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FALL RIVER, MASS., THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1979

'Serve One'Another' Theme of Annual Unity Week GRAYMOOR, N.Y. (NC)Church officials involved witli the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity have selected a theme aimed at reversing what they say are current trends among some churches toward "neo-conservatism." The theme, "Serve One Another to the Glory of God," is based on the fourth chapter of St. Peter's first epistle, where Christians are told to reject their divisions and join in service as an expression of unity in Jesus Christ. This year's observance begins on Jan. 18. The theme was selected by the Graymoor Ecumenical Institute, Graymoor, N.Y., and the National Council of Churches' Faith and Order Commission. The week-long observance is

usee To Settle 7000 Monthly WASHINGTON (NC) - John E. McCarthy, .executive director of the Migration and Refugee Services of the U.S. Catholic Conference, has appealed to the American government to aid 5,000 Vietnamese' stranded aboard two ships and promised to provide help for 7,000 refugees a month. "We're offering the government - we'II do it tomorrow. I guarantee it. I've resettled a million people in my life," McCarthy said. "We have the homes Tum to Page Five

the successor to what was calIed the Chair of Unity Octave, begun in the United States by Father Paul Wattson, founder of the Atonemet Friars, in 1908. Atonement Father Charles LaFontaine, co-director of the ecumenical institute, said Vatican Council II brought about the change whereby "the solipsism (self-centeredness) of the past and the name of the observance itself have disappeared among Roman Catholics." Peter Day, ecumenical officer for the Episcopal Church noted similar changes in Protestants, who "are facing the fact that the divided folIowers of Christ are not speaking with the clear and urgent voice needed to calI the peoples of the world to live as neighbors with equal claim to the necessities of life and to work together toward a just and sustainable society." Atonemet Father Thaddeus Horgan, co-director of the ecumenical institute, said he sees the week of prayer as a chance for Christians to "come out of the closets of their .narcissism, fears and self-imposed guilt" to serve one another for the sake of God's plan for the world. From throughout the United States, members of the order, which entered the Catholic Church under the leadership of the former Episcopalian, Father Wattson, also commented on the week, which is observed by most of the world's Christian churches. Atonement Father Patrick J. Tum to Page Five

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路FINAL PREPARATIONS are being made for Pope John Paul II's historic visit to Mexico later this month. (NC Photo)

To Mark Jubilee At Bishop's Ball The jubilee celebration of the FaII River diocese will. have its "coming-out party" tomorrow night as thousands gather at Lincoln Park BalIroom, North Dartmouth, for the 24th annual Bishop's Charity BalI. The midwinter social event will have the diocesan diamond jubilee as its theme, carried out in sparkling lights and seasonal colors. Traditional highlights of the evening will include presentation to the bishop of 34 young ladies from diocesan parishes and a 10 p.m. grand march. Music for dancing from 8 p.m. Tum to Page Three

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (NC) - President Antonio Guzman of the Dominican Republic said he expects Pope John Paul II to visit the country Jan. 25 on his way to Mexico and the assembly of Latin American bishops in Puebla. Cardinal Antonio Beras of Santo Domingo said the pope will say a Mass, his first in the New World, in the 1540 cathedral of Santa Maria, which contains the remains of Christopher Columbus. President Guzman said the pope's visit "in my opinion is perhaps the most important news in the history of this na: tion;" The one-day visit developed from the need for a stop-over by the papal flight to Mexico. When Pope John Paul confirmed that he would attend the Puebla assembly, Cardinal Beras extended a formal invitation to visit the Dominican Republic. Meanwhile, although Mexico does not have diplomatic relations with the Vatican, authorities are preparing to greet Pope John Paul II with the protocol and security measures reserved for a head of state. Interior Minister Jesus Reves Heroles said that Pope John Paul "will be given alI the cour路 tesies alIowed by the constitution." Some 10,000 policemen and soldiers are being given special training as security guards for. the Palafox Seminary in Puebla, where the pope will stay and for

other possible sites of papal events. "The pope wants the greatest possible contact with the people," Archbishop Emesto Corrifo Ahumada of Mexico City told newsmen in announcing arrangements for an open air Mass at the huge Azteca Stadium which has a capacity of 110,000. The archbishop also said the Mass will be on Jan. 26, the first hint from church sources as to when the pope will arrive in Mexico. Organizers of the bishops' meeting are limiting attendance to some 218 bishop-delegates, along with their assistants, observers and the press. The pope is also scheduled to grant special audiences to groups Tum to Page Thirteen

Announce Changes For Seven Priests Bishop Daniel A. Cronin has announced seven changes a~ fecting assistants in diocesan parishes. All are effective Friday, Feb. 2. Father Jon-Paul GalIant, assistant at Our Lady of Grace Church, Westport, will be assistont at St. Mary's .Cathedral, Fall River. , Father Timothy J. Goldrick, assistant at St. Margaret's, Buzzards Bay, will be assistant at St. Lawrence, New Bedford. Father Arthur T. DeMello, asTum to Page Three

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ill People.Places.Events-NC News Briefs ID Protective Law

Missioner Shot

WASHINGTON - A survey by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare showing that 40 percent of the country's medical schools question applicants about their abortion stance shows the need for a law to protect pro-life applicants, said Sen. Richard Schweiker (R-Pa.), sponsor of the 1977 law mandating the survey.

ROME - Jesuit Father Gerhard Pieper, '38, a native of Berlin, was shot to death Dec. 26 at Kangaire, Rhodesia, the Jesuit press office in Rome announced. The killers of the priest are not known, said the press office. Father Pieper is the 20th Catholic missionary killed in the Rhodesian guerrilla war.

Editors Polled The Catholic Press Association is polling its member-editors on whether Catholic newspapers and magazines should ask for a portion of the national share of the first Catholic Communication Campaign, scheduled for May 27 in parishes throughout the country.

Bishops Complain

JAMES OSTERBERG, 28, a cerebal palsy victim, raised nearly $500 for pro-life advertising in San Diego newspapers by conducting his own "wheelchair-a-thon."

LISBON, Portugal - In a letter circulating in ,Lisbon, Portugal, the bishops of Mozambique said that the Marxist Party controlling their nation's government is discriminating against believers and violating their human rights.

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VATICAN CIlY - Spanish and Vatican officials have signed new churchstate Concordat provisions at the Vatican, updating the pact in effect since 1953. The new provisions concern juridicial questions, issues of education and culture, religious assistance to the armed forces, military service of priests and r,qligious and ecoQomic questions in~olved in the interrelationship between church and state.

Operation Coromoto CARACAS, Venezuela -Political prisoners released by the Cuban government and their relatives are being admitted by Venezuela under Operation Coromoto, named after Venezuela's patroness. A total of 176 Cubans have arrived from Cuba.

Successfu'l Telethon UKRAINIAN RITE Archbishop Joseph Schmondiuk of Philadelphia is dead at age 66.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Brazilians gave $1.5 million in cash and more in art and other objects for the International Year of the Child during a telethon. The International Year of the Child is sponsored by the United Nations International Children's iFund (UNICEF). Cardinal Eugenio Sales of Rio de Janeiro said the "success of the campaign was self-evident in the contributions and the public support for charitable works."

'Unprotected Hand' SPOKANE, Wash. - Promising to extend "an unprotected hand into the coldness of society," Bishop Lawrence H. Welsh was installed as the fourth bishop of the Spokane Dioceses. "I pray for the grace of courage to be willing to extend an unprotected hand into the coldness of a society torn by dissension and division, by terrorism and war, by hatred and strife, by religious bigotry and even disrupted church unity," he said.

Fast Ends

CARDINAL ANTONIO SAMORE is on fact-finding trip to Argentina and Chile to help resolve a border dispute.

WASHINGTON - A 35-year-ol<;l activist who had vowed to "fast to the death" unless a local Catholic church agreed to provide more assistance to the poor ended his fast after 11 days despite the church's refusal to agree to his demands. The decision to call off the fast was made by Mitch Snyder and other members of the Community for Creative Non-Violence. .

Trident Trial SEATTLE tNC) - In what may have been one of the largest mass trials in U.S. history, U.S. District Court Judge Donald Voorhees found 176 persons guilty of ilegal re-entry into the Navy's Trident missile submarine base. Among those convicted Jan. 2 was Franciscan Father Louis Ladenburger of the Spokane Diocese.

Poor Chicago CHICAGO - There was a "significant deter;ioration in the overall financial wellbeing" of parishes in the Archdiocese of Chicago between July 1, 1977, and June 30, 1978, according to the archdiocesan annual report, released as a supplement to The Chicago Catholic.

FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK is the new director of research for the U.S. Catholic Conference.

Landmark Book ,LOUISVILLE, Ky, "Mathematics ,Book 6" may be considered a landmark textbook for private education in Kentucky. The reason? It is the first textbook that has been distributed, free of charge, to 4,000 non-public school students under a textbook program enacted by the 1978 Kentucky General Assembly.

Blood Money ST. PAUL, Minn. - The state of Minnesota paid hospitals, doctors and clinics nearly $400,000 for abortion-related procedures in 1977, The Catholic Bulletin has revealed in the first of a planned series of articles on data obtained from the state Department of Public Welfare.

There's Hope WASHINGTON - Christopher Dunne wants his feilow war resisters in South Africa to know that there is hope for them in the United States. In November, Dunne became the first white war resister from South Africa to be granted political asylum by the U.S. government.

SISTER MIRIAM DOLMOVITCH of Pittsburgh has been named treasurer of Bethlehem University in Israel.

Wisconsin Aid MA:D1SON, Wis. - The U.S. Commissioner of Education has approved a plan resolving a conflict !between the state of Wisconsin and its nOQ-public schools over a federal program providing a wide range of education materials and services. A U.S. Office of Education spokesman said the plan provides $3,668,295 for public and non-public school students in Wisconsin.

Bishops Sign WASHINGTON - Several U.S. bishops are among 450 signers of a petition supporting Palestinian self-determination and the right of Palestinian refugees to return to their homelands. Archbishop James V. Casey of Denver, Melkite-rite Archbishop Joseph Tawil of Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston and Bishop Charles Buswell of Pueblo, Colo., joined with others, including Jesuit Father Daniel Berrigan and his brother, ex- Josephite priest Philip Berrigan, in signing the petition.

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JESUIT FATHER Simon Smith reports he found tremendous openness toward the West on a recent visit to China.

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Bishop's Ball Continued from Page One to 1 a.m. will be by the Vincent Lopez Orchestra and Manny Silvia's Tophatters. 'Bishop Cronin will beescorted to his box by Charles T. Rozak and Mrs. James W. Leith, representing the Soiety of St. Vincent de Paul and the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women, ball co-sponsors. Robert McGuirk, president of the Taunton Particular Council of the VincenFATHER GALLANT

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tians, will introduce presentees to the bishop. The National Anthem will be sung by Mrs. Albert Petit and Bishop Cronin will be introduced to the dancers by Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, diocesan ball director. Ball proceeds benefit three Nazareth Hall schools for exceptional children and four summer camps for the undel'privileged and exceptional.

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o Train a native Sister overseas. She'll be your personal representative to people who need help, and she'll write to you. Her training costs only $12.50 a month, $150 a year, $300 altogether.

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Changes For Priests Continued from Page One sistant at St. Mary, Taunton, will be assistant at Immaculate Conception, New Bedford. Father Michael R. Nagle, assistant at St. Peter the Apostle, Provincetown, will be assistant at St. Margaret's, Buzzards Bay. Father Albert J. Ryan, SMM, assistant at St. Mary's, North Attleboro, will be assistant at St. Mary's, Taunton. Father Evaristo Tavares, assistant at Immaculate Conception, New Bedford, will be assistant at

Santo Christo, Fall River. Father Joseph Viveiros, assistant at Sacred Heart, Fall iRver, will be assistant at St. John the Baptist, New Bedford. Father Gallant, a native of Fall River, was ordained last July. He studied for the priesthood at St. John's Seminary, Brighton, and the North American College in Rome. Father Goldrick, from New Bedford, graduated from Resurrection College, Ontario, before entering St. Mary's Seminary,

How can you make the world a better place this year? Pray for our priests and Sisters at Mass each day, and do all you can to give them what they need. They are your ambassadors to the poor, and they get lonely, hungry, tired. Month by month in '79, have a share in all the good they do! .

Baltimore. He has been regional coordinator of vocations for the upper Cape since 1975.

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Father DeMello, born in New Bedford, has served parishes in Taunton, Fall River and Somerset. He has been an area Boy Scout chaplain and a member of the diocesan commission for Divine Worship.

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o Train a native priest. He wants to give his life for others. For the next six years he needs $15 a month ($180 year, $1080 !lltogether). Write to us. o Enroll a relative or friend a month, newborn infants, students, the ill, in this Association. Lay membership is only $5 for a year, $25 for life ... clergy, $6 annual, $60 perpetual. Family enrollment is only $10 a year, $100 for life. Receive a brand new, beautiful enrollment certificate. o Stringless. Send a gift each month to the Holy Father to take care of the countless number of mission emergencies. He will use It where it's needed most.

Father Nagle, ordained in 1972, served in New Bedford and Taunton parishes before his assignment t() Provincetown.·

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OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS Father Jon-Paul Gallant from Assistant, Our Lady of Grace Parish, Westport, to Assistant, St. Mary's 'Cathedral, Fall River. Father Timothy J. Goldrick, from Assistant, St. Margaret Parish, Buzzards Bay, to Assistant, St. Lawrence Parish, New Bedford. Father Arthur T. DeMello from Assistant, St. Mary Parish, Taunton, to Assistant, Immaculate Conception Parish, New Bedford. Father Michael R. Nagle from Assistant, St. Peter the Apostle Parish, Provincetown, to Assistant, St. Margaret Parish, Buzzards Bay. Father Albert J. Ryan, S.M.M. from Assistant St. Mary Parish, North Attleboro, to Assistant, St. Mary Parish, Taunton. Father Evaristo Tavares from Assistant, Immaculate Conception Parish, New Bedford, to Assistant, Santo Christo' Parish,Fall River. Father Joseph Viveiros from Assistant, Sacred Heart Parish, IFall River, to Assistant, St. John the Baptist Parish, New Bedford. All appointments are effective Friday, February 2, 1979.

Father Ryan is a member of the Missionaries of the Company of Mary, usually known as the Montfort Fathers.

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Father Tavares was born in Candelaria, St. Michael, Azores. He was ordained in the Azores in 1960 and has previously served in Taunton and Fall River parishes. Father Viveiros, also born in the Azores, served in New Bedford before his assignment to Sacred Heart. He is an advocate in the diocesan tribunal and is director of the diocesan apostolate to the deaf.

Associate Named In N. Fairhaven Very Reverend William .B. Davis, SS.CC., Provincial 'of the Sacred Hearts Fathers, with the approval of Bish.op Daniel A. Cronin, announces appointment of Father Henry Creighton, SS. CC. as associate pastor at St. Mary's Church, North Fairhaven. The appointment was effective Jan. 5.

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Don't Ignore New England This Year! The weekend threat by Energy Secretary James Schlesinger that gasoline prices will be raised 6 or 7 cents a gallon this coming year is but another nail in the financial coffin of the Northeast. A recent report by an independent economic research group more than clearly in, dicated that those in this section of the nation find their incomes hardest hit by the uncontrollable spiral of inflation. The report made a significant statement of serious concern to all citizens of this area when it openly declared that "it has been fashionable among Washington policy makers to dismiss the decline of the northeast as exaggerated." The study group co-director, Jeff Faux, also remarked that some of the high cost items in our area, such as food, energy, housing and health care are not a direct result of our location but stem rather from a federal policy under which New England is directly being punished. If this be the case - and all one has to do to agree is to push a shopping basket in a market or pay an electric or fuel bill - then the people of this area are being poorly treated by the Washington bureaucrats. The implications of this study are many and serious. First and foremost, one should ask if our members of Congress have even murmured an offer of help or relief. What are the senators doing? Certainly the senior senator from Massachusetts, Mr. Kennedy, has more than token influence on Capitol Hill. Has he made the serious concerns of his constituents a prime concern of his public service? Have the members of Congress, led by the Speaker of the House from this state, taken the needs of their people to heart, or are they caught up in their personal and paltry battles of political survival? If the facts of the abovementioned report are upheld and to date no one seems to dispute them, why are the elected congress persons of New England so reticent and so willing to submit to the dictates of a federal officialdom that has little concern for their constituents? The present situation really could be compared to a Nero-like fiddling while Rome burns except for the fact that to generate such heat would be an impossibility, given the current energy condition of the Northeast. If the taxpayer feels that his real estate taxes are exorbitant, if the housewife has a hard time putting food on her family table, if the senior citizen is barely able to keep warm due to the cost of fuel, and each of these wishes to continue fighting this battle on the home front out of his or her own. pocket, then this editorial reflection has little meaning. However, if there is a handful of voters who truly want to infuse a litNe life into the ol,d body politic of the area, they should first insulate themselves against the Washington verbiage of their elected officials. In addition, they should be willing to inform those same officials that they can no longer presuppose political support unless they make a significant effort to bring New England out of the doldrums of federal iniustice. If we feel that our area has been placed on the bottom of the Washington list, should we not get the message to our senators and representatives: don't ignore New England this year!

ILLINOIS PARENTS HOLD THEIR CHRISTMAS QUADRUPLETS

'Thy children shall be as olive plants, round about thy table.' Ps. 127:3

Church, Cultism and Confusion

The following letter from a for the young in the Catholic 16-year-old girl who said she adult religion. So as teen-agers plans to leave the church was near adulthood they drop out of published in The Denver Cath- the church they feel has long olic Register, which cited it as rejected them - but their years an example of the churCh's of teaching have taught them problems regarding young that religion is good - so they head for a "cult." A cult that is people today. waiting to grasp them with open I am writing this letter in regard to your article in (the) arms. The young people of today are Register on "Religious Cults." I am 16 years old and a junior the future Catholic Church of in high school. I have been tomorrow. Yet many priests will raised in a wonderful Catholic pass them by, never greet them home by the greatest parents in or speak to them. They fail to see them as persons. the world. In your article Mr. McCarthy ~y parents have set very said churches have to invest strict guidelines in my upbringing - discipline, guidance and time and money in studying the lots of love. I attend ~ass every new cult groups. If the time Sunday, and my parents have and money were spent on parprograms (renever told me, "You can join ish-sponsored whatever religion you want." Yet when I am old enough to leave my parents' home I will also leave the Catholic Church. 'LOVELAND, Ohio (NC) I do not plan to join any "cult." Young adults and a variety of I was not shocked to learn others involved in ministry to that between 30 and 40 percent them gathered in Loveland reof Unification Church members cently to identify the needs of young adults and to begin work ("~oonies") are Catholics, I did not have to think too long and on a pastoral plan to be subhard to come up with some an- mitted to the U.S. bishops in 1980. swers. The Catholic Church has failThe three-day conference was ed in dealing with children and directed by Father Pat O'Neill young adults. The Catholic reli- of the U.S. Catholic Conference's gion is an adult religion. My Education Department. Partici,parish . . . offers no parish- pants included campus ministers, sponsored programs other than young adults in "peer ministry" a CCD class once every other and persons involved in Hispanweek. ic ministry, Marriage Encounter When I attend ~ass on Sun- and religious education. days, I listen to a sermon direcFather O'Neill said that alted at adults. Never have I . heard our parish priest talk to . though there are 61 Il)illion our young people about the young adults in "the United problems we face today - peer States, there are only 200 or so OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER pressure, drugs, drinking and programs in 'the country directed Published weekly by The Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River at the 18-to-40 age group. "cults." 410 Highland Avenue The readers and ushers are Half of the young adults are Fall River, Mass. 02722 675-7151 always adults. Children do not single, but for too long, both in PUBLISHER participate in any way unless the church and society, singles Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, 0.0., S.T.O. you happen to be a boy and have been " a lost generation of EDITOR have the chance to be an altar people who have had no hearing FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATOR Rev. John F. Moore boy. Rev. Msgr. John J. Regan at all," Father O'Neill added. There seems to be no place He said the primary focus of ~ leary Press-Fall River

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treats, socials, etc.)' and if the church stopped offering just adult religion, the cults would soon fade away. The place to start with these programs is fifth, sixth grade and junior high. If the kids develop an interest in church activities at an early age, they will continue through high school. It is too late to start at the senior high, level. Perhaps some day the Catholic leaders will come to realize how desperately young people, as well as adults, need their leadership. P.S. If you publish my letter, DO NOT publish my name. My parents do not know my intention to leave the Catholic Church.

An Answer? the pastoral plan will be on singles, including the unmarried, widowed and divorced. Among central issues thought essential to the pastoral plan were sexual lifestyles among young adults; the place of prayer and spirituality in their lives; the diversity of the young adult population; the importance of listening and interpretation; and the credibility of the church with young adults. Father O'Neill said a two-year consultation with a variety of groups will precede introduction of the pastoral plan to the hishops, so that young adults will see the document as belonging to them and reflecting their needs.

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To Settle 7,000

PERMANENT DEACON Henry Bucher has been named administrator' of St. Peter's parish in Elizabethtown, Pa, He will handle financial and organizational matters as well as liturgical functions permitted to deacons in cooperation with Father Timothy McTaggart, who will care for other liturgical and sacramental needs. (NC Photo)

Permanent Deacon Administers Parish ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. (NC) - Father Thomas Smith, chairman of the priests' personnel committee in the Harrisburg Diocese, says that there are not enough priests to staff all parishes, "but we have people who are interested in working for the church." That situation led to the recent appointment of Henry Bucher as administrator of St. Peter's Parish in Elizabethtown, making him the first permanent deacon in the diocese to be reliPonsible f?r a parish's day-to<fly operations. "We're- trying to see if a team of a deacon, who would care for much of the parish administrative work, and a priest with another job, who would do things that are strictly priestly in na: ture" would work," Father Smith said. "The parish will have adequate pastoral care from two men, not one. Both men will be adding their talents and the parish will still have a priest." Bucher, a member of the first class of permanent deacons ordained for the diocese in June, will be in charge of running the parish and will perform those liturgical functions permitted to a deacon. Father Timothy McTaggart, assistant to the principal of Lancaster Catholic High School and priest-in-residence at St. Peter's, will care for the other liturgical and sacramental needs of the 400-family parish. Father Joseph Gotwalt, who heads the permanent diaconate program in the Harrisburg Diocese, said he did not think a deacon-priest team for staffing a parish would come so soon after the first deacons were ordained. He said the idea has worked well in other parts of the country, especially· the South . and Midwest.

Necrology January 20 Rev. Roland J. Masse, 1952, Assistant, Notre Dame de Lourdes, Fall River January 24 Rev. Edward H. Finnegan, S.J., 1951, Boston College Faculty

The appointment of permanent deacons, who have been given the faculties to handle most pastoral matters except saying Mass, anointing and hearing confessions, has allowed some parishes to have a relatively full parish life with only occasional yisits by a priest,

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Rosaries Dear Editor: Recent news of an increase in devotion to Mary is confirtI)ed by an immense demand for rosaries in mission countries. If any of your readers would like to help spread devotion to Mary they may send rosaries - new or used - directly to Francis M. Onyekadi, Catholic Mission, P.O. Box 28, Warri, Bendel State, Nigeria. Lawrence B. Severson Albany, N.Y.

Serve Continued from Page One Cogan of Lumberton, N.C., said the week remindl> Christians that "The call of all to serve one another is a further summons to strengthen the bonds which already unite them." And Atonement Father Kenneth Stofft, staff officer for the Commission on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs for the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, found reason for optimism about the future of the interfaith movement. "If the goals of renewal, service and celebration continue to be pursued in dialogue with other Christians, with other world religions and with the whole of humanity, (Christians) may be assured that their calling will be fulfilled in accord with the Creator's image, the Spirit's will and the revel~tion of the Word Incar.nate, Jesus Christ."

Continued from Page One and jobs here. Let's not be in a diplomatic games room while people are dying." He said the Migration and Refugees Services office will now commit itself to resettle 7,000 people a month. Asked if his office can handle so many, McCarthy said, "No problem - the American public is tremendous. Problems I can solve. A dead person I can't do a damn thing about. "I don't care how the numbers game works - I just want to get those people on dry land," he said. He added that a priority system is used and "I hope those who sit in mud huts the longest will get the first shag" at resettlement. McCarthy described conditions on the boats as terrible, with a

lack of sanitation, lack of food, overcrowding and illness. "The loss of life is 50 percent," McCarthy said of the attempts of the boat people to escape from Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. "When you hear of a boat turning over or disappear· ing, for every 10 that are lost, six or seven are kids. "We're the richest, most powE,!rful nation on earth. The moment we say we've done enough, let someone else do it - we've lost everything that counts," he concluded.

Hardened Conscience "Conscience can become hardened like water becoming icc . . . It firms gradually, and at last becomes hard; and then it can bear II weight of iniquity." - Sebastian Miklas

Father Gotwalt said, adding, "A deacon can do so much." Father McTaggart is also pleased about the new setup-, because "it releases me from worrying about financial matters and organizational matters to take care of liturgical and sacramental needs." Bucher, who taught English and held administrative posts at Millersville State College in Pennsylvania for many years, had been told during his deacon training that he might be asked to live in a parish where there was a need. "I hope to lend some administrative expertise to whatever the problems and needs' of the parish seem to be," he said. "I . will do that in cooperation with the priest assigned here for pastoral purposes. We will address all the needs of the parish in the same fashion Catholics have been used to, except there will be two people to think and talk about them."

Envoy Impressed By Lebanon Trip ROME (NC) - Cardinal Paolo Bertoli said on his return from a two-week peace-seeking mission to Lebanon as papal envoy that he was most impressed by "the will of the Lebanese to remain Lebanese.'~ This had not really surprised him, the 70-year-old cardinal ,said in a statement at Rome's airport, because he has known Lebanon for 20 years. He served as apostolic nuncio in Beirut in 1959-60. "In the many talks 1 had in recent days," he said, " I was able to verify the will to create a united, independent and peaceful Lebanon. To make that happen it will certainly be necessary to mediate among the various existing possibilities and the views of each one. Solutions often result from valid compromises." He described his talks with political, religious and civic leaders, both Christian and Moslem, as "very interesting," He ·added: "I think hopes for a peaceful solution are not lacking."

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Liberation Theology: Marx - Christian Mixture?

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Is all hospital food poor these days or do I patronize a hospital that ~pecializes in culinary klutz? For 25 years I've used the same hospital. Years ago when my children were born, the food was great. ,Fewer years ago when my children were hospitalized for assorted things, the food was great. Two years ago they instituted a new, improved

as a betrayal of the former "liberal" thrust of Latin American Catholicism. It is no mean political achievement for the "liberationists" to get matters defined that simply. Liberation theology, quite simply, is a rehash of German political theology which, in its tum, is little more than a sloppy mixture of simplified Marxism and simplified Christianity. I have never encountered a liberation theologian who has the slightest knowledge of economics. Yet there are a number

dietary department. Now the food is terrible! Not only is it terrible, but jf you don't eat it they send big mama to your room to find out why. My father is at' present in that hospital. He~s not a fussy eater but my mother is a terrific cook. His untouched food triggered an investigation by the "why didn't you finish everything on your tray" warden. Actually, it started when he was in intensive care. He was served warm jello and cool tea. It didn't matter; he was so sick he didn't care if he ate or not. But when they let him out of captivity and off the clear fluid diet, his spirits soared. The first meal they brought

of concrete eonomic problems for which liberationists have neither an answer nor an interest: 1) Why is it that foreign aid or foreign investment ALWAYS leads to an increase of income inequality in the receiving nation? The more transfer of funds, in other words, from the Northern Hemisphere to the Southern Hemisphere, the more inequality there is between the rich and the poor in the latter. 2) Why is it, therefore, that income transfer thus far means

that in effect one takes poor people in the rich nations to provide more money for the rich people in the poor nations? 3) Why is it that virtually all the new oil-rich nations that have been the recipients of income transfer of the sort the liberationists demand from the Northern Hemisphere have fallen apart economically and waste much if not most of such money? 4)' Why is it that a sober Mexican economist would adntft that the "structural prob-

him was the same warm jello "dietitian's choice" .... the fish and cool tea, but they added fish, ,they couldn't get rid of." paprika, parsleyed potatoes and He tried the jello. The jello squash. My daughter happened won. She said, "I'll bet that's the to be visiting at the time. same dish of jello I kept send-She assured him all was not ing back. It bounces just the lost. "Hide the jello in your same." night table. If you get bored you The following day my mother can bounce it off the wall and brought him a thermos of homecatch it." made beef soup and baked cusBeing a good patient, he de- tard fresh from her oven. He cided to 'try the fish. He loves was enjoying food for the first fish. 'But if it isn't still wiggling time in days when the Maxwell when it's cooked, to him it's Smart of the kitchen bounded ruined. That fish tasted as if in. "No wonder you're not eatit was dead when it was caught. ing your meals! You're not alMy daughter explained, "After lowed to have food from home. patients are here a day or two You're on a special diet because they get to order what they you had diabetes 10 years ago." "But I don't have it now!" want. NOBODY orders the fish. "That doesn't make any difAnyone who's defenseless gets

lems" in his country preclude the possibility for at least the next quarter of a century that Mexico's enormous oil wells can be used to improve the lot of the poor people in Mexico and diminish the illegal migrant rate to the United States? In other words, liberation theology's political and economic analysis leads to a strategy which will make things worse for the poor people in the poor nations though better, of course, for'the elite like the liberation theologians.

ference. We're watching your sugar and caloric intake and your nutritional balance. NO FOOD FROM HOME!" Next meal . . . fish paprika! However, he does have an astute doctor, who determined that one bowl of com flakes (the only food the kitchen couldn't ruin) was an inadequate diet. He cancelled all restrictions. A few meals of homemade soup and custard and pad was starting to feel better. With all the advances of medicine, I do believe they've missed something my daughter observed when she was trying to chop up hospital jello. "They could cure people a lot faster if they had a grandma in the kitchen."

Church Backs White House Conference on Families By

JIM CASTELLI

Reports that Sargent Shriver, 1972 Democratic vicepresidential candidate, may be named chairman of the White House Conference on Families have revived publicity about the meeting. The conference, set for Spring, 1981, will examine the impact of public policy on families.

JOSEPH RODERICK

With the cost of oil what it is, we have joined the hosts who have installed wood stoves in their homes. As I write this, I am semi-exhausted from having cut and split a couple of trunkloads of

That question is at the heart is "The Duties of the Christian of the National Plan for Family Family" and it would not be Life Ministry of the National surprising if the American bishConference of Catholic Bishops. ops emphasized families' politiThe plan involves a decade- cal responsibility at the synod. long program of listening to Father Donald Conray, USCC people's problems at the parish level, researching family prob- family life representative, said lems and developing ways to state Catholic conference direcminister to families. _ tors are enthusiastic about both the bishops' family life program It also emphasizes studying and the White House Conferthe impact of public policy on ence. families and educating Catholic He summarized six goals for families about their "social re- a successful conference offered sponsibilities" in the political in usec congressional testi,. arena. mony: The newly announced theme of - A pre-conference process the 1980 world Synod of Bishops must involve families them-

selves in determining their major needs. - Voices of parents should be heard above t~oices of special interest groups. - The process should be emphasized as much as conclusions so that families can 'become more aware of forces affecting them. - The conference should concentrate on the impact of federal public policy on families. - The conference should also note the impact of other institutions on families. - The conference should consider how informal and natural

support systems can help families deal with their own problems. But Father Conroy also said there are "land mines" in running a successful conference. "Americans have traditionally reserved their family lives as the last preserve of privacy," he said. "To consider public policy toward the family might imply an enlargement of government's domain. But he said there is a need "to show that government activity and support of families does not demand control and regulation of individual family experience.

seasoned oak that a friend was good enough to give me. The stove is in place on the hearth of our fireplace and in the two weeks it has been functioning I have had nothing but praise for it. To begin with it is airtight. This means that it burns with controlled intake' of air rather than as an open fireplace. In practice this means that I can load it and expect it to operate for eight to 10 hours at a low burn. When we purchased the stove we anticipated it would heat about a third of the house, but

the hotter it is and the farther away the cooler. There are draughts because the heat moves through the house primarily by radiation and therefore as cold air is displaced by warm the cold air sinks and sets up a flow. These drawbacks, however, are balanced by phenomenal reo ports of fuel savings. A repair man who came to our house recently told us he lives on a lake and heats his home with a wood stove, using approximately four cords of wood a year. His oil bill since last Aug路 ist has been $65. A friend who

heats a rather large home with his stove reported that his oil bill for November was $13. We had our last delivery of oil just before we installed our stove. In those two weeks we have used supplementary heat from our boiler for only about 30 minutes. As far as I can determine, the boiler goes on only to heat water. Therefore I anticipate huge savings on oil. At this point we felt we had to find an alternate source of heat. Whether our choice was the most appropriate is difficult to say - but it is an interesting and physical one!

we have been pleasantly surprised. As it is now functioning, we can expect it to heat our whole house when the temperature is above 40 and to need only supplementary heat from our boiler on colder days. Needless to say, a woodstove has its limitations. First, it must be tended. This means the fire has to be started and fed. Wood has to be bought, cut, split and' stored. It must be brought into the house and its ashes must be removed, which is messy. The heat furnished-- is very uneven. The closer to the stove

NFP Classes Set

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Irish Face Controversy Over Family Planning

A series of Natural Family Planning classes will begin Monday, Jan. 29 at St. Mary's CCD Center, Seekonk. Officials say the classes are especially beneficial for couples unsuccessful with other natural means of family planning or disenchanted with artificial methods. The classes, to be held monthly' for four months, are not restricted to couples but pre-registration is required. Pauline L'Heureux, organizer, notes: "With fertility awareness, a couple comes to understand the woman's cycle and can make the decision for conception independent of possibly harmful pills or other devices. Many childless couples have been successful in conceiving by using natural family planning methods after years of pain and frustration." Further information is available from Mrs. L'Heureux at 336-6349.

Disputes Piaget ;VATICAN CITY (NC) - A Franciscan theologian disagrees that the findings of Swiss child psychologist Jean Piaget justify delaying first confession until after first Communion. In an article in L'Osservatore Romano, Franciscan Father Roberto Zavalloni said Piaget's research "cannot provide the essential elements for an education of the moral conscience."

New Office DENVER (NC)-The Archdiocese of Denver has officially establishedan office for the divorced, separated and widowed within the archdiocesan Family Life Services.

RICHARD CULUNA, former advertising manager of the Hartford Catholic Transcript, has been named national executive sales manager of the Catholic, Major Markets Newspaper Assn. He joined the Transcript following three years of service as a Papal Volunteer for Latin America in Peru. While there hemet Luisa Maria Pescheria who was working for the Carmelite Fathers in the Peruvian mountains. She is now his wife and Hispanic apostolate coordinator for the Hartford archdiocese. The couple have five children.

JOHN LEVIS; chairman of the diocesan core group responsible for training teams to conduct a day of devotion in every parish of the diocese on Sunday, April 1, speaks at commissioning ceremony conducted Sunday night at St. Vincent's Home, Fall River. (Torchia Photo)

Press Briefed on Jubilee A press conference, foJ.lowed by a tour of St. Mary's Cathedral, now in process of renovation, served to introduce members of the press to the extensive 75th jubilee year program of the Fall River diocese. Reporters, photographers and television personnel met at St. Mary's School for briefings by Bishop Daniel A. Cronin; .Father Ronald A. Tosti, chairman of the jubille committee; and Msgr. Thomas J. Harrington, cathedral rector. "The year provides an opportunity to intensify the ongoing work of the church," said Bishop Cronin, noting that a Day of Devotion, to be held in each of the 113 parishes of the diocese on Sunday, April 1 "is possibly ~he most important aspect of the jubilee observance." Moving to the cathedral, reporters noted its previously obscure decorative ceiling, which will be accented with uplighting. 'Essential repairs included work on the east wall of the cathedral, where extensive termite damage was discovered, and repointing of the steeple and much of the exterior, where leaking had occurred. Federal life safety code requirements are being met, necessitating extensive rewiring, installation of smoke detectors connected with the Fall River fire department and construction of a catwalk to safeguard maintenance workers. Some pews have been removed from the nave to permit flexibility in cathedral processions and ramps will be installed for the handicapped. It is anticipated that nearly all renovations will be complete by March II, when a solemn pontifical Mass will be celebrated in the cathedral. For the next two months, parish Masses

will be offered in St. Mary's school. Cost of the renovations is estimated at about $750,000. A fundraising drive is now in progress throughout the diocese. Bishop Cronin noted that every attempt has been made to keep· costs at a minimum. "I do not deny that there are other needs, but this renovation is a legitimate need at this time," he said. "We cannot do without a cathedral and most of the repairs being made are urgent."

God Will Speak ",Be silent and God will speak." - Francois Fenelon

DUBLIN, Ireland (NC) - The Irish government is proposing to finance research into the Billings or natural method of family planning and to organize a general family planning service, based on the method, through eight regional health boards.' The project is part of a controversial government birth-control bill which would also repeal long-standing anti-contraceptive laws. The repeal proposals are bitterly dividing the Irish population, which is 95 per cent Catholic. A pilot Billings project is untler way in Dublin, sponsored by the World Health Organization. The method, acceptable accord· ing to Catholic teachings, is very popular in Ireland. However, the government is moving toward a political crisis because of the bill's provisions which would repeal laws prohibiting sales of contraceptives. The bill currently is being debated in the Dail, Ireland's Parliament. On one side the people wanting virtually unrestricted availability of the pill and other artificial contraceptives. Opposing them are people who want the law to recognize Catholic condemnation of artificial contraception. Many fj;lar that increased availability of contraceptives will lead to permissiveness, marital failures and a breakdown of traditional Catholic sexual standards. Ireland only recently legalized distribution of ,:ontraceptives, which cannot be· sqld, but can be imported for personal use. The ban on artificial contraceptives has been in force since Irish independence in 1922. Calls to remove the ban come mainly from women's liberation groups and civil rights organiza-

tions. They have won a large measure of support from politicianL . The Catholic bishops have pressured tne government against unrestricted availability of contraceptives. They continue teaching that artificial birth control is morally wrong, but they do not say this means the government is bound to prohibit sales of contraceptives. Haughey has tried to meet the bishops' demands by proposing measures which would make contraceptives available only from a pharmacist and with a docter's prescription. He also proposes controlling advertising and banning abortifacients. The bill does not specifically limit contraceptives to the married. It restricts them to those who need contraceptives "for bona fide family planning." ThE.' government said this is meant to exclude single people.

Didn't Do It AACHEN, West Germany (NC) - Misereor, Catholic Charities agency of the West German bishops, denied involvement in arms shipments to Biafra. The denial came after unconfirmed press reports that Misereor was involved in a German intelligence services deal to deliver weapons to Biafra in the 1960s during that African region's unsuccessful attempt to breakaway from Nigeria. According to the press reports, Misereor deposited funds used for the arms delivery in a Swiss bank. No money for arms purchases was ever deposited in Switzerland and Misereor does not take part in the financing of weapons sales, said a statement issued by the Catholic agency.

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'BOSTON (NC)-Although many functions of the family have been taken over by schools or government agencies, the most vital aspect of marriage remains, according to Sidney Callahan, a psychology professor at Fairfield University and mother of six children. "The family is what makes us human," she said at a Boston College seminar on the fate of the family. "True, the family has had everything else taken away, but has been given the most important kind of role left in so-' ciety and when you see society breaking down, it means the family is breaking down." Only the family can provide those early emotional bonds, a sense of belonging, of give and take, of obligation and privilege, which are so vital in the socializing process, said Mrs. Callahan. "Although so many things have been taken away from marriage, the most vital thing remains the most necessary thing, to produce human beings, empathy, emotional bonds," she said. Mrs. Callahan rebutted "falla-

cies" about the origin and nature of marriage. "The 19th century was actually a very trying time for the family," she said, citing high infant mortality, one-parent families and the incessant toil of rural mid-America. The family never existed in the "nice Norman Rockwell kind of Golden Age," that many people picture in their minds, she said. Ancient family systems of other cultures offer another popular miscopception, according to the professor. "It always turns out that these other systems exact a price," she said. "It is interesting to note that the glorious Chinese family was built on the backs of the women." Mrs. Callahan stressed that "the family is what makes us human," and called for parishes to help the family resist corrosive modern tendencies. "The parish can provide support, places where the whole family can get together-picnics, dances, anything to break down the generation gap. The parish can provide intergenerational places .where people can come

together and go places togetherand rescue the family from its isolation," he suggested. Warning against expecting too much from marriage, she noted that marriages are constantly going through change, each change involving "a crisis of renegotiation. "What happens when a marriage fails is that one of these crises of renegotiation breaks down." Despite its present crisis, marriage is still life's greatest happiness, she concluded. The happiness comes "from the intimacy, the thorough, complete know.ledge of another person through layer after layer of his or her personality. "In making you work through each of these layers over the years, you get a sense of what it is to love another person and to be loved - to give and get. And the whole central idea of things and we' give God things. "That is certainly what marriage is all about," said Mrs. Callahan.

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NEW YORK (NC) - As a young Catholic Vietnam veteran studying philosophy at Hofstra University on Long. Island, Brother David read some words that changed his life: "The risen Christ comes to quicken a festival in the innermost h~art of man. "He is preparing a springtime of the Church for us: a church ·devoid of the means of power, . ready to share with all, a place of visible communion for the whole of humanity." The words came from Brother Roger Schutz, founder and prior of the Taize (France) monastic community. Along with reading this- "Joyful News," Brother David, who grew up in Incarnation parish in Queens, had also met with a group talking about a Taize youth program: So he went to see for himself what was there. Then after teaching religion Ii year at the diocesan Holy Trinity High School at Hicksville, L.I., and spending another year tying up. loose ends, he joined the Taize community in 1975. Now he has been sent back with four other Taize brothers, all laymen, to begin a ministry in a part of New York he never knew before. He and his confreres declined to give their family names, saying that they had renounced them when they entered the order. Brother Roger, a minister of the Swiss Reformed Church, founded Taize after World War II as a Protestant religious order. ,But the community was committed to ecumenism, and at the· invitation of Pope John XXIII, Brother Roger and Brother Max Thurian attended Vatican II as observers. Catholics soon began to join the community, and of some 75 members today, about 20 are Catholics, including some priests. A second Catholic Taize brother in New York is Brother Pedro, 30, who was working in a business in his native Catalonia, Spain, when he was touched by words of Brother Roger, visited Taize and, after a few years, joined. The others in New York are Brother Leonard, holder of a doctorate in history from the University of Amsterdam, who

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More liquid, mixed with ashes, was thrown inside the Pentagon's concourse and some two dozen people were arrested for staging a "die-in" on the con·course floor.

AUXILIARY BISHOP Peter Rosazza of Hartford joins in song with demonstrators at Pentagon: (NC Photo)

The first day of demonstrations coincided with the Feast young people from Hartford's of the Holy Innocents, the day on Sacred Heart Parish. which Herod ordered the slaugh"We have a lot of concerns, ter of baby boys born near but the main one is that these Bethlehem around the time of young people live out their lives the birth of Christ. About 200 in dignity," Bishop Rosazza said. people, including about 40 chil- "The poor suffer from the arms dren holding balloons, took part race hecause there's a cut in in the first demonstration but social spending. A lot of youngnone were arrested. Signs re- . sters live in poor !lousing, ferred to the theme of the 1979 there's not enough money, so Year of the Child and called they cut back on police and firechildren an "endangered spe- men. cies" because of the threat of "Job training programs, mass nuclear weapons. transit - those are the reasons ,Bishop Rosazza led a group of we're here. We're doing this as

a parish. I feel the church should be here," he said. "Pope Paul VI called the arms race 'a machine gone mad.' I'd say that's an '-understatement," said John Shiel, a spokesman for the Atlantic Life Community. "Pope John ·Paul II says peace is the message we must give. He told us that in his New Year's message," Jesuit Father Richard McSorley of Georgetown University's Department of Theology said, "The nuclear arms race is death for us all, it's a trap for humanity."

Photographs of Bo.ston's Irish Su,pplement Early Art Treasures "Treasures of Early Irish Art: 1500 BC to 1500 AD," a traveling exhibition of jewelry and religious art, will be on view at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts through Sunday, Jan. 21. It is supplemented by a tribute to the Boston Irish community consisting of over 100 large photographic reproductions documenting struggles, achievements and legacies of the Irish immigrant community. It includes many photographs loaned to the museum by the ,Boston archdiocese. The Irish art objects include gold jewelry, a bronze shield and caldron from the Bronze Age, a trumpet and· bronze figure of a boar from the La Tene period, and shrines, brooches, crucifixes, and illuminated manuscripts of early Christiln and Gothic times. "The Irish are best known for their rich literary, dramatic, and musical cO~,trib.utions to Western culture, said Robert ~'. ~o. ~ller, curator of the e~hlbltIon..-" These treasures demonstrate that Ireland has also made extraordinary .contributions to the visual arts." The exhibition is divided into five periods of Irish history: the Bronze Age, Pagan-Celtic, Early Christian, the Viking influence, and the Late Middle Ages.

Included are five illuminated manuscripts of the early Christian period, among them the legendary Book of Kells. Other highlights are the Tara Brooch, one of the finest pieces of jewelry in e~istence, an~ the Ardagh ChalIce, a beautIfully preserved liturgical w?rk of art from the early Mldd~e Ages, made of ~h~sed gold, SlIver, enamel, and gIlt bronze. Also on view is the cross of Cong, probably intended to enshrine a relic of the True Cross. After its Boston stay the exhibition will travel to Philadelphia, then will return to the National Museum of Ireland, the Royal Academy, and Trinity College, where its contents are on permanent view.

College Meeting NOTRE DAME, Ind. (NC) Some 1,500 representatives from 750 colleges and 25 religious denominations are expected to meet at the University of Notre Dame June 21-23 for the National Congress on Church-Related Colleges and Universities. They will look at such topics as the purposes and programs of church-related colleges, churchhigher education relations and legal financial issues;

TWELFTH CENTURY Crozier of Clonmacnoise, is among Irish art treasures on view in Boston. Unique exhibit is accompanjed by photographs documenting the contributions of Irish immigrants to the commonwealth's capital.

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By Father John Dietzen Q. Could you clarify the stand of the Catholic Church on belief in and use of astrology? Many of us have become confused abut our church's position on it lately. (Ohio) A. On the subject of Astrology, it is helpful to keep a few facts in mind. From ancient times until only about 200 years ago, study of the influence of stars and planets on human activity was considered a legitimate science. Many great names in physics and astronomy, like Copernicus and Galileo, believed in it, taught !t and practiced it by casting horoscopes. Most political and religious leaders, including some popes, governed much of their activity by horoscopes. Pope Julius II set - the day of his coronation according to the advice of the astrologers. All this was due to the simple, very limited knowledge of the heavens. As the science of astronbmy developed in modem times, discovery of thousands of new planets, stars and other materi~ls in space caused the total collapse of astrology as a true science. The entire supposed "system" fell apart. Even during all this time, the church officially opposed astrology because of two dangers. If the stars governed all mankind's actions, free will would be meaningless. Also, some claim that the power of Satan and other evil spirits lay behind this heavenly influence, and that astrology was therefore the devil's way of infiltrating human life. These concerns remain behind whatever reservations the church has about astrology, and its warning that it can involve sinful superstition. In spite of the inconsistencies of astrology, lots of people are getting rich because it still fascinates millions. Maybe they're only curious. Or maybe they're just anxious to discover somewhere "out there" the cause of their problems. Q. Is it permissible for a practicing Catholic to be the main witness at a Wedding between a divorced Catholic and a Protestant, in a civil ceremony. I have heard that this is not allowed by the church, but have been told that I am misinfonned. (Mo.)

A. It is wrong for a Catholic to be witness at a marriage ceremony which is invalid and wrong according to church law, as this marriage seems to be. It is possible, though unlikely according to your letter, that the marriage will be in accord with church legislation. This would have required action by a Catholic marriage court relating to the first marriage, and a dispensation for the new marriage to

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take place in another church or court. If you're not certain, your parish priest can help you find out. Dear Readers: Several of you have complained that questions you submitted have never appeared in this column. This may oCcur for two reasons. First, of the dozens of letters received each week, only two or three can be printed and answered. Choice is made on the basis of general interest, currency of the problem, whether it has been dealt with before, how many readers have expressed the same question, and so on. Also, each newspaper that carries the Question Comer has limited space, and must occasionally eliminate a question or possibly even the entire column. I regret that personal answers to inquiries are generally impossible, though I do attempt, as far as possible, to respond to questions of conscience, either in the column or through the mail. Questions for this column should be sent to Father Dietzen, c/o The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, Fall River, Mass. 02722.

Bioethics Study First in Field WASHIN~TON (NC) ThE' Free Press, a division of the MacMillan Publishing Company, hJ published the first Encyclopedia of Bioethics.

The four-volume, 1,900-page set was edited by Warren Reich, associate professor of bioethics at the Georgetown University School of Medicine and senior research scholar at Georgetown's Kennedy Institute of Ethics. It cost over half a million dollars to produce. Reich said the encyclopedia "will define a new field of study and will become the major reference source for stuaents, teachers, health professionals and public policy makers for years to come." He defined bioethics as "the systematic study of human conduct in the area of the life sciences and health care, insofar as this conduct is examined in light of moral values and principles." The encyclopedia took six years to complete. It contains 314 articles written by 285 experts from 15 countries and costs $180. It emphasizes the perspectives of the Catholic, Protestant and Jewish religions. . Subjects covered include in vitro fertilization ("test-tube babies"), human experimentation, euthanasia, sterilization, organ transplants.

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Archdiocese Is Friendly Lender HARTFORD, Conn. (NC) The first caller wanted to bor1'0W- $300 to buy hot dogs and buns for his new inner city restaurant. The second caller was a 10-year-old girl who wanted $5 to buy yam to knit little things to sell to friends. They both received loans from the Archdiocese of Hartford. Father Edmund S. Nadolny, director of the archdiocesean Office of Radio and Television, is offering to lend his entire $15,000 office checking account for two-month periods to persons who promise to return the investment, plus any profits made from the project that has funded. By early afternoon on Dec. 26, the day the experiment began, Father Nadolny had received 300 offers. A - two-and-a-half-hour radio program was scheduled for Dec. 30 to spread the word that he is a friendly loan company that expects a return on its money. .Much of the profits from the various projects will be used to pay for a recent $10,000 radio advertising campaign that urged Catholics to "go home for Christmas - back to the church for Christmas Mass." "The easiest thing to do would be to put the money in a bank, and return it to me at the end of two months with the interest," said Father Nadolny, archdiocesan director of communications for the past II years. "I'm hoping people will find more inmaginative things to do." If his $15,000 bank account runs dry, Father Nadolny -says he will borrow money from a bank to keep the experiment going. "I could get robbed, if people are dishonest," he admitted. "I believe that anybody who comes in to see me face to face will have his heart. in the right place."

Last year, the priest urged Catholics to lend him money, which would be placed in highinterest savings accounts for the benefit of his work. About $300,000 were received, which netted the radio and television office about $28,000.

evening meaL Find other times to be together. In good weather, weekend picnics are a possibility. Saturday or Sunday night supper in which all family members share the cooking is another possibility. Some families find that Sunday brunch after Mass is the one meal in the week when all members can be together. It is important that family members be together, but it is also important that they enjoy their time together. A you-be-athome-for-dinner-or-else approach can lead to far more resentment and dishannony than unity. The more family members you have and the more active they are, the more planning it takes to juggle individual commitments and family activities. Consider your task as a challenge rather than a chore. Use any and all hours that are available. You will usually find that there is enough time for chores, family time and individual activities. Reader questions on family living and child care are invited. Address to The Kennys, c/o The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, Fall River, Mass. 02722.

Dear Mary: Our oldest son is in high school. He is very active and likes to participate in sports and school activities. While I approve of these activities, they are scheduled so that he has little or no time for chores or family life. I believe mealtimes together are important, and I wonder whether we should support activities which separate the family so much. A. As a mother who juggles schedules of children of all ages, I understand .. and sympathize with you. When your son is missing the family meals, the coach of his team is also missing his family meal. I doubt that . coaches or players arrange these times by choice. Generally inconveniences in scheduling result from the fact that many teams must share one gym, one track or one ball field. The crowded conditions mean that we are raising young participants instead of young spectators, and that is all to the good. Despite the difficulties for the family, I would support your son in his activties. For any child, growing up means a gradual but steady growing away from the HALLETT family. Children must move into Funeral Home Inc. many new areas' and develop competence in many different 283 Station Avenue ways in order to become selfSouth Yarmouth, Mass. reliant adults. Sports and school 1el. EXeter 8·2285 activities are one of the principal ways young people can test out Director-Norman A. Hallett their skills. While I would discourage forcing any child into activities, l would support his t if YOubUY""'";alm-;;ro;;s made in participation in those areas Africa, you help people whose income where he is truly interested. The I is $5,500 per year to buy the bare necessities of life, and try to fill activities can be a very imporhealth and educational needs. All • work done in this country is volun· tant part of his growth. teered. Orders are acknowledged end must be received by March 25 to Active children need not quit I guarantee delivery by Palm Sunday. Rates based on $4.00 per 100; $2.00 the family during their teen per 50, in. units of 50 only. Only in· years. Work out some compro• dividual size palms are available. mises. If there are chores he I AFRICAN PALMS, P.O. Box 575 I OLNEY, MARYLAND 20832 must do, ask him to work out a schedule to fit chores in with his other activities. Perhaps he can be assigned chores that do not have to be done at a certain time. PHOTO SUPPLY Family time is important, but it need not occur at the regular Leica • Nikon • Bolex • Hasselblad

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Vatican Radio Begins Pol'ish Language Mass VATICAN CITY (NC) Pope John Paul II has asked Vatican Radio to begin transmitting a Polish-language Mass to Poland live every Sunday afternoon for the sake of sick and shut-ins. The communist government in -Poland heavily censors church news, and no religious programming is allQwed on the stateowned broadcast media. There is a strong but limited religious press. Recently an open letter from Pope John Paul to the people of his former Archdiocese of Cracow was censored to delete a passage in which the pope referred to St. Stanislaus, patron of Poland, as a symbol of human and national values.

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,St. Teresa: Daughter of the Church By Susan A. Muto

SIGNS POINT to an upswing in vocations, says Know Your Faith writer Father Gerard Fuller. Here Father Edmond Rego, "A Verdade E A Vida" columnist, imparts his first priestly blessing to Bishop Cronin following his ordination in 1976. (Torchia Photo)

Where Are the Vocations? By Father Gerard Fuller

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I'm a hospital chaplain. I was discussing a patient with Sandy, a nurse. She told me that she was going to Guatemala as a lay missionary nurse in September. I asked her if she had ever thought of joining a nuns' order. "Oh, no," she laughed, then blushed. "I like men too much." I thought about Sandy's response. Both priestly and religious vocations are down. Many have defected because, like Sandy: they "liked men too much," Or women. Since the vows play such a major part in religious vocations, it would be good to review them in the light of the problem. Poverty has always been held in high esteem by spiritual masters because of Jesus' words to the rich young man who had kept all the commandments: "If you would be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give the money to the poor. You will have treasure in heaven. Then . come and follow me," (Matthew 19,21). In Third World and communist countries, where material possessions are lacking, vocations are on the rise. Yet here in America vocations are in short supply. Vocations were plentiful, however, during the depression. It seems a high standard of living is the kiss of death. Religjo\ls orders often do not give much more than lip service

to the vow of poverty. And recent financial scandals in some orders have only deepened the credibility gap. Religious ar;e, however, rethinking poverty in terms of justice and peace. The poor can only be served by Religious who are poor; the disadvantaged can only be served by Religious willing to strip themselves of their advantages; the oppressed can only be ser~ ved by Religious willing to share that oppression with the hope of working toward freedQm. Chastity is another virtue that has fallen on hard times. One of the few saints of modern times is Maria Goretti, who died to preserve her virginity. Our age more than any other needs Religious willing to witness to chastity. Unfortunately, such witness has been lacking. The fault can be chalked up most of all to Religious, priests and nuns, whose lives have somehow seemed embittered rather than sweetened by celibacy. The sexually repressed, tormented priest or nun is now a comical sterotype. Such neurotic attitudes, happily, are disappearing as today's Religious either are more mature because they enter religious life later, or become more mature with psychological help to cope with the vow of chastity. For chastity is meant to be a sign and a reality. It is a sign Turn to Page Thirteen

Many and varied are the ways in which we can live a life of dedication to Jesus. At the basis of all is the way of unceasing prayer, which, St. Teresa of Avila said, "is nothing else than an intimate friendship, a frequent heart-to-heart conversation with him whom we know loves us." At age 38, St. Teresa had a profound religious expereience that jolted her to a renewal of fervor in her personal life. She put "adolescent frivolity" behind her and began restoring the lifestyle of the Carmelite Order to its original austerity. Boundless love for the Lord and his "little flock" is central to Teresian spirituality. It was both the source of her inspiration and the secret of her amazing energy, resourcefulness and courage in the stormy events surrounding her reform. We find in Teresa's life the harmonious integration of solitude and fellowship. She lived in cloistered simplicity but her message extended to the entire church. What is the heart of her wisdom? First, she teaches us that to find our deepest self we must lose ourselves in Christ, that in order to gain the freedom and joy of being sons and daughters of God, we must renounce all for his sake. Second, we see in her a perfect blending of contemplation and action. We know that for more than 20 years she was active in founding new convents throughout Spain. In the midst of detailed organjzation, she was receiving interior graces so intense that she records the exact date of which the grace of spiritual marriage was given to her, Nov. 18, 1572. Truly Martha and Mary met in St. Teresa of Avila. She was the living integration of femininity and functionality; of total abandonment to Christ and of loving service to his church. Third, she is a master of mystical theology. In describing prayer as conversation with Christ, she assures us that we can tell him everything we fee}. We can show him utter adoration and the recognition that without him we are and can do nothing. The foundation' of Christian prayer is this humility. We have to experience, as it were, a kind of "ego desperation" - the failure of plans and projects that are merely humanoriented because we have forgotten to listen to God. In such moments of human failure, we recognize that God alone is our strength. Humility is the sister of detachment, which for Teresa is not an exclusive but an inclus-

ive virtue. In' detachment we cling to our Creator and let go of creatures. When we embrace God totally, we embrace everything in him. The fruits of this embrace show up in the self-giving quality of Christian love. "In this house," wrote Teresa, "all must be friends . . . love each other, be fond of each other and help each other."

Last, no influence was more fundamental or vital to Teresian spirituality than the word of God, pondered in solitude and celebrated in the liturgy. To follow St. Teresa means to immerse ourselves in the Scriptures and writings of the spiritual masters. Only then can our whole person proclaim from within - "It is no longer I who live but Christ who lives in me,"

The Twelve By Father John J. Castelot At a certain point in his career, Jesus singled out 12 of his disciples to be his constant companions and to share in a special way in his messianic mission. That these men were considered very important in the early church - its link to the historical Jesus - is indicated by the fact that their call is recorded by all three synoptic evangelists. It was precisely as a group that the 12 were esteemed by the primitive communities. At the beginning of Acts we read of the concern about the vacancy left by the defection of Judas and their consequent election of Matthias to take his place. With their Jewish background, they probably appreciated the symbolic force of the number 12. The 12 represented the 12 tribes of the renewed Israel, the nucleus of the new people of God.

Only a few get individual attention: men like Peter, James, and John, with occasional reminiscences about some of the others. It is not surprising, then, that the early church shows no interest in their subsequent individual fates; we know much more about Paul than about any of the 12. However, while these men were most important to the early church by reason of their group significance, they must have meant a great deal to Jesus as distinct human personalities. Mark calls them "the men he himself had decided on" (3,13) and Luke tells us that before the actual call "he went out to the mountain to pray, spending the night in communion with God" (6,12). And in John 6,70, Jesus asks them: "Did I not choose the 12 of you myself?" What is surprising, in view of the idealization to which they were later treated, is that they were such a motley crew of far from ideal men. They get a bad press in Mark, where they are repeatedly pictured as obtuse, ambitious, weak, incredulous. But if Mark felt no embarrassment about portraying frankly the humanness of Jesus, he certainly was not going to

gloss over the faults of his followers. This leads to an interesting consideration. The Son of God carried out his mission precisely by becoming human, a man among men, by "emptying himself, taking the form of a slave, being born in the likeness of men" (Phillipians 2,6). It is not surprising, then, that he chose ordinary people to associate with him in pursuance of that mission. A good number of them were plain fishermen, one a venal tax-collector, another the member of a radical group of fanatics plotting the overthrow of Roman rule. Two were annoyingIy.ambitious, and one wouldn't believe in anything he cO\Jldn't see. The leader of the group was a boaster, a quitter, a coward who refused under stress to be recognized as a disciple, and one - well, one was Judas Iscariot. , These men were not forced on Jesus. He chose them deliberately, prayerfully. And he loved them all. Even Judas he pursued with kindness right to the last minute. As John puts it: "He had loved his own in this world, and would show his love for them to the end," (13,1). From the world's point of view, this doesn't make much sense, but as Paul reminded the Corinthians: "God chose those whom the world considers absurd to shame the wise," This should give us pause when we look at the church in certain periods and are tempted to push the panic button.

For Children By Janaan Manternach Jesus grew up in Nazareth in the hill country of Galilee. As he was growing up, he became friends with other boys and girls. As happens to friends who grow up together, each gradually goes his or her own way. It seems that Jesus was about 30 years old when he settled iIito his life's work. He went about Nazareth and the nearby towns Turn to Page Thirteen

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Le~o XIII disse, em certa ocaque ~ "0 Grande desconhecido na Igreja". As suas palavras conservam hoje toda a sua verdade. Conhecernos bern muitos santos e sabemos "para que servem,j. Mas a respeito do Esp!rito Santo, n~o teremos ficado com as respostas frias e elementares do Catecismo? a Esp!rito Santo deve ser para nos 0 que a alma ~ para 0 corpo. t poss!vel que 0 Esp!rito Santo nao signifique muito para nos. Todavia, 0 Esp{rito Santo e 0 Amor dentro de n6s, e a alma da nossa vida divina. a alma da Igreja, desta comuriidade. a Esp[rito Santo ~ uma pessoa. Tudo quanto acreditamos da gloria e poder do Pai e do Filho, acreditamo-lo da gloria e poder do Esp!rito Santo. ' Subsistente por si mesmo desde toda a eternidade e para . toda a eternidade. , ... E 0 amor. Ele. e 0 laco , de uniao entre o Pai e 0 Filho. E 0 amor. E e Pessoa. Este amor ~ dado, como que transplantado aos homens. 0 grande dom do Alt!ssimo porque 0 Esp!rito Santo ~ comunicai!o, comunh~o com Deus. E ac~~o; urn dinamismo interior, misturado com a ac~ao da nossa alma. Na Sagrada Escritura, 0 Esp!rito, mais do que como Pessoa, embora se afirme a Sua Personalidade e distinJ~o das outras duas Pessoas divinas, revelado e apresentado como uma for,a divina que transforma os homens para as tornar receptivos'da ac~~o divina e capazes de gestos fora do vulgar. S~o gestos para 0 serviro do Povo de Deus. Assim 0 Esp!rito for,a da santifica~ao, a forya da Alianca. Esta for)a tern como que tr~s caminhos on~e se faz actuante: 0 caminho messianico de salva~~o; 0 caminho prof~tico da Palavra de Deus, e 0 caminho de serviyo, un1ao e consagra)~o: 0 Esp!rito e 0 carimbo de Deus com que somos marcados. • E construtor do Templo de Deus. Alma de , cada pedra, como se cada pedra crescesse. , E 0 grande construtor do Povo de Deus. Da aos membros da Igreja os carismas para servilo de toda a Igreja. A aCJ~o do Esp!rito Santo pede colabora~ao para formar sociedade; tal como Ele a projectou, para nos deixar radiantes de alegria. A Igreja, cada cristao, cada urn dos mernbros e "Societas Spiritus", a "Companhia do Esp!r i to" , _nao "1 imi tada ", mas s empr e aberta nas suas possibilidades. S~o Paulo deseja para n6s a comunica~lo do Esp!rito Santo. Esta comunicayao n~o e.sb uma participa)ao ou contacto transitc>rio; uma "sociedade e companhia'. E posse, gozo comum, intercambio de ac~oes, comunidade e comunhao. . N~o s6 trabalho com Ele, ~ vida em sociedad~. Sociedade mais que simples companhia. E comunica~ao de bens em ordem a uma actividade. Seguindo esta linha de pensamento, a Esp{rito Santo vern a ser 0 socio que tern 0 capital. Ele tern tudo e da-nos tudo. Mas 0 outro socia tern de movimentar 0 capital que Ele da. Na nossa mao esta aceitar ou rejeitar essa sociedade que Ele nos oferece. A docilidade ja uma grala que Ele da; ~ 0 primeiro vento que cada dom lanyq para que 0 marinheiro sinta vontade de estender as velas. a homem e lovre e pode resistir a todos os convites.

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For Children Continued from Page Twelve in Galilee, teaching and showing people that God loved them. He healed the sick and the emotionally disturbed. He comforted people who were said and brought peace to the anxious. In his Father's name he lovingly forgave people who sinned. And he spent a lot of time alone in the hills, praying to God, his Father. As Jesus went from town to town he met some of his old friends and made many hew ones. He decided to form a group of 12 men to help him. These would become his closest friends. He would share his life with them and hope they would carry .on his work after he died. Before making his choice Jesus prayed for a long time. Some he chose might have been friends that he had known all his life. Most of them were probably already deeply attracted to him because of what he said and did. After he made his decision he went out and called his chosen ones to follow him. We do not know 'what impressed Jesus in

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each of these 12 men. All we know for sure is that he chose each because he had discovered in him something he genuinely loved. 'Except for that special something Jesus loved about each of them, there was nothing unusual about any of them. They were very ordinary, and in a few cases, questionable characters. Remember Matthew, the tax collector? And Judas whose love for money made him a thief and a traitor? One or two belonged, to a band of revolutionaries plotting to overthrow the Roman government. Few had much education. Most of them were fishermen. Yet Jesus loved them all and chose each one individually. Their names were Peter, James and his brother John, Andrew, Philip, Bartholemew, rdatthew, Thomas, another James, Thaddeus, Simon, and Judas. Each accepted Jesus' call. They left their homes and their work to be with Jesus and to share his work of bringing God's love to the poor and sick, the rich and healthy, the good and the bad. We call them Jesus' apostles.

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Vocations Continued from Page Twelve of the Christian fully devoted to the spouse, Jesus. It is a reality when that Christian loves Jesus with the utmost conescration and freedom. Many have pointed out that marriage offers the same goals. But all things being equal, a consecrated life of chastity is still so astounding to the world as to he without equal as a witness if taken on maturely and lived with commitment. Obedience is the third vow Religious take. It used to mean the Religious looked to his superior in all actions, seeking permission and approval. Findings in psychology, however, now show us that such obedience was often "passive-dependent" and "obsessive-compulsive." The obedient Religious today is the one who can make his own decisions ~hile still being at the call of his superior for dialogues concerning common goals or future ministry. Such a modem approach to.

obedience seems mature and patterned after the life of Christ, who (we have come to see in theology) grew in his own understanding of who he was, and so had to make decisions about 100bedience. Such an approach also appeals to the older religious candidate who has already held positions of responsibility in the world.

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~§--FILM RATINGS-Pm~ A-l Approved for Children and Adults The Cat from Outer Space Children of Theatre Street Candleshoe Dersu Uzala For the love of Benji

The Further Adventures of the Wilderness Family Hot lead and Cold Feet The Magic of lassie Pete's Dragon

Return from Witch Mountain Sasquatch The Sea Gypsies Summerdog Three Warriors

A-2 Approved for Adults and Adolescents A Hero Ain't Nothing The American Friend But a Sandwich The Bad News Bears Go To Japan International Velvet Julia The Black Pearl Capricorn One Kingdom of the Spiders The lincoln Conspiracy The Chess Players Close Encounters of lord of the Rings the 'Third Kind Matilda Crossed Swords Message from Space Fantastic Animation Fest- The Mouse and His Child ival Movie, Movie Gray lady Down Operation Thunderbolt Heaven Can Wait

Roseland Sinbad and the Eye of tfte Tiger Slow Dancing in the Big City Superman The Swarm Viva Knievel Volcano Warlords of Atlantis The Wiz You light Up My life

A-3 Approved for Adults Only All The President's Men American Hot Wax The Amsterdam Kill Another Man, Another Chance Bad News Bears in Breaking Training The Big Fix The Battle of Chile Beyond and Back Bobby Deerfield Born Again The Boys from Brazil Brass Target The Brink's Job The Buddy Hol~y Story Burnt Offerings By the Blood of Others California Suite Caravans Casey's Shadow' The Cheap Detective Checkered Flag or Crash Coma Comes A Horseman Coup de Grace Damnation Alley Days of Heaven . Death On The Nile A Dream of Passion The Driver The Duellists F.I.S.T.

FM Force 10 from Navarone Foul Play Goin' South Go Tell The Spartans Gray Eagle House Calls If Ever I See You Again Iphigenia I Wanna Hold Your Hand Jaws II Jennifer laGrande Bourgeoise The last Waltz The last Wave let's Talk About Men lifeguard A little Night Music Logan's Run Madame Rosa March or Die The Medusa Touch Mr. Klein New York, New York The Norseman Obsession Oh, God! Olivers Story The One and On:y Opening Night The Othe.r Side of the Mountain, Part II

Our Winning Season The Outfit Paradise Alley Piece of Action Revenge of the Pink Panther Rocky Ren~ldo Clara . Roseland Sandakan 8 Scott Joplin Sgt. Pepper's lonely Hearts Club Band Seven·Per·Cent Solution The Shootist Shout At The Devil Sidewinder Somebody Killed Her Husband Spy Who Loved Me Starship Invasions Stroszek Sweet Revenge Telefon Tentacles Thank God It's Friday The Turning Point Watership Down Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? Who'll Stop The Rain A Woman's Decision

B - Obiectionable in Part for Everyone Almost Summer Hooper Avalanche Invasion of the The Best Way Body Snatchers The Big Sleep It lives Again Big Wednesday Journey into the Beyond Bloodbrothers King of the Gypsies The Boys in Company C The last Days of Man on Circle of Iron Earth Coming Home let Joy Reign Supreme Convoy Mado Corvette Summer The Manitou Damien-Omen II Man Who loved Women The Deer Hunter Marathon Man Every Which Way But loose Magic Final Chapter - Walking Tall Mean Frank, Crazy Tony Girlfriends Network The Goodbye Girl A Night Full of Rain Grease.Nunzio Halloween One-On-Qne

Once in Paris One Sings, the Other Doesn't Ruby Same Time, Next Year Scalpel The Silver Bears Skateboard Stingray Straight Time Suspiria Think Dirty Thunder and lightning Two Minute Warning A Wedding The Wild Geese Voyage to Grand Tartarie Which Way Is Up Youngblood

A-4 Separate Classification (A Separate Classification is given to certain films which while not morally offensive, require some analysis and explanation as a protection against wrong interpretations and false conclusions.) Go Tell. The Spartans Interiors High Anxiety The lacemaker

The Last Tycoon My Father, My Master Outrageous! Saturday Night Fever

The Serpent's Egg Short Eyes A Special Day Summer Paradise

C - Condemned Blue Collar Blue Country The Chicken Chronicles The Choirboys Chosen A Different Story Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands Equus The End Eyes of ~aura Mars Fingers First Lov~ The First Nudie Musical

The First Time The Fury The Gauntlet The Greek Tycoon The Hills Have Eyes In Praise of Older Women In the Realm of the Senses Joseph Andrews· Kentucky Fried Movie Looking for Mr. Goodbar Midnight Express Moment by Moment National lampoon's Animal House 1900

Pretty Baby Rabbit Test Rabid Rolling Thunder Salo Satan's Brew Semi-Tough The Sensual Man That Obscure Object of Desire Up in Smoke Valentino Women in Cellblock 7

MONEY TALKS: It's telling students at Red Cloud Indian School, Pine Ridge, S.D., fellow students at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, cared enough about them to collect $750 for a drive to replace their dilapidated desks and other equipment. The project, which asked each student to give $1 from Christmas gift money, was coordinated by Brother Louis St. Pierre (center) aided by his brother;' Brother Leo St. Pierre (left), and surrounded by cheerful givers. (Torchia Photo)

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whom Christ called the attention By Cecilia Belanger I've' been going through my of His disciples. The widow holiday cards, and I find one proved that the' really loving thread running throughout. It is gift is not something extracted that just about everyone, not from a person, but something given in the overflow of the just youth - or Ronald Eyre heart, no matter how small it is searching. may be. The church should never What do they seek? True friendship that lasts. The embarass people into giving Christ they may have put aside what they cannot. for strange gods. Strength' when The "money problem" in the surrounded by weakness. The church has always bothered giver, not merely the gift. These youth. Some speak out against are just a few of the things for it, others silently ~cquiesce. Jewhich they search. sus did not ask us to renounce Young people recognize more all possessions, only the spirit of than their elders the many forms possessiveness. He is for poverty, of Christ. College students, sit- not penury. He asks us to give ting at table with students from up luxuries, not necessities. He all over the world, see in the Himself was a carpenter, not a experience a prophecy of the beggar. He did not separate the Holy City, the final Kingdom, to "haves" from the "have-nots" so come when humanity assembles much as he separated the "have from the north and south, the too much" from the "have east and west. enough." We must also respect the- exThere were few cards this perience others have of our Christmas that did not contain God. We cannot ignore those some sad story, some inkling Qther faiths. The 'world is so that the writer, like Jesus, felt small that we must be concern- there was no room for him or ed with everything everywhere. her in other's hearts. What might we expect from Those to whom these lonely open conversations with those people go are not the pure in of other faiths? We can expect heart, else they would see God, to be corrected sometimes and and they would understand and at other times we can expect to not berate or insult. So, don't be called hypocrites. . -blame God. There is no lack of We must see ourselves as others see us. This is a moral experience and often most humbling. The newly organized Feehan - These are some of the things Fathers' Club heard Father my Christmas messages are George Coleman, diocesan direcabout. The next question: Who is tor of education, at its first listening? Thus far, no one! meeting. The club's objectives One letter-writer complained are to further the interests of that she cannot afford to go to Feehan students and their church any longer. That she's school. embarrassed if she doesn't have A girl'~ retreat is planned for the money to meet all the de- this weekend at the Attleboro mands, and that, no, she doesn't high school. have money for movies and Edward Legare has been elec"other things" as one parishioner ted student government day repaccused her. resentative for the annual proThe best example of tithing gram held at the state capitol is the widow in the gospels to in April.

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love on his side. It is man who is to blame. The function of a church is not to cater to the haves but to .go up and down the land to find the have-nots. That's when it's alive and only then. Yes, in this new year there is much work for the church to do, work left undone for too long, work that does not get glaring publicity, but the kind of work over which heaven itself rejoices.

Holy F'amily Sophomores Alan Rapoza and Kevin Stone have received certificates in recognition of placing in the 95th percentile in National Educational Development Tests. Kevin also placed tops in a recent magazine subscription drive at the- New Bedford high school, earning a camera for his efforts. HF Glee Club is recruiting members in preparation for a spring concert.

Bishop Stang By Suzanne Seguin, '81 The boys' basketball squad at Stang High, North Dartmouth, opened their division slate with a big victory while the girls' quintet was crowned champions of the Wareham Invitational Tourney. The Spartanettes sport a 4-1 record to date. Recently Stang was the scene of a unique contest. Students were involved in the Great Billboard Design Competition, creating posters to be used as part of the development office's community relations program. The winners were Roc}telle St. Martin, Fall River, aqd Mark Bergeron, New Bedfor~. Their billboards are ,expected to go up. by mid-January, one in downtown New Bedford, the ether in downtown Fall River.

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By BILL MORRISSETTE

Diocesan Schools Off To Good Start ,Bishop Feehan Bishop Stang High's varsity basketball teams got off to a good. start as did Coyle-Cassidy High as D\visions Two and Three of the Southeastern Mass. Conference launched their seasons last week. All three schools won both their games. Feehan de· feated Holy Family and Dennis· Yarmouth while Stang posted victories over New Bedford Yoke-Tech and Holy Family, in Division Two contests. CoyleCassidy defeated Bourne and Falmouth, in Division Three. 'Feehan's Shamrocks and Stang's Spartans were tied with Seekonk and Wareham for the Division Two lead, and Coyle's Warriors shared the Division Three lead with Diman Yoke. The four-way tie in Division Two was partially dissolved Tuesday night when Wareham hosted Feehan as Stang was home to Dennis-Yarmouth. Feehan is home to Stang and Holy Family to Old Rochester in tomorrow's games. Also tomorrow, Wareham will be home to Yoke-Tech and Seekonk to Dennis-Yarmouth. Coyle entertained Diman Yoke Tuesday night in Division Three and will be idle tomorrow night when Westport is at Falmouth, Diman Yoke at Dighton-Reho-

Leaders Win In Defending champion Fall River South, runnerup New Bedford and third-place Taunton also posted victories over the other three teams in Bristol County Catholic Hockey League games last Sunday night. South defeated Rochester, 3-1, New Bedford routed Somerset-Freetown, 8-1, and Taunton upended North, 7-2.

both, and Case a.t Bourne. 'Bishop Connolly High's Cougars defeated Taunton but lost to pace-stetting and undefeated Dartmouth High and dropped to third place in Division One. New Bedford's victories over Fairhaven and Durfee boosted the· Crimson hoopsters to second place. Connolly was at Barnstable Tuesday, is not scheduled for league play tomorrow but will meet Coyle-Cassidy on the latter's wood in an inter-division contest. Connolly's Bill Shea and MarIon Burns of Dartmouth are tied for the individual scoring lead in Division One with 112 points each. Chris Gendreau, of Somerset, and Jim Lonergan, of Attleboro, with 102 points each, are tied for third place. Figures are for five games. After two conference games, Jim Papozian, of Feehan, is the top scorer in Division Three with 55 points. He scored 32 against Holy Family and 23 against Dennis-Yarmouth in games last week. Feehan's AI Schmidt scored 36 points, Kevin 'Br<;lgioli, of Wareham, 33, and, Stang's Dave Lacroix, 30, in the two games played last week. All scoring statistics are as of last Saturday.

cya Hockey South thus maintained its five-point lead over New Bedford, which remains two points ahead of Taunton. SomersetFreetown and Rochester have 11 points, North eight in the standings. Next Sunday's games, starting at 9 p.m., have Taunton vs. Rochester, South vs. New Bedford, and Somerset-Freetown vs. North.

Canton Leads Hockomock Basketball North Attleboro High played the role of giant killer in Hockomock League varsity basketball last week by defeating previously unbeaten Canton and Oliver Ames, who had shared the league lead with 4-0 slates. Oli· ver Ames was idle Friday but Canton's victory over Franklin Tuesday gave Canton, now 5-1, undisputed possession of the league lead. Oliver Ames dropped to a second-place tie with Stoughton. As a result of its showing, North Attleboro is now tied with Franklin for fourth place. Tomorrow night's schedule has Sharon at Foxboro, Oliver Ames at Stoughton, King Philip at Franklin, North Attleboro at Mansfield. Canton has the bye. Oliver Ames and Stoughton victories would result in a threeway tie for the top spot. Such a deadlpck, if it develops, would be bro~en Tuesday when Canton is home to S.toughton, Franklin

at Sharon, Mansfield at Oliver Ames, King Philip at North Attleboro.

In sports-related news is the announcement that New Bedford High's Division One Southeastern Mass. Conference football champion will be honored at a recognition and awards dinner at two o'clock next Sunday in the school's Green House dining commons. Highlights of the dinner, sponsored by the New Bedford High Gridiron Club, is presentation of the club's annual scholarships and the awarding of individual and team trophies. Ed Chlebek, head coach at Boston College, will be principal speaker.

Final Wisdom "The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity· within and above it." - Reinhold Niebuhr

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• tv, movie news Symbols following film reviews indicate both general and Catholic Film Office ratings, which do not always coincide. General ratings: G-suitable for gen· eral viewing; PG-parental guidance sug· gested; R-restricted, unsuitable for children or younger teens. Catholic ratings: AI-approved for children and adults; A2-approved for adults and adolescents; A3-approved for adults only; B-objectionable in part for everyone; A4-separate classification (given to films not morally offensive which, however, require some analysis and explanation); C-condemned.

Symphony Orchestra in a program of works by Moussorgsky, Prokofiev and Shostakovich. Monday, Jan. 15, 9-11 p.m. (PBS) "A Tribute to Martin Luther King Jr." Commemorating the 50th birthdate of the late civil rights leader is this Iiye' concert 'by the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.

"The Further Adventures of the Wilderness Family, Part 2" (Pacific International): This film about a Los Angeles family fed up with urban ills who set up housekeeping in a remote section of the Rockies follows the formula of the original. This time the main crisis comes when Mom contracts pneumonia at the time the pet raccoon smashes the radio which is the only link with civilization. The perils that threaten at regular intervals include a pack of wolves, but the whole thing is so obviously fantasy that even young children should be able to take it in stride. The picture is unbelievable but done with a disarming combination of artlessness and professional competence. G, Al . On TV Monday, Jan. 15, 8-9 p.m.. (PBS) "Solti Conducts. • ." Sir Georg Solti conducts the Chicago

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Wednesday, Jan. 8.8:30 p.m.. (PBS) "The Talking Walls of Pompeii." Actor John Forsythe takes viewers on a tour of the Roman town buried under volcanic ash nearly 2,000 years ago.

New Films "Brass Target" (United Artists) is a plodding film about a plot to assassinate Gen. Patton which "A World of Difference" blurs the. border between history Thursday, Jan. 19, 8-9 p.m., and fiction in unacceptable fash- PBS is a study of the life and ion. A group of American offi- work of behavioral psychologist cers try to eliminate the general B. F. Skinner. It includes a look lest he discover their involvement at "Twin Oaks," a rural comin highjacking a trainload of mune designed along the lines of gold. The film's violence calls . the utopian community described for an adult rating. PG, A3 by Skinner in a 1948 novel, "Force 10 From Navarone" "Walden Two." (AlP): Two survivors of the Navaone mission ("The Guns of Navarone," 1961) join an American Ranger force assigned to parachute .into Yugoslavia and blow up a bridge. Both story and acting are lackluster in this routine war film. The occasionally graphic violence makes an adult rating necessary. PG, A3'

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Saturday, Jan. 20, 9 p.m. (CBS) - "W..W. and the Dixie Dancekings" (1975) - Burt Reynolds, playing a professional con man, takes in hand a hapless group of country musicians. An often hilarious comedy, marked by fine acting. A drive-in sequence makes an adult rating necessary. PG, A3 On Radio Sunday, Jan. 14 - "Guideline" (NBC) presents the first of a twopart series of interviews on the Week of- ·Prayer for Christian Unity, celebrated Jan. 18 to 25. This year's theme is "Serve One Another to the Glory of God." Today's guest is Graymoor Sister Elizabeth Kelleher, who directs a day care center in Greenwich Village, N.Y. (Check local listings for time.)

More Freedom NEW YORK (NC) - In 1978, for the second year in a row, there was a net gain in freedom for the world's people, according to Freedom House, a New Yorkbased organization devoted to strengthening free societies. But even so, Freedom House said, only 35 per cent of the world's people live in "free" countries.

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day, Jan. 19 in the school auditorium. A program designed to assist in losing weight or stopping smoking will be presented at 8 p.m. Monday in the lower church by hypnotechnician Gill Babeu. Holy Rosary Sodalists will meet at 1:15 p.m. Sunday in Our Lady's Chapel. NORTH END ULTREYA, NEW BEDFORD

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Parish women will join women of St. John of God parish, Somerset, this Sunday to mark the Somerset group's lOth anniversary. New parish council officers are Robert Latinville, president; James Benevides, vice-president; Helen Sullivan, secretary.

Goals for 1979 include organization of an Information Night for potential Cursillistas, establishment of a palanca committee and of a book swap table and of reporting Leader School information at each ultreya.

OUR LADY OF ANGELS, FALL RIVER The Holy Name Society will install officers at 8 a.m. Mass Sunday, Jan. 14. A breakfast meeting will follow. The parish cre~it union will hold its annual meeting at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 28. HOLY NAME, FALL RIVER The parish intercessory prayer groups will meet Sunday, Jan. 21 in the church. New members are welcome to join in a cQmmitment of 15 minutes of prayer daily for the spiritual and physical needs of parishioners and the Church· in general.

ST. STANISLAUS, FALL RIVER Eucharistic ministers will meet tonight in the upper church following 7 o'clock Mass. Outreach ministry to the sick will be discussed. Women's Guild members will meet in front of St. John of God Church, Somerset, at 12:45 p.m. Sunday to participate in the 10th anniversary festivities of that church's guild. Registrations for the next school year will be accepted Sunday, Jan. 28, following all Masses. The youth ministry will compete against the Men's Club in ·a basketball game at 7 p.m. Fri-

Members are asked to submit applications for anyone they may be sponsoring for a men's Cursillo Feb. 8 to 11 at La Salette Center, Attleboro. A Holy Hour for the Cursillo's suc· cess will be held at St. Francis Xavier Church, Acushnet at 8 ·p.m. Friday, Feb. 9. ST. JAMES, NEW BEDFORD The Ladies' Guild will meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 17 in the church hall. A skin care demonstration will be presented by LuciiIe LeBlanc and refreshments will be served. SACRED HEART, FALL RIVER CCD classes are in progress on Sunday morning. Parents are invited to await their children in the lounge, where coffee is available. A third grade teacher is needed. Volunteers may contact Michael Cote, telephone 678-0873. Confirmation candidates are reminded that their class resumes at 9 a.m. Saturday' in th~ school cafeteria. .

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ST. JOHN OF GOD, SOMERSET Father Bento L. Fraga, its first moderator, will be guest speaker at a 10th anniversary tea to be held by the Women's Guild at 3 p.m. Jan. 14 in the parish center. The guild's regular meeting will be held Wednesday, Jan. 17 and will be a Moderator's Night, honoring 'Father Daniel L. Freitas, pastor and present moderator. The parish prayer group announces its first Life in the Spirit seminar reunion, to take place beginning with a Mass at 7 p.m. tonight. Registrations are being accepted for the next seminar by Miss Clorinda Ventura and Father Stephen B. Salvador. The Holy Ghost committee will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the rectory. Parents of confirmation candidates will meet at 7 p.m. Sunday in the parish center. DOMINICAN THIRD ORDER, FALL RIVER Third Order members will meet for Mass at 1:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 15 in the priests' chapel of St; Anne's rectory. A meeting will follow in the rectory assembly room. ST. RITA, MARION The parish council will meet at 7:30 tonight. CCD teachers and spouses will- hold a. social and potluck supper at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the rectory. NOTICE OF INTENT TO SUBMIT ENVIRONMENTAL NOTIFICATION FORM 'Borden Street Housing Associates hereby gives notiee that on or about January II, 1979 an Environmental Notification Form (ENF) will be submitted to the Secretary of Environmental Affairs under the provisions of MEPA, M.G.L., Ch. 30, ss. 62 to 62H, inclusive for the Borden Street Housing for the Elderly at Borden Street, Fali River, Massachusetts. Copies of this ENF will be available from The Bancroft Corporat10n, One Boston Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02108. This ENF will be available for public inspection during business hours at the MEPA Unit, Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, 100 Cambridge Street, 20th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02202, and also at City Hall located at Fall River, Mass. 'Public notice of the filing of this ENF will be published by the Secretary of Environmental Affairs in the Environmental Monitor. A twenty day period for submission of pUblic comments will follow· the publication of notice in the Monitor. Please write or call the MEPA Unit at 7275830 for information on public comment periods and how to subscribe to the Monitor. BORDEN STREET HOUSING ASSOCIATES By Edward A. Fish

Abortion Target Of Triple Blast VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paul II has condemned abortion three times in one week. Responding to Italian critics accusing him of meddling in italian politics, the pope said at a general audience that abortion is a matter "of moral law, therefore of conscience." The family has "first and furidamental duties" toward human life, the pope said. In the family rests the "private good of each person" and also "the common good of every society, nation and state of each and every continent," he added. "The fllmily is placed at the very center of the common good in its various dimensions, precisely because man is ~onceived and :born in it. It is necessary to do everything possible so that this human being, right from the beginning, from the moment of his conception, is wanted, awaited, loved as a particular value, unique and unrepeatable," the pope said. . The pope had previously spoken to a group of Italian Catholic doctors, urging them to be conscientious objectors to abortion, and had condemned abortion at a New Year's Eve Mass. At his general audience, the pope discussed abortion in the context of the Holy F!lmily as the chief model for contemporary family life. Addressing the issue of difficult pregnancies, the pope said, "On Christmas night, the mother· who had to give birth (a virgin birth) did not find a roof for herself. She did not find the conditions in which to accomplish in a normal way that great divine . and, at the same time, human mystery of bringing a man into the world." "Allow me to use the logic of the faith and the logic of a consequent humanism. This fact of which I speak is a great outcry, it is a permanent challenge to each and to all, perhaps particularly in our age when a great test of moral coherence is frequently required of the exp~et ant mother," he said. "That which has become defined euphemistically as 'an interruption of pregnancy' (abortion) cannot be valued with other authentically human categories that are not those of tbe moral law, and therefore of conscience," said the pope. "As a result, the mother who must give birth cannot be left alone, one cannot leave her with her doubts, difficulties, temptations. We must stand beside her so that she will have enough courage and trust, so that she will not overburden her conscience, so that she will not destroy the most fundamental link of respect between man and man," he said. "We must offer her every pos'sible help," the pope said.

Those involved in Cursillo, Marriage Encounter aJld the Charismatic Renewal Jre reminded that infonnation about their activities is welcomed by Steering Points and may· be sent to P.O. Box 7, FaD River 02722•