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Diocesall SerVICeS. marl{. Unity Week The annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, observed throughout the world, will begin on Sunday. Its 1981 theme is "There is a variety' of gifts but always the same Spirit."

Bishop Daniel A. Cronin has recommended that diocesan parishes mark the week with. services of prayer for unity, ei'~her on an individual parish level or a; part of a community program.

In New Bedford, for the fifth consecutive year, the Greater New Bedford Clergy and Religious Association will sponsor local observance of the week with prayer services held at '7:30 nightly according to the following schedule: - Sunday, Jan. 18: St. Paul's United Methodist Church, Kempton and Rockdale Ave.; - Monday, Jan. 19: St. Martin's Episcopal Church, County and Rivet Streets; - Tuesday, Jan. 20: Trinity United Methodist Church, 473 County Street; .

- Wednesday, Jan. 21: Douglas Memorial AME Zion Church, 169 Williams Street; - Thursday, Jan. 22: Sea~ man's Bethel, Johnny Cake Hill; - Friday, Jan. 23: South Baptist Church, 745 Brock Avenue; -Saturday, Jan. 24: Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, Rivet Street; - Sunday, Jan. 25: Pilgrim United 'Church of Christ, 635 Purchase Street (a preliminary hymn sing to which all arE! invited will begin at 6:30 p.m.).

In Fall River the Right Rev. John B. Coburn, Episcopal bishop of Massachusetts, will pJ'leach

at the third annual Niagara Neighborhood ecumenical prayer service, to be held at 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday in Holy Cross Church on Pulaski Street. All city residents are invited to attend the observance, which will be followed by a reception.

In accepting the invitation to preach, which was extended by the vestry of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Bishop Coburn said he "was deeply honored to participate in this grassroots expression of Christian cooperation."

Niagara Neighborhood participating churches, in addition to Holy Cross and St. Luke's, are SS. Peter and Paul, Our Lady of Health, First Primitive Methodist and St. Paul's Lutheran.

In Swansea an ecumenical service will take place at 7 p.m.

Sunday at Christ Church.

Taking a general view of the ecumenical picture, Father Charles LaFontaine of the Atonement Friars, of Garrison, N.Y., Father Paul Wattson, founded the Week of Prayer in 1908, suggests that "ecumenism may be on the way out precisely because it is on the way up."

He writes that "the business of ecumenism is to put itself out ,of business through realization of Christian unity. Therefore, he said, despite a mixed year of ecumenical plusses and minuses in 1980, Christians during unity week will seek ways to wind their "business."

Father Lafontaine also lists 1980 ecumenical high and low points. Among high points were Turn to page thirteen

MARIAN MEDALIST Frank S. Moriarty holds crucifix to be blessed by Bishop Daniel A. Cronin at dedication ceremonies for new St. Patrick's parish center in Somerset.

Others, from left, Father Joseph D. Maguire (behind crucifix), associate pastor; Msgr. John J. Oliveira, episcopal secretary; Msgr. Robert L. Stanton, pastor. The 7,500 square foot center will accommodate 350 persons. and will be used for meetings, social occasions and the parish school of religion. Its features include portable walls, a movable stage and a completely equipped kitchen. William F. Moran headed the parish building committee that worked with Owen Hackett Associates and F. L. Collins Co., architects and contractors for the project. Music for a Mass preceding the dedication was by St. Patrick's senior choir with Mrs. Gertrude Matte as organist and director. The parish folk group, directea

by Rene Lepage, was heard in the hall. (Torchia Photo)

March for Life .plans ready WASHINGTON (NC) ~ Hunureds from New England are expected to participate in the eighth annual March for Life, to be held next Thursday in Washington. This year the program 'vill be moved from its tradiional site, the west front of the ::apitol, to the Ellipse, a park hetween the White House and ;e Washington Monument.

March for Life president Nellie.

Gray said President-elect Ronald

Reagan, who will be inaugurated Tuesday, has been invited to the march. A Reagan spokeswoman said he will not participate but is considering meeting with an anti-abortion delegation at the White House.

In the past Reagan has said that he is committed to the rightto-life movement and' that he supports a human life amendment.

The theme of the eighth' march

AT BISHOP'S CHARITY BALL (Other pictures on pages 8, 9)

is "A Paramount Human Life Amendment" - the no-exceptions amendment sponsored by Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) and Rep. Robert Dornan (R-Calif.).

Jan. 22 is the eighth anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision which overturned most state laws restricting abortion.

Each year since 1974 tens of thousands of anti-abortionists have marched on Washington.

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people/ placel/eventl SAN SALVADOR, EI Salvador (NC) - Socorro Juridico, the legal aid office of the San Salvador Archdiocese, said it has evidence that the government's security forces were responsible for 6,004 of the 7,476 killings it was asked to investigate in 1980.

ROME (NC) - In less '~han half a century the Catholic Church has increased its welfare service institutions at least tenfold, statistics suggest.

LONDON (NC) - A "message of Christian greeting and goodwill" has been sent by 58 English religious leaders from the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Methodist and Reformed churches to the Vicariate of Solidarity in Chile, the organization set up to look after the interests of victims of the military dictatorship in that country.

ADRIAN, Mich. (NC) _. Dominican Sister Ann Joachim, the first nun ever to be admitted to the bar of the U.S. Supreme Court, died in Adrian Jan. 8 at age 79.

Sister Joachim, a native of Germany, entered the Dominican convent at Adrian after obtaining a law degree, winning 11 tennis titles and piloting her own airplane.

ROME (NC) - An Italian bishop has offered himself to the ultra-leftist Red Brigades as a hostage to replace an Italian magistrate kidnapped Dec. 12 in Rome. Bishop.

Luigi Bettazzi of Ivrea said he would go as a hostage in the place of Giovanni D'Urso, a counselor of Italy's Court of Cassation, who has been given a death sentence by the Red Brigades.

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MONTREUX, Switzerland (NC) - A.J. Cronin, Scottish-born Catholic novelist whose "Keys of the Kingdom" stirred controversy 40 years ago over its portrayal of a missionary priest, died Jan. 6 at his home near Montreux. He was 84.

VATICAN CITY (NC) .- Pope John Paul II told Vatican chauffeurs and auto mechanics 路that cars, like souls, need loving care. His remarks came during a visit to the Vatican's parking garage and telephone exchange.

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MANAGUA, Nicaragua (NC) - Archbishop Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, new apostolic nuncio to Nicaragua, said he brought the wishes of Pope John PauL II for peace and Christian concord to this Central American nation.

VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paul U met with the new Japanese ambassador to the Holy See, Ota Masami, and praised "the human qualities of the Japanese soul, the natural gifts that your countrymen have developed greatly."

SANTIAGO, Chile (NC) - A Belgian theologian who says the so-called "doctrine of national security" deprives people of their civil rights has not been allowed a reentry permit by Chilean immigration authorities. They said Father Joseph Comblin's residence permit had expired and would not allow him to return to the country from a trip to Europe. .

LOS ANGELES (NC) - California's Catholic schools have 73,047 Hispanic students. The California Catholic Conference's Division of Hispanic Affairs said this number is 27.9 percent of total Catholic school enrollment in the state. .

NO ONE CARRIED OUT the springti~e theme of the Bishop's Ball more beautifully than the flowerlike young ladies whose presentation to the bishop is a traditional ball highlight. Top, left to right, Robert Gagnon and daughter Mary Lou; Joseph Camara and daughter Elizabeth; Thomas Chickalowski and niece Susan Gluchacki, all from the Fall River area.

Center, Kathleen Corey, Joan O'Connell, Jane Powers, Mary McCarty, Laura Naylor, Mary Roach, Anastasia Topham, from the Cape and Islands area; bottom, Hormidas Marcotte and daughter Anne; Paul Rousseau and daughter Brenda; Frank Rodrigues and daughter Patricia; Emile Camire and dc:J,ughter Janet; Manuel Medeiros and daughter Maureen, all ,of the New ~edford area. (Rosa Photos)

WASHINGTON (NC) - Msgr. Eugene C. Bilski has been named administrator of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. According to a shrine staff member, the appointment is an interim one until a director is named by the board. of trustees.

WASHINGTON (NC) - Father Thomas F. Lynch, family life and pro-life director of the Diocese of Bridgeport, Conn., has been named family life representative in the U.S. Catholic Conference Department of Communication.

CLEVELAND (NC) - More than 10,000 people have signed petitions circulated in the Cleveland area calling for an end tQ all aid to EI Salvador's government. Groups which circulated the petitions presented them to Rep. Mary Rose Oakar (D-Ohio), who said she would take them to the State Department.

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Schillebe:eclu is OK so far, but qtlestions remain ROME r(NC) - The Vatican's doctrinal congregation has cleared a prominent European theologian, Father Edward Schillebeeckx, on nine points ,:>f church doctrine but has asked him to clarify his teachings on four new points.

In a telephone interview with the Rome bureau of the National Catholic News Service from his office at the University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands, the Dominican priest said he had received a letter Nov. 20 from the congregation. It said the congregation was satisfied with the clarifications he offered. when he met with a congregat:on Committee in December 1979 and considers the nine points at issue in that meeting settled.

"But they found another four points that I have to clarify," he added. He said they revolved around "my attitude toward the church magisterium (teaching authority)."

Asked if there were llny speci-

fic church teachings at issue in the new questions, he said the letter asked him to clarify if "I accept the last word of the teaching office of the church" as it is contained in "the formulations by the councils."

Specifically, he said, the questions asked if he accepts the formulation by the fifth-century Council of Chalcedon stating that Jesus Christ is one person with a divine nature and a human nature.

"At the moment I have not given an answer to Rome," he said. "I am free to write an article in some review" clarifying his views on the subject.

He said he was not given a deadline for such an article by the congregation.

"But I will not write an artie c1e explicitly on that," he said, saying that he would clarify his views on that topic within the context of writing on some broader topic.

"Yes and no," said Father

Schillebeeckx when asked if he was satisfied with the doctrinal congregation's letter.

He said that the letter cleared him of questions about the orthodoxy of his views in the three books on Jesus which were the focus of the earlier inquiry.

But in the meantime, he said, he has finished a book on ministry which has been published in Dutch and will soon begin appearing in other languages.

Asked if he anticipates further questions from the doctrinal congregation on the views expressed in that book, he said he does.

Father SchillebeeckX, 66, has held the chair of theology and the history of theology at the Catholic University of Nijmegen for 23 years.

When he came to Rome in 1979 at the request of the doctrinal congregation, the church's watchdog agency on questions of faith and morals, the meeting drew international headlines. It was the first time in the postconciliar era that a theologian had been summoned to Rome to explain his teachings.

Father Schillebeeckx and numerous other Catholic theologians and intellectuals have protested the congregation's procedures for investigating theologians. The controversial Swiss theologian, Father Hans Kung, has several times refused to meet with the congregation under the same procedures.

At a press conference after the hearing Father Schillebeeckx repeated his criticisms of the procedure but said he felt obliged to answer the summons because a Christian theologian must face the question of a judgment from the church's magisterium on his views.

The questions asked of Father Schillebeeckx at that time by a three-member inquiry board dealt chiefly with the orthodoxy of his views on Christ, including his understanding of Christ's divinity, the objective reality of his resurrection and his awareness of being the messiah and Son of God. They also concerned the theo. logian's interpretation of revealed truth, the theology of ecumenical councils, the doctrinal power of papal infallibility, the foundation of the church and the institution of the Eucharist.

Region petitions Salvador aid end In New England 4,000 members of the Catholic community have signed a petition asking President Carter and Presidente1ect Ronald Reagan for a' permanent end to military aid to EI Salvador.

The petitions were circulated to about 120 convents and Catholic institutions throughout New England, according to Katherine Knight of the Catholic Connection, a Boston-based justice and peace center.

At aunt's funeral GERARD A. HEBERT is ordained to the transitional diaconate by Bishop Daniel A. Cronin in ceremonies at St. Mary's Cathedral.

Bishop Daniel A. Cronin was principal celebrant yesterday at the funeral Mass of an aunt, Miss Mary Joyce, at St. Peter's Church, Cambridge.

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Clergymell call for cut in U.S. aid to Israel WASHINGTON~NC) -

About

400 U.S. clergymen, including

Jesuit Father Daniel Berrigan, four Methodist bishops and one rabbi, have called for the United States to reduce its aid to Israel because of alleged Israeli violations of the human rights of Palestinians.

In a statement released in Washington and other cities, the clergymen urged the U.S. government to promote talks between the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and Israel and to begin talks with the PLO. They also urged the Israeli and U.S. governments to recognize the right of the Palestinians to self-determinatio.n, including an independent state in the West Bank and Gaza if they so decide.

Other signers included antiwar activist Philip Berrigan; the Rev. Jesse Jackson, a civil rights leader; the Rev. Harvey Cox, a theologian at Harvard University; retired Episcopal Bishop John Burgess; Jesuit Father Simon Smith, executive secretary of Jesuit Missions; the Rev. J. Philip Wogaman, dean of Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C.; and the Rev. William Wipfler, director of the office of human rights of the National Council of Churches.

Six Franciscans, seven Sisters of Mercy and more than 30 Jesuits were also among the signers.

The Jewish signer was Rabbi EImer Berger, leader of a former anti-Zionist Jewish organization.

At a news conference in Washington, one of the signers, Chris-

Life march Continued from page one Miss Gray would not estimate how many people will attend the 1981 march, but a permit filed with the District of Columbia police department by March for Life estimated 100,000 people.

"The significant thing about this year's march," according to Miss Gray, "is that we have a pro-life president. That's the reason we would expect him to be out for the march."

She said marchers will be encouraged to lobby members of Congress after the march.

"Really, the purpose is to come to Congress, to petition Congress. We ask all mar.chers to go into the halls of Congress and ask specifically for a paramount human life amendment."

Speakers at the march will include Helms and Dornan. Bishop Joseph Sullivan of Baton Rouge, La., will give the opening prayer.

This year the Holy Name Society is making a nationwide appeal to members to attend the march and hopes to have 2,000 men at the march, according to a member of the society's public affairs committee, Edward Stevenson of Cleveland.

In addition to the. march, which the March for Life organization has sponsored each year, a vigil will be held Jan. 21.

tian Brother Aloysius Fitzgerald. chairman of the Semitics department at the Catholic University of America, said he signed the petition "because anyone who has any sense of humanity cannot help but sympathize with the Palestinian cause. Any petition which will bring to light the facts of life in Palestine, any human being has to sign," he said.

"The Israeli government's policy," he said, "is to make life as unpleasant as possible for as many Palestinians as possible so that they will move to some other land and allow the joining of the West Bank to what is now Israel." ,Brother Fitzgerald added: "The PLO exists because the Israelis have forced the Palestinian people into this situation. There can be no peace without talking with the PLO." The statement was circulated to U.S. clergymen by Search for Justice 路and Equality in Palestine, an organization which states that it believes justice for Palestinian Arabs and security for Israeli Jews are interdependent.

Priscilla Norris, a member of the organization, said members include Arab Americans and Jewish Americans. The organization supports Israel's right to exist, she said.

Ms. Norris pointed out that Sen. Adlai Stevenson (D-m.) and the Amer!can Friends SerVice Committee have called for the United States to cut $150 million from the $2.2 billion in U.S. aid te Israel because that was the amount Israel was going to spend on establishing settlements in the occupied territories.

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Clergy and Malpractice

With our American tendency to depend on our court system as the ultimate arbiter of national life, it comes as no surprise to see.that the question is being raised as to whether clergy are liable for malpractice.

Aside from the fact that the church herself should perhaps undertake such an investigation with regard to the competence level of many so-called "professional" clergymen, suits involving clergy are becoming part and parcel of the facts of life. . .

Doctors for years have been the object of such legal actions. In fact, a whole new area of malpractice law has developed, taking into account both physicians and the insurance companies that, at their customary exorbitant rates, protect the medical profession.

In short, national greed to sue is now shared by all and any victims of .·so-called legal fncompetence.. It really was only a matter of time until the clergy became the latest victims of man's legal inhumanity to man.

In recent years, in fact, there has been such a groundswell of clergy malpractice suits that an insurance company called Church Mutual has been founded to handle them. This insurance is now available in 27 states and is carried by over 24,000 insurees. " 'Two points of view seem to emerge from this legal maze. Many clergy justifiably feel that the courts have no right to adjudicate the beliefs of a particular religion and that if the state does so, it is intruding into an area protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution.

In other words, the defense of those following this school of thought is that the state has no right whatsoever to interfere with religious practices.

Of course, it would not be America if there were not a contradictory opinion on this subject. Many will say that 'Why have we forsaken thEl house of God?' 2 Esdras 13: 11 clergy should be held to the same standards as other prof~ss!o~als.. Thi~ min4 .w,ould maintain that too many ~h~r.~~~s.. h~v~ co:vered up too long for too many of their irico'mpeterit ministers.

Such people argue that since the churches have failed betrayed his master, the good our sins. Those prone to such a

By Father Kevin J. Harrington to take care of their own houses and have ignored or overview usualIy have a false image thief.

Whatever happened to fear of looked the serious consequences of vincible ignorance, anHowever, equally present, are cf God and man. Their God is other way must be found to shape up deficient clergy. It the Lord? Many Roman Cath- the teachings of the Sermon on too vindictive and their image of olics seem perplexed by this paris insisted that those clergy who consider themselves com- ticular phrase in our religious the Mount concerning God's man too cynical. Man is not so petent in all areas of counseling and guidance should be vocabulary. Some c;efine fear as justice. "Make haste and put much of an animal as they preaffairs in order while you sume. held responsible for the consequences of their advice arid the opposite' of love and are re- your The converse is true for preare still on the way. You will pelled by a notion of God as a not get out of there until you sumption. This cloud is seeded direction.

Somewhere between these half-truths must be some stern taskmaster. when there is no awareness of pay the last penny." choose the extreme God's goodness, hence no fear of common ground. Clergy who are degreed professional psy- of Others face of God do we Which turning God into a mascot as chologists and counselors certainly must be judged by the permissive as the limits of their choose? We should never pre- offending him. Those prone to sume upon God's mercy nor such a view usualIy have an same standards as their secular confreres. At the same consciences. should we despair that our sins over-indulgent image of God and The net effect is to belittle the time, the state must not feel that it enjoys the legal right to an over-idealistic image of man. need for contrition because are too great for a just God to Man is not so much of an angel infringe on personal counseling situations. forgive. , as they presume. Man must exThe unique role of pastoral advice in the church com- God's mercy becomes a gift that To better maintain a balance we can presume and not have munity must also be considered. Often very disturbed to ask for. J>erhaps this is one between these two faces of God, ert effort to avoid the occasions people find the parish office the only place where someone of the reasons for the decline in the Holy Spirit endows us with of sin. We must all remember the adage, "Pray as if everything dewill listen to them. the numbers approaching the the gift of fear of the Lord to pends upon God and act as if enlarge withIn our souls the There are no easy solutions to this growing problem. sacrament of penance. everything depends upon you." marvelous gift of hope. Hope Fear of God is a gift of the Churches, aware of their responsibility to their members, Holy Spirit. Without this gift, alone can dispel the dark clouds . The cliche ~hat presumption is must encourage and even mandate their clergy to become we .the mother. of despair is true. are in the danger of having of despair and presumption, capable and qualified practitioners of pastoral care. At the too little fear of offending God rightly classified as unforgiv- The ultimate act of folly is to same· time, those who seek advice should realize that no and too much fear of admitting able sins against the Holy Spirit presume to know the nature of and man. clergyman has all answers to all problems. Very often our sinfulness. The God whom since they erode the theological God Fear of the Lord is the beginvirtue of hope. people feel misunderstood and the proverbial grudge-hold- •the GOspels reveal in Jesus ning of wisdom. A wise man These two dark clouds are ing ensues. They and others who seek solutions to personal Christ is both merciful and just. knows that when we speak of divine attributes are not seeded by ignorance. Ignorance conflicts must realize that suing the person who tries to so These contradictory as they may ap- of the nature of both God and God, we speak neither as anihelp them is not the answer to real needs. pear when judged by human man can only spell disaster for a mals or angels, but as huamn

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terms. tt is simply that we cannot fully understand the mystery of God's love which perfectly . encompasses both.

Unfortunately, many Catholics seem to feel they must choose between GOG'S mercy and his justice.

In the Gospels, examples abound of God's n:ercy for notorious sinners: Zacchaeus, the woman of Samaria, Peter who

soul that deliberately chooses to live in darkness.

We must not reject the precious gift of fear of the Lord if we want to preserve hope. The fact that this gift is so often a stumbling block for the faithful means that it needs to be better understood.

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marrIages "Why is it that some of my children have kept the faith and others have dropped it?" a woman asked me at a seminar. "I realize that the family's faith un~erlie!f the future faith of th~ children but how do you explain' such wide variations in grown chHdren who come from the same family faith atmosphere?~'

I don't. And I don't know of anyone else who doe,s, either.

Evelyn Kaye, in an interesting new book on interfaith marriages, "Crosscurrents: Children, Families & Religion," writes of this dilemma. "For some children, the old religious ways are easy to follow and comforting to keep; for others, thf,y are impossible to accept and a burden to continue. It's bard to explain why some children respond happily and follow religious traditions wholeheartedly while others reject them in angE:r."

Probably all of us can think back to our childhood ;and recall certain friends or family members who seemed utterly devoted to a lifetime of Catholicism only to dispose of it as quickly as they could upon leaving home.

According to Kaye, this is by no means a Catholic phenomenon, but evident in other faiths as well.

She quotes a family counselor specializing in the interfaith marriage who describes a facet of this situation: "I've found that someone reared in an orthodox

background of any kind who wants to marry someone reared in a liberal or reform background, where both were very active in their communities is, at first glance, very unusual," he said. "You have to ask then, What was it that made them interested enough to pursue courtship and marriage? How did they meet? What made them continue ,the relationship?" Then he makes a sobering observation. "And it often comes out that they really wanted to overthrow their own background and find another way of life."

His words have been suggested to me by many Catholic parents whose children have become involved in interfaith or no-faith marriages. They hint that their children were looking for a way out of the church and the interfaith marriage offered an opportunity to do so without hurting the parents. "After all," one mother said, "who can fault love?"

Deliberately seeking a partner of another faith as a way of escaping from a faith that hasn't been internalized is a terrible way to leave but in some families it's the only way we allow young people to doubt, search and test their faith. How many parents whose young adults take a sabbatical from the sacraments give up on them before God does?

In one very large group, onethird of the parents whose chil-

Can we change?

Can the magiste:rium of the church change its teachings on matters that are important for the Christian heritage?

Some deny the possibility but I suggest that such folks consid-

er carefully the history of Catholic attitudes toward the Bible since the encyclical almost a hundred years ago of Leo XIII on the scriptures up to the Constitute Dei Verbum of the Second Vatican Council _. with the dark periods of repression and tyranny between those enlightened documents.

Consider, for exampl.e, whether the positions of such martyrs of Catholic Biblical studies as LaGrange have:., pr(;lVed more durable than the old. :rulings of the Pontifical Biblical Commission which were invested with the "special authority" of the magisterium.

Not too many years ngo, Catholic seminarians were taught that Moses wrote the Pentateuch, that St. Matthew wrote the "first" gospel, and that St. Paul wrote the Epistle to the Ephesians. If such things were not quite matters of faith, ;and if the rulings of the PBC were not quite infallible, you could still lose your job for suggesting the possibility of change.

I do not want to deny that there is some fundamental con-

tinuity in the church's approach to scripture. I'm just saying you have to look pretty hard to find it.

Indeed, the magisterium has "modified" its stands on inspiration and inerrancy, not reversed them. Yet the standard teaching on these issues to be heard in all seminaries today with no objection from anyone would have led to condemnation less than 20 years ago (and did for some people.)

From the "substantial Mosaic origin of the Pentateuch" to the present notion of a redaction from many different sources composed during the time of the Kingdo.m may be only a modification - but it sure is one of the biggest modifications in church history.

If the church can in such a short time revise its teaching on something as essential as the Bible, can it not reconsider other matters which are by definition less central?

Indeed, if one listens to the excellent tape of Father Carrol Stuhlmueller on the Dei Verbum document, one is struck by how many reversals have occurred since the time of Leo XIII. The magisterium's "emphasis" has shifted back and forth repeatedly on the presumably critical issue of sacred scripture. The use of the first chapters of Genesis by the pope in his audience

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dren had "left the church" in their early twenties and returned late, admitted they had given up hope on them. They sincerly regretted some of their parental behavior during the lapsed time. "I was so angry as a Catholic parent that I was downright unchristian," said a father.

I'm not implying that the reason for all or even most interfaith marriage is an excuse to leave the church of one's childhood.

But it can be, if a young person deliberately seeks out non-Catholic dates, it's a sign that the faith bond in marriage isn't that important to him. We must ask ourselves why.

Is our faith life and/or marriage unexciting to imitate? Have we denied him other outlets for testing his faith and finding it viable? Are we willing to pray and leave it in God's hands or does our pride insist that we take control of his faith behavior until he's 40? Our' behavior as parents at this time in our young people's life is crucial. We can learn from one another as parents, listen to stories of patience and impatience, and trust in both God and our children as they seek to come together, not on our terms, but theirs.

By REV. ANDREW M. GREELEY

talks would have brought the Holy Office down upon him as recently as 1960.

Why can we change quickly and often on the scriptures and not change, not even consider change, not even listen to the experts or to married people on the subject of change, when the subject is sex?

(necrolo9Y) January 17 Rev. John Laughlin, 1967, Retired Pastor, Holy Ghost, Attleboro January 20 Rev. Roland J. Masse, 1952, Assistant, Notre Dame de Lourdes, Fall River

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President-elect Ron a I d Reagan is downstairs in Blair House, and aides are rushing in and out.

Mrs. Reagan is upstairs in the library, looking like a million dollars in a brown paisley shirt and a full brown skirt. Her brown eyes are glowing.

"Oh, yes," she says to a Visiting reporter. "Winning is better than losing - I know." She is, despite a few disclaimers, quite sure of what she will do as first lady. She has, for one thing, engaged Peter McCoy, her campaign chief of staff, for similar service in the White House, which suggests a role beyond giving dinners that Washington already has decided will be elegant beyond description.

She won't be like anybody else, that's for sure. She won't sit in at Cabinet meetings, for instance. Her husband announced that at an editor's meeting last spring. The consensus is that she doesn't need to.

Rosalynn Carter did, of course, and further, represented her husband on diplomatic missions and at state funerals. Jimmy Carter made much of the fact his wife was a political counselor. Reagan never mentions his wife's influence. But anyone who has been around the Reagans for more than an hour knows Nancy Reagan has to be dealt with.

In public, she is all worshipful wife. She sat on a thousand platforms gazing up and listening raptly to speeches she might have memorized she had heard them so often. She says, knowing it is terribly counter-trend, "Ronnie is my life:' The "space" that other women demand doesn't interest her. She wants to be with him.

She got used to reporters who could hardly conceal their disdain of a "pussycat" or their disbelief that she and her husband were "living happily ever after" and who often asked her if she "felt like an appendage:' She would levelly inform them she was her "own person, .and doesn't have to go out' and prove it.

"I don't want to sound selfserving," she says, "but I think I can spot someone who is trying to use Ronnie, or a phony.

My little antennae go up, and I tell him not to underestimate female intuition:' And was she involved in selection of the Cabinet?

"No," she says, "I was never at any of the meetings, I didn't volunteer on anything."

The mention of bad days in the campaign - those weeks in August when her husband got almost fatally entangled with the Ku Klux Klan, two Chinas and evolution makes her wary, any reflection on "Ron-

nie" being unthinkable.

"Oh," she says dismissingly, "you have those bad periods, and you come out of them . . . You just hope they'll pass."

But in this intance, she is reminded, something was done about it. Stuart Spencer, the California guru, was brought in to steer the candidate down more productive paths.

And the person who made the call that brought Spencer aboard "Leadership 80" was Nancy Reagan.

She is careful to set the record straight.

"It had already been decided that he should come, and someone else had made the approach to him. I just called to tell him that I had no hard feelings from 1976, as he seemed to think."

She is, according to legend, a grudge-holder, and Spencer had worked for Ford against Reagan in 1976.

The fact she went along with Spencer, despite his previous heresy, tells a great deal about Mrs. Reagan's ability to put aside personal feelings in her husband's interests. It is significant, too, that Spencer was not about to join up without assurance that the candidate's wife was agreeable.

As first lady, she'll continue with her activities in the Foster Grandparents Program, which brings together senior citizens and institutionalized retarded children. She says without a flicker of self-consciousness that she "helped it get pick-up by ACTION" - a rare Reagan reference to a federal program.

If an interviewer were to inquire of her - as one did of Betty Ford - what she would do if her daughter were to report that she was having an affair, "I would tell him it's none of your business.

"That question was asked too personally," she said indicating some attention to predecessors.

"If it had been put generally, I would have said that I don't believe in it."

That's what she said to her children when the matter came up - to no avail, she ruefully concedes.

She is gratified by the transition reception in Washington.

The Reagans got raves simply by indicating they were not going to make any unnecessary enemies.

"Ronnie and I have a wonderful feeling of warmth and joy and expectation."

And, she adds, the country is going to be surprised when it finds out Ronnie's depth and compassion.

"I don't think he's been giYCIl credit," says his wife, who wishes it understood that he can never be given enough.

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Only one. way Dear Editor: The article Father K. J. Harrington wr~te into the Jan. I Anchor should be read in every church throughout the world.

There is only one way to save our fallen society and that is a turning back to the Queen of the Universe with the rosary.

It is the most essential prayer for daily living. One doesn't have to be down on our knees saying it. If recited 'while driving there would be a lot less accidents.

Say the rosary in the supermarket (the prices would be a lot lower). Say it in the Employment Security lines (which lack of prayer have brought on).

How quickly dignity would replace cheap grace, which is suffocating all at the moment.

Jesus said "Come learn of me.

I am meek and my yoke is light," Jesus is hidden in the sacrament in the Catholic Church day and night to give us blessings beyond measure. Then go and let others see y~ur works. Today there are too many go-gos and not enough come-comes. Blind leading the blind.

Oh, the heartbreak that comes from the lack of faith. Only God and his mother can change lives.

God governs the world and prayer governs God - what a .beautiful thought!

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NEW XORK ~NC) - Moving from chair to chair in the music room of St. Francis Prep, crowded with the sick and disabled the priest touched them, prayed silently and occasionally relieved the tension with banter.

The priest, Redemptorist Father Edward McDonough of Boston's Mission Church, had traveled to the gathering of about 300 sick and disabled as part of the healing ministry which has occupied him for the past six years.

He prayed over a man and asked if his legs feit warm.

"Yes," the man said.

"Do you usually walk with a cane?"

"Yes." Father McDonough told the man to walk without the cane and, smiling, the man walked in ~ a circle. "You'll be in the marathon next," the priest said.

MAN (Story at right) Afterwards, people recounted their experiences.

Elaine Carroll, a lS-year-old student at St. Francis Prep, said she had suffered broken vertether reminding us of our call to brae in an accident three months proclaim the Good News to earlier. "I was amazed when he started to reach around for my others.

Following each talk, Cursil- back. He started to bend me listas, divided into groups dis- over and I haven't bent since cuss it and prepare a summary September. I was touching the floor. I can still do it too. They of its main ideas. said it would take two years beBut the weekend is not simply fore I could bend over again. I'd a series of talks. Following the have to take pills and wear directive of Pope Paul VI: The braces ... I don't even have the Church is a society of prayer," brace on now and I can walk. various forms of prayer are in- Usually I can't walk without it." cluded on the weekend: the rosAfter the last people filed out ary, stations of the cross, mornof the music room, Father Mcing and evening prayer, and Donough sat down for a cigarample opportunity for the sacraette and a soft drink. ment of reconciliation.

"I never could have thought And because Jesus Christ preof a healing ministry," he said, sent in the eucharist is at the "until the Lord started using me heart of Christian community, to gather people together to Cursillistas celebrate the liturgy pray that the Lord would heal as the focal point of each day. them, and all kinds of healing The weekend is a blend of took place. serious study and happy light"In the past six years, I can heartedness as Cursillistas pray, honestly say I've seen every kind listen, discuss, leep, eat, sing, of healing you could think of and tell jokes in a warm and take place, some of them many, growing atmosphere of family many times." He cited cures in and fellowship. cases of polio and cancer, blindThroughout the weekend the ness, deafness and brain tumors. freedom of the individual is re- "I exercise the gift in the conspected and safeguarded. Each text of a Christian community of peJ:son's response to the move- prayer," he said. "I don't really ments of the three days is dif- claim that it's my prayers more ferent. Nothing is forced., No ex- than anyone else's . . . I don't pectations are placed on those think it's surprising that God participating. answers prayers."

Indeed, an atmosphere of ·joy He called the low priority given and discovery characterizes a to the healing service by church Cursillo weekend. Accommoda- leaders "unfortunate." tions are comfortable, good food "Priests are trained theologiplentiful, a good night's sleep cally," he said, "and many of not only possible but highly rec- them still hold onto a theory ommended. A spirit of love and that's been given up by the friendship makes all feel wel- church, that we can't expect come and even reluctant to miraculous healing now. Priests leave on Sunday! do believe that God can heal, One final point: Cursillistas are but they don't believe there's reminded during the weekend great healings taking place in that Cursillo is simply one of the context of healing services." many instruments of renewal and He said the healing service is personal holiness. They are made not extraordinary in the tradiaware of the dangers of elitism tion of the church and especially and of forming cliques and en- of the early church. ' couraged . merely to become "We go around trying to cre· leaven in their environments as ate a climate of faith," he said, they enter thl~ir "fourth 'day." "so that people will believe that Jesus heals, and heals today."

Next week: The Fourth Day

The Cursillo weekend Third in a series of articles prepared by members of the Fall River diocese to explain the history, purposes and procedures of the Cursillo.

Meeting for the first time on a Cursillo weekend are usually 50 men or women (men and women attend separate weekends) from throughout the diocese. Plumbers, salesmen, doctors, mechanics, homemakers, religious, fathers, mothers, single, widowed, divorced they are young, senior citizens, middle-aged.

They come from virtually all walks of life and have diffe'ring points of view on many subjects.

They arrive Thursday evening with questions and apprehensions, often distracted by the activities and responsibilities of their daily lives.

Yet, different as they appear, their very presence on a Cursillo weekend indicates that they share a heightened awareness about their lives; a desire for something more; a subtle or already strong urge to answer Christ's invitation to "come and see."

Over the following three days, these men and women will reconnect those moments of grace in their lives which may have been ~lurred with the passage of time and events. From Thursday evening until Sunday evening, these priests and laypersons will live and work together to gain a deep, permanent, living awareness of the treasure and responsibility of their faith.

They will leave as brothers and sisters in Christ, determined to extend the Kingdom of God. There is nothing "magical" about this process, nothing manipulative or secretive. The week-. end simply offers a variety of means for the individual to experience a deeper understanding of what it means to be a Christian. (The Spanish term "Cursillo" means "Little course in Christianity".) .

This is the format:

Thursday evening, the opening night of a Cursillo weekend, is a time for listening to God's word and to one's teart. It is the most "retreat-like" phase of the weekend, offering time for quiet, solitude, and reflection.

Because of the continuing need for quiet and reflective moments, brief periods of silence are built into the remainder of weekend as well; but from Friday through Sur.day participants are much more actively engaged in the dynamic and joyful "work" of the weekend.

The "work" phase primarily involves listening t~, then internalizing and discussing in groups a series of IS talks (five each day) on faith and Christianity in the world today. Rooted in the theology of the church, the talks - called "rollos" - are not dry or academic but fresh and alive with the personal and living witness of each individual who presents one.

The priest, who is the "spiritual director" and r,e laypersons who make up the Cursillo "team" spend weeks working and praying together in preparation for a Cursillo weekend.

They write their own talks, form a small supportive Christian community among themselves and meet frequently to pray, to better und~rstand themselves and to discover how God wishes to use them during the weekend. The Cursillo takes careful planning because the time is short and t,e subject extensive.

Friday's rollos a:~e directed to making the CursiJIistas, as those who have made the Cursillo are called, aware of the wonder, excitement, and overwhelming importance of the Christian life that life in grace received in Baptism.

RolIOs over the next two days build on Friday's message and furt·her concentrate on how one can live as a Christian in the world today and as an active member of Christ's church, fur-

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Papal envoy is opposed WASHINGTON (NC) - President-elect Reagan has been urged by Americans United for Separation of Church and State not to appoint a new U.S. envoy to the Vatican and to "let this position die a quiet death."

R. G. Puckett, executive .director of the separationist organization, in a letter to Reagan said action on the envoy question gives the¡ new president "an immediate opportunity" to uphold the principle of separation of church and state.

The organization has traditionally opposed the appointment of a U.S. envoy to the Vatican since the first such envoy was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt just before World War II. The Vatican and the United States do not have full diplomatic relations and thus do not exchange ambassadors. Technically, the envoy is a personal representative of the president.

DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING

Martin Luther King birth is commeol0rated today •

The current envoy to the Vatican, former New York Mayor Robert Wagner, is the fourth person to serve in such a position.

As a Democrat, he is likely to

be replaced or recalled under a new Republican administration.

Roosevelt's envoy, Myron C. Taylor, served until 1951. But then the post went vacant for nearly 20 years after the controversy that erupted when President Harry S. Truman attempted to appoint a successor.

The objection then was that such an envoy was not needed during peacetime.

After Presidents Eisenhower,

Kennedy and Johnson all declined to appoint envoys, President Richard M. Nixon named former Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge to the position in 1970.

Lodge continued to serve until President Carter, in his first year in office, appointed David WaIters of Miami.

Walters resigned after the death of Pope Paul VI in 1978 and asked for personal reasons not to be reappointed.

Churches call for hostage services WASHINGTON (NC) - The U.S. Catholic Conference has joined other Christian and Jewish groups in urging that religious services be held on Thursday, Jan. 29, to honor the American hostages in Iran.

In a statement released in Washington the religious groups said that "during the winter holidays, our hostages in Iran sent all of us calls for faith and hope.

We would like to return a strong message with all Americans of hope, care, faith and unity." The hostages were seen on television from Iran during the Christmas Holidays.

This is an opportunity for all

Americans to express in a concrete way their concern, their frustration and their hope for a peaceful solution to the Iranian situation and to join the families in praying for these men and women," the religious groups said.

Along with the U.S. Catholic Conference, organizations supporting the project include the National Council of Churches, National Conference of Christians and Jews, Synagogue Council of America, National A:ssociation of Evangelicals, and the Episcopal National Cathedral in Washington.

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WASHINGTON (NC) - The situation where a group of innation should not try to solve its dividuals are assembling to exproblems at the expense of the ercise their right to freely expoor and powerless, the general press their views, without caussecretary of the U.S. Catholic ing injury to others," Mayor Conference said in a statement James D. Griffin stated in denycommemorating today's birthday ing the Nazi Party request. of the late civil rights leader, the "Instead we are dealing with Rev. Martin Luther King. a group which expouses hatred Calling King, who was murof various ethnic groups and dered in 1968, "a symbol of promotes dissension among courage and selfless dedication people of different ethnic backthat are essential in our strug- grounds. This hatred and disgle for a humane world," the sension goes against everything general secretary, Bisho:p Thom- our city and our country stands as 'C. Kelly, said that '''our dig- for." nity as a people is enha.nced by Although no permits for ralhis inspired vision. lies have been issued by the "Poverty, racism and E:conomic mayor for today, the Martin Ludisparities have not been elimin- ther King Day Memorial Rally ated in our society," Bishop Coalition plans a gathering.

Kelly said. "In fact, in some in"It is more important than stances, these signs of injustice have intensified in recent years. ever before that we as members Therefore it is essential that we of the religious community in not attempt to solve our nation- western New York increase our al economic ills at the expense efforts to eliminate racism from of the human dignity and.funda- our society and rededicate ourmental rights of the poor and selves to achi~ve equal opportunity, justice for all and comthe weak:' munit:y harmony which respects Meantime religious and ,comthe contributions of a variety of munity leaders in Buffalo, .N.Y. racial, ethnic and religious traplanned special 'service:s in an ditions," said area religious attempt to counteract a rally leaders. that had been planned for today by the American Nazi Party.

Among activities scheduled to honor King's memory is a Mass Funeral services were held at which Bishop Edward Head Tuesday for Sister Marc Poirier, of Buffalo will be principal celeRJM, 94, who died last Sunday brant.

Although the city of Buffalo at Jesus-Mary Convent, Fall denied the Nazi Party request for River. a demonstration permit, tension Born in Manchester, N.H., she has been high in the Buffalo entered the Religious of Jesus black community, where seven and Mary in 1909. She had black men have been shot to taught music and voice at death since last fall and four houses of her community in others fecently have been the Canada, Rhode Island and New victims of stabbing attempts.

Hampshire and had been sta"We are not dealing with the tioned in Fall River since 1953.

If we did not know that God loves us, we would rebel against the evil around us and would live in fear and confusion.

If we did not know that He sent His only Son to restore us to His friendship, we would despair because of our failings.

If we did not know that we are all brothers and sisters in Christ, destined for eternal happiness with God, we would be filled with anger and hate.

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Psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg tells us that 10-year-olds are not very sensitive to the feelings of others and do not act to protect the rights of others. They do, however, understand that their behavior has consequences.

A firm lecture from the store owner or a warning from the police about what will happen if the behavior is repeated is very effective. When such shock tactics are used before stealing has become a habit, research indicates that k the great majority of cases, the stealing never occurs again.

Of course the child must return the stolen items or pay for them. Restitution is another important consequence that the

child must face. As a parent, 1 would accompany my child in a visit to the store owner to arrange restitution.

After the stern lecture by the store owner and-or police, and after restitution has been made, then Jorget it. The matter is closed. The child made a mistake. He paid the price. Time now 'to get on with life.

Parental reminders, verbalized suspicion, continued questions about stealing, and checking the child's room provide too much attention for behavior that needs to disappear. In mdst cases the shock tactic will be sufficient to eliminate the stealing, and continued nagging may only bring it back.

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Along with reduced winter items, the first wave of resort and cruise wear appears on the racks and one can preview what

is going to be in style this summer. The colorful resort wear stands out like a beacon among the greys and browns of winter and it's tempting to make one bright and spirit-raising purchase.

January has to be the most depressing month on the calendar, follow¢d closely by February.

The northeast landscape varies from drab grey to snowy white, Christmas bills a:,rive brightly on the first of the :nonth and flu germs prevail. lt would take a sturdy pioneer to find anything good about this month, but it MANITOWOC, Wis. (NC) other," Father Zimmer said does give us a :,iatus for soul For William Villega, 23, almost about his decision to sponsor searching and self·improvement. everything about America is Onate.

The flu has caused you to lose beautiful - a dream come true.

For Father Hendricks it was your appetite, so why not take Villega is one of three young a series of events which helped advantage of this and begin that long needed diet, the nights are Cuban refugees living with priest him decide, including the arrival too cold to venture out, so how sponsors in Manitowoc, Wis., in the mail of a statue of St. about re-discoveri:C1g all those since October. His sponsor is Fa- Joseph and a Gospel which talkclothes at the back of the closet ther Philip Hoffmann of St. Paul ed about, "I was homeless and you did or did not take me in... and either wearing them or parish. , Andres Martinez, 17, makes "I couldn't find a footnote that throwing them out. excused me because I was a lt's a time for Ii facial or a his home with Father Ted Hennew hairdo. I received a facial dricks of St. Boniface parish. priest," he said.

Learning English is the top for Christmas and believe me it Ramon Onate, 21, resides at was much more enjoyable and Sacred Heart parish rectory with priority for the refugees. The relaxing than· visiting a psychia- Father William Zimmer, pastor, young men have been welcomed trist. Or what abo·.Jt taking ad- and Father Steve Modde, Silver into the priests' families and people in .the three parishes, to vantage of January sales to Lake College chaplain. . .

It took Father Hoffmann only a large extent, have been very brighten up a Winter weary wardrobe or joining a health or a few days to decide to sponsor .. supportive, the priests said.

Villega after a friend who .had beauty spa?

"This is' what parish is all at Fort McCoy during about," Father Hoffmann said. worked Yes, January is a month for positive thinking if you are to the summer told him the young He also said there are many .. survive the winter blahs - and man was deserving of sponsor- other priests living in large, alonly you can take yourself in ship. most empty rectories who could For Villega, his best experihand and make it a useful seado a beautiful job with this son! ence to date is the family he has adult-to-adult type sponsorship.

Fashion-wise, Ja::lUary is tru- now, a family which includes ly the month to w,atch the sales not only the priest but also his closely and buy Wisely. Many 61-year-old housekeeper and Fastores mark down an their winter ther Hoffmann's 17-year-old fosNew additions to the faculty . merchandise in after-Christmas ter son, Kevin. of Stonehill College, North Onate came to Sacred Heart . sales but there are those who Easton, are Raymond Acciardo, bring in so-called sales merchan- rectory after his sponsor could business administration; Janet dise just for a sale and the qual- not house him.

Dougherty, political science; ity leaves much to be desired He was staying at a hotel, Nancy Hammerle and Edward here is where your expert eye money was running out and he Kienzle, economics; Patricia must come into play. was desperat{~. "He was adjust- Sankus, communications; A. If a winter coat has been one ing. We got to be friends and Michael Storlazzi, business adof your needs and your hudget were comfortable with each ministration.

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U6!stion corner

By Father John Dieltzen Q. We are told that our Lord was like us in every human way except sin. If baptism.·removes the stain of original sin, why did John the Baptist· baptize Jesus?

Was it just to set an e:tample?

(California) A. I'm sure you realize that the baptism of John, with which Jesus was baptized, was not our rite of baptism, a Christian sacrament instituted after our Lord's baptism in the Jordan.

John's baptism was one of numerous ritual purifying washings, practiced not only among the Jews but in many other nonChristian reIfgions. The word, "baptism," in fact, simply means a washing, coming from a Greek word for dipping or immersing.

None of these baptisms, including John's, was believed to accomplish anything sacramental in our sense of the ternl. They constituted merely a symbol of change of heart or of purification which the individual himself accomplished .by his own intentions, and which he was proclaimi~g by being baptized.

Thus, John ·the Baptist told the people that his baptism was to signify that they repented of the wrongs they had done, and were determined to amend their lives. He also clearly proclaimed that his baptism of wal:er was significantly different from the baptism of Christ, which would be accomplished by the Holy Spirit. (Mt. 3:11) Understanding John's baptism this way it is easy to see why Jesus not only accepted, but insisted on receiving, such a baptism. As the savior, our Lord was in a real sense taking on himself the sins of all mankind, to atone for them and reunite mankind in friendship with the heavenly Father.

This salvation would, of course, reach its climax in his death and resurrection, but it was symbolized and prepared for in many ways, including his acceptance of John's baptismal reminder that men and women are separated from God by their sinfulness, and desperatE~ly need someone to heal that alienation; As the Baptist himself proclaimed, it was precisely· because he was the Lamb of God, who would bear and take away the sins of the world, that Jesus came to John to .be baptized.

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Q. My fiancee and I are setting the time for our wedding Mass. When would be the earliest time we could set our Mass on Saturday in order that our guests could also fulfill their Sunday obligation?

In my parish no nuptial Masses are set after 2::30 p.m., and our priest does not consider that late enough to fulfill the Sunday obligation. According to my fiancee's parish pril!St, that time would be permitted for fulfilling our guests' oblll'Jllltions.

What is the church rule on this?

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A. It is the bishop of each diocese (not the individual parish priests) who determines whether Saturday Masses anticipating the Sunday will be permitted in that diocese, and also what time those Masses may begin. So no general rule can be cited for the whole church, or even for the country, except that such Masses must be in the late afternoon or evening.

In our diocese, for example, anticipation Masses for Sunday inay not begin before 4 p.m. The bishop of your diocese has said they may begin at 3 p.m. So your parish priest is right in saying that a 2:30 p.m. wedding Mass would not fulfill .the Sunday obligation for people attending that wedding at your church.

The rule is the bishop's, however, not the pastor's.

You do not say whether your fiancee is from the same diocese.

If she is, the same rule would apply. If she is from another diocese, it is possible that a different time is in effect there.

Questions for this column should be sent to Father Dietzen c/o The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, Fall River, Mass. 02720.

Dr. Marty heads Catholic group WASHINGTON~C)

- Rev. Martin E. Marty, professor at the University of Chicago and a Lutheran.- is the new president of the American Catholic Historical Association.

He is a prolific author and columnist, associate editor of the Christian Century and a 1972 winner of the National Book Award.

Dr. Marty is not the first Protestant to head the Catholic or· ganization. The 1972 president was Albert C. Outler of the faculty of Southern Methodist University.

In other ACHA action, the association, for the first time in its history, conferred both its book awards on the same author.

Richard Krautheimer, professor of art at New York University's Institute of Fine Arts, won both the John Gilmary Shea Prize and the Howard R. Marraro Prize for his book "Rome: Profile of a City, 312-1308."

Nuncio tells of hosta~es

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MILAN, Italy ~NC) - Archbishop Annibale .sugnini, papal nuncio to Iran, and U.S. hostages in Iran shared some deeply moving experiences during their Christmas meeting, the nuncio said in an interview in Gente (People), a Milan-based magazine. It quoted the Vatican's ambassador in Teheran as saying that the most emotional moment was when Kathryn Koob, the younger of the two women hostages, in her television message to her family began to sing a children's song that her mother used to sing to her.

"We all got goosebumps, even the students guarding us. I noticed one of the television technicians, also an Iranian, wiping the tears with his arm as he worked," the archbishop said.

He said that in one group, as they. began singing a Christmas hymn after Communion, a tall young man who was Catholic stopped and said with tears in his eyes. "It really hurts me to sing in this situation. Even if this is Christmas, I don't have any desire to sing."

Everyone closed their hymn books, said the archbishop, and

a Jewish hostage said, "You're right. We'll sing more joyfully when we're on our way home."

There are seven Catholics, 43 Protestants and two Jews among the hostages. Protestant ministers visited the other 23.

The archbishop said that in their meetings with the small groups, Iranian Chaldean-Rite Bishop Yohana Issaie celebrated Mass with the first group and with subsequent groups they had a liturgy of the word followed

by Communion.

"They all asked to participate in the liturgy and most of the Christians received Communion," he said.

Recent Catholic guidelines allow non-eatholics who accept Christ's real presence in the Eucharist to share in the Catholic Eucharist under certain extraordinary circumstances.

Archbishop Bugnini dismissed the suggestion that perhaps it had been undignified for a papal ambassador to accept the Iranian condition that the visitors be led blindfolded to meet the hostages.

"I'm a priest, a diplomat second," he said. "I would have gone in my underwear if they had required it."

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The parish: w]nat makes us stay?

By Father Philip J. Murnion Why do some people remain committed to the church, while others leave it? Perhaps one of the most important reasons people stay in the church is that they are supported by those who are close to them.

People need to be part of a group which shares beliefs and commitments.

The full explanation. for the recent decline of church participation is unclear. But some evidence has emerged.

Some research indicates that the religious practice of families is very important in determining whether an individual will remain active in the church.

When family members sJtare the

faith, they seem to support each other in it. For example, where one spouse drifts away from the church, the other spouse and the children often follow.

We need to share worship with others with whom we have relationships. This is why family worship and parish ministry to families are so important.

Sociologist Peter Berger argues that being religious these days is like being a member of a minority group because U.S. culture so frt~quently belittles the significance' of faith.

Berger co,ncludes that religious people neE~d opportunities for solidarity; otherwise they are likely to bÂŤ!come alienated from the church.

Responding to such needs, parishes today are trying to give people a sense of belonging, of being individually known and welcomed.

Some parishes have inaugurated programs for people with special needs, such as the div. orced or widowed.

Some parishes build solidarity through discussion groups, Scripture study or family ministry programs in which one family serves another.

Sometimes people need opportunities to express what their faith means to them. Adult men, especially, are more active in their parishes if they have participated in programs such as MarTum to Page Thirteen

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EYES OF FAITH

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Eyes of faith

By Richard M. Lawless

"Looked at through the eyes of faith ... " How many times have you heard that expression in a homily? It is a strong phrase, usually suggesting that things are not always as they seem - especially if they seem pretty bad. The challenge, of course, is to have such eyes and such faith.

When we gather in parishes for Sunday Eucharist there are literally hundreds of eyes, reflecting many levels of faith and much else: - Eyes that reflect faith tried in suffering' or made strong through years of loving service.

- Eyes that light up at the beauty of an infant in a parent's arms.

- Eyes that are desperate.

Eyes that are empty.

- Eyes that are"bored, angry, or a million miles away.

Christians believe that the persons behind those eyes make up the Body of Christ, at the Eucharist ever more deeply into the mysterious coming-together that is the church.

We wish that people were more conscious of one another, genuinely united in spirit as well as in body. But chances are I know little if anything about the .person sitting next to me with whom I share the Lord's greeting of peace.

I have had this experience: While listening to a really good song, my eyes meet those of a

stranger - and we smile with the delight of sharing a mutual feeling. Sometimes this happens during a particularly true insight of a homilist, or in the joy of a special liturgy.

It may be only a moment, but we are really together. If I later see that person sharing the Body of the Lord, his or her oneness in Christ with me really hits home.

Many parishes succeed in helping members come to know one another, often when occasions Tum to Page Thirteen

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By Janaan Manternach Saul hated. the followers of Jesus. He even traveled to other cities to arrest them. He felt they were enemies of God and of true religion.

One day he went on foot to Damascus in search of people who followed Jesus.

About noon Saul and his companions caught sight of Damascus. Just then something very unusual happened.

Without warning, a brilliant light flashed all around Saul. It was brighter than the noon sun.

Saul fell to the ground astonished. His fellow travelers did the same. They were all startled and afraid.

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St. Paul is o::ten called the first Christian theologian. In the New Testament, his writings come after the four Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. Nonetheless, his letters were completed before the year 60. The earliest Gospel, that of Mark, did not appear until almost the year 70.

The following ],etters are quite generally accepted as being unquestionably the work of Paul himself: 1 Thessalonians, Galatians, Philippians, Philemon, 1 and 2 Corinthians and Romans.

But varying degrees of doubt have been expressed about whether or not he was the ac-

tual author of seven other letters often attributed to him in the past.

In any case, even if we accept only the first seven as his personal work, his contribution to Christian theology is simply inestimable. :rt would be difficult to name anyone who has had a more powerful or lasting influence on theology.

Yet, he was not a professional theologian as we usually understand this term. Paul was, in a sense, a theologian in spite of himself. Chances are that he would never have written anything if occasions had not called for it.

Paul was intensely active,

'The friendliest church'

By Lenore Kelly On the feast of St. Francis of Assisi in October, the children of St. Henry's Parish in Nashville, Tenn., bring their pets to the church grounds. In a big family get-together, the dogs and cats, rabbits, ponies, goats and a few snakes are blessed.

The blessing of the pets is one of many activities designed to promote a friendly parish atmosphere.

"We try to make the whole parish a family," Msgr. George Rohling, the pastor, says.

The coordinator of the parish's Family Life Commission, Margarite de Mille says, "It's the friendliest churc:, we have belonged to so far."

Her commission 0 v e r see s some 17 smaller groups, endeavoring to strengthen and stabilize family life and to tie the sprawling parish of 1,800 families together.

Along with its other responsibilities, the commission sponsors a 12-session evangelization seminar once or twice a year. Generally attended by some 50 people, it attracts non-Catholics as well as Catholics looking for a refresher course.

"What St. Henry's does so well," explains Father' James Black, a for.mer associate, "is to provide an umbrella for smal.1er groups. Many good things really happen in the small groups."

Accordingly, St. Henry's pro-

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traveling (mostly on foot), preaching, founding churches, instructing and all the while supporting himself by working at his trade of tentmaking.

His converts were earnestly trying to live the Christian life and it was all so new! Whether Jews or pagans, they had all sorts of very practical questions which demanded immediate answers. To provide them, Paul wrote to the people.

He could not call upon the accumulated wisdom of centuries of Christian experience. He had only his own experience and that of the Christian communities of his day. One must keep this in Tum to Page Thirteen

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vides numerous groups for bringing together people who share a common interest. "If we don't have it and you want to start it, we'll lend you the assistance to get it going," said Mrs. De Mille.

Groups exist for senior citizens, single adults, the widowed, divorced and separated, youth and the married.

All are seen as excellent ways to meet fellow parishioners.

"After that, many people will probably get involved in other things too," said parishioner Martha Murtagh.

Msgr. Rohling agrees with this. In fact, he credits the "wonderful talent of lay people" and a lot of generous service for the parish accomplishments.

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A Verd4alde E A Vida Dirigida pelo Rev. Edmond Rego

o Casamento g 56 0 Princlpio r.1ui tos jOVt:ns que se casam correm o risco de julgar que 0 Matrim6nio, a comunidade conjugal ficarn construldos e terminados no pr6prio dia do casamento, com a hen~ao que em nome da 1greja di 0 Sacerdote aos seus compromissos matrimoniais, publicamente exprimidos dianbe do altar. f'; urna pura ilusao~ 0 6asa~ento ficari "juridicamente" na sua estrutura fundamental, mas e como os alicerces durn ediflcio em constru~ao: ainda faltam muitas coisas para que esse ediflcio seja habitivel e, ainda mais, confortivel. o Casamento nao fica concluldo cor o SIM inicial perante a comunidade e Cristo, nem;com a lua-de-mel, nem com a instala~ao dos novos esposos num andar mais ou men'os luxoso e bern mobiliado. Tudo isso nao passou de ser 0 nascimento, 0 come~ar a andar dessa nova realidade hurnana e crista que e vida conjugal; mas essa nova vida, co' mo toda a vida que come~a, e trernendamente fragil e indigente. Quase poderIamos dizer que e so urn projecto da vida que ha que converter em realidadE ~ urna planta sumamente delicada que acaba de nascer e precisa durn cuidado espe·cial. o cuidade especial de que precisa agora 0 Matrimonio contraldo e, antes de mais, urn esfor~o serio e constante de ambos os esposos por se integrarem cada dia mais e melhor: renovando 0 SIM cada dia e a cada momenta da vida matrimonial; amando-se sempre nesse amor, fomentando-o de mil formas na vida diaria; trabalhando seriamente ~ harmonizar-se, adaptar-se, aprofundar na doa~ao generosa de urn ao outro; eliminando cada. urn deles, todos os dia: aquilo que possa ser empecilho ou tra' var a marcha e a suave rodagem do Matrimonio, do Casal. Isto nao pode levar a cabo sem urna boa dose de renuncia ou esquecimento de si mesmo, nem sem urna entreCJa generosa a procurar sempre 0 bern e a felicidade do companheira, sem se poupar a esfor~os e trabalhos para 0 conseguir.

Tudo isto nao se pode fazer,diz o ConcIlio, SE!m urna "insigne virtude ~ nao so crista e evangelica, mas tambern hurnana, isto e, sem urn trabalho decidido e constante por se entenderem cada dia mais e melhor em toda a vida conjugal.

Antes de mais, e precise urna boa vontade a toda a prova, ·mesmo apesar das eventuais falhas. Sem uma grande dose de bOa'vontade da parte de ambos nunca se pbdera conseguir integra~ao perfeita.

Grande respeito pelo outro: pelas suas ideias, pela sua maneira.de ser, pela sua consciencia, tendo, acima de tudo, urn grande respei to pela sua pes' soa.

Por muito bern que se entendam os esposos, por nuito que se queiram, sempre havera motivos de fric~ao entrE eles. Se ambos forem sacrificados e se se esfor~arem por construir a felictdade ccmurn, essa sera a ·prova do verdadeiro amor: quem se sacrifica pelo outro, mostra que 0 ama.

For children Continued from page twelve As he lay on the ground, Saul heard a voice calling to him from the light: "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?"

Saul was pUZZled. He did not recognize the voice. So he asked, "Who are you?"

The voice's answer changed Saul's whole life.

"I am Jesus," said the mysterious voice, "the one you are persecuting." The voice was that of Jesus of Nazareth whose followers Saul so hated.

In persecuting the followers of Jesus, Saul was really persecuting Jesus himself. Jesus and his followers were somehow so closely united that to attack them was to attack him.

Saul was stunned. The voice spoke gently, but with authority .and power. In the blinding light Saul saw the risen Lord.

He realized how wrong he had ~ been in persecuting the followers of Jesus.

"What must I 'do?" Saul asked the Lord.

After realizing how seriously he had sinned in persecuting Jesus' followers, Saul was ready

J:4-'aith Continued from page twelve are provided for people to simply become acquainted with one another.

If I Jearn that Karen Jones is struggling 'with the care of an elderly parent, or that Jose Diaz is a fellow runner or that someone's children are the same age as mine, my chances of sharing faith with him or her are much greater.

Getting to know even familiar persons in a new way may surprise me. That person is funnier, or more generous or more loving than the caricature of her that I have carried around.

The Fellowship of the Cross of Nails is an international and ecumenical group with Anglican roots. It sponsors "foyer" groups.

Foyer is the French word for both hearth and entryway.

Founded in Paris by the Catholic parish of St. Severin in 1968, the foyer groups are simple evenings where parishioners share food and fellowship. Eight or so persons agree to exchange such evenings over several months, after which new groups are formed.

Foyer groups help people realize what they symbolize when they worship and share at the Lord's Table. Getting to know one another strengthens the praise and thanksgiving of the Eucharist.

Theologian Continued from page twelve mind when reading his letters.

But the overall effect is that his writings are marked by reassuring realism. They convey the definite impression that Christianity is not just a worldview, a "system," but a life to be lived by people striving for the sort of life of which Jesus Christ is the supreme example and source.

to give himself completely to Jesus as Lord.

"Get up," Jesus said to Saul.

"Go into the city. There you will be told what to do."

The light disappeared as suddenly as it had come. Saul started to stand up. He was frightened when he discovered he could not see. He had been blinded by the brilliant light.

His companions cautiously got up, too. They had heard the voice, but they had not seen anyone. Puzzled by the experience, they took Saul by the hands and led him into Damascus.

Saul was blind for three days.

He was so overcome by. his astonishing I!leeting that he -did not eat or drink for those three days. He just waited to learn what Jesus wanted him to do.

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Continued from Page One numerous Catholic-Lutheran observances of the 450th anniversary of the Augsburg Confession, considered the charter of the Protestant Reformation; a statement by the Eastern OrthodoxRoman Catholic Consultation in the United States which urges reformulation of some marriage practices; the fact that Anglicans and Roman Catholics on the International level are reaching the final stages of their present dialogue; and discussions between Catholics and' other Christians on such topics as abortion, holiness of life, ministry, the Eucharist, baptism and· 'the church itself.

On the latter "the consensus on doctrine and practice which is quietly emerging will form a solid basis for future, more dramatic events such as Catholic recognition of Anglican orders, Catholics validation of Lutheran ministry and ministers, regular eucharistic sharing between Orthodox and Catholic Christians, and formal licensing of female Methodist ministers to preach from Orthodox and Roman Catholic pulpits," Father LaFontaine wrote.

He predicted papal actions in ecumenism, especially efforts toward unity between the Catholic Church and Eastern churches.

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Continued from page twelve riage Encounter or the Cursillo, where they have been encouraged to express their faith openly.

Christians know they are in: vited through the Spirit of God, but they need to express this unity through activities as well.

Being part of the church is being part of a new love that has been shared with us. This love will not live and grow unless there are regular opportunities to nurture it with others.

Why do people stay in the church? Because they experience the call of God with and through and in other people.

Why do people leave the church? ~aybe because nobody seems to care whether or not they stay.

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The Island The Jerk Jun Just Tell Me What You Want The Last Married Couple in America legacy leo and Lorrie loving Couples Mad Max

Sitting Ducks The Shining A Small Circle of Friends Stir Crazy .

The Stunt Man Those lips, Those Eyes The Tin Drum Urban Cowboy Up the Academy Why Would I Lie? Windows

Children's exposure to drug paraphernalia is virtually unavoi(lable as head shops have spread to shopping malls, record stores and the neighborhoods of high, middle and even elementary schools.

The first paraphernalia product evolved from cigarette papers, when a manufacturer noticed that pot smokers often stuck two papers together to make a larger joint. He developed "E-Z Wider" double-width paper, which revolutionized the cigarette paper industry.

The success of the roIling papers led to other inventions enhancing drug use, including "bongs:' wMch concentrate· marijuana smoke, and a variety of accesSories for cocaine users.

Soon following were drug magazines and even drug cookbooks and manufacturing manuals.

Drug users often equate the ·"right" to use narcotics with constitutionally guaranteed rights and insist that the government has no authority in the matter.

People who sell drugs to children couldn't care less about ~he Constitution! What about the right of vulnerable children to grow up in a society free of those who would exploit and destroy them?

CoyIe-Cassidy Catholic Schools Week will be observed at the Taunton high school from Jan. 31 through Feb. 7 with the theme "Catholic Schools: Choosing a Tradition."

Also on the Coyle-Cassidy calendar is exam week, starting Monday, cap and gown measuremenl day Monday, Jan. 26 and a special energy program to be presented Monday, Feb. 2.

Father Lord is honored FLORISSANT, Mo. (NC) - A room in the St. Stanislaus Jesuit Historical Museum in Florissant was dedicated to Jesuit Father Daniel A. Lord, author, composer and youth worker, on the 25th anniversary of his death.

Father Lord was an important influence in the creation of the movie code of ethics adopted by the Motion Pic\ture Producers and Distributors of America in 1930.

He was internationally known for helping establish Queen's Work, a publishing firm in St. Louis, Mo., whose proceeds were used to promote the Sodality movement, now known as Christian Life Communities.

In 1931 Father Lord instituted Summer Schools of Catholic Action (SSCA). Conducted across the United States and Canada, the SSCA was a week-long experience "six days you'll never forget" - for youth, similar to today's ECHO' and TEC programs.

During his long career Father Lord also wrote more than 100 books, nearly 250 pamphlet's, some 75 plays and pageants; and scores of musical compositions.

His most popular songs were probably, "Mother Beloved" and "An Army of Youth."

Church's Duty "The duty of the church is to scrutinize the signs of the times, and to draw from the light of the Gospel and the experience of the ages those meaningful guides that direct God's people in their pilgrimage." U.S. bishops' Committee on Social Development and World Peace.

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.)

Apocalypse Now The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

Kramer vs. Kramer The Long Riders Nijinsky

The Onion Field The Rose

C - Condemned All That Jazz American Gigolo Bloodline A Change. of Seasons Cruising Don't Go in the House Dressed to Kill

Friday the 13th He Knows You're Alone The Hollywood Knights life of Brian little Darlings luna

Motel Hell Night Games Shogun Assassin The Stud Used Cars The Wicker Man

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YOUNGSTERS AT Rhode Island School for toe Deaf in Providence join Sister GabrielleClune, O.P. and Trinitarian Father Tom Coughlin in "hand singing," as they sign the words of a song. Father Coughlin is the nation's first priest who was born deaf.

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portsWQtch The Expeded ..• The Unexpected As expected, the Bishop Feehan High basketball team is giving strong indications that it will be the one to beat in the race for the Division Two Southeastern Mass. Conference crown.

After going undefeated in five pre-division games, the Sham-' rocks opened their driv,e for the division chall!pionship with 53-45 and 76-60 victories o~'er Bishop Connolly and Fahnouth Highs last week.

Entering this week's action, Feehan shared first place in Division Two with Fairhaven, each 2-0 in division play. The Shamrocks met Dartmouth on the latter's wood Tuesday night and will visit Wareham tomorrow night. Then comes the showdown game in which Feehan will host Fairhaven next Tuesday.

In other Division Two games, Wareham is at Fairhaven, Falmouth at Connolly tomorrow, Connolly at -Fairhaven, Dartmouth at Falmouth on Tuesday.

The unexpected is the strong showing by the Bishop Stang Spartans, in pre-season predictions, were not expect,ed to be a serious threat for the, division title.

However, Stang stunned favored Greater New Bedford VokeTech, 70-78 in overtime and defeated Dennis-Yarmouth 63-54 as division play opened last week running up its win streak to sev-

en games. Tuesday the Spartans were at Coyle-Cassidy (1-1). Tomorrow they entertain Holy Family, and in' their "showdown game" Tuesday they trek to Old Rochester, with which they shared the division lead going into this week's play.

Other Division Three games have Dennis-Yarmouth at Old Rochester and Coyle-Cassidy' at Yoke-Tech tomorrow, Yoke-Tech at Dennis-Yarmouth and CoyleCassidy at Holy Family on Tuesday. The Coyle-Cassidy Warriors opened division play with an 8677 triumph over Dennis-Yarmouth but lost, 55-46, to Old Rochester Friday, Holy Family lost its two starts.

New Bedford, Somerset and Barnstable were tied for first place in Division One with 2-0 slates entering Tuesday's play.

Tomorrow Somerset is at Barnstable, New Bedford at Taunton and Attleboro at Durfee while Tuesday's lone game has Somerset at Attleboro. On Wednesday New Bedford will host Barnstable.

The only games in Division Four tomorrow are Seekonk at Diman Yoke and Westport at Case. Tuesday it will be Case at Diman Yoke, Westport at Bourne and Seekonk at Dighton- Rehoboth. Diman and Dighton-Rehoboth were the co-pace-setters with 2-0 reccords.

Hockomock Race Tightens The Hockomock Hasketball League winds up the first half of its schedule with full four-game cards tomorrow and Tuesday with Oliver Ames, Sharon, Stoughton and Canton seemingly the main pennant contenders.

Tomorrow's schedule lists Foxboro at Canton, Mansfield at Oliver Ames, Franklin at Sharon, King Philip at No. Attleboro while Tuesday's action has Oliver Ames at Stoughtonl, Sharon at Foxboro, No. Attleboro at Mansfield, King Philip Ilt Franklin.

In conference hockey, four Greater New Bedford schools are involved in a tw~n pill in the Hetland Rink, New 'Bedford tonight. Fairhaven meets New Bed-

ford at six o'clock, Dartmouth t,akes on Yoke-Tech at eight.

Connolly and Coyle-Cassidy tangle at eight in the Driscoll Rfnk, Fall River. Durfee is at Taunton, Bourne at Dighton-Rehoboth. Tomorrow night Wareham is host to Feehan in the Gallo Rink.

Saturday night it will be Old Rochester at Fairhaven, New Bedford at Dennis-Yarmouth, Connolly at Bourne, Somerset at Barnstable.

Hockomock hockey has, Stoughton at Franklin, Canton at Oliver Ames, King Philip at No. Attleboro on Saturday, Canton at Stoughton Oliver Ames at King Philip on Wednesday.

New Bedford Nears Title Defending champion New Bedford romped to a 7-1l victory over Fall River South in the Driscoll Rink, Fall River, last Sunday night and now needs only win five points in its remaining seven games to retain its Bristol County CYO Hockey League crown.

In the other half of the twin bill Somerset blanked Rochester, 7-0, and climbed to within four points of runnerup Fall River South. George Heroux and

Bob Ventura each scored two goals for New Bedford. Rory Couturier and Kevin Robinson also netted two goals each for Somerset.

New -Bedford, now 14-1-0 (won, lost, tied), will meet Rochester, 2-12-0, at nine o'clock next Sunday night in the Driscoll .Rink. The nightcap of the doubleheader pits Fall River South, 9-5-1, against Somerset, 7-8-1, at 1 o'clock,

tv, mOVIe news Symbols following film revielYs indicate both general and Catholic film Office ratings, which do not always coincide.

General ratings: G-suitable for general viewing; PG-parental guidance sug· gested; R-restricted, unsuitable for children or younger teens.

Catholic ratings: AI-approved for children and a~ults; 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.

New Films "Altered States" (Warners): based on a novel by Paddy Cheyevsky, is the story of a young scientist who, in seeking the ultimate meaning of life, combines drugs and sensory deprivation in an effort to find the origins of awareness. The visual and sound effects attempting to portray his disorientation combine with an inept story line to make this a film well worth skipping.

Graphic nudity, shallow philosophy and inexpert use of religious symbolism combine to give it Band R classifications.

"First Family" (Warners): This awkward, wholly unfunny comedy starring Bob Newhart, Madeline Kahn and Gilda Radner as a presidential family has been classified Band R because of its vulgarity and profanity and the implicit racism of an American sequellce.

"The Jazz Singer" (AFD): In this remake of the 1927 Al Jolson movie, Neil Diamond stars as the cantor's son who gains fame in show business at the expense of a rupture with his father and traditional ways. The only entertainment value of this old chestnut which should have been allowed to rest in peace is Diamond's singing. Divorce and premarital sex figure in the plot, causing the movie to be classified A3, PG. Film on TV Wednesday, Jan. 21, 9-11 p.m.

(CBS) - "Greased Lightning" (1977) - Richard Pryor gives ,a restrained and effective perform· ance as a stock car racer who has to overcome racial prejudice to succeed. Despite the film's flaws in dissipating conflict and tension by inappropriate humor, Pryor's charm and skill and some excellent acting support ptovide . buoyant and entertaining moments. A2 On TV "Connuence," 8 a.m. each Sunday, repeated at 6:30 a.m. each Tuesday on Channel 6, includes Father Peter N. Grazi· ano, diocesan director of social services as one of a permanent discussion panel of clergymen. ,This week's program will discuss the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity which begins Sunday.

Sunday, Jan. 18 (ABC) "Directions" - On the eve of the inauguration of a new U.S. president the national economy, international affairs and social

problems challenge the basic tenets of American moral, political and religious values. "Directions" evaluates the American Dream and the outlook of the Reagan administration on the future of the American way of life.

(Check local listings for time.)

Sunday, Jan. 18 EST (CBS) "For Our Times" - A report on the Women of Faith Conference held in late 1980 to explore what wcmen from different religious faiths and beliefs could do to alleviate some of the serious problems facing contemporary society. Douglas Edwards reports.

(Check local listings for time.)

"Making M*A*S*H," 8-9:30 p.m. Wed., Jan. ,21, PBS: Narrated by Mary Tyler Moore, this documentary is a behind the scenes look at the way the award-winning M*A*S*H program is put together.

"The New Voice," a 24-part series airing from 7 to 7:30 p.m~ each Sunday on PBS, is built around the format of six high school students working on their school newspaper. In researching stories they confront a range of problems that concern today's teenager. Subjects include drugs, violence, sex, peer pressure and career choices. The effective serries opener depicted the totally unglamorous life of a teenage prostitute. The Jan. segment will deal with teen suicide. The series will encourage home discussion and possibly tactful parental guidance.

On Radio 18 (NBC) Sunday, Jan. "Guideline" - Auxiliary Bishop Juan Arzube of Los Angeles outlines the work of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Latin America and explains some of the projects aided by his committee. (Check local listings for time.)

CDA foundation NEW YORK (NC) The -Catholic Daughters of the Americas (CDA) have established a foundation to make grants to charitable causes in keeping with the purposes of the international organization.

Mary E. Murray, national regent of CDA, said that on occasion, foundation assets may be dispensed on a matching basis, thus making it possible for the recipient to realize a greater or even twice the amount given by the Catholic Daughters.

She said assets would be distributed for charitable, educlltional, religious and scientific pursuits.

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ST. MARY, SEEKONK Parishioners have formed committees to arrange. for a parish 75th anniversary Mass at II :30 a.m. Sunday, April 5.

The parish prayer group meets in the church each Monday from 7:30 to 9 p.m.

The Women's Guild will meet Monday night at the CCD center on Central Ave. A chocoI.ate making demonstration will be featured.

New altar boys will meet at 11 a.m. Saturday ~n the church.

Eucharistic min::sters will participate in a holy hour at 7 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 25. Also on Jan. 25, first graders will participate in 10 a.m. Mass.

A pre-schoolers Bible School is being organize:!. Those with eligible children and those who would like to work with the program may contact the rectory.

A natural family planning instruction series will begin at 7:30 tonight 'in the COD annex.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur., Jan. 15, 1981

Iteering pOintl ST. FRANCIS OF ASSlSI; NEW BEDFORD' The parish council will meet at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 25 in the church hall. .

ST. STANISMUS, .

FALL RIVER The parish council will meet in the Kolbe Room Wednesday, following 7 p.m. Mass.

Registration of students for the 1981-82 school year will take place in the school Sunday, Feb. I, following 10:30 a.m. Mass.

Confirmation classes will be suspended "until February, due to influenza.

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BLESSED SACRAMENT, FALL RIVER A lecture series on world religious has started and will continue through Feb. 5, each Thursday evening at 7 p.m. in the church hall. Bert Latessa, the lecturer, will consider Christianity in relation to Buddhism, Confucianism and Judaism and will also discuss the various viewpoints of Christian faiths.

Father John Darcy will speak at 7 p.m. Monday in the church hall at a meeting for parents of all COD students. .

ST. MARK, ATTLEBORO FALLS. Slides on life in China will be shown by Elizabeth Mansfield at the Women's Guild meeting scheduled. for 8 p.m. Monday in the church hall. All are welcome.

HOLY NAME, NEW BEDFORD The Singing Friars, a musical group from St. Hyacinth Seminary, Granby, will be heard in concert at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 1, at the parish center. The program will include contemporary and religious' music in' the spirit of St. Francis, "the '. troubadour of the Lord."

The Francisan community at Granby staffs Holy Cross parish, Fall River, Holy Rosary, Taunton, and Our Lady of Perpetual Help and St. Hedwig parishes in New Bedford.

SACRED HEART, FALL RIVER Confirmation candidates are willing to help shovel snow for parishioners as part of the 'service requirement for reception of the sacrament. There is no charge for this and further information is available at the rectory.

SS. PETER & PAUL, FALL RIVER Rev. Robert McIntyre, administrator of St. Aloysius Home, GreenVille, R.I. will speak to pa·rochial school parents at 7 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 29 on "Living with Your Children and Maintaining Your Sanity." Parents will be able to meet with teachers following the address.

SUPPORT GROUP, NEW BEDFORD The New Bedford area support group for divorced and separated Catholics meets at 7:30 p.m. each Sunday at Our Lady's Chapel, 600 Pleasant St. This Sunday's meeting will include a discussion, of building a new life after divorce or separation and the Jan. 25 meeting will consider the effect of divorce on children.

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OUR LADY OF NIT. CARMEL, SEEKONK An inner healing study course is in session, meeting at the parish center from 10 a.m. to noon each Wednesday under direction of Si!iter Claire Gregg, SUSC. Further information is available at t'he rectory.

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NOTRE DAME, FALL RJrVER Sacred Heart cho'ir of New Bedford will sing at 10:30 a.m.

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