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At the outset of the press VA'J1lCAN CITY (NC) ~ The Vatican's new guidelines and conference it was made cle.ar suggestion!'> on Catholic-Jewish that the newly published doc· relations were drawn up for ument was "not a political docRoman Catholics and do not ument," nor did it intend to deal presume to interpret Jewish with . theological problems as thinking or how "Jews view such. themselves." Father Martini stressed that That was an essential point the document was "almost ex· made at a Vatican press confer- clusively of a practical nature." ence given by several members He noted that it "doe!'> not of the commis!'>ion that drafted the guidelines. Taking part in propose a Christian theology of the conference were Italian Jes- Judaism," and suggested that uitFather Carlo Martini, rector the new commission of relations of the Pontifical Biblical Insti· with the Jews may in the future tute in Rome, Msgr. Charles contribute special research and Moeller, secretary of the Vat· reflection on this theological ican'!? Secretariat for Christian aspect. Asked why the question of Unity, and Dominican Father Pierre-Marie de Contenson, sec- the Church's mis!'>ion to evanretary of the Commission for gelize was explicitely mentioned Catholic-Jewish Relations, which in speaking of the need for diwas establi!'>hed by Pope Paul VI . alogue with the Jews, Father De Contenson rejected the assertion in October.

of some that a "missionary intent" is implicit in the document. ":It seems to me that. the first part of the document, dealing with dialogue, stre!'>ses respect, respect for religious convictions. In dialogue each side must express its point of view but this does not imply proselytism, be· cau.!'>e proselytism implies in itself the imposing of one's own point of view at the expense of dialogue," said Father De Contenson. Father Martini, referring to the same question, said: "The document is an invitation to dialogue and to go forward in full respect, with each group naturally expressing itself and it!'> views freely." He added that the work of evangelization must not be done offensively and only with "the strictest respect for religious liberty."

Bishop1s Charity Ball Tomorrow Evening The Most Rev. Daniel A Cronin, S.T.D., will be the principal speaker at the 20th annual Bishop's Ball tomorrow night at the Lincoln Park Ballroom, North Dartmouth. This -is Bishop Cronin's fifth appearance at this outstanding social and charitable event which honors him for his work in behalf of exceptional and underprivileged children reo gardless of race, color or creed. Proceeds of the affair benefit four schools for exceptional children and four summer camps for underprivileged and exceptional children. The program for the evening will include music for dancing by Manny Silvia and his Tophatter!'> in the main ballroom from 8 P.M. to 8:45 P.M. and in the Ballroom Lounge from 9 P.M. to 1 AM. Meyer Davis, society's noted orchestra, will personally direct the music for dancing in the main ballroom of Lin col n

Park from 9 P.M. to 1 AM. At 9:05 Bishop Cronin will be escorted to the Bishop's Box by the honorary chairmen of the Ball, Mr. Stanley A McLean of Centerville, president of the Cape Cod and Islands Particular Council of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and Mrs. Rich· ard M. Paul!'>on 'of Taunton. president of the Dio«;esan Council of Catholic Women. The introduction of the 37 presentees to Bishop Cronin by the master of ceremonies, Mr. Edward F. Kennedy of Taunton, former diocesan president of St. Vincent de Paul, will take place between 9: 10 and 9:35. 'Following the Grand March at 10 o'clock, Rev. Msgr. An· thony M. Gomes, diocesan direc· tor of the Bishop's Charity Ball, will introduce Bi!'>hop Cronin, who will address the gathering. Tickets wjll be available at the door for anyone desiring to attend this ev~nt.

Rev. Leo T. Sullivan Dies; Prayer, Gentleness Hailed Most Rev. Daniel A Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River, was the principal celebrant of the funeral Mass for Rev. ~eo T.

REV. LEO T. SULLIVAN

Sullivan, former pastor of Holy Name Parish in New Bedford. Concelebrating with the Most Reverend Bishop were 135 priests from the Fall River Diocese, four other states and the District of Columbia. The eulogist was Rev. Eugene Robitaille, SS.CC., of Germantown, N.Y., while Rev. William G. Campbell of Holy Name Parish in ,Fall River conducted the Cathedral choristers and Rev. Horace J. Travassos of St. James Parish, New Bedford, led the people's participation. Honorary bearers included some 60 members of Holy Name Parish. In the sanctuary were seated Most Rev. James J. Gerrard, Vicar General and Auxiliary Bishop; Rev. Msgr. Luiz G. Mendonca, V.G., and classmates of Father Sullivan: Father Sullivan, 64 years of age, wa!'> born in Fall River, the son of the late John and Julia Driscoll Sullivan. A graduate of Turn to Page Eight

INTERFAITH ACTMTY: Laying wreath at the Yad Vashem Martyrs' shrine on the Mount of Remembrance in Jerusalem are, left to right, Rev. Msgr. John Oesterreicher of South Orange, N.J.; Dr. Jos~ph Lichten of B'nai B'rith Anti-Defamation League; and Rev. Alfred P. Klausler of Chicago. New Vatican document urges dialogue, prayer and action between Catholics and Jews. NC. Photo.

Ministry to Sick An innovative and comprehen. sive program designed to clarify people's understandmg of the Sacraments for the Sick will be undertaken in this area during the month of January. This announcement was made today by the Rev. Kevin F. Tripp, Coordinator of Catholic Ministry at St. Luke's Hospital. Recently, with the publication of a new ritual, some of the sacramental pastoral practices of the Roman Catholic Church have assumed a new direction, commented Fr. Tripp. In the Church's ministry to the sick, there is a special sacra· mental presence and ministry. In former times this sacramental ministry was exercised primarily in crisis situations. Today, the Church, returning to some ancient traditions and prayers, has broadened that ministry, and encourages more people to partici-

pate in it. "The primary goal of our program is to help people who are well understand the Church's sacramental ministry to the sick in proper perspective. Then when they become ill, or when relatives or friends become ill, they will know how to respond better," noted Fr. Tripp. Situations of sickness and death are heavily ladened with emotion, and this program will provide an opportunity for people to become acquainted with this renewed sacramental practice in non-stressful and unemotional conditions. Fr. Tripp indicates that he places an important part of his work among the sick in the area of education. Tbe program, in planning for more than three months, is being coordinated among many agen· cies. They include: The Office of Catholic Ministry in St.

Luke's Hospital, coordinated by Fr. Tripp; the Department of InService Education in St. Luke's Hospital, directed by Miss Annette Gagne; the Division of Adult Education of the Department of Education of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fall River, directed by the Rev. Michel G. Methot; St. Mary's Parish of New Bedford, represented by the Rev. Mr. Herbert Nichols and Sr. Mary Evelyn Dailey, R.S.M.; St. Mary's Parish of Fairhaven, represented by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hart; Our Lady of the Assumption Parish of New Bedford, represented by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Santos; and Holy Name .Parish of New Bedford represented by Mr. Charles Foley. Plans have been made for many presentations. All the staff Turn to Page Two

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Noted Catechist Will Lecture In Taunton

Composer Sees Return to Mature Approach in Liturgical Music LOUISVILLE (NC)-Music in the liturgy has come a long way since the hard-driving "folk Masses" that surfaced in the wake of Vatican II, but there's still plenty of room for improvement-especially at the parish level. Joe Wise, the Louisville-born songwriter and performer, recently made this observation while discussing trends in contemporary religious music.

'say' the Mass." "Maybe we overstated it and lost the periods of silence and quietness. But" it was a nat!Jral enough thing to 'let go'-after 400 years," he added. "As a musical idiom, folk has a fairly classic strain-it's been around a long time," he noted. "At that time we were looking for something we could all participate in, and that just happened to be folk. Most 'folk' could get into those songs," he quipped.

For a man who has gained national recognition primarily for his liturgical compositions, Wise maintains a sense of perspective regarding music's place in worship. "I never believed music 'made' the Mass," he remarked. "But it can be a part of the worship experience a prayer event."

"But the average guy never really 'sang' change," Wise added, although he said he "bemoans its passage as an art form and worship experience."

The post-Vatican II period saw a rush toward folk music, Wise continued, because it "was easier to sing" and because it was a popular musical idiom of that period.

He chuckled as he recalled the introduction of folk music at Mass in the 1960s-when "nervous song leaders and guitar accompanists were desperately intent on volume and everyone played (the guitar) with the f>ame strum. They projected it so loudly that no one could refuse it."

"I think (folk music) turned out to be one of' the first contemporary media that hit on an ancient rite," he said. And at the same time new forms of musical expression were being introduced, he continued, "we were changing our vocabulary as well. We began to say 'celebrate' the Mass, rather than

Now the pendulum has begun ta swing back toward a more mature, thoughtful approach to liturgical music, he noted.

However, he continued, music is being played now with "more feel for lyric and an awareness by song leaders that they are serving the community in leading a prayer response."

Church's Ministry to Sick Continued from Page One of St. Luke's Hospital will have an opportunity to participate in a two-part seminar, the first part discussing tfie theological, historical and liturgical background of the ritual, and the second part presenting practical guidelines for hospital personnel involved in patient care as well as an actual celebration of the Sacrament of Anointing. Patients and their families will also have an opportunity on two occasions to learn about the background of the ritual, and to participate in a celebration of the Sacrament of Anointing. The teachers of religion in the area will have an opportunity to learn appropriate ways of dealing with the ritual in their education programs. Sr. Mary Francilla, C.S.J., coordinator of Religious Education of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Boston, and a specialist in Sacramental Theology, will present two seminars for those persons. Special seminars bave also been planned for the clergy to help them deal well with the. ritual. Presentations will also be made to various parish groups-Couples' Clubs, Senior Citizens Clubs, etc. 0

Communications media will also be involved. Fr. Tripp has arranged for four special celebrations of the Eucharist on WTEV, Channel 6, during the month. On January 5, Fr. Tripp was the celebrant, assisted by Miss Mary Halloran, R.N., Associate Director for Nursing at St. Luke's Hospital as reader; the choir of St. James Church, New Bedford; the congregation constituted of staff persons from St.

Luke's Hos,ital. On January 12, tbe Rev. Robert C. Donovan, Associate Pastor of St. John the Evangelist Parish, and Chaplain at the Sturdy Memorial Hospital, Attleboro, will be the celebrant. On January 19, the Rev. John O'Brien, SS.CC., Chaplain at the Morton Hospital, Taunton, will celebrate. On January 26, Fr. Tripp will celebrate again, assisted by a choir from St. John's Seminary, Brighton, Mass., and persons from St. Luke's Hospital. The homily on the first three Sundays will deal with instruction about the new ritual. On the fourth Sunday, the Eucharist will include a celebration of the Anointing of the Sick. Other media presentations will include Fr. Tripp as guest of the Rev. Sydney Adams on his regular Sunday evening Open Line station program on radio WBSM, New Bedford. This will take pla,ce Sunday evening, January 12 trom 8-10 p.m. 0

Fr. Tripp noted that the program has been received with interest by several national organizations. They are anxious to observe the program as a model, perhaps developing similar models in· otber areas of the nation. "Unfortunately, little has been done to up-date people's understanding of these Sacraments," remarked Fr. Tripp. A descriptive article will be prepared and published in the journal of the Catholic Hospital Association. Fr. Trip~ said that much energy has already been expended preparing the program, and that he hopes that many people participate in it and benefit from it.

ELECTED: Sisters of Providence of the Eastern Province elected in recent chapter·the following Provincial Officers: Sr. Eileen Mary Cunningham, Director of Christian Development; Sr. Thomasine' Griffin, Provisional; Sr. Eileen Ann Kelley, Director of Apostolic Works.

Sisters of Providence Election of New Provincial, New Director Plus Re-Ele.ct,ion of One Director Held Approximately 150 Sisters of Eileen Ann Kelley and Sister Providence from seven dioceses Mary Jo Walsh. Provincial Officers will be inattended the Second Provincial Chapter of the Eastern Province stalled by the Most Rev. Dani~l at Immaculata, Washington, A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of the D.C. from December 28 through Fall River Diocese in Holy Name School in Fall River at 2 p.m. 30. Sister Thomasine Griffin was June 14, 1975. Delegates from the Fall River elected Provincial to succed Sister Anna Rose Harrington who Diocese were Sister Anna Rose has served in that capacity since Harrington, Provincial; Sister the formation of St. Raphael Thomasine Griffin who was DiProvince in 1964. Sister Eileen rector of Christian Development Mary Cunningham succeeds Sis- until her recent election as Pro-ter Thomasine Griffin as Direc- vipcial and Sister Eileen Ann tor of Christian Development. Kelley, who was re-elected as Sister Eileen Ann Kelley was re- Director of Apostolic Works. elected for a second term as Director· of Apostolic Works. Thirty-six elected delegates and four ex-officio Provincial officers participated in the delibMr. and Mrs. George Vigneau erations of tbree commissions: of Nobby Lane, West Yarmouth, Government, Christian Developparents of six children, have ment, and Apostolic Works. "adopted" a seventh, ll-year-old Sister Anna Rose Harrington, Angelo Dai of Phekkon, Burma, retiring Provincial was honored whom they are helping to supby the Community on the Feast port through the Foster Parents of the Holy Family. Mass was Mission Club of Detroit. concelebrated by Very Rev. MonThe Vigneaus are contributing signor John J. Dressel, Vicar for $6 monthly towards Angelo's Religious of the Washington care and education. His parents Archdiocese and Rev. Paul Rouse are living, they are told, but are of St. Polycarp Parish in Somer- too poor to provide for any of ville, Mass. A testimonial dinner his needs.' Although the Yarfollowed with i50 Sisters in at- mouth family will probably nevtendance. er meet their new member, they At head table the guests with are encouraged to write to him the honoree included Sister Mary •and he has been told of his farPius Regnier, Superior General 'Of away friends. the Sisters of Providence, MonAids Asi~ Tots signor Dressel, Father Rouse,. The Foster Parents Mission Sister Tbomasine Griffin, Sister Club, directed by priests of the

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Pontifical -Society for Foreign Missions, aids destitute Asian children at an average cost of .22 per child per day. Further information about the organization is available from 9800 Oakland Ave., Detroit, Mich. 48211.

The Greater Taunton Coordinators and Directors of Reli· gious Education Association will sponsor two lectures by Dr. Francoise d'Arcy Berube of the University of Montreal from 1 to 4 Sunday afternoon, Jan. 19 at Sacred Heart School gymnasium,on Second Street in Taunton, just off Route 138. Dr. Berube will speak on "Psychology of the Young Child: the Awakening of Faith and the Discovery of Values" and "The Experience of Christian Reconciliation within the Family." She will also discuss her newly published religious education program, "Penance: Sacrament of Peace." 'Come to Father' The religious educator is well known as one of the main contributors to the widely-used "Come to the Father" catechetical program for grade school children. For many years' she was on the faculty of the graduate institute of religious education at Fordham University. Further information on the lectures, open to catechists and parents as well as to members of the religious education association, is available from Sacred Heart CCD Office, 29 First St., Taunton, telephone 824-6791. Organizers note that tape recording of the program will not be permitted.

Say Spain Needs Political Freedom M.4DRlD (NC)-Bishops and lay leaders are warning extreme conservatives in Spain that unless they agree to social reforms and political freedoms, their present hard line will lead back to the Marxist anarchy of four decades ago. Cardinal Vicente Enrique Tarancon of Madrid backed efforts at liberalization by the few lib· erals in government, declaring, "This is the right moment to open up new horizons, new avenues for people"s political participation." The Spanish Bishops' Conference supported the cardinal's position at its November meeting. In addition, the lay Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace and Catholic publications in the country have called for greater .freedom and political pluralism.

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Lay Teachers Strike Ends

LONDON (NC)-An Irish bishop visiting England has tried to correct a widespread belief among English people that the Irish Catholic bishops had in the past been ambivalent and reticent toward violence, particularly when perpetrated by extremists of the Irish Republican Army (IRA). "A time of violence is no'time for ambivalence, no time for sitting on the fence," Bishop Eamonn Casey of Kerry said when opening an Irish club at Slough, near London. 'Bishop Casey said that since 1969 the Irish bishops had issued six collective statements, and that Cardinal William Conway of Armagh, Northern Ireland, primate of Ireland, had "most unreservedly condemned IRA murders, bombings and atrocities.

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The British mass media had not published any of the major statements in full, he said. In the present situation they should do so if the good relations that existed in the past 10 to 20 years between the Irish and English communities "are not to suffer a severe rift." The bishop appealed to English people who may now resent the Irish or who may have begun to harass them in any way to realize "how unfair though understandable a reaction this is," The Irish form "a very integrated group of the pluraUstic societv" in England, he added. To Irish people in England he sa'id: '\Now is the time to declare your abhorrence of the violence, the atrocities and the murders that some claim they are carrying out in your name." Bishop Casey worked for ye'ars in England, where he helped form the Catholic Housing. Aid Society.

New Bill Stresses Aid, Human Rights WASHINGTON (NG) - The Foreign PLssistance Act of 1974 passed by both houses of Congress includes measures to increase U. S. food aid and to make human rIghts a more im' portant aspect of American foreign policy. The chief food measures was an amendment, proposed by Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D-Minn.), to limit the amount of American food aid which could be sent to countries not on the United Nations list of 32 nations "most severely affected" by the current economic crisis. Humphrey originally tried to set a limit of $350 million in aid that did not go to the 32 countries-that was, in effect,- political aid - but the conference which worked out differences between the House and Senate versions of the bill agreed that no more than 30 per cent of American aid could go to nations not "most severely affected," . Observers saw this as a move toward making humanitarian aid a higher priority than political aid, but said the 30 per cent figure was still too high.

BOSTON AUXILIARIES INTRODUCED: Cardinal Humberto Medeiros introduces his four new auxiliary bishops, from left: Joseph J. Ruocco, 52, a pastor; John J. Mulcahy, a pastor and former seminary rector; John M. D'Arcy, seminary spiritual directOJ.:; and Thomas V. Daily, archdiocesan chancellor. At right is Father Robert Banks, rector of St. John's 'Seminary, Brighton, where all the auxiliaries studied. They will be ordained to the episcopacy Feb. 11 at Holy Cross Cathedral. NC Photo.

Pope Expects Large Number of Pilgrims VATICAN CITY (NC)-Pope Paul VI has said he hopes a large number of visitors will come to Rome during the present Holy Year, and he urged Romans to make them feel at home in their city. "-Each Catholic coming to Rome can and should feel at home and not feel like an outsider," he told the crowds gath· ered in St. Peter's Square Jan. 5 for his regular Sunday blessing. "There will be many visitors certainly, tbough perhaps not so many as some people are saying, as some are hoping and as others are fearing. But they will come, we hope, in sufficient numbers to make uniquely clear the face of Rome: ag!!-old, perennial, sacred and universal." The Pope's words on tourism for Holy Year came only two days after an Italian government official announced that the number of tourists had declined 10 per cent in Italy in 1974. 'Fourism Minister Adalfo Sarti added that revenues in the tourist industry had declined even more: 15 per cent. One official of the Vatican Central Committee for the Holy Year said p'l-i"vately that he is pleased with the flow of visit!>rs in the initial weeks of Holy Year. He admitted that the numerical test of the Holy Year's success will come in the prime tourist months from June through September. He pointed out that for more than 30 weeks in 1975, Ireland plans to send 800 pilgrims per week. He added that travel agents have generally been unwilling to release·information on the nu~ber of pilgrimages they are booking. The Pope, in his talk, asked Romans to show a "respectful ar.d Christian hospitality" to visitors. He praised a plan introduced by the Rome diocesan vicariate wJ1ich will set up meet-

ings between pilgrim groups and Roman parishes, especially those outside the center of town. Through these meetings and through programs being established by various national parishes in Rome, according to the

Pope, the Romans "will not be simply spectators, indifferent, fed up with or nasty toward the cosmopolitan influx of their good but hard-to-please and criticai visitors," Rather, he said, they would be brothers and friends.

Teachers Association (SLTA) signed a new two-year wage agreement ending an 18-day strike by most of the 372 lay teachers in 16 diocesan high schools. ,Accepted' by union membership, the pact ending the first lay teachers strike in the history of the diocese reopened the high schools. The teachers struck during salary negotiations provided for by a two-year contract that w..as to have ended next August. The new contract, with new salary provisions but retaining most of the other contract, extends to August, 1976. It was signed Dec. 16. The new contract provides for a base salary increase of $300 the first year, retroactive to last September, and a $600 increase effective next September. During the first year, teachers are also to receive a $100 Christmas bonus. They are to receive a second bonus, not to exceed $161.25, when funds become available. The diocese had originally offered a base salary increase of $300 and the SLTA had sought an increase of $1,000.

Ecumenism We may not be able to meet in the same pew-would to God we did-but we can meet on our knees. -Sheen

High School Seminaries Defended WASHINGTON (NC)-"Many of the high school seminaries of the United States are slowly dying by default"-not because they are actually bad but because they have a bad public image, according to a report published here. In a special issue entitled "TIle High School Seminary," the CARA Seminary Forum, a publication of the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARAI, challenged the standard arguments against high school seminaries that surfaced in the 1960s and are widely believed today. The report, by CARA's head of Seminary Research, Father Adri· an Fuerst, cited six basic charges as toose most often ley" eled at high school seminaries by critics: -They are educationally inferior to neighboring Catholic and public high schools. -They are "priest-dominated," resulting in an artificial environment that fosters passivedependent student-faculty rela~ tionships. -The system "fosters a premature vocational choice and reinforces it by a set curriculum." -Tearing a student away ~rom his home environment through crucial adolescent years hinders healthy maturation. -The "unique status" of high school seminarians as already committed to a celibate vocation "can interfere with normal heterosexual development."

-High school seminaries are too costly because of the high attrition rate between high scbool graduation and ordination. According to Father Fuerst, "not one study known to me has substantiated the hypotheses of the high school seminary's critics." He cited a pilot research study of 34 seminaries that indicated seminaries are at least equal to local Catholic and public high schools in' overall academic training and strong in languages, mathematics, religion and social studies.

Regarding psychological devel· opment, the ·source of several arguments against high school seminaries, several studies cited by Father Fuerst reached the same general conclusion: There -is no significant difference in maturation levels between high school seminarians and their counterparts in other all-male or coeducational bigh schools. "Indeed," one study concluded, "in some areas such as selfcontrol, social responsibility, intellectual autonomy and relationships with elders, (seminarians) are found to be more advanced than nonseminarians."

Survey Shows Catholic Support For Parochial Schools High OHICAGO (NC)-Support for "the idea of parochial schools is overwhelming" among U. S. 'Catholics but acceptance of papal infallibility or of the Church's teaching on artificial contraception has declined substantially, according to a survey published here. 'I:he survey, done by the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) here, found that 89 per cent of U. S. Cath01ics "reject the idea that the Catholic school system is no longer needed in modern-day life," The study also found ,that only 32 per cent of U. S. Catholics "think it is 'certainly true' that the Pope is infallible when he speaks on matters of faith and morals" and

that 83 per cent approve of artificial contraception. The results of the survey are reported in an article by Father Andrew M. Greeley, Shriley Saldahna, William McCready, and Kathleen McCourt, directors of the survey, for the JanuaryFebruary issue of the Critic, a magazine published here six times yearly. The study on which the article reports is a replication of a study done in 1963 by Father Greeley and Peter Rossi and reported in "The Education of Catholic Americans." The 1974 study was done under a grant from the National Institutes of Education.

Pope Receives New Yearbook Of Church

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Jan. 9, 1975

Every Day a Resolution Is it too soon to check up on New Year's resolutions? Probably not. Indeed, some people may not even have gotten around to making them. But the fact remains that all too many persons who make New Year's resolutions form them in an "all or nothing" framework. They set out to give up smoking or change their language patterns or put up with a person or situation. And as long as they continue to do reasonbaly well they consider the resolution as a good guide and as being kept. But should there be a significant departure from the spirit or letter of the resolution, then they throw up their hands and admit to failure and then-and here's the problem -abandon the resolution altogether. There is nothing magic or mystic about January the first on a calendar. It is a time for a new beginning. But it carries no special .power within itself. Every day is a new beginning. And most people would be well advised to. begin their lives every day, with new power and new enthusiasm and new determination to live the day well. It is the carry-over of one day's failures to the next that can easily lead to discouragement. It is an old maxim of spirituality that one should accept each day from God and live that day well with His help and reaching out for His guidance. That is a statement that could be taken for a New Year's resolution every day. And with profit.

Stress on Sensitivity The purpose of the recently-issued Vatican statement on relations between Catholics and Jews is not to state theological positions nor even 'to speak to the Jews about themselves. But it is a first step to encourage dialogue and prayer and activity with members of the Jewish faith and it is a strong step toward rooting out racial and religious prejudice from the minds and hearts of Catholics. Members of the Vatican Commission responsible for the paper have been quick to point out that they had no intention of issuing a political paper. Their intent was to present to Catholics the world over a practical statement that would hopefully open up more dialogue with Jews and would make sure that no elements of anti-Judaism would infiltrate Christian thinking. Catholics and other Christians are urged to have a special sensitivity toward Judaism and this is a particularly important need. There have been instances where books and papers have slipped into the appearance of anti-Judaism not from any intent or belief but simply through careiessness, through a lack of sensitivity, through a one-sidedness in presenting material. Indeed, the lesson of sensitivity is one that Catholics and all men and women of good will must be ever and always learning and re-Iearning in their dwellings, one with the- other. It is never a matter of cloaking over the truth or the c;tatement of one's beliefs. Truth demands -and good will as well-that all parties to a discussion be clearly aware that there are differences in beliefs. But these must be presented with clarity and charity and without the setting-up of straw men in the form of one's interpretatioIt of others' beliefs. Sensitivity and encouragement to dialogue are two thrusts of the present Vatican statement that must be taken seriously and put into practice.

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Christians in Russia Recently so much has been said about the difficulty of the Jewish people in the Soviet Union that one might be led to believe that this religious group was the only present day victims of Communism in Russia. Because of modern day international politics, combined with the antics of our termination of basic Communist ideology has somewhat come own Congress in regard to full circle in Russia and that the Soviet Union as a privil- today we should not view the eged trading partner, it could be thought that only the Jewish citizen of the U.S.S.R. was being victimized and persecuted. The plight and terror that is in.flicted on the Christian churches and, partkular, the Catholic in Church in the Soviet sphere has become totally ignored. One seldom reads in any of our nati<mal newspapers or views on our coast to coast television news programs any repor.ts of the savage persecution of the Christian faith that still continues in the Soviet Union and its occupied countries. For some strange reason, we have been led to believe that Big Brother is no longer a howling grizzly but rather a meek and docile teddy bear. That the mind, the strategy and the de-

Soviet Union as a potential danger to freedom loving and religious people throughout the world. . After all we now live in an age of "detente" and one must not call the Soviet Union to task especially while our national leaders wheel and deal with the harvest of America for Soviet objectives. Our -own crass materialistic drive to balance our payments abroad, together with the excessive liberalism and socialism that has infected the American spirit, has led many people to believe that the Soviet Union is not to be considered an adversary or foe but rather to be viewed merely as a difficult member of the world family of nations who needs our understanding, attention and care.

Examine the Christians' Situation Meanwhile, the suppression of religious feeling and the persecution of the Catholic faith among the people dominated by the police states of Communism, is now being accepted by the West, and espeC'ially, by this nation as something natural and to be expected. Today, the playing down and the devaluation of the struggle of communist ideology against

the Christian Churches has won the upper hand. How man,'Y Am~ricans realize that anyone who receives Baptism, has his marriage blessed in a Church, who teaches his children to pray, who desires to bury his dead with Christian rites in the Soviet Union runs the risk not only of social and political discrimination but also being excluded from every career and job op-

VATICAN CITY (NC) -: The 1975 edition of the Vatican's yearbook, presented to Pope Paul VI, contains the most current statistical information on the organization structure and personnel of the Catholic Church-. Among the statistics contained in the "Annuario Pontificio 1975" were the total number of cardinals, bishops and various administrations of the Church. There were 130 cardinals; 2,219 residential Sees (21 more than in the 1974 yearbook); 1,980 titular Sees; 101 prelatures; 22 abbots nuIlius; 110 apostolic administrations; 26 exarchates and apostolic ordinariates; 79 apostolic vicariates; 66 apostolic prefectures; 26 military vicariates and 98 episcopal conferences. . The new yearbook reported that from Dec. 1, 1973, until Dec. 20, 1974, a total of 163 new bishops and archbi!楼lops had been named. In that same period five cardinals died, as welI as 74 bishops and archbishops. During 1974, Pope Paul VI established two new commissions at the Vatican: one dealing with relations with the Jews and the other dealing with relations with the Moslems. Three new apos:tolic delegations were also' opened: in Chad, the Republic of Congo, and Mozambique,

Temptation An expert seaman is tried in a tempest, a runner in a race, a captain in a battIe, a valiant man in adversity, a 路Christian in temptation and misery. -St. 'Basil

portunity, of being questioned by the secret police and even jailed. All one has to do" is to read the works of Alexander Solshenitsyn who is probably one of the most trustworthy and modern witnesses to God in the Russian world of today. The preaching of the Gospel in Russia and many of its police states is today suppressed with force, fear and termr, As we as a people prepare to celebrate our own bicentennial of freedom,. it is well for us to remember tha.t there are millions of our brothers and sisters of the Christian faith who have very little to celebrate in the Sovie: Union. We must remember that to the Soviet ~ulers "detente" does not mean ideological coexistence which they relentlessly reject. As our congress attempts to aid and help the oppressed Jewish people of Russia who seek to find a new life of religious freedom, it would be well' if our elected' officials also extended their eff.orts to free the millions' of Christians behind the iron curta'in who presently have little hearing in the august halls of our own government. And let all of us continue to remember that as far as Communism and the Soviet Unnon are concerned, .the leopard has not changed its spots.

The Parish Parade Publicity chairmen of parish oreanilations Ire asked to submit news items for this be included, IS well as full dates of III activities. Please send news of future rather column to The Anchor, P. O. Box 7, Fall River, 02722. Nlme of city or town should than past events.

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The folk Mass group is 'in need of guitarists. Volunteers may contact Mr. Edward Peters, choir director. The 1923 Club will hold a dinner dance at 7 P.M. Saturday, Jan. 25 in the school hall. Member!'> must be paid up by Sunday, Jan. 19, and may bring a guest to the affair for a small additional charge. ST. ANN, RAYNHAM

The Ladies' Guild will hold a whist party at 8 P.M. Friday, Jan. 10 in the church hall. ST. MARY, NEW BEDFORD

The Women's Guild will meet at 8 P.M. Monday, Jan. 13 at the ~chool hall on Illinois Street. . Hawaii will be the theme of a luau to take place Saturday night, Feb. 15 at the hall. An Oriental dinner will be followed by dancing with music by the Three C's, and a raffle to be held the same night will have as .'~rand prize a trip for two to Hawaii. Reservations for the evening will close Friday, Feb. 7 and may be made by calling 9981734 or 995-2076. Raffle tickets may be obtained by calling 995-2809. ST. MARY, SOUTH DARTMOUTH

The Women's Guild will meet at 8 P.M. Tuesday, Jan. 14 in the pari!'>h center. A bingo game will be featured, with prizes anti refreshments. ST. JOSEPH, ATTLEBORO

High school CCD students will a 10 week religion course at 7 P.M. Monday, Jan. 13 at the school. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Severs will lead the group. Beano games will resume at 7:15 tonight and will continue weekly. Knights of the Altar will meet from 7 to 9 tonight in the school. Rev. John -FoIster will give a demon!'>tration of karate and judo. The junior drop-in center will be open from 7 to 9 tomorrow night in the parish hall. B.E.E. People will hold an installation .ceremony following 6:30 P.M. Mass Saturday, Jan. 11. All parishioners are invited to attend and to be present at a reception to follow in the parish hall. b~gin

OUR LADY OF MT. CARMEL, SEEKONK

The regular monthly meeting of the Women's Guild will be held at 8 o'clock on Wednesday night, Jan. 15 in the Church Center on Route 44, Seekonk. A Penny Social will follow the. business meeting. SACRED HEART, TAUNTON

Following the regular monthly business meeting of the Women's Club scheduled for 7:30 on Monday night, Jan. 13 in the church basement, a small item auction will be conducted. Person!'> wishing to donate items are asked to contact Rose Cllirk at the rectory or members of the committee. Members and friends are invited to the affair.

ST. PIUS X, SOUTH YARMOUTH

Rev. and Mrs. William McAdoo will speak on the customs of the Amish at a meeting of the Women's Guild to take place at 7:30 P.M. Tuesday, Jan. 14 In the church hall. HOLY REDEEMER, CHATHAM

Col. Robert H. Pell, Chatham Chairman, outlined the town's Bicentennial Program at the January meeting of the Sacred Hearts Association of the Holy Redeemer Church on Tuesday. "The influx of tourist!'> in the Commonwealth will make all groups a welcoming committee during '75 and '76," Col. Pell said. Dr. ,Anne Raleigh McCarthy, president, emphasized the significance of Civic involvement in the '74-75 theme of Renewal. She urged individual and group participation in the Bicentennial observance. Mrs. Edgar M; Hankins, hospitality chairman, will be assisted by Mrs. William F. Kelly, Mrs. Joseph Leanues, Mrs. Walter F. Lynch, and Elizabeth I. Norton.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Foil River-Thurs., Jon. 9, 1975

Seek Mary's Help To End Vend-etta Siayings SAGINAW (NC)-Qn her feast day Our Lady of Guadalupe was asked a special favor at St. Joseph's church here - she was asked to end the vendetta slayings that have left an estimated 20 dead and 100 injured in the city's Mexican-American community over the past decade. Capuchin Father William Frigo, associate pastor of the predominantly Mexican-American parish, said in an interview with The Saginaw News that he believes Our Lady of Guadalupe will respond to the prayers. "She is the mother of the Mexican people," he said. "She appeared on their lands." Franciscan Father Raul Trigueros of Acambro, Mexico, spoke

nightly to the people of the parish as he conducted a novena culminating in the 6 P.M. Mass Dec. 12, Our Lady of Guadalupe's feast day. Speaking in Spanish at the Mass Father Trigueros urged the people to be reconciled with one another. Seek Forgiveness The special intention of the Mass, Father Frigo said, was to "ask Our Lady of Guadalupe to bring unity, harmony and forgiveness to our Mexican community." He estimated that there are 25 Mexican families in the Saginaw area involved in the vendetta deaths he traced back to 1963. Two years ago, he said, he tried

to meet with representatives of the families involved, but was unsuccessful. "Many of our vendetta families have no sons left," he told the News. "Others have moved away hoping, to avoid violence." 'Father Frigo said he believes that not all of the violence is the result of vendettas, but much of it is drug related. "And not only drug-related, but through 'machismo,' a false sense of manliness, which is confused with 'hombria,' which is real manliness." . Under the 'machismo' attitude, he said, revenge takes the form: "If we can't get the one who killed our brother, we will get somebody related."

Judge Upholds Anti-Smut Law EL,IZABETH (NC) Union County Judge Richard P. Muscatello upheld the legality of 'a state law prohibiting the sale of pornographic material to minors. Ruling against 28 Union County merchants arrested during a 1973 countywide crackdown on the sale of smut,. Judge Muscatello said the obscenity tests required by U.S. Supreme Court decision do not apply where minors are concerned. New Jersey laws have been drafted to comply with Supreme Court rulings. The court having indicated that the state has a kgitimate interest in protecting young people from material which it is not possible to proscribe for adults, the legislature in 1972 enacted legislation governing sales to those under 18. In his 18-page decision, Judge Mu~catello also turned aside the argument that the statute is so vague that it represents an in路 fringement on the First Amendment to the Constitution. Thirty merchants were arrested during the 1973 crackdown in which police used young people to obtain evidence through direct purchases. Some of these were student"s at parish grammar schools.

Is Subprioress Sister Joseph of Jesus Mary, the former Miss Charlotte McKenzie of Woods Hole, has been named subprioress of the Discalced Carmelite Monastery of St. Joseph, Terre Haute, Ind., where she has been a community member since 1947. Her mother and sister, Miss Helen E. McKenzie, are Cape Cod residents and two brothers. Robert L. McKenzie and Richard S. McKenzie, live respectively in New Shrewsbury, N. J. and Cranston, R.I.

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Asks Ca,nonizati:on Extend To N,oln-Cath,olic Lead,ers Last week I suggested the process of canonization be speeded up so this Holy'Year of 1975 might see the canonization of some saints for today. As I see it, the canonization of a saint should serve the purpose of calling the attention of the world to some facet of forgiveness in the conour lives that can be im- sought fessional but can find no peace proved by our emulating the of mind. new saint. I'd say our probThose mothers could join all

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i:i:ii:i[:il_;.1 world poses so many new challenges. , When I think about reconciliation and ecumenism, it seems to me that if we are going to make, any progress at all we . have to begin 'by admitting there are other people besides Catholics in Heaven. What a magnificent example would be set for the world if Pope Paul were to canonize a non-Catholic. 1'0 choose Albert Schweitzer as a candidate. Gandhi, King You can' carry that idea forward when you think about peace. Aside from Pope Paul himself, the two most effective apostles of non-violence to walk the modern world are Gandhi and the martyred Martin Luther King, Jr. The causes of ecumenism, reconciliation and peace would all be advanced by these canonizations. And when I think about all the young people I know who. are trying to find themselves, searching for meaning in their lives, and looking for a cause of their own, who could provide better inspiration than Dr. Tom Dooley? Abortion. The word itself sends a chill through us. It is the plague of our time and we cannot seem to cure it ourselves. In fact, the harder we try, the more divided we seem to become. One aspect of abortion that troubles me is that while the Church has held fast to the fact that human life begins at conception, some theologians have argued that unbaptized babies never see God. Why not presume Baptism of Desire for these spotless souls? Isn't it even conceivable that some of them, if they knew of the tragic circumstances that led their mothers to abort them,' might have chosen death rather than life? If so, they would have fulfilled Christ's ideal: "Greater love than this no man hath, than he lay down his life for a friend." Suppose Pope Paul proclaimed the millions of babies being aborted today to ,be modern day "Holy Innocents!" Think what a blessed relief that would be to many of their mothers who have

of us in praying to these new saints that the scourge of abortion be lifted from our time, and who could listen to our plea more sympathetically? And family life. .As a last thought, I'd like to' ask something for myself. I believe that married couples either make it to Heaven together or they fail together. I'd like to see a couple, parents' of a modern family, canonized. Most models that are raised ,for parents had children who tended a flock of sheep within sight of their parents. I want a couple as my ideal' who had to contend with generation gaps,' population explosions, energy crises, inflation, drugs, and the counter-cuJot.ure of alienated youth.. Surely if all the bishops of the world start looking, they can find just one married couple whose lives indicate they made it to Heaven through these pitfalls. How about it? How about a saint for me?

Distribute Bicentennial Radio Announcements HARTFORD (NC)-The Archdiocese of Hartford's office of communications and the Catholic Communications Foundation have distributed a series of 30second and 60-second Bicentennial spot announcements to 3,200 radio stations across the country. Father Edmund S. Nadolny, 'director of the communications office, said the CBS network has already begun using the "spots" on 750 of its affiliate stations. The "In God We Trust" series relates the attitudes of American leaders through the years about God, religion and country. Quotations used in the read路 ings are taken from famous American politicians, adventur路 ers and civic leaders.

Salesian Missioner Pardoned in Burundi KINSHASA (NCl - A report from Berundi says that Father Cesare Bussi, an Italian Salesian missioner who had been sentenced to eight years imprisonment for helping Hutu refugees flee Burundi, has been pardoned. Father Bussi was not expelled from the country, the report states, but has voluntarily returned to Italy. He had been pastor of Rukago parish in the diocese of Ngozi, and a confessor at a novitiate there. The report did not state when Father Bussi had been imprisoned. Periodic massacres of Hutu tribesmen have been reported since the bloody repression of a rebellion of Hutus in 1972 against the dominance of the Tutsis.

LAST MEETING BEFORE CHARITY BALL: Miss Lydia Pacheco, St. Julie's Parish, No. Dartmouth; James Gleason Holy Name, New Bedford; Mrs. Joseph Carreiro, St. Julie's, No. Dartmouth; Rev. Manuel P. Ferreira, pastor of St. John the Baptist Parish and' New Bedford Area director for the ball, and Mrs. Eugene H. Goldrick, St. Joseph'S, Fairhaven complete the final meeting before the 20th Annual Bishop's Charity Ball scheduled for Friday night at the Lincoln Park Ballroom.

Pope Paul Decries Organized Crime Ris,e VATICAN CITY (NC)-Pope Paul VI on New Year's Day deplored a "fearful increase of organized crime" that threatens innocent people and "makes everyone tremble." In his homily during solemn morning Mass at St. Peter's basilica, Pope Paul also repeated his fears over the escalating arms race. Speaking on the theme of peace to mark the eighth Day of Peace, which he instituted, the Pope said: "It is necessary to take note of what is, as it were, a lurking danger that makes everyone tremble, an insult, as it were, which stains the honor of our civilized way of living. "We refer to a fearful increase of organized crime, with weapons ready and aimed threateningly at innocent life, and with extremely mercenary blackmail. Where is right? Where is justice? Where is honor? Where is tranquility of order which is called peace?" The Pope also referred expressly to the Mafia, the Sicilianbased underworld, and to its' N~apolitan counterpart, the Camorra. He asked: "Will love succeed in purifying certain ingrained collective attitudes, certain underworlds where the

Mafia has its own secret and pitiless law? Will love be able to overturn the 'Camorra Popolare: or certain systems of vendetta, whether personal or communal, clan rivalry and obsessive false duties which breed

Pope ~ends Sympathy On Pakistan Earthquake VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope Paul VI sent his deepest sympathy to the people of Pakistan on learning of the devastation wrought by the recent earthquake at Rawalpindi. I~ a telegram addressed to Cardinal Joseph Cordeiro of Karachi on his behalf by his, state secretary, Cardinal Jean Villot, the Pope also promised prayers for the dead, the homeless and the suffering victims of the earthquake.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Jan. 9, 1975

By Joseph and Manlyn Roderick The catalogs are arriving' daily now and our lists for purchasing are growing longer and longer. The more I browse the more I decide I need, but per usual the day of reckoni~g will come and only those flowers which arc absolutely essential will Some of my resolutions will make their way to our garconcern themselves with being den. For the most part we more conscious of how I spend are concentrating on plants my food dollar and whether I'm which will give us late season bloom, particularly in late July and August, when our garden tends to be weedy-looking and to have a minimum of good flowering plants. Last year we invested in a few new phlox plants and this year we intend to add a few more varieties to the garden. These, along with lilies, are the mainstay of our late summer garden, which can be com-_ plemented by the annuals which are still blooming strong well into the summer.

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One of the first things I rcsolve is never to go shopping without first making out a menu and a list for the items on thc menu. After a day at work, meal preparation is no joy but it is even more of a chore when you don't know what you're going to make and you have to decide at five in the evening. Then in many instances, you turn to costly convenience foods. It is not as easy to save today Attract Mildew as it was a few years back when Pblox are easily grown and at least pasta was cheap; now may be planted in the spring or nothing is cheap. However, if fall. In the spring, when new you do follow the sales, clip the growth starts, they should be coupons, and try to cook around thinned to four or five stems in what is being featured, savings a sunny location. They tend to can be made. need the sun since they are parMany women do this type of ticularly susceptible to mildew planning beautifully and while in the wet and shade. Occasional 1 advocate it, realize ,how imporspraying with 'a fungicide will tant it is, and know I should do keep mildew under control, how- it, my intentions do not always ever. get carried out. KING AND QUEEN FOR A DAY: Guests at Sacred Heart Home, New Bedford Every three or four years the One of the nice things about named two of their members Joseph Jolly, formerly of St. Anne's Parish, and Mrs. plants should be lifted and di- a New Year is that even thougb vided in order to keep them from we know it's only another day Gloria Raymond, formerly of St. Joseph's Parish, both in New Bedford as king and becoming overgrown and too on the calendar, it does give us queen at the New Year's Party held for all the residents of the home. tblck to produce strong bloom. . a chance to resolve anew to do They can then be ,replanted for ali the things we knew we another three years or so. They should have done last year. should never be allowed to go While stew isn't a cheap meal to seed, since over a period of anymore, it's still a hot and delitime they will lose their true cious one for cold winter days. color and develop the magenta Tbis recipe has been our favorcoloring which is so common. ite for years. Fertilizing should be done in the spring and in reasonable HERBED BEEF STEW amounts with ,any commercial 1,4 cup butter or margarine' fertilizer. 4 pounds stew meat cut in The ,I11ost serious difficulty witb 1 inch cubes phlox is tbat they tend to atpound or one jar, drained tract mildew and this must be mushrooms controlled. Spraying with a fun6 small onions chopped gicide helps, as I have men1 Tablespoon salt tioned, but it is also useful to 1 clove garlic, crushed water from beneath and to be 1 teaspoon dried dill • Magiclean oven cleans sure to protect the leaves and ~4 teaspoon dried basil everything. Even the messiest flowers from careless watering Y2 teaspoon thyme and spillovers. with the garden hose. powdered savory • Waist-level radiant broiler. 1 lOy:! ounce can consomme In the Kitchen • Convenient, top-front controls. 2 large cans of tomatoes Normalcy or sorts has re1 small jar white onions turned to homes across the dio1 bunch carrots cut into 2 cese. The shopping trips are inch chunks over, for a while the hectic 1) In a large, heavy pan, (I preparations for the holidays are use the bottom of a pressure just memories and now all we cooker) brown the beef in the have to contend with are the butter. busy schedules that are part of 2) Add the mushrooms, 6 onour daily lives. With the bite ions and the garlic and simmer of inflation and the fear of un· until onions are transparent. employment hanging over the 3) Add the salt, dill, basil, heads of many of the families of thyme, and savory, simmer a the diocese, our New Year's res- few minutes more. olutions should probably center 4) Add tbe consomme and to'lrMAGIC CHEF around saving, especially in the matoes and simmer covered unarea of food. til meat is almost tender, about one hour. Add the carrots and Price includes delivery and continue to.. simmer until they Parental Rights normal installation TERMS AVAILABLE are done, about half an hour. If anyone doubts that it is 5) Add the jar of small onthe peculiar and inalienable of- ions, drained, simmer until they fice of parents to educate their are cooked. own children, let him go to the 6) Sometimes I add a drained dens of beasts and the nests of can of potatoes to this, or I simbirds and be wiser. mer most of the broth down and -Ullathorne serve it over ricc.

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Homilist Lauds Father Continued from Page One St. Mary's Cathedral School and B.M.C. Durfee High School, he completed his ciassical courses at St. Charles College, Catonsville, Md., his phosophical and theological studies at St. Bernard's Seminary, Rochester. Ordained June 15, 1935 in St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River by the late Bishop Cassidy, he served as an assistant in parishes in Falmouth, Sandwich, Taunton and East Taunton, Fall River and Hyannis. 'From May 1942 to June 1960, Father SuUivan was assistant pastor at Holy Name Church, New Bedford where he later returned as pastor. In June, 1960, he was named first pastor of the new parish of St. Ann that was established in Raynham. Following nine years at St. Ann's Father Sullivan served the people of the Immaculate Conception Parish, No. Easton until Feb. 11, 1971 when Bishop Cronin assigned him as pastor of Holy Name Church, New Bedford where he had served for 18 years. In adidtion to parochial assignments, Father Sullivan also served as New Bedford Area Chaplain for the Boy Scouts, New Bedford Area CYO Director, Diocesan Director of the CYO and Spiritual Director of the Hyacinth Circle Daughters of Isabella. Father Sullivan was also a member of the Priests' Senate and Director of the Personnel Board. Father Robitaille's homily fol lows: "All of us, gazin8 on the Lord's glory with unveiled faces, are being transformed from glory to glory into His very image by the Lord who is the Spirit. Because we possess this ministry through God's mercy, we do not give in to discouragement. It is not ourselves we preach but 'Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake. This treasure we possess in earthen vessels to make it .clear路 that its surpassing power comes from God and not from us. We are afflicted in every way possible, but we are not crushed; fuIl of doubts, we never despair. Continuaily we carry about in our bodies the dying of Jesus, so that in our bodies the life of Jesus may be revealed. While we live we are con- ' stantly being delivered to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may be reveaied on our mortal flesh." (2 Cor. 3:18-4:1,5,7-8,10-11) These words of St. Paul beautifully portray the life of Father Leo Sullivan-especially during the last three years of his life in which he lived a priesthood of agony and ecstacy, a life of total service to God 'and His people, a life of total service in which he emptied himself after the example of our Divine Savior. Your Excellency Bishop Cronin, Your Excellency Bishop Gerrard, my fellow priests, members of Holy Name parish, Father Leo's beloved family and friends: We gather today at this holy

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Mass united with the Church as she prays over one of her priests. This prayerful gathering is at once a farewell and a welcome to Father Leo Sullivan a beloved friend and priest. We are moved today by sentiments of sorrow and joy; sorrow because we no longer have with us a dear friend, a beloved brother and uncle, a faithful priest and pastor; joy, because we know that this man, this priest has been delivered from so much sickness and suffering and has gone to God whom he has served so manfully and faithfully as a devoted priest for forty years. Those of us who were close to Father Leo were inspired by the man. His soul, his spirit lit up -the man His soul, his spirit lit up his life. While his physical health and strength were not always the best, his soul was always healthy, strong, young and very much in command of his life. 'Father Leo loved his priesthood and the Church from which he received his priesthood. Born on the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe he died on the feast of the Solemnity of Mary the Mother of God-the first of January in this New Year of 1975. It is significant that he i> being buried today on the feast of Mother Elizabeth Seton who will be canonized a saint of the Church during this Holy Year. From the very beginning of his priestly life Father Sullivan found joy and fulfillment ...in carrying put his work. In the first few years he had a number of short-termed assignments. He , said that in the first years of his priesthood he was a "floater" and he went from place .to place in the diocese. He served in a number of parishes including St. Mary's Cathedral in Fall River, St. Patrick's in Falmouth, Corpus Christi in Sandwich, Sf. Joseph's in Taunton and St. Francis Xavier in Hyannis. He also had assignments to St. Vincent's Home in Fall River and St. Mary's Home in New Bedford. We can see what Father Leo meant when he said he was a "floater" in his early years! Assistant at Holy Name His first long-term assignment came when he was sent to this parish of Holy Name by Bishop Cassidy in 1942. He spent 18 years here as an assistant to Monsignor Sweeney. In those many years the people of this parish grew to know and love him. Father Sullivan was the first director of the Kennedy Youth Center on' County Street here in New Bedford. He was justly proud of this beautiful facility set aside for youth and community activities. During the period of Monsignor Sweeney's illness and confinement Father Sullivan carried out the work of running the parish with Father Henry Monroe. He faithfully attended to CYO work and路 ran the Kennedy 'Center during this period. Founding Pastor At the time of his transfer from Holy Name in 1960 FatherLeo celebrated his 25th anniversary of priestly ordination. At that time there was an outpouring of love and admiration for him by the parish and the city. The Kennedy Center was

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thronged with well-wishes gathered in testimonial to this loved priest. At this time, Bishop Connolly appointed Father Leo as first pastor of the new parish of St. Ann in Raynham. Man of Gentleness It was in the midst of this important work that he suffered a severe heart attack and was confined to the Morton Hospital for a long period. He bore this serious setback with characteristic gentleness and faith. With some recovery from this illness he was delighted to move into his little rectory at St. Ann's. The day of the blessing of St. Ann's was a very happy one for him and the parish. During the five years as pastor in Raynham he led the parish in laying a solid foundation of spiritual and parish-community activity. Spiritual Renewal Bishop Connolly then asked Father Leo to take over as pas路 tor of the Immaculate Conception parish in North Easton. With devotion and enthusiasm he took on this new assignment. Always concerned with the spiritual needs of the people, he initiated programs of Christian formation and liturgical renewal. Having made many friends in North Easton and endearing himself to the members of the parish there, the time came for him to come back home to New Bedford where he had spent most of the years of his priestly life. Bishop Cronin then assigned Father Sullivan as pastor of Holy Name. Since returning to Holy Name four years ago he made great efforts to bring about spiritual renewal and spiritual deepening in the parish life. He always admired' the great faith of the parish and was consoled by the response of the people of Holy Name.

DIOCESAN PILGRIMS TO BENEFIT: Members of the Fall River Holy Year Pilgrimage to Rome from Feb. 14-22 under the personal leadership of Bishop Cronin will take in the view at St. Peter's Square similar to the above scene foreshortened by use of a long telephoto lens. Behind them, looking closer and more compressed than usual, is Via della Conciliazione, which now includes a pedestrian zone for Holy Year visitors. New traffic patterns will keep all but a few vehicles from St. Peter's Square. NC Photo.

ews. And we remember his beIdeal Patient Father Leo Sullivan was a loved sister Ethel and her Ruth. Unique Personality very busy man, building and How does one speak about a deepening his priestly life; striving to become more effective in man such as Father Sullivan? his work with God's people. And The only way that I know is to all during this time and espe- tell the truth about him. And I cially in the, past few years his have done this, even though inown physical strength was be-- adequately and poorly. Father ing drained .by numerous bouts Leo was a man who knew himwith sickness. Yet his spirit self very well. This I believe is never waned. His faith never because he was a man of deep dimmed. His priestly soul was and constant prayer. Father Leo Period of Pain vigorous and strong and direct was a man with a great sense In the midst of the efforts of - always! The doctors who of humor. He was a man of this past four years as. pastor cared for him were very dear common sense. Father Leo inhere Father Leo had been af- to him. Dr. Zipoli characterized spired confidence in others. I flicted with much pain and suf- Father Leo as an ideal patient never heard of ,anyone who . fering. He was' in and out of who bore his illness without was afraid of him. How wonderhospitals. He. underwent major complaint. Dr. Levin spoke of him ful! How Christlike! Father Leo surgery and again suffered an- as' a gentle man. How much we Sullivan was truly a unique perother heart attack. During this agree with him! sonality and no one will ever last period of his life when take his place. Loved, FeUow Priests Father Leo so anxiously wished During this Christmas season Father Leo had a great love to do so much for the parish and for his fellow priests. He always as we reflect upon the gifts when he was so incapacitated loved to be in their company. God has given us, in and by sickness he rejoiced in the His closest friends were priests. through His Divine Son, may we help given him by his two Father Leo was an ideal priest; recognize the gift of God that brother priests, Father Bill and he was an ideal friend. He, was Father Leo was to all of us. He Father Jim. And he often re- a friend who never needed re- was a true priest of the Church minded them that the rectory assurance of friendship. He was and he was a true friend. was their home and indeed he a friend who was always there. In this liturgical celebration in did everything to make it such He was a 'friend who never union with the Church, we pray for them. changed. He was a true friend for our brother Leo; as a beContinued Studies and because he was such a lieving people we say farewell to In the years following the friend he was an inspiration to him; as a people of hope and Second Vatican Council and up those of us who knew him welL resurrection we say with 'the ,to the end of his life Father The priests who were sent to Church welcome to Father Leo Leo was most enthusiastic in work with Father Leo admired Sullivan. following the teaching and direc- and, respected him-indeed they tion of the Church. He became loved him. Older than they ELECTRICAL active in renewal programs; he Father Leo accepted them comContractors returned to school and took pletely. courses in theology" scripture Loved His Family and liturgy. IFather Leo dearly loved his He was a member of a group family. Over the years he regof' priests who met frequently ularly gathered with them for to pray together and to learn celebrations. He was always together more about their priest- present to help them in time of ly lives and ministries. He eveD' difficulty and sorrow. We ex.. took a course in Portuguesehop~ tend our heartfelt sympathy to 944 County St. ...,,.. ing to become able in that lan- his brother Dennis, to Ruth and New Bedford ~. guage for the sake of those who her husband, to Kathleen and 992-0560 did not know English. her family, his nieces and neph-

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Defends Priest Against Charge Of 'Politicking' PANAMA CITY {NC)-Flatly denying involvement of an American prie~t in Panamanian politics, Archbishop Marcos G. McGrath of Panama City said the charges came from local government officials who have been criticized themselves for the way they have been handling affairs. . 'Involved in the incident is Father John Albert Donahue, a priest of the Chicago archdiocese serving in the parish of Samaria in the populous suburban district of San Miguelito. "It look~' like the charges against him come from leaders trying to evade criticism directed at them," Archbishop McGrath said. "Many neighbors in San Miguelito have complained to high officials in the government against failures of the local administration." San Miguelito's mayor, Arnulfo Gaspar Suarez, and its local council charged in a paid advertisement in the daily Critica that Father Donahue "had intervened in purely political affairs, contrary to his priestly mi~sion."

Sought Drinking Woter Repeating charges published in 1972, the ad said the priest was again resorting' "to Central Intelligence. Agency (CIA) tactics to destabilize a popular government." . This was a reference to CIA's alleged role in Chile under the Marxist government of Presiaent Salvador Allende. . At the time Father Donahue was involved with a civic association in efforts to ~ecure drinking water for the Samaria sector. The officials made no specifi:: charges against the priest. Archbishop McGrath had his refutation published by the local dailies and by radio and television news programs. He said 'his own probe of the matter showed that "neither Father Donahue nor any other prie~t had any part in the town's political conflicts." "I know the priest to be a devoted servant of the community," the archbishop said.

Students Prepare For Confirmation MINNEAPOLIS (NC) - Seventh and eighth graders at Incarnation school here are donating their time and services to persons in need as part of their preparation to receive the sacrament of Confirmation. The program, which is now in its third year, reflects a new approach to the sacrament expressed by the theme of "message, community and service" stressed by the U.S. bishops in their 1972 pastoral letter "To Teach as Jesus Did." Sister Guinevere Landuyt, the ~chool's principal, said that before beginning the projects each student met with the parish's administrator, Father Stephen Adrian, who asked them why they wanted to be confirmed and what their contribution to the community would be. The service projects chosen by some of the students included helping elderly people by doing odd jobs, working with the handicapped, babysitting, and visiting nursing homes.

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MIRACLE WOMAN AND FAMILY: Mrs. Robert Hooe of Severn, Md., sits for a Christmas week portrait with three of her four children, from left, Joey, 6, Girard, 4, and Mary Alice, 3. Son Robert, 2, was sick that day. Mrs. Hooe, formerly Ann O'Neill, was cured of leukemia when she was 4~ years old through the intercession of Elizabeth Bayley Seton who will be canonized in September, 1975. Mrs. Hooe (pronounced.Ho) said she feels honored in having played a part in the canonization process. NC Photo.

JERUSALEM (NC) - Catholic leaders in Jerusalem have appealed to the Israeli government to release Archbishop Hilarion Capucci from prison. . Archbishop Capucci, patriarchal vicar in Jerusalem for Mel· kite-rite Catholics, was convicted Dec. 9 of smuggling arms, and was sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment. A Catholic delegation met the Israeli minister of religions, Yitzhak Raphael, Dec. 17 with the request for Archbishop Capucci's release, by Christmas if possible. The delegation was led by Bishop Hanna Kaldany, auxiliary bishop for Israel to Latinrite Patriarch Giacomo Beltritti of Jerusalem. Raphael requested the delegation to submit a written memorandum which he said he would communicate to the Israeli government. He commented however that he b3d .been stunned by the failure of Catholic authorities to express any condemnation or reo gret for Archbishop Capucci's actions. The Vatican press office said Dec. 10 it had "learned with deep pain and grief of Archbishop Hilarion Capucci's conviction." It said: "The sentence, unt fortunately, can only aggravate tensions."

Offers Life For Abortion Victims

VAnCAN CITY {NC)-Calling conscience of whoever commits the case of the mother, as Cain's abortion an "indelible crime" it with the same profundity, and conscience was struck by the and a ."monstrous, horrendous perhaps greater profundity in killing of hi~ brother." . decision," a Harvard-trained priest writing in the Vati::an weekly magazine has offered his life to the "parliaments of Eu- - - Introducing "".-rope and America" in exchange for the lives of the unborn. Father Battista Mondin wrote in the Dec. 29 L'Osservatore della Domenica: "I ask the parliaments of Europe and America to accept my life in substitution for that of n~ Minimum 8alancf" hCal.. h" n~ ~r,Service" Ch8r~e8 so many children. I beg them not to con~ider this proposal a IJ~ h~ for (:herk Printin/! r;~ Cherk Ballandn/! strange or insane' act. With me there are many other persons. ready to carry out the sacrifice n ~ Trouble Tryin/! to Cash Personal Checks of their life to forestall the systematic repetition of Herod's n ~ Ten-Ceul 10 Fiheen-(:ent (:h;;';/!e Per Check accursed deed." (This refers to King Hernll2 "Small (;har/!e" When Vou Make a Checkin/! Deposit od's attempt to murder the child Jesus by slaughtering all male rJNO Two-Dollar to Io'ive- Dollar Fine ror Checks that "Bounce" babies in .and around Bethle~ Worr~in/! Ihal you May NOI Have Enou/!h 10 Cover Checks hem.) Father Mondin, a member of n ~ Lon/!. Involved Statement. which Must Be Rectified. the Xaverian mi~sionary congregation, admitted to NC News TIff: ".HJ" AU;m:,\T IS SIMPI.E: Service that it would be very difficult for any parliament to NO-CHARGE PERSONAL MONEY ORDERS accept this proposal. Actually, the "No" Account Isn't an account at all. It's our way of "From a theological point of providing you with a trouble· free method for paying your bills. We view the points could be made believe It outstrips the many so·called "free" checking accounts differently, in a nicer way,.; he and notlce·of withdrawal accounts. We realize that many people have stopped using handy money orders because of the lS¢ to SO¢ said. But he added:· "The other fee per order. Taunton Co·operatlve Bank offers No·Charge Money side is not using kinder methOrders in any amount up to $SOO. ods." The 48-year-old priest, born in WHY NO-CHARGE MONEY ORDERS? Vicenza, near Venice, is a proWE LOVE OUR SAVERSI fessor in the philosophy department of Rome's Pontifical Urban University. The university fI,4UNTON trains priests, Religious and seminarians from mission coun· CO-OPERATIVE tries. GBANK He said abortion "strikes the 41 TAUNTON GREEN

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Bethell (Basic Books, 404 Park Ave. S., New York, N.Y. 10016. 224 pages. Illustrated. $8.95). The book opens a chapter of history which .until now has been known to but a few. Why did Stalin make his demand? He could not tolerate thoe notion that anyone would willingly leave the Soviet Union and refuse, or be reluctant, to return. He dJd not want disaffected people at large in the West, bearing witness to the evil features of his rule. Why did Roosevelt and Churchill assent to his demand? At the time, .they still believed that Stalin's word could be trusted. Also, they were anxious to insure that the full military might of the USSR would continue to be brought to bear against the enemy. Moreover, they sought to procure the safety of American and British prisoners of war whom the Soviets were then liberating from the Nazis; these were pawns ifl Stalin's hand. Series of Horrors The policy of forced repatriation was more sweepingly and vigorously enforced by Britain than by the United States. At first, our government followed the British lead. But within a few months we made a distinction between those who claimed Russian citizenship and those who did not, with the latter not compelled to go back. Later, we abandoned this distinction. But finally we returned to it. There was a series of horrors which has never been fully reported hitherto. Lord Bethell has gathered data which long reo mained scattered 'and hidden, and has put together an account which, even at this remove from the events, causes the' reader anguish. He goes most fully into the typical fate of some 45,000 Cossacks who sought refuge in an area of Austria under British control. Many of these should' never have been delivered to the Soviets. No matter. -They were deceived, then physically assaulted so that they might be surrendered to Stalin's mercy. Hunted Down As they realized what was in

sisted. All to no avail. They were herded into transports and carried off. Those who managed to break away were hunted down. Britain and the United States were bent on keeping faith with Stalin. If they did not observe to the letter the Yalta secret agreement, would they not give him reason to break other agreements reached at that meeting of the Big Three? Stalin, of course, had lost no time in breaking' faith with the other two, as in his outrageous treatment of Poland. Some British and American military men were revolted by the requirement that they coerce people to do what they fiercely dreaded. They saw their role as criminal, in violation of human rights. But they were told that they bad no choice; they must obey orders. Ironically, at the Nuremberg trials, the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union would prosecute Germans for obeying military orders which violated human rights. Few Survivors What of the men, women, and children handed over to the Soviets? How did they fare, once the transfer was completed? Some were summarily executed directly after they were delivered. Most were sent to slave labor camps, wb<!re the suffering was acute and the death rate high. Lord Bethell has managed to get the stories of. a few survivors. Is there any point in raking up this distasteful business? Why not let it remain in oblivion? It is wholesome to face up to our mistakes. It humbles our pride, chastens our self-righteousness. It makes us aware that we have sins to expiate. It warns us of retribution which we must ex· pect. It serves to educate us, if we are educable, that repetition of errors is to be avoided. And it is even conceivable that we might still learn something of the real nature of the Soviet system. Tough Novels Two tough, supposedly with-it novels by young American writers have come in for salvos of praise. They are "Marathon Man" by William Goldman (Delacorte Press, 750 3rd Ave., New York, N.Y. 10017. 309 pages. $7.95) and "Dog Soldiers" by Robert Stone (Houghton Mifflin, 2 Park St., Boston, Mass. 02107. 352 pages. $8.95). It doesn't mat· ter mUGh, I suppose, but I cannot join in the salute. "A thriller of exquisite measure" is the way the jacket blurb describes '''Marathon Man." There is just one sequence whicb is charged with genuine suspense. The rest is a tangled web which is never satisfactorily unsnarled, and the high incidence of killings becomes ludicrous.

JEWISH TRIBUTE TO CATHOUC: A monument to America's first Catholic president, John F. Kennedy, is a major tourist attraction it) Israel. A visitor photographs the hilltop monument several miles from Jerusalem. The memorial contains an eternal flame'and pillars for each of the 50 states, along with a bust of Kennedy. Christian-Jewish cooperation is encouraged in a newly issued Vatican document. NC Photo.

Urges Stronger Catholic-Jewish Ties WASHINGTON (NC) - The Vatican has issued a far-reaching call for deeper understanding and closer relationships in dialogue, prayer and action between Catholics and Jews. The new document, which condemns' "all forms of antiSemitism and discrimination" as "opposed to the very spirit of Christianity," is entitled "Guidelines and Suggestions for Implementing the Concilliar Declaration 'Nostra Aetate' (no. 4). "Nostra Aetate" ("In Our Age") is the Second Vatican Council's Declaration on the Relationship of the Church to NonChristian Religions. Number 4 of the declaration deals with the Church's relationship with the Jews. The new document came from the Vatican's newly formed Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews and was signed by Cardinal Jan Willebrands, president of. the new commission. The document was dated Dec. 1 but not released publicly until Jan. 3. It was released in English in the United States by the National Catholic Office for Information in Washington, D. C. The new statement is intended primarily to set practical guidelines for Christian-Jewish relations. It calls for: -Dialogue and shared prayer between Christians and Jews, both at the grassroots level and in the scholarly community;

-Careful attention in the liturgy to the common elements of Christian and Jewish liturgy, to unprejudiced and sensitive interpretation of biblical passages that have been interpreted in the past as unfavorable to the Jews, and to careful translation of liturgical "phrases and passages which Christians, if not well informed, might misunderstand because of prejudice;" v The elimination of anti-Judaic or anti-Semitic tones in Christian religious and historical education and in the mass media, and the establishment of "chairs of Jewish studies" wherever possible in Catholic institutions of higher learning and research; Col'laboration between Christians and Jews "in seeking so-

cial justice and peace at every level-local, national and internationaL" -The establishment by bishops of "some suitable commissions or secretariats on a national or regional level" to foster relations between Catholics and Jews. An introductory note released by the Vatican explained that the document "does not propose a theology of Judaism. Such a theology certainly has an interest for specialist research and reflection; but it still needs considerable study. The new Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews should be able to play a part in the gradual fruition of this endeavor."

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handy perch for wall-scrubbing boys. Over one-quarter of student body turned out for all-day project, topped with spaghetti supper prepared for workers by faculty members.

'Housework Never Like This,' Stangites Aver As They Make School Sparkle

VATICAN CiTY (NC) - A Catholic bishop must be, as was "Our aim is involvement," "It looks as if we'll really school cleaned up, of course," Jesus Christ, virtually all things clean up," commented George said Ellen Barnes, student chair- said Milot. ~'Academics is never to all men, according to Cardinal Milot, principal of Bishop Stang person of the committee, "but enough. We want to get every Sebastian 0 Baggio, prefect of High Sch:>ol, as 201 students, mainly what we are always look- student active in a worthwhile the Congregation for Bishops. almost one quarter of the en- ,ing' for is a chance to get the Christian endeavor in line with In an interview with Vatican rollment of the North Dart- students working together for a the theme of Catholi~ educaRadio Cardinal Baggio said: mouth school, invaded its cam- good cause, something beyond tion: 'There Is a Difference.''' "The bishop knows he is pus one recent rainy Saturday, the classroom work. Beats Housework father but not 'paterfamilias' in armed with mops, brushes and "Our monthly Family Masses the classic sense of Roman law, rags. Aim of the blue-jeaned are running well, our program And wi)y did the students that is to say, a·bsolute, distant army was to make a "clean of Thanksgiving baskets for come? "Well," said Michelle . and not open to question. Pater- sweep" of Stang. needy families was a big suc- Ouellette, as she shifted a paintnal yes, but not paternalistic. Good Cause cess, so we thought it was time - brush from one hand to the oth"He knows that he must repreTheir project, sponsored by a to start something else." er, "I guess I.really don't know, sent Christ to his people: teach- " subcommittee of the Student InStudents began work at 9 but it sure beats housework!" er, pontiff, judge, leader, proph- volvement Committee, included a.m., cleaning and painting unFaculty members commented et, father and that he must do a top-to-bottom scrubbing and til 5 p.m., when the day was that since tb3 students themthis as Christ did and would do j::ainting of halls, stairwells, rest· topped off by a spaghetti sup- selves cleaned up 'the school, today. rooms, and cafeteria by student- per prepared by a committee of they are much more interested in "He feel!, drawn into the life volunteers, with some assistance faculty members under the keeping it shining and are efand the travail of his people, from members of the faculty. chairmanship of Mrs. Rose Grant fectively policing less concerned whom he calls flock, according "We really want to see the of Fall River. comrades. to an evangelistic imagery, but Sister Gertrude GaUdette, art which s composed of the sons of department head, added that God, free and equal to the pasStang has blossomed in new and tor through baptism." original color schemes, since tIle Personal Responsibility young painters chose their own Queried on how the bishop of "Tohey liked fluorescent colors. today could harmonize the varipaints," she observed/, noting ous responsibilities raised in this that "on the whole, things came post-conciliar word, Cardinal out very well." Baggio replied: Especially noteworthy, she "The continual presence of the said, is one bathroom wall, decbishop, the center and axis of orated with a footprint pattern. the community to which I refer"They stepped in the paint, but red cannot make one think that don't a&k me how they walked he is the only person responsible, on .the walls," she chuckled. that all must stem from him to the point of exhaustion, of colUnexhausted by their day of lapse... manual labor, some of the stu"U seems to me that the condents even mustered energy to trast betwen the bishop and the help out tbeir teachers with the sense of co-responsibility, of parc:eanup after the entbusiastically ticipation, are suppressed today received spaghetti supper. And by the knowledge, ever more talk was heard of making the precise, that the bishop is the Great Stang Clean-Up an annual principal prompter of coresponaffair. sibility and of participation The student committee spon· within the Church, in which all soring the event comprised, in assume personal responsibility." addition to Ellen Barnes, of MarCardinal Baggio denied that ion, chairperson; Kate Barnes national episcopal conferences and Kate Dunn, also of Marion; impinged on the authority of inMimi Welch and Hane Reilly dividual bishops, "except in of New Bedford; Kay Van WigFACULTY INVOLVED: Sister Teresa, S.N.D., faculty gerin, Chris Boucher, and Lynn matters expressly requested by the conference." member joins in clean-up campaign.' Boucher, all of Fairhaven.

Hits Regimentation .By Military Rulers LA PAZ (NC)---Priests, Religious and lay leaders have charged the government of Col. Hugo Hanzer w.ith attempts to impose "arbitrary regimentation" upon factory workers and farm· worker-s, and with harassing the Church for defending t'hem. The gro'up's statement, published by the Catholic daily Presencia here, said that police raids on two bishops' residences dn November, and the recent order of expulsion against a Belgian priest, "are designed to undermine the work of the Church in }3olivia, particularly of those devoted to the poor." The priest, Dominican Fa'the!" Eric de Wasseige, went into hiding after his conditional release in mid-December. The gov· ernment had ordered him to leave the country within 24 hours. . The group of priests, Religious and laymen said Father Wasseige "has 'brought to our midst a deeply human effort of implementing the social doctrine of the Churoh."

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Says People Desperately Need Renewal of Hope It is customary at the beginning of a New Year for columnists and other self-styled pundits to assume the . mantle of the prophet and to sound a note either of hope or despair for the future of the Republic. I was about to opt for the first of these alternaservers-both of whom know the tives until, in preparing for United 'States perhaps even betanother assignment, I re- ter than we know it ourselvesread the concluding chapter have recently made this point

of Sidney Ahlstrom's monumental study, "A Religious History of the American People," first published in 1972. Though Pro-

MSGR. GEORGE G. HIGGINS fessor Ahlstrom, on balance, is reasonahly optimistic about the future of reHgion in America and about the future of our nation and its people, he ends his book "in a rather somber mood." "As the American people moved towards the b:centennial of the nation's independence," he writes in his concluding summary, "they could see few living signs of the self-conf~ dence and optimism that had marked the centennial obser· vance 'of 1876, and even less of the revolutionary generation's bold assurance. Still more attenuated was the Puritans' firm conviction that Amedca 'had a divine commission'. in the world. The nation's organic connections with the sources of its idealism and hope were withered."

Optimistic Side These are soJberjng words-all the more so in view of the massive scholarship which undergirds them. Yet I would like to think, and I suspect that Professor Ahlstrom would' agreethat there is another, more optimistic side to the story. In other words, I think it would be accurate to characterize the American mood or the American temper at the present time as being one of ambivalence and uncertainty-a mixture of hope and of fear bordering at times on despair. Another way of say· ing the same thin'g is that we seem to be suffering from a certain loss of nerve. ' On the o~her hand, there are those who see this not as a sign of decadence, but rather as a sign of genuine hope for the future of our society. They woul'd characterize our loss of self-confjdence and self-assurance as a sign of growing maturity, stemming from a greater sense of realism and, a~iove aU, a deepening sense of humility. Two' very astute foreign ob-

Vatican Official VATICAN CITY ~NC)-IPope Paul V,I has named Msgr. Jozef Tomko, an official of the Doctrinal Congregation, to be undersecretary for the Congregation of Bishops. Msgr. Tomko. 50, a Slovak, holds degrees in theology, canon law and social science. He had been with the Doctrinal Congregation nine yearii.

independently of one another. One of them, Luigi Barzini, an, experJenced Italian journalist whom I have quoted before in this column on the future of the United States, points out in a sympathetic study of the American Character that Americans are ... like all other men, frail and sinful, and condemned to man's predicament." Barzini is happy, not only for our sake, but for the sake of the entire human family, that we are moving In this direction. Appropriate Message Our s~cond foreign observer" Father R.L. Bruc~berger, a French Dominican who is thoroughly familiar with our culture agrees with Bruckberger in thi~ regard. "What we found discouraging about you, for a long time," he writes, "was that you did not seem to feel any self-douat. Now you are beginning to doubt yourselves and you're doing it in your own, rather devastating way. What most people take as a sign of wea'kness, I interpret as a justification (or sign) of hope." This strikes me as being an appropriate message for the New Year. In other words, I think we can take encouragement from the fact that, despite, or rather, because of our many problems which at times seem almost insurmountable, we are being forced to recognize our own limitations and to develop a more_ tragic sense of life and its possibilities. I take this to be a sign for the future. And surely there is nothing that we-not only as Americans, hut people everywhere-so desperately need at the present time as a renewal of hope. (© 1975 by NC News Service)

University Enacts, 'Bill of Rights' SOUTH ORANGE (NC) - The Seton Hall University Senate, composed of representatives of the faculty. students and administration, has enacted a farreaching "bill of rights" for members of the university. Guarantees similar to those contained in federal and state constitutions had been sought by student representatives. Pressure for enactment of a bill of rights increased following an incident involving the discovery of marijuana in the room of two students and subseqilent disciplinary action against them. Now all rooms and offices will be protected against arbitrary searches under a section of the bill 'Of rights which states: "No search shall be made without a civil warrant or an internal warrant authorized by the president of the university." Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of association and freedom from personal force or violence and threats of force or violence are also guaranteed.

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People Are Glenmary' Missioner's Favorite Form of God's Creation CINCINNATI (NC) - Father Charles Hughes talks to everybody. "There's no such thing as a stranger," he explains. Whether walking down a crowded street in downtown Cincinnati or waiting for an early morning bus to take him to a remote mission staffed by one of his priests, the president of the Glenmary Home Missioners is always at home in the presence of his favorite form of God's creation-people. The Brooklyn-born priest, who travels extensively in his job as head of tbe more than 100 Glenmary priests and Brothers operating in 38 mission areas .in U.S. rural communities, has found that taking buses is a great way to meet people, even if he is something of a rare sight in his black suit and Roman collar. A recent encounter on a bus' in Chicago wi~h a man of Hun· garian descent was more than a 10-minute conversation, Father Hughes explained ina recent interview. The man, who spotted his Roman collar and eventually maneuvered himself into the seat next to the priest, found it a moment when he could express his loneliness and the frustration of being unable to find any other countryman in the large city that was now bis home. Not only was the experience a positive one for the man who "found something in religion and companionship that was unpleasant," but for himself as well, said Fatber Hughes. "That ~an is part of me now. I really learn how to love God from others." The red-headed, blue-eyed priest, who inherited his freckled face from his Irish·born parents, strives to live a life of poverty and simplicity. But he is in fact a rich man, friends say.

'ST. Loms (NC) - The Com· mission on Theology and Church Relations of the Lutheran Church·Missouri Synod has adopted a set of principles on ecumenical activity for Luther· ans. The commission report, called "A Lutheran Stance Toward Ecumenism," calls for Luth,erans to "seek by faithful and perpetual confession of the truth to promote throughout Christendom full agreement in all the articles of faith so that peace 'and concord may prevail within the unity of the church." ,Based on a study of the Scrip· tures and the Luthe~an Confes.sions, the report said that in ecumenism Lutherans: -Rejoice in their openess with all Christians in the one holy Christian Church and re,gard that unity "as the presupposition for continuing ecumenical endeavors;" --;Deplore doctrinal disagreemen'tsand wiH not omit doing anything-"insofar as God and conscience allow" - that may serve the "cause o·f Christian concord;" ,

According to an admirer, Fa· ther Hughes has a "perceptive eye and a sensitive spirit" that not only see"but appreciates the beauty of a field of growing corn, the stars at night, a halffull moon. "He br.ings enthusiasm to the daily scene. He se~s when others fail to see." "Wonderful thoughts come from simple living," Father Hughes said, noting that they ,open one to appreciate small things and to see the potential in everyone and everything.

British Pastoral Nuns Organize LONDON (NC) - More than 300 nuns from various Religious congregations engaged in fulltime parish work in Britain have formed an organization: the Association of Parisb Sisters. The association is aimed at drawing them more closely together and making their work in parish communities more effective. Many of them are catechists, youth leaders, counselors and community workers often cooperating in complex situations involving not only parish priests but also state and private aid agencies. The new association, whose constitution is being drawn up by a working party from seven different Religious congrega· tions, will also arrange training courses.

-Seek confessional agreement among all Christians that extends to all the articles of faith revealed in the Scriptures; -Seek agreement in all the articles of faith, "chiefly in order that "the Gospel be preached in conformity with a pure under· standing of it;'" . -Hold that until such confessional agreement is actualized "the basis for God-pleasing con· cord and fellowship among Christians does not yet exist;" -Maintain that the concord they seek cannot be attained by ignoring doctrinal disagreements or by negotiating" a compromise, hut by exposing and refuting error and by confessing the truth." "A Lutheran Stance Toward Ecumenism," in v'arious stages of preparation for a period of years, will be sent to all pastors, teachers and congregations of the synod early in 1975. It was called for by resolutions of a number of synodical conventions.

Still Suffering WASHINGTON (NC) - North Vietnam is still suffering from damage resulting from "World War U-style terror bombing," according to five religious' leaders, including Catholic Bishop Andrew Grutka of Gary, Ind., recently returned from North Vietnam. "'Bomb damage was incalculably worse than Americans imagine," they said in a joint statement. "Not only roads, bridges and factories were destroyed."

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KNOW YOUR FAITH Rebirth and Reconciliation Through Baptism

Baptism--Not For· Babies Only beautiful acceptance of Baptism, defined by the total community Among my cherished mem- as tke birth of a Christian, lone ories, Baptism stands out as one day reached the progress-point of the more momentous events.• in theological awakening where My heritage is Italian-Catholic, people had started to question and for my people, its necessity the necessity of infant Baptism. and importance was as self- Does it make sense to baptize evident as the necessity of eat· infants? Can they rightfully be ing. called Christians when this is a ,Baptism needed no theological title merely conferred on them justifications. The birth of every after a s'ymbolic act of pouring Iltalian baby was properly cel- water? Isn't it an unfair burden ebrated with immediate plans to confer Christian-hood on an for its "Christian-ing." On the infant who certainly can make big day, the baby would be no conscious choice in the matdressed in beautiful, lacy, white ter? clothes brought to the Church in Symbolism of Water the arms of its godparents, and The questions are elementary. received into the community of They are also the wrong questhe Church. The rest of the day was a fes- tions. Certainly no one ever tive holiday. Relatives and would try to argue that a baby friends came to we'\come the is making a reasoned commitnew Christian, bought a gift, ate ment to live as a Christian. Nor and celebrated together. would a logical person argue My grandmother told me that that the washing with water acin her home town in southern complishes some strange physoItaly, birthdays were not impor- ical cleansing. Its use in Baptant, but baptismal days were tism is a symbolic action to celebrated each year because underscore rebirth and purity. this marked the real birth of a Historically and in mythology, person. Godparents were prop- water is the rejuvenating elerly named "com-padre and ement, the substance which recom-madre," meaning co-father generates life, a symbolism deand co-mother. The understand- veloped out of the fact that ing of Baptism as the new~birth, "water" is the life-giving envithe important birth, was so ronment of the womb. Water rooted into the culture that to also washes away uncleanness. deny Baptism to a baby would John the Baptist plunged peohave been tantamount to deny- ple into water because in order ing life itself to the child. to have one's life regenerated, IFrom that unquestioning and Turn to Page Fourteen BY ANTOINETTE BOSCO

"Should the Church continue her practice of baptizing infants?" I asked the question of 30 senior co-eds at a leading Catholic college. Twenty-four or 80 per cent of the respondents said No. six or 20 per cent said Yes.

By REV. PAUL F. PALMER, S.J.

If 'I had been one of the "new" Catholic theologians I would have concluded that the Church 8hould listen to what our educated la.ity are saying, that the Church should consult the mind or "sense" of the faithfuL/But I was "old" both in years and in theological outlook. Instead of registering shock, I asked the class to remember the way they voted, and proceeded to educate the class along the classical ~ines on the wonderful things that happen when a person, even an infant, is baptized. A week or three lectures later I asked the same question, "Should the Church baptize infants?" Twenty-four replied Yes; six refused to be "indoctrinated." What did I say to reverse the vote, or, better, what did the Church, reflecting on God's revelation over the centuries teach me to say? Basically, and in ~ single expression that says it all, BapBy Msgr. Wilfrid H. Paradis and liefs, rituals, standards, way of Sister Mariella Frye, M.H.S.H. life and a vision of human per- . tism is in the words of our sons that has little reference to theme a "Re~irth." Through (This is the second of 17 ar· the divine. ' Baptism in water and the Spirit, ticles adapted from the text we are "horn from above," we of the first draft of the Na· Confrontation are begotten not by blood nor tional Catechetical Directory. "Although most Chdstians are by carnal desire, nor by man's This Directory is being de· aware of this confrontation, and willing it but by God" (Prologue signed to assist in the teach· even speak of materia'1ism, sec- of ,St. John). ing of religion to all Catholics ularism and humanistic atheism, Instant Spiritual Heritage in the United States today. many fail to comprehend the You are encouraged to submagnitude of the differences. At our Baptism the heavens mit observations on every asOne reason is that many Chris- did not open' as they did 'for pect of the propose:l doc., tians take their own moral Jesus. when He was baptized by ument.) vision for granted believing John at the Jordan. There was Chapter One of the Directory everyone has the same assump- no theophany, no manifestation is entitled "The CathoEc Church tion. As a result the present of God; but for those who have in the United States." Its pur- confrontation, is seen as a series eyes of· faith with which to see pose it to describe the condi- of practical' problems to be and ears of faith with which to. tions under which we live our solved rather than a challenge hear, the heavens touched our faith both as citizens of the to the basic tenets of their faith. earth and the voice of God could United States and as members "In reality, the two 'worlds' be heard: "This is my beloved of the Catholic Church in this , now facing each other are based son" or "This is my darling country. on different beliefs and assump- daughter, in whom I am well After describing the roots of tions. Each has developed differ- plea'sed" (ct. Mt. 3:16,17). No Catholicism jn the United States ent attitudes and programs of newborn child is capable of re-_ and the positive and negative action. In America todav, tran- sponding to the voice of its parfactors in current U. S. culture, scendental religious belief is ents~ But those who are newly the document goes on to say: living side by side with a sec- ,born of God, be they ever so "The American moral climate is ularistic, humanistic world view. tiny, "have received the Spirit a case study in the conflict of "Morality is the domain in of adoption through which we two world views, the religious which this confrontation is en- cry out 'Abba' (that is, Father). and the secular. On the one hand acted most dramatically. In this The Spirit Himself gives witness there is the religious world view conflict even many nominally with our spirit that we are chilwjth its creed, cult and moral religious persons have in fact dren of God. But if we are chilcode and a vision of the human opted for the value system of dren, we are heirs as well: heirs person, articulated through a secular humanism. of God, heirs with Christ..." long and varied history. On the "In coping with the American (Rom. 8:15-17). other hand there is the "world" moral climate, the Church must Seen in this context, why of everyday affairs. This recognize the strength of sec- would we want to deprive a "world" has its own set of beTurn to Page Fourteen child of its heritage or even to

The American Moral Climate

ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST: At our Baptism the heavens did not open as they did for Jesus when He was baptized by John at the Jordan. NC Photo. postpone it? After aU a natural child can inherit the fortune of his father. We don't ask him to wait until he is able to choose for himself. Heaven Begins on Earth True, to be born means to have reSipOnsjbilities. .Birth is a gift but it makes demands, personal, social and, in the case of Baptism, eOclesial, a commit· mitment to the Church or Christian community. Some feel that we must be free to assume reo ~ponsibilities, but t.hey apply the principle only to Baptism. A child born into a family is expected to contribute in due time to the good of the famHy; a cit· izen must serve the country iQ which he is born; similarly a Christian must accept the Christian way of life into whkh he has been reborn and by so doing be part of the Church's witness to the world. We don't ask to be born, to

be born a citizen. We gladly accept our birth into a human family, into a civil society, despite 'the demands that are made of us. So too, we who have been baptized as infants rejoice that we have been reborn that we have been reborn into the family of God,' reborn into the people of God. Because of Baptism we can, in the words of the Apostle, Paul, lay claim to "citizenship in heaven" Phil. 3:20). But heaven for the Christian begins on earth. For Paul, Baptism is a dying Turn to Page Fourteen

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Moral Climate

Religious Leaders See Changes In Southern Rural Areas

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NEW ORLEANS (NC)-Ministry leaders in the rural areas of Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana held a seminar recently here to try to analyze changes taking place in the rural areas so that they might effectively plan to meet the needs of the populace. "The Seminar on Small Town Ministry" w:as sponsored by the pastoral -department of Notre Dame Seminary here. Lecturers for the seminar included Father Bernard Quinn, director of the Glenmary Research Center in Washington, D. C., and his associate, Dr. David Byers. The two advised that the Church keep its operations simple in the rural areas. "People need some point of low scale reference," said Father Quinn. "The Church in the rural areas should retain its particular functions as a family structure." The two researchers pointed out that l!lthough it may be a temptation to offer specialized

Bap~ism Continued from Page Thirteen and rising with Chr.ist, a sacramental event to be experienced in this life and not only at the close of life and in the life to come. "Do you not know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? We were buried therefore w.ith Him by Baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead by the 'glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life" (Rom. 6: 3-4). Dying with Christ

services such as marital counseling and religious education, that the Church in rural areas is just not equipped with either the funds or the staff to provide such services. The two suggested that rural communities pool their resources and form a regional organization that can provide special services more effectively. . Byers points out that a regional or.ganization has a much better chance of attracting outside funding than does a single Church organization. lIn addition to discussing the status of the rural ministry, the researchers also spoke about the present situation in rural Amer-' ica generally. How would you describe to a layman what is happening in rural America today? Father Quinn was asked. "'I wouldn't try," he responded. "The situation is incredibly complicated." Byers and Father Quinn defined a rural community as one having a population of under 10,000. Rural America is definitely not disappearing, they said. "There are approximately 60 million people living in town and country communities today," said Father Quinn. "That's aoout one-third of the total U. S. population and we do not believe that that proportion is likely to decrease." "One significant change which has occurred in the rural population areas is the decrease hi the farming population and the increase in the number of persons involved in manufacturing," said Byers. "Twenty-five per cent of the rural population is involved in manufacturing, while only 12 per cent is involved with farming," said Byers. The researchers attributed the change in part to a larger num·ber of persons willing to commute and also to an increase in the number of factories and manufacturing plants which choose to locate in rural areas.

Back in the middle of the fourth century, St. Cyril, the Bishop of Jerusalem, in one of the great catechetical sermons of aU time told the newly ·baptized: "The strange paradox of it all! We did not really die. we were not really buried; we were not really crucified and raised again. The memorial of Christ's death was by way of symbol; o~~ salvation however is by way truth" (Lecture 2: "On Baptism," 5). Government Grant In Baptism our dying with Christ was symbolic, a sacra- To Jesuit Teacher OMAHA (NIC)-Jesuit Father ment in which we exper.ienced no pain. And yet we must truly James J. Quinn, associate pro· die to sin if we are to "walk in fessor of philosophy at Creighnewness of 'life;" and this will ton University here and program involve pain. Nor will we be director for humanities in the spared the agony of physical health sciences, has received a $30,000 federal grant for death. On one occasion Jesus refer- medico-moral research. Father Quinn said the money, red to His impending death as a Baptism: "I have a Baptism to from the National Endowment he baptized with; and how am for the Humanities, an indepenI constrained until it be accom- dent federal agency funding replished" (Lk. 12:50). And it is search in the humanities,. will because of this death or Baptism support faculty research into the that the- death of everyman can religion of the patient and its relationship to his total need; be a dying with Christ. For some the Baptism will be fertilization in an artificial en· symbolic or sacramental, as in vironment and genetic engineerChristian Baptism; for some the ing; death and dying; abortion Baptism will be psychological, and sterilization; human experas in the dying to sin; for a1'1 the imentation; transplants and inBaptism will be physical, when formed consent; the use of oondeath is accepted, knowingly or trolled drugs and senility and not, as part of the mystery of euthanasia. reconciliation' with' God through After the research is done, he the death of His Son. For the said, the faculty will present adult Christian the dying with panel discussions, symposia and Christ will be all three, the full- an institute in these subjects ness of death which will yield to and, in the next school year, will offer seminars to undergraduates. the fullness of life in Christ.

SEED SPROUTING: It helps to think of Baptism as a new life sprung up in us from a "seed of God" planted in us. The seed of God, destined to grow into eternal life with God, is -the beginning, a sprouting of what we really are in our deepest desire. An amyrillis sprouts from a planter, aiming to grow into a flower for the Easter season. NC Photo.

Baptism--Not For Babies Only Continued from Page Thirteen Hving in peace be continued. Beone had first to be cleansed of ing initiated into the community sin. Water was symbolical of of 'Ghrist is the beginning; but both the cleansing and the re- it is no guarantee that a person birth and thus remained the vis- will choose to accept the continual Baptism, the immersion. ible sign in Baptism. To go back to the question of All the situations-to-come which whether or not infants should be demand one's "yes" to a renewal baptized, given their inherent of His baptism, or a "no," a resinlessness and inability to jection of his Baptism. Baptism, make conscious choices, I be- to remain valid has to be lived. The mother who courageously lieve that the very asking of this question indicates confusion raises her children alone after and a lack of understanding of . her husband has deserted them; the complexity of Baptism. For the young woman who will not Baptism isn't something that's kill her unborn baby by abordone once and then finished. tion; the man who rejects an unethical employment offer which Baptism goes on and on. Baptism has two distinct func- would advance him at another's tions-both symbolized in the expense; the family which welceremony with water. It is first comes black neighbors-all these of aU a rite of initiation-the people, who choose to live as entry of a person into the inner they believe Christ would circle of a community, or an or· choose, are reaffirming their ganization, assuming conscious- Baptism. ly or through a sponsor all the 'PUt on Christ' privileges and responsibilities of membership: It is long past time for Baptism to cease being the misunInitiation derstood sacrament. It has been Baptism, as initiation, is em- boxed into a one-time ceremony inently the right of an infant for babies for far too long. If born into a family which be- we, as Christians, are not conlongs to the community of the scious of our Baptism daily, parChurch. As a member of that ticularly when a situation arises family, the infant, by heritage, which demands a decision, then is heir to aU \ the wealth and we reaUy have messed up on its blessings of that family. The meaning. Baptism, as initiation into . Italian celebration of Baptism pointed out that parents, reI· Christhood is eminently imporatives, neighbors and friends all tant and belongs where it has recognized the right of that in- been practiced-as early as posfant to his full heritage and an- sible after one's physical birth. nounced this pUblicly with fes,But Baptism, as St. Paul talks tiv.ities. about it, meaning to "put on Baptism is more than initi- Christ" and becomes the new ation, however. It is also immer- person, living now "no, not I, sion. It is the willingness of a but Christ Lives in me," is what person to plunge into the life gives meaning to the act of iniof Christ, wear His skin, share tiation. This Baptism, far from His blood, bear His cross, die being kid-stuff, is the one that's with Him-so that Christ's mis- never quite finished until our sion of making all men brothers last breath.

Continued from Page Thirteen ular society in forming values. Clearly, the Church, and all religious faiths, have fared well in America under the conditions of separation of Church and state, government neutrality and democratic freedom. Such conditions offer much that .is favorable to religion. "The Church also notes that many positive values have emerged in contemporary America. There is a new sensitivity to the dignity and fundamental equality of all men and women; an increased concern for individual self realization, a broad~ ened perception of the moral decisions which must be made concerning participating in warfare; new appreciation of the imperatives of social justice. "On the other hand, some con· temporary observers note that the major faiths to some degree have become so integrated with it that they uncritically serve its .purposes and interests. This means that the ethnical principles and moral values promoted by the faith are in danger of being derived not from religious beliefs, but from secular society itself. "The seculadstic world view is a strong voice in American culture. It is producing a nonChristian, and possibly antiChristian mentality. Christian beliefs and values are officially tolerated, but g.iven no active "encouragement. In fact, they are . actively opposed by some extremely strong forces in society. All this tends to strip public institutions of positive moral content and reduce religious influence on the beliefs, values and behavior of AmericanS! Do you agre-e with these evaluations of the moral climate in the U. S. and the effects of secular society on the Catholic Church? Please submit your reactions . and recommendations to: 'Rev. Michel G. Methot, 423 Highland Ave., Fall River, Mass. 02720.

Discrimination The true way to overcome the evil in class ~istinction is not to denounce them as revolutionists denounce them, but to ignore them as children ignore them. -Chesterton

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SCHOOLBOY SPORTS IN THE DIOCESE By PETER J. BARTEK Norton High Coach

Oliver Ames High Challenger In Hockomock Basketball Loop The nine team Hockomock League champiC?nship basketball race, is expected to go right down to the wire. Three schools one from within the confines of diocesan territorial limits, are tabled contenders. The local entry, Oliver Ames High of Easton, may have ous challenge from Sharon and the firepower necessary to Foxboro. Stoug~ton is considfinish number one. The Ti- ered to he this year's sleeper gers, who have a rich ath- and must not be taken lightly. Oliver Ames is unbeaten in league play at this writing with a victory over Foxboro to its credit. Brad Tighe and Bob Watts have carried most of the scoring burden to date and must continue if the Tigers are to remain on top. ALL TOGEmER, NOW: Bishop Stang High School senior Philip Spindola directs area , The area's other two repre- elementary school children in holiday choral presentation at St. Anne School, New Bedford. sentatives to the Hockomock, North Attleboro and Mansfield, . rate along with Frankrfn, King Philip High of Wrentham and Canton 'a step behind the favor· Involvement Committee, was The latest in a series of fam- children's gifts to the altae at ites. However, North Attleboro followed by a social hour in the ily evening Masses at Bishop the offertory for later distribumay surprise the experts before school library. the season is over. Mansfield in Stang High School, North Dart- tion to needy families by Birthall probability will finish low mouth, featured a "shower for right of New Bedford. The Mass, Also at the North Dartmouth Mary," with students bringing sponsored by the Stang Student in the final standings. school, students 17 and 'older participated in a Red Cross blood Conference Will Stage Winter of Upsets drive for the first time since age Coach Ken Pickering. of North its opening game. Norton was J'equirements have been lowered has a good scrappy club that expected to be a strong conby the national organizations. is improving with experience. If tender with most of last year's A total of 59 pints of blood were team returning. the club progresses quickly look tournament VATICAN C TY (NC) - Ed· springlike weather on the first donated by students and faculty for North to be in the race. Voke will host Wareham tomor- ucation must be rooted in Sunday after Pope Paul opened members. Coach John Hayes of Mansfield row, while Norton plays at Di- strong moral and spiritual prin- the Holy Year in Rome on Student Leader Christmas Eve. on the other hand, is faced with man Regional in Fall River. St. ciples Pope Paul declared. An unusual project was reo the task of almost completely Anthony's of New Bedford will He told a group of Italian The" Pope also said: "From cently completed by senior rebuilding his team. The Green be at Westport in the remaining Catholic educators that reform this window we are not just Philip Spindola, an aspiring mu-. Hornets have lost their first six Division IV game. of education, now under discusgames and appear destin~d for a While it is still very early in sion in Italy, revolves around looking out on this incompar- sician, when he directed area long season. the campaign the forecast of a two cardinal considerations: the square of St. Peter's but farther, elementary school children in a five team fight for divisional schools educative purpose and toward the pilgrim - Church holiday choral presentation -at After the first week of play honors in IV appears sound. It which from great distances and St. Anne's School, New Bedford. its social aspects. from every corner of the earth in the multi-school Southeastern would not be the least bit sur·· He said that there was an Massachusetts Conference the prising to see the eventual urgent need for "clear and strong is coming toward this square. only safe assumption is that champion lose three or four moral and spiritual principles "We would like to be present this will be another Winter of games. No division could be on which a formative and sopersonally among all these upsets. It will take a superior more evenly matched. cially conscious school must be hrothers and sons who are here SINCE 1898 effort for any club to go undeIn Division 11 action slated for founded." now and on their way. feated even within its own divi- Friday, Dartmouth will be in He said the school's educative sion. SINCE 1941 Fall River to meet Bishop Con- purpose "should not disrupt serio Dishonesty Coach Ed Lowney's New Bed- nolly High, Bishop Feehan High ous, methodical teaching, but WEB OFFSET ford Vocational Artisans have of Attleboro is at Falmouth, should animate it with experiAnyone who accepts the SINCE 1967 already proven they will be in Case High of Swansea travels to mental contacts with life as life Christian principle that every the thick of the Division IV New Bedford to play Holy Fam- is lived." civil official is God's representarace. Voke trounced defending ily High and Fairhaven is at The school's social aspects, tive will clearly perceive how tri-champion Norton 74-52 in Somerset. he said, should link it to parents. wicked and degrading is any Thelta:Jian educators were form of dishonesty hy a person Durfee High Stands Alone in Division I among a very large crowd in public office. Defending champion Dart"' .prove the superiority of Durfee -Connell gathered in St. Peter's Square in mouth must bounce back against High of Fall River. Bishop Stang Connolly to stay in contention. High of Dartmouth, lightly reCoach Peter Gaudet's courtmen garded prior to the season, beat were edged by Fairhaven last Barnstable 70-68 in their opener. week 52-50 placing added pres- But, at the same time Durfee sure on them as they prepare trounced New Bedford. At this for the Connolly meeting. Con- early juncture, Coach Tom Karnolly, on the other hand, got off am's Durfee Hilltoppers appear to an excellent start by beating to be the class of the large favorite Holy Family. school bracket. The remaing five teams should wage an interestIn most pre-season polls Dart- ing battle for second place. mouth and Holy Family were 'In Division I tomorrow Stang picked as the likely winners of is at Taunton, Durfee at Attlethe Division IrI pennant. Fair- boro and Barnstable plays at haven and Connolly have upset New Bedford. the favorites. But neither better The six team Division III look back or someone will race bracket lists Bourne at Msgr. by to take over the lead. Divi- Coyle-Bishop Cassidy High in sion II looks almost as well bal· Taunton, Seekonk is in Mattaanced as IV. poisett to meet Old Rochester While there w~s one upset in Regional and Dennis-Yarmouth Division I play, it may only is at Dighton-Rehoboth.

letic tradition, thrive on the competition offered in the Hockomock circuit. Over the years the Amesmen have won their share of first place trophies, in spite of the fact, that they represent one of the smallest schools in the loop. If prognostications hold true another prize may be added to the collection. this Winter. Coach Bill Nickson's charges are off to a great start and bar· ring any unforeseen difficulties will be among the leaders at the end of the campaign. The task of winning the league title is uppermost in .the minds of the Amesmen who can expect a seri-

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. MARIMONT 86 Inch Traditional Sofa with Loose Pillow Back and Cap Arms MARIMONT 89 Inch Transitional Sofa with Loose Pillow Back, Buttoned Seat Cushion and Shephard Casters ........................................................•......... DREXEL "Crosswinds" Contemporary Triple Dresser, Mirror, Chest and Full or Queen Size , : .. Bed MARIMONT 63 Inch Traditional Love Seat with Loqse Pillow Back a[1d Knife Edge Buttoned Seat Cushion . DREXEL "Accolade" Contemporary Triple Dresser, Mirror, Chest, Full or Queen Size Bed .. MARIMONT 89 Inch Traditional Sofa with Loose Pillow Back and Knife Edge Buttoned Seat Cushion . HENREDON Traditional Knife Edge Pillow Back Lounge Chair with Button Tufted Seat . DREXEL Traditional Occasional Chairs. Choice of Styles and Finishes . HERITAGE Traditional Fireside Wing Chair with T-Cushion and Stretcher Base . DREXEL "Francesca" Italian Provincial Triple Dresser, Mirror, Chest and Full or Queen SIze Bed . DREXEL "Chatillon" French Provincial Triple Dresser, Mirror, Door Chest and Fu/f or Queen Size Bed .. : , . HENREDON Traditional Lounge Chair with T-Cushion and Cabrlole Legs . HERITAGE Traditional Loose Pillow Back Lounge Chair with Wood Trim and Decorative Skirt .. .HENREDON Traditional Lounge Chair with T-Cushion and Shephard Casters . DREXEL "Crosswinds" Contemporary Buffet, China, Oval Table, Four Spindle Side ChaIrs and Two Arm ChaIrs ' . HENREDON 88 Inch Traditional Loose Pillow Back Sofa with Curved Front . HERITAGE 85 Inch Traditional Curved Front Sofa with Diamond Tufted Back and T-Cushions .. HENREDON 95 Inch Traditional Loose Pillow Back Sofa with Cap Arms : . HENREDON "Folio XI" Oriental Double Dresser, Mirror, Five Drawer Chest, Full or Queen SIze : . Bed and Two Nite Stands DREXEL "Bishopsgate" Country English ChIna, Oval Table, Four Sfde ChairS ana two ,,,"'Chm~

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