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FATHER'O'REIUY

Changes announced

World Synod opens VATICAN CITY (NCr-As the

sixth general assembly of the world Synod of Bishops got un­derway, Pope John Paul II in a surprise move let it be known that he was willing to give the synod more power.

The pope was open to letting the synod's decisions have bind­ing "juridical authority.... as well as moral force, Archbishop Jozef Tomko, general secretary of the synod, announced Sept. 29 at the first business session

,of the g~thering of more than 200 Catholic bishops.

Earlier that day the pope for­mally opened the synod with Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, which he concelebrated with the cardinals, archbishops, bishops

and priests who Me members of . the synod.

Focusing on the synod's theme, . "Reconciliation and Penance in the Mission of the Church," P'lpe John Paul called it "a most ur­gent theme" and one of the most fundamental ones facing the church.

Citing Christ's call to "repent and believe in the Gospel" he said that for Christians the man­date of conversion through the power of the' cross and the Gos­pel's "saging word" is the central point in "that eternal batt!e of good versus evil."

The pope emphasized the sac­rament of reconcHiation as a '''particular responsibility" of the church in helping people be rec­onciled with God. But he also

stressed the church's role in seeking "·reconciliation betwee:l men and societies . . . overcoJm­ing the destructive powers of hostility, hate and the will to destroy."

In one of the first interven­tions in the synod itself on the theme, Cardinal Carlo Martini of Milan, Italy, said the synod must probe the relation between personal sin and moral evilc; in society.

The cardinal said that the synod's theme could be boiled down to three basic points: "the relationship between sin and the tensions and divisions in the contemporary world; the need for change of heart to effectively overcome them; the

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Rosary can combat evil

Bishop Daniel A. Cronin has announced a retirement and as­signments and appointments af­fecting 10 priests of the Fall River diocese.

Retiring as of Oct. 12 is Fa­ther William H. O'Reilly, pastor of Immaculate Conception par­ish, Taunton.

Father William P. Blottman, assistant at St. Mary parish, South Dartmouth, will become pastor of St. Rita parish, Ma­rion.

Father Paul E. Canuel, assist­ant at St. Jacques parish, Taun­ton, will become pastor at St. Joseph parish, Attleboro:

,Father Colement E. Dufour, pastor at St. Michael parish, Ocean Grove, will become pas­tor of St. George parish, West­port.

,Father Roger J. Levesque, pastor of St. Joseph parish, At­tleboro, will become pastor of St. Michael parish, O,cean Grove.

Father John J. Steakem, ad­ministrator of St. Rita parish, Marion, will become pastor of Immaculate Conception parish, Taunton.

,Father Normand J. ,Boulet, as­sistant at St. Anthony parish, New Bedford, will become assist­ant at St. Jacques parish, Taun­ton.

Father William F. O'Neill, as­sistant' at Immaculate Concep­

tion parish, Taunton, will be­come assistant at St. Mary par­ish, South Dartmouth.

All assignments are effective Wednesday, Oct. 12..

Tribunal Appointments The bishop has also made

three appointments to the dioce­san marriage tribunal.

Father Armando Annunziato, pastor of St. Mary parish, Mans­field, and ,Father John R. FoIster, pastor of St. Anne parish, Fall River, are named pro-synodal judges.

Father Lucio B. PhiHipino, pastor of Immaculate Concep­tion parish, North Easton, is named a defender of the bond.

The appointments were effec­tive Oct. 1.

Father O'RellIy Father O'Reilly, a native of

Fall River, was born Jan. 21, 1910, the son of the late John F. and Ellen Perkins O'Reilly. HQ graduated from DiMC Durfee High School in Fall River and from Providence College, then entering St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore, to prepare for the priesthood.

Ordained May 22, 1937 by the late ,Bishop James E. Cassidy, he served as an assistant at Nan­tucket, Cape Cod, Fall RiveramI Taunton parishes before b~ing

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VATICAN Cofi'Y (NCr-Reci­tation of the rosary is needed to fight the "spirit of error and evil" in the world, said Pope John Paul II Oct. 2 at a Mass dedicated to Ma,ry.

Speaking to 100,000 peopt~

during an open-air Mass in St. Peter's Square on World Maria:l

Day, the pope said the rosary had taken on a new. significan-:e during the Holy Year of Re­demption.

"The rosary is full of greater purposes than in the past. It's not a matter of asking for great victories, Jike those at Lepanto and Vienna, but rather of ask·

ing Mary to make us brave com­batants against the spirit of error and evil," the pope said.

The rosary, the pope added, is not "simple repetition."

"The words addressed to Mary by God himself and pro­nounced by the divine 'messen­

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8th annual procession Members of the Fall River

diocese will l?articipate in the eighth annual Columbus Day candlelight procession and Mass for peace on Monday evening.

Gathering at St. Mary's Ca­thedral, Fall River, at 5:30 p.m., they will proceed to Ken­nedy Park, a distance of about a mile, carrying candles, reciting the rosary and singing Marian hymns in Portuguese, ·French, Spanish, Italian, Polish and Eng­lish.

At the park 'the Mass for peace will have as its principal concelebrant Bishop Daniel A. Cronin. U will be distinguished in this Holy, Year of Redemp­tion by being an event at which the Holy Year indulgence may be gained.

Those unable to participate in the Mass and procession due to illness or age will be eligible to gain the Indulgence by uniting themselves spiritually with the diocesan celebration.

Holy communion will be dis­tributed at the park Mass; and in view of the special nature of

the program, those who received communion earlier In the day will he able to do so again.

Sick people in wheel chairs, invalids, or disabled persons should proceed directly to the park where a special area will he set aside for them close to the altar. Other than in diffi­cult cases, only one person should accompany each sick person.

Candles for the occasion will either be available at parishes or may be brought by partici­pants.

Each parish group should be accompanied by a priest or lead­er who will direct recitation of the rosary and singing of appro­priate songs. Each group will sing and pray individually in the language of its choice.

All priests are invited to con­celebrate, each providing his own alb and stole. Those 'lead­ing groups In the procession may vest in the basement of St. Louis church as soon as the proces­sion arrives at the pMk. Priests are asked to bring labeled cibtl­

. ria with altarbreads for each parish group. The ciboria should

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Respect Life

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Friday, Oct. 7, 1983 2 Changes announced

. FATHER CANUEL

FATHER DUFOUR ::.FATHER LEVESQUE

FATHER. ANNUNZIATO

FATHER PHILLIPINO

Continued from page one a term on the Priest's Senat~, diocesan. director of Scouting. named administrator of St. now known as the Priests' Father Steakem, born in the Pete~'s Church, Dighton, in Council. Bronx, N.Y., attended grammar 1961.' In 1966 he was named to Father Dufour was :born June and high school there and in his present pastorate. 12, 1929 and was baptized at St Pawtucket. After attendIng

While serving at St Paul's Mathieu's Church, FaN River. Providence College he entered parish, Taunton, Father O'Reilly He attended St. Mathieu's St, John's ~eminary, Brighton, was from 1942 to 1951 chaplain School, Msgr. Prevost High. and was ordained Jan. 30, 1960. at Taunton State Hospital. School and Assumption College 'From 1960 to 1969 he was as­

In 'retirement lie will reside before entering St. John's Sem­ sistant at Immaculate Concep­at the Catholic Memorial Home, inary, Brighton. . tion parish, North Easton, then Fall River. - He was ordained Feb. 1, 1958, serving at St. Kilian's, New Bed­

. New Pastors then served hriefly atSt Mi­ ford, and St. Julie's, North Dart­:Father Blottman, a native of chael's parish, Swansea, before mouth. He was named adminis­

New: Rochelle, N.Y., was born being transferred to St. The­ trator of St. Rita's in 1978. April 7, 1934. He graduated from resa's, New_ Bedford, where he

Father Steakem was chaplainAttleboro High School and Holy remained nine years. Ten years at Bishop Feehan High SchooiCross College and served in the of service at St. Anthony's, alsll in 1963 and .1964 and was aArmy: for two years before en- in New, Bedford, followed. In faculty member of Bishop Stangtering St. Philip Neri -School, 1977 he.was named to his pres-High School thereafter. He wasBoston, and then St. John's sem- ent post. . New Bedford area CCD co­inary, Brighton, to prepare for Father Levesque, also a Fall chairman and has also served on the ptiesthood. River native, was born Jan. 12, the diocesan personnel board. He was ordained Feb. 13, 1934. He attended Notre Dame

1965, and subsequently served as grammar school, Prevost High Tribunal Members an assi~ant at Holy Family par- School and Assumption College

Father Annunziato was bornish, East Taunton; St. Mary, before preparing for the priest­in Taunton Oct. 10, 1931. Or­North, Attleboro; and St. Joseph, hood at the Grand Seminaire of dained Dec. 16, 1956, he hasFall River, before being assigned Montreal. been pastor of St. Mary's since

to St' lMary, South oDartmouth. Ordained April 25, 1959, he 1981. Previously he was pastorWhile in North Attleboro, Fa- served in New Bedford, Attle­ of St. James Church, New Bed­

ther Blottman was assistant ar~a boro and Fall River parishes ')e­ ford, and administrator of St.direct?r for the CYO. fore being named administrator' Bernard's Church, Assonet.

Father Canuel was born Dec. of St. Elizabeth's parish, Edgar­He has directed hoth St.15, 19!!O, in Fall River. He grad- town. He serVed there for four

Mary's Home, New Bedford, amI uated •from St Michael School, years before his appointm~nt as St. Vincent's Home, Fall River, Swansea, and Msgr. Prevost pastor of St Joseph's, Attleboro. and in 1958 was named a tribu­Hi~h School, Fall River, ;then at- \ He has been assistant chap­nal advocate. tending Assumption College, lain for New Bedford area Boy

. Worcester, before entering St. Scouts and in 1970 served as Turn to Page Sixteen Mary's Seminary, Baltimore.

Following ordination May 21, 1966, 'he served at iBlessed Sac­ !rament and .Immaculate Concep­tion pa.rishes, Fall River, St. P:1t­rick's,: Wareham, and Our Lady Diocese of Fall River of MtJ Carmel, Seekonk, before joining the St James Society to serve :the Quechua Indians of OFFICIALPeru. i

Returning from the missions, he .was at St Stephen's pari';;l, Attleboro for a brief period be- I RETIREMENT fore being assigned to St. 'Bishop <Cronin has' acceded to the request of ReverendJacqu~s. William H. O'Reilly that he be relieved of the Pastorate of

.His •diocesan service includes Immaculate Conception ,Parish in Taunton and enter into retirement. ,Father O'Reilly has tendered his ·resignation from the Pastorate. ·EffectiveWednesday,· October 12, 1983, FatherNew pastor O'Reilly will retire from the Pastorate of the Parish and move to the Catholic Memorial Home in ,Fall River.

,Bishpp Cronin has accepted ASSIGNMENTS. the. resignation of Reverend

Thomas Grannell, SS.CC., frl)m Reverend William P. Blottman, from Assistant, St. Mllry's the' pastorate of St. Joseph's Parish, South Dartmouth, to ,Pastor, St. Rita's Parish, Marion. Parish; ,Fairhaven. Reverend Paul E.' Canuel, from Assisant, St. Jacques

Parish, 'raunton, to Pastor, St. Joseph's Parish, Attleboro. In r~sponse to the presentation . Reverend Clement E. Dufour, from Pastor, St. Michael's . made by.Very Reverend William

Parish, Ocean Grove, to Pastor, St. George's Parish, Westport. Heffron, SS.ce., Provincial, Reverend Rogert J. Levesque, from Pastor, St. Joseph's,Bishop' Cronin has appointed

Parish, Attleboro, to Pastor, St. Michael's Parish, Ocean Grove. Reverend Columban Crotty, Reverend John J. Steakem,·from Administrator, St. Rita's SS.CC.\ to serve as pastor of

Parish, Marion, to Pastor, Immaculate C~nception Parish,St. Joseph's Parish in Fairhaven, Taunton.effective Oct. 1. ..* Fath.er Crotty, who has been

Reverend Normand J. Boulet. from Assistant, St. Anthonys' ordained for 25 years; holds the Parish, New Bedford, to Assistant, St. Jacques Parish, Taunton. Licentiate in Canon Law from

Reverend William F. O'Neill, from Assistant, Immaculate Catholic University. He is pres­Conception Parish, Taunton, to Assistant, St. Mary's Parish, ently ;Vicar Provincial of the So. Dartmouth.Eastern Province of ,sacred

Hearts-Fathers. He has been on All assignments effective Wednesday, October 12. 1983. the. Japanese mission, served in TRIBUNAL APPOINTMENTS Rome and .engaged in vocation

Bishop Cronin has made the following appointmentswork :for the Sac·red Hearts afecting the Tribunal of the Diocese of Fall River: community.

-Reverend Armando Annunziato, Pastor of St. Mary's Parish in Mansfield, as a Pro-Synodal Judge.

......Reverend John R. FoIster, Pastor of St. ,Anne's Parish Appointment in Fall River, as a Pro-Synodal Judge.

Bishop Cronin has appointed -Reverend Lucio B. Phillipino, Pastor of Immaculate Father 'Joseph A. Martineau as Conception Parish in North Easton, as a Defender of the Bond. chaplai~ for the Knights o'f Co­

Appointments effective October I, 1983lumbus; Fall River Council No. 86, effective Oct. 3. I

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FATHER BLO'ITMAN

FATHER STEAKEM

FATHER FOLSTER

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LIFE 1983t eanc 0

RESPECT LIFE IS WAY OF LIFE Respect for life is a way of

life at St. Anne's Hospital, the philosophy on which the hospi­tal was founded and according to which it continues to serve the greater Fall River commun­ity. '

That philosophy underlies Catholic health care in general and embraces a holistic recogni­tion that· the total well-being of an individual embraces his or her body,< mind and soul. At St. Anne's~ this understanding is manifested in every phase of pa­tient care, community service and interpersonal employee re­lations.

Caring, in fact, is St. Anne's constant trademark. It is high­lighted during the' Respect Life month of October, when time is taken to express gratitude to those who make the hospital possible and to reflect upon St. Anne's sacred mission of caring for the whole person, in sickness and in health.

This mission is fulfilled not only within the hospital walls but in many community outreach programs such as Family Begin­nings and the Fall River Child ' Protection CounCil.

Now in its second year, Pro­ject HELP (Hospital Emergency Lifeline Program) aids the at­risk and frail elderly to main­tain an independent lifestyle while ensuring their safety and well-being through installation of a home electronic communica­tion system providing constant contact with the hospital' emer­gency room. Because of HELP some participants have been able to avoid nursing home place­ment, while others already in

,such facilities, have returned to their own homes.

St. Anne's Hospital is a region­al center for optimum pediatric and oncology care. The child­ren's ward implements an inno­vative treatment method involv­ing nurse, physican, and parent.

Residents and third..year stu­dents at Tufts University Medi­cal School staff the ward on a 24-hour basis and total parent involvement is encouraged and nurtured.

Foundation Grant One of the fastest growing

hospital departments is that of oncology. St. Anne's is embark­ing on construction of an On­c:ology/Radiation Therapy Cen­ter that will 'house one of the most sophisticated community hospital cancer treatment pro­grams in the country. The new facility will allow Greater Fall River residents to receive the best in chemotherapy and radia­tion therapy without traveling to Providence or Boston.

The project recently received a tremendous boost when the Oliver S. and Jennie R. Donald­son Charitable Trust, a private foundation operating under the trust laws of New York state, contributed $225,000 to it.

The grant is the ,largest private foundation gift the hospital has ever received. C~mmenting on it, Leila At­

wood of Fall River, a neice of the deceased benefactors and a foundation trustee, stated, "We

, are interested in the new center and pleased to be able to sup­port it especially because it will be a facility which will provide care to all people throughout Greater Fall River. As a regional center, it will be available to and used by patients from through­out the Greater Fall River/New Bedford area including Charlton Memorial Hospital and St. Luke's Hospital."

In making the grant to St. Anne's, trustees noted the foun­dation's longstanding interest in the fight against cancer. Trust vice-chairman Wilson Curtis of Swansea pointed out the impor­tance of the Fall River project in serving an area of high can­cer'incidence.

"It is, -he added, "an excellent complement to the trust's tradi­tional research support in the cancer field."

In response to the gift, St. Anne's executive director, Alan D. Knight, said that' the grant "has given tremendous initiative to our program. It's a strong endorsement of the OncologyI Radiation Therapy Center which will be an extremely valuable addition to the area. q'he grant provides a big boost to our cam­paign to raise $1 million to help make the Center possible."

Curtis, commenting on the shared use of facilities by area hospitals and charitable organ­izations, noted that such com­munity spirit !has prompted many other Donaldson Charitable Trust gifts to local agencies. Previous beneficiaries include St. Anne's pediatric clinic, the Diabetes Association of Greater Fall River, the Family Services

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LIFE! GOD'S SPLENDID GfF/'

Parish Community of

Our Lady of the Angels Fall River

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ADELE' LOMBARD, 7 MONTHS, WON OVER ALL COMERS AT A NEW J,ERSEY BABY CONTEST

'Truly: you have formed my inmost being; you knit m~ in my mother's womb. giv~ y.ou thanks that I am fearfully, wonderfully made; wonderful are

- yqur works.' Ps. 138: 13-14 . "

Seniors gift, challenge

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall Rive~':"F~iday, 'O~t.. 7, 1983 4

themoorins.-.,· Respecting All Life

It is unfortunate that there is confusion developing in the ranks of those who claim to be pro-life. It is discon­certing to note that many people are developing a buffet mentality when it comes to the very important area of respecting life.

The idea that one can pick and choose life issues is more than revolting: But there are those who are deeply committed to one life-centered effort and at the same time violently at odds with others. '-­

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Examples of such selectivity abound. Some expend all their energies on the effort to re~oke pro-abortion legislation yet vociferously oppose the bis,hops' pastoral letter on peace.

Many would travel to the ends of the earth to save a whale but at the same time do not hesitate to advocate legalized abortion.

Others are so involved in so many causes they overlook the problems of the aged and the abused child.

Many people concerned with the quality of life and the environment feel that the only way to control human populations is via the policies of Planned Parenthood.'

So many contradictions are developing in the area -of life concerns that there is emerging a grave danger to all life. If one is for life one should be for all life~ It must be made evident that one cannot involve oneself only in life causes which ,are popular and the thing to do. There are

.many unpopular aspects of life legislation that should be addressed if one is to be logical and consistent~ It makes little sense. for instance, to support the rights of the unborn while at the same time advocating the execution of every criminal on death row. ­

. Those caught up in the right to' life movement must at the same time support, those with respect life concerns. At the same time, respect life supporters should champion the rights of the unborn.

The month of October is dedicated to life issues under the heading of Respect Life. It should be a time for all who have care and concern for life to consolidate forces and ideas, to form a unified front, to put aside personal priorities in favor of the general welfare of all life.

The horrendous legai intrusion into the sacred as clearly. evidenced in many decisions of the Supreme Court is a real­thr~at to life. The law is supposedly the instrument whereby the innocent are protected, the helpless defended and the' abusers healed. . It should not become an instrument of terror, threat and intimidation. Yet it has become just that for life in its most defenseless stage. .

- This month is a time .for all who. believe in Divine Law to rededicate their energies and efforts to activity in favor of all life.' It is. a 'time when division iiI the right to life movement should -be eradicated. In the face of today's life-threatenin-gforces, if our house is divided against itself it ~ not merely fall, but be l.egally destroyed.

If we respect all life, we will not permit this to happen.

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Americans - and presumably 25 percent that are Catholic ­are living longer, thus' present-, ing a gift and a challenge for civil and religious society, ac­cording i to Msgr. Charles J. Fahey. Msgr. F.ahey, director cf the Third Age Center at Ford­ham Universjty in New York, writes i~ the 1983 Respect Life Program manual that "it is ap­propriate to 'suggest that the Church 'affects and is effected by a grqwing older population."

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At the time of Christ, he note'>, "only on~ person in 10 could ex­pect to Hve to the age of 50" while "~e majority of persons bprn in the United States today can anticipate living well into their 80~. That\js a significant change even since the tum of this century when only half the

- persons born lived to their 50th year."

Delegates to the 1971 White House ~onference on Aging acknowl~ged that "spiritual well-being" was just as impor­tant to ,the elderly as health care, housing and food, ,the au­thor says,and a similar stance was taken last year. by the United Nations General Assem­bly when aCting upon recom­mendations of the World As­sembly oJ;lAging in Vienna. The Church's challenge for older adu'1ts is i the same as it is for aU Catholics, lMsgr. Fahey

enrich and support the spiritual lives of its members." The el­derly, he adds, "have enonnOU!l res~urces of holiness and grace to share' with the entire peopll~

of God." The Church is challenged

especiaUy at the parish level to bring its theological and pas­toral resources to bear on the spiritual dimension of aging. One way of doing this is through prayer, he writes.

",If 'by prayer we mean 'talk­ing to God and God to us,' then thoughts' and emotions; moni­tored by others, bec<?me poten­tial recepticles of gr:ace. . . . Thoughts and emotions peculiar to the elderly are often - occa­sioned by changing roles and role loss resulting from retire­ment, the departure of' grown children from the home, the death or illness of a spouse, or one's own crisis of. limitations. The older person is then forced to re-examine the meaning of Hfeand .mortality, of interper­sonal relationships, as well as his or her sources of identity and self-esteem.

"For some elderly persons, the result is deep inner conflict when the meaning of God's will is questioned. For others, anxiety is lessened and such insights and emotions continue to be rich in virtue and faith. . "When this happens, the

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movement of God's spirit, fo, this, is the essence of spirituality. The Lord communicates to men and women in the Third Age of their lives, as he does to all of us, through a tangle of thoughts and emotions. Prayer can help unweave this tangle. The Church can school old('r persons immeasurably in thio; regard, Msgr. Fahey says.

(necroloQYJ October 10

Rev. James C. J. Ryan, A'ssist­ant, 1918, Immaculate Concep­tion, North Easton

October 11 Rev. James A. Downey, Pas­

tor, 1952, Holy Ghost, Attleboro

October 14 Rev. Msgr. Edward B. Booth,

Pastor Emeritus, 1972, St. ~ary,

No. Attleboro Rev. Dennis M. Lowney,

Assistant, 1918, Sacred Heart, -Taunton

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, THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Friday, Oct. 7, 1983 6 , . I

•Bonds' of promise, bonds of blood The followJng 'article by Fath­

er James T. Burtchaell, CSC, professor Qf theology at the Uni­versity of Notre Dame, appears in "Respect Life," a manual an­nually published by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee for, ·Pro-Life Activi­ties, which has granted permis­'Sion for its use.

Curiosity. recently drew me on a journey of five year's duration, during which I studied abortion and infanticide. After some de­cades as an invited guest in other people's consciences' I had considered myself beyond .sur­prise. This research project, how­ever, would surprise me.

Deep within the movement for abortion freedom lies the con­viction that no unwanted child should ever be born.

I was of the same mind,but aware that the words held a different wisdom for me than they do for pro-choice partisans.

Every child, I believed, has a claim on our love: not only our own children, but those whose families cannot or will not re­,ceive them.

Here were people' who be­lieved that if a mother had no welcome for her offspring, her child would 'be better off if eliminated before birth. We stood far divided.

The same distance would sepa­

rate supporters of apartheid !lna partisans of racial equality, who might both proclaim that no un­wanted blacks should, exist in South Africa, but who would have devastatingly different dreams of how that might be achieved.

The public wisdom in ~eri­ca, I learned from Time maga­zine, was· that "without legal and affordable abortion, many lives in progress are hopelessly ruined; the unwanted children very often grow up unloved, battered, conscienceless, trapped and criminal." This was rein­forced by a spokesman for Am­ericans United for Separation of Church and State: "It is a low form of cruelty to insist ruthless­

,lyon bringing into the world a child for whom there is no wel­come . . ." The same message came from Betty Benjamin, presi­dent of the Minnesota Abortion Rights Council: "Among the 800,000 unplanned, unwanted

'children born every year in the U.8'., many become loved and wanted. Unfortunately, many others end up as battered child­ren, delinquents and criminals. Studies of battered children re­veal a high percentage of unmar­ried and unwanted pregnancy, or forced marriage among the abusive parents."

It was not her implication that

',, ­in order to be wanted a child must have been planned, nor

. even her assertion that 800,000 . unwanted children are born here each ye~r(a statistic which she contrive<I for the occasion), that snagged;, my attention: It was her argument that exterinination of the unloved would somehow eliminat~ hostility towards ,chU­dren in our land.

Battered CbUdren Still, kll this dogmatic assur­

ance that unwanted children were at .risk Pf mistreatment led me to the literature on child abuse. Here a ~urprise awaited me. Dr. E. F. Lenoski, then of the Uni­versityof Southern California Medical, School, had" published re/search' findings that battered or a.bus~d children were much more likely than normal children to issue: from desiredpregnan­cles. They were more likely to be of legitimate birth, and to'"

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have mothers who displayed sat­isfaction with their pregnancies. Here was a suggestion that abused children wer~, in some grotesque way, wanted children. Ray HeIfer, a leadIng authority in the f~eld, has explained that abusive parents'were often them­selves the victims of estrange­ment and abuse as children, and crave a child as a person whom they cart cherish and in whom they can find satisfaction.

'''Many young mothers who had every desire to get pregnant, with great expectations that the baby would resolve one of their many problems, find themselves even worse off thap 'before. Their baby does not - or is not able to meet these needs." '

lHelfer's colleague, C. Henry Kempe, 'who coined the term "the battered child syndrome," observes: "Basic in the abuser's attitude towards infants is the conviction, largely unconscious, that children exist in order to satisfy parental' needs."

Quite contrary to the claims of those defending abortion, par­'ents likely to abuse their child­ren are unlikely to consider abor­tion. Aborting parents may not desire their children, but abus­ing parents do desire them, though in a pathetic way.

If the two groups of parents' have a~ytliing' in common, ac­cording to another child abuse expert, Brandt Steele, it is "the assumption that the rights, de­sires, and ideas of the adult take full precedence over those of the child, and ~that children are es­sentially the pr~perty of parents who have the right to deal with their offspring as they see fit, without interference."

Abortion and abuse stood to­gether, I found, not at odds. Both stemmed from a conviction

that children were chattels of their parents, to be disposed of in conformity with their parents' interests. This was, for me, a new and provocative insight.

InfantIcide Next I was caught up short

by a view .;.... common enough today but strange to me - that .infanticide, even if wrong, is not very -wrong, because its victim

-is so insignificant. I had been raised to think that cnmes were more savage and detestable when their victims ~ere weak or un­defended or of low account. . . .

But to my astonishment here were distinguished scholars, like

, ethicist Charles Hartshorne, ar­guingthat killing infants is only mildly objectionable because they are not yet our eqltals.

To do away with the unborn is still 'less troubling, since they stand still· farther from our grown status. The same for the hopelessly senile or o~ers who have no claim to "the respe~t due to normal human beings.".

Glanville Williams, a Cam­bridge law professor who was very influential in the abortion movement in both his country and ours, agrees with this pers­pective: "Infanticide appears to our generation to be a crime less heinous than ordinary mur­der . . • "The victim's mind is

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U.s: Catholic BishopsStatement of HandicappedPeople

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Our philoso;iiy; .J,NTEGRATION "As the. Pastors of the Church InAmeric~ we call upon people of good- /

. 'Our goal is to integ....aea/ person wiU to re-examine their attitudes t~- _. .into the heari1ag world arutat tile-same _ wal'ds their disabled' brothers and

time to sensitize the hearinl world U ~~~(!n ... to ".,.. their' weD-bein,.the needs of the deaf and the deaf-"Um" '" .~ng·with the·... Of justiee ond thepersOB. '~.'passion~ ..~ '(HiT Lord so clearly

. '. I " ;.- -desires . .. » .'

In providing services for the de~ anddeaf-blind, we try to meet thei~ \reli~gious, eduootional clnd social needs inorder to integrate all facets of thehuman personality.

Nov. 16. 1978U.S.C.C.

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SERVICES OFFERED

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- $IGN LANGUAGI PRoGRAMS RIUGlOUS SERVICES EDUCAnoNAL SERVICES I REUGIOUS EDUCATION

HOME & HOSPITAl: VISITATIONS, ,

ALL SERVICES AilE OPEN TO BOTH HEARING AND HEARING IMPAIRED, .

;-'

REV. JOSEPH VIVEIROS

Diocesan Oiiectot

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~fIJsoI'~.243 FOREST STREET

FALL RIVER,MA 02721

TEL. 674-5741 (EXT. 413)

SR. KATHLEEN MURPHY, O.P.

Coordinator

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771.1102

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'996.6744

822.2921

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IRTHRIGHT

"It is the-right of every pregnant womanto give birth• ... and the right of

every child to' be born."

Free Confidential Pregnancy Counseling

Attleboro"

CD,. Cod... ;>:. ".

Fall River

New Bedford

,Taunton

Martha's Vi.,eyard~ '. ~

PUblic or private, refi8ious 'lJr lishing social and apostolic pri-~. - orities ,by eOonHnating dJoce8aa, -,As a religiously motivatect so- programs in order to inablt.-

.eial ath'ocate for those suffering maximum .effici$ley aJl(1, eJfe:­grave injustices; the departme1lt tiveriess.is the local ann of several of· It tdso ~alyzes reports, .IUI­fices aDd' agencies of the United ings,and acitvities of the churcb!lStates Catholic CoDfereBte and nation8l, regi~~al. state and die­regional and statewide Catholi:: cesan bodies, along with. thOs:sodaI~ groups. of other allied organizatlOH'and

It assists the diocese in estab- Turn to Page Ten

K. c. PE,ARS()N, State Deputy

MASSACHUSETTS STATE COUNCILkNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS

---RES,PECT ,LI,FE

THEKNIGHTS OF COl~UMBUS

So;eial ServicesWith'Father 'Peter N. Graziano

as ~tivedirector, the dioce­san Department of' Social Ser~

vices has offices in Fd'River,Attleboro. New 8ecIford andCape Cod.

It is the central.' orpnizationin the diocese of Fall River forreceiving and conveyiDg inputand outreach into the pastonalreabn of social service, soclQladvocacy and various ,aposto­lates. It is the cIrurch's priJlcfpalagency to which the followingcaft relate: diocesan departments.parishes, iMtitutions, and eitherCatholic, groups. aU church f)'M­

grams of social service, ~aladvocacy and special apostolates,all. non-catholic organizationsand agencies' in allied fields,

of the ChtB'eh and persons) theHoly SpiRt would bMfGW 6ftChristians;

NMt1Fi8tament-~...ceniingthe erf~ of, clJaris­~tic' Rifts in and ~gh theearly Church.

The persosal· key to the re­~aI~i!l~~ of the Hol,Spltit.· 'J'IiB" lsllOt a 'ae:w :..aaen­....t ~ the~y eZperi--

='~=y~a~The experience of baptism of

the Hob' Spidt is often acCQm­paitied by th~ reception, of o~or more 'chariSmatic gifts.Amo~the mov.ent's strong­

est poJnP of emphasis aJe pray­er, openneSs to the Holy Spirit,co~ty8lCperie~ and thesharing of spiritual gifts. '

The,~ristic form of therenewal is the weekly prayermeeting, ,:a a-therilw,WJucb'· in­clwles . periOclsof spontaneousprayer, singing, sharinc of ex­~ence>'andtestUDony, fellow­ship an4 teaching.

life

Renewal

to,

!J'be" charismatic Renewal isactive in· the F~ River dioce~with prayer groups in oPeratio~in every area. The diocesanliaison tor the renewld is FatberRobert'S. KaSiynsId," pastor ofSt. Stanslaus ~, Fan Riyer.

NationaDy" the InOvebaentoriginated with a h8ndful ofDuquesne University 'Studentsand faculty members in the 1966­67 acadenuc ~ and spreadfrom there tp NOtre, Dante,Mi~gan State University, the

University of Michigan and to . ' Ilt:::::::::=:;==============================-other campuses and cities IT'throughout the country.

Aecording to a Gallup poll re·ported in the Feb; 22, 1980, is­sue of Cbristianity'Today, 18 percent of adult Catholi~ in theU.S. - nearly 6 million - con­sidered themselves charismatic.The movement is also strong inCanada and is active in at least75 other countries, involvingmore th~ 300,000 participants.

Scriptural keys to the renewalare: /

Christ's promise to send theHoly Spirit upon the Apostles;

the description. in the Acts ofthe Apostles, of the effects oftile coming of the Holy Spiritupon the Apostles on PeJttecost;

St. Paul's explanation, in theLetter ~ the Romans. of thec~arismatic gifts (for the good

encouraging couples to..examtnethemselves and their relation­ship, thew - identity ~, marriedpeople; theJr ~ttonshrP to' thewor~ ~,livem:;, and J;he ,JIf,ilCeG04t haS in lbeir mUriage. ',The j)tOgram is ~On the

bellef that feeUngsare very im­portant ,in hum.relatiouship.sand :~ustbe exptessedre~y

be.tw1!en busband and 'wife.For Catholics the Enc:ounter

weekend .COD8istil of a serieS ofpresentati~ ,~ven' by' t,bl:eeCathoiic, coUples JDd, a priest,who' share their personal ~­ences. in. ~erstanding and liv­fDj oUt their vocations.

The. experieDce is esselltiallyprivate fer each couple~attend­ing, a,lthgugh as many as 2O"or30 other' coupleS may be sharingthe weekend.

Throughout~ Fall ''Riverdiocese Marriage Encounter in­formation nights are regularly'scheduled ancl,~lJl par~

ish bulletins. Alternately" fur­ther' informatioll qn the 'programis available ftom", the dioceseOffiCe of Fam8yt,Mmiatry, tel.999-6420. ' "

•service•In

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Eneounter, Now reaching 35 countries

with its propam' of Mmdinggood marriages great," the Mar­riage Encounter movement' fo-... on contemporary marriage,, tf:

A diocesan presicletlt serves a~yeat term. ~ office -r0­tates through the five districts,~ . a cli8triet bas a diocesanlrisident' every 10 years.~t .Rev.erend Daniel A.

~Din~ 'Bish,qp ,.Con­~9PY as.honorary ppcw presJ.dqt. Mrs. W., Harry Manning':w~ the firstp~ent and thelate~. J. Joseph. Sullivan thefirst .~tor.., ..Now serving the 22,000 meQ1­~ of theDCCW are Mrs. o..vid~Yer. ~dent; Mrs. Au­brey~ first vie:e-presi­dent; ~ Dorothy cUiiy. sec­onsr· vite-PJ:eSident; Miss Mar- 'galet McCarthy, third.vice-presi­dent;' Mrs. JOluJ ~tt,. fourthvice-president; Mrs. -Edmund~" fifth vi~ent.- ' Miss Mary ElizaQetb LaRoche,M:ording secretary; Mrs. HanyB. ~,corresponding secre­tary; Miss Claire O'Toole. treas­UlW.

'Kni•.~ c'

, _Acti~e tbrouatKAat tile 'll'aH~ diocese, thE! Knights ofCOlumbus is a Catholic fraternaltamny service organization andthe funds teceiv~ throU~,various activities enable theorder to engage' in importantphilatltbropic viark. Locally, thegenerosity and' sacrifices of in-

'dividual members in their coun­cils accouilt for a great variety«.dHUitable works.. ,'..en ~'tbe 10000'iiid ' . e'1e9'iJs 'these aeu 'of\,~•. '.rtectiOn ()f a, basic meaSltreof. 'a civilization - namely. bowmuch a society does for thoseJeut. able', to help tIleJnsel1Yes.

1be Knights were founded in1882 by Father Michael J; Mc­Givney. a New Haven parishpriest. 'I1le order came into anAmerica not always friendly toCatholics, so unity became es­sential to survivid.

The o&lig8tion ofcbarity waSadopted as central to the teach·inP of Jesus, and the ideal rra­terni'ty encompassed the mean­ing of the C1Irist!aIl family.

The .truIf intemational.' frame~ the order is reflected in thefundamental .of patriotism,

. wherein Knights reflect a love ofthe symbols _and substance oftheir OWn country.

apostqIiateS

Diocesan Council~The Fall Rivet.,piocesan eounl

cil of catholic Women was odganized on WecInesday ev§Din&;June 3, 191$3 lilt the Hotel Mellen;,Fall RN.er" Massacllusetts b tW", ,y"Most R4vererld James L. con;'nolly."· "

After a short instructionaf:meeting, the officers went in (body to St. Mary's CathedraliHis Excellency, Bishop Connony~

celeb~ted a solemn Pontifical''Mass:. 8 p~, lhe ·ftrst evenin8~Mass hi the ran'RiVet-J.>iocese.Many meQ1ebers'~~.dioceSe were in attencfaJ;lc::e. .

The objectives of ~<Councitare to unite catholic 011J8niza~'tiohs of women. f.npurpoie, ~;~OD and ~,:~.;;~sooii1l, educational and Chari­table, endeavoq: ~,furtIlerspinFual and material' undertakings,w.hk:b ~ay be. terommencJed tou.,~ Di~n Council by u.e~ and work as a part 0{~~ Council of Catholic'W~~lDthe interests of theNa~ Catholic Welfare eon.ference.

There are five Disticts: Dis­trict 1 - FaD River; District 2 .. 'New Bedford; District 3 - Ta~ ,toD; DistriCt .. • Attleboro; and:District'5 - Cape and _cis.

'I1le Bix diocesan COJDtftf8sions,'are qurdl?~UIlitiie$.,Fam­Ily AffaiDolDtetJ)ational Affain"Community, Affairs, ~;,:tron and 5ervices, and I4isIa-tive. '

Two 'National ~tidns"are affiliated: Daughters ~ Isa- .bella and Ladies AuiUiary,AOH. '

The Fall tUver ;Diocesan,Council of' Catholic Wo-n is"''a member of the Boston 'Prov- .in(:e with the DioceSan -councns'of Maine, New Hampshire and"Vermont.

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and Fall River locations lUI ..aid not omy to the deaf btlt totheir families and friends. ,;.

Modern technology ~ _'to the aid of the deaf by way of .~

teletypewriter telephones withwhich· messages can be tYPf4from one phone to another. ThcfDeaf Apostolates has an ongom&program of 'placing these phoneSinJUembers' homes. ':

A recent higblig'ht of apbstJ .'late activities was a first-eveifirst communion Mass for hancIheapped children of' crysta(Springs SChool, Assonet. ~,

',apostolate hopes to make tb8'moving event an annual occur..rence.

Diocesan

A STURDY

BRANCH

OFTH£

FAMlLY

TREE

OF THE

DIOCESE

'rhe 'F'all River t,liocese. withfive IlUrsing homes accOmmo­dating 815 guests,~ 8Inongthe best in the nation in the pro·

.Life

• Lifeline/Drug Dependency Clinic• Social services• PastoraI Care• Oncology Cfinic'. Infedious 'Disease Clinic• Pediatrics• Family Beginnings Program• Employee Health Fitness Program• ~hild ProtectiOn Team .

'."~s liberation Progrt;tm

• shape~ P'oi~ ...1p ,~>

SL-Anne's I!~pitaf. c'. 795 MlDDLE,)frREET " "

FALL RIVER, MA 02721

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Respect- foris the essence of healthj:lJre

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25,000 Catholic Women .

J0 J Parish Affiliates5 D,istriCu - Deaneries

.. ~FamiJy Ministry ,*;u:;~-:::~Respect Life is' implicit in the Dartmouth, the office serves life~ families and friend&. F.8Cb Ie"'

name of trfe Oiocesan Office of from b;eginniDl to end with pro- ceived a colorful ~iattveFamily Ministry, which 'has been grams ranging from Natural sc:ron at a' Massc:eleb!-~ bydirected by Father Ronald A. Family Planning fOr yotIdg flllbi- , Bish9f), Dani~ -+,~~. Hon- portion of S\l.eh" facilities tp its

~ ..... lis_t In .... to • ~ Y<!OtIY~ orocl~~"."!,,,!.\110 ....,.. ,Ca.::ue~~n·theP.,.1,.....lic1979. of silver and galdenwedding an- . with~ mo,tIt ~l""~ 25. SO Memorial \ ' ~,4;:'~~

Operating since 1981 from a niversarles. " • years of marriage aM a feW 60" ......vel

Spacious building ad)·oiDing' Bish- The tatter eVAnt took place or more years. Every~ of and Our 'I, '1 "ven in Fair-y , haven, ~~~ staffed by the Car-

OJ) Stang H~ SChool. North last Sunday at St. MarY's Ca- the diocese was repreleDted with ..,....4'1 parishes sending couples. ~ite Sisters for the Aged -

'Deaeott and Mrs. teo~( JJdIrIa; sacred Heart Home, New

, St. J~b PBJ¥h. ~$W~ '~~tystaffofedQubebecY~.andSbM~rsa_,and Mr; and- ~n. 'AlthurPlres, V1 "-DlIrlSt. Marys Cathedral 'were donna Manor, North Attleboro,be~ 'iit gifts. Mr. '~LMn. . ,1QId .Marian Manor, Tau!\ton;WUlliUn Giblin -Staffed by the 'DOminican Si'5ters

~ ,- ., ~ P~c;k'. 'fA ,the Pre - ....;~on.parish, Wareham, 'were IectorS~ - <AU were marking silver 8fti1i- Each offers medical and nurs-versaries. jug care as needed, recreatienal~r FaDlUy MiDistry ilet&i- tBcHities. pleasant surrouncrlnp

'ties include an evening program anet most important, the sp~for confirmation candidates and tual consolation of Mass,. the

,~-,~. , <~ ~ <lther yOuth groups; Teens En-, presence' of the Blessed sacra-• '. counter Christ and Engaged and ment and the constant avail~il-

.' Marriage Encounter weekends, ,ity of, a chaplain..... well oth· Each~the longstanding.... ~, ermam~~- dioeesan'iradition 'COl eare forration options; and ministry todivorced' and separated Cath- the aged and infirm.oo~. )

",,~,,'::O="=~::B::' D~af 'Apostolateand programs available on the The Catholic Deaf Apostolate,parish level include an organiza- one of the most active diocesantion. for young couples, sessions service agencies, is headquarter-,f9rfamiltes'andan at-henne eel at St. Anne's Hospital, Fall,*eekly Family Night program River, aftd is directed by Father

Family ministry personnel are Joseph Viveiros and Sister Kath­/' av~e. t-oparishes for talks. leen Mgrphy. OP.

andUliD settiltg up programs; Father Viveiros, also~te', "aD.d. Jnst:iuctor coURIes in _the pa~ at St. Anlhony of Padua, .'~N~ Family, PIanaing parish, FallR1ver. has been with, ,~ are willing to· meet ~th tbe Deaf Apostotate siftce 1976.~" through arrangepaent '-Members are organiZed intowith the Family~~ . ChaPtet: 91 oftbe InternatiOnaltelephone 999-6430. 'Catholic Deaf Association. Its

" initials, !CJ)A, atsostand tor theltealth Fa'~1·1i',etl·'es -organIzation'Slnotto.,"In Christ. ." I C. ,po Anything."

.... ,'Ii~ members witness to

'. ·htli '-of :the motto are bothF.ther Viveiros and Sister Kath~

leen. The Deaf APGstotate iSsuesa monthly' newsletter with acirculation of about 500, organ­izes frequent sOcial gatheringsand sponsors regular signedMasses for the hearing impairedin various parts of the diocese.

Sister Katheleen, ~so a mem­her oLtbe social 8errice depart-'ment at st. Anne's Hospital, pro­vides direct service to beariJlgimpaired patienbi· by assistingthem in encounters Wtib heaithpersennel aRd indIrept setvice byeducating sud1 penoonel to rec­ognize and meet the needs ofthe deaf.

She is also on eanas an inter­preter to poUc:e,' firemen andlawyers in 'It1Jatloae involvingdeatpersons oct as II sideDDehas taught sign' 1aJ)guage to

..several members Of her Domini­can community. sign' Jan8uagelessons are also offered regular-ly to all comers in New Bedford

Upholds The Va,lueOf Human Life

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Rose HawthorneThe Rose Hawthorne Lathrop

Home of Fall River is a 35-bedfacility established by the Haw­thorne Dominicans in 1932 aJidnamed for the' founder Of 'tftisreligious conunUnity. It· provide.care for incurable cancer pa­tients.rOf ttl races and creedswho are unable to pay for ade­quate nursing care elsewhere.

The ~oal..of the. sistets ~,tqa1~iate pain and anxiety andgive comfort - spiritual,~~ !­logical and phy.sical - knowingthat they cannot~. _.'

The Atmosphere is homelikeand peaceful in a beautiful set­ting overlooking Mount· HopeBay: Bright and cheerful' fumish~ings, •flowered ~sheeta. pictures.plants, and the social atniQ@­phere of small wards create aclimate where the sick feels wel­come and loved..

Nursing care is focused 0' re­liev~ pain and maintainmgmaximUIQ comfort. Twenty-~110ur care is provided and theattending physician visits ~cea week, Well-balanced diets, at­tractively served meals and re­creational .fCtlvities such as .TV;radio, booD, arts and crafts areprovided.

The spiritual care is. of greatimportance. There is a chapel onthe prem~ with daily ~~and Holy Commonion. A resickmtchaplain visits the patie~ts daUyiClergymen. of. all denominationsare weIceme.

The psychological care helpsthe patient to accept siclmeasand its resulting Umitatioos.Heor .she is given realistic' ..... 'rather than false hopes. Emo­tionalsupport is baSed on in­dividual need&.

The work of the sisters is sup­ported by the generosity of' asympathetic public. No renum­eration is accepted from patientsor their families. In accordanCewith their Rule, the sisters trustthe loving providence of God. Ithas never faUed them.

momeats.. Special~ attention is pea to

such ueas as "chronic ilbtess,diseases such as cancer, bereave­ment of family. members and thedeath of children and yo~'

persons.

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Pastoral ·CareThe .cli'~.department of

Pastoral Care for the Sick is di·rected by.FafberEdmund J. Fitz­gerald who SUl*Vises programsat St. Anne's' and CharltonMemorial. hospitals, Fall River,Morton HOSpital, Taunton; St.Luke's, New Bedford; SturdyMemorial. Attleboro; 8nd CapeCod Hospital; Hyannis. .

He is also involved with aeuc~tic minister program thatsees members of diocesan par­ishes bringiRg holyconui1unionon a' weekly basis to nursinghome residents and other shut­ins.

Realizing. that Jl time of ill­ness or death is a time whenpatie~ and their families areeSpecialfy open to the workingsof the Spirit, pastoral workersare trained in the skills neededto assist at stressful and anxioUs

diaconatebe lesttired as a per·manent order in the. mode~Chureh. .

Current regulations for thediaconate state that qualified un­married men age 25 and olderare eligible for admission. Theymay not marry after otdinittiOn.

Qualified m8nied men age 35and older may be ordained withthe consent of their wives.

After a four-year' formationperiod, permanent deacons workin parishes'and in other minis­tries under direction of the bish­op and .the priests with whomthey.re associated.

A deacon may administer.bap­tism, witness marriages,o'fieiateat funerals, distribute commUn­ion~ 'preach the Word of GOd.In furthering the church's mis­sion of service he may deVelopministries to the sick, to theaged, to prisonets, to students,to the poor, aDd to newly ar­rived imJirlgratiu.

·"1 hold that tile morehelpless a creature, the

more entitled it is toprotection'bY man from

the cruel

"TwentY·fivemen ate currently

serving as permanent deacons inthe Fall River diocese.

.In· the earlychureh, besidesbishops and' priest$, . some dea­CODS were ordained to serve thechureb and Iitlp- ChtistiaJis. Forthe past seven centuries,·'thissacred order 'Was received. almostexclusiv'!}y by thole eventuallyto be ordained pri~~

However. ·the Second VaticanCouncil recommended that the

Deacons

Paul as their spiritual example'and model for charitable actiOn.

·From this beginning, the SVDPSociety spread ,rapidly to manycountries. The originAl Amer­ican foundation waS establishedin.1845 at St. Louis. )be or­ganization is eurrently function- .ing- in 112 countries, carrying onits person-to-'person aposto!atetbrougheSOO.OOO- active laYPer­sons organized into' 50,000 DU­Clear groops, mostot which arePariSIl-eentered. .. Projects typiCallY'financed atidoperated by VincenpaulCouo­.clls include: the operation ofStJJJ1Jrier camps for underprivi.leged youngsters;th~ organizedvisitation Of the aged. the hos-'pitali%ed, the imPrisoned andthe homeboUnd;-the sponsorshipof employD1ent services; theawardlni .of: scholatships toneedy .stUdents; the providing ofentertainment'and IiftIl regu;ariyor on special holidays to thosein homes for the aged and nurs­ing homes; the operation of cen­ters for homeless men; rehlibili·tation prograJDllling for phYsi­cally arid mentaUyhandicappedpersons; assisting the victims of,}oc8l. and nati<mal disasters; thecare of iminiarant families; th~providing of Christian burialfor those who die· penniless.

Vineentians

the Cape. Cod Chapter. "Weci»unsel on a one-to.:.one basis,ea.ch girl who. comes to;us andoffer her .. true CO~ andfriendship through. her pret;­nancy and af~ as well.Many :lasting'fri~ have~ped as a result of personalcounseliDll'"". I

A telephone hotline is main­tained by each diocesan Birth­right group and is listed underBirt:b!igbt in area telephone di­rectories.

This weekend Birthright mem'"bets will hold a convention atLaSalette Center for ChristianLiving in Attleboro.

Worldwide Marriage: Encounter

Active in nearly evf(U'Y c;lioce-Birthright san parish, the St. Viac:ent de

Paul Society does.~.~y «'-its.6irtbright" active ~t .gOo4 .•.works secreUy~assistin~~ afoceSe. .'" a volunteer, non- .f8lQilies and individueJs InfbnlrprofJt _ aDd .... nondenominational of need. But, it ~JIblkeiaead-

organization dedicated tobelping iines,as' in the case otlastJMr'sunwed mothers wbowisb to have disastrous Notre 'Dame fire,their babies. It offers medieaI _ wben Vincentian ~~n~ ~t';'c:are.. Shelter, clothiDg, lepI tOO traeted nationalatteDtion a'1dfmlpIoyment assistance and acclaim../ . - . _whatever else might be needed ' The society began in 1833,in a particular situation. when a small gropp, 9f CathOli~

Ii1 ~Fal1River diocese theJ"!students at Pari..-'Soibonne wereare chapters in Fall River, New challenged to show how religioQBedfonl, AttleborO· and Taunton. made any difference to the' :t9tb

"URdu the' guidance of the century .world. The chalteoitgeJHoly Spirit, the essence of oar students decided to "go to lh.Service is love:' say. officials 't)f poor" and cboseSt. ViQcent *'

to .THEA~- ..... ..' Friday, Oct. 7, 1983

Social Serviees. Continued from Page Nine

fUnctions as a .convenGr in orderto faciHtate coD1DlUJlieai.lonsamong diocesan groups.

The departnlent seeks aware­ness of the. presence of Christwithin the Church's social inis­ston and a heaIthyinterchangeof ideas and communication.

It is an ed~c;ative foree andspokesman for the ebURSh's Ikl­

.claI mission in its relationshipwith other diocesan departmerrts,agencies, institutions, parishesand with the non-Catholic COT:1­munity.

He came that we

might have LIFE

and have it

more abundantly

..I..-r"+.Sr. Lucille Levasseur, s.m.s.m.

Sr. Ruth Curry, s.u.s..,.

. ........

The Diocesan Office of Famiiy Ministry Rev. Ronald A. Tosti, Director

A·Life

Dedicated

to the

Servic"e Of

God's People

THE PERMANENT DIACONATE

FAMILY

·DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER

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"When I was anxious',

You calmed all my' fears,

When I was thirsty,

You gave me to drink,

When I was lonely,

You gave me your love,

When on a sick bed,

You cared for my needs.

Whatsoever you do to

the least of my people

that you do unto me."

(Paraphrase - Matthew 25)

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12 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Friday, Oct. 7, ,1983 ,National program·

DIOCESAN DEPARTMENT OF, .PA8TORAL CARE OF 'THE SI~K

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WASHINGTON (NC) - The SkIba of Milwaukee discusses 12th annual "Respect Life" pro- how the 'Church'sstands on abor­gram, sponsored by the National tion and nuclear war are based Conference of Catholic iBshops, on, the same commitment to hu· continues throughout October man life. The "trivialization" of and stresses the 'value and dig.'-\ human life is seen when people nity of human life from concep· tion to death.

Although life~affirming actio vities are stressed this month by the bishops' Committee for Pro.

1 Life Activ:ties, chaired by' Car· dinal Terence Cooke of New York, pro-life educational pro­grams ,continue year-round.

The NCCB Respect Life office has distributed a program packet which includes a manual to help dioceses, parishes, schools and other Catholic organizations pro· mote Pro-Life projects.

The mamial includes an essay on Christians' responsibility to children, especially the handi­capped, by Holy Cross Father James T. Burtchaell, professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame.

"We are to stand as godparents to the children of the world," Father ·Burtchaell said. "We are

. no more than stewards of our own children, and no less than stewards of others.~ "

, The manual, contains an ex· planation of the church's teach· ing on the sacredness of human life and its condemnation of abortion and explains the func· tion of parish Respect ,Life com­mittees.

Auxiliary Bishop Richard J.

call an unborn infant "inc6nvEm· ient," the bishop explained. "A simila.r type' of attitude. often' preval1s when we hear diSCUSS­ions of plans for war • . . "

In the manual, Miriam J. Barth, coordinator of the Buf­falo diocese Respect Life pro­gram, explains a program in her diocese which helps pregnant women. TIle director of the Dio­cesan Development Program for Natural Family Planning, Msgr. James T. HcHugh, writes about Christian marriage and natural family planning.

The church's response to the moral questions raised by tech­nological advances in the field of human reproduction is ev­plained by Jesuit Father John Connery, Cody professor of thea­logy at Loyola University of Chicago.

The "gift, challenge and grace" of the aging population to the church is explained by, Msgr. Charles J. Fahey, director of the Third Age Center at Fordham University.

Michael A. Taylor, executive director of the Institute for Pub­~ic Policy Service, writes on the ways the church carries out' its

,mission in various social, cultural and historical circumstances.

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St. Anne's is not awaiting completion of the new center to offer outstanding care to cancer patients. In keeping with prin­ciples of holistic medicine, the oncology team includes a social worker with the responsibility of helping patients and families cope with the realities of the disease. Part of that help comes in the form of a support group that meets regularly to share ex­periences and assist members. There is also close cooperation with Hospice Outreach, an or­ganization that works with homebound patients, with the A'merican Cancer Society alld with the Ostomy Support Group, among others.

One of the hospital's newest outreach programs is SHAPE, a health and· education program

to be provided in the workplace. It is an expansion of the health fair concept which had its begin­nings in the Fall River area through St. Anne's sponsorship in 1981.

The SHAPE (Screening, Health", Awareness, Prevention, Education) program was estab­lished through funding from the Aetna Life and Casualty Foun­dation. This pilot project will focus initially on businesses em­ploying 100 or more individuals.

Hospital personnel will go to the company site and set up· screening stations and educa­tional displays for one day. Em­ployees will choose the screen­ings in which they would like to participate and may have ques­tions answered' by attending medical professionals and through literature.

St. Anne's Hospital also spon.' sors many outpatient c'inics, in­cluding the Lifeline Clinic where substance abusers may receive medical treatment and counsel· ing. There are also venereal dis­ease, a parttime endocrinology clinic and the city weekly tuber­culosis testing clinic.

Dying cardinal affirms life NEW t>YORK (NC) - Calling

the days of his illness a "grace­filled period of my ute," Cardinal Terence Cooke, 63, of New York, who is dying of leukemia, urged Catholics to defend life in all its forms.

"It is at times that life is threatened," wrote Cardinal Cooke in a pastoral letter, that the Lord gives us a special grace to appreciate the 'gift of life' more deeply."

Cardinal Cooke, in a letter to the Archdiocese of New York to be read in churches Oct. 9, urged Catholics to "rededicate your ef­forts for the sancitity of all hu­man life" during Respect Life Month in October.

Alluding twice to his own ill­ness, tqe cardinal affirmed the "gift of life," and called on Cath­olics to defend life in their daily lives aqd public institutions.

"It is tragic that in our time, concepts which are disastrous

to the well-being of God's human family - abortion, euthanasia and infanticide - are falsely presented as useful and even re­spectable solutions to human family and social problems," the cardinal wrote.

The cardinal said that life is "no less bea\ltiful when it is ac· companied by illness or weak­ness, hunger or poverty, mental or physical handicaps, loneliness

. or old age." Chairman of the bishops'

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Referring to his illn~ss as a time to ."experience suffering in union with Jesus," the cardinal said he is thankful for the op­portunity to continue his "apos­tolate on behalf of life,"

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Continued from Page Six not sufficiently developed to en· able it to suffer. from the con· templation of approaching suf­fedilgor death . . . It leaves no gap in any family circle, deprives no children of their breadwinner '

but they cherished their child­ren' and' would not wish to be deprived of them. Their dis­

. satisfaction was not with their children, but with their physi­cians. Many had changed doctors in search of one who would take

. or thei~ mother, no human be­ an interest in their youngster. • 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. • ing of' a friend,. 'helper or com- The doctors admitted to Dar­• China • Glassware • Pottery • Old Toys • Collectibles • Old Jewelry •• panion.·'" . . ling that they felt unprepared,to • Depression Glass • Furniture • Post Cards • Oriental ·Items - • I was left with much to re·· treat patients with chronic de­• Antique Dolls· Aset of H. 'Qulmter • Comic Books • Baseball Cards .• flect upon by this doctrine that fects. . ..

it was worse to take on some­one your own size than to pick on a 'kid.

There were other bewil,der­ments 'to follow. I had known that youngsters born with vari­QUS h~ndicaps often perished be­fore leaving hospital nurseries, because of decisions agreed upon by the~r parents and qoctors. Others ,were abandoned by their families to institutions. One im­

underworld quacks or denizens ing to :free themselves of their of perverse and' primitive cul­handicapped young. tures. It is accomplished by your

As one doctor reports: neighbors down the street and by "Couples who are success-orient­ medical school professors who ed and' have high expectations describe the process in learned for their children are likely to­ journals. Ours is a country in institutionalize their mentany deficient offspring rather than Keep them at home. The a!.'gu­ment that mongoloids raised in the hoqte perform better than

, those raised in an institution is rarely' persuasive with such par­ents." •..

When medical staffs volun­teer tCt eliminate unwanted in­fants, by' denying them .either nourishment or' medital .treat­ment, it; can be qUite painful ....:. for the staff. Dr. Anthony Shaw, who haS reported that ·the fatal neglect 'of handicapped infants is comnion practice at the' Uni­versity of. Virginia Medical Cen­ter, complains of this strain.,

"Standing by and watching a ,salvageable baby die is the most emotionally exhausting experi­ence I know . . ; to stand by in the nursery and watch as de­

, hydration and infection wither a tiny being' over hours and days • . . is a terrible ordeal for me and for,' the hospital staff ­much m6re than for the parents who never set foot ·in the nur­sery .. .o'

Since 'the decision to let the child die rested ultimately with the parents, it was· difficult to understand why the doctors ac­cepted 'this task of destruction,

,which they described as "ardu­ous, agonizing, distasteful."

Since no further medical care : was to be allowed, why not pre­

sent the parents with their in­fant and send them home to starve him or her themselves? What would induce the medics to carry soundesira-ble a bUrden,

. if they profess to deplore it? HandIcapped Cbildren

The next surprise which lay in wait :cast some light back upon this one. Rosalyn Darling has studied the problems of chil­dren with various chronic handi­caps suc~ as congenital blind­ness, spina bifida, etc. Most par­ents she' found to be coping. They would have wished their

,----------------- , children free of these disabilities,

should be under no illusion that parental instinct alone will pro­vide a welcome and a haven for children....

Accepting Chlldren The acceptance of children is

a willful act. It is a' choice. It can be a duty. When one is with child, one is obliged to provide for that child. Nevertheless, not every necessity is necessarily honored. And this is one obliga­tion of which women and men will not acquit themselves ex­cept by self-determination. There are adults in great number who do not rise to the occasion. It is no small thing to receive a small person into one's -life. . . .

It is an old notion among Christians that to accept some­one else as yours, for better or for worse, until death, requires an .onset of motivation, stamina and forbearance that only God could give. Men and women can mate or even marry with a lesser empowerment, but they cannot maintain.

If this be our reckoning·of the bonds of promise, no less could be true of the bonds of blood. In the Christian view, only the Father can enable us to be gra­cious enough to do something as natural as being good fa~hers

or mothers. And if we do that, there is hardly anything human­ly. greater to which we could aspire. A dev'oted parent is an occasion for celebration, not merely what you have a right 'to expect....

Witnessing Our Convictions If we lived up to our inherited

beliefs in this matter - openly and consciously - we would stand out as starkly' as Luba­vitcher Jews in Brooklyn, or Amish farmers in rural Pennsyl­vania, or Hare Krishna young­sters in the airports, or Jeho­vah's Witnesses' ringing your doorbell. If we lived out our deepest convictions about fam­ily we would startle both our­selves and our neighbors, to repel some, to be sure, but to benefit many.

It is so ironic that when we do take a stand on a family is­sue - abortion, for example , ­'we arouse indignation because we appear imposing and arro­gant. AU things considered are we not more craven and chame­leon?

To take the abortion conflict as telltale: any convictions we

,have that are faith·~ostered ought to show forth. Instead of being unnerved. by the red, white and blue accusations that our faith is showing, we should ,be re­lieved that it is, and confess to chagrin if it is not. . "

What could be more embar­rassing to Christians than the public disclosure that on a cru­cial matter regarding the bear­ing of, children, our religious be­liefs turned us in no discernible direction? • • •

How true that no unwanted child should ever be b9rn. And how hue that we, and, not the chiid, must bear the cos~ and the burden of this tenet. '

And, therefore, how unutter­ably peculiar and extr~vagantly

~hristian is that view of the matter.

Even personnel - 'skilled in physical rehabilitation or edu­cation of the retarded confess a falling off of interest when their .efforts no longer yield measure­able improvement. One has much

. I to contemplate at the prospect of these helping professionals who would not care simply to care....

History as' we can recover it discloses a rec~rring disposi~ion,

which to be very young can be very risky, and where only the narrowest of presumptions as­sures children' of love and pro­tection. In many countries the medical profession struggles. to

-·reduce the rate 'of infant mortal­ity, but in our country infa~t mortality is itself partly .the work of physicians. This raises heavy questions for' every man and woman among us, including those who wou\d never raise a hand to smite or slay a child. And the more so for those who believe . their Parent disclosed his presence to them by sending a child, and believe in a Lord who said we could be his inti­mates only if we' were trans­formed and came to him as chil­dren.•.•

A 3-year-old girl, supplied with a sack of sandwiches and toys, is found on the steps of a Sunday school, abandoned by her 22-year-old mother and her mate....-A newborn infant, with umbilical cord still attached, is

, heard crying at the bottom of a trash chute, di~carded by her teenage mother. A' couple near­ing the ninth month of preg­nancy suspect a handicap in their child and, procUre her abortion but the infant emerges alive; the father insists. the attending physicians . destroy· her "or he would throw her In, the trash can himself;". one of them' plunges a syringe into' her heart to remove blood but is spooked' when the child cries, and will go ' no further (she later ,suffered a nervous breakdown); the other dispatches the baby with a lethal . injection, after which it becomes clear that she ~ad been quite healthy all along. . ..

However grotesque we might consider this readiness to reject and victimize one's own young, it is too common an act and at-' titude for us to think of it as something. abnormal, unaccount­able, freakish. On the ,contrary, it 'is all too commonplace. We

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LEGION OF MARY members at St. Joseph's Chu,rch, New Bedford, form living rosary as they mark 25th anniversary of parish Legion unit. (Rosa Photo) .

World Sy~od opens Continued f~om page one

church's duty to bring the mr:n and women of today, by heart­felt conversion and penance, to a reconciliation to which they ardently aspire deep down."

While affirming individual confession and absolution as the norm for the sac·rament of recon­ciliation, Cardinal Martini said general absolution is licit in some circumstances "for the greatest spi,rit~al good of the faithfuL"

Debate over the extent to which general absolution should be allowed was expected to be one of the more controvers'.al issues confronting the synod. Current church norms restrict it to rare occasions when indivi­dual confession by all penitents is not possible.

Before synod members began work on this year's topic, they heard reports on the' synod ir: general and on results 9f the last synod, held in 198()' and dealing with family ute;·

It was in the general report that Archbishop Tomko an­nounced that the pope favored a synod "document which would not only be developed from synod proposals and approved by the synod, but which wO'lld have "juridical authority . . . binding for, the whole church" over and above the moral au­thority of the synod as a repre­sentative body of the wo!"!d's bishops.

The archbishop noted that, like any' other document for the whole C!)Ufch, such a synod do,:­ument WO\lld require papal ap­proval ~efore it would be juri­

dically binding. The papal decision to enhance

the synod's role by giving it de­cision-making as well as advis­ory power followed a commit­ment the pope had made in 1978.

On Oct. 17 of that year, in his first major speech to the cardi­nals who had elected him the day before, Pope, John Paul said the Second Vatican CouncU's teachings on the nature of the church and on collegiality ­the shared authority of the world's bishops - would be a prime concern of his papacy. He made special mention of the SynOd of Bishops. in that re~ard.

In a report on the effects of t~e family .life synod, Auxiliary 'Bishop Javier Lozano Barragan . C' 'd' h d f M l$'

o EOOc~ Ity S~1 It a pro· duced . wlde-r?ngll~g effects cn Cathollc famlly hfe programs, from natura'! faml:ly planning to marriage preparati9n, counseling: of young couples, and care of the divorced and remarried.

Cardinal Joseph Hoffner of Cologne, West Germany, said in a~ intervention the next day, however, that negative influen('t's attacking the institution of mar­riage are among the serious is­sues the 1983 synod must con­tinue to face.

He listed sexual, promuscuity among the young, divorce, abor­tion and cohabitation withOut mal'I'iage as problems attack;ng marriage. He urged the synod to speak out phophetically ill defense of the family.

The opening of the synod throught new publicity to thl~

tense church-state relation$ in Czechoslovakia as the three car­dinals presiding over the synod

sent a telegram to the president of Czechoslovakia complaining about the .government's refusal to permit Msgr. Jan Hirka, head of the Byzantine Diocese of Pre­sov, to leave the country to at­tend the synod.

., The Czechoslovakian govern­ment has not recognized' the Catholic Diocese of Presov since 1950, when it declared Byzantine Catholics in the country to be subject to the Russian Orth~:tox

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16· THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Friday, Oct. 7, 1983

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On Steering PoInts Items FR IndIcates Fall River. NB IndIcates. New Bedford.

DOMINICAN LAITY, FR St. Rose of Lima Chapter:

meeting 7:30 p.m. Oct. 14, Do­minican Convent" 37 Park St., beginning with Mass for Car­dinal Medeiros.

5-HOUR VIGIL Tonight from 8 o'clock to 1

a.m., St. Mary's Church, Taun­ton. All welcome. .

ST. ANNE, FR Annual St. Jude Novena: Oct.

20 to 28, preached by Father Pierre Lachance, OP. Theme: Encountering Christ in daily life.

ST. PATRICK, SOMERSET Marian devotions: 7 p.m. each

Tuesday and Thursday ()f Octo­ber.

Youth ,group meetin'g: 7 p.m. Oct. 16, parish center. All 11th and 12th graders welcome.

DEAF APOSTOLATE Sign language classes: Thurs­

days, 7 to 9 p.m. Oct. 13 throughNov. 3, Regina Pacis Center, New Bedford; Fridays, 7 to 9 p.m. Nov. 4 through 25, Clem­ence Hall, St. Anne's Hospital,Fall River. Mondays, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. through Nov. 21, St. Joseph's CCD Center, Taunton.

Mass and social: 2:30 p.m. Oct. 23, St. Mary's Church, Taunton. . CCD class arrangements: ,Call or write Deaf Apost~late, 243 F()rest St., Fall River 02721.

ST. STANISLAUS, FR Bishop Jerzy Dabrowski, aide

to Cardinal Jozef Glemp,pri­mate of Poland, will celebrate Mass at 11 a.m. Oct. 22 for rep­resentatives of all Polish ,par­ishes in the diocese.

October devotions: 20 minutes before each daily Mass; 4:10 p.m. Saturday; 8:40 a.m. Sun- . day.

Holy Rosary SodaUty: proces­sion, Mass and brunch begin­ning 8:15 a.m. Sunday.

Men's Club meeting: Oct. 16.

FIRST FRIDAY CLUB, FR Meeting: tonight following 6

o'clock Mass at Sacred Heart Church: music by Clover Club; Fall River School Superinten­dent John Correiro as speaker.

SSt PETER & PAUL, FR October devotions: prIor :to 4

p.m. Mass each Saturday.Choristers: needed for 4 p.m.

Mass Saturday. Reh~arsals 7:45 ,p.m. each Monday.:

CA'11HEDRAL, FR·, October devotions: prior to

noon Mass dally, led by Ladies' Guild members.:

BL. SACRAMENT. FR Living rosary: Oot. 13, with

Women's Guildhostiilg District Council of Catholic Women.

ST. ANNE'S HOSPITAL Cancer Support Group: 7 to 9

p.m. Wednesday. Rm. 112, Cle­mence Hall. Information: 674­5741, ext. 262.

NOTRE DAME, FR Women's Guild: meeting Oct.

24, Cottell Apts.

LaSAL~TTJ,: CENTER, ATI'LQORO

Evenipgs ()f Prayer: Oct. 17, 24, 31, '{:30 to 9 o'clock. . Wom~n's Retreat: Nov. 11

throu~h 13. Information for bothpr~grams: 222-8530.

ST. RITA, MARION Babysitting service: 10 a.m.

Mass each Sunday by confirma­tion candidates.

K 01 C, FR Council 86 Knight of Month:

Msgr. Joseph R. Pannoni. Supreme K of C Knight Virgil

Dechant will be heard at 12:10 p.m. Monday on Station WALE in a Columbus Day ,address.

ST. LOUIS de FRANCE, SWANSEA

Holy Name Society: ~uided tour of New England Power Co., 7 ,p.m. Oct. 19. Parish men in­vitedto attend with children age 12 and over.

Parents' Night: Oct. 12, youth center.

HOLY NAME, FR October devotions: rosary .5

p.m. daily; rosary and Benedic­tion 3 pm. each Sunday.

Basketball tryouts: boys Sun­day afternoon Oct. 9, girls Sun­

.day af.ternoon, Oct. 16, school hall. Coaches needed; volun­teers may call 672-6376 or 679­6732.

SACRED HEART, FR October devotions: 7 p.m. each

Tuesday in chapel.Sewing group meeting: 1 p.m.

Oct. 11. All welcome.

HOLY CROSS, FR Weekly novena to St. Anthony

of Padua: each Tuesday, begin­ning 4:45 p.m. with' confessions,novena, petitions, Mass in honor of the saint.

ST. THOMAS MORE, SOMERSET

Holy Year Novena: 7:15 p.m. each'~Tuesday through Nov. 29, Consisting of vespers and Bene­diction. '

Planning meeting: 7 ,o'clock tonight. for Thanksgiving dinner for ·parishioners.

Paintin~"party: 10 a.m. tamor­,row :to pamt the back of the old church. Volunteers welcome.

IMMACULATE. CONCEPTION, TAUNTON

Birthright training ,program:7 to 9 ,p.m. for five Tuesdays ,beginning Oct. 11 at 93 Wash­ington St.

ST. JAMES, NB First communion candidates

and parents are asked Ito attend 9:30 a.m. Mass Sunday. It is ,the first of a series planned for this group.

o Youth group meeting: 7 pm. Oct. 13, parish hall. Sixth through eighth graders invited.

ST•. PIUS X, S. YARMOUm Women's Guild: meeting 1:30

p.m. Oct.. 11, parish hall, in­cluding program, by Michael O'Connor,· "Strictly ,for the Birds." Guests welcome.

ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA Parish council: meeting 7 p.m.

Oct. 9, ·parish center.Youth Group: pizza .party 7:30

to 9 p.m. Oct. 14 in center. All welcome.

OL. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE . High school CCD classes begin

Oct. 16,5 to 7:30 ,p.m. in the parish center. / ,

Ultreya: 7:30 tonight, center. Children's, choir: rehearsais

begin 4 p.m. Oct. 14. All chil ­dren welcome.

CAPE COD COUNCIL OF NURSES

'Meeting: 7:30 p.m. Oct. 12, St. Pius X Church, S. Yarmouth. Speaker: Dr. Joseph _,Ryan, "Adolescence: Spiritual C~re." Information: Delores Saritos, 775-3371.

SECULAR FRANCISCANS, FR Meeting: 6:30 p.m. Oct. 12,

beginning with Mass. All wel­come.

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ger contain an impenetrable content. This content is united with the mystery of the redemp­tion;" he said.

The ,European naval victory over Moslem Turks at Lepanto in 1571 was commemorated by! Pope Pius V,' who in the 16th

II; century instituted tod~y's feast ~ of the Most Holy Rosary. Thel Battle of Vienna in 1683 Aiso ~ was a European victory over III Turkish forces. 'Both battles pre­~ served Christianity as the domi­'II!J nant religion of Europe.

Pope John Paul, in his sermon and later at his weekly Angelus talk, addressed several thousand members of Marian movement.; and associations who had come to the Vatican for the special day of prayer.

In remarks in Polish after the Mass, the pope urged his cOlm­trymen to "say the rosary for

~TRY TO MAJ<E HIM UNI7ERt;TAND THA.T ALTAR 6QYS; [7ON'r aREA.!< INlO COMPUTER ~. "

I ST. MARY, SEEKONK _ First Friday' Mass: 7 tonight,

offered for eucharistic ministers and their families. ,Holy hour will follow Mass.

HOlLY NAME, N~

Women's Guild: meeting 7:30 p.m. Oct. 10. Norman Erickson will present "Do You See What You See?",· .

ST. MARY, NB Bible study: 7 to 9 p.m. Oct.

11. ~

-- Tuesday morning group: Oct. 25. :

October devotions: rosarydaily preceding 7 8;m. Mass.

Needed: additional ushers for 11:30 a.m. alld 7 ,p.m. Sunday Masses; Saturday sacristy work- ~ ers; lectors.

CAmOLIC WOMAN'S CLUB, NB :

Meeting: 7:30 p.m. Oct. 12, Wamsutta Club. Harpoon Har­monizers ;w:ill· sing.

ST.ANNE,NB October devotions: ,rosary will

precede t~e 11 a.m. daily Mass.

SECULAR FRANCISCANS, POCASSET

St. Francis of the Cape Fra­ternity: mini-retreat, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Oct. 9, Miramar Retreat House, Duxbury. Fa­ther Wilfred Hept, OFM, retreat master, will speak on Christian Living from a Franciscan View_ point. Guests welcome.

ST. JACQUES, TAUNTON The Building Blo~k Youth

Group will sponsor a Life in the Spirit seminar for Taunton area CCD teachers, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 13 and continuing each Thursday through Nov. 17 at the parish CCD study center. Interested teachers may contact their ,parish CCD coordinator. MEMORIAL HOME, FR

Activities today. include a Christmas crafts· workshop and a games ·and exercise session, both this morning.

The employees' annual cook­out will take place from 11 a.m. to 2:30 ·p.m.

A Halloween party is plannedfor Oct. 27. Costumes may be worn.

Navajo's in WASHINGTON(NC) - The

Navajo language has been ap­proved for use in the liturgy in the di~ceses of the, United States by the Adlninistrative Committ~ of the National Con­ference of: Catholic Bishops.

Bishop Jerome Hastrich of Gal­lup, N.M., requested the action. His diocese includes the largest Navajo reservation in the United States. '

For a language to be consider- . ed a liturgical language it must be actually spoken by people, it must be taught in school and it must be approved by the epis­copal conference as a liturgical language. '

Those conditions were estab­

Wo~ks Both Ways "Be 'not angry that you can­

not make' others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as' you wish' to be." - :Thomas a 'Kempis

Iished by the Vatican Congrega­tion for the Sacraments and Di­vine Worship, which has been informed of the NCCB Adminis­trative Committee's action. I '

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be taken in advance to the St. Louis basement.

Each parish is also asked to supply men to help organize and direct the procession. They should report to ,Father John Raposo at St:- Louis basement at

·5:30 p.m. Parishes wishing. to partici­

pate in carrying the statue of Our ,Lady of· Fatima at the h~ad

of the procession should have their representl;ltives ,report to Father· Joseph Costa at St. Mary's Catl;ledral chapel at 5:30 p.m. It, is' suggested that such representatives wear a distin­guishing i~signia. .

the church, for peace in the world and for the fatherland,"

The Oct. 2 Mass also com­memorated ,Pope John Paul's 25th anniversary as a bishop, and a congratulatory message was read by members of 75 par­ishes in Rome.. Pope John Paul was ord~ined as auxiliary bishop of Krakow on Sept. 28, 1958.

On Oct. I, the pope joined several ¢ousand people in a small Vatican square to rec:te the rosary, a practice initiated during the Holy Year every fir::t Saturday of the month.

Changes Continued from Page Two Father FoIster, born in .Fall

River Dec. 6, 1931, was ordained Dec. 20, 1958, at the North American College in Rome. After serving as assistant at Fall River, New Bedford and Swan­sea parishes, he was temporary administrator at St. Louis de France parish, Swansea, priest in charge at St. Louis parish, Fall River, and pastor of Sacred Heart parish, also Fall River, before being named to his pres­ent pastorate in 1977..

Active ,in emergency medical services, he has saved many lives and has dissuaded many Braga Bridge suicide attempts in the course of his involvement as chaplain of the 'Fall River fire department.

He was acting editor of The Anchor for over a year between 1975 and 1977.

Father Phillipino, a native of Taunton, was born June 6, 1930; and ordained April 2, 1960. He was assistant at 'lJoly Name parish, New lBedford, and Im­maculate Conception,Fall River, before being named administra~ tor of St. Bernard's, Church, Assonet, in 1977 and pastor in North Easton ,in 1978.

He is also associate director of the Diocesan Health Facilities.

Philosophy "A little philosophy inclin­

eth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about :to religion," Francis Bacon