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Bishop and Ministers The Ecumenical Commission of the Diocese of Fall River is sponsoring an Ecumenical Dialogue session between Bishop Cronin and all the Protestant ministers working within the Diocese of Fall River, this afternoon, Jan. 10, at Bishop Connolly High School in Fall River, from 1:30 to 4:00 p.m.

The purpose of the meeting is to provide an opportunity to the ministers for sharing and fellowship with Bishop Cronin and among themselves. Bishop Cronin will address the ministers assembled, and there will also be presentations by Very Rev. Thomas J. Harrington, Diocesan

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Chancellor, on current marriage legislation of the Church, and by Very Rev. Luiz G. Mendonca, V.G., on the preparatory year of 1974, and its ecumenical dimensions of peace and reconciliation. Following these presentations, there will be an informal fellowship session and coffee hour, and the meeting will

St. John of God Parish, Somerset. Two assistant pastors will become administrators of parishes. Rev. George de J. Sousa, assistant pastor at St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Fall River, will be the administrator of St. Elizbeth Parish in Fall River. Rev. Alexander M. Zichello, assistant pastor at Sacred Heart Parish, Fall River, will administer St. Francis of Assisi Parish in New Bedford. In Special Apostolates, Rev. Armando Annunziato, administrator of St. Francis of Assisi Parish, New Bedford, will become Director of St. Vincent's Home in Fall River and Administrator of St. Bernard Parish in Assonet.

conclude with a question and discussion period. The meeting is being held at this particular time to coincide with the theme of Christian Unity that is stressed during the month of January, particularly during the traditional Christian Unity Octave, January 18 to 25 each year.

Catholic Schools Effective In Transmitting Values KANSAS CITY (NC)-"Catholic schools, it turns out, may have worked better than most people thought," two Catholic sociologists conclude in' an article published in the National Catholic Reporter here. Father Andrew Greeley a.nd Wiliam C. McCready based their conclusion on a study that found a greater sense of hope among Catholics who attended Catholic schools than among Catholics who attended other schools. This group-labeled "hopefuls" by the sociologists - "faces

Announce Priestly Assignments His Excellency, the Most Reverend Bishop, today anounced the retirement of one priest and the change in assignment of thirteen other priests in the Diocese of Fall River. ' Retiring from the pastoral ministry because of ill health is Rev. J.M. Bettencourt e Avila, pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish in New Bedford. Two pastors will assume leadership of new par.ishes. Very Rev. Luiz G: Mendonca, V.G., pastor of St. John of God Parish, Somerset, will become the pastor of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish in New Bedford. Rev. Daniel L. Freitas, pastor of St. Elizabeth Parish, Fall River, will be the new pastor of

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Rev: Edmund J. Fitzgerald, assistant pastor at Holy Name Parish, Fall River, wiil lead the Pastoral Ministry at St. Anne's Hospital in Fall River and will reside at SS. Peter and Paul Rectory in the same city. Rev. John O'Brien, SS.CC., Turn to Page Two

squarely the problem of evil ... does not try to cover it over, but still believes good to be stronger than evil," McCready and Greeley said. The sociologists, who work at the National Opinion Research center in Chicago. said the hopefuls "are also more likely to be confident of human survival, to enjoy higher levels of psychological well-beng, more satisfying marriage relationships, and to be both less racist and more trusting of others." Describing their findings as "good news" for those who support Catholic schools, Father Greeley and McCready said that their good news "has an ironic twist. It may have come too late." "Ten years ago, or even five years ago," they said, "such information might have turned the tide; :but many of those who staff and administer Catholic schools today seem willing no longer to believe in what they are doing.

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Pastor. of New Bedford's Mte Carmel Retires After 43 Years' Service The Rev. Jose M. Bettencourt e Avila, pastor of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish, New Bedford, has submitted his resigna-

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tion from the pastoral ministry because of ill heath. His Excellency, the Most Reverend Bishop has accepted it <and sent to the New Bedford parish Very Rev. Luiz G. Mendonca as the new pastor. Father Avila was born on Nov. 16, 1906 in Rosais, San Jorge, Azores, the son of the late Joao Marie Bettencourt e Avila and the late Rosa Silveira de Anches. After his studies in the Azores, he stu4ltr;l philosophy and theology at $t. Mary's Seminary in Baltimo,r~ and was ordained a priest on June 14, 1930 by Most Rev. James E. Cassidy. From ordination to 1937, Father Avila served as Assistant Pastor at St. Anthony Parish, Taunton, and Immaculate Conception Parish, New Bedford. In 1937, Most Rev. James E. Cassidy, Bishop of Fall River, assigned the young curate for advanced studies at Catholic University in Washington, D.C. Turn to Page Four

The deterioration of self-confidence is such now that it is improbable that any good news can reverse the process. It is almost as though no one wishes to believe in the possibility of good news about Catholic schools." Father Greeley and McCready found that those Catholics who went to both Catholic grammar school and high school are much more likely (29 per cent versus 17 per cent) to be hopeful than those who went only to public schools. The sociologists described the hopeful response as more sophisticated than others and expressed surprise at their finding that college-educated Catholics who had attended Catholic grammar school and high school belonged to the hopeful category in much higher proportion (42 per cent versus 19 per cent) than collegeeducated Catholics who had, attended only public schools. "This," they concluded, "is not an unimpressive performance, to say the least,"

POPE, MANSFIELD NATIVE: Pope Paul VI talks to Rev. William J. Kelley, S.V.D., originally of St. Mary's parish, Mansfield. Father Kelley, vocation director for southern province of Divine Word Missionaries, was at the audience marking 76th birthday of the Pontiff. He has just completed the Tertiate program of his community in Italy and is scheduled to resume work in Bay St. Louis, Miss.

Thousands of friends of the exceptional and underprivileged children within the area of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fall River fl"Om Provincetown to Attleboro will dance on Friday, January 11, at the Lincoln Park Ballroom, North Dartmouth, to the music of the well-known Lester Lanin and his orchestra at the 19th annual Bishop's Charity Ball. The exceptional children at the four Nazareth Hall Schools and the underprivileged and exceptional children who attend the four summer camps will benefit from the proceeeds of this outstanding New England social winter event. Couples from all sections of the 1,194 square miles of the diocese will make the Charity Ball the largest in the history of the charitable event. The highlight of the evening will be the presentation of thirtyeight young ladies from the various sections of the diocese to the Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, Bishop of the diocese, in whose honor the Ball is dedicated. This Ball will also commemorate the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the diocese which took place on March 12, 1904. The young ladies will be preTurn to Page Three

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OFIFICIAL RETIREMENT Rev. J. M. Bettencourt e Avila, Pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, New Bedford, retiring, due to ill health, Feb. I, 1974. APPOINTMENTS Pastors Very Rev. Luiz G. Mendonca, V~G., to Pastor of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish, New Bedford, effective Feb. 6, 1974. Rev. Daniel L. Freitas, to Pa"stor of St. John of God Parish, Somerset, effective Feb. 6, 1974. ADMINISTRATORS Rev. George-de J. Sousa, to Administrator of St. Elizabeth Parish, Fall River, effective Feb. 6, 1974. Rev. Alexander M. Zichello, to Administrator of St. ·Francis of Assisi Parish, New Beqford, effective Jan. '23, 1974. SPECIAL APOSTOLATES Rev. Armando Annunz·iato, to Director of St. Vincent's Home in Fall River, and to Administrator of St. Bernard Parish, Assonet, effective Jan. 23, 1974. Rev. Edmund J. Fitzgerald, to Pastoral Ministry at St. Anne's Hospital, ;Fall River, with residence at 55. Peter and Paul Rectory, Fall River, effective Jan. 16, 1974. Rev. John O'Brien, S8.CC., to Hospital Chaplain at Morton Hospital, Taunton, with residence at St. Mary's Rectory, Taunton, effective Jan. 16, 1974. OTHER ASSIGNMENTS Rev. John. P. Cronin, to leave of absence, effective' Jan. 23, 1974. Rev. John R. Foister, to Assistant, St. Louis Parish, Fall River, effective Jan. 16, 1974. ,Rev. Richard R. Gendreau, to Assistant, St. Louis de France Parish, Swansea, effective Jan. 16, 1974. Rev. John A. Gomes, to Assistant, St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Fall River, effective Jan. 16, 1974. Rev. Hugh J. Munro, to Assistant, Holy Name Parish, Fall River, effective Jan. H>, 1~74. Rev. Arthur K. Wingate, to Assistant, Sacred Heart Parish, Fall River, effective Jan. 23, 1974.

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Urges Optimusm for Families

FATHER MENDONCA

FATHER FREITAS

Priestly Assignments Continued from Page One Chaplain of Sacred Hearts Academy in Fairhaven, wi11 serve as Chaplain to the Morton Hospital in Taunton and reside at St. Mary's Rectory in that city. Rev. John P. Cronin, Director of St. Vincent's Home and Administrator of St. Bernard Parish, Assonet, has been granted a leave of absence. Other parish changes include: Rev. John R. FoIster to S~. Louis Parish,' Fall River, as Assistant Pastor. Rev. Richar(l R. Gendreau, to St. Louis de France Parish, Swansea, as Assistant Pastor. Rev. John A. Gomes, to 5:. Anthony of Padua Parish, Fall River, as Assistant Pastor. Rev. Hugh J. Munro, to Holy Name Parish, Fall River, as Assistant Pastor. Rev. Arthur K. Wingate, to Sacred Heart Parish, Fall River, as Assistant Pastor. Father Mendonca Rev. Luiz G. Mendonca, the son of the late Luiz G. and the late Maria (Almeida) Mendonca, was' born in New Bedford on Sept. 26, 1919. After attending St. Mary's School and Holy Family High School in that city, he prepared for the priesthood at: " the Seminary of Angra, Terceira, Azores. He was ordained a priest by Most Rev. James E. Cassidy on June 10, 1944 and has served at Immaculate Conception and Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parishes in New Bedford, Our Lady of Health and St. Michael Parishes in Fall

NORTHVA1.E (NC) - Fam- iUfe Bureau of the U.S. Catholic Know Thine Enemy ilies should turn deaf ears to Conference. prophets of doom "and look to Msgr. McHugh made his re- And Thy Schedule the future with optimism, findmarks during his sermon at St. ( PEORIA (NC) - Know your ing in the innocence and inquis!itiveness . . . of children the Anthony's Ohurch here, where enemy. but know also when he helps out on weekends and you're supposeg to play them. basis for some hope and joy," according to Msgr. James T. holy days. He is a priest of the That may be the new motto of a Chicago high school. basketball McHugh, director of the Family Newark archdiocese. Speaking on the feast of the team. Holy Family, Msgr. McHugh Twenty-some basketball playsaid that the family is a basic ers from Hirsch High School in Necrolog)f social uni-t, its instabiUty fos- the Chicago Public League sudtel's personal breakdown among denly appeared Dec. 14 at the JAN. 20 children. gymnasium of .Bergan, a Catholic Rev. Roland J. Masse, 1952, high school here, apologizing for Assistant, Notre Dame, Fall "It is in the famly that the being an hour late for the junior. life of each indiv.idua·l begins," varsity contest. River. - After a 4Y2-hour busride he said, "and in the ne~work of , JAN. 24 family relationships that living through a snowstorm last year's Rev. Edwar'd H. Finnegan, S.J., is learned." Illinois large-school state cham. 1951, Boston College Facul ty. In order to secure stabiLity, pions watched Bergan beat Msgr. McHugh added, the fam- Peoria Limestone, then got back ily must be protected from social on their bus for Chicago without planners and advocates of zero ever gettUng into their sneakers. THE ANCHOR popula,:ions growth. However, Hirsch has a contract to play Second Class Postage Paid at Fall River, Mass. Published every Thursday at 410 marl1ied couples, he said, "must Bergan, it seems, on Dec. 14 ... Highland Avenue, Fall River, Mass. 02722 balance their personal hopes with but in 1974,' not 1973, as its by the Catholic Press of the Dio,;ese of Fali River. Subscription price by mall, postpaid the good of society." coach had thought. $4.00 per Jar.

The Reverend Wi11iam Petrie will be the guest speaker at the New Bedford Catholic Women's Club monthly meeting this evening, Jan. 10. Father Petrie's apostolate started by working with the Puerto Rican people at the Regina Pacis Center. He then beoame involved .in ecumenism and the cause of social justice in the city. As an outgrowth of this work, Fatber spent two months last summer in India aiding Mother Teresa and her Missionary Sisters of Charity in their task of helping the poor and destitute. His talk will center on 'his experiences in the grief-stricken . city of Calcutta. The event wi11 commence at 8 p.m. at the clubhouse, 399 County St.

River, St. Anthony Pal'ish, East Falmouth and St. John of God Priest's ,Film Wi'ns Parish, Somerset. He is a mem~er of the Board Festival Award of Examiners of the Clergy and NEW YORK (NC) - A dramwas appointed Vicar General on atized film about a high school March 3, 1971. girl's struggle over whether or not to have an abortion has won Father Freitas an award at thoe 1973 InternationBorn in Terceira, Azores, on al and TV Festival here. March 5, 1925, Rev. Daniel L.· "Abor,tion-A Woman's DeciFreitas, the son of Maria Luz Leonardo Freitas and the late sion," written and directed by Jose L. Freitas, completed his Father Bi11 Cogan of Chicago, won a silver medal at the festiearly education at Terra' Chao He prepared for the priesthood val. The 22-minute film is the story at the Seminary of Angra and St. Mary's Semi-nary, Baltimore, of an unwed high school senior Md. Most Rev. James 1.. Connol- who expects to haye a baby near ly ordained him a .priest. on the date of hoer graduation. Pressures are put on her by friends . June 11, 1949. Father Freitas has served at and family to have an abortion. Our Lady of M t. Carmel Parish She and her parents visit a in New Bedford; Santo Christo doctor who explains fetal develand St. Elizabeth Parishes in Fall opment and abortion pro~~ures. River. After serious consideration, the He is a member· of the Dioc- girl decides to have her baby. esan Commission for Divine Worship., Turn to Page Three

Diocese Establishes Office for Young

SAGINAW (NC)-Father Lawrence M. Pashak has been named vicar to head the newly estabROME (NC) ~ Three more lished Saginaw Diocese Office Mill Hill missionaries had to for the Young. Father Pashak wi11 insure that leave Sabah (formerly North Borneo) recently because the youth programs are comprehengovernment there would not re- sive and coordinated with acnew their work permits, Fides, tions of other diocesan agencies. a missionary news service, re"Office for the Young" was ported. chosen as the name of the agenThe three are Fathers Florian cy because "use of -the term Jud of Italy and Stanislaus van 'youth' restricts the ministry to Hasselt and Herman Saraber of those of teen and teen age ... In the Netherlands. choosing to use the term "young" Th,irty-four Mi11 Hill mission- the ministry opens to those peraries hoave been expelled from sons who are older, single or Sabah-a state in the Federation married, and who feel a need to of Malaysia-since March 1970,· be a par-t of the program," leaving 10 Mill Hill Fathers and Father Pashak said. two Mi11 Hi11 Brothers still working there. There are 12 local priests and 60 local Sisters working there, D. D.' Wilfred C. ,but tne v-icar apostolic, Bishon Sullivan Driscoll Peter Chung Wan Ting, 45, though a Malaysian citizen, has FUNERAL HOME never been allowed permanent 20E WINTER STREET residence in Sabah. He is allowed into Sabah on a visitor's FALL RIVER, MASS. pass about every two weeks for 672-3381 a pastor's visit.

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Sending Roses to Offic'ials To Mark Abortion Date Roses will deluge the offices of the nation's 535 senators and representatives on Tuesday, Jan. 22, the first anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision to legalize abortion. They will be sent to the law-

Fall River Office For Birthright The trustees of St. Anne's Hospital in Fall River have donated office space in Clemence Hall-the former Fall River School of Nursing-at 243 Forest St. in Fall River for the use of Birthright Inc., an agency offering a pro-life program and an alternative to abortion in the matter of pregnancy. Within a month a telephone will be in operation. Birthright also announces its training workshop - a requirement for all Birthright volunteers. . The workshops will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 19, and on Saturday, Jan. 26, and wlII take place at Clemence Hall. January 19 Session I-Birthright as a Mission. Susan Anderson, Cape Cod Director Session U-Fetology, Pregnancy and kbortion. Leonard Smith, M.D., Cape Cod gynecologist Lunch-<Please bring a sandw.ich--eoffee will be served.) Session III - Psychology of Counseling. Joseph Ryan, Ph.D.; Psychologist . 'January 26 Session I-Public and Private Social Services. Miss Marcelia Warrener, Social Worker Session II - Laws Re~a'tion Birthright Inc. John Lund, Attorney Lunch-(Please bring a sandwich-ccffee will :be served.) Session II1-0ffice Procedure. June Partridge, R.N., Fall River Director Session IV--Group SharingBirthright volunteers . Those wishing to attend the workshops are asked' to call or to write June Partridge, 720 Sharps Lot Rd., Swansea, Mass. 02777, telephone 8-8539, or Maureen Donahue, 402 Eastwood Ave., Somerset, Mass. 02726, telephone 4-5171.

Cardinal Manning Made Cork Freeman

CORK (NC)-eardinal Timothy Manning of Los Angeles, a native of County Cork, was made a Freeman of the City of Cork in a ceremony at the city hall here. A freeman is one who possesses the full pr.ivileges and l1ights of a citizen of a city. It is principally an honorary status. Sen. Patrick Kerrigan, lord mayor of Cork, received the 64year-old cardinal on the steps of the city hall and introduced him to the municipal authorities of the city. The 'lord mayor said they gr~~ted Cardinal Manning as an outstanding Irishman and assured him that his fellow countrymen everywhere had taken great pleasure in the news of his elevation earlier this year to the college of cardinals.

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makers by citizens urging passage of a constitutional amendment protecting the right to life. Members of the National March for Life Committee, organizer of the unique gesture, say the roses will symbolize how deeply senders are "committed to the lives of our unborn, our aged, and our chronically ilL" How to Join Robert T.S. Simmons of the Life Resource Center of Fall River is area coordinator of the project. He asks that those wishing to participate in sending roses send $2 for each rose to 212 Oliver St., Fall River 02724. Recipients of the roses may be designated, noted Simmons, adding that area legislators include Rep. Margraet Heckler, Sen. Edward Brooke and Sen. Edward Kennedy. A card explainig the act and giving the name of the sender will be included with each rose.

Educators to Meet Jan. 12 in St. Louis WASHINGTON (NC) - "The Catholic University in the Modern World" .is the theme of the annual meeting of the College and University Department of the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) to be held Jan. 12 and 13 in St. Louis. The theme of the meeting is taken from the title of a document approved in November 1972 by the Second International Congress of Del~gates of Catholic Universities. The document discusses the nature of a Catholic university, its governance and activities and its relationships with other universities and wjth the Catholic bishops. The document caused some controversy because of a section dealing with the Catholic university's independence from local bishops in the evaluation of theological teaching and research. The meeting features a t1"ibute to Father Clarence W. Friedman, who will retire next June as executive secretary of the NCEA's College and University Department.

Priest, Nun Nam~d Providence Vicars PROVIDENCE(NC) - A nun and a diocesan priest have heen named vicars for Religious in the Providence diocese by Bishop Louis E. Gelineau. The new diocesan off-icia'is are Sister Mary Madonna Crawford of the Sisters of Mercy and Father Donald J. Bouressa, vicechancellor and vicar for canonical affairs of the diocese. Although there was no apparent relationship, Bishop Gelineau's action came only a few weeks after a report was issued in Washington by a national task force on the role of nuns. The group had recommended that more Sisters be named diocesan' vicars for Religious. The vicars deal with Religious working in ,the diocese, most of whom are nuns, the task force noted. 'Sister Crawford holds a masters degree in guidance 'and counseling and is on the staff of St. Mary's Academy-Bay View in East Providence.

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"Get Well Wilfred" was the huge sign pasted on corridor windows of Sacred Hearts Academy, Fall River, recently. But tile si~ was designed to be read from outside, not from inside. Specifically, it was for Wilfred Morrissette, father of SHA senior Lisa, who was confined to a room in neighboring Union Hospital directly opposite the sign. Reinforcing the message at break periods in the school day were Lisa and her classmates, FATHER ZICHELLO who gathered to wave at their favorite patient. "It cheered him up so much that he got out of the hospital in record time," He has served at St. John of was the doctor's verdict on Lisa's God Parish, Somerset; St. Mi- . brand of TLC. chael, Our Lady of Health, Our Lady of Angels and St. Anthony Parishes in Fall River; Our Lady Archdiocese Gives of Mt. Carmel Parish, New Bed- $110,000 in Grants ford; St. Anthony Parish, TaunCINCINNATI (NC) - Grants ton. totaling more than $110,000 were Father Zichello . awarded to 22 agencies and orRev. Alexander M. Zichello, ganizations promoting human the son of Vincenza (Stampone) rights and dignity by the and the late Nicholas ZicheIlo, Cincinnati Archdiocesan Social was born in FitcHburg on March Action Commission. 24, 1919. Funds to be distributed will After years at Donald McKay School, East Boston High School, be used in programs of health and Boston College, he attended care, services to the elderly, dethe Pallotine College on Long velopment of leadership and of Island and Catholic University, community organization, emergency assistance to families, recWashington, D. C. He as ordained a priest on reation and counseling for young Feb. 6, 1954 and served with people, reentry of convicts into the Pallotine Fathers at Bishop society, minority employment Eustace High School, Sag Herber opportunities and anti-poverty . Retreat House, St. Joseph High measures. Largest grant in the current School, Hammonton, N. J. and All Saints Parish, Brooklyn, N. Y. list is $25,000 to the Black CathA World War II. veteran, olic Caucus of the Cincinnati Father Zichella has been Assis- archdiocese, an organization detant 'Pastor at Sacred Heart Par- signed to bring black Catholics into greater responsibility for and ish, Fall River, since 1962. par,ticipation in the Church. Turn to Page Four

Priestly Assignments Continued from Page Two Father de Sousa Rev. George de J. Sousa was born in Funchal, Madeira Island, on Dec. 27, 1925, the son of Feliciano and Leonilde (Caldeira) J. de Sousa. After early education in the Funchal schools, he prepared for the priesthood at Funchal Seminary and was ordained a priest on March 24, 1951.

Charity Ball Continued from Page One sented by their fathers in one of the many' outstanding scheduled events of the evenin'g. Bishop Cronin will be the guest speaker. The program for the evening is as follows: 8 P.M. to 8:45 P.M. -music for dancing in the main ballroom by Van Allen's orchestra; 9 P.M.-introduction of Lester Lanin in person and his orchestra; 9:05 P.M.-Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, Bishop of Fall River, will be escor.ted to the Bishop's Box by honorary chairmen, Mr. Robert M. McGuirk, North Dighton, president of the Particular Council of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Taunton area, and Mrs. Richard M. Paulson, Taunton, presiden.t of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women; 9:10 P.M. to 9:35 P.M.introduction of'the Presentees to Bishop Cronin, by the Master of Ceremonies, Edward F. Kennedy, Jr.. Taunton. Diocesan President of the Society of St. Vincent de . Paul; 9:35 P.M. - dancing; 10 P.M.--Grand March followed by the introduction of Bishop Cronin by Rev. Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, diocesan director of the Bishop's Charity Ball; dancing to 1 A.M.-Lester Lanin and his orchestra in the Grand Ballroom and Van Allen's orchestra in the Lounge of the Ballroom. Among those serving as ushers at the affair will be the following men of the Society of St. Vincent de, Paul: Fall RiverRoland Guay, Joseph Gromada, Henry Desmond, Raymond A. Boulay, Normand A. Castonguay, Hector A. Lapointe, John Oliveira, Henry Seneca, Herman Borges, A. Roger LaFleur; Westport-Honore Vaillancourt; Swansea-Edouard W. LaCroix. Rev. Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, diocesan director of the Ball, has announced that Van Allen's orchestra will play in the' main ballroom from 8 P.M. to 8:45 P.M. and in the Ballroom Lounge. from 9 P.M. to 1 A.M. The Grand March is scheduled for 10 P.M.

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Hits Continued Criticism Of Scripture' Scholar In a recent column,' I took note of the fact that a number of Catholic papers in the United States seem hell bent on destroying the reputation of some of our leading scripture scholars, notably Father Raymond Brown, who is teaching this semester at them for the sake of even greater the Biblical Institute in Rome accuracy. We found that my corand doubling in brass as respondent had flagrantly misscholar in residence at the quoted Father Brown. In other Graduate House of Studies of the North American College. His recent book, "The V,irginal Conception and Bodily Resurrection," is

words, Father Brown, in quoting Pope John XXIII, has never, in any of his writings, made the mistake attributed to him above.

Quotes Pope Verbatim In the question of phrasing By truths "in such ways that the hearer will understand," Fatiher MSGR. Brown may well not find much , differ~ce between "formulating" and "presenting," but in point GEORGE G. of fact, he has always quoted the Pope verbatim and has never HIGGINS "substituted" in this quotation the one word for the other. Needless to add, our correspondent's recommended among the "sug- additional charge that Father gested readings" of the Ameri· _ Brown is bent on formulating can Bishops' new Pastoral Let- any doctrine which he chooses ter on Mary. is totally and maliciously false, Some of themaii I have reo and, in my opinion, u:;terly beceived in response to that col- neath contempt. umn is, frankly, rather' frighten· Since the letter in question has - ,ing, for both in tone and content, already been sent to at leas.t one it would seem to i:'ldicate that diocesan newspaper and js thereFather Brown's more aggressive fore a matter of a public record, critics have no intention of call- the man who wrote it owes Faing off the dogs. To the con- ther Brown a public apology for trary, they are determined to having so recklessly damaged his get their man, at whatever cost professional reputation. JUdging to charity and truth. from the tone' of his letter, howOne letter says, for example, . ever, I s~eriously doubt that he Ithat Father Brown :is "intellec- is prepared to make amends to tually dishonest ... a man whose Father Brown. He strikes me as' words cannot be trusted." That's being much too sure of himself an extremely serious charge to . for anything like that. Indeed his make against one of the leading self-assurance in a highly spescripture scholars in the entire cialized field of learning in which Catholk world, but our corres- he has never had a bit of propondent-whose intellectual self- fessional training is truly someassurance almost border~ on arthing to behold. Heolearly gives rogance-is convinced that he the impression that, so far 'as can make it stick. Unfortunately he is concerned, everybody, infor his own reputation, the evicluding the Holy Father, is out dence he cites agabst Father of line-everybody except h;imBrown proves that he himself, self and those who, ),ike tihe ediand not his ,intended viotim, is tors of the "Wanderer," are out a man whose words (in this case to silence those with whom they at least) simply camiot be disagree. , trusted. Hopes for Reconciliation 'Intellectually Dishonest' 'For example, he is not the Here is ,the clumsy way he goes about "pr.oving" that Father ,least bid impressed by the fact Brown is intellectually dishonest: that the Holy See has appointed "My own 'favorite q:lOte from Father Brown and Father BarnaFather Brown concerns his out- bas Ahearn to serve, respecti~e rage.ous twisting of some words Iy, on The Potifical Biblical Comof. Pope John XXIII. The Pope mission and The POl1tifical Theonce said, 'l1he substance of the ologic-al Commission. According anoient doctrine of ,the 'deposit to him; that simply indicates of faith is one thing, and the that the Holy See "can make way in which it is presented is mistakes in the affairs of men." another.' These are simple yet It can indeed, but ill the present pmfound words, certaiQly mean- context, this little swipe at the ing that doctrine is doctrine and Roman author-Hies is a clas.sic it must be presented in such example of intellectual arroways that the hearer will under- gance. One really doesn't know stand. Fat'her Brown substituted the word "formulated' for 1!he whether to laugh or to cry about word 'presented,' thus converting it. For my own part, I would prethe meaning so as to permit him- fer to laugh about tt, but I am self to formulate any doctrine afraid' there is good reason to which he chooses. By '~his exer- cry about it, for it highlights cise he demonstrates, to me, that tJhe fact that the Catholic comhe is a man whose words can·' munity in the Unied States is dangerously polarized on matters not be trusted." When I called this scurrilous of crucial importance to the life charge ,to Father Brown's atten- of the Church. When and how tion, he reacted just as I would will it all end? Perhaps the Holy have expected a distinguished Year, with its' emphasis on the scholar to react. He calmly went theme of Christia'n reconciliation, to his Iibary and checked all his will help to br,ing us all together available writings on the partic- again. Le~'s hope-and, above ular point at issue. At his re- all, let's pray - that this will quest, I then double checked come to pass.

FATHER ANNUNZIATO

FATHER FITZGERALD

Priestly' Assignment!; Continued from, Page Three Father Annunziato Born in Taunton on Oct. 10, 1931, Rev. Armando Annunziato, the son of Angelina M. (Greco) and the late Michael Annunziato, attended Cohannet School, Msgr. Coyle High School and Providence College. He prepared for the priesthood at St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore, Md. and North American College in Rome where he wa" ordained a priest on Dec. 16, 1956. He has served at St. Mary Pa.rish in No. Attleboro and St. Francis of Assisi Parish in New Bedford. He has also been chaplain of the Daughters of Isabella of North Attleboro, Tribunal Advoate, member of the Pre-eana Conferences of New Bedford, chaplain of the New Bedford Guild for the Blind and Director of St. Mary's Home in New Bedford. , Father Fitzgerald Rev. Edumund J. Fitzgerald, the son of the late Dr..Edmund J. and the late Eunice (Drum) Fitzgerald, was born in Fa:1 River on Sept. 3, 1942. After attending St. Mary's

Parish School, Taunton, Msgr. Coyle High School' and Boston Colege, he prepared for the priesthood at St. John Seminary, Brighton, Father Fitzgerald, was ordained a priest on May 18, 1968. Since his ordination he has served as Assistant Pastor at Holy Name Parish, Fall River. Father Fitzgerald has an M.A. degree from Bridgewater State College. Father O'Brien Born in New York City on Nov. 13, 1913, Rev. John O'Brien was ordained a priest in the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts cf Jesus and Mary and of the Perpetual' Adoration of the Blessed, Sacrament on June 18" 1948. He has served as Master of Novices and in administrative and pastoral offices for his Con-, gregation in Washington, D. C.; Fairhaven; LaVerne, Calif.; Rochester, N. Y.; Jaffrey, N. H. For some years he has been serving as Chaplain to the Sacred Hearts Academy in Fairhaven. Turn to Page Five

f'ather Avila Resigns Pastorate Continued from Page One Following his studies,Father Avila returned to the parish min,· istry in Immaculate Conception Parish, New Bedford,and later went on to serve at Our Lady of Health Parish, Fall River. On Sept. 16, 1944, Bishop Cassidy named Father Avila as pastor of St. AnthQny P.arish, East Falmouth.. He is especially known in the Cape parish for his tireless efforts to turn a clean, neat and adequate church into something of artistic beauty. Gradually, with little funds, he succeeded. Through ,a personal friend in New York and with a great deal of prayer and effort, he succeeded in "commissioning" Henrique Medina, noted POl'tuguese portrait artist to paint the scene of the apparition of Fatima. A long period of anxiety fol· lowed during which the young pastor worried how he would ever be able to pay such a talented artist. Finally, the painting arrived-· "a free gift, to Father Avila, for the Church of St. Anthony, in honor of Our Lady of Fatima." The picture was of such striking beauty that it was resolved t'hat the alt'ar over which it would be hung should first be redecorated. The altar led to the walls and

ceilings and furnishings and the little Cape church soon became well, worth the 'tourist's stop and the growing pride of the parishioners. On May 14, 1964, Most Rev. James L. Connolly, Bishop of Fall River, appoint~~d the Cape pastor to' the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish' in New Bedford. Under his leadership, the parish has not only made strides' in Christi-an commitment and invo~vement within its widespread boundaries :but it has led all other parishes in its contribution to the Catholic Charities Appeal and other diocesan programs. In continuing his urge to always make the church a beauti.ful place, Father AvHa redecorat· ed a chapel II?- the large Mt. Carmel Church into a new baptistry to better emphasize the new litur.gical rites. ' The New Bedford pastor, responding to the influx of Por· tuguese immigrants, was instrumental in establishing Second Language Classes, a hi-lingual library and studies for citizenr ship. '

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LONDON (NC)-It iis possible today to detect shades of optimism on priestly' ~ocations among the directors of vocations and others working in that field in England. Nobody is suggesting that the Church is out of the woods, but recent statistios suggest that the worst may 'be over. In 1960, 101 students began their courses in the senior sem· inaries. A year 'later this figure dropped to 93, to be followed by yet another fall-to 88 in 1971. At ,the start of the 1973 academic year in October the num· ber of new entrants stood at 117. ,Father Kevin Byrne, secretary of the National Conference of Vocations Directors, 'said he be· lieves that those figures provide a more reliable guide than the total number of students, which has drop-ed from 792 in 1963 to 519. in 1972, the last year for ,which figures are available. Many Late Vocations One encouraging sign is a marked increase in the number of older men desiring to become priests. There are so many late vocallions in England at present that the Beda College in Rome, where tl:·ey are traditionally trained, cannot accommodate them 'all. "Because of this all the other senior seminaries in England are having to accept them, along with the other students who commence their studies 'at 18," said Father Byrne. Because of spiraLing ,costs, the improvement ih, general education facilities for Catholic chidren and the decline in the number of younger boys starting a seminary education, usually at the age of 11, most of the junior seminaries have been closed. Father Byrne told NC News: "I think this tendency. towards the more mature student w1ll he maintained. -I do not think that you will reverse if unless you reo vive ,the junior seminaries, and , nobody is suggesting that. Place for Mature Men "It is true, of course, that men will come into. the priesthood at various ages. Young people do get vocations, but ,in the past we did not get many from the uni· versities because there were not , as many Catholics going to them, and we did not get as m'any from the older men."

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Cardinal Traglia Dea n of College

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FR. GENDREAU

FR. GOMES

FR. MUNRO

VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope Paul VI has confirmed the election of Cardinal Luigi Traglia as dean of the college of cardinals. Cardinal Traglia, who was assistant dean, replaces the late Cardinal Amleto Cicognani, who died Dec. 17. . The Pope also confirmed the election of Cardinal Carlo Confalonieri as new assistant dean. Both men were elected by cardinals heading the seven sub· urbicarian dioceses of Rome. The date of the election was not announced. (Suburbicarian dioceses are the seven ancient dioceses near Rome for which cardinals are the titular heads but which are actually governed by other bishops.) Cardinal Tragliais a former Chancellor of the Holy Roman ChuI1Ch (an office that has been done way with) and Cardinal Confalonieri is a former prefect 1'f the Congregation for Bishop!'>.

FR. WINGATE

New Assignments Affect 14 -Priests Continued from Page Four Father Foister Born in Fall River on Dec. 6, 1931, Father Foister is the son of Eglantine (Allard) and the late Joseph J. FoIster. He studied at St. Anne and Blessed Sacra· ment Schools in Fall River and Mt. St. Charles Academy in Woonsocket, R.1. Father Foister prepared for the priesthood at Our Lady of Providence Seminary in War· wick, R. I., St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore, Md. and North American College in Rome. He was ordained to the priesthood on Dec. 20, 1958 and has served at St. Roch, Notre Dame and Sacred Heart Parishes in Fall River; St. Anthony cf ~adua

Parish in New Bedford; St. Louis de France Parish in Swansea. Father FoIster has also served as New Bedford and Fall River Regional Director of CCD, Sec· retary of the Board of Examiners of the Clergy, Chaplain of the Fall River Fire Department and Assistant Director of The Anch.or. Father Gendreau Rev. Richard R. Gendreau, the son of Eymard and Blanche (Proulx) Gendreau, was born in Fall River on Aug. 5, 1941. He studied at Notre Dame, Msgr. Prevost High School and Stonehill College before preparing for the priesthood at St. John's Seminary, Brighton. Ordained a priest on May 3, 1969, he has served at St. Mi· chael Parish, Ocean Gro:ve.

Father Gomes on May 15, 1930. Born on Madeira Island, PorA graduate of Boston English tugal, on Feb. 13, 1942, Rev. High School, he attended St. AnJohn A. Gomes is the son of . selm's College, Manchester, N. H. Alexander G. and Cisaltina and in 1951 entered St. Louis (Freitas) Gomes. de Montfort Seminary in LitchAfter his studies at Mt. Car- field, Conn. mel School and Holy Family Following his ordination in High School in New Bedford, he Hartford on March 16, 1957, prepared for the priesthood at St. Father Munro attended Catholic Thomas Seminary, Bloomfileld, University, Washington, D. C. Conn. and St. Mary's Seminary, He was then engaged for 10 Baltimore, Md. years in Domestic Mission AposHe was ordained a priest on tolate in the mid·west and southMay 3, 1969 and has served at .' west United States. Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, A priest of the Fall River DioTaunton and CYO Director for . cese since 1969, he has served Taunton Area. at Our Lady .of the Assumption Father Munro Parish; Osterville; St. Mary ParThe son of Mary (MoCormack) ish, No. Attleboro and St. Louis and the late Hugh Munro, Rev. Parish, Fall River. Father Wingate Hugh Munro was born in Boston

Churches Prepare to Aid Chile Refugees Mrs. Carlos 'Alberto Reyes Es- tiago Chile, will teach at the Unipinoza and their two children versity of Cal.ifornia at La Jolla. The family ·is being allowed who w.ill stay for an interim period at the Episcopal Church's to enter the United States upon Bretheran Service Cen~er at New recommendation of the U. S: State Department and approval Windsor, Md. The Reyes Espinozas plan to of the Department of Justice: The Rev. John S. Schaul', dimove later to the West Coast. Reyes Espinoza, who taught at rector of NCCC's Immigration the Technical University in San· . and Refugee Program, said his office will settle as many Chilean refugees as the Justice Depart· ment wHI allow to enter the United States. He said some 54 Chilean refugees have filed applications for WASHINGTON (NC)-A task bisl-.·op. force on Women Religious in the -Both men and women Reli- entry into the Uni·ted States unChurch has cr,iticized the Vati- gious be eligi·ble for appointment der a special program of the can's Commission on the role of to the post "without discrimina- U. S. government Women in the Church and urged tion by sex or official position in Catholic Conference that more nuns be named vicars the Church." In Washington, D. C., John for Religious, a diocesan post The task force also said that McCarthy, director of the Divinormally held by a priest. its "members were amazed that sion of Migration and Refugee The comments came in a re- a college sophomore could be Services of the U. S. Catholic port published by the task force, considered to represent the Cath- Conference, said his office was made up of 11 Sisters and one olic women of America" on the also prepared to give assistance priest. Vatican commission on women. to the Chilean refugees. The report said the task force Deborah Schellman, 21, of At"We are participating and aswas concerned with the right of lanta was appointed to the com· sisting in the resettlement prowomen Religious to be self-deter- mission in early May' as the gram of those who are obliged mining and that the focus of American representative. to leave Chile," McCarthy s,aid. this concern was the post of vicMcCarthy said' there has been The method of selecting. the ar for ReligiOUS. representatives on the commis- a tremendous change in the "Women Religious are chal- sion was also criticized by the attitude of the U. S. government <toward refugees. He noted that lenging this, no longer taking it task force. for granted," the report stated. "It seems clear to the task until recently the government "Since vicars are concerned pre· force that the approach and for- was interested in accepting only dominantly with women Reli- mation of the papal commission refugees from communist coungious, they are asking, 'Why was non-participative, secretive tries. should not the vicar be a and discriminatory - the very But he pointed out that the woman?'" questions such a commission United States has since become Recommendations by the task would be expected to address," an adherant to the United Naforce concerning the vicar for the task force report· stated. tion's Declaration of Human Religious suggested: "Since the delegate apparently is Rights. "Now," said McCarthy, -A committee be set up to not accountable to American "any person has the right to provide consultation when a new women, the task force does not political asylum, regardless of vicar for Religious ,is to be ap- perceive that she represents any- his political beliefs, so long as pointed and that the committee one but herself in the discus- he does not threaten to go against the country he enters," recommend candidates to the sions,"

NEW YORK (NC)-TheEpiscopal Church, through the auspices of the National Council of Churches (NCC), has sponsored the first Chilean refugee family to be admitted to the United States since the overthrow of the late President Salvador Allende's Marxist government. The sponsorship is for Mr and

Task Force Urges More Stress On Role of Women Religious

Rural India Resists Family Planning

Born in Wellesley on Oct. 22, 1930, Rev. Arthur K. Wingate is the son of Angela (KiI1by) and the late Raymond Wingate. He studied at St. Mary's Pari· ish School, Fall River, Msgr. Coyle High School and Providence College. He prepared for the priesthood at St. John's Seminary, Brighton, and was ordained a priest on Feb. 2, 1957. Father Wingate has served at St .' Joseph Parish, Taunton; St. Lawrence Parish, New Bedford, and St. 'Mary Parish, Taunton. _

NEW DELHI (NC) - Inwa's Vice-President G. S. Pathak, speaking of the government's family planning promotion over the past twp decades, told a recent conference on population control "that we are not dealing with things but with men and women." Government tactics in assign~ng quotas and targets for distribution of contraceptives, abortifacient intrauterine insertions, 'and sterilizaNon by family planning officials has aroused much public resistance. "We must seek and find human solutions to the population problem, which is essentially the problem of ordinary men and women who have their own private histories and recognizable identity as members of a family group situation in a particular environment," said Pathak.

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Manifestation The Church tells us that the time after Epiphany must continue to be exactly that-a manifestation. Just as Christ was made manifest to all peoples through the Epiphany, so He must continue to be made manifest to and before the entire world. And the way the world recognizes Christ is in the lives and activities of those who call themselves by His name, Christians. The late great Mohandas Gandhi once sighed to a ,Catholic missionary priest in Iridia, "If only you Chri~tians were more like your Christ." For this is what people are looking for in those who go by the name of the Lord. They are looking for Christ in t,he lives of Christians. They are looking for men and women whose lives and daily activities reflect the values of Christ and thus the joy of Christ. All men look for happiness here and for eternity. Christ said, "I am the \Vay and the Truth and the Life." If Christians would walk. that Way and practice that Truth and live that Life, then Christ would indeed' be made manifest to this world and before its people. And the Ep~hany-the manifestation-would be continuing in~ an effective way. Christ would be in the world, as indeed He always is. Bur He would be allowed by His people to act in them and with .them and througb them. And this is not always a manifestation that those calling themselves Chrisian allow Christ to make.

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VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope Paul VI hailed the completion of the new bridge linking Asilin and European Turkey across the Bosporus as a .symbol of increasing union of the two continents. The Pope alluded to the new bridge in receiving the credentials of Turkey's new ambassador to the Holy See, Taha Carim, a 59-year-old career diplomat. Pope Paul also said the nation of Turkey has been "dear to the hearts of all Christians" because of its connections with the early centuries of the Church's history. The Pope added: "The Christians of Turkey who, together with their fellow Moslem citizens, share a common faith in the one God who directs the destiny of peoples, will continue to collaborate, following the teaching of their faiths, for the development of their country on the family, professional and civic level."

Anti-Abortionists In Protest March

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HOLLYWOOD (NC)-Approxima;:ely 2,500 people marched down Sunset Boulevard here in an anti-aborHon protest. The marchers; some carrying candles, for-med a phalanx curb to curb and marched to Blessed Sacrament Church.

The Christian Unity Octave takes place each year from January 18 to January 25. It has undergone quite a development over the last ten years. A decade ago the Prayer Week was a time of prayer The marchers, led by Auxiliary with very little interchange among the vari<?us Christian Bishop Juan Arzube of Los Angroups. Scholars wrote articles but there was not that much geles, were made up of families face-to-face meeting. And the focus of the week seemed to and Religious. When they arrived, be on the needed. lessening of hostility and tension that at the church, the mar-chers filled existed among many of the Christian churches. REV. JlltlN F. MOORE St. William's Church ~t and overflowed into the parish , auditor-ium. There is still some hostility, of course. But Christians have been able to sit down more with one another. There A rosary was recited, and th<l mysteries were led by several has been a working together on many issues where a comknown people such as Bob bination of forces has been possible and desirable. There "Simon Says" was at one time a game that children well Klein of the Los Angeles Rams, has been a talking together on theological positions so that enjoyed. However that has all changed. It is a game that actress Loretta Young and actor there is clarification on what is held in common and in no one .now enjoys. What "Simon Says" no longer is of Ricardo Montalban, who led the those areas where there is substantial difference. \interest to the juvenile world for as energy Czar he now last decade in Spanish. This has been an advance. brings more fear to the' The Mass that followed the The development has been built on prayer. Much credit hearts of the masses than ,prices even for hasic needs. Be- rosary was concelebrated by must be given to the encouragement of prayer fostered by any ~omanoff in the days of cause they have worked and Bishop Arzube and 30 other saved a few cents they cannot priests. the Unity Octave. It has given the right directio'n. And its faded splendor. As director be considered candidates for continuance must be furthered. . and c~ief of the energy crisis, welfare or governmen.t give-

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aways. They just worry, wonder and suffer. View the plight of millions of senior citizens who rely on their monthly Soci'al Security checks to meet expenses of life. These poor people will be lucky if they can afford to mail a letter this spring, never mind find comfort in a hea'ted room or a decent meal on their table. ~~or are they the sole victims of a government policy of .indifferentism and shortsightendess. Hundreds of thousands 'of auto workers, airline employees, restaurant workers will now have to face the long lines of the local unemployment agency along with millions of other Americans who will be buried in the failing 'house of cards. Simon should say that we are in not only for a long cold winter but also for a long hard road of recession if not depression, unless of course consideration is given to the many and .not just the few.

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and everyone of us for using too much energy and wasting our unrecoverable natural resources -must stand in the shadow of guilt. However government, from the very top down to local officials, must bear ,a special burden in this crisis of survival for placing politics above economics in the cold war battle of international confrontations. If the government has failed, it is a failure of neglect, a neglect to develop basic plans that would have prevented the national system from crumbling under external and internal pressures. It is with this 'in mind that we ask for equal justice and national fairness for all the people of this nation from our government as the American people once more in this century face hard and difficult times. If what Simon says is only going to benefit the few, as seemingly has been the case, then it is about time th·at the Prople of this land say a few things in the nation, state and local polling places. There can be little doubt that_there will be trying days ahead for many Americans but the burdens of difficul~y could I;>e truly lightened by an honest and sincere government that really cares for the mtle man and his personal survival.

Chicago Plans To Begin Color TV System CHICAGO (NC) - The archdiocese of Chicago will initiate a four-channel television system which will be able to replay programs to Catholics in Cook and Lake Counties, who number 2.5 million. Scheduled to start by March 1, the TV system will be one of the largest operated by a religious organization. The four-channel system w.m be accessible only by television sets with special equipment. Father James F. Moriarty, director of the archdiocesan Communications Center, said that unlike most instructional TV networks. the new center and its broadcast servlice are not part of the parochial school system. Rather, the center is commissioned to serve the needs and interests of the entire archdiocese, including schools, priests, teachers, catechists and various archdiocesan agencies. Every parish, Father Moriarty said, will be equipped to receive the center's programs. Other dioceses, he added, usually only connect parishes that 'have schools. Nine other dioceses, he said, now have some kind of TV system. They are New York; Brooklyn; Rockville Centre, N.Y.; Miami; Boston; Milwaukee; Detroit; San Francisco; land Los Angeles. However, none of these, Father Moriarty said, have the capability to hroadcast in color. Cites Need Cardinal John Cody of Chicago said that "the need for effective communications In the pastoral ministry has. never been greater." The Chicago Communications Center, he said, may soon be in a position to become a national producer of TV programs for the Catholic Church. In addition to Us TV program activity, the center will also produce motion picture films, film strips and slides, audio/video casettes, and other ,types of graphic presentations. The transmitting antenna will be mounted on the 110-story Sears Tower, the world's tallest structure.

Irish Aid Projects In Third World DUBLIN (NC) - Seventy per cent of the more than $1.1 million collected by the Irish bish'Ops last March for aid to developing nations will be used for special development projects, it was announced here. Ten per cent of the money will be used for emergency aid and the rest for development education, BiShop Dominic Conway of Elphin told a press conference here. The collection was used to set up the Irish bishops' fund for developing nations called Trocaire (the Gaelic word for mercy). Bishop Conway sadd tha,t $288,000 has already been distributed and that the bishops hope to have the remainder allocated by February. He sl\'id Trocaire is working on the principle of helping people to help themselves, and aims at transferring decision-making olo local communities 1n developing nations.

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Pope Speaks On Trinity VATICAN CITY (NC) Christ's birth revealed not only Christ but "dazzling, delightful vision of God's fatherhood," Pope Paul observed Jan. 2 at his regular weekly general audience. "And with this vision there opens to us the mystery of God's very life, the mystery of the Most Holy Trinity," he continued. "God is the Father eternally generating in Himself, the Son, His own living thought, His word identical in nature, that is of being, to the one God, the absolute pr:nciple, and together, in the identity of substance of the Father and the Son, breathing forth love "The Holy Spirit." Pope Paul noted that to reveal God the Father "was one of the principal purposes of the Incarnation, one of the aims that dominated the life of Christ." He said: "We must value this revelat:on of the supreme ontological and religious truth as the keystone of all our thought and as the beatific front of all our spiritual life. God the Father!"

Stresses Parents' Role as Educators

IN HISTORIC CHURCH: Cardinal Humberto Medeiros reads a Litany of Prayer at an ecumenical service marking the 250th anniversary of Christ Church in Boston, the "Old North Church" which held the lanterns signalling the ride of Paul Revere. The cardinal also read a cable from Cardinal Jan Willebrands of the Christian Unity Secretariat in' Rome expressing Pope Paul's appreciation for the Boston prelate's invitation to the inter' faith event. NC Photo.

East African Bishops Deplore Racism' NAIROBI (NC)-The Cathol'ic 'bishops of East Africa have said they foind it "offensive to human dignity that racism and colonialism are still permitted to exist on our continent, and we reject any perverted attempts to appeal to ChrisNanity and civildzation to justify their continued existence." In a "Message on Reconciliation Between Man and Man," issued at the end of the meeting here of the Association of the Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA), the bishops deplored "the inhuman conditions imposed on 'innumerahle

Catholic Historians Name New Officers SAN FRANCISCO (NC)-Dr. Eric Cochrane, professor of Renaissance and early modern Italian history at the University of Chicago, was elected president of the American Catholic Historical Association at its allnual meeting here. Cochrane succeeds Father Astrik L. Gabriel, O. Praem., director of the Medieval Institute of the Univer.sity of Notre Dame. Other officers elected were Jesuit Father Robert I. Burns, professor of Medieval history at the University of San Francisco, first vice-president; Dominican Father WilLiam A. Hinnebusch, professor of Church history, Dominican House of Studies, Washing~on, D. C., second vice-president.

people by racism, diehard colonialism and at times even by tribalism." In their own countries, the bishops of Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia said, "liberty and even life itself is denied to soine citizens on exaggerated grounds of national ·security. There are social injustices allowing the pr.iv·ileged few to enrich themselves at the expense of the many. This indicates that some exploitation of man by man still exists even in our independent countries. "There are examples of personal freedom being unduly and harshly restricted. There is at times an atmosphere of fear in which citizens are afraid to rais~ their voices in oppositron to policies and practices in their own country- and to object to other violations of their own natural rights." The bishops requested "all in authority to correct' these and all other examples of injustice wherever they occur and to promote conditions that reconcile all citizens to one another and to those in authority." T.he bishops' message supported the September 1973 statement of the Pontifical Commission for Justice and Peace, which "requested that the· Holy See make every effort at the proper level to bring about a reconciliation between the Portuguese government and the liberation movements in (Portugal's African)

terr.itories on the basis of recognition of their independence." 'Ilhe bishops also declared their solidarity with those struggling for the right to self-determination in· all other parts of Africa. They suggested that discussion of a federation of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda "be given new impetus and that an invitation to Malawi and Zambia to join such a fraternal union should always remain open."

Conscience Clause Law in Michigan LANSING ~NC) - Gov. William Milliken of Michigan has signed a bill which permits medical facilities and individuals in Michigan to refuse to perform abortions. , The law, which takes effect March 1, also grants immunity to the institutions and individuals from civil or criminal liability or from employment discrimination if they refuse to par.ticipate in abortions. Thomas Bergeson, executive director of the Michigan Catholic· Conference, complimented Gov. Milliken and the state legislature for their action. "We are pleased that the governor chose to sign this hill which recognizes the legitimate right of individuals and institutions to refuse to take part in an operation which is morally and ethically wrong," he said.

VATICAN CITY (NC)-"Parents cannot and must no.t abdicate their irreplaceable role as educators," Pope Paul VI told crowds in St. Peter's Square at noon on the Feast of ,tJhe Holy Family. P.ope Paul said that school itself would always have "a preponderant function in instructing and also in forming youth," but he warned that nothing can ,replace the role of parents, "especialJy in inculcating in their children the spiritual values propel' to the family." He also urged parents to cooperate with teachers and not absent themselves from parentteacher meetings. The Pope made a veiled reference ,to a national referendum scheduled to take place next spring in an effort to abolish Italy's divorce law. He said it is the duty of every citizen to keep abreast of the great and vital questi'Ons which are focusing today on the fund'amental theme of the family.

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WASHINGTON (NC)-A Colorado physidan who faces criminal charges for mailing antiabortion material has gained the support of the Catholic. League for Religious and Civil Rights. 'The league 'announced here that it is setting up a Freedom Defense Fund for Dr. Frank Bolles, a Boulder, Colo., physician. The leagUe said it would seek contributions from those who would like to help Dr. , Bolles. Charges against Dr. Bolles were filed hy the district attorney's office at Boulder. Dr. Bolles was' charged with violating a state statute which makes it a misdemeanor to "communicate with a person . . . in a manner likely to cause alarm." 'Dr. Bolles, who is president of the Boulder Valley Right to Life Committee, mailed out anti-abortion material consisting of color photos of ahorted fetuses and live babies. Stuart D. Hubbell, the Catholic League's executive director, said too league is prepared to defend Dr. Bolles "in every way possible," all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary. Hubbell said that the charges against Dr. Bolles are "the poison fruit" that has come from the U.S. Supreme Court's Jan. 22, 1973, rulings on' abortion. Dr. Bolles ,has assumed full responsibility for the mailings of the material to residents of Colorado. He said he felt "a ,responsibility to inform and educate the public as to the value of human life and to the fact that abortion is the killing of an innocent human being."

P,a,ti,e'nce ,With Tee,n-agers Every mother I know has troubles and worries with her teen-agers. In fact, the only teen-agers who are always absolutely perfect belong to mothers who are under psychiatric treatment, or are pathological liars. There are, times when teen-agers are pretty \ nice. And these are' inter- track I1'!eet t.'1is Saturday?" "Can I go to the movies?" "Can you spersed with times when ;type my term paper? I need it they are absolutely rotten. for tomorrow?" "When are you But God, in His goodness, has designed teen-agers so that the good moments come just often enough to keep parents from

going to take me practice driv- . ing?", The more they interrupted, the more mistakes I was making. Finally, one of them stood there watching me, and said, "If you were better at that, it wouldn't take you so long." I said a silent prayer. "Dear By Mother of God . . . please . . . either bslp me to keep my mouth MARY shut . . . or teach him to keep his shut!" CARSON One afternoon, I had to rush one of the kids to the emergency room for a few stitches. At five o'clock that afternoon, the breakmurdering them. I'm sure the fast dishes, were still on the Blessed Mother has a hand in' table. One son was lying on the. couch, playiing checkers with this. himself . . . fascinating mental When I get exasperated with PROTEST AT ST. PATRICK'S - Pat Fogarty McQuilmy teen-agers, I talk it over stimulation. What Did You Do? with her: She had a teen-ager lian of St. Joan's Int~rnational Alliance New York chapter, I asked him to clean up' the that knew everything that was passes out a sheet protesting the second reading of the wrong with ,the ancient faith she kitchen for me. of the Holy Family including the passage "wives be Feast He looked up from a particbelieved in. He knew everything ularly challenging decision over submissive to your husbands." The group suggested substiwmng with the establishment. whether his right hand or left tuting a reading from St. John 4:7-12, which says, in part, He knew how to eure all the problems in the world. He k,new. hand would win, and said, "What "My dear people, let us love one another since love comes did you do all day?" He knew. "Dear Mary, keep me from from God." St.' Joan's members distributed about 700-800 And I'll bet she sometimes of 'the leaflets. NC Photo. his teeth out!" knocking wondered where she missed the It's not just my sons. The boat in instilling the religiop of her forebears ... the ideals that other night my daughter had had been so important to her ... "just a little to be typed for the school paper." and in teaching Him patience. She helped by breathing down Nationalist China Honors Spanish Priest, Why Ponderi,ng? my neck while I ,tried to get it I'm sure she didn';!: really un- done. As soon as I hit a wrong German Nun derstand their lives then, as we key, she saiid, "The lady who TAIPEI (NC) - A Spanish 75-year-old nun who came to do now, for she WBLS living it. does the typing in sohool doesn't priest and a German si~iter were the Province of Honan on the instead of looking on it in retro- make mistakes." among 50 persons honored re- Chinese mainland in 1928. spect. If she really understood, "Mary, will they ever learn cently 'by Nationalist China as why was she pondering all the The Central Daily News cited to put their brains in gear before "good people who have per- her yearn of medical work for ~ime? their mouths are running .in " formed good deeds." , So the Blessed Mother is my high?" the poor on ,the Chinese mainThe priest, Father Jesus San- land, her heroic servke during support during these years. I I'H continue to pray to the chez Brena, a 44-year-old Jesuit, the Sino-Japanese war, and the just w.ish she'd get her Boy to Blessed Mother. is the director of the Association continuation of her medical serspeak to my boys. But it's a good thing that for Socio-Economic Develop- vice for the needy -at a clinic in The other night, fo:r example, orthdontia is so expensdve. Othment. He was cited ,for his suc- the Taiwanese town of Hsinchu I was up to my eyeballs with erwise I might break some 路teencess in promoting the credit in the past 20 years. typing that I had promised to . age teel1h. union movement. , do for my husband for his busiThe 50 cited for good deeds The Central Daily News here ness. One kid after another kept were honored at a mass meeting published pictures and stories of interrupting with vi,tal qu.estions: Archbishop, Appeals ,in downtown Taipei. those selected. After describing "Can you drive 20 miles to a President Chiang Kai-shek For Soviet Christians Father Brena's devotion to the 102 Shawomet Avenue. YORK (NC) - A strong apcause of socialbet-terment it sent a message urging all citizens Somerset, Mass. Jews Aid Christoans said that in the credit union to emulate those honored in orpeal to remember Christians in der to create a pea<:eful and Tel. 674-4881 the Soviet Union and other com- movement under his direction Observe Christml:Js . there are now some 30,000 mem- prosperous society. ri1Unist-domiri'ated countries' was 3% room Apartment $155.110 per PHILADELPHIA (NC) - Over made by Anglican Archbishop "What the good people and bers with' a capital equivalent month 150 Christian workers at two Donald Coggan of York in his to. about $750,000. good deeds have demonstrated," 41/2 room Apartment $165.00 per hospitals here had Christmas Christmas message. month Father Brena, in a television President Chiang said, "is the day off, thanks to Jewish volunIncludes heat, hot water, stove, reinterview, said that the credit best moral weapon in the fight sai<;l, Soviet Christians, he frigerator and maintenance service. teers who worked in their places unions have above all helped the again!!t communism." The Jewish volunteers repI-aced "have much to teach us. How less developed aborig-inal popuregular employes in many non- would your faith, or mine for lation. There are about 200,000 technical areas such as house- that matter, stand up over pro- aborigines of Malayan stock out longed and intense opposition? keeper, dietician, nursing' aid, of Taiwan's 15 million popula."I wonder! And we can help tion. and infonnation desk attendant. David Rafferty, a' public rela- them - mainly through prayer. The aborigines have often falltions assistant for Nazareth Hos- There is no area of the world en victims to unscrupulous monis more important. where prayer pital, said that the Jewish voluney lenders and high-pressure teers at his hospital were from Where material help is difficult salesmen. ROUTE 6--between Fall River and New Bedford the men's路 club of a local syna.. to provide, spiritual support is all In the credit union movement the more urgent." gogue. One of Southern New England's Finest Facilit~es leaders are tra,ined by Father "Their rabbi came in and vis- , Soviet Christians, he said, "are Brena and his assistants to learn ited some of the patients," Raf- 'thirsty for the assurance of our to organize and make the best Now Available for ferty said; "and they even sang help. They are be,coming increas- use of their common funds. Hab" Christmas carols. They seemed ingly aware of the fact that they its of thrift and responsibility FA~HION to enjoy the day, and so did belong to one Christian world are developed. the patients." All the volunteer,s because responsible Christian raThe German nun selected, SisFOR DETAILS CALL MANAGER-636-2744 or 999-6984 received training for their jobs dio broadcasts are picked up by ter Josephine Riesselmann of the before Christmas. many. Sisters of the 'Holy Spirit, is a

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While many of us will spend the next few months trying to bundle up with anything warm we can find, there will be a few fortunate souls who will be able to venture south into a somewhat warmer climate. To those who will be searching for warm climate outfits in a combination of carclothes, plus those who want amel and vanilla like a butterat least a sneak preview of scotch sundae, what we will be wearing this Early Summer spring and summer, I recommend heading for the surf and sun shops of any of the big department stores or even your favorite

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small shops as the first "robins" arrive. If you're contemplaing a trip, then of course your sun wardrobe will be one that mixes, matches and packs. A long knitted tube of solid colors or stripes will be just the night time attire because it picks up no wrinkles on route and a lot of compliments on you. Shoulders can be bared, of course, when they are tanned. Grecian Look If you hesitate to bare both shoulders, try one for the Gr¢cian look that became such a rage after Ava Gardner came off her pedestal in "One Touch <>f Venus" 'has come back. With that soft look in mind, you'll star:t thinking in terms of materials that lend themselves to this type of draping: jersey, soft knits and silk, all materials that pack as well as they drape. Colorwise, the first rays of sunshine clothes seem to indicate that earth tones are still going to be quite important-white, beige, deep brown and all the inbetween tones that exist in this spectrum. Look for many printed

Illinois School Group Performs in Rome ~-

ROME (NC)~The 24-member concert chorale of Althoff Catholic High School of Belleville, IlL, flew into Rome a day later llhan they planned and had only enough time to gulp down a quick lunch before beginning a strenuous aHernoon of choral competition. The Althoff chorale was one of seven choirs from the United States to take part in a special chorale competition here. Sister Rosell Feder, who accompanied the singing group, said that, "despite the delay' in the flight to Europe, the kids were in good shape," in the afternoon concert. 'fohe chorale sang at St. Anselm's Benedictine Abbey on Rome's ancient Aventine Hill and the next day sang in the afternoon in St. Petet's Basilica, The Althoff chorale took part in an "informal competition" of seven Americans, one French and three Italian choirs. Sister Rosell said that, although the judges did offer points on the techniques and excellence of the choirs, "it is not correct to speak of this experience as a contest."

While all this talk of warm weather fashions may seem a bit frivolous for the majority of Anchor readers who are going to stay here and face another New England winter (we just went for a walk in our first snowstorm of the season, so the reality of winter is freshly with me!), it is fun to see the bright sun clothes in the stores, And as I have oft stated, the styling is that which will flood the stores in March and April for our own spring and summer buying. And on a very depressing day we might even drift into one of these departments and purchase a bright skirt or great-looking blouse to bring a little early summer into the bleak and weary days that the Farmers' Almanac predicts are ahead. So keep on eye on the resort fashions, study their lines and colors and think how you can adapt them to your own wardrobe when our energy crisis worries will turn from heating oil to the question of whether we can run our air conditioner,

Archbishop Welcomes Cuban RefugeesMIAMI (NC) - Archbishop Coleman Carroll 'of Miami was among those welcoming at the airport here the first of some 25,000 Cuban refugees who until recently were not eligible to come to the United States. The 45 refugees, who had left Cuba several years ago, had been stranded in Spain because U.S. immigration regulations allowed entry only to those with close blood relatives in the United States. On Oct. 27, the Justice Department granted a special permit allowing them to come to the United States. ' "I thought it was fitting that we came to welcome the first contingent of the Cubans who had been stranded in Spain," Archbishop CarroH said, -"We pulled a lot for them so they could finally come and we felt they deserved to come," He said the refugees had left Cuba for Spain with hopes of coming here and that forbidding them entry negated the purpose of their exile. "They never should have been delayed in Madrid anyway," he said,

CYO Manual WASHINGTON (NC)-A new training manual for adults working in parish youth activities has been published by the National CYO Federation, Division of Youth Activities, U. S. Catholic Conference here. The booklet entitled "There's a Place for You," explores four roles for the youth worker: educator, enabler, advoc~te, respondent. An appendix stresses awareness of teenagers and their wOl"ld,

IN GRATITUDE: Mrs. Lucy Domino, national president of the National Catholic Society of Foresters, is presented a certificate of appreciation by Most Rev. Alfred L. Abramowicz, auxiliary bishop of Chicago, recognizing assistance of society to radio and televison work of U.S. Catholic Church. Also on hand is Charles Reilly, secretary of Catholic Commuications Foundation of New York.

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Captured Guerrilla Priest Relates Experiences in Colombia MEDELLIN, Colombia (NC)- shot it because there are special "I thought I would find a way groups in charge of defense and to search for a more just. life I was never assigned to forward for the people," Father Luis combat positions," he added. ,The plliest said that the leadZabala Herrera said in an interview here afi~er his capture bYers of the guerrilla groups are the Colombian army in an anti- in privileged positions. They eat guellrilla operation, better and take no risks, he said, "I entered the guernilla move- but they are very harsh with ment voluntarily, trying to serve their men. "I saw two executions the people, but I do not wish by firing squads because men ,~o repeat the experience," the were accused of counter-revolupriest added. He belonged to tionary activ.ities, but in reality the National Liberation Army _ they had only criticized the pniv(ELN) operating-in the Antioquia Heges of the leaders,"

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WASHINGTON (NC)-In response to continuing hostilitie'5 in South Vietnam, the Blue Army of Our Lady of Fatima has designated January as a "Month of Prayer for Peace in Vietnam." Msgr. Anthony Connell, president of the Blue Army in the U. S., said that la'st January's truce had had little effect in bringing peace to Vietnam. He said 50,000 more Vietnamese have been killed since the truce - and the prospects for peace "are as dim as ever," "It appears that human efforts have been exhausted," Msgr. Connell said, "so it is now necessary to seek divine assistance." Msgr. Connell said the request for the world-wide month of prayer originated with the Vietnamese contingent of the Blue Army which has scheduled the month to culminate on Feb. I, Tet, the Vietnamese New Year. On that date, the International Pilgl'lim Virgin, statue of Our Lady' of Fatima, will be taken to Vietnam to serve as the focal point of ecumenical religious services for peace. The Blue Army in the U. S., he said, is asking Catholics to parllicipate in the program through daily Mass and Rosary devotions, , and non-Catholics are being asked to pray for peace in whatever manner they find most suitable. The Blue Army, an international organization based on the message of Fatima, has its U. S. headquarters at Ave Maria Institute here. •• + •••••••••••••••

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Father Zabala said that he rilla movement under ,the a~ias of would not repeat his experJence Jorge after being a priest of because guerl'lilla life is very Bishop Feehan High the Bucaramanga diocese for 10 -harsh and because he thinks its years and a pastor of three small action is counterproductive. School Cafeteria parishes. He had joined the guer- "Not all the people want armed rina movement only t1hree struggle and it is irrational that Every Wednesday Eve months before he was captured oh'i1drenand women be forced last September. to act in the guerrilla groups." DOORS OPEN 6:00 P.M. Father Zabala Herrera had Father Zabala was captured Early Bird Gamel 7:15 P.M. been arrested in 1972 together with 20 more guerrillas, among them four women and six Regular Gamel 7:30 P.M. w,ith Fathers Saul Anaya and Ro- children. ' berto Becerra and had been accused of belonging to the urban support network for the guerroillas. Fulfilling the provisions of the Colombia-Vatican Concordat, their case was transferred Where The from a military to a civil court. They were temporarily freed Entire Family by a judge in Bucaramanga, and Can Dine Father Zebala used the occasion to escape and jo.in the guerrillas Economically in the mountains of the area. "I thought that the lifestyle FOR of the guerrillas, their sacnifJices and their survival problems RESERVATIONS would sanctify me because I PHONE think that the essential thing of Christianity is love and an aW(617) 675-7185 tude of commitment to the people," Father Zabala said after or his capture. (617) 673-0821 "I adapted to guerroilla life easily beoause I was raised in a rural area. I never -had to shoot because I was in oharge of provisions for the group: I also belongt:<d to the 'Intellectual Group' which had to teach the o~hers, I had a gun, but I never

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MANILA (~C)- The PhilipVATICAN CITY (NC)-Msgr. pine Bishops': Conference has Joseph Gremillion has resigned warned against the danger of as secretaary of the Pontifical violating human rights under the Commission for Justice and the martial la~ regime imposed Peace. ,in September ~ 972 by President The 54-year-old priest from the . Fernando Maroos. diocese of Alexandria, La.. has The bishops'; warning came in held this top executive post in p!lstoral letter signed by the a the commission since its foundapre~.'ident of: 1Ihe conference, tion seven years 'ago in January, Archbishop Teopisto Alberto y 1967. His resignat'ion, announced Valerrama of I Caceres. An unJan. 3•. takes effect Jan. 15. abridged versiOn of the letter Msgr. Gremillion said he would was read ,th~ Sunday before spend a sabbatical year .at Notre Christmas in ~hurches throughDame University on a faculty out Manila and in other parts of fellowship in the department of the Phiilippines~ theology. That gives him a rank. Actually issued last July beequivalent to professor, but fore a national referendum that without regular teaching duties. approved extending Marcos' term He gave three basic reasons of office beyon? Dec. 30, the full for resigning. text of ,the letter had not been "Our commission now is an on· widely read ,in ~hurC'hes and had going body in the movement, been purblishe~ in only a few with the main elements of its Church papers. structiJre. program and world"Wemust l;ierlous I • Iy ask , '10 wide network rather well deview of recent, events, whether fined," he said. indeed development is tatting "I have already made the conplace with justice, with truth tribution which my particular ex- . and above aHl with Christia~ perience and talent ·can 'bring." chal1ity," the letter said.. A second reason, he said, was "We speak Of justice, for in his conviction that persons inth~ cun·ent.stri~ing to ~ring about vited to work in the Church's a new socIety there IS ever the . central administration in middle d~ger tlhat bafic human rights life should be free to do other Willi be pushed aside and ignored, work after from .five to eight 'BLIND EXECUTIVE: Joe Lomangino, blind business executive of New York, la~ghs and due proce$ses of law conyears. with his friend, Franciscan Father Charles Repole. Mr. Lomangino is the founder and di- veniently bypa~sed in the name "There are also personal rearector of The Workers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, whose 300 members spread devo- of .~eform. sons," he continued. ' - .......,c.' Hence we rpust .ask t~at 10 "I now have spent 15 years in tion to the Mother of God. NC Photo. --.......---. the new order of things-1O the international life, here and in e.x~rcise of go~ernment and pothe Catholic Relief Services of ''00, htlcal power 10 our nation tothe episcopal conference of the day.......these I'ights remain invioUnited States. I now want some late." _0time to study, meditate, think, Priests Expelled write, and quietly talk over prob- . U. S. JesUJit Father James 'ems 'with friends and .collabReu.ter, directof of. the Jesuits' orators." NEW YORK (NC)-Joe Lo- face and asked that I stay home. After a shor.t rehabilitation NatIonal Office 'of Mass Media in mangino, a tall and husky 43- I went anyway a!'1d an hour later period, Lomangino went back on the Philippines, !read parts of the year-old bachelor, appears like when I was putting air in a flat the trucks again with his broth- pastoral letter at the end of the ers. By this time he had won a Mass regularly televised on Sunany other executive as he con- tire it exploded." ducts his company's business Lomangino woke up in the hos- scholarship to S1. John's Univer- . days in the couMry. The :reading bf the letter was CHICAGO (NC) - The sev- from a richly appointed front pital and soon' became aware sity, but after a year he gave it enth annual House of Delegates office on the second floor of a that he had no vision or sense up because of financial problems anothe!' indication of tension at home. of smell. that has develbped recently in meeting of the National Feder- new building here. Church-state relations in the He is president of the Allied ation of Priests' Councils will PhilippInes. i have a bi-lingual theme- Carting Company, a growing The government has detained private refuse collection service Priests/USA: A Reason for Hope 22 priests and nuns at various . . . Si, se Puede. The Spanish which he runs with his four times since ilie imposition of brothers and brother-in-law. means, "Yes, it 'is possible." ST. PAUL (NC)-A survey in the possibility of widespread martial la,w. It has expelled one But there's another side to this Cesar Chavez will be the iniU. S. MaryknoLl priest and two tial speaker at the meeting of unusual and intense man who the St. Paul archdiocese shows closings. U. S. Francisc~n Fathers. An. that the energy cris.is .may cause that a lot of people in this feels Twenty-one 'schools said they 200 delegates representing some _ 125 councils of priests across world today have forgotten how many Catholic sChools here to be would definitely close and another U. S. ~aryknoll prjes.t has the nation. Chavez' United Farm to pray. He's the founder and at the meI'CY of the cold Minne- other 26 said they would prob- been charged wjth inciting peasably follow the public school ant unrest and, if convicted, Workers of America has received director of The Workers of Our sota winter. The severity of Minnesota lead if local public schools are will be deported. financial as well as physical and Lady of Mt. Carmel, a 300moral support from the NFPC. . member organization devoted to weather and of the nation's fuel for.ced to close because of fuel I Father Reid C. Mayo, NFPC spreading devotion to the Mother . shortage will be the major fac- short'ages. tors determining whether schools president,said that the work- of God. About one-third of the schools Lomangino is totally blind. But will have enough fuel to get shops slated for the convention also foresee the possibility of through the winter. I will be called "strategies for much of his' life is spent "witI , Fifty-one. schools reported "negative public relations" .if ,, nessing for Christ" as a result of hope." J. TESER, Prop. , do not follow non-public schools al~ fuel contracts of some kind, "We believe that priests of an encounter with Padre Pio 11 the pub!ic school closing policy. : RESIDENTIAL ! : the nation," Father Mayo said, years ago. Since then he has though many of these are only : INDU~TRIAL : vel1bal commitments, contain The survey shows that 73 of "have already testified by their travelled the world with his : • COMMERCIAL: response to the need for new talk shows and slides of Marian cancellation clauses or are con- the responding schools depend , 253 Cedar St.~ New Bedford' ministries that they offer hope Shrines, the rosary and, of tingent upon available supplies. heavily or to some degree on 993·3222 : Thirty schools are on shakier public school busing programs. : , to a: people who today often have course, Padre Pio, who was ground with no guaranteed fuel isa possibility there will There Italy's famed stigmatic Capuchin little to encourage them." ! contract of any kind. be a gas shortage for these. buses. priest. I The archdiocesan survey indiMuch of Lomangino's life In the event of prolonged reads like it melodrama. Sixteen cates that some of these schools school closings this winter, senSINCEI 1898 WASHINGTON (NC) - Arch- years old when he was injured, are converting to heavier grades' timent among school officials is oil than No., 1 and No 2, of fuel he was expected to die. Ins'tead, bishop W:illiam W. Baum of growing for making up the time I Washington announced here that he survived and is so well ad- which are in short supply. by eliminating Easter vacation. SINCEI 1941 Others, meanwhile, are trying to he has formed a p~ovisional pas- justed today to his handicap that tora,1 council. Initially made up he looks upon his disability as increase stora,ge capacity or are Orders trying to line up standby fuel SINCE 1967 of the existing 21-memb,er com- little more than a nuisance. 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Cardinal Opposes Sex Education WARSAW (NC) - Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski of Warsaw has attacked sex education in Poland's public schools. "Instead of teaching youngsters as early as possible how Lo use their mind and wdll to keep sexual urges under control. they are being taught how to ,~ake advantage of opportunities," the cardinal said in his annual year-end sermon. He also attacked the lack of religious teaching in the communist government'~ plans for educational reforms and the special privUeges he said members of the communist panty enjoy. He said, however, that the Catholic Church in Poland is conducting more than 20.000 classes in religion. Many Polish monasteries and convents, the cardinal said, have long lists of applicants for admission and seminaries are filled to capacity.

Name Religious Synod Members VATICAN CITY (NC)-Two Americans are among the 10 . heads of male religious orders who will take part in the world Synod of Bishops to be held in Rome next fall. The 10 religious, chosen as representatives of all the religiou'5 orders of men by the Union of Major Religious Superiors, in-

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Say Ecumenism Moves Slowly In Japan

Transition for Brother El!iile Successful .. ST. BENEDICT (NC)-The ear sMttering quietness of the misty mornings that seem so peculiar to St. Joseph Abbey here are more than just miles from the snarling. screaming traffic jams of ,downtown New Orleans, .. Or it seems that way for one man at least. Brother Emile Joseph Dqminique. Jr. spent most of his life in the employ of the New Orleans Public Service and along the way watch his family grow to five children and five grandchildren His wife died several years ago. and he decided to become Brother Emile. spending the rest of his life in the employ of God. ,And making the transition from behind the wheel of hulking Public Service bus to the quiet pOsition of assistant Iibl'8.rian in charge of periodicals at the abb~y was not as diffIcult as it may SEjem. "When I was a kid in DonaldsQnville (a tiny town upriver from New Orleans) I almost dec~ded to give .my life as a Brother," Brother Emile said. "I always had that thought in mind. My wife and I talked about that a~ut entering the religious life: We had aIways said. that if anything happened to one .of us.

"Lord. you put me in this positiOlI. teU me what you want of 'ine." "Brother Emile said as he TOKYO (NC) - Current ecu. . \,Joked back over the road that menical cooperation in Japan ", led him to the monastery. leaves a lot to be desired. accord' - "Well. the call from the Lord ing to a report compiled-forthe w~ lond and clear: 'Come folFaith and Order Commission of low '--l-:.!"" me;- ~ k now....."·s s t I'8.nge, the WorlaCouncil of Churches but I had n~r. ileffi('.) of St. -(WCe). Ben's. I asked my parisii.....priest. The report, based on joint who is a graduate of St Ben's, meetings, a questionnaire and where I could follow my voca· knowledge of experts in the field. tion ... and here I am ... 20 was compiled Jointly by L. Stanmontps now. and I have absoley Manierre. associate general lutely no' misgivings about secretary of the National Chrisanything that has happened to tian Council of Japan (NCCJ), me. This was God's will. It was as and Father Masanori Fujihara. simple as looking at a calendar secretary of the bishops' ecumen... It was really that clear." ical commission of the National Happy Man Catholic Committee (NCC). . The report said that the ecuBRO. EMILE JOSEPH Once the. decls~on was made. menical situation ,is Ibest pOl":rother. Eml.le said the. support trayed by the feeling one gets the other would at least consider fr?rndhiS children: relatl~;s and when he passes' through the th';)'~ ---=~s was unammous: Everygates of Zenseien hospital a govIS I caIf""'fi:l:om GQSJ.--"" bod~ SD:id-th~~_~~_:_t~~~'!j:';ve're ernment institution at ~ leper • ~h t tt k behmd you 100 per cent '. '-eolon v at Akitsu J.... • In 1969 a severe ear a ac ended Brother Emile's 36 years B~other Emile said he thinks "Whert'one passes through its with Public Service which he of hiS children and grandchildren gates." th,e report said, "he is said he "began as a floor sweep- oHen, and they visit him reg- immediately confronted by three er and ended as a superinten- ularly. When asked to show a crosses on the 'top of three separate. church edifice~-eatholic, dent." A year after his heart at- photo of his family. he smiled. tack his wife Elfie died and "I took the vows of chastity Anglican and the Umted Church then' he began pondering his obedience, and of course. pov: of Christ . . . "When will we future. erty." he said. "I got rid of ever learn." "I guess I just kind of said everything I own even the picFear Cooperation tures of my children. Oh. I do Actual contact between Roman have a pocket watch ... So, you Catholics and Protestants in Jasee if you're looking for a touch pan is a comparatively new ex0 you're really looking at the perience, the repor-t said, and wrong man." credited Pope John XXIII and There is no longer the familiar the Second Vatican Council with ment between the VaticalIl and honking of horns or clinking of doing away with much of the Poland is reached. Vatican dip- change, but Emile Joseph Domi- earlier hostility and distrust. lomats have visited War-saw, nique. Jr. has found happiness There is, however. a shallow and Po\tish representatives have by marching to the beat of a dif- understanding of Catholicism by had exploratory talks in Rome ferent drummer. many Protestants who still fear in recent year·s in attempts to "It's the culmination of my cooperation with the Roman work out a new state-Church aI"- life," he said.. Catholic Church because of its rangement in Poland. And at 59, Brother Emile is a clo~e-knit organization and papal authority, the report said. However. even as the Polish happy man. There are also many Catholics, foreign minister was visiting the ~t added. who were hrought up Vatican. on Nov. 12. the governin the years preceding the ecument was pushing educational N RLC to Begin menical movement and who f·ind reforms that could restrict the P bl it difficult now to associate with r.ights of the Church ,in providing U ication religious training to the young. MINNEAiPOLIS (NC) - The Protestants ,in church - related activity. National Right to Life News, a The Vatican daily reported publication of the National Right that Cardinal Wyszynski. in h'is to Life Committee, will begin midnight Mass sermon, 'said that publication here. Alice Hartle, the Church in Poland counts 30 editor of the News. said the BEFORE YOU milLion faithful and has. there- newspaper was designel as a BUY - TRY fore, "a place in the life of the "unifying force informing and nation." educating the pro-life moveThe cardinal said that the ment and serving as a Church is ready to participate in vital link between the NRLC an "authentic" effo"t OLDSMOBILE ,. to recon- 0 ff'Ice an d t h e grass roots organstruct the country socially and izations throughout the coun-

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dude Americans Abbot Rembert Weakland. abbot primate of the ~ Benedictines, and Brother Charles VATICAN CI (NC) - The Henry Buttime~~i2~..gener~ Vatic Osservatore Ro~rs of the Christian~no, carried news reports reSchools. . dently that Cardinal Stefan Abbot Weakland. former head Wy:szynski of Warsaw said that of St. Vincent's archabbey at Poland's communist regime "has Latrobe. Pa.• was elected abbot not abandoned" attempts Ito primate of the Benedictines in 'block the efforts of the Church. 1967. Brother Buttimer is a na. "especially in the field of youth," L'Osservatore Romano printed tive of Brighton, Mass., and was elected supe~i~r general in 1966. a report from Warsaw on the Other religIOUS orders w~o cardinal's sermon at midn.ight have been chosen to take part In Mass in which he said that the the •. whi.ch will discuss recent visit of Pol,ish Foreign evangelizatIOn m the modern Minister Stefan Olszowski to world. are the Je~uits, Franc!s- the Vatican was a "useful. posicans, the Antoman Maromt: tive and constructive approach" order. Holy Ghost Fathers. Afn- by the Polish government can Missionaries of Verona. . . White Fathers. Scheut Fathers. (Other .news reports said that and the Capuchins. Ithe cardmal f it· had htold a select Chosen as alternate delegates group 0 p lests t at Pope Paul were the heads of the Mission- had reportedly made it plain to aries of the Sacred Heart of OlszowskJi that there can be no Jesus and of the Brothers of nor~alizati~n of Polish-Vatican the agreement Christian Teaching of St relatIOns ~. f P r h Without b' h Gabriel. ,0 ·0 'IS IS ops.

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PHILADELPHIA (NC)-A total of 232 young men and women from the archdiocese of Philadelphia entered seminaries or (Cardinal Wyszynski said also Religious communities during ,that ceremonies introduced in 1973. six more than in 1972. it government offices to repIace was reported this week by Msgr. Baptism and other sacraments Edward J. Thompson. archdioc- . were ridiculous. "We must say . this openly." he said, "because esan director of vocations, While the number of young we are concerned with the presmen entering the seminary . tige of our state. which must not indulge in such freak amusedropped by 11 from the 1972 figure. the number of young wOql- ments.") en entering the convent increased 30 Million Catholics by 17. Vocations among men still outnumbered those young womAccording to some observers of Vatican-Po}ish affairs, Caren. however, 133 to 99. All but seven of the 232 young dinal Wyszynskig who visited men and ~omen who responded Pope Paul VI" privately three to; rellf':cus. vocati<;?ns "tIUr'.".'A_ times in November has asked . / I ~73 were a'lU'i'rfni of Catholic thaT1i1e"'"';lolish bishops be conhIgh schools. suited befort :,tny formal agree-

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VATICAN CITY (NC) - A Spanish nun who devoted her life to caring for the aged poor will be canonized in St. Peter's on Jan. 27 by Pope Paul VI. . The newest saint to be added to the Church's calendar is Blessed Teresa de Jesus Jornet y Ibars, whose canonization was formally approved during a consistory held by the Pope last Dec. 21. The decision to canonize the Spanish nun rested with the Pope but he asked the cardinals and other prelate attending the consistory to· approve it, which they did, as a formality. Blessed Teresa was born in Aytona, Spain; in 1843, and twice entered religious life but was forced to leave because of ill health. Spurred by' her concern for the sick, and particularly the poor, she founded the Institute of the Little Sisters of the Abandoned Aged in January, 1874. She died in 1897 and was beatified by Pope Pius XII in 1958.

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caught without my weekly supply when the clerks struck. In fact, I was in a craft shop on my way to the supermarkets when angry would-be shoppers came in with news that all mar· kets were closed. 1 hot-footed it down to a loc;al meat market and bought a fresh turkey 'whtioh lasted. us about five days. I was caught without milk and produce, however, and we had no idea how long the strike would last-three days or three weeks. How did we fare? Quite well. We discovered many things about ourselves. For example,' this was the first time the children had faced anything like rationing. We who remember World War II shol'ltages and queues find that our offspring have never been called upon to conserve food supplies. We found that when they real~ iZed there might not be bread for awhile, they reached eagerly for the crust which they usually spurned. And that leftover milk they normally toss down the sink without' thinking, was poured back into the container. The idea that there might not' be more where this came from had more impact on them than' all our parental lectures. No Pressure As chief cook, I found the pressure was off me to come up wi,th meals suitable for every palate. I confess I hate to grocery shop. I understand there are some women who really enjoy it, but to me the whole process is frustrating, from trying to, find a parking space to finding myself behind a shopper with 42 coupons at the cash register. And there's always the fear of ending up with more groceries than

Deaf Children LONDON (NC)-The bishops of England and Wales have taken the' initial steps toward the first-ever national census of Catholic deaf chiidren by asking priests to report all such children living in their parishes. The results of the survey will be used by a recently appointed working party with responsibility for devising a pastoral care and religious education program.

Bu t w hen th e sores t icd ose , I' f( •und [ wasn 't expec ted t 0 h op I' n rth ' k up th e noo.' . e car an dpIC dles I nee ded f or a t una casser. ole. n.e family happily ate mac, aroni instead and praised my ingenuity. I suspect the guilt normally produced -by substituting is self-imposed, but it was nice to be able to put a weird mea,1 on the table without apology. A spontaneous commissary formed in the neighbo~d, -wen:t"around~thii't--1lm had eggs but was out of laundry soap and so on. The grape V'ine echoed with needs and suppl,ies. We' shared without any bookkeeping. What we needed we seem~d I to gE~t and what we gave away, we forgot.

Urge Cooperation Of IBritish Bishops BISHOP VISITS PRISON: In his shirtsleeves, Bishop Joseph A. Durick of Nashvilie plays: piano for inmates at Tennessee State Prison on Christmas morning. The bishop . ,,' said he spent· the holyday with prisoners because SOCIety has legally judged them to be cri{Ilinals, as society once illegally judged the Savior to be a criminal." NC Photo.

LONDON (NC) -;- The Tablet, a Bri.tish Catholic weekly, has callec. for greater cooperation by the bishops with the press. Th~~ Tablet pointed out that Aid Shut-Ins the press was present at aU but When it became obvious the a single executive session of the strike wasn't going to be settled, ;. recent meeting of the U.S. hishin a couple of days, we began \ ops in Washington, D.C. caIHng shUt-ins, asking what ~ce' "Cooperation of this kind with they needed. Many elderly peo-. .'IIIIIIII the media is all to the good and pie were too sick or weary to ' " • ... • • is gaining ground increasingly stand in the long lines so we Bishop Says Europeans Caus~ in Eu:~ope," the Tablet said. offered our legs for them. The ' -ffuJ'''fi quo p I' "grape \'line told us which stores . Society in Africa. newspaper ABC as saying that had what and strange places we LONDON (NC)-A bishop from the propaganda, whatever the bishops should consider journal,could buy groceries. One woman Rhodesia who has often been in cloak of respectability given by ists as "friends and collaborators found lots of groceries in a conflict with the white-dom- laws enacted in parliaments, instead of hostile figures to be cbain drug store. Another disinated government theTe said . "there is no real peace and resisted. covered a local ice cream store was loaded with milk and eggs. I here that people of European there is little spirit of recon- Fire Possibly Set origin who call' themselves fol- ciliation" in southern Africa. When the supermarkets re- lowers of Christ "are responsible "We are not .here. to stir up By Satanic Cult opened, our shelves were nearly for the misrule, the established hatred, to increase divisions, LAUDERDALE LAKES (NC) empity, but that wasn't all bad. disorder, the sick society in least of all to promote political -A Catholic Church was deWe used up all those exotic Africa." ' causes," he told the service, "We stroyed by a ,fire Pec. 7 which . mixes and bad buys of a year Bishop Donal Lamont of Um- have come solely to participate the fire marshal believes was ago. We concocted unusual dishes. We missed fru·it most of , tali, speaking at a memorial ser- in the Church's mission of being started by a satanic cult here in all, which helped us better un- vice here for black Africans an instrument of reconciliation. Florida. St. Helen's Church was a total derstand this expensive void in massacred by Portuguese troops That is what Christianity is aU : in its African territory of Mo- about" loss, according to Fire Marshal poor folk's diets all the time. 'zambique, said that Christians All in all, it was a valuahle We are' aU shocked at the hor- Terry Stewart. He estimated the have the right and duty to de-' experience for us. It didn't hurt rOl:S inflicted by racist regimes damage at between $250,000 and nounce racism, but wa'l'ned $500.000. us at all to taste what shortage against the danger of Christians on God's creatures who are our "We are keeping in mind a is like and to test our own inbecoming "professional protest- fellowmen, he said. We all plead possible connection between this genuity and accepance of what to God for tQose who "are deers" woithout lasting conviction. might corne to be the rule rather graded and made to suffer be- fire and cases in Oakland Park Christians, he said, are in cause of the color of the skin and Plantation of chuN:h vandalthan the rarity. ,"fearful danger" of forgetting their Creator gave them," he ism and desecrations by an apparent satan-worshiping organ'God and of trying to solve all added. Candidate Opposes ization," Stewart said. social, economic' and political In the past Bishop Lamont has ·In Oakland Park, where most problems without reference to Abortion, Smut said that government and con- of the previous break-ins occurChrist. PHILADELPHIA (NC)-A prostitution of Rhodesia is racist, red, Detective David Truman ponent. of government aid ,to pri- , The bishop was also critical of and he has opposed legislation blamed the incidents on "Satan vate education in Pennsylvania Christians who protest against enabling the government to pre- worshipers who are using the announced his candidacy for gov- racism without knowing why and vent the integration of Catholic churches for their sexual black 'said they face the danger "of schools and institutions. ernor Jan. 3 here. Masses." Martin Mullen of Philadel'" imitating the herd, of behaving phia said in announcing his like termites ... candidacy that he will oppose "There is a great danger of pornography' and abortion. paying more attention to justice "I pledge that if I am elected," and to scocial progress than to INC. Mullen said, "I will continue to God and without referring these work for a Constitutional amend- things to Him whose concern " ment to protect life from the they are." momen,t of conception until the Bishop Lamont told those at moment of death." ~he service that, whatever the While serving as chairman of outward appearances, whatever the Pennsylvania House Qf Representatives' Appropriations Slaves Committee, Mul.len sponsored three bills designed to give public There are no galley slaves in . ------..- --- .~, . . . - ~ .::..? aid to nonpublic schoosl. Two the royal vessel of divine love363 SECON~ 'ST. 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Statement Deplores Disregard for Life CINClNNATI (NC) The Arabs' and Israelis' disregard for human life was deplored in a statement issued here by the local chapter of the Social Action Conference of Mercy, an organization of Sisters of Mercy. "The outrage of war," the nuns statement declared, "is the disregard for the value of each person's life." The statement supported diplomatic efforts to end the disputes.

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Cardinal Cites Ge.;mans' Duty To Aid Israel

POPE MEETS GARBAGE MEN: Pope Paul VI shakes hands with Roman garbage collectors during a stop near St. Peter's Basilica to pray at a creche the men built. The Pope was on his way back from the Vatican after celebrating Mass in St. Anthony's parish in south Rome and saying "Peace depends on you also." The day was observed as the "World Day of Peace." NC Photo.

Moral Reasons for Boyco.tts Explained ALBANY (NC) - The Albany diocese has outlined a program of suggested films, readings and activities to help people gain an "informed conscience" on how to act toward the labor struggles of some farm laborers and factory workers. TJ'·,·e diocese launched its program in light of a resolution in November by the U.S. Catholic bishops to endorse and support the United Farm Workers' consumer boycott of table grapes and head lettuce. The· diocese's. Office of Religious Education (ORE) said the diocesan program is designed to offer to adults and children an experience of Christian witness in the spirit of the Gospels. "It seems that each of us as Christians must acknowledge the obligation to have an informed conscience on the matter, and choose some action which will

help secure for these our brothers the kinds of living and working conditions most of us enjoy," ORE stated in a release. Included in the program outline are suggestions on how families can treat the issue at horne. Parents are encouraged to explain to their children why they support the 'boycott. The program suggests a family bulletin board which might fea. ture weekly displays of news items, clippings and pictures related to the plight of the farm workers and other, groups such as the striking Farah clothing workers. The ORE statement maintained that a good background on the facts involved in the boycott would help eliminate the timidity some have in approaching a grocer who sells table grapes and head lettuce not picked by the United Farm Workers.

"Argument is not necessary," the statement explained, "but a simple explanation of why the family or individual supports the boycott would be effective." The program also encourages parishes to become involved in implementing the ,bishops' resolution by making the issue the focus of parish adult or family education programs.

community associations and affiLiations with political parties. "These people who worked for social justice are being hunted down with impunity and their organizations destroyed." Father Roach said a reliable source told him that the present military junta has computers programed wJth the names of some 500,000 persons who will be investigated in some form. "Some of these wiJI be killed, some imprIsoned anp others will lose their jobs," Father Roach said. "This program is proceeding with ruthless effioiency." Silence from Catholics in North America and Europe could have a devastating effect on the working class in Chile and Latin America, he said. "Fellow Catholics need to express to them a profound concern for their plight," .he warned. The loss of hope in the democratic process among 'Chileans and other Latin Americans, the pr,iest said, could result in "suicidal and desperate violence" to bring social justice to the povertystricken on that continent.

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MU~~ICH (NC)-Cardinal Juli1;ls Doepfner of Munich, presid:ent of the West German Bishops' Conference, said here recently that each German has a duty to come to the aid of Israel and the Jews threatened with isolation on ,the world political scene, Cardinal Doepfner said that t~e duty of Germans is justified b~ause of "the debt of solidarity they owe to the Jewish people." It must be understood, he added, that the Jewish people after hundreds of years of persecution, have a right to a poHtically secUre homeland. Each people has a ,r,ight to its own existence, he said, and even the Arab states must recognize this fundamental principle. The cardinal said that Israel, however, must not make the ptoblem of its own security depend exclusively on the question of its borders. :"A iust and lasting peace must be established in the Middle East with the aid of the great powers. The United States and the Sov,iet Union must not make this crisis area a testing ground for the interests of political PQwer."

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What Kiind of Crazy World Are We Giving Judy?, By Joseph and Marilyn Roderick Today's poinsettias can be considered' year-round plants. At one time t~eir quality-was such that the ,best way to treat them was to dispose of them once they had bloomed. However, the new hybrids can be kept in leaf with a minimum of effort, In the Kitchen and with a little extra' care The t~acher had been giving can be made to flower a sec- a lesson on letter writing and as ond year. Keep your poinset- an added incentive she casually tia moist. now until it stops blooming. With good watering and care these plants can be kept in bloom for as long as four months, even in our hot, dry houses. Once the bloom has finished, cut the plant back to a few healthy shoots, leaving the leaves intact. It can be placed olltside in the spring and summer gardens in its pot (after the mid.dle of May) and kept watered. At this juncture it can be treated just like an ordinary garden plant; reasonable exposure to the sun, sufficient water and several treatments of fertilizer through the Summer months.

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mentioned that anyone who wanted to practice his or, her newly-formed skills and had' his other work finished could write a 'letter to the President. This did elicit a few questions on the energy crisis and" the high cost of groceries, but the third grade teacher never expected the letter that came from eight year. old Judith Benevides of St. Elizabeth's parish in Fall River. ' Dear President Nixon, When are food prices going down? It is hard to .buy food in my family. I have six brothers and sisters. How is the oil shortage? Soon everybody will be riding bikes. Ho,\\' about WaterMore Difficult gate and the wars? Please can't. The plant should have reason- we have a better place to live? ably leaf growth at the end of Yours truly, the Summer and may be brought Judith Benevides. into the house Where it will make Judy's plea has to make us all an excellent foliage plant for the stop and wonder at just what, Winter with no further 'special type of a world we have created care. If you want to attempt to for her and her brothers and get it to bloom, the procedure is sisters-a world wh~re an eighta little more dificult. year-old (granted she is a very Continue to feed at intervals bright one) is aware of all' the of 'about 15 days and then treat problems that we face and the the plant as a short. day plant. fact that somebody should' do That is, allow it no more than 10 something about them. A great editor once answered hours of sunlight or light of any kind a day. This can be handled such a letter with "Yes, Virginia by placing the pot in a complete- there is a Santa Claus," I wish ly dar,1{ spot every night or by , that someone could answer Jucovering it with a dark lightproof dy's with the promise of "Yes, cloth each night for 14 hours Judith, we will honestly tri to a day. make this world a better place to , This is admittedly a lot of live." Cold blustery days send me 'work to bring a poinsettia to rebloom, but if some one is curious rushing to the kitchen and enahout his or her ability to per- joying cooking warm and hearty sist in such a venture, it is worth meals for my family. The recipe ·trying. ,personally I find it is one that all chicken liver fans against my grain to go to the will delight in, and even some . trOUble, but my father has nursed of the die-hard "I can't stlmd several plants into 'bloom over liver" people might enjoy it.' the years, and enjoys the process. Chicken Livers De Luxe 1 pound chicken -livers 2 Tablespoons flour ' ,Catholic Politician J;4 cup butter or margarine Y2' cup finely chopped onions Gets New P'oS't 1 Tablespoon Worcestershire LONDON (NC) - Norman St. John Stevas, a Catholic politi- sauce 1 Tablespoon chili sauce cian kn'own for his opposition to Y2 teaspoon salt abortion, has heen given the post % teaspoon black pepper of minister of state in the DeJ;4 teaspoon rosemary partment of Education and Sci% teaspoonm thyme ence in a reshuffle of the ConY2 cup fresh mushrooms, (or servative party government. St. John-Stevas, 44, was pro- canned) 1 cup sour cream. moted to the $18,000..a-year post 1) Rinse chicken Hvers in cold from the position of under-secretary of state in the same depart- water until clean and drain weH ment, where he has" fought for on paper tow.eling. 2) Toss with the flour. the right of parents to education3) In a large skillet heat shortal choice. , The change was part of a gov- ening and add onions, cooking ernment reorganiza.tion that until they are transparent. Add shifted William Whitelaw, sec- chicken livers and cook 5 to 10 retary of state for Northern Ire- minutes or until' they are light land since March, IB72, to the brown and cooked through (cook.post of secretary of state for em- ing time may be shortened if you ployment. Whitelaw has been like the inside pinker). 4) Remove from heat and stir given credit for persuading Protestant and Catholic politicians in in sour cream a Tablespoon at a Northern Ireland to cooperate in time. Heat and garnish with a the formation of a government ring of sieved hard cooked egg for the province in which the yolk and rrii~c.ed parsley. Good served with rice. two groups will share' power.

ST. THOMAS MORE, SOMERSET' The Thousand Dollar Club will ·hold a dance at 7::30 P.M. Saturday, Jan 12. in the K of C Hall, Swansea. A social hour will begin at 6:30 P.M. Nonmembers are invited 'to attend and reservations may be made with Mrs. Jane Borden, telephone 672-8477 or Mrs. Sophie' Trafka, 673-3595. Rev. Andre Patenaude of La ,Salette Shrine, Attleboro, will. conduct a musical evening for parishioners and their friends at NAMED: Dr. Eric Cdch- 7:30 P.M. Thursday, Feb. 7 in rane, professor of Ren~is the churoh hall. The event will be sponsored by the Women's sance and early modern ital- Guild.

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Supports Modern I Biblical Scholarship

ST. JOSEPH, ATTLEBORO The acolyte supervisors of the Knights of the altar will hold a mee~ing at 7:30 on Sunday night, Jan. 13 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jaok Bush. ST. STANISLAUS, FALL RIVER The Women's Guild will hold an open meeting featuring square dancing at 7:30 tonight in the school hall. All parishioners are invited and there will be no entrance fee. The annual credit union meeting is scheduled for 7 P.M. Sun; day, Jan. 13 in the lower church hall. There will be refreshments and a door prize. Discussion meetings for adults will begin at 7:45 P.M, Wednesday, Jan. 30 with the place of meeting depending upon the number attending. Non-parishioners and I)on-Catholics are cordially invited. All are invited to view the tapestry now on display in the church, handmade by scores of . parishioners.

CHARLOTIE (NC) - The iNational Federation of Pri~sts' Councils' executive board (N~PC) has unanimously supported i the Catholic Biblical Associatipn's (CBA) defense of modern biblical scholarship. ' The 27-man NFPC board, at a meeting here, passed a resolu~ion of support in response to al request for support from the dBA. The r,eso).ution specifically ~up ported a CBA statement which charged that "fundam~ntajists are attempting to make their own views prevail through i bypassing the .magisterium (teaching authoritY,of the Church) land seeking to discredit and destroy solid, modern scholarship," ! I The CBA statement was sent earlier to U. S. bishops asking for public support. The statert;ient claimed that the attacks on ithe CBA "cause confu!?ion amongl the Pope Paul Receives Catholic laity and threaten I the Orthodox Delegates freedom of responsible scholars VATICAN CITY (NC)-A delto speak out," II egation of Russian Orthodox churchmen and scholars was received recently by Pope Paul State Postpones i VI in a private audience. Abortion Payment~ The . delegation was led by TRENTON (NC)--New Jersey ArchbiShop Wladimir of Dimihas postponed adopting a new trov. The archbiShop, who is reMedica,id payment policy I for tor of the Ecclesiastical Academy a,bortion after the new paynJent of Zagorsk, and his party were policy came under increa'~ing guests in Rome of the Vatican Secretariat for promoting Chris- ' attack from the public. I tian Unity. . . Under, a recent ruling by :the, . Details of the papal audience s~ate attorney gener.a~, William were not relea'sed by the Vatican. Jones, state Medicaid direttor, said the state Department ofl In- However, the visit of the Russian st-itutions and Agenoies is rtow Orthodox delegation is another paying for abor.tions perforrhed in a series of exchange visits bein hospitals,' doctor's offices, :out tween the two chunohes over a of state, "or wherever one is series of years. Canqn Charles Moeller, secretary of 'the Vatican performed," : I unity secretariat and other CathT.he department's present pol- olic churchmen visited the Zaicy, he pointed out, is "now gorsk academy in June of this basically an across-the-bdard year for theological discussions. payment fOT all abortions ~er formed." Under the propo'sed regulations, costs for abortibns would be reimbursable un:der Medicaid only if certain condi• I tlons are met. I Jones noted that of the 577 letters received by his officeI as 245 MAIN STREET of Dec. 28, 547 were oppo~ed FALMOUTH - 1)48-1918 outright to the proposed regalaARMAND ORTINS, Prop., tions, primarily bl~ause ~he writers were opposed to aborqon.

ST. ANNE, FALL RIVER The parish board of education will meet in the rectory at 7:30 P.M. Monday, Jan. 14. Bingo is held in the school auditorium at 7 P.M. each Wednesday night. . The parish committee will sponsor a Snowball Dance Saturday night, Jan. 26, in the school auditorium, Tickets are available from all members. ST. MARY, NEW BEDFORD The Women's Guild will hold a white elephant auction at 8 P.M. Monday, Jan. 14. Members are asked to bring a "funnyuseless" gift, attractively wrapped. Items of value will be mixed with them, and "some members will 'be able to go home with something worthwhile," say officers. A flea market is planned for Saturday, Jan. 19 at the parish school from 10 A.M. to 8 P.M. Members are requested to bring donations or to call 995-1462 or 995-9948 for pickup service. ST. GEORGE, WESTPORT The Couples Club will sponsor a dance in the school hall at 8 P.M. Saturday: Jan. 19. The public is invited and refreshments will be available. Music will be by the Jardinaires. In charge of arrangements are Mr. and Mrs. Normand Marceau and Mr. and· Mrs. Roger Desrosiers. ST. THERESA, NEW BEDFORD Mr. and Mrs. Richard Weaver will serve as co-chairmen of the Couples Club planned spaghetti supper and dance scheduled for 7:30 on Saturday night, Feb. 16. Following the supper, music for dancing will be provided by The Roman IV- and will continue until midnight. _ Reservations are being accepted by the Weavers at 9951389. HOLY NAME, FALL RIVER The 1923 Club will hold a party for paid-up members at'7 P.M. Saturday, Jan. 26. Memberships must be paid by Sunday, Jan. 20. Parish Girl Scouts will sell cookies from Friday, Jan. 18 through Saturday, Feb. 2.

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Peace, Lasting Co-Existence Elderly Couple Not Victims of Neglect

True Pu rpose of Detente

.The idea of human freedom is inseparable from the concept of providence. If there is nothing in the cosmos but atoms and molecules blindly interacting, where can responsibility arise? If my "crime" is simply caused by my genetic make-up reacting with the consequences of and detente are so important that Russia must not be pushed back other peoples' make-up, who into resentful isolation simply in can blame me? Since I had order to make a point about no choice, I was not "free." Only if creation includes the possibility of decisions which are not determined in advance, can

freedom to a society that has never known it. If a little silence about censorship and arbitrary arrests and illegal government is the price to be paid, it is surely a small one compared with the appaIHng" risks of nuclear destruction. By But it is not so simple. In the first place, free societies cannot BARBARA be told to shut up. They can be asked to be courteous, forebear· WARD ing and patient. But they cannot be told t{) say that freedom is not , the most important condition of political and moral life. Silence lilllillliillliitilli1$)i1111111111111111111111 on this point curtails their own we even talk of freedom. But freedom. blind material forces cannot . No Cheating leave open the possibility of In the second place, detente ohoice. They cannot bring into existence more than they contain is not a short-term tactical adin themselves. So freedom de- vantage. It is the search for a pends upon a more than materi- susained relationship. It cannot alist creation - in other words, therefore" be based on cheating. The United States must be acon the existence of God. Incidentally, it is a great figure cepted as it is, an open society, of the American Revolution, with a legal Constitution guaranGouverneur Morris, who has teeing the citizen, against arbigiven us one of the most forth- trary government. If the Soviet right definitions of the depen- Union does not wish or want to dence of freedom upon a divine risk a viable relationship with a free societY,then America is not crea'bor: The great principle is and ever a possible partner. will remain in force--that men But perhaps the third reason is are by nature free. As account- the most important. Soviet Rusable, to Him that made them, sia is not a wholly monolithic they must be so: and so long as society. Within its borders some we have any idea of divine jus- of the most courageous and hightice, , we must associate with it minded men and women in our that of human, freedom. The whole world society are working, right to be free can never be in spite of the virtual certainty alienated, of arrest and imprisonment, to bring into being in the Soviet More Truly Human Union the principles of legality It follows from this fundamen- (promised in its Constitution) and tal insight into the true nature of the possibility of less fettered man that societies which permit thought. and encourage freedom and reThese men and women-Saksponsibility are more truly hu- harov, the nuclear scientist, Solman than those whieh do not. zhenitsyn, the Nobel prize winThe emergence in history of reo ning novelist, Lydia Chukovssponsible constitutional, law- kaya, essayist and poet, General abiding democracies is as vital Grigorenko, Pavel Litvinov, Leva mutation in man's emergence itin-Krasnov and scores of less towards full development as, say, well-known patriots - not only the change in the an'imal world uphold the rights of man in'side from gills to lungs. To lose free- Russia, but they also appeal with dom is to regress. It is an essen· every means open to them for tia,1 stage in God's unfolding the support of men and women providence. in the Western world. But if this is so, what should It is their plea that is decisive. be the relation between the gillIf they take their lives in their breathers and the lung-breathers? hands to plead with Westerners The question is one of immediate to uphold openly the possibilities importance since it involves the of free communication, there can contacts hetween the' United be only one .answer - to keep States and the Soviet Union. faith with them. America is a free, constitutional For this is the true meaning of society. Russia is an unchanged . autocracy and still a very large detente. It has not been introcolonial power. Its leaders are duced, as the German writer exceedingly cautious about con- Gunter Grass put it, "to give 'tacts with open societies and al- priority to more lively east-west though, at this stage, they wish business." Its purpose is truly to negotiate economic and tech- peaceful and lasting coexistence. nological agreements with the For t!his we need openness and West, they react angrily to the truth. 'idea they will be allowed to do so only if they open up their , Appeaser social order to wider outside inNothing appeases an enraged fluences, including the influence of people committed to freedom. elephant so much as the sight 'f,he short answer might be of a little lamb. -St. Francis de Sales that, in the nuclear age, peace

SCHENECTADY (NC) - The hawk had cut their heat because pastor of an elderly couple who of an overdue utilities bill of apparently died from exposure $250. in their unheated home said he Father Gagnon said that the did not think the power com- Bakers were active in parish afpany was neglectful for cutting fairs. "They used to come to off their heat. Mass almost every day, but for "For the years that I have the past three weeks or so hadn't known them they have had trou- been coming as often," he said. , . ble managdng their affairs," said" W.e shourldn t pIcture them as Father George Gagnon, pastor d t Wh h f I h of St. Columba's parish here ~s ~tute. at t e~ e ~ t ey dldn t need, they dild wIthout. "They were very independent They refused help. The .Bakers ,people and didn't want to be were too proud ~o ~,dmlt that told how to live their lives they needed anytlung. either by their family, neighbors' In an attempt to gather the or priests." facts regarding the Baker case, On Christmas Eve, Frank and Father Joseph Girzone, chairman Catherine Baker of Arch Street ,of the Human Rights Commission ,in Schenectary were found dead, and pastor of Mt. Carmel Parish huddled together on the floor of in Amsterdam, visited the coutheir home. pie's home Dec. 26. "Their house as 'filled with In their 90s, the couple allegedly had died of exposure on Dec. trash, with only a small space 21, one day after Niagara Mo- where they could sit and watch

t¢levision," said Father Girzone. "rhey couldn't sleep upstairs in t~eir bedroom because there was ajl unfixed broken window in the room which let in the cold air ftom outside. It appeared that t ey had to sleep on the floor in t e living room which was also f~lled with debris. The ceiling in t~e kitchen had collapsed. The p'ace was very cold." ' I The HRC chairman reported tiitat one of his first questions upon seeing the Bakers' home ~as why _the building inspector ~ho had inspected the house in May, 1973, had not reported the lIiIatter. Father Girzone contacted staff members of the building inspeetion otifice and discovered' that the Bakers would not allow the inspectors to enter their hiome. The inspectors could not enter the home, he noted, due t<> the couple's right of privacy b~ law.

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KNOW YOUR FAITH The Christian Value of Life

Active IProgram Illustrates Rea.1 Concern for Life In recent years "respect for life" has often been narrowed down to concerns about abortion and mercy killing. And while these are important areas of concern in today's world; Christian respect for life is much broader. .I

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FR. CARL J. PFEIFER, S.J.

During the entire month of ,November, Good Shepherd parish in Alexandria, Va., experienced some of the broader implications of Christian respect for life. The month began with a special liturgy to celebrate Veteran's Day. Planned by the large contingent of military personnel, the liturgy helped create a mood , of reflection on the value of life. Further liturgies focllsed on the care needed to sustain life, the responsibility each shares for the quality of life experienced in the wider social community, and respect for the rights of others to a full and happy life. Th~ parish social development committee invited an expert in social problems to speak after each ~ass on the needs of people in the surrounding community. He invited parishioners to become involved anel suggested practical ways that they might help others live more fully. Planned Experiences

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sues and involvement with socia'l concerns Christian AttitUde One parent, who was very much impressed with the focus of the parish durin'g November, w~s led to reflect on what she and her husband might do to help their

children grow in respect and concern. After talking the matter over with her husband, she npted ways they (and other parents) might help their own young~ters develop a sensitivity and respect for life. They agr~ed that ~hilTurn to Page Seventeen,

Ii Helping Mother With Her Funeral The name of Father Tim Shaughnessy has appeared in this column before. Former pastor in his own Peoria diocese, Hrst president for Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions, now director of the ~urphy Center for Liturgical Research at Notre Dame, Tim and I have ,been acquaintances for many years, friends (the term should be used with care) over the past decade..

By FR. JOSEPH M. ; CHAMPLIN

Our paths met and joined at O'Haire airport this week as we journeyed to Oklahoma City for a national liturgical meeting. The flight gave us an opportunity to visit for an hour or so and in the course' of our conversation he spoke about his 94-year'old mother, Julia. .

the religious education committee carefully planned experiences designed to guide youngsters to deepe::l their respect for, life. Small groups of chrIdren, organized in family "Jerusalem is a mosaic, not a learning teams, visited a com- melting pot,',' in the words of munity center, Christ House, in Teddy Kolleck, the city's Israeli Alexandria. They came into first- mayor. hand contact with people dedicated to sharing food, clothing and lodging with those in need. The parish program climaxed near the end of November with By a bike-a-thon to raise money for Christ House. All parishio-' STEVE ners were invited to participate LANDREGAN on Sunday afternoon. Sponsors gave money to bikers according to their mileage; they in turn gave money to Christ House. The The description is accurate, for month ended with the ordination of a deacon in the parish whose the Holy. CHy is a vivid mosaic main task was to work with of cultures of the East and of ~he prisoners at Lorton Reformatory. West. ~ayor Kolleck's distincI was impressed with the Good tion between a mosaic and a Shepherd experience as a kind melting pot is equally apt, for in of model of total pastoral plan- a unique way, the Arabic, Byzanning. The whole parish was in- tine, Roman, Herodian and .Isvolved in 'a variety of ways with rali each retains its identi~ wll·ile becoming more sensitive to the existing side.;by-side with symbols of other cultures. value and quality of life. Young and old shared the same Not only in architecture, but experiences and were encouraged among people, this mosaic exists. to share their impressions with Hassoidic Jews with their long each, other. This type of coordi- forelocks and somber black, nated planning can be particu- garb walk _ the streets with 'larly beneficial to religious edu- cowled Franciscan monks, Arab cation programs, which often shopkeepers wearing the familiar tend to be isolated from real is- white keffiyeh, smartly uni-

She almost passed away itwo years earlier, but made at ~hat time a remarkable recov,ery. However, in recent weeks doctors had discovered a fatal gr~wth and Tim, with his sister ~,ary, began the painful process', of . watching one's mother gr~dually die. i There was a difference here. During the earlier illness rrim and ~ary had talked easily and rranldy with their mother about her funeral. What prayers w6uld she like? Who should preach? How about the handling of !her body, casket and grave? " Those preparations fortuna,tely were not needed then and after she recovered, Julia 'decide~ to donate her body for science. This necessitated a few chang~s inlthe funeral arrangements since t~ere would ,not be a need to proyide in the customary way for those bodily remains. The major points nevertheless had been agteed , upon. ' i' Lover of Bi ble , Several Franciscan Sisters staff a nursing home near Peoria and had been caring for Mrs. ShaJgh: nessy through the last. nine yekrs. , Turn to Page Eighteen I , I

CHAIN OF LIFE: Respect for life is a chain no stronger than its weakest link. Those who value all lives equally are challenged to make each link as strong as it can possibly be. The chain of life-linking young to old, woman to man. On January 22, 1973, the American people were put on notice that respect for life can no longer be -taken for granted as a value in our society. On that day the Supreme Court struck down the abortion laws of Texas and Georgia. In doing so, they withdrew virtually all 'legal protection from unborn children.

Mosaic of East West Cultu;;T! formed and miniskirted Isrheli women soldiers, tourists with ever-pres,ent sunglasses; slapks and cameras, and handsome, work-hardened young kibb~tzniks. I' Of all cities none has a greater claim to the name Holy than does Jerusalem. In Arabic ~he city's name, "El Quds," melms' "the holiness." The Psalmist calls it "the city of our God. His h'oly mountain, fairest of heights." (Ps. 48~2-3). Isaiah, Matthew ~nd John refer to it simply as "the Holy City." ! • While some scholars seekl to link Jerusalem with the Sa'leTl1 of ~elchizedek (Gen. 14:18), the Holy City didn't move into ~eal prominence in Biblical histbry until its conquest by King Da~id around 1000 B.C. ' I Value as Center' I Jerusalem was ,a Jebusite dity at the time of the invasion I of Canaan by Joshua, during the period of the Judges and at the beginning of the monarchy untter King 'Saul. I David saw the value of a political' and religious center for a united Israel that had no ethhic connection with either the tribes Turn to Page Seventeen '

By RUSSELL SHAW

The Supreme Coqrt's abortion decision did not create the problem of disrespect for human life, although it did make it, more ·acute. In a real sense the court's action dramatized the fact that there has been a steady erosion of respect for life throughout the 20th century. What is the Christian view of life l!nd the respect due, it? Pope John XXIII put the ma.tter clearly in his famous encyclica,l Peace on Earth: "Every man has the right to life, to bodily integrity, and to the means which are ne'cessary and suitable for the proper development of life." People concerned about the erosion of respect for life' in our society can and should continue .to say "no"-Ioud and clear-to abuses. But they should not become locked into a posture of negativism. It is not simply that they are "opposed to assaults on

human life, but rather that they are "for" everything that will protect ~nd enhance life. Conscience Clauses Saying "no" to attacks on life is important. But saying "yes" to life itself is even more important. Applied to· ahortion, this suggests several specific cou,rses of 'action. Those who see the pro'abor,tion tide of recent years as a serious \Iliolation of the princi- , pIe of respect for human life 'must support all responsible efforts, through legislatures and cour.ts, to achieve as much protection as possible for the unborn child. They must also seek legal protection through "conscience clauses" for the right of individua'ls' and hospitals which reject abortion. Birthright Program It is also essential to extend compassion and practic,al assistance to women who experience problems associated with pregnancy. The model of the nationwide Birthright program should be studied and, imitated everywhere. For their part, men should stop thinking of pregnancy--and abortion--as matters that involve women only. Undoubtedly the well-known "double standard" of morality-favoring men-has played a significant role in the growth of a pro-abortion men· tality. Pro-life people. must recognize and communicate the fact th,at there can be no "weighing" of lives-that it is unreasonable and wrong to assign greater value to some lives than to Turn to Page Seventeen

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Waugh and Lowry Alike In Possession of Genius

Thurs., Jan. 10, 1974

Concern for Life Continued from Page Sixteen drl:1n can be helped to develop a tespect or reverence for life by the way parents .......treat friends and neighbors; ~respond to the needs of ...thers in the community whom they do not know personally; ';""'aHocate time to devote themselves to volunteer church or civic community activities; .......show respect and responsibility for themselves; ~order their lives and establish priorities; ;-exemplify in their own lifestYile the respect for life they encourage in their youngsters. ~espect or reverence for life is a deeply Christi-an attitude in yoiJng and old alike, particularly when the religious education effort is part of a total pastoral pli'ln like that at Good Shepherd. As, my friend pointed ·out after the parisli experience, respect for life is mainly developed at home thtough the quality of respect or re"erence that family members exhibit.

The mystery of literary genius is as intriguing as it is inscrutable. This commonplace is reinforced by a reading of new books about two of the authentic literary geniuses of our times: Evelyn Waugh and His World, edited by David Pryce-Jones _ (Little Brown, 34 Beacon St., ingness. Lowry's biographer asBoston, Mass. 02106. $12.95. serts that Under the Volcano is "the greatest religious novel of Illustrated) and Malcolm this century." Although one may Lowry by Douglas Day (Oxford University Press, 200 Madison Ave" New York, N. Y. 10016. $10. Illustrated). ... ~ ~ By RT. REV. MSGR. JOHN S. KENNEDY 111111II111:llIl1iiWW'W"§!%I:::11

The book about Lowry is a full 472-page biography, including a critical examination of his work. The book about Waugh is a collection of essays, mostly recol· lections by people who knew him, with some critical comment on his work. The latter volume has many more illustrations than the former. Waugh and Lowry were both middle class Englishmen. Waugh was born in 1903, Lowry in 1909. Waugh's father was a publisher, L'Owry's a broker. The elder Low" ry was more prosperous, but there was far more literary influ·· ence in. Waugh's home than in Lowry's. Waugh went to Oxford, Lowry to Cambridge. Belief Was Firm Waugh wrote ~any books, all of notable quality, some of sur· passing brilliance. Lowry produced only one first-rate book, Under the Volcano, still considered, some 17 years after publication, a masterpiece, He wrote much else, none of it finished, and none comparable to Under the Volcano. Lowry died a suicide in 1957. He had attempted suicide earlier. Waugh, too, attempted suicide at a low point in young manhood. Waugh later became a Catholic, and his failJh was the anchorhold of his life. His belief was firm, but he knew much unhappiness, especially as he aged and neared his death in 1966. Lowry had been brought up in a strictly, soberly evangelical household. In later life he practiced no religion, although he prayed when downcast, entering, for example, a little Mexican church to ask help of the Virgin who looks after those who have no one to help them. Life Styie Damnation and salvation figure more starkly and unmistakably in Lowry's work than in Waugh's. In the lives of his characters, as in his own, there is acute concern about the obligation to love, aClite anxiety about inability to do so and the tcrrtble consequences of unlov-

Maker God Who made things is more nigh to us than are those many things which He has made. -St. Augustine

consider the claim excessive, one can see the grounds for it; it is not absurd. The two men -differed sharply in life style. Waugh aspired to, and in large measure achieved, an aristocratic standard. His very first book sold w.ell, and he had a series of successes thereafter. He could afford the large country homes, the choice furniture and pictures, the clothes, the wines, tlhe memberships in exclusive clubs which meant so much to him. He was in all things elegant. Lowry, in contrast, was generally hard up and shabbily dressed, lived in cheap hotels, haunted frowzy bars, never owned a home except a squatter's shack built by himself, wandered the world practically emptyhanded, spent time in filthy jails. A small remittance from his sternly dJsapproving father was his only income most of the time. Lowry's

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HOLY CITY: Dominating the view of the old city of Jerusalem is the golden Dome of the Rock. The ancient structure was a mosque, then a Catholic church and now a mosque again. It covers the rock venerated as the place where Abraham tried to sacrifice his son, Isaac. NC Photo.

In many things different, Lowry and Waugh were alike in the possession of genius. And they Continued from Page Sixteen were aHke in the use of persona! experience as the source and of the north or the south. Jerumuch of the substance of their salem offered just suoh advanfiction. They did not create out tages in addition to its geographof nothing, but took the matter ical location on the border beof their own lives and imagina- tween the rival tribal areas. After his conquest David tively transformed it. brought the Ark of the Covenant The Lowry biography is immeasurably weightier than the . to the city (2 Sm. 6:11-23). Father sheaf of reminiscences of John L. McKenzie writes: "David, Waugh's friends. It is very well who was trying to unite a disdone, but it is not easy reading, united Israel but also of its ancient unity; and the Ark lent and this for two reasons. One is the author's relentless' sanctity to his new capital city." As it turned out, it was not searching out and setting down every tiniest available 'scrap of the Ark, but the temple built by detail about Lowry. As the well- David's son, Solomon (1 Kgs. 6), wafT} expression has it, he tells that was to provide the theOlogus almost more about Lowry ical symboHsrn for Jerusalem. It than we care to know. Also, he is Temple Mount, or Mount assumes in the reader a close Moriah, that best mirrors the reacquaintance with everything of ligious history of Jerusalem. Lowry's that has appeared in Herod's Temple print, and a keen interest in Solomon's Temple was de· minute analysis of thjs work. Not intended for the spec-ialist stroyed by the Babylonians, and only, it can be fully appreciated the mount stood barren during the 70-year exile. When the rem· only by the specialist. nant returned from Babylon, an· Wrote Reams other temple was. built by ZerubThe second reason is the an- babel, but it fell far short of guish, the waste, and the near- Solomon's. It was Herod's Temple, begun degradation of most of Lowry's life. Already at 18 he was drink- in 19 B.C., that once again reing constantly, and his intervals flected the glory of the Solomonic of sobriety from then until his edifice. It was within the courts death were relaHvely few. He of Herod's Temple that Christ spent much of his life in the confounded the teachers as a stews of the world, was fre- youth. It was from Herod's Tern· quently hospital-ized for alcohol- pIe that He drove the moneyism and mental illness. His changers. It was in Herod's Temwives (there were two) knew suf- ple that Christ preached, as did fering and numiliation of no His apostles and disciples after Him. small order. The grandeur of Herod's TemYet he was, as someone said, a sieve, meaning that through all ple was destroyed with the City his .vicissitudes he sorted out of Jerusalem in 70 AD. ·by the what he saw and heard, discard- Romans. Once again' Mount ing what was of no use to his Moriah stood ahandoned. An attempt to rebuild the temwork and retaining, amazingly, what he could develop. And the ple in 132 AD. was frustrated wonder is that, inebriated and in 135 AD. by the Roman Emdistraught, he could write at all. peror Hadrian, who had a temIn fact he wrote reams and ple to the Roman god, Jupiter Capitolinus, erected on the site. reams.

Mosaic of East West Cultures Another attempt to restore the temple in 361 AD. was stopped by fiery eruptions from the soil. Once more Mount Moriah was barren, looked upon as a spot cursed by God. Moslem Temple In 691 AD., the followers of Mohammaj built the mosque known today as the Dome of the Rock, on the site of the former temples. In 1099 AD. the Crusaders occupied the Mount and turned the mosque into a Christian shrine and named it Ternplum Domini, the Temple of the. Lord. In 1187 AD. the Moslems reoccupied Jerusalem and the Crescent repl,a,ced the Cross atop the structure. It has remained there ever since. Today, the Dome of the Rock (sometimes erroneously referred to as the mosque of Omar) has been restored and its gold an'odized aluminum dome dominates the Old City. The dome covers the rocky outcropping that is the traditional site where the angels stayed the hand of Abmham as he was about to sacrifice Isaac. To the Moslem it is the holy spot from where Mohammed ascended into heaven. Nearby at the Western Mall or Wailing Wall, the only portion of Herod's Temple left standing, devout Jews I,ament the destruction of the temples by the Babylonians and the Romans. Jerusalem is indeed a mosaic and the fact is brought home to us by the colorful history of Mount Moriah, to many th~ holiest spot in the holiest city.

Freedom If man does not bave the free

faculty to shun evil and to choose good, then, whatever his action may be, he is not responsible for them. -St. Justin Martyr

Value of Life Continued from Page Sixteen otbers. Abortion is the most dramatic example of this but it is far from the only one. The same mentality is at work in any form of discrimination based, for example, on national origin or skin color. Respect for life rules out all pi¢king and choosing among hu· man lives-with some lives to be: respected a great deal, some a little, and some not at all. Respect for life is a chain no st~onger than its weakest link. Those who value all lives equally ar~ challenged to make each link as: strong as it can possibly be.

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Symbolism .of Celibacy Is Integr~,1 Part of Culture Now that the Star Trek reruns have completed their fourth round, my new TV hero is Theo Kojack, the Polish New York police lieutenant played by a Greek. (Lt. Columbo is Jewish, but that's all right because the Jewish cop in Streets of New York . is Italian. Only in America still maintain ordinary relationships. ...!) The scripts may be Symbolizes Dedication weak, but the atmosphere is authentic, and Telly Sevalas is an ethnic par excellence-a combination of toughness and tenderness that ought to' put to rout

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forever the disgraceful Polish jokes which still clutter up the networks. Kojack isn't ,married. The police department is his life. But then, Owen Marshall isn't married either; nor is Mannix, Marcus Wel1by, Chief Ironsides, Perry Mason, Matt Dillon, Mr. Spock, J.im Phelps, Barnaby Jones, and Captain Chase. Neither was Shane, Sherlock Holmes, Nero Wolfe, and Hercule P6irot. There are, of course,. married TV heroes-John Walton, Commissioner MacMiIlan (one wonders how he and Ironsides get along), Archie Bunker-but they are a minority. And in most of the adventure stories the conflict between family and job is compelling. It is hard to be a dedicated cop (private eye, doctor, lawyer, marshal, Vulcan) and

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IHCHMOND (NC).-Catholics here will oeserve the anniversary of the Supreme Court abortion ruling with a day of prayer and fasting. Bishop Walter F. Sullivan asked Catholics in the Richmond diocese, which covel's most of Virginia, to make Sunday, Jan. 20, . a day of penance for sins against unborn children as the result of the Jan 22, 1973 ruling which legalized widespread abortion. The day should be marked by prayer and fasting and by special liturgies "for the forgiveness of our sins and those of our nation against the unborn," the apostolic administrator of the diocese wrote in a proclamation. "Sadly," he said, "that decision accurately reflects the views of many of the people in our country. As a people of faith called by Jesus to give life, we have become accessories to that crime by our silence and our insensitivity."

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No freedom is so great a,s that of the children ,of God' who ate fast bound by the perfect law .of love and liberty. -R. H. Benson

In the mystery stories Roderick Allen succumbed to his artist lady friend, John Appleby did indeed marry Judith, and Peter Wimsey finally captured that rather tiresome woman he pursued well into advanced middle age. But the real detectives-Lew Archer, Sam Spade, Philip Marlowe-follow the celibate path blazed for them by C. Auguste Dupin, S. Holmes, and N. Wolfe. Are they trying to tell us something? , I had not thought of the celibate folk hero until a seminarian pointed it out to me. There is, he argued, a riatural symbolism of dedication in the 'celibate life that is understood and accepted by almost everyone in our society. There is no anguished cry of outrage or protest when our adventure heroes are portrayed as men whose dedication and commitment is so great that family life is not for them. On the contrary, we accept such symbolism of dedication as a matter of course. It is right and proper that Shane should ride over the mountains alone, that Deerslayer never gets the girl, that Sherlock should turn to his violin and his cocaine for solace. Theo Kojack is merely the most recent of a long line. of celibate folk heroes. Far from the symbolism of celibacy being foreIgn to our culture it is an integral part of .it. 'Being Alo,ne' And the celibacy of Kojac~ Poirot, Shane, Wolfe, Mannix is not merely a celibacy, based on convenience. Obviously if Nero has a wife he would have less time for his orchids, and Holmes . couldn't have bounded over to catch a train for some isolated moor if he had kids to worry about. No cop with a family would take the chances that Kojack, Mannix, and Lew Archer ta·ke. Freedom from attachments and responsibility facilitates their work But that is not all; it is not even the most important thing about tlheir celibacy. "Bl:!ing alone" has critical symbolic value. It represents the total' involvement of their personalities in their work. They are men possessed by a visIon of what the world ought to be like, and have dedicated their entire beings to the pursuit of their goal. None of us think that they are crazy or immature or misfits. On the contrary, if Shane came riding back we would be disappointed in him. If Kojack left the force to marry we would feel betrayed. If Captain Kirk messed around with one of the women in his crew we would. be outraged. And it is inconceivable that we would approve if Holmes resigned to marry Irene Adler. Like I say, are they trying to tell us something? © 1974, Inter/Syndicate,

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TRAPPIST ABBEY OF OUR LADY OF THE GENESSEE, PIFFARD, N.y.-"~he silence of the forest, the peace of the early morning wind moving the branches of the trees, the solitude and isolation in the house of God: these are good because it is in silertce, and not in commotion, in solitude 'and not in crowd$, that God best likes to reveal Himself most intimately to men."-Thomas Merton in ~'The Silent Life." NC Photo. r i

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, WASHINGTON (NC)-A .of institution that best meets olic college official has ca)led their educational goal." for the establishment of a inaThe one or two years of national federal schol.arship pro- tional service, Father Ryan addgram based on. ability, need ~nd ed, could be scheduled before, a commitment to perform sc>me during or after the class work. type of national service.' Two national panels studying . Jesuit Father Edmund ~ G. higher education in this country, Ryan, executive v.ice-president the Carnegie Commission and the for educational affairs at GeOJ;,ge- Newman Task Force, he noted, town University here, 'said the ?ave recently ~rged breaks durprogram would permit sqme mg the :ctu~atlOnal ~rocess. young people toattendcol1,ege ?rgan.lz~t:lon'S whlc.h. scholarwho would otherwise not be able shIp recIpIents could Jom to fulto at,tend for financial reasons: . fill . their national service obli. . gatlOn, he suggested, could be He saId: the armed services, the Teacher "For each year of service, a Corps, the Peace .Corps, and student would receive a scholar- VISTA. ship for two years of' underg~ad"Those 'who would -benefit uate education or one yearl of most from this program," Father graduate or professional educa- Ryan said, "are students from tion. The scholarship would dov- middle-class families who ·are er the cost of tuitton and ~ees caught in the educational at the college or universitYi of squeeze'. They can no longer afthe student's choice. This would ford the price of higher educaremove financial ban-iers to cau- tion yet their family income .is cation and extend the freed~ of too high to qualify for federal young people to choose the type aid." I

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Continue~ from Page Sixteen Her only son often stopped to see Julia and during those long hours when conversation frequently dragged he would read to his mother from the Bible. She liked this and Father Shaughnessy, with his deep love for sacred scripture, liked it also. A few days ago he realized they had not yet selected the biblical passages for her funeral. With that in mind, Tim took the revised lectionary from the nursing home chapel and recited for this fine woman the many texts given in our new ritual. "That's nice ... I like that one, too .. That's the one I want." _ After they decided on the three selections, her head slumped to one side. "Are you sad, mother, talking about your funeral this way?" "No, I'm very, very happy. Just tired." On the second day of our convention, participants heard from the chairman that Father Shaughnessy had been called home because of his mother's deteriorat-· iog condition. I ran into Tim a few hours la~er at the hotel. Julia had, in fact, died and he was waiting until 2:00 A.M. for a flight home. Several of us spent those remaining moments with him. He wept a little bit ("I'm not ashamed to cry"). Death of a mather, even as a blessed end of· 94 years and a beautiful entrance into joy forever, leaves the heart empty, stunned, and , heavy. • We talked more about her funeral-the participation leaflets and memorial cards already designed, the music chosen, the long-time friend who would preach. In particular, he was concerned about a procession bearing gifts through which par-' ticipants could make a memorial offering for those nuns at the nursing home Father Shaughnessy has done fairly extensive research on anthropological and ritual elements of the liturgy. He mentioned to me on the way to Okla,homa that the manner in which a culture initiates and dismisses new and old members, the way it inducts them and provides for their exodus tells us much about that society and culture. These socalled. "liminal" mements of life and the fashion in which we experience, work through or celebrate t·hem, ref.lect deeply about our own values. I will not be able personally to participate in the magnificent send-off Tim, Mary, and others give Julia this Mondl,lY. But I know it will say to all that she long ago reCeived' Jesus' life in Baptism, took Christ's words seriously for nearly a century, and now, the battle over, rejoices wit'h her Risen Lord in heaven.

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CINCINNATI (NC) - Xavier University has ended its 73-year tradition of intercollegiate football because of what Father Robert W. Mulligan, Xavier presdent called "spiralling costs." Action to end the program came in a 15路3 vote of the uni路 versity's board of trustees. Father Mulligan said the Jesuit university lost $200,000 in the past football season despite the faot that with five wins and five losses and a tie it was the Musketeers' best record in five years. Among those voting to retain football were Father Mulligan and his predecessor, Father Paul L. O'Connor, now chancellor of the university.

By PETER J. BARTEK Norton Hi&h Coach

Champs Face' Tough Test In Bristol Ice Hockey Loop Defending champion Somerset will have to fight off strong challenges from, at least, three contenders if it is to repeat as titlist of the twelve team Bristol County Hockey League. The Blue Raiders, in fact, will be hard pressed to win their own divisional second group and Taunton, Msgr. crown in the three division Coyle-Bishop Cassidy High of circuit. Look for Bishop Con- Taunton, Dighton-Rehoboth and nolly High of Fall River to be Apponequet Regional of Lakeamong the leaders when the season is concluded in mid-February with New Bed'ford Vocational, New Bedford High and Taunton. All league matches will be played at the Moby Dick rink in New Bedford, the Driscoll Rink in Fall River and at the Taunton Municipal Rink. Divisions have been aligned along geographical lines with New Bedford, New Bedford Voke, Dartmouth and Fairhaven in one bracket; Bishop Connolly, Durfee High of Fall River, Bristol Agricultural of Dighton and Somerset in the

ville in the third. Each club is scheduled to play all teams within its own division twice and all other teams once during the course of the 14 game campaign. While the sport of ice hockey has not taken over the scholastic spotlight within the confines of diocesan territorial limits, there is no question about the sport's rise in popularity. There are now three loops functioning in the area whereas only a few years ago there were only a half-dozen local schools with hockey teams.

Popularity of Schoolboy Hockey Increasing At the recently completed Silver City Hockey Tournament in Taunton the participants played before full house audiences throughout the finals. The cro~ds were enth~siastic and appr~cJated .t~e cah?re of hockey bemg e~h1b1ted. Sl~ce all twelve teams in the Bnstol County Hockey League competed in that tourney. it is . fair to assume the same interest w1ll carryover . mto the regular season games. . .. A ca.pac1ty aUd1en,ce 1S. expeeted in New Bedford tomght when ~e Dartmouth Indians face off against New Bedford at 7:00 P.M. and New Bedford Vocational meets Fairhaven in an 8:30 'contest. The Artisans are expected to do well in the New Beclford area circuit on the basis of their strong showing in the Taunton tourney. The Bob Prefontaine coached club lost to Bishop Connolly in finals 4-1. However, Voke was not chosen as one of

the pre-tourney favorites and surprised many fans with their spirited play. New Bedford is likely to challenge the Artisans for the divisional crown. In Fall River, tourney winner Connolly will meet Bristol Aggies tonight in the evening's opener with Somerset and Durfee colliding in the night cap. Connoll y an d Somerse t sh ou Id Iead th e group a t th e en d 0 f th e se ason . It's anyone ,s guess as t 0 who will be in the top spot. Both Bristol and Durfee are new members of the hockey loop and are not expected to be serious challengers. Taunton eliminated Somerset from its tournament and in the process indicated that it is a power to be reckoned with this Winter not only in basketball but also in hockey. The Tigers will play Dighton-Rehoboth this evening in the second game at Taunton. Coyle and Apponequet will meet in the first.

Few Surprises in Conference Hoop Action On the basketball scene Taunton has lived up to its pre-season billing and rolled to easy Southeastern Massachusetts Conference Division I victories in its first two games. The Tigers will play an improving New Bedford High team tomorrow in the Silver City. New Bedford came up with a big overtime win against Durfee last week while Taunton beat the Fall Riverites by 20 points. In other Division I games on taps for tomorrow Bishop Stang of Dartmouth is at Attleboro, and Barnstable is in Fall River to meet Durfee. Both Durfee and Bishop Stang have gotten off to rather poor starts and must get back on the winning track if they hope to stay within striking distance of Taunton. There have been relatively few

surprises in the results of the few games played in Divisions II and III. The favorites have been winning to date, however, the margins of victory have been greater than expected. Division II pre-season choice Dartmouth edged Connolly by only five points, while Old Rochester and Wareham have won with ease in III and IV. Dartmouth will meet Case High in Swansea tonight, Connolly is at Falmouth, Fairhaven travels to New Bedford to play host Holy Family in a key Division II game and Somerset meets Bishop Feehan in Attleboro to complete the docket. Old Rocester is at Seekonk, Dighton-Rehoboth plays at Coyle and Dennis-Yarmouth is at Bourne in III action. St. Anthony's of New Bedford will tangle with Wareham on the

THE RAM WHAT AM NO RAM: Fordham Rams' mascot, Rameses XIV, which accompanied football and basketball teams for the past two years, has surprised university officials by giving birth to a lamb. Orestes Lopez, student ram (now ewe and lamb) keeper said, "I thought he, or she, seemed to be getting heavier the last few weeks, so I have been cutting back on the food and taking it on longer walks." Scott Sheridan, -2, of Yonkers, visits the mother and baby on a Connecticut farm where they have been resting. It is unclear whether Rameses will have a job at the school or if officials will decide that "there will never be another ewe." NC Photo. .

No.1 Notre Dame Fan Msgr. Gomes Receives Sugar Bowl 'Watch If you see Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes be sure to ask him the time-and notice his watch. The jovial pastor of Our Lady of Angels parish, Fall River, was among a few score proud recipients of souvenir Sugar Bowl wristwatches at a banquet following the dramatic New Year's Eve football game between Notre Dame and AI8!bama, played in the New Odeans Sugar Bowl. The watch was a tribute to Msgr. Gomes' longstanding devotion to the football team of his alma mater, Notre Dame, for which he is the "unofficial part time chaplaIn," attending home and away games whenever possible and celebrating Mass for players, managers and other team personnel.

Since Grade School The prelate's association with Notre Dame began when he was a seventh grader at- Caswell Grammar School, East Taunton, he related. The Caswell principal, Jamse P. Coyle, an ardent Notre Dame alumnus, found in young Tony Gomes a dedicated fan of the Fighting Irish. So one day

Ford to Speak WASHINGTON (NC) - VicePresident Gerald R. F.ord will address the National Religious Broadcasters convention here Jan. 27-30. AboUot 1,200 delegates from all over the world are expected with ambassadors,' senators and congressmen also in attendance. Theme for the convention is "Jesus Chr.ist-the Message of the Medium."

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there was a call for the seven th grader to come to the principal's office. "I went, wondering what I'd done," said Msgr. Gomes. "But the principal wanted me to meet and shake hands with Harry Stuhidreher, one of the Four Horsemen of Notre Dame. I didn't wash that hand for a couple of weeks!" After that it was inevitable that young Gomes should attend Notre Dame, where he was a varsity quarterback and "played in two or three games, but mostly played the bench." Following his graduation, he kept his association lively, and his rectory quarters are crowded with team mementoes gathered over the years. He assesses the present Irish team as excellently coordinated, although without the outstanding individual players of some previous years. He thinks the rule change allowing freshmen to play collegiate football has been all to the good, citing several Notre Dame first year men as providing a "blend of talent" on the gridiron.

Prisoners Released After Amnesty Call LA PAZ (NC)-The Bolivian government released 75 political prisoners during tJhe Christmas season after the Bolivian BishopS' Conference had reques.ced full amnesty for poHtical prisoners and exiles. tater, the conference issued another statement saying that its JuStice and Peace Commission had. .the "total support" of the BoHvlian bishops. The commission had started the campaign to pressure the government for the prisoners' release and came under heavy attack by government officIals. The commission has consistently condemned ,the treatment of. political prisoners by the military regime of President Hugo Banzer and has asked other sim~lar organizations throughout the world to suppor,t its efforts. The commission, headed by Belgian Father Eric de Wasseige and American Dominican Father Arthur Sist, has said that there are 353 pr.isoners held in different jails by the government, which has said there are only 150.

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