of marnage when dysfunc-so many strong amI les " d' f'd I' b h ', .' ized works by Alfred Kinsey. and !lOn an 10 I e Ity ,oo.s~ t elf rat-. For example, 10 the same poll I Shere Hite who hold that from 50 lOgS? They want to tltlllate, not

CIted above, 87 per~ent of the to 70 percent of married couples inform, and constant repetition ofrespondents agreed WIth the state- experience infidelity constitute problems over rewards in relation-ment, "Your spouse and you are th B th K' , d ships leads us to believe negative, , ano er source, 0 IOsey sanmore concerned about belOg falth- H't' h h b I behaviors to be the ordinary, '", , I e s researc as een severe y , ,.ful than most people., That s Just questioned by others in the fieldabout .the same percentag~ (90) but their assertions have becomewho saId they were never unfaIthful. widely accepted by the general

Why the disparity between what publicwe practice. and what we believe . R'd: I' th fi t I' fdefense

. ? ' I ICU e IS e lfS me 0others practlce. I ve found the h h h t' d 't want. w en we ear w a we onsame reactlon from parents who h W h ld k hy wideb I, h ' b' to ear. e s ou as w -

e leve t elr teenagers are aSI- d f'd l't . ttl'ng to a' sprea I elY IS so upsecally good lovable kIds but other

Pollsterscontacted 657 randomlyselected married men and womenby telephone and here is what theyheard. Nine out often said they'venever been unfaithful to theirspouses and 80 percent said theywould marry the same person again.,Sixty-four percent said their mar­riage was very happy, three-fourthsnamed their spouses as their bestfriend, and 70 percent disagreedwith the statement, "As the yearsgo on, much of the fun goes out ofmarriage."

I was delighted to study thisresearch, probably because I'vebeen believing it for years and got-

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Move over, Oprah, Geraldo,, Carson, Donahue, and the rest ofyou who thrive on unhappiness inmarriage as a media commodity.In spite of a widespread beliefthatmarital infidelity is common, a 'December '89 Gallup poll hashappily found otherWise. In aMarch, 1990, Psychology Todayarticle, Andrew Greeley put it suc-

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Lithuanian freedomDear Editor:

I send a resounding thank youto Father Eugene Hemrick, whosearticle about Lithuania (Anchor,June 22) was great! And thimk youto the Anchor too.

The peace-loving land of mygrandparents is coming close tofreedom. Please God, its goal con­tinues unabated. With all the newscoverage and world conditionschanging and articles like FatherHemrick's, Lithuania's (and oth­ers') freedoms will come true!

John F. WayganEast Falmouth

The Real Thing"The trouble with some of us is

that we have been inoculated withsmall doses of Christianity which'keep us from catching the realthing." - L.D. Weatherhead

It's a copout

FATHER WILLIAM J, BYRON, SJ, president of theCatholic university of America (left), expresses gratitude toBishop Daniel A. Cronin for the diocesan contribution of$41,000 to this year's collection for the nation's only universityestablished by the U.S. bishops.

Aging"It takes a long time to become

young." -- Pablo Picasso

Dear Editor:I continue to have great diffi­

culty understanding the positionof not only our Catholic politi­cians, but so many of our Catholicintellectuals. Pro-choice is theultimate "Copout": two cases inpoint from my own life.

Thirty-five years ago, my wife,Joan, and I were living in NewYork City. I had just completedmy two-yea:r financial training stintat Merrill Lynch. Our daughterwas six months old when we dis­covered that Joan was again preg­nant. The next few months werevery difficult. Our daughter con­tacted German measles and Joanwas given ;gamma globulin. Thiswas followed by four hospital trips.

Our doctor then urged us to endthe pregnancy. We were told thatthe child, if born, would continueto be a burden - probably men­tally or physically handicapped.This burden is a successful attor­ney in Boston and the father oftwo wonderful grandsons.

My wife taught the "gifted andtalented" in Connecticut and hasadvanced degrees in that specialty.She was born with a malformedheart (discovered during open-heartsurgery), spina bifida occulta, andis. dyslexic. I have little doubt ofthe position of the pro-choicepeople if they could have influ­enced J oan.'s parents.

Our lives are full of choices andwe have to live with our decisions.To quote from "Abortion: theSilent Holocaust" by.Father"JohnPowell, S.J.: "The unborn child

. represents a human life. The childis one of us." To believe this andnot act ac(:ordingly is an abdica­tion of responsibility at the least.Again from Father Powell: "Weshould pra.y for one another thatwe do not lose courage, that ourmotivation be always positive."

P,er'manent DeaconThomas C. BaileyYarmouthport

QuestionsDear Editor:

The Catholic Church is pres- .ently taking a lot of flak in thepolitical realm for supposedly med­dling in the abortion issue... .Ifthe state presently says it's okay tokill babies, does the church bowdown to an ungodly law?

Is it not God's word plainly inthe Bible that moral values are notwhat we think about right andwrong, but what he thinks? Shouldpoliticians be warned to repent orface .excommunication? ShouldChristians be arrested for savingbabies? Should we vote the con­science God gives us? Should noone picket or commit acts of civildisobedience at abortion clinics?

Would the misguided pro-choiceorganizations stand if more Chris­tians, clergy and laity, didn't backoff [but increased protesting] theslaughter?

. Richard BugueyBarnstable

Life supportDear Editor:

The poor but enlightened peo­ple of Ireland (no abortion)have alegalized procedure for comatosepatients. If other family membersagree, the senior family memberdirects the removal of the lifesupport.

Our government legalizes nearlyone and a half million abortionsper year but refuses the comatosepatient the right to die with dignity.

The Irish cannot afford to payover $100 a day for life support.Indeed, many do not make thatmuch a week. Nursing home ownersin our country must be cheering.

Bernard McCabeSouth Yarmouth

Right to chooseDear Editor:

Food stamps issued by the stateare redeemable at private enter-

. prise grocery stores. Fortunately,we do not have state-owned gro­cery stores for the exclusive re­demption of food stamps. Conse­quently, people have a choice ofwhere they will redeem them andwill trade where they feel theyreceive the best value and service.

In like manner we need an edu­cational voucher for primary andsecondary schools redeemable ateither a private enterprise schoolor a state school (state schoolspresently enjoy a monopoly on theeducational tax dollar.) An educa­tional voucher will break this un­just monopoly by providing free­dom of educational choice. But ofequal importance, choice can pro­vide the essential competitionneeded to spur improvement instate schools. Without such com­petition, the quality level of learn­ing in state schools, especially innercity schools, is not likely to im­prove.

"Freedom is the right to choose,the right to create for oneself thealternatives of choice. Without thepossibility of choice or the exerciseof choice, a man is not a man but amember (a hand), an instrument, athing." - Thomas Jefferson

Thomas MartinCarlsbad, CA

Dear Editor:It is obvious that a pastor molds

a church, just as parishioners shapetheir pastors. An apathetic con­gregation can cause some prieststo quit in utter frustration. Thecaring and loving fellowship in aparish is deeply appreciated by apastor who oftentimes has workedwell beyond human energy levels.Their devotion to their parish isnot one of personal finan~ial gain,but rather the desire to fulfill God'scall upon their lives.

Bearing this in mind, we can restassured that they will not go onstrike if the pay is inadequate: norare they likely to initiate discus­sions concerning their salaries.Their compensation comes in theperformance of their priestly func­tions....

In assuming non-ministry.~spon­

sibilities, understand that Godnever meant our spiritual leadersto be errand boys, even for goodcauses. Rather, he planned forthem to be shepherds of the flockand spiritual fathers.

We all know that everyone, in­cluding pastors, grows when appre­ciated and shrivels a little whencriticized.

Obviously, no one human beingcan be expert preacher, teacher,counselor, financier, administratorand theologian. Why not appre­ciate their strengths and downplaytheir faults? Pastors are shapednegatively by blame, but grow'with worthy praise. A parishcouncil can shape a pastor's minis­try towards mediocrity or nobility.

What we are when we are nottrying to be anything remains thesupreme test of what we really are.When it comes to the giving ofone's self to help our church, itisn't just what we know but whatwe sow that does the good.

Gerard E. GagnonNew Bedford

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No qualmsDear Editor:

I find it amazing that our liberalpoliticians who are so incensed atchanging our Bill of Rights haveno qualms about changing God'slaw on abortion.

Anne M. WilliamsEast Sandwich

A ncient arid timelyDear Editor:

The ancient African proverb onpage one of the Anchor (June 29)was very timely, coming the weekof Mr. Mandela's visit.

I understand this will be part ofan ad campaign in New York. Ihope our diocese jumps on thisbandwagon and uses it as well withits title, picture and message givenout as flyers at all Masses, as post­ers and as ads. in local secularnewspapers and on TV.

It is informative, non-threaten­ing and features a beautiful blackwoman, something seldom featuredin our diocesan paper. I would liketo see it as a full-page ad in theAnchor in a right to life issue:

I would like to see more picturesand stories about the minorities inour diocese.

Alice HoustWest Dennis

tina and would not return until theend of August.

Before departing he told a newsagency that he "will continue toperform abortions because I feel itis the right of a woman to decidewhat to do with her reproductivefunctions." He also said he wouldchange religions.

Ms. Vargas, who has said shewould continue to attend Massbut not receive the sacraments,said on ABC's "Good MorningAmerica" July 2 that she consi­dered Bishop Gracida's actionspolitica,l.

Mrs. Bustamante told CNS thatshe agreed, referring to the bishop'ssupport of a county sheriff whosaid in January that he would notenforce a law meant to preventprotesters from blocking entran­ces to abortion clinics.

Nueces County SheriffJames T.Hickey Jan. 27 refused a requestby Ms. Vargas to clear a path forher patients when the Reproduc­tive Service Clinic was picketed.Hickey was there in an unofficialcapacity and with his wife was par­

,ticipating in the protest.

DESPITE THE FACT that weather forced activitiesindoors, diocesan sisters enjoy annual picnic at Blessed Sac­rament Convent, Fall River. (Gaudette photos)

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have subjected yourself to theautomatic excommunication spec­ified" in Canon 1398 of churchlaw.

Excommunication results in ex­clusion of a baptized person fromthe sacraments and from unionwith the church. Bishop Gracidatold Ms. Vargas in his letter ofdecree that "an excommunicatedperson may hold no office withinthe church and also is deprived ofChristian burial."

His letter also said, "Thisexcommunication can be removed,however, by a sincere and totalrepentance and confession con­cerning the sin of abortion."

Ms. Vargas, according to thatletter, had received warnings fromthe bishop dated Jan. 26 and March12.

Mrs. Bustamante told CatholicNews Service she also had receivedletters with those dates. She saidher March 12 letter matched almostword for word the March 12 letterto Ms. Vargas.

Mrs. Bustamante said Aquino ison vacation in his native Argen-

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106 Sisters of Notre Dame deNamur from five continents aremeeting in Ipswich through Aug.16 for their first-ever general chap­ter held outside their motherhousein Namur, Belgium, or their gener­alate in Rome.. The deci!iion to meet in Ipswich

is part of celebrations marking the150th anniversary of the arrival ofthe sisters in the United States.The 188-Yj~ar-old congregation,originally founded for the educa­tion of poor girls, meets in chapterevery six Yf:ars.

In 1849 the sisters opened aschool in Boston, nine years aftertheir initial arrival in Ohio in 1840.Today there are 632 sisters in Mas­sachusetts, serving in the Fall Riverdiocese at Bishop Stang HighSchool, North Dartmouth, andCoyle and Cassidy High School,Taunton. Worldwide, the sistersnumber 2,584 members of whom1,674 are in the United States.

Officials explain that a generalchapter is the highest legislativebody of a Catholic religious con­gregation and that it consists ofelected representatives from eachunit of the organization. Chaptersset congregational goals and electgeneral administrators.

Notre :Dame Sistersat Ipswich parley

fins, and then the heads began topop out the tops of the boxes. Itwas like thl: day of resurrection,"he said.

But the sleep-out was not appre­ciated by a.ll of London's more­permanent homeless.

"I think it's a great game they'reall playing," said 60-year-old Bri­die O'Neill, who has lived on thestreets for seven years. "They canall go back to their rabbit holesafter tonight. I'll still be on thestreets.

. "Homeless people don't all evenhave cardboard boxes to sleep in,"he added. "Some just sleep in theirclothes on the pavement."

New York, Chicago, Charlotte,Atlanta, Philadelphia and Mil­waukee. Last month's project wasthe largest to date and the firstbinational effort.

Bishop GuazzelliBishop Guazzelli, 70, recently

spent a night in a cardboard boxon the steps of London's West­minster Cathedral to dramatizethe plight of the homeless.

He joined about 100 politicians,soap opera stars and schoolchil­dren on the steps during Britain'sNational Sleep-Out Week, held toraise awareness of the homelessand raise funds to house them.

"It's only a gesture, but if themessage gets across to younghomeless people that we care, thenit will have done some 'good," thebishop said as he unrolled hissleeping bag on the square in frontof the cathedral.

He added that it was good to letthe government see that peoplecare and' he said more should bedone to provide accommodationsfor the thousands of people whosepermanent "home" is a cardboardbox on London's streets.

Parishioners throughout easternLondon sponsored the bishop forhis "night on the tiles," raising sev­eral hundred dollars for homelesscharities.

"I know that it seems a prettyfutile thing to be doing, but at leastnext time I get up and speak abouthomelessness and people sleepingrough, I'll know what I'm t.alkingabout," Bishop Guazzelli said. Headmitted he had a "pretty sleeplessnight.

"There was more noise than I'maccustomed to, and the pavement~as fairly hard."

"Next time I'll know to bring acushion or a pillow," he added."You can't get comfortable in acardboard box. You can't curl upin a ball." .

The bishop said he knew heexperienced only "one tiny part ofwhat some people have to expe­rience every night."

"The morning was interesting- all the boxes looked like cof-

Plastered,boxedbishops

By Catholic News Service

How about a bishop who getsplastered? Or one who spends anight in a box? Meet Bishop AlbertH. Ottenweller of Steubenville,Ohio, and Auxiliary Bishop Vic­tor Guazzelli of the archdiocese ofWestminster, England.

Bishop Ottenweller ..As bishops' days go it was an

unusual one for Bishop Ottenwellerwhen on a recent Saturday hearose early, donned a pair or-oldtrousers and shirt, picked up hislunch bag and went to work, join­ing Habitat for Humanity volun­teers in rehabilitating a house for afamily selected from the workingpoor.

"It's one thing to make a dona­tion or write a letter to make arecommendation of some pro­gram," the bishop told the Steu­benville Register, his diocesannewspaper. "It's another thing toput some hours into doing thework."

Bishop Ottenweller said he en­joyed being with the volunteers.whom he called down-to-earthpeople who seemed used to doin~

unselfish things and giving theirtime to good causes.

"I felt very much at home withthem," he said.

Hisjob was a sloppy one - ap-. plying a plaster mixture over pre­

pared walls and ceiling to create atextured design that would coverflaws. The mixture was appliedwith a brush in corners and wherethe walls met the ceiling, and withlong-handled rollers on the walls.

Before work began, the volun­teers of various faiths gatheredwith the bishop to pray about thework ahead of them and for thefamily that would live in the reno­vated house.

The soon-to-be homeowner andher two sons worked beside thevolunteers and made coffee forbreaks. At midday, Bishop Otten­weller and the others sat downwith their bag lunches.

Habitat for Humanity/GreaterSteubenville Area is an affiliate ofHabitat for Humanity Interna­tional, a nondenominational, non­profit Christian organization thatbuilds simple, energy-efficienthouses or renovates residences forthose unable to obtain conven­tional loans.

Qualifying families are requiredto provide their own "sweat equity"by doing work on their own homesor other Habitat projects.

"I don't know how much I con­tributed to the finished product,"said Bishop Ottenweller, "but atleast I felt good that I was thereand that I put my body and talentsto work for the project."

Habitat, he added, "goes rightto the heart of what we as Chris­tians should do in helping thehomeless, in making things possi­ble for them to have a decent placeto raise their families."

Probably the best-known Habi­tat volunteers are former Presi­dent Jimmy Carter and his wifeRosalynn, who last month workedwith some 2000 volunteers to build107 low-income houses in SanDiego, Calif., and Tijuana, Mexico.

Known as Jimmy Carter WorkProjects, previous such large-scaleundertakings have taken place in

10 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., July 13, 1990

Contributions for retiredreligious fall in 1989

SALUTINGSENIORS

are invited to socialize and enjoy anutritious lunch. Reservations: 771­1070. Transportation is available.

Mattapoisett ,The Council on Aging has begun

a volunteer shopping program. Anysenior who needs essential fooditems may call the council office at758-3758 and a shopper will pick.up items needed. The council alsooffers transportation to church forthose who need it.

nition of its commitment to staffeducation and training in inconti­nence management and skin care.

The award was presented byDick Serpa to Carol Turner, RN,inservice coordinator, and Patri­cia Kershaw, LPN, orientation co­ordinator, who together provide day­to-day education and training tothe home's nursing staff.

.The Caring Practices Award ispresented through a professionaleducation program which assistslong-term care facilities withongoing staff training.

Sister Blandine d'Amours, SCQ,administrator, welcomes visitorsto Sacred Heart Home.

By

CASSERLY

BERNARD

relatives, and their numbers areincreasing. Respite care providersare being trained in many centersto help fatigued caregivers get afew hours off.

Attention to caregivers and res­pite workers is being provided aspart of the senior citizen programs'in many parishes where the elderlybegin to outnumber the young.Support.groups for these sharersare being launched.

One of the leaders in this grow­ing field is the Family PracticeCenter at St. John's Mercy Medi­cal Center, St. Louis'. It publishesa Co-Op Networker newsletter ded­icated to the "needs of the adultchildren of aging parents."

A recent issue (Vol. 6, No. I)was packed with advice on how todeal with "Letting Go," the stagesof growth of adult children caringfor aging parents, the 12 steps ofthe Co-Op Network, and so on.(For a free sample copy of the Co­Op Networker Newsletter, write toSt. John's Mercy Medical Center,615 South New Ballas Rd., St.Louis, MO 63141-8221).

The newsletter provides practi­cal ideas as well as inspiring ones,like mini-retreats. No mention wasmade, however, of what to do if astrange woman helps herself toyour bag of cookies.

Sacred Heart Home honoredfor caring practices

The Mild Serenity"The mild serenity of age takes

the place of the riotous blood ofyouth. I bless the rising sun eachday, and, as before, my heart singsto meet it; b'ut now I love evenmore its setting, its long slantingrays and the soft, tender, gentlememories that come with them,the dear'images from the whole ofmy long, happy life-and over allthe Divine Truth, softening,reconciling, forgiving: My life isending and I know that well, butevery day that is left to me I feelhow my earthly life is in touch witha new, infinite, unknown, butapproaching life, the nearness ofwhich sets my soul quivering withrapture, my mind glowing, a.nd myheart weeping withjoy."-FyodorDostoevsky

Sacred Heart Nursing home,New Bedford, recently received a"Caring Practices Award," in recog-

time, love and expertise is whatmakes a better life for countlesspeople who feel lonely, ignored orabandoned even when they areotherwise in good health.

Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, Arch­bishop of Chicago, told readers ofhis column in the New World, thearchdiocesan weekly, that he triesto visit his mother in a nursinghome a few moments every day.

His mother, Maria, 85, is wellcared for, the cardinal wrote, buthe likes "to say hello and see howshe is doing. It is very importantfor me to do so, because my moth­er took such good care of my sisterand me for many years. Now it isour turn to take care of her."

There are countless groups andagencies involved in work with theelderly, more than the "thousandpoints of light" cited by PresidentGeorge Bush, but sharing our timeand our lives finally comes downto a one-on-one situation.

Parishes are often the most effi­cient links in reaching out to seniorswhen their families have movedaway.

Not all the elderly are in nursinghomes, and many choose to liveapart from relatives so they' willnot be a "burden" to them.

As the number of elderly in­creases and the years of life extend,their children are becoming part ofthe sandwich generation. "Manywomen will spend more time car­ing for aging relatives," one socialworker said, "than they will onchild rearing."

"Caregivers" is the name app­lied to those who share their liveswith parents and older friends and

News from Councils on Aging\

hours. The office will now open at8:30 a.m. and close at 4 p.m. Resi­dents are reminded that they mayalso conduct Social Security busi­ness by calling 1-800-234-5772 tollfree between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.each business day.

.Cape Cod and IslandsElder Services of Cape Cod and

the Islands offers meals weekdaysat 500 Old Colony Boulevard,Hyannis. All seniors 60 and over

S,hare ,the c'ookies. Once upon a time a womanwent,shopping and decided to stopin a coffee shop. She bought a bagof cookies which she put into herpurse. All the tables were filled,except one at which a man satreading a newspaper.

Without asking, the woman seat­ed herself opposite the man, openedher purse, took out a magazineand began reading. After a while,she looked up and reached for acookie, only to see the man reach­ing for one too.

She glared at him. Hejustsmiled.Moments later she reached foran.other cookie, and so did theman. She glared, he smiled. Thishappened several more times.Finally there was one cookie left.She grabbed it and stuffed it intoher mouth. The man smiled andleft.

The woman was angry and de­cided not to let him get away withsuch behavior. But as she got upand grabbed her coat, she disco­vered her bag of cookies in herpurse, still unopened.

Have you ever felt like a fool in asocial situation? I have, and I sus­pect you have too, but this littletale is not about feeling foolish,but about sharing, and about howthe world is a better place when weshare.

The story was told by DavidPhillips, executive director ofCourage Center in Golden Valley,MN, which relies on more than2,000 volunteers to staff its reha­bilitation programs for people ofevery age and need.

Sharing' not just cookies but

the bulletin board

MansfieldCholesterol and eye screenings I

p.m. July 25, blood pressure clinicJuly 24; appointments: senior cen­ter, 255 Hope St., tel. 261-7368.

SwanseaJuly 25: blood pressure clinic 9­

10 a.m.; July birthday party 1-3p.m.; eighth annual party forseniors and area nursing home res­idents with music, line dancingand refreshments 12-4 p.m., BluffsSenior Center, 458 Ocean GroveAve. Information: 676-1831,,9a.m.-4 p.m.

EdgartownHarp and guitar music with

Peggy Tileston 1:30 p.m. July 16.Health talk: stress management,elder abuse 1:30 p.m. July 18.Summer theatre group from NewHampshire will perform 1:30 p.m.July 23. Friends ofECOA meeting3 p.m. July 24. Historical walks8-8:20 a.m. Tuesdays and Thurs­days. The artwork of the seventhgrade class at Edgartown school is .on display at the senior center forJuly and August. Information onprograms: The Anchors seniorcen!er, DaggefSt., tel. 627-4368.

ChathamHearing aid service 12:30-4 p. m.

, July 25. Chatham walkers meet 7a.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays andSaturdays, Holy Redeemer Church.parking lot; special walk for t~e

month will be July 21 on MornsIsland.Social Security Office, Hyannis

John Fontes, manager of theSocial Security Office in Hyannis,has announced a change in office

s'tood to be common among na­tional campaigns.

"I never was willing to give agoal" for the first two collections,Sister Hudon said, although in aNovember interview with CatholicNews Service she had set a goal of$27 million for the 1989 campaign.

But after two years of expe­rience with the Retirement Fundfor Religious, "now it's easy for meto state that goal:. $20, million ayear into retirement funds" of relig­ious orders.

The,cumulative retirement fundliability in U.S. religious orders is$3 billion, according to a 1987study of 600 congregations.

The liability is the differencebetween what cong'regations haveon hand and what they will ne~d tocare for aging members.

The $21 million will be distrib­uted by the Tri-Confere~ceRetire­ment Office according to a for­mula which takes into account thecongregation's size, the averageage of its members and the amountof its unfunded retirement liability.

The Tri-Conference Retirement,Office is a joint effort of the Na­tional Conference of Catholic Bish­ops, the Leadership Conference ofWomen Religious and the Confer­ence of Major Superiors of Men tomeet the needs of aging religious.

First-graders Sara Campo andJacob Phillippe had lots of hugsand kisses for their grandparents.

"It's always like this when we'retogether," Mrs. Bozzelli told TheCriterion.

Next to arrive were second-grad­er Stephen Burrows, third-gradersFrances Burrows, Gabrielle Campoand Monica Phillippe, fourth­grader Joshua Phillippe, and fifth-grader Gina Bozzelli.' .

They were joined by sixth­graders Joseph Burrows and Anth­ony Campo, seventh-grader NickBozzelli and eighth-grader CicelyCampo.

"They're beautiful children,"their grandmother said.

"Seven of our nine childrenattended school here," she said."We've been in the parish for 33years. We also have grandchildrenat Scecina (Memorial HighSchool)."

Saying that the family has alwaysbeen close-knit, Mrs. Bozzelli said

, that the "children play together atrecess," adding, "They are all verygood friends."

INDIANAPOLIS (CNS) - Adozen cousins are schoolmates inthe eight grades at Our Lady ofLourdes School in Indianapolis.

They are the grandchildren ofNicholas and Frances Bozzelli, long­time members of the parish, in themiddle of the city's historic Irving-ton community. ,

A number of families have livedin Irvington for two or three gener­ations, said principal AntoinetteSchwering.

"That has had a stabilizing in­fluence in our school," she toldThe Criterion, Indianapolis arch­diocesan newspaper. "Our Grand­parents Day is very well attended."

Catholic couples, statistics show,now have fewer children, and theyfrequently move away from thehome parish.

The Bozzelli family's longtimemembership in the parish, there­fore, has become an exception.

When the Bozzellis visited theirgrandchildren in school recently,the children emerged from eightdifferent classrooms.

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FRANCES AND NICHOLAS Bozzelli with 12 of theirgrandchildren. (eNS photo)

Grandparents boast dozengrandkids in one school

WASHINGTON (CNS) - TheRetirement Fund for Religiouscampaign for 1989 collected $4million less than in 1988, based ondeposits from dioceses made byMarch 30.

About $21 million was rai~ed

throughout 1989, according to Sis­ter Mary Oliver Hudon, a SchoolSister of Notre Dame who directsthe Tri-Conference Retirement Of­fice, which oversees the campaign.

The appeal in 1988, its first year,totaled $25.4 million..

Although still the largest na­tional Catholic collection cam­paign by far, the contributionsbarely scratch the surface of thehelp needed by religious orders.

The grants to orders from the1988 campaign averaged $350 for

, every religious over age 50, SisterHudon said. But orders "shouldhave been banking $600 for eachmember just to keep up, to keep

., the (retirement)- fund viable," s,headded.

And while $25.4 million was dis­tributed to congregations, theyspent $540 million in 1989 on thecare of their elderly members, Sis­ter Hudon said.

She attributed the decline, incontributions to a "second-yearslump" that she said she under-

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grateful, she recounted, that helater returned with a gift for thedoctor: a live chicken. There was apayoff, too - the next day it laid anegg at the hotel in San Jose.

"The people are so grateful,"said Mrs. Mazzucchelli. "They al­ways want to give you something.In spite of their poverty, they are'very happy and content, very grate­ful for anything you can do forthem."

Unfortunately, sometimes thatwasn't much, she noted, as in thecase of a woman whose untreatedcancer had spread all over herbody.

"They accept these things verywell," said Mrs. Mazzucchelli."They're not looking for miracles,just some medicine to get them by.Their big concern is their children."

One thing that shocked the volun­teers, she s'aid, was that "manymothers wanted you to take theirbabies to the U.S. Although theyloved them, they thought they'dhave a better life in America." .

The children, she added, "fol­lowed us around like we were fromouter space" and tried to pick upEnglish words.

OveraIl, she said, "The peopletreated us very well. They're sohappy to see us because they knowwe'I1 help them."

For some patients, just beingexamined and told they were heal­thy was a big help, she said, recal­ling a determined 99-year-old manwho traveled half the day to get tothe Tela clinic last year.

His complaint?"He was tired," said Mrs. Maz­

zucchelli. "We got a kick oiJt of'that one."

Others would ask for vitamins,aspirin or other medicine, eventhough they didn't need them. Thevolunteers had to teach them "thatthey don't need medicine if the~e's

nothing wrong,"Most were afraid they wotildn~t

see a doctor again for a long timeand were anticipating future needs,she explained. "If they came inwith one particular complaint, be­fore they. left they'd have everycomplaint under the sun."· .

Mrs. Mazzucchelli estimates thatthe group treated between threeand four thousand people duringtheir stay in San Jose, but thatthings would have moved fasterhad more of the volunteers beenable to speak Spanish.

"Next time I go I will definitelyspeak it," she said. "You reallyneed to know it well, especiaIlydealing with medicines."

Last year's volunteers treatedmore people because they went inone large group and worked near acity, she said.

Each day' thousands of localpeople waited in line, many formost of the day, to be examined.

"They wore their very best whenthey came to see us," she said, andmany brought food and smaIl gifts.

They were "very proud to beChristians," she said, noting thatmany people showed off medals,scapulars and rosaries to demon­strate their devotion, while' child­ren wore their Catholic .schooluniforms: '

This year's group partici.patedin an Easter sunrise service andprocession in Tegucigalpa.

"As poor as the people an:, theyare very good to the church" andhave solid faith, Mrs. Mazzucchelliobserved.

But seeing the effects of theirpoverty day after day takes its tollon the volunteers, she said.

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on clean dressings and tell her towash her dothers," said Mrs. Maz­zucchelli.

That story had a happy ending,she addedl. The mother and childreturned on the last day of theclinic in clean clothes and thechild's condition was improving.

Not all patients are so lucky.During her two trips Mrs. Maz­zucchelli has seen thousands ofchildren and adults sick from yearsof malnutrition and lack of healthcare. In some villages 85 percent ofthe childr'en are malnourished, shesaid.

Voluntl~ersat the San Jose clinicsaw one child so severely malnour­ished he was close to death, andthey could do nothing for him.During her 1989 visit, Mrs. Maz­zucchelli recalled, three babies diedof malnutrition at the Tela hospital.

Several San Jose cases requiredhospitali2:ation, she said, includ­ing a ~aby with meningitis and awoman, <:arried .to the clinic in'ahammock, who had been hemor­rhaging for a week.

Transportation to a hospital inthe Honduran capital of Teguci­galpa was arranged by a volunteer

, who had previously lived in Hon­duras for six years.

"She's a good'contact and knowsa lot of doctors in the hospitals,"said Mrs. Mazzucchelli. "She wasable to bring a lot ofpeople to thehospital to be taken care or." .

.The husband of the woman whohad been hemorrhaging was so

groups. Overall, the Texas foun­dation hopes to continue sending aU.S. group to Honduras monthly,with each group returning annually.

During the April trip, the Capegroup set up a clinic i~ a schooloutside San Jose. Early each morn­ing they left their hotel to drive foran hour on dirt roads to the clinicsite, bringing with them 10-gallontanks of water from the hotel aswell as other drinks.

"We were warned by previousgroups to bring lots of liquids,"said Mrs. Mazzucchelli. Even so,three group members got sickfromheat exhaustion and dehydration,she continued.

The group spent most of its timeat the clinic, but some memberswent to another village for twodays when they realized peoplehad been traveling miles to seethem.

With four groups having gonethis year, said Mrs. Mazzuchelli,"we are now keeping paperworkand doing follo'wups on certainpatients seen by previous groups.Some of our group went back to avillage for followup care on someburn victims. We were happy tosee they came back with reportsthat they were doing well."

Burns are among the most com­mon injuries seen she said, withchildren being especially vulnera­ble, because homes have open fires.

Other typical ailments were para­sites, scabies, head lice and infectedanimal and insect bites, problemsdifficult to eliminate because ofunsanitary conditions..

"Every child has worms, practi­cally," said Mrs.. Mazzucchelli."We'd give them medication, whichwould help for a short time, butthey !ire reinfected in a few weeksfrom the water."

"There are also a lot of sexuallytransmitted diseases," she said."They didn't even" know 'aboutAIDS."

One child was badly burnedfrom a gasoline fire and the burnsweren't healing well. "The childwasn't clean, and the mother wasn'tclean - we had to teach herto put

:..a.ABOVE, VILLAGERS of San Jose, Honduras, gather to

await treatment at the medical clinic set up in the villageschoolhouse. Below, a young patient enjoys his first encounterwith a flashlight.

By Marcie Hickey

When Betty Mazzucchelli lefther career as an operating roomnurse in Boston seven years agoand bought a quiet West Famouth 'bed and breakfast, she didn't knowthat her nursing skills would laterbe in demand in Central America.

But since joining the Cape Codchapter of the Central AmericaMedical and Dental Foundationlast year, the president of the CapeC04 and Islands District of theDiocesan Council of Catholic Wo­men has made two trips as a medi­cal missionary to Honduras, andplans to continue the endeavorannually.

The interdenominational foun­dation is composed of physicians,nurses, pharmacists and dentistswho bring medical supplies in addi­tion to their skills to remote Hon­duran populations which otherwisehave no access to medical treat­ment.

"We saw people in great need ofmedical care," Mrs. Mazzucchellisaid of her most recent trip. "Wefelt we were really able to savetheir lives."

The ten-day trip in April took21 health professionals to San Jose,a mountainous region of Hondu­ras. Other Cape groups made sim­ilar trips in March, May and June.

On a previous mission in April1989, Mrs. Mazzucchelli wasamong 72 medical professionalswho visited the city of Tela to setup a week-long clinic that dailydrew thousands of patients. Eachgroup of volunteers also includedgeneral assistants to help with trans­lating and crowd control.

During 'trips, group membershave faced washed-out roads andhazardous public transportation.and suffered heat exhaustion anddehydration from temperatures upto 110 degrees, said Mrs. Mazzuc­chelli.

Yet they willingly take time fromtheir jobs or practices and paytheir own way for trips because thepeople they serve are so desper­ately in need of health care, shesaid.

"The'y just sort of live from dayto day," she said"adding that' somehave an annual income ofless than$60. "They never see a doctor," shecontinued. "Sometimes they comeand do immunizations, but that'salL"

The foundation volunteers treatpatients on the spot or arrangetransportion to and treatment atHonduran hospitals. Their medi­cines and supplies are donated byorganizationsthat include the Con­necticut~basedAmericares, whichwas among the first relief agenciesto send aid to Iran following thatcountry's June 21 earthquake.

The Cape Cod chapter of theTexas-based Central America Med­ical and Dental Foundation wasfounded by Dr. Ted Keary, a Capearea dentist who participated. in aTexas mission then formed thelocal group.

When Mrs. Mazzucchelli readof Dr. Keary's intentions in theCape Cod Times, "I was very sym­pathetic to the cause and called upimmediately to say I was inter­ested," she said.

Last year the health care workersintended to go to remote areas toreach people "in real desperateneed," said Mrs. Mazzucchelli, butpolitical and military turmoil keptthem in Tela.

This year the volunteers wereable to travel to outlying areas,breaking up into the four small

Theologians, bishops react

The chur'ch's most baffling relic to the list of days marked for spe­cial veneration of the blood ­joining Sept. 19, the saint's feastday, and the Saturday.before thefirst Sunday in May, the day mark­ing the translation of his relics toNaples.

Liquefaction appears to be unaf­fected by temperature, and it is notuniform in character. Sometimesthe blood froths and turns deepred, other times it appears to rollslowly. On several occasions overthe centuries, the blood liquefiedwhile its elaborate reliquary wasbeing repaired by a jeweler.

Skeptics note that a number of"blood miracles" are said to occurquite regularly in the Naples'area..This· was borne out recently in achurch 'a few blocks from the Naplescathedral, when the alleged bloodof'St. Patricia reportedly liquefiedon schedule':'" 'as it is said to doevery Tuesday mornIng.

it said, was the lack of standardemployment policies in the Vatican.

It was noted that Vatican Mu­seum workers had staged a smallprotest in April over overtimehours, but had not yet obtained ameeting with management to dis­cuss the matter.

Vatican officials, explaining thedelays, have said many of theemployees' problems are complex·and that potential solutions arecostly.

Person of DecadeBOMBA Y, India (CNS) - A

Bombay-based national news andfeatures magazine, Gentleman, hasnamed Mother Teresa "Person ofthe Decade" in recognition of heroutstanding moral contribution tothe nation.

Naming a woman for the firsttime, the magazine said she waschosen for the extraordinary cour­age and humanity that mark herwork in Calcutta. '

based are those of the Gospel," hesaid.

The cardinal's remarks indicatedthe church might be uneasy aboutsome of the "folklore" aspects of'S1. Januarius, who is known ex­clusively through Neapolitanlegend.

The saint was believed to havebeen a young' man when he wasbeheaded near Naples in the fourthcentury, a victim of the EmperorDiocletian's persecutions of Chris­tians. As early as the next century,his intervention was credited withsaving the city from an abortiveeruption of nearby Mount Vesu­vius - the vol~ano that buried~ompeii.

The fact' that Na'ples lies. inVesuvius~ shadow helps explainthe fear of catastrophe thataccompanies an abse'ilt lique­faction.

]n the sixth and seventh centur­ies, brief eruptions ceased afterprayer to the saint, and on Dec. 16,1631, 'Vesuvius was again report­edly calmed after a bust holding analleged relic of the saint's craniumwas carried through the street,under a rain of ashes.

Since then, Dec. 16 was added

VATlCAN CITY (CNS)- Vat··ican lay workers have urged PopeJohn Paul 11 to make a "pastoral

'visit" to the Vatican and give theiremployers a lesson in the church'ssocial teaching.

The employees said they wereappealing because of a "lack ofreal dialogue" with managementon a number of issues.

The employees recently marchedsilently beneath the pope's apart··ment window to protest delays onsalary adjustments; pension im..provement and labor reforms.

"YQur Holiness, make a pas­toral visit to the Vatican, to repeatto our supervisors the teachings ofChristian social doctrine," theappeal said.

The Association of Vatican LayEmployees said the V,atican's cen­tral labor office, established inJ989 to deal with workers' griev·,ances, had failed to live up toexpectations. One main problem,

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Vatican workers' ask papal visit

To rule that out, they did a newseries of tests during a liquefactionceremony in 1988, taking spectro··photographs Of the entire process.They discovered that the spectrumchanged, revealing both oxyhemo­globin - the bright red substance 'found in arterial blood - as wellas its byproducts.

They could offer no scientificexplanation for the liquefaction,but one of the researchers said itwas "'just like the blood that runsin our veins."

"The blood turns to fluid andrecoagulates ..}t'sa real miracle,"Professor Pierluigi Baima Bollone, 'head ofther~se'arch team; affirmedwith, enthusi~sm. Bollone is alsopresident of the Italian-based]nternational Center fQr Study onthe Shroud.

Cardinal Giordano, announcingthe test results last'December, wasmore cautious.

"The official church allows theveneration of relics, but it hasnever issued a judgment - andnever will - on the miraculouscharacter of the liquefaction. Theonly miracles on which our faith is

Naples suspected the archbishopof having little enthusiasm for the •traditional liquefaction ceremonyin ,the 'cathedral chapel, at whichsome 15 elderly women, kno~n as"the aunts of St, Januarius," couldbe counted on to wail and moan indire lamen\ if the 'blood failed toturn.

The scenes in the cathedral havelost much of their theatricality inthe last few years, observers say,but allegiance to the saint still runsdeep. When it became known,Archbishop Giordano's decision.to subject the blood to scientificscrutiny was considered risky:Many recalled how the Shroud ofTu'rin flunked carbon-14 dating in1988 when it, was' dated to theMiddle Ages, th'us could not havebeen the burial ciotti of Jesus, asmany believed.

]n Naples, the exam turned outbetter for traditionalists. Afterbeaming their instruments at the'vial of dark material, researcherssaid they believed the spectrumpattern was that of blood - unless,perhaps, it belonged to a red pig­qlent, carmme.

ALTHOUGH THEY DIDN'T make it to the World Cup soccer finals, the Irish team rateda seven-minute papal audience as their reward for beating Romania and moving into quarter­final contention. They presented the soccer fan pope with an emerald green team jersey and anautographed soccerbalJ. (CNS; UPI-Reuters photo) "

VATlCAN cny (CNS) - Theblood o(St. Januarius, a barome..ter of Naples' fortunes and argua..bly the church's most baffling relic,picked up scientific credentialsrecently when i~ 'passed a spectro­graphic 'analysis,.

A team of Italian medical re­searchers said the dark substancesealed for several centuries insidean' elaborate reliquary is, in fact,blood --: at least as far as the testsare able to show.

The dried' blood is held aloftduring a prayer service three timesa year, and sometimes it appearsto li'quefy, turnreddish and bubble'up - a good omen for Naples' I.S,million Catholics. When thisliquefa'ction does not occur, doomand gloom is the byword. The'popular ceremony leaves much ofthe city either optimistic or pre­pared fo~ the worst and has beentaken as a prognosticator of eventsranging from earthquakes to soccerchampionships.

The scientists were called insecretly two years ago by just­arrived Archbishop Michele Giord­ano, now a cardinal. Some' in

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the theologian "enters into dialguewith, the larger culture."• "It doesn't at all consider the

way iii which the theologian hasthe mission to enter into dialoguewith society, accepting new ques­tions and exploring them in a ten­tative manner," he said., Jesuit Father Thomas Reese ofthe Woodstock Theological Cen­ter in Washington said June 28that' he' was "not sure how rele­vant" the document was, for theUnited States.

"Here there is no major conflictbetween theologians and bishops,"he said.

Father Reese added that it was"naive to think that what theolo­gians write about in journals isn't,going into the public press."

He compared the situation toinformation published in the NewEngland Journal of Medicine beingpicked up byThe New York Times.

Jesuit theologian Father AveryDulles of Fordham University inNew York said that the Vaticaninstruction makes "very positive

contributions" to the current dia­logue on the role ofthe theologian.

He, said it appeared to him thedocument does not "absolutely pro­hibit" a theologian who disagreeswith church teaching from makinghis concerns public, but insteadinsists that a theologian "must notgo with undue haste to the media."

The document correctly stressesthat theologians must "be carefulnot to divide the church"'and "notto treat our own ideas as if theywere infallible," he said.

Such a warning was needed, hesaid. "I don't wish to attack mycolleagues, but the document is ahealthy reminder of the ecclesio­logical responsibility of the theol­ogian," said Father Dulles.

He said there 'has been "a ten.dency to confuse" the theologicalconcept of "sensus fidei," that isthe "sense of the faith," with public'opinion, which he said is often'influenced by secular beliefs.

On subjects such as homosexu­ality, premarital sex and extram­arital sex, "there are enormouspressure groups shouting andscreaming at the church. ] don't

think the church ought to changeits position because a poll registersthis way or that," he said.

Traditionally, Catholics' "senseof faith" on theological issues hasbeen considered a ."font of know­ledge,'.' said Jesuit Father WilliamJ. Byron, president ofThe CatholicUniversity of America.

"It would be regrettable if thatwere closed down. The experienceof the believer should be takeninto account," he said. He addedthat the Vatican document "ought,to be viewed as an invitation" forU.S. theologians and bishops to

, ~ommunicate more frequently thanthey do.

Father Byron also pointed outthat theological differences "usedto be fought out in footnotes oflearned journals" in foreign lan­guages and the,secular media hadlittle access to the discussion.

But today, he said, it's realitythat a "theologian who writes aschotarly piece and has it pub­lished" runs the risk of having the"media understand it or misunder­stand it."

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of spiritual renewal, psychologicaltherapy and medical supervision."

"The church of Atlanta needs ashepherd who is physically, spirit­ually and psychologically healthy.Therefore, after a lengthy periodof prayer and consultation] havedecided to resign 'as your archbi­shop," he said.

"] genuinely believe that thispainful decision which is 'entirelyof my own choice is in the bestinterest of the church in Atlantaand of my own spiritual and psy­chological well-being. It is my hopethat I may in God's time be able todevote all my energies to the ser­vice of the church in soin'e less

,demanding capacity," he said.Archbishop Marino's resignation

was in accord with canon law pro­visions allowing for resignation ofa bishop impeded from perform­ing his duties du'e to ill health oranother serious reason.

Eugene Antonio Marino wasborn in Biloxi, Miss., on May 29,1934. He studied at EpiphanyApostolic College in Newburgh,

N.Y., at 1952-55, at Mary ]mmac­ulate Novitiate in Newburgh in1955-56, and at St. Joseph's Semi­nary in Washington in 1956-62.

He was ordained a Josephitepriest June 9, 1962, and was serv­ing as vicar general of the J ose­phite Fathers when he was namedauxiliary bishop. of Washingtonon July 15, 1974.

He was named archbishop ofAtlanta on March 15, 1988.

James Patterson Lyke was bornin Chicago on Feb. 18, 1939. Heattended St. Joseph SeminaryCollege in Oak Brook, III., in1957-59, and has been a memberof the Order of Friars Minor sincethat time.

He was ordained a priest onJune 24, 1966. Thereafter he was ahigh school instructor in Cleve­land and administrator and thenpastor of St. Thomas parish inMemphis, Tenn.

He was named pastor of St.Benedict the Black parish and New­man Center at Grambling StateUniversity, Grambling, La., in 1977and was ordained auxiliary bishopof Cleveland on Aug. I, 1979.

Diocesan altar boys enjoy actioit~packed day at st.'\lfricerit's CampBy Msgr. Thomas J. Harrington

Two hundred and twenty-fivealtar boys representing some 20parishes from all areas of the dio~

cese recently enjoyed a mem'orableouting at the St. Vincent's Campcomplex in Westport on the occa­sion of the 1990 Altar Boys' Day,

Teams of youngsters competedin softball, volleyball, swimming,soccer, track, kickball, basketballand marksmanship on the camp'sBB shooting range,

Competition was at least asvigorous as that exhibited by thevarious national teams in the WorldCup soccer extravaganza in Italy.

At the end of the 'day three par­ish teams were tied for first-placehonors: 'Holy Name and SacredHeart from Fall River and St.John Neumann from East Free­town

Coach Bill Breen of the Coyle­Cassidy High School faculty in

Taunton, among those supervis- Boffa offe:red the suggestion thating the competition, arranged a participants keep open in their ""sudden death" playoff relay race minds and hearts the possibility ofto determine the grand champion embracing a vocation to the priest-and the Holy Name boys rose to hood.the occasion to garner the grand' ' All.the camp's fields and courtsprize trophy. are in tip~top shape for the young-

Father Thomas Frechette, sters involved in the summer'sparochial vicar at the Fall River regular round of activities.north end parish, who led the win- Head maintenance man Erniening contingent during the day's Sennett and his crew have all facil­activities, promised to return in iti~s in pristine shape, includingJ991 to defend the mythical dioce- the Olympic-sized swimming pool,san crown. the favorite spot of the altar boys.. Father William L. Boffa, direc- The entire regular-season camp

tor of the camp complex, which staff, which includes several dioce­includes St. Vincent de Paul over- san seminarians, was on hand tonight camp, St. Vincent daycamp patrol the pool area and to refereefor boys from the greater Fall the various contests. Clergy, per­River and New Bedford areas, and manent deacons and pastoral min­the Nazareth Camp facility for isters from the competing parishes.exceptional campers, greeted con- accompanied teams, along withtestants at the beginning of what . plenty of chaperones and parents,proved a fine day of adventures. and a good number of little sisters

In his closing remarks, Father and brothers.

Nancv Dorsey of Taunton, whowas heiping to' supervise the St.Joseph's parish contigent from thatci'ty, reflected the sentimems ofmany of the parents when sheasked "When can we come back?This is such ~ fun day!"

Most of the participating parishgroups had large delegations, suchas the gang from St. Anne's parishin Fall River with well over 20boys.

The unexpected arrival of acouple of parish groups caused a

.flurry at camp headquarters, wheresecretary' Lisa Garcea preparedschedules and handled scores andtallies..

Smaller parish groups were com­bined to allow for equal competi­tion. Thus the unlikely trio of St.Anthony's parish, Mattapoisett,and St. Jacques and Sacred Heartparishes in Taunton formed a teamwhich managed to put a very

respectable III total points on thescoreboard.

Camp staff members and organ­izers of the day provided soda andcandy treats (essential to replenishenergy levels) that rapidly dis­appeared.

Camp nurse Pat Dolan reportedthat the day's activities and adven­tures involved a minimum of emer­gencies: one youngster scraped hisknee and one volleyball fingerbruise required attention.

When the caravan of cars, vansand minibuses pulled out of campafter the day's enjoyment, all con­cerned were anxious to make plansfor Altar Boys' Day J991.

And Father Francis L. Maho­ney, pastor of the winning HolyName team, who had come upwith the novel idea of providingmonogrammed hats for his charges,now faces the thorny decisionwhether to expand to uniformshirts for next year.

~ Breen photos ",

An overview of Altar Boys~ Day activities, including hack and field ~vents, volleyball; softball, basketball, kickball andpool activities. The page 1 picture is of the day's winning team, representing Holy Name parish, Fall·River, with Fat.herWilliam L. Boffa, St. Vince)1t's Camp director, at left, Father Thomas A. Frechette, Holy, Name parochial vicar and

.director of altar boys, at right.

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. KRISTEN CABRAL, David Raposo and Ma'ria Silva(from left), pic~uredwith Father Daniel L. Freitas, were recip-.ients of this year's St. John of God' parish scholarships, namedin honor of the Somerset pastor.

The St. John of God scholarship committee was formed in1984 to assist in furthering the education of parish high schoolseniors. To date, $20,000 have,been granted to 33 scholarshiprecipients. Eligibility is based on church participation, aca­demic standing and involvement in parish activities by stu­dents and/ or parents. Last year the committee named thescholarships in honor of Father Freitas in appreciation of hisactive participation in the p·rogram.

uat relatio_nships,Jami.1Y life oreyen international. relations,'when genuine 'love faces con­flicts it doesn't always have "theupper hand:"-To give our loveand:,caring this: upper'hand weneed, to ask how. we 'can deal

CIJwith tile situationim&\olve it in'

_ ,:"" ~'- a w~y that all involv.ed end up,- :feeling good about the con-l; ,c1usiol}" :' ' '

~By Charlie\Martin ' ;The'_,song, directs us" to con­", .",' "sider )ong,ra.nge.coI:lsequences.

, , ". '. ", '(~ Ms. Estef~n reminds: 'us thatOYE MI CANTO' (HEAR'MY VOiC~E)' .' '; "!giving 'in",sofuettnies' doesn't

make.it submission," We don'talways iiave to make every issue

,·work out in our favQr,." ; F9r_example, Ii, teen- might

,desire to .sia'y Out 'later thanllsuaf 'on' one. ~ccasion. Thepare'n~s might feel ~nc,omforta­ble ~ith the son's or daughter'srequest, hut.,still.agree to it,choosing on this ',occasion to'ewphasize their trust'in the teen,instead:. Uke~i~e, this,same teen mightfeel, put upon by a parent'srequest that he or she do someextra work around the house.Yet, instead of arguing aboutthis, he or she could agree will­ingly to do the work. This teenrecognizes ,a chance to furthershow his or her appreciation forthe parents' efforts in support­ing the family.

I am not suggesting that weshould .always give in to anoth-.er's request. It can be importantto stand oil principle and han­dle the resulting conflict. How-ever, it always helps to ask one­self this question: If I am reallytrying to love this person, whatwould bring about the mostpositive results in the long runfOT our 'relatiol1ship?'

When we pause to listen toeach other, 'love 'is always en­hanced, be it between individu­als, in families' or among thenations of the world.. '

Take m.e, only for ~hat I amYou've gota"righqo speak your mindYou've ,gotta·take.,a:stapd' , ': -No one, ha~ 'the 'right-t'o' say . "jhi~ is rig'b,t' o'r thai-is :"r'~~'g :'.;It. isn't just one' way ,,,,,'Find common groundGo in betweenThings aren't alwaY$ what ,t'-ey seemSomeCiay it'll be all 'right: .... ,Changes happe.~ overnig~t

People, let's give each other roomIf we're gonna work it outWe better make it 'soonLove' is, love is such a common, wordWhen it's pride we mistake for loveIsn't that absurd 'Why aiwa'ys take the upper handIt's better to und~rstand.

Someday it'll be all rig"tChanges happen overnight

,I believe in love but witli no co~ditions

(lye mi cantoAnd giving in sometimesDoesn't make it submissionOye ini canto ,Hate is so comnion.it's almost traditionOytmi C~l'!tQ ' , "Come on· let's lea've it behind '.A...ci make that tran~itioil',

Written by Gloria Estefan, Jorge Casas, Clay Ostwald; sung, by.: Gloria Estefan (c) 1989 by CB~ Records Inc. '

MUSIC L.oV·ERS every- Estefa,n pur supp.ort- and lovewhere were saddened to hear while she recovers from a brokenabout Gloria Est-afan's serious "back.accident: Durin'g the I980s, she "Oye mi Canto" (Hear my'and Miami Sound Machine gave Voice) is her latest.chart single., us hit after hit, sometimes feat- The song challenges us to leturing Latin dance rhythms and love lead us to "find commonat other times producing some ground" and "give each o~herof the best love ballads of the room" as we try to work outdecade. problems and differences.

I know that all of us send Ms. Whether applied to individ-

Friendly Sonsaward grants

The Friendly Sons ofSt. Patrickare continuing their annual serviceof awarding up to $4000 in .schol­arship grants to New Bedford areastudents.

Michael Kelly, a 1990 graduateof Fairhaven High School, is thisyear's winner of the club's, IrishHeritage essay contest, receiving a$400 grant to use at Boston College.

Winners of $400 members' lot-, tery grants are, Jennifer Botelho,

who will attend Brandeis Univer­sity; Stephen Doherty, BristolCommunity C;ollege,;; Sean Fin­nerty, University of Massachusetts,Amherst; Brendan Hickey, SalveRegina College; Jennifer.O'Brien.,Southeastern Massachuse~ts Uni­versity; 'and William Saunders,Florida Atlantic, University.

Grants of $200 went to Leah M.Wisniewski, Northeastern Univer­sity; Lessette Diaz, Bristol Com­munity 'College; Kimberly Haws,Wheelock College; Maria I.Marques, Southeastern Massachu­setts University; Nhung Thi HongLe and Susan Casey, both to theUniversity of Massachusetts, Am­herst; and Ernestina Almeida, HolyCross College.

Fall River AreaCYOAlbert Vaillancourt, associate:

'director of the Fall River AreaCYO, has released information ona July 23 area CYO golftourn'il-'ment at Fall River Country Clu~. '

Golfers should register for thetournament between 7 and 7:30a.m. at the club the day of thetournament. Participants will beassigned to divisions based on birthdates on or after Jan, I of the fol- .lowing years: seniors, 1964; inter­mediates, 1971; juniors, 1974;cadets, 1976:' . .

The top two 'finishers in eachdivision will adv~nce to a diocesantournament in Pocasset Aug. 6,'.Only Fall River area golfers are'eligible for the July 23 tournament: ,

Vaillancourt thanks Tom Te-.trault and club members for use ofthe facility and Everett Smith"tournament ,director.

Heads Teens for LifeSACRAMENTO, Calif. (CNS)

- Corrie Sfrand of Rhinehinder,Wis., was elected president ofNational Teens for Life, an,organ­ization of junior and senior high:school students working with preg­nant teen-agers to find alterna.tivesfor abortion. ' ,

Miss Strand, who this fall will·be a junior at Rhinelander HighSchool, was elected recently at thenational meeting in Sacramento,She has been president of Wiscon­sin Teens for Life.

Also elected were Mary Rocheof Syracuse, N,Y" vice president,and Danielle Faucher of Augusta,Maine, secretary.

Miss Strand said she would workthrough state right-to-life commit­tees to seek out teen~agers ,andother teen-~ge groups .to. affiliatewith the National Teens for Life,whose goal is to organize groups inall 50 states.

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C()yle-~assidyCoyle-Cassidy: High Scho~l, :~ second year in it row, finishing the'

Taunton, hosted a guidance de- year with a record of 12-9 under :,partment Career Nig~t at the end cpach Victor August.o.of the school'year: More than 70 .. 'Senior Nicole Dorthe cappedcareers ranging frpm architecture her high slihool care,er by winning,to education to real estate were the MIAA state golf tournamentrepresented, and over 200 students and becoming the top high scl;wol "a'~d their parents attended. girl golfer in the state, Salutatorian .

'. • .• ' ... ,', ofthe Class of 1990, she will attend.:Holleile Mansfield's world' hi's- Wake Forest University, Winston-

tory class recently studie~ genea-i .S!ilem, N,c.. . ',' ,"", .logical research, ,learitiJ1g tech­niques of collecting inform'ation,taping interviews, and devisingcharts to record data. . , ,

The course. Wlll' p,resepted byJoseph Cambra,.a volunteer fromthe American":Portuguese Genea­logical and Historical Society, andsponsored by. inQividual',patrons,local businesses arid the TauntonArts Council.

. Junior Mike Simpson broke theschool decathlon record, scoring5369 points at the state south sec­tional decathlon at Dennis-Yar­mouth High School. Simpson wonthe pole vault and theI500.meter ..run: Teaminates Keith Fernandesand 'Rop .'HolJ~nd jp'ined'~im inestablishing a ne~school' teamrecord of I J.,232' points.

The girls' softball team qualifiedfor the state tournament for the

JOSEPH BETTENCOURT, left, presents check forCoach James J. Burns Memorial Scholarship Fund to MichaelDonly, headmaster at Coyle & Cassidy High School, Taunton,as Sister Mary Catherine Burns, SUSC, daughter of CoachBurns and a C-C faculty member, looks on. $600 grants fromthe fund, of which Bettencourt is scholarship chairman, havegone to Kristen Bracken and Patrick O'Brien. Donations,areaccepted at the school. (Breen photo)

',:::Bis.bo.pfeehan::'seniors achieving highest,~onors

during their final marking,periodat.Bishop Feehan High School, Attle­6:oro, were' Karyn Conlon, LisaGagnon, Marc Gagnon, Mark Gal­eone, Joanne Geryais, Steven Cood­reau, Corella', Ledger, RoderickMcGarry, Priti 'Patel and JulieToscano; , ,

'Juniors receiving highest honorswere Jason Adamic, Keith Col­lins', Matthew Gaebe, Lisa H~ugh­ton, Amy Matoian and MelissaQuinn. .

The highest honor -roll also in­cluded sophomores John Diverdi,Ami Dubois, l-Jeather Galligan andMichael Warren and freshmenTimothy Famulare, Erinn Hoagand Nita Patel.

High honors went to 26 seriiors,25 juniors, 26sop~omoresand 18freshmen. Honor roll studentSnumbered 15 s'eniors, 18 juniors, 9sophomores and 17 freshmen.

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tions we were comfortable with,the success we had with expressingour emotions and one emotion wewanted to handle better.

We decided to listen to the goodthings in our own. life. Psycholo­gists say we often hear the negativethings better than the positiv.e.Can you think of 10 positive things·about yourself?

Intellectual: In the second chap­ter of Luke we find that Jesus grewin wisdom. The intellectual aspectof our development is easily coveredin school. But what about summer?We decided to do three things dur­ing the summer to keep our brainsfrom becoming flabby. These are:read the Bible 10 minutes a day,read the newspaper - not just thesports and comic sections - andexplore one new area of interest.That might befinding out some­thing about your town's history ortalking to an old-timer about whatit was like being young 50 or 60years ago.

Spiritual: Finally, we talkedabout the spiritual aspect of ourlives. The Bible tells us a lot aboutthe necessity of prayer. Jesus wasalways going off to pray. Most ofus said we had a desire to pray, yetwere afraid. What do you say toGod? What will God say to you?

All parts of our lives are mate­rial for prayer, including the goodand the bad. We decided that 5minutes of quiet prayer a dayalong with daily Scripture readingwould be our goal.

Being a healthy Catholic is alifelong journey. One youth saidhis dad is always saying somethingin Latin about that - "mens sanais corpore sano," a healthy mind ina healthy body. .

To help us accomplish thiS, weconsidered these important: beingpart of a group, being able tolaugh, believing in God,partici­pating in church activities, beingopen and honest, hugs and affir­mation, and taking responsibilityfor our lives.

What about you, what do youneed to be more healthy?

ND alums in USSRNOTRE DAM E, Ind. (CNS)----:

Three alumni of the University ofNote Dame's Institute for Interna­tional Peace Studies and a recip­ient of an honorary degree fromthe school have founded an alumniclub in the Soviet Union.

The alumni are Roman Setov,president of the new club, VitalyRassolov and Oleg Vasilyev accord­ing to a university announcement:The other member is Yevgeny Velik­

. hov, vice. president of the SovietAcademy of Sciences, who receivedan honorary degree in 1987.

Notre Dame has. 209 alumniclubs, of which 17 are outside thecontinental United States. Theuniversity has more alumni groupsthan any other U.S. college oruniversity.

Catholic U. offersCollege Week

WASHINGTON (CNS) - Highschoolers from around the coun­try are invited to apply for CollegeFocus Week at The Catholic Uni­versity of America in Washingtonto be held July 29-Aug. 4.

Students can experience a weekof college living and attend classesin chemistry, biology, anthropol­ogy, politics, drama and Englishliterature.

Participants will also make fieldexcursions, including an archeo­logical dig and a backstage view ofthe John F. Kennedy Center forthe Performing Arts in Washing­ton.

Students will be housed understaff supervision in the university'snewest residential complex, Cen-'tennial Village, and will eat incampus dining halls. Athletic facil­ities will be available.

Information is available at tele­phone (202) 319-5115 or by writ­ing to College Focus Week, Schoolof Arts and Sciences, Room 107,McMahon Hall, Washington, D.C.20064.

By Fat~er ~oe FelkerWhat does it mean to be a

healthy Catholic teen? During aseries of recent youth meetings Iexplored the idea with some teensand came up with these·suggestions.

First, we looked at· how wespend our time. We spend about50 hours a week sleeping, 48 hourswith work and school, 45 hourswatching television, video gamesand radio, 15 hours eating andabout 10 hours on other activities.We spend part ofthese 10 hours onpersonal growth in five areas:.physical, social, emotional, intel­lectual and spiritual.

Physical:' We decided that ·thephysical meant taking care of ourbodies - food, rest, exercise andavoiding destructive behaviors. Wefound that Psalm 8, tHe creationstory in Genesis and Luke 4 arebiblical passages about healthybody images. We also asked our­selves what we will do this week toimprove our physical health.

Social: What is your social lifelike? Do you party enough or toomuch? Are there negative aspectsof your social life? Do you reachout to others? We decided it wouldbe good to reach out to someonenew each week. In the ScripturesJesus is involved in the social livesof people. The wedding at Cana isone example. First Corinthians13:4-8 talks about the values thatgovern social life.

Emotions: This is the toughestarea. How do we share emotions?Jesus wept at the death of Lazarus,got angry with the money changersand Pharisees. It is how we handleanger or any emotion that cancause trouble.

Since emotions are so difficultto understand, we decided to keep,and perhaps share, a list of emo-

role of chaplains and "Scoutingfor Vocations."

men, the sick and the elderly. Shehas been involved in parish educa­tion programs and in training re­spite care workers for families cop­ing with the care ofan ill or elderlymember.

And the Cape Cod chapter ofthe Central America Medical andDental Foundation is already plan­ning next year's trips.

"Everyone in the group is soenthusiastic," said Mrs. Mazzuc­chelli. "Everyone wants to go back.It's a good feeling to know thatyou've really helped someone."

Delegates discussed new NCCSdirections and implementation ofthe committee's mission and or­ganizational plan. Also presentedwas the Cabrini Project, a pro­gram aiming to offer Scouting tothe homeless, youths in housingprojects and other disadvantagedgroups.

Eagle Scout Bob McCarty, pres­ident of the National Federationfor Catholic Youth Ministry, em­phasized the importance of "goodmemories and good role models"as keys to successful youth pro­gramming.

At the four-day meeting, FatherSalvador, as a member of theNCCS chaplains' committee, waschairman for services. His dutiesincluded providing hospitality for'clergy in attendance. He is alsoNCCS liaison to the Eastern RiteCommittee on Catholic Scouting.

ST. FRANCIS OF'ASSISI, NBAltar boy outing to Rocky Point

July 24; leaving church at I p.m.Parents wishing to chaperone maynotify rectory. Any boy wishing to

.become an altar boy may attend.Information: Father KennethDelano, 997-7732.ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN

Children's Mass II a.m. Sunday.SACRED HEART, NB

CCD coordinator needed; sendapplication and resume to SacredHeart Rectory; 341 Summer St., NB02740. Bishop John Rudin of theMaryknoll Missioners will speak atall weekend Masses.

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Holy hour 7:30 p.m',July 20.

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Catholic Scouting parleyhonors Father Salvador

AT NCCS meeting, from left, Salina, Kansas, BishopGeorge K. Fitzsimons, committee advisor; Father Salvadorwith Ad Altare Dei award and citation; James W.V. Wong,NCCS vice-chairman of finances.

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"You feel sad for the people andguilty that we have so much andthey have so little. It's sad leavingbecause you feel that there's somuch more you could do if youhad the time."

Mrs. Mazzucchelli also meetsneeds in her own community, whereshe is a member of St. ElizabethSeton parish, North Falmouth. Asa previous chairman of the Dioce­san Council of Catholic Women'sCommunity Affairs Commission,she oversaw outreach to the poorand homeless and to battered wo-

Father Stephen B. Salvador,diocesan chaplain for CatholicScouting and a member of theNational Catholic Committee onScouting, was among delegates tothe committee's 31st biennial con­ference, held recently in Las Vegas.He was among 22 NCCS membershonored with the Golden Ad AltareDei Award, presented in recogni­tion of service to youth throughCatholic Scouting.

Conferred for the first time thisyear, the award celebrated the 50years the Ad Altare Dei award hasbeen part of the Catholic Scoutingprogram. Meaning "To the Altarof God" in Latin, words formerlyused at the beginning of Mass, theaward goes to boys rendering com­munity service and demonstratingknowledge and practice of theirfaith.

Conference workshop topics in­cluded ways of promoting Scout­ing, "Good Turn Service Projects,"camp programs, discussion of the

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ROSARY FOR LIFEThe first worldwide Rosary for

Life will be held Oct. 13. Local coor­dinators to arrange recitation ofrosaries at abortion centers aresought. Information: WorldwideRosary for Life, PO Box 40213,Memphis, Tenn.

WIDOWED SUPPORTFR support group meets 7 p.m.

fourth Tuesdays, St. Mary's Cathe­dral School hall, 467 Spring St.Information: 999-6420.

ST. JOSEPH, NBPrayer meetings 7 p.m. July 18

and 25. Seniors social 2 p.m. July 19;Information: Aline Breault, 999­5754.ST. STANISLAUS, FR

New Women's Guild officers areEvelyn Whipp, president; SallyGrygiel, vice-president; AmeliaCichon, secretary; Peggy Snizek,treasurer.ST.STEPHEN,ATTLEBORO

Teachers and assistants neededfor religious education program;preparation begins in August; In­formation: 222-0641; Father RayMarquis of the Haitian Missionsthanks the parish for the $4,500raised in a quilt raffle.'

O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLEBishop Daniel A. Cronin will

celebrate the II: 15 a.m. Mass Sun­day at O.L. Hope in commemora­tion of the mission's 75th anniver­sary. A reception will follow.DAUGHTERS OF ISABELLA

Biennial convention of the Inter­national Circle of the Daughters ofIsabella will be held July 29-Aug. 2in Montreal, Quebec. Cardinal Ber-

. nard Law of Boston, D of I episco­pal adviser, will celebrate the open~

ing Mass. Bishop Eugene P. La­rocque of Alexandria-Cornwall, key­note speaker, will discuss secularhumanism July 30. A business meet­ing will take place on July 31. Morethan 1000 members and guests haveregistered for a closing banquet Aug.2 with entertainment by Andre'Lejeune and the Choeur des Artistes.

SEPARATED/DIVORCEDCATHOLICS

Scheduled meetings at Family LifeCenter, 500 Slocum Rd., N. Dart­mouth: July 23, University of Mas­sachusetts video:" A Healthy PersonEmerges"; Aug. 8, ,Sister Jane Hoganwill speak on loneliness; Aug. 27,Ellen O'Hara, director of NB Div­ision of Human Services will speakon single parenting (please havequestions prepared). All meetings at7 p.m. Information: 999-6420.

Family picnic this Sunday, ColtPark, Bristol, RI. Bring your ownfood, sporting equipment, grills, etc.Information: Becky Camire, 998­5153.

ST. JOHN OF GOD, SOMERSETGifts and canned goods may be

left in parish foyer any nightthroughout the week. Rev. JosephCosta will be homilist at II a.m.Mass on St. John of God Feast Sun­day July 29.

NATIONAL APOSTOLATE WITH.MENTALLY RETARDEDPERSONS

NAMRP 20th annual conferenceAug. 12-15, Regis College, Weston.NAM RP is Ii national Catholic organ­ization working for full church par­ticipation by the mentally retarded.Speakers include Maria Harris, Sis­ter Maureen Wall, and Bishop JohnJ. Snyder of St. Augustine, Fla.Workshops will also be presented.To register contact Sister DeniseKelly, CSJ, I Lake St., Brighton, tel.1-800-736-1280, by July 15.

CATHOLIC ALUMNI CLUBCatholic singles club meets each

second Sunday; activities includedances, concerts, travel, theater,dinners, Catholic Action projects,discussion, retreats, liturgies,athleticevents. Information: 824-8378.

ST. ANNE, FRAnnual St. Anne novena July 17­

25 with daily devotions 3 and 7:30p.m.

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