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Schools To Stay Separate Units Bishop Connolly High School and Bishop Gerrard High School will continue to operate as separate schools for boys and for girls respectively, it was announced today by Rev. Msgr. Patrick J. O'Neill, Director of Education for the Fall River Diocese. "After considerable study and broad consultation with all interested parties, we have de· cided to retain for the present a separate school for boys and one for girls," Msgr. O'Neill stated. "A number of alternatives were suggested and will continue to be given serious consideration," he said, "but after weighing all the factors, the present arrangement seems best for now." In November, the Diocese an· nounced its intention to study the needs of Cathoilic secondary education in Fall River and "invited all who wished to offer suggestions to do so." During the intervening time questionnaires were circulated to parents

Priests' Senate Reviews Survey The January meeting of the Fall River Priests Senate was held Friday, January 10, at 11:00 A.M. at the Catholic Memorial Home, Fall River. Father Walter A. Sullivan, President of the Senate, reported on the Executive Board meeting with Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, Bishop of Fall River. At that time the report of the Committee for Priestly Life and Ministry was submitted to the Bishop who indicated his own encouragement' of the participation in liturgical functions of both laymen and laywomen. Co-liaisons for the National Federation of Priest Councils, Rev. Michel G. Methot and Rev. Marcel ,Bouchard, reported an increase in dues remitted for the new year. They also submitted the results of a national survey of member priests councils on a study of reconciliation. The five areas that surfaced as being most in need of reconciliation include the distribution of world resources; the alienation of youth; the tensions between libTum to Page Eight

and to students in the schools, as well as to eighth grade students in Catholic schools. In addition, the staffs of the schools involved have discussed the alternatives, and a number of meetings were held with principals, representatives of the 'l'eligious orders, and the staff of the Diocesan Office. The matter was also considered by the Board of Diocesan Consultors, an advisory hody to the Bishop. "Out of all this emerged the feeling 'that we should not hastily enter into a new arrangement which might disturb two presently sound schools," Msgr. O'Neill reported. "The possibility of merging both schools or of having one or both schools become co-educational was se· 'l'iously considered," he continued, "but these alternatives would require many complicated arrangements which could not be completed in the time available." -Bishop Connolly High School was opened by the Diocese as a Jesuit school for boys in 1966. Bishop Gerrard High School was established by the Diocese in 1972 as a merger of the former Dominican Academy, Jesus Mary Academy and Mount Saint Mary Academy. Both high schools will hold entrance examinations for new stud~nts on 'February 8th. Complete information on courses may be obtained at the schools.

Unity Week Theme Reflects Holy Year Reconciliation "Reconciled by Christ, Who Renews, Frees and Unites..." This is the theme and 'the title of the pamphlet which His Excellency, the Most Reverend Daniel A. Cronin, Bishop of Fall River, distributed to all members of the Diocesan clergy in anticipation of the Annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, to be observed next week. Prepared through the cooperation of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement, the "Graymoor Fathers," and the Department of Faith and Order of the National Council of Churches, the booklet provides suggestions for local observances of the week, once popularly called the "Chair of Unity Octave." The obser· vances outlined have a distinct relationship to the Holy Year

1975 themes of renewal and reconciliation. During the year, as well,' there. will be the Fifth Assembly of the World Council of Churches which will have as its theme, "Jesus Christ frees and unites." The forthcoming Week of Prayer for Christian Unity may be considered, then, as an early step into a year that will see much input from many areas into the ideas of unity and reconciliation-between man and God, between man and man, and within man himself. Rev. Cornelius J. O'Neill, pastor of St. John the Baptist Church in Westport, is chairman of the Diocesan Ecumenical Commission and may be called upon to assist in planning and conducting ecumenical programs.

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Abortio'n Policy Causes Concern ·LOUISVILLE (NC)-Although they do not know for sure what lies around the corner, Catholic hospitals across the state have not encountered any problems so far-either from patients or physicians-over their policies of not allowing the performance of abortions. Officials at 14 Catholic hospitals in Kentucky-from Paducah to Ashland and from Louisville to London - reported recently that they have not had any requests for performing abortions since last year's Supreme Court decisions or since a federal· court in November declared unconsHtutinoal certain provisions of the state's new abortion law.

As the booklet points out, during the year the People of God must move ahead toward the overcoming of those things that divide the Churches and toward an obedience to the call of God in Jesus Christ: "God's plan, which he will complete when the time is right, is to bring all creation together, everything in heaven and on earth, with Christ as head." (Ephesians, 1:7-10) Impetus has been added to the Week of Prayer by the Vat· ican statement on the relations between Catholics and Jews in an atmosphere of respect for each other's views. This coming September, for example, Seton Hall University in -South Orange, New Jersey, will introduce a graduate degree program on Jewish-Christian relations. . The program has heen in the planning stage for several years and was announced just as the Vatican issued the paper that included a call for the establishment of academic centers devoted to that subject. According to the brochure prepared by the institute, the academic program will consist of two years of study and will lead to a master's degree. However, most of the 17 courses to be of'fered will be open to other students besides those in the degree program. The program is particularly designed for religion teachers and teachers seeking a specialized field; rabbis, ministers, priests and seminarians wishing to pursue advanced theological studies; and students seeking special courses.

One section of the state law that was voided said that no hospital could be required to perform an abortion "contrary to its stated ethical policy." Generally, officials at Catholic hospitals said they anticipate no problems, since their medical staffs and people in the communities are aware ofhospital policies. But some also expressed concern about the possibility of their policies being challenged. Catholic hospital officials singled out some situations ...in which a challenge could possibly be made to their abortion~ban policies: -'Places in which the Catholic hospital is the only hospital in the community; five Kentucky

Catholic hospitals fall into this category. -Reception of federal funds, as under the Hill-Burton Act; most Catholic hospitals in Kentucky have received federal money. No such problem has as yet ads'en in any of the five communities in which.a Catholic hospital is the only health facilityBardstown, London, Lebanon, Irvine and Morehead. And hospital officials in those localities said they do not anticipate any problems'. Most Catholic hospitals in the state have received federal funds, and this creates another possible area in which a Catholic hospital's anti-abortion policy could be challenged.

Rev. Henry E. Nadeau, ana· tive of East Taunton, has .been named superior of the Edmundite community at Fairholt, South Prospect St., Burlington, Vt. His term is for two years, with renewable possible for an aditional two years. In addition to his new assignment, Father Nadeau serves on the library staff of St. Michael's College, _Winooski Park, Vt., from which he graduated in 1936 and earned a master's degree in 19'18. Ordained at Burlington in 1940, he spent the 'next 10 years at the Edmundite Juniorate in Swanton, Vermont. He was superior and an instructor at Pontigny, France, birthplace of the Edmundites, from 1950 to 1954. The following year, he was assistant pastor at Whitton, England. He taught high school at Dunkirk, N. Y. and New Lon· don, Conn. From 1958 to 1965 he taught English at St. Michael's College. As well as in Vermont, the Edmundite community is represented in Alabama, Connecticut, Canada, England, France and Venezuela. Founded in 1843 in Pontigny, it takes its name from St. Edmund Rich, Archbishop of Canterbury, England from 1234 to 1240.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Jan. 16, 1975

DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER

OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS

Coordinating the Catholic Charities Appeal in the Greater New Bedford area: Rev. Manuel P. Ferreira, Pastor of Sai"'!t John the Baptist Parish, New Bedford - Area Director Rev. George F. Almeida, Assistant at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish in New Bedford - Assistant Area Director Effective Thursday, January 16, 1975

D-eceased Maroni.te Patriarch Former New Bedford Pastor Paul Cardinal Meouchi, patri· arch of the Maronite Church, the largest Christian community in Lebanon, and' a former pastor of Our Lady of Purgatory Church, New Bedford, died Sunday in his officTal residence in tb~ mountain village of Bkerke,' after an illness of two years. He was 80 years old. Born Paul Pierre Meouchi, of a wealthy family in Jezzine, Lebanon, in 1894, he came to this country in 1920, three years after being ordained a priest. He was assigned to Our Lady of Purgatory Church in 1924 and served there for 21 months. He alst' served in sizeable Maronite communities -in Los Angeles. In 1965 he was elevated to cardinal by Pope Paul VI, the first Maronite to achieve this honor. He had been patriarch of his church which dates from the 15th century, since 1955, when he was appoihted by Pope Pius XU.

The cardinal was an important political figure in Lebanon. His guiding principle was to maintain a balance between the Christian and Moslem sectors in that country. Among his Moslem friends was Anwar el Sadat, now president of 'Egypt. Cardinal Meouchi supported the Palestinianclaim to national rights in territories occupied by Israel.

Bangladesh Names Envoy to Vatican VA'J1ICAN CITY (NC)-Vatican Radio has reported _that Bangladesh had appointed Humayun Rasheed Choudhury first ambassador of Bangladesh to the Holy See. The new envoy to the Vatican is ambassador to the German Federal Republic in Bonn, and will hold both diplomatic posts simultaneously.

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LOS ANGELES (NC)-Auxiliary Bishop Juan Arzube of Los Angeles led 300 persons in a march of atonement for abortions down Sunset Boulevard on a cold, rainy Feast of the Holy Innocents. A chill wind blew out 'candles carried by the marchers and muted tb~ hymns they sang. Family groups, many with young children, walked into the face of the night rain along Sunset Boulevard from Vine Street to Blessed Sacrament church a quarter mile away. No· table, too, in the procession were older Sisters, well-wrapped in shawls, rain drops glistening on their long black skirts. At the -church a large crowd waited for the marchers to arrive and begin recitation of the Rosary and a Mass of repara· tion. Jesuit Father Karl Von der Ahe, pastor, estimated the con· gregation at 1,200 persons.

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300 in March of Reparation for Abortions

'Drunk With Death' Laymen led tbe mysteries of the Rosary. They included a physician, TV commentator Robert Dornan, actor Joseph Cam-panella, editor Al Antczak of The Tidings, Los Angeles archdiocesan weekly, and Spanishspeaking TV reporter Roberto Cruz who led a decade in Spanish. . Bishop Juan Arzube and 11 priests concelebmted Mass. Norbertine Father Leo Celano,

Rev. Christiano J. Borges, 1944, Pastor, St. John Baptist, New Bedford Rev. Albert J. Masse, 1950, Pastor, St. Joseph, Attleborp

BISHOP VISITS POCASSET PARISH: Bishop Cronin meets the parishioners of St. John the Evangelist Parish, Pocasset following the 10:30 Mass on Sunday morning. The Ordinary of the Diocese was principal celebrant and the concelebrants were Rev. James V. Lowery, assistant at the parish and Rev. James A. McCarthy, pastor, who is on Bishop Cronin's right in the above picture.

NAMED: Msgr. Roger Mahony, 38, chancellor of the Fresno, Calif., diocese, has been named auxiliary bishop of that See. He is secretary of the U.S. Bishops' Ad Hoc Committee on FaIlll Labor.

Men and women interested in joining the Lay Franciscan Movement are invited to attend an instructional meeting to be held at 10 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 19 at Our Lady's Chapel, 600 Pleas~ ant St., New Bedford. The session will be followed by a regular Third Order meeting and a Mass, to which newcomers are invited. Tbe instructional ses3ions will continue on the third Sunday of each month.

who teaches at Mater Dei high school, Santa Ana, preached the I-.«>mily, in which he said Americans are living in an "age of anguish." He called America "a land drunk with death" in which "self-appointed Herods roam seeking to devour our young people before they see a sunrise or a sunset, before their hearts can be filled with the love' of God. "The new Herods," said the priest, "lead a war against the unborn declared by seven men in a Washington court room on Jan. 22, 1973, and carried out in abortion chambers across the length and breadth of the nation. "How do we face this hideous evil?" Father Celano answered by

Isolated Island Gets Funds For Store DAUFUSKIE ISLAND (NC)Residents of this isolated South Carolina island-the subject of a book and a movie, will receive $19,900 from the bishops' Campaign for Human Development (CHD) to start a cooperative store. The store will serve about 40 families living here. Once a month they travel a half hour by - boat to do their shopping in Savannah, Ga. The island gained some nation- . al notoriety because of a book, "The Water Is Wide," written by Pat Conroy, who taught at the isJand's elementary school. Ilt was made into a movie called Conrac.

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quoting from the recent Vatican declaration on procured abortion in which citizens were advised to remedy the evil through political action, and through personal heroism. Father Celano also urged his listeners never to forget five words often used by St. Paul:"Pray always, never lose hope."

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Pope Emphasizes Community's Role in Religious Vocations VATICAN CITY (NC)-'Pope Paul VI has stressed the need for community support for the person seeking to answer a religious vocation. Addressing some 1,500 members of the Third National italian Congress of Vocations Promoters, meeting in' Rome, the Pope said: ",Indeed a vocation, whether priestly or merely Religious, while basically a gift of the Spirit arising within the individual, has its development in the ecclesial community. ".It is a divine call which presupposes man's response. But this is to be found most ideally within the heart of the community. In reality, it is the community which sustains the individual with respect to freedom, option, the uniqueness of the answer to the charisms." The vocations promoters were attending a general audience.

He added: "Far from being an uncalled-for interference, community action becomes a form of collaboration. This, coupled with prayer, is a human contribution requested by the Lord himself and involves the. responsibility of the entire community." Pope Paul also greeted Sisters of Saint Felix of Cantalice attending the audience. Speaking in English, he said: "We know that you have just celebrated the centenary of the arrival of the. first Felician Sisters in 'America ... We are happy to take this opportunity to confirm you in your vocation of consecrated service in the Church. "We are especially grateful for the large contribution made in the United States over .the past 100 years to the glory of Christ's name through Catholic education and works of Christian charity."

Young Men Aiming at Priesthood To Work at Hartford Parishes HARTFORD (NC) - Young men interested in being priests are being encouraged to accept paid jobs in area Catholic parishes. Archbishop John F. Whealon of Hartford said the experiment is intended to help alleviate a severe shortage of priests in the archdiocese. Men in their late teens and early 20s will be asked to sign one-year contracts with area

.Interfaith Contacts Growing in India -BANGi\LORE (NC) - Several recent even/ts have highlighted the increase in recent years in interfaith discussions in India, a development which has been assisted by the Dialogue Commission set up by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India (CBCI). A three-day interfaith "LiveTogether" held by the CBCI Dialogue Commission at Aligarth recently brought together. Hindus, Moslems and members of several Christian denominations. In an opening address, Archbishop Dominic Athaide of Agra reminded the participants of their responsibility to' be bridgebuilders in order to build up a society in which brotherhood and friendship would prevail. If the goal.of believers is genuine love, religious prejudice must be removed, the archbishop said. He. urged followers of all religions to work together to solve the problem of modem man regarding religion.

BISHOP'S CHARITY BALL AT UNCOLN PARK: Top, co-chairmen meet honored guest, Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin at opening of program of Charity Ball benefiting the exceptional and underprivileged children of the Diocese of Fall River. Left, Mrs. Richard M. Paulson, president of the DCCW and right, Mrs. Stanley A. McLean of Centerville, president of the Cape Cod Particular Council of the St. Vincent de Paul Society. Center, . Mr. John J. Fee with his daughter, a presentee, Maureen of Our Lady of the Isle Parish, Nantucket and Miss Lisa Drouin, a presentee with her father, Mr. Alfred Drouin of Sacred Heart Parish, Oak Bluffs. Bottom, Mr. James S. Brennan with his daughter, Colleen, a presentee of St. Mark's Parish, Attleboro Falls; Mr. Clarence Boucher of Holy Cross Parish, So. Easton who presented his daughter Catherine.

parishes to work at the churches on week ends. While attending an "approved college," the man will be asked to assume more important duties in the church each year. The Chancery Office will help to finance the young men's salaries as long as they remain open to the priesthood. The men would be free to terminate the contract at the end of each year. "Modem youths are different than they used to be," Archbishop Whealon explained, and they need the immediate encouragement and reward to pursue the long years ahead to be a priest. In a report to Pope Paul VI in August, the archbishop predicted that about five priests per year will be ordained in the archdiocese after 1975. The two-year college program at St. Thomas Seminary in Bloomfield has an enrollment of about 30, down from a peak of 140 10 years ago. The number of priests in the archdiocese increased by 34 between 1973 and 1974, but the archbishop predicts "a series of lean years."

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Newark Ordinary Says Ecumenism No Religious Fad

Christians and Unity The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity has seen some interesting developments. At the beginning of the movement, there was the need to pray that hostilities and tensions might be put aside. Catholics and Protestants looked at one another with such suspicion that it was difficult for them even to talk with one another. The proposal that there be joint activity was looked on with the greatest degree of reservation. The first' step, then, was talking together. And with this came the realization that there was much that could be done in talking, in praying, in working together. At the same time there grew the further awareness that while there remain differences that separate there were also many common bonds of agreement. The movement has entered a deeper phase. Theologians on all sides are discussing together, seeing wherein there is agreement and where the differences are. It has been discovered that at times both Catholics and Protestants use the same words to mean different things and use different words to mean the same thing. And there has also grown the clearer picture of where Catholics and Protestants do not agree as a matter of faith. There can be no working and praying together if the lines of faith are blurred or ignored. Now it would seem that the ecumenical movement is w.orking along two lines: on the highest plane of scholarship and theological discussion on a nation-wide and world-wide level; and, in the local community, with a one-by-one working together of individaul priests and ministers. And the atmosphere in which the discussing and praying are taking place is one of reduced tension and of positive cordiality and good will. And this is the atmosphere that one expects of the followers of Jesus Christ. These are the virtues that can reach out and touch those who are seeking Christ in this world.

Fostering Morality A respected nonpartisan and nonsectarian and nonprofit organization, American Viewpoints, Inc., is embarking upon a saturation campaign to popularize the concept that it pays to do right. This follows upon a survey taken by another group which asked people to rate the problems faced by the nation in which morality got no votes at all. At the same time there is outrage over the rising crime rate, outrage over the climbing shoplifting that is going on, outrage over the absence of moral standards, outrage on the part of both younger and older that people have conformed too long to the standards of materialism and not enough to spiritual values. All too often people want the results of morality without the discipline and control and work of incorporating moral values into their lives and encouraging these in others. Morality cannot be legislated. But people can decide what kind of nation and community they want, one free of crime and perversion and tastelessness and uncivility, and they can point out the means to achieve this. And surely the first sure step must be that of fostering basic moral values of right and wrong.

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'Lily of the Mohawks' Plan Bicentennial Commemoration Of Kateri Tekakwitha AURIESVILLE (NC)-An international committee has been formed to prepare a program on the "Lily of the Mohawks," Kateri Tekakwithil, at the international Eucharistic Congress in Philadelphia, in the bicentennial year 1976. That year will also see the tercentenarry of Kateri's Baptism in the Indian village of Caughnawaganear Fonda, N. Y., in 1676. The Bicentennial Kateri Committee held its first meeting at the Auriesville shrine recently. The committee's next meeting is .to be held at the Fonda shrine, April 18-20, 1975. Kateri Tekakwitha was born on the south side of the Mohawk River, 1656, near Auriesville, N. Y. In 1666, she and all the Mohawk Indians moved to the north side of the river and rebuilt their villages there. Kateri's village was Caughnawaga, which is on the site of the present Fonda Memorial Shrine of Kateri Tekakwitha, near Fonda, N. Y. She lived there for 10 years and was baptized. After her Baptism she went to

Israeli President Welcomes Message VATICAN CITY (NC)-Israeli President Ephraim Katzir said in a telegram to the papal representative in Jerusalem that he was "deeply interested" in Pope Paul's Day of Peace message. The president's brief telegram, printed in the Vatican daily, L'Osservatore Romano, referred to "this period characterized both by immoral terrorism as well as by conventional warfare." The Israeli president said that Israel will 'continue to pray and work" for such a goal.

Canada to live with Christian Indians there. She died in Canada in 1680, at the early age of 24, after a life of prayer, mortification, and service to her people. She is called "The Lily of the Mohawks" because of her selfimposed virginial life and has always been considered a saint by ner people and many others. Her memory is commemorated in many ways throughout the length and breadth of Canada and the United States. lIn the Church, however, she is called Venerable Kateri Tekakwitha, the Servant of God, the title for ,the first step toward sainthood.

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NEWARK (NC) - "Ecumenism is not a religious fad of the day, to he discarded whenever we grow tired of it or seek another form of religious activism," Archbishop Peter L. Gerety of Newark said in a letter. to priests of the archdiocese. Archbishop Gerety's letter called attention to the fact that the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity will be observed Jan. 18-25. "It is not too early to begin planning now," he told the priests. The archbishop recalled that the Second Vatican Council issued its Decree on Ecumenism 10 years ago. He said that as a result "greater understanding and friendly cooperation have emerged. Initiatives have grown into firm procedures." But asserting that "we must not rest content with good beginnings alone," he said that "in this decade the vigorous and enthusiastic character of the movement's early stages must be followed by the hard work of the slow and serious implementation of ecumenical ideals. Positive Prayer "We must do more than display a spirit of good will and to,Ierant understanding to our fellowman." In particular, he called for "continuous and positive prayer," a study of ecumenical issues and cooperative effort, whether this be in the field of social or religious actiyity. In asking for planning for the Week of Prayer, hoe described it as a "time for fraternal dialogut: and cooperation planned for and implemented at the community level," Archbishop Gerety said that the invitation to unity that was extended by Christ "cannot be ignored" and "possesses a spiritual priority in our times,"

Jackson Starts Opero.tion Share

JACKSON (NC) -. "Operation Share," a year-long experimental evangelistic program using 路DUBUQUE (NC) - A Mary- . newspaper, television, radio and knoll missionary whQ has re- outdoor advertising sponsored turned from a four-year assign- by the Catholic community ment in Tanzania in East Africa throughout Mississippi, will. be says he was shocked when he launched in Jackson. landed in the United States at A recent statistical survey rethe terrible waste he saw among leased by the Glenmary Fathers Americans. Father Wilfred Ament of Research Center in Washington, Worthington, Iowa, is a pastor D. c., indicates that there are in Kilulu in tbz Diocese of Shin- 49,500 Jacksonians without any yanga. The diocese has nine religious affiliation living within diocesan priests in abnut 20 the boundaries of the Catholic parishes serving between 50,000 parishes. "To reach these with to 60,000 Catholics. Father the Gospel message of Good Ament's parish has around 2,000 News and. to hring Christ's peace and hope into .their lives members. "In my area where the near- -this is the great challenge," est lightbulb is 80 miles away said Auxiliary Bishop Joseph and where my people pay 25 Howze of Natchez-Jackson. cents for an empty whiskey botBishop Joseph Brunin of tle to carry water and where Natchez-Jackson said: newspapers are imported from Sweden so the people can wrap "I am especially pleased with meat and vegetables you can un- the mature way the laity in the derstand how horrified I was parish councils have been wreswhen I came back to America tling with this apostolic chaland saw the terrible waste of lenge to share our religious herfood and energy," he told The itage and the organized way in Witness, Dubuque archdiocesan which they are now preparing paper, in an interview. to conduct this pioneer effort," ,

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ST. MARY,· NEW BEDFORD Music by The Horizons will be heard at a SnowbaIl Dance to be sponsored by the parish from 8 P.M. to midnight Saturday, Jan. 25 in the school haIl on Illinois Street. A continental breakfast will foIlow the dance. Tickets are available from Sophie Fredette, telephone 995-3341; Helen Comeau, 995-2044; and Jane Gagnon, 995-0555. ST. GEORGE, WESTPORT An International BaIl sponsored by the Couples' Club will take place at 8 P.M. Saturday, Jan. 18 in the school hall. The public is invited. Refreshments will be available and music will be by the Imports, according to announcement made by chairpeople Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Martin and Mr. and Mrs. John Carano ST. WILLIAM, FALL RIVER' The Women's Guild announces a card party at 1:30 P.M. Sunday, Jan. 19 in the parish center. Hostesses will be Mrs. Mary Malgieri and Mrs. Jennie Robinson, and Mrs. Grace Walmsley and Mrs. Mary Howard will be in charge of special awards. Preliminary plans for the unit's annual "Guildola," scheduled for Wednesday, April 23 with Mrs. Louis Castanza as chairman. ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA,_ FALL RIVER The Council of Catholic Women will meet at 7:30 P.M. Tuesday, Jan. 21.

ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA The Men's Club wiIl sponsor a Sno-Ball Dance from 8 to mid· night Saturday, Jan. 18 in the parish center. Music will be by Johnny and the Blue Jays and refreshments will be available. Tickets will be sold at the door or may be obtained from members. ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN A Marriage Encounter speakers' night will take place at 8 P.M. Sunday, Jan. 19 at the parish hall. Organizers note that "couples with good marriages make your marriage better." Refreshments will be served. HOLY NAME, FALL RIVER District Fire Chief Louis A. Shea of the FaIl River Fire Department and administrative officer for the Board of Fire Physicians will speak on Emergency Medical Services to the Project' Leisure Group at 2 .o'clock on Thursday afternoon, Jan. 23 in the school haIl. A social hour will follow. ST. MARY, NORTON All women are invited to at· tend a penny sale at the parish center at 7:30 P.M. Tuesday, Jan~ 21. "Bring a guest and a gift," request organizers. Refreshments will be served. ST. JOSEPH, ATTLEBORO The Junior Corps will attend an indoor soccer game at the Boston Garden Saturday, Jan. 18. On Sunday Cub Scouts of the parish wiIl hold a pinewood derby at 2 P.M. in the parish hall.

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January always seems to find me in a blue mood. Maybe it's a post-holiday let-down, or maybe it's the weather. But this particular January seems especially bad. Inflation is making it impossible to cover the family's necessities, and the recession has put many breadwinners out of est roots in the dryest years." He tells a story about a friend work. Someone said the dif- of his who had a good job as a ference between a recession young man in the 20's ... and and a depression is that it's a recession when your neighbor's out of work. It's a depression when you're out of work.

MARY CARSON Well, right now my next door neighbor is out of work and it's depressing me. It's a lot worse for them. Times are harder than they've been in 40 years. It seems we have three choices. We can just plod along, grumbling, but not doing much about it one way or the otherwhich is what most of us are doing. A Challenge We can become despondent . . . mentally ill ... commit suicide. It happened in the 30's. It's not impossible. . Or we can look at ,this time as a challenge, an opportunity for growth in ways that would be impossible in easier times. A good part of my outlook on life has been fashioned by a philosopher I have known all my life ... my father. He always counsels: "A tree sets its deep-

Subsidies Ending For High Schools NEWARK ~NC) - Automatic subsidies to meet the difference between school revenues and operating expenses will be ended by the Newark archdiocese for its 13 regional high schools next year. Msgr. William J. Daly, superintendent of schools, said that in place of such subsidies the archdiocese will budget specific amounts for scholarship programs for needy students and for school maintenance costs. It is not yet known how much of' an impact this will have on student tuitions, which no!\' range from $600 to $750, depending on the school's own operating expenses. Subsidies had ranged up to $3.5 million per year, although in recent years the amount was trimmed to $1.5 million through tuition increases. At a press conference here, Archbishop Peter L. Gerety sa.id that the change is due to a financial restructuring suggested by a financing council that he organized after being installed here last June. "Their first r~c颅 ommendation was that we operate within income," he explained.

lost it in the depression. It nearly killed his spirit. But finally he found another job. 'Fifty years later that man says honestly that it was the 路best thing that ever happened to him. He would have stayed locked in the first job forever. If he hadn't been forced to make a change he would never have discovered the second job which proved to be a much better opportunity. A little reflection on "things could be worse" can be a healthy ,thing. Use it only until you stop feeling sorry for yourself ... for that's the most debilitating illness of ~ll' The desperation you feel now, if out of work, is it really the worst thing that could happen to you? You could be sick as well, with no possibility of going back to work. Analyze Problems Look at your troubles objectively. Define them-. Really pin down exactly what the problems are ... not the things you worry may happen, or what these difficulties may lead to. Analyze exactly what problems you face right now. . T'lke them, one at a time. Figure out all the pOSSible solutions there could be for the problem. 'Pick out the best one. And do something! For example, let's consider that budget that just won't路 reach. Even after you've skipped the vacation, ruled out the evenings on the town and other luxuries, you find there still isn't enough to cover the groceries and other ne'cessary expenses. First, try once more. Can you ,trim the grocery bill any way? , Maybe by not buying any readyprepared foods? Can you form a neighborhood food co-operative? 'When you are sure you've cut everything to the bone and you find you still can't make it, there is still another possibility. More money. Maybe now is the time for the wife to take a part-time job. Small children at- home? Maybe she can mind a neighbor's kids for a small fee while the neighbor goes to work. Tough times dra~ people together. They have to help eacb other. But do something. Take action. Anything you do will be an improvement over wringing your hands, worrying. Your mental outlook will improve immediately. And don't forget the solace in prayer. Think about Mary and Joseph, forced to flee to a foreign land, without a job or a home. They will help us now. 'But we also have to help ourselves. Do something, and chase those blues.

SHRINE AMONG SKYSCRAPERS: Our Lady of the Rosary Church on State Street in New York is a shrine to Blessed Elizabeth Ann Seton, whose statue is above the front entrance. Mother Seton lived at the site from 1801-1803. NC Photo.

NEW HAVEN (NC) - The . Archdiocese of Hartford's Office of Urban Affairs has taken over $315,000 federally funded program to feed the elderly in the New Haven area. The office will administer the serving of 1,000 hot lunches per day in the city and 12 nearby suburbs. Jack D. Middleton, executive director of the Office of Urban Affairs, said tin program will be administered by his office, although it will operate independently. The project has been administered for the past year by the University of New Haven.

Named Director At Notre Dame NO'J1RE DAME (NC)-Domin'ican Sister Elaine DesRosiers of Watertown, Mass., a specialist in closed circuit and broadcast television, has been named director of edqcational media at the University of Notre Dame, a newly created position. She will join the Notre Dame staff in the latter part of 1975 and will have the responsibilities of managing and supervising the growth of the university's audio visual center. She will also help faculty members improve teaching by use of audiovisual techniques, serve as a consultant in the design of new instructional space on the campus, and oversee the use of closed circuit and broadcast television both on an off the campus. Sister Elaine is completing requirements for a doctoral degree at Boston University's department of educational media and technology: She currently serves as communications consultant to the Boston Catholic Television Center and as a member of the Watertown Selectmen's Advisory Committee for Cable Television.

A spokesrrian for the Connecticut Department on Aging said the university wanted to tie the food program to its graduate studies in restaurant and hotel management, but the arrangement was not successful. The new grant is for one year, with the possibility for renewal. An official at the United States Catholic Conference in Washington, D.C. said h<! was encouraged by the grant to the Church agency. "By anybody's standards, that's a nice chunk of money," explained Frank Butler, USCC associate secretary for domestic social development. "Money for special programs is becoming less and less. Programs that help the poor and the elderly are the

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first to go in times of economic crisis." The program serves meals at 16 sites,. including a kosher ,kitchen at the New Haven Jewish Community Center. Funds are provided under the federal Older Americans Act and distributed by the state Department on Aging. Carmelite Mother M. Bernadette de Lourdes, commissioner of the Department on Aging, said she "looked forward to a long and productive relationship with the Office of Urban Affairs and off~ to them our continued support for the duration of the grant." The office for the meal project wHi be moved from the University of New Hayen campl;ls to the St. Joseph Guest House in New Haven. The Daughters of the Holy Spirit, who operate the' guest house, will contribute office spac;:e.

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buy. 'Today your fashion dollar has to stretch almost as far as your food dollar. Be aware that the very high fashion and high priced stores really do have the bargains. They cut more off their merchandise on a sale and their quality is good to begin with. Shop the discount houses: The book that I mentioned in this column before, "The Under ground Shopper," is wonderful. I picked up a pure suede jacket trimmed with real fur for one of my teen-agers for the small sum of $15 at one of the stores it lists, and while the stores in the book are scattered throughout the state, they are worth traveling to. As an aside on the book I am trying to have a local bookstore order some copies so that my readers can obtain them, and as soon as I know this is possible I will mention it in the column. Look for the basics: A dress is a great buy if you can wear it not only now but right throu~h the spring and into next fall. On a good classic style like the shirtwaist, you know it's still going to be worn next year and for many years to come. Knits and gabardine-like fabrics are season spanners that know no storage closet. Uncluttered fashions are always a good purchase because with the addition of a scarf or pin their whole look is changed. Don't buy "in" fashion clothes: These are the styles that are so extreme that they are out of style before they are in. The beautiful people may be able to

Governor Attends Mass On Inauguration Day HARTFORD (NC)-Ella Grasso Connecticut's newly elected gdvernor, began her inauguration day by attending a special Mass and receiving Communion with family and friends in St. Mary's Church, Windsor Locks, where she was baptized. The 55-year-old Democrat, the state's first woman governor, sat in a front pew with her husband, Thomas, and chpdren James, 23 and Susane, 26. After the Mass, she ro:le the train to Hartford, to emllhasize the importance of using mass transportation.

Avoid delicate fabrics: Fabrics that need spec路ial care end up costing twice the original amount because they live in the cleaners. I had a very unusual experience with 'one of these fabrics recently when I bought a raincoat that was lined in a fragile European silk. After the first cleaning the lining was in shreds, certainly no fault of the cleaners, but it did entail returning the coat to the store and -having them reline it with a sturdy fabric that could take the kind of life a busy raincoat leads in America. Be wary of this type of fabric. Watch the papers: The stores are advertising like mad to save themselves, and only if you make sure that what you want is on sale can you take advantage of their search for customers. Enjoy getting a bargain and' if you do come across one, share it with others, at no time has the spirit of sharing been more needed.

Committee to Study Illegal Alien Issue WASHIINGTON (NC) - President Gerald Ford has named a nine-member committee to study the issue of illegal' aliens in the U. S. and to recommend better programs for dealing with the situation. The committee will be headed by Acting Attorney' General Lawrence Silberman. Others on the committee will be the heads of the Departments of State, Treasury, Commerce, Agriculture, Labor and Health, Education and Welfare, the head of the Office of Management and Budget and Presidential aide Willfam Baroody, Jr.

Chicago Priests Give Tithe to Hungry CHICAGO (NC) - Priests in Chicago have pledged more than $20,000 of their own salaries to help feed "the world's hungriest people." According to Priests-USA, the monthlv puhlication of the National 'Federation of Priests Councils, the move started with a meeting in November of the coordinating board of the Association of Chicago Priests (ACP). Following a suggestion by Father Edward Dufficy, ACP president, 20 of the 24 board members pledged a total of $9,236.08 from their salaries over the next year. Sister Dorothy Schmidt, executive secretary for the ACP, told NC News the board agreed that if its own response was successful - the pledges were strictly voluntary-they would ask the rest of the association's 550 members to make similar pledges.

BISHOP'S PARENTS GUESTS AT CHARITY BALL: ~he special ?uests of Bi~hop Cronin at the Charity Ball were his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Damel G. Cronm of Cambndge.

Fr. H,esburgh Does Clemency Com-merci,al WASHINGTON (NC) - Holy Cross Father Theodore Hesburgh, president of the University of Notre Dame and former chairman of the U. S. Commission on Civil Rights, has placed his integrity on the line in defense of the Presidential Clemency Board. He is a member of the ninemember board created to handle clemency for those convicted of violating the Selective Service ,law or deserting the armed forces during the Vietnam war. "It's an honest program that protects your rights and integrity or I wouldn't i:>e a part -of' it," Father Hesburgh said in a radio and television commercial

Court Withholds Sugar Subsidy Payments WASHINGTON (NC) A federal district court judge here has issued a temporary restraining order against government payments of sub,sidies to sugar growers pending a review of whether sugar workers are receiving a fair wage. The Sugar Act of 1948, which expires this year, awards subsidies to sugar growers as long as they pay "fair and reasonable minimum wages" to their workers. But a suit brought by eight migrant workers charges that workers are not getting a fair wage because their wages do not reflect the huge profits earned by the sugar industry in the last year. James Herrmann, attorney for the Migrant Legal Action Project, a branch of the Office of Economic Opportunity, said sugar beet wor-kers received wage increase of six per cent in 1974 and sugar cane workers increases of 20 per cent, bringing them' up to wages of about $2.30 to $2.40 an hour, respectively, while sugar prices increased up to 450 per cent and sugar industry profits rose up to 1,200 per cent, in the case of Great Western.

taped by the board. The commercial is one of several prepared by the board to draw a greater response to the clemency program, which expires on Jan. 31.

'Mini-Marriage Reunion' Project in Hartford HARTFORD (NC}-The archdiocesan Office of Communications here wants married couples to communicate with each other. A "mini-marriage reunion" p'roject was begun last year by Father Edmund S. Nadolny, director of the communications office. . He brings couples to Mercy Center in Madison for five hours away from their children, their bills and any other distractions that prevent them from talking to each other. The object is s,imple: if couples talk to each other, they can learn where the strengths and weaknesses of their marriage lie. Father, Nadolny gives a short talk, songs are sung, a movie is shown and the couples are left alone with each other to discuss their marriage and sign a "marriage contract."

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"You may recall that I spoke out for a long time against tfie Vietnam war," Father Hesburgh said in the commercial. 65 Grants "Now I'm also working with the President's Clemency Board. Most important to me as a priest and an educator, our program is conceived in the tradition of forgiveness. The best evidence of this is to read the decisions made thus far." , The board has made 65 grants so far, mostly to poor blacks and others whom the board believed did not get a fair deal from the Selective Service system. 'So far only 890' of some 100,000 people eligible for clemency through the board have applied for clemency. Similar low numbers have ap; plied through the Justice Department, administering clemency for those indicted for violating the Selective Service laws, and the Defense Department which is administering clemency for the deserters. Clemency Board Chairman Charlies Goodell said the program has not been "il bust," but has failed to draw as many people as was wanted. He said it would be "a mistake" to count on the life of the whole clemency program being extended past the Jan. 31 deadline.

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Proportion of, Catholics Attending Public Schools Is Increasing PHILADELPHIA (NC) - An increasing percentage of a diminishing pool of Catholic students in the Philadelphia area is attending public schools, it was reported by Msgr, Raymond J. Teller, archdiocesan director of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine (CCD), the organization charged with. the religious instruction of Catholics attending public schools. Msgr. Teller revealed the figures in conjunction with an announcement that Cardinal John Krol of Philadelphia has authorized the addition of three professional religious educators to the CCD staff to offer field services to parishes. The new CCD staff members will begin their work in July. Msgr. Teller also revealed that 212 times as much. is spent to maintain full time Catholic schools in the five-county archdiocese as is spent to maintain parish and diocesan CCD programs.

In 1970, there were 248,475 children attending parochial elementary schools and diocesan high schools, at a cost of $37,544,000, while 89,876 Catholic children were attending public schools and were expected to attend CCD programs -budgeted at $114,000. In 1974, there were 204,289 children attending parochial elementary and diocesan high schools, at a cost of $56,158,000, while 113,450 Catholic children attending public schools had available CCD programs costing $264,891. The percentage of all Catholic children attending public schools rose steadily from 26.6 per cent in 1970, to 30.7 per cent in 1972, to 35.7 per cent in 1974. Approximately 37.7 per cent of Catholic children in the fivecounty archidocese of Philadelphia are attending public schools this year, Msgr. Teller said.

Priests' Senate Continued from Page One eral and conservative Catholics; the divorce and remarriage of Catholics; and the resignation of priests. The representative to NECOPS, Father James F. .Lyons, announced a regional committee meeting to be held next week at Holy Cross College, Worceser. Committee Reports The Constitutional committee's report engendered a discussion that underscored the need to distinguish in the Senate document constitutional and procedural matters. Rev. John P. Driscoll announced that the Elections Committee will begin the process of selecting priests to replace Rev. Msgr. William D. Thomson, who resigned because of health and the late Rev. Leo T. Sulivan. The Committee for Peace and Justice reported, through Rev. Edward Correia, that they will work with Rev. Peter N. Graziano in implementing some aspects of the Church's observance of the American Bicentennial. The Personn'el Board's' report included the announcement of two senior assistants who are now attending the Pastoral Enrichment .Program in Boston, Rev. Edward Sharpe and Rev. Arthur K. Wingate. Also reported was a survey to be sent to all priests ordained during the past twenty years to ascertain Diocesan needs and apostolic preferences. Old Business Under Old Business it was suggested that a progress reo port on Parish Councils be submitted at the February meeting

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FATHERS AND DAUGHTERS READYING FOR PRESENTATION TO BISHOP: Top, ~I~JEL~~~ Miss Gwen Marceline and her father, James G. Marceline of Holy Trinity Parish, West WEB OFFSET Harwich; Bishop Cronin, Edward F. Barry with his daughter Kathleen of Our Lady of the Assumption Parish, Osterville. Center,.Roger Robillard and Miss Donna Marie Robillard . . . . . .S.INCE .19,6..711I'11II11I of St. Louis de France Parish, Swansea; Daniel Grace with his daughter, Colleen of St. Thomas More Parish, Somerset; Louis Carrier and his daughter, Mary Beth of Our Lady of the Cape Parish, Brewster. Bottom, Miss JoAnn Dearden with her father, Warren of . .11IIII11II11IIIII11 Holy Rosary Parish, Fall River; Miss Mary Costa is accompanied by her father, Gilbert 679-5262 of St. Mary's Parish, New Bedford.

of the Priest Senate. In an effort to reduce expenses, the Senate voted to remove the phone from the Senate office, now located at 368 North Main Street. Week o{ Prayer Concern was expressed for the observance of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Rev. Cornelius O'Neill, Vice-President of the Senate and Chairman of the Diocesan Ecumenical Commissio'n, reported on the status of the ecumenical movement, as he sees it. He expressed a need for local dialogue. The attitude, considerably different from 7 or 10 years ago, indicates a renewed interest in "grass-roots" ecumen ism, at the local parish and neighborhood level. A letter addressed to the Senate by Rev. Frederick LaBrecque, S5.CC. suggested several areas of liturgical and pastoral concern to which the Senate might respond. These will be brought into several committees for further consideration. The next meeting of the Priest Senate will be held Friday, February 14, at 11:00 A.M., at the Catholic Memorial Home.

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Warning Against Anti-Semitism Key to Vatican Document Iieves the Vatican document "to be a good one-one which I welcome." A principal author of the ,Second Vatican Council's statement on the Jews-to which the new document is a follow-up -the Seton Hall priest has long cautioned that such terminology must be 5een in its historical context and in light of the intentions of the original authors who were writing out of their oWn Jewish tradition. Asked for his general reaction to the guidelines, however, Msgr. Oesterreicher said: "What we need is not more guidelineswe have had quite a few-but more thought, more study, more information, more action." Personal Regret Commenting on the development of the latest document, he said that the original ver5ion, made known through Cardinal Lawrence Shehan of Baltimore some years' ago" was stronger on several points. "For instance," the monsgnor said, "It stressed the link of the Jewish people to the Promised Land and this 5upported the historic significance of the state of IsraeL" . The aging Scriptural scholar, Pope Paul Stresses who has' been a priest since 1927, admitted to a personal reNeed for Penance VAT,ICAN CITY (NC)-Pen. gret that this link was not menance leading to peace of con- tioned, "particularly at a time scieru:e is the "first breath of when the life, the sovereignty of the spirit of Holy Year," Pope Israel has become more preca, Paul VI 5aid in his Angelus talk rious than ever." However, he said he doe5 not Jan. 12. Pope Paul, speaking to thou- agree with those who see a consands gathered in St. Peter's versionary tendency in the docSquare in damp and cold ument because it makes mention weather, called peace of con- of the mission of the Church to science the "heaviest responsi- preach the Gospel. bility borne by man in his ad-' "This is a non-issue," he said vaneed state, a responsibility in answer to a question. "There which cannot be resolved by for- i5n't anywhere in the world an getting about it or by suppress- organization or concerted official ing it with an evasive an5wer." effort to missionize the Jew5." The' Pope said that only a brave and sincere feeling of remorse and of the need for & pardon and renewed hope yields peace of conscience. "This is > ~ the first breath of the spirit of ~ Over 35 Years Holy Year: the Spirit of penance ( of Satisfied Service ( which is ,reflected in the tran) Reg. Master Plumber 7023 scendent sphere of our religious JOSEPH RAPOSA, JR. relationships. God is the judge 806 NO. MAIN STREET of our way of life and 'vindicator Fall River 675··7497 of Hi5 own justice." EAST ORANGE (NC) - The key element in the Vatican's guidelines with the Jews is the document's insi5tence that we "cleanse all our teaching and preaching of any kind of antiJudaism," according to a pioneer in Christian-Jewish relations. Msgr. John M. OesterreiCher taid the Advocate, Newark archdiocesan newspaper, that antiJudaic interpretations "not only harm Jews but also harm Christians because they are totally incompatible with true Chri5tian attitudes." Msgr. Oesterreicher is founder and director of Seton Hall University's institute of JudaeoChristian Studies'. A convert from Judaism, Msgr. Oesterreicher said the Vatican is "warning us particularly against misunder5tanding of the term 'the Jews' in St. John's Gospel and the term 'Pharisee' in St. Matthew's GospeL" It is Msgr. Oesterreicher's position that in some cases these term5 have been misinterpreted as condemning all Jews. Msgr. Oesterreicher indicated that this is one reason he be-

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PRESENTEES MEET BISHOP: Among the 24 young ladies from various sections of the. Diocese presented to Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., at the 20th Annual Bishop's Charity Ball were: top, Miss Julie Depot of St. Joseph's Parish, Attleboro, who was presented by her father, Mr. Richard Depot. At the right of Bishop Cronin is Mrs. Richard M. ,Paulson of Taunton, co-chairman. Center, Mrs. Paulson beams with joy as her daughter, Ramona is presented by her father, Richard, members of Immaculate Conception Parish, Taunton. Bottom, Miss Deborah Jane Shannon of SS. Peter and Paul Parish, Fall River kisses Bishop Cronin's ring in the presence of her father, John.

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1975 CatholicAlmanac Has Wealth of Information It looks like a book, but it's really a mine. I mean the "1975 Catholic Almanac," edited by Felician A. Foy, O.F.M. (Our Sunday Visitor, Noll Plaza, Huntington, Ind. 46750. 703 pages. $9.95 clothbound, $4.95 paperbound). Entering this mine is easy and pleasis more than 45 per cent Cathant, working in it is safe and olic, whereas in Thailand the profitable, and the yield is a Catholics are less than h~If of wealth of information. Some one per cent of a population of of the information is strictly pertinent to 1975. An example is the treatment of the Holy Year. From the Almanac one

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can learn the ,Biblical background of the observance, the special purposes of its latest renewaJ, a typical week for a pilgrim to Rome in 1975, the Prayer for the Holy Year, etc. As usual, the Almanac gives an outline of the history of the Church from its beginnings, the plan of its present organization, its current situation country by country throughout the world. There is a synopsis of Catholic doctrine, a presentaHon of Catholic soCial doctrine and of teaching on disputed matters, an account of developments since Vatican H. Where would one go if asked about the Lutheran-Catholic statement on papal prim,acy or the Anglican-Roman Catholic statement on, ministry and ordination? Why, to the Almanac, of course. So, too, for the status of the permanent diaconate in the United States, or that of Eucharistic ministers. On these and innumerable other matters, the Almanac has the answers, succinctly put. Problem Areas There is a section on the Church in problem areas in 1974. These areas number 23, and stretch across the world, from our own hemisphere to Europe, Africa, and Asia. Of the total population of the world, the Almanac tells us, over two and a half billion people profess a religion, which means that something over a billion do not. Most numerous are Roman Cathlics, numbering almost 552 million, with Hindus second at some 515 million, and Muslims third at about 512 million. Are there any Catholics in the Arab peninsula, now so prom'inent in news and worries of the Western world? Look it up in the Almanac and you will find that in the peninsula (comprising Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Bahrein, etc.) there are 8,620 Catholics out of a total population of over 12 million. And what of Ang,ola, also frequently on page one? In this African country, until now a Portuguese territory, the total population of almost six million

It may be that we have some knowledge of the Church in our own part of the United States, but practically none of its history and present state elsewhere in the country. The Almanac spreads before us an array of facts and statistics which wjll rout our ignorance. Some of these are surprising. Did you know that there are 16 abbots in the United States? Some of the data are sobering: the decrease in the number of women religious between 1972 and 1973 was 3,091; of Catholic high schools, 51; of seminarians,

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The foregoing merely hints at the range and the richness of the Almanac. Once you dip into this treasury, you are likely to keep going, page after page, fascinated. And you will want to keep it at your elbow for quick referen'ce. The outline of Church history supplied by the Almanac shows that the Church has been in trouble of one kind or another ever since it was t'ounded. Tying in with this evidence is a chapter in G. K. Chesterton's The Everlasting Man, reissued in paperback (Image Books, 277 Park Ave., New York, N. Y. 10017. $1.95)."

Deaths of Faith All of its argument is excellent and still timely, but there is particular importance for us in our time in the chapter entitled "The Five Deaths of the Faith." Christianity, says Chesterton, has died many times and risen again because its God knows His way out of the grave. The Faith, he says, "is always converting the age, not as an old religion but as a new religion." Julian the Apostate thought that he had disposed of Christianity back in the fourth century, and others have thought the same in subsequent centuries. Chesterton examines a succession of such instances, showing that the gravediggers have always passed away but "these words have not passed away," and concludes that we can appropriate the words, "Thou hast kept the good wine until now." An example of the good wine kept until now is what we read in another paperback, The Mystery of Suffering and Death, ed-

BLESSING CRUCIFIXES: Pope Paul VI blesses boxes of crucifixes at the end of an Epiphany Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, where the pontiff distributed the crosses to missionaries. He told the group of priests, Religious and laity that they should respect what is true and holy in other religions but also keep in mind the special role of salvation found only in the Catholic Church. NC Photo.

Pope Stresses Church1s Uniqueness VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope Paul VI on the Feast of tbe Epiphany told about 600 misslo'naries to respect what is true and holy in other religions but also to keep in mind that the full means to salvation are found only in the Catholic Church. The new missionaries-priests, Religious and laity from many nations - received during Mass in St. Peter's Basilica simple wooden crucifixes from the Pope and four concelebrating cardinals. The ceremony is the Church's rite of "commissioning" new missionaries. During bis homily, the Pope told the missionaries to avoid "unfair prosyletism" and to respect "what ls true and holy" in other religions. But he reminded them that the "fullness of the means of salvation" is found only in the Catholic Church. The Pope said: "While the Catholic missionary must recog-

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what is true and holy also in other religions, and in particular the treasures of faith and grace preserved and fostered by the churches and Christian communities stm unfortunately separated from us, and in his apostolic zeal must abstain from any unfair proselytism, the words of the recent ecumenical council ni~e

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Death Threats LA RIOJA (NC) - 'Despite death threats for his attempts to distribute land among the poor, Bishop Enrique Angelelli of La Rioja has returned here saying he brought from Pope Paul VI "a symbol of his reconciliation: his chal'ice." He quoted Pope Paul as telling him' during' a mid-iDecember audience: "Take this Jl!essage of happiness to your people, the symbol of the greatest act man can perform, ,the Eucharist. "I am giving you my chalice so that when you return you will celebrate together the Eucharist." The bishop used the Pope's chalice at a concelebrated Mass upon his return' here. Bishop AngelelIi, who presides over a poverty-ridden region of Argentina's West, had been threatened by the Argentine Anticommunist Alliance, a paramilitary organization which has claimed to have killed close to 30 ieftist leaders since July. It is also responsible for frightening out of the country under threat of death many mpre figures in Argentina's labor, student and political life, including the former bishop of Avellanda, Jeronimo Podesta.

likewise remain forever true, namely that 'it is through Christ's Catholic Church alone, wbich is the all-embracing means of salvation, that the fullness of the means of salvation can be obtained.' " The Pope, vested in whiteand-gold chasuble, added that he was "not being triumphalistic" in quoting the words of the Second Vatican Council. "As you well know we are seeking to interpret the historical and social, that is to say, ecclesial system that the Lord laid down for the spreading of the Gospel and for the building up of His Church." The Pope, who blessed and distributed the missionary crosses following his homily, told the missionaries that they "personify the need for Christ, today just as yesterday."

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ADORNS CHURCH: St. Stanislaus Church, Fall River, glows each holiday season with products of dedicated artistry of Sister Mary Felicita of Felician Sisters staffing its parochial school. Left, St. Stanislaus sanctuary, backed by huge tapestry depicting Polish Christmas Eve meal

and adorned by trees hung with small examples of folk art. Right, Sister Felicita with handcarved wooden statue of Blessed Maximilian Kolbe which she brought from Eoland as gift to parish.

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Sister Felicita Adorns Fall River Church With Products of Love Pre-Christian Origin The workshop included days Christmas lasts a long time of working beside elderly Polat St. Stanislaus parish, Fall ish folk art:ists who were eager River. And when one visits the to hand on the secrets of their Rockland St,reet Church, one traditional crafts, said Sister realizes why its parishioners are Felicita. It was from them that reluctant to see the season end. she learned for the first time Every season they are brought As a token of appreciation for of the centuries-old harvest decto a deeper appreciation of their Sister Felicita's direction of the· orations of Poland, originally Polish Catholic heritage through huge project, the parish sent her used in pagan autumn celebrameaningful adornments, coordi-' to Poland last summer to attend tions, then taken over as a part nated for the past seven years a prestigious folk. art workshop of the Christian observance of by Sister Mary Felicita Zdro- sponsored by the Polish Ministry Christmas. jewski. first and second grade of Culture in cooperation with "One of the requirements for teacher at St. Stanislaus School, the Kosciuszko Foundation, a as well as art teacher for all Polish-American organization participating in the workshop is that you will bring back what grades. supporting the arts and humanyou learn to your own environities. Last year the Christmas focal ment," said Sister Felicita. "So point was a huge tapestry, 32 I thought of adapting the har"It . wasn't easy ,to get acby 15 feet, containing 5,293 indi- cepted for the workshop," con- vest orn'aments for use in St. vidually handsewn pieces and fided Sister FeHcita. "But Father Stanislaus at Christmas." depicting the traditional Christ- Kaszynski, ,our pastor, sent in In October she began to work mas Eve supper of a Polish fam- photographs of the tapestry and in her classroom, enlisting the ily. im account of how it was made aid of her first and second gradFour museums hFe asked for and I was finally notified that I ers, as well as any older pupils who wanted to help, and many the tapestry, worked on by 130 could go. adult parishioners. After a while, she admitted, there was hardly room for her pupils, as hundreds of yards of garlanding and 17 enormous ornament-mobiles took shape. "In Poland the people used straw, dried fruits and vegetables and pieces of 'oplatek,' a special Christmas wafer, to make the ornaments," said the nun. "But we used tissue flowers, drinking straws and star-shaped pieces of paper for ours." . She didn't neglect the opportunity of teaching her youngsters arithmetic along with the handcraft. They carefully added and multiplied to arrive at the fact that they cut and put in place 21,767 paper stars, while women of the parish made 1016 paper flowers. Everything used in the ornaments is symbolic, said Sister Felicita. "The garlands encircling the church, symbolize the chains of oppression under which Poles suffered for so long. But the paper stars on the garSYMBOLS: Traditional ornaments, adapted from pre- lands mean that the people Christian harvest symbols of Poland. found happiness despite their By PAT McGOWAN

parish families under the direction of Sister Felicita, but it has become a parish treasure, to be hung yearly in St. Stanislaus sanctuary during the Christmas . season and visited by thousands of non-parishioners.

suffering. The stars also have another meaning, she said. "The Polish word for Christmas means literaly 'little star.' " The ornament-mobiles are 17 in number to represent the 17 provinces of Poland, she explained. Some are chandeliershaped because Polish peasants fashioned the decorations to resemble the chandeliers In their churches - "so that in their homes they'd be reminded of the beauty of their churches." 'Oh, Wow!' . St. Stanislaus children enjoyed the mobiles long before they were hung in the church. recalled - Sister Felicita. "They were hung in my classro:>m as they were completed and the children would stand under them, look up into them and say 'Oh, wow!'" Hung in the church, air currents keep the large but -"ight ornaments in constant motion, she said, "'I love to see them move. When I come into the church· by myself, I say 'Move! I created you!'" The large ornaments and gar~ lands were in the nave of St. Stanislaus, but hundreds of smaller authentic folk decorations adorned the trees on either side of the tapestry in the sanctuary. These too were made-by parishioners and so impressed by them were several families that they decorated their home trees -in the same way. The Christmas decorations have now been put away for another year, but one memento of Sister Felicita's trip is a permanent addition to the church. It is a statue of the Polish hero Blessed Maximilian Kolbe, who gave his life for his fellow prisoners in a World War II concentration camp.

The work of a 19-year-old artist, it is carved from a single piece of wood and weighs 50 pounds. Sister Felicita said she bought the statue as a gift for the parish and carried· it in her arms on the flight from Poland to New York's Kennedy airport. "Everyone was calling it 'Max,''' she recounted. '·'As we approached Kennedy, where planes often circle a long time before landing, everyone was saying, 'Max, you don't want to wait, do you? Get us right in!' Sure enough, we didn't wait at all, just glided in and landed. And even though Max put me over my weight limit, I wasn't charged extra for him." The statue, enshrinelj near the Blessed Sacrament altar of St. Stanislaus, was dedicated recently bja pri~!)t: ,who was himself a survivor of five and a half concentratfon;:~amp years. sum~irig· her contributions to St. Stanislaus parish, Sister Felicita said. simply, "U's my offering to the Polonia - the Polish people away from their homeland."

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Jan. 16, 1975

Working of Holy Spirit Sign of Hope for Future

HARRISBURG (NC)-Roman Catholics, Anglican, and Protestant Church leaders of more than 800,000 Christians in central Pennsylvania have called on their congregations to mark the New Year with common efforts of concern for world hunger. and Christian unity. "As followers of Jesus, who showed and taught concern for those in greatest need," the religious leaders said, "we now find unity in our desire to respond to the needs of the hungry. In the New Year we may manifest that unity in action by a wiser, more disciplined and more generous use of God's gifts ...

In ushering in the New Year we struck a note of hope for the future. We had our fingers crossed, of course, for on the surface of things there isn't too much to be cheerful • about these days. In fact, the problems confronting the United States both at home . and abroad are so many and to their own future. In other words, the Church must become, so complex that there is al- without fear or favor, the chamways the danger that we will pion of the poor in our society. l

despair of ever beIng able to solve them. In other words, there is such a thing as a loss of nerve on the part of nations

MSGR. GEORGE G. HIGGINS as well as individuals, and there is no reason to believe that the United States, by some special decree of Providence, is immune to this danger. Work for Justice On the other hand, as Pope Paul has pointed out, we can take hope from the fact that "from all sides there rises a yearning for more justice and a desire for a better guaranteed peace in mutual respect among individuals and peoples." The Holy Father sees in this phenomenon the working of the Holy Spirit and looks upon it as a sign of \lope for the future. "It is with confidence," he says,' "that we see the Spirit of the Lord pursuing His work in the hearts of men and in every place gathering together Christian communities. conscious of. their responsibilities. On all continents, among all races, nations and cultures, and under all conditions the Lord continues to raise up authentic apostles 'of the Gospe!." It is an essential part of the Church's mission to keep alive the spirit of hope among men and nations. The Church, as a structured religious institution, does not and should not pretend to have direct competition in the secular order. That is to say, it does not have the political authority, the economic means, or the technical competence necessary ~or governing civil society. Nevertheless the Church can and must work for justice in ways and by means which are consonant with its own nature and its own specific mission.

Above all else, the Church must keep alive in the hearts of men and especially the poor tfte'" indispensable virtue of hope. The 1971 Synod of Bishops concluded its statement on World Justice on this very note. It said that the power of the Spirit, who raised Christ from the dead, is continuously at. work in the world and that "hope in the coming kingdom is already beginning to take roots in the hearts of men... At the same time as it proclaims the Gospel of the Lord, its Redeemer and Saviour, the Church calls on all, especially the poor, the oppressed and the afflicted to cooperate ~ith God to bring about liberation from every sin and to build a world which will reach the fullness of Christ only when it becomes the work of man for man." Signs of Hope

"We commend, too, a unity of prayer and love, by calling our congregations to participate fully in the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity."

DOCTORS PROECT UFE: Doctors in a special room at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City check a premature baby who is protected by the controlled environment of an incubator. The six to eight week old children in the room might be abortion candidates under the Supreme Court ruling of Jan. 22, 1973. A national rally Jan. 22 in Washington, D.C. will focus on rights of children before birth.

March for Life on Anniversary Of Court's Abortion Decision

The well known German theologian, Father Bernard H~ering, takes this point a step further WASH)INGTON (NC) A in a recent book entitled "Hope March for Life at the U. S. Capis the Remedy." He says that itol here is scheduled for Jan. 22, those who struggle for justicethe second anniversary of the for equality and participation 1973 U. S. Supreme Court aborand the complete liberation of tion decision, to petition Conman-are themselves truly signs gress for a human life amendof hope for the world. "Their ment to counter that decision's con'cern for man in his daily eIfects. needs," he points out, "and their Since the Supreme Court depeaceful struggle for a healthie'r world can open the eyes of all cision, which struck down most men of good will to the greater state restrictions on abortion, hope of eternal life. Their solic- about 1.2 to 1.8 million legal ·itude becomes all the more con- abortions have been performed vincing because this very hope each year, medical authorities inspires commitment to a better estimate. These estimates for .the past two years and U. S. world." government figures for 1969-72 The poor and the oppressed indicate that, in the past six are not looking to the Church, years, more than 3.6 million lethen, for instruction on the techgal abortions have been perniques of liberation, but they formed. still hope that they may be able Legal abortions roughly douto find in the Church the courage which they need in order to bled in the year following the fight, to suffer, and to win. We decision, Dr. Christopher Tietze, dare not fail them in this regard. senior consultant to the Population Council in New York Cty, (© 1975 by NC News Service) has claimed that most of the increase in legal abortions conPope Recommends sists of abortions that formerly would have been done illegally. Christian Mentality But he has also said that legalv ATICAN CITY (Nq-ehris- ization of abortion has led to an tians must adopt an "authentic increase in the over-all incidence Christian mentality" that can of abortion. critically judge the factors shapChampion of the Poor 'In the 93rd Congress, several ing public opinion. today, Pope constitutional amendments to More specifically, I would say Paul VI told a general audience counter the effects of the Suthat the Church in our day has Jan. 8. preme Court decision were inan indispensable role to play in Pope Paul, who was suffering troduced The Senate Judiciary supporting the efforts of the poor and the disadvantaged to from a slight cold, said the first Committee's Subcommitee on Amendments, take in hand and give directiqn reform, the most personal, the Constitutional most important and the most . chaired by Sen. Birch Bayh (Ddifficult" a Christian mus.t make Ind.) held hearings on constituduring the 1975 Holy Year is to tional amendments .. introduced Visits Missions LOS ANGEIJES (NC)-Cardi- adopt "a new mentality, an au- by Sen. James L. Buckley (Cons.-R-N. Y.) and Sen. Jesse nal Timothy Manning. of Los thentic Christian mentality." Because of his cold the Pope Helms (R-N. C.). Although difAngeles has left for a 25-day visit to the missions of Papua- entered the halI from a stage fering in wording, both amendNew Guinea. He will visit bish- entrance rat~er than down the ments were designed to protect ops, priests and Los Angeles center aisle. He spoke more human life before birth. Amendments introduced in the Lay Mission Helpers stationed. briefly than usual, but appeared to be in generally good health. House included one by Rep. there.

Lawrence Hogan (R-Md.) and one by Rep. G. William Whitehurst (R-Va.). The Helms amendment was the Senate version of the Hogan amendment. The Whitehurst amendment, called a states' rights amendment, was designed to permit state regulation of abortion. No hearings were held by the House Judiciary Committee on any constitutional amendments. Hogan obtained a number of signatures on a petition to discharge his amendment from the committee for floor consideration, but not enough to achieve that goa!. Hogan did not run for reelection to the House, after_ an unsuecessful bid for governor of Maryland. All such amendments have to be reintroduced in the 94th Congress, which convened Jan. 14. W.illiam Heckman, chief counsel for the Senate subcommittee, said that hearings would be scheduled after amendments are introduced. If the wording of the amendments is changed, the hearings would have to be restructured, he said. Otherwise .they could proceed as previously planned.

Joining in the statement were Catholic Bish-op Joseph Daley of Harrisburg, the Rev. Dr. Kenneth E. Boldosser, Churches of God; the Rev. Harold Z. Bomberger, Church of the Brethren; the Rev. G. W. Bullard, Baptist; the Rev. Dr. Howard J. McCarney, Lutheran Church in America; the Rev. Dr. William G. Rusch, United Presbyterian Church; the Rev. Dr. Horace Sills, United Church of Christ; Episcopal Bishop Dean T. Stevenson of Central Pennsylvania, and Bishop John B. Warman, United Methodist Church, Harrisburg area.

Vatican Delegates At 196 Meetings VATICAN CITY (NC) - The Holy See took part in 196 international conferences during 1974, according to a roster of these meetings published Jan. 9 by the Vatican City daily newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano. The conferences ranged from the technical discussion of postal methods, telecommunicatiol)s and astr.onomy through cultural affairs and health to problems of world lop~l~tion and food. Vatican..delegates traveled to every 'continent and almost every country for these talks.

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KNOW YOUR FAITH .Understanding Conscience

By WILLIAM E. MA~

Frequently we are urged to "follow our conscience" when we are faced with moral dilemmas. There is a great truth embodied in this statement, but it is imperative to understand it properly, for it is by no means an endorsement of relativism and subjectivism. It definitely does NOT mean that everything depends on the way a person "sees" things, and that what is all right for one person is wrong for another. To gain a correct understanding of this dictum we must first know what we are talking about when we speak about our "conscience." Traditionally it has been understood as a judgment, an act of intelligence. It is what Thomas Aquinas called the fillal act of judging of our "practical reason," or it is what we could describe as our own personal judgment that a given course of action is right or wrong, s'omething that we are obliged either to do or not to do. This is an authentic meaning of conscience. It is an act that terminates a process of thinking. Self Awareness But there is a deeper meaning of conscience, and this is the meaning that the Fathers of Vatican II had in mind when they said: "Conscience is the

"Brother, can I talk to you?" most secret core and sanctuary "Hey, can we get together of man. There he is alone with God, whose voice echoes in his soon and talk?" "Could I come over for a while depths." Conscience in this sense is what the biblical writers had tonight to talk?" "Do you have time to listen in mind when they wrote about man's "heart," and warned to a problem I'm having?" "'Look, I need to talk to someagainst the hardening of the heart and prayed that God would cre- one. You got time?" ate in them a "new" heart. . Conscience in this sense refers • to the core of a human being, to his existence as a personal self, to his existence as a conscious and conscientious being. By In this sense conscience refers to the whole person insofar as BRO. MICHAEL a human person is a being who is capable of being aware of WARREN himself and of coming to a true understanding of himself and of These are just some of the the meaning of human existence ways I find mystelf drawn into by reflecting intelligently and counseling situations with both critically on his experiences. young and older adults. In my Conscience, understood as a experience as a catechist, it has judgment terminating a process never been possible to av'oid sitof thinking, issues in Im~eratives uations in which I've been asked that we lay upon ourselves, that to listen to the more personal is, in judgments that we ought dilemmas of the people I was to do this and ought not to do serving. Often enough these that. Conscience, understood as were moral dilemmas. Occasiona deep-seated awareness of our- ally they warranted a "referral" selves as intelligent and inquir- to someone better trained and ing subjects, functions more as more knowledgeable than I. a summons or call to be rather Well, what do you DO when than to do. It is a summons to someone comes to you with a BE the kind of beings we are serious moral dilemma and meant to be and that we al- wants to discuss it with you? ready are in vi~tl4! of our hu- What I try to do is listen. That Turn to Page Fourteen means that I try to cool down my mental processes so that I am less analytical and more receptive to the person doing the talking. I want to get a sense, not just of what the words mean, "The apostles were the unique- but of what the person is sayly privileged eyewitnesses to ing with his/her whole life. God's total self-revelation in This takes a good deal of atChrist before and after His res- tention on my part as a listener, urrection. Jesus promised that as well as a good deal of pathey would receive the Holy tience. Often, lots of time is Spirit, who would instruct them needed for people to come to in everything, remind them of express how they see a problem all that He had said, guide them and especially how they feel into all truth, and enable them about it. That means there will to bear witness to Him . . !' be silence and awkward pauses . The Christian dispensation, that I must not break with therefore, as the new and defin- words. Self Awareness itive covenant ·will never pass away, and we now await no Yes, but what advice do you further new public revelation be- give? I don't give advice. I'm not fore the glorious manifestation a problem-solver, mainly beof our Lord Jesus Christ' (V-II, cause I happen to believe that Rev. 4). Because of this, the New most adults and almost-adults Testament writings occupy a have the personal resources to new place in the Church ... solve their own problems. Not all of them realize this fact. God Is Active "Nevertheless, God has not Thus, it is my role as counselor fallen silent. God still reveals to help them see that ultimately Himself through the creatures they are responsible for their He has made, through the events own decisions and lives. Nobody of daily life, the crises of his- else can shoulder that responsitory and the struggles of people. bility. Of course, occasionally' He still answers prayers, still someone will want to know what· manifests Himself and commu- I would •do if I were in their . nicates Himself through the sac- situation. If I know-and often raments and the entire life and I do not-I would probably tell teaching of the Church. The ris- them. As I see it, what is often goen Christ remains the living Word of God. He is not dead but ing on in these conversationsfor-<:ounsel is a process of con'alive . . . "In this continuing dialogue science formation. One aspect with God there is growth and of conscience involves consciousunderstanding of the message ness of what is right and wrong. which has been handed down. In some ways a counseling sesGod remains infinitely mysteri- sion' is also a session of conous and the human mind re- sciousness raising. As matters are talked out and options exTurn to Page Fourteen

The Mystery of Revelation

By Msgr. Wilfrid H. Paradis and

• Sister Mariella Frye, M.H.S.H. (This is the third of 17 articles adapted from the text of the first draft of the National Catechetical Directory. This Directory is being designed to assist in the teaching of religion to all Catholics in the United States today. You are encouraged to submit observations on every aspect of the proposed document.) Chapter Two, the Mystery of Revelation, begins by giving the biblical disclosure of God. He speaks through nature, yes, but God chose a people through whom His revelation would be more precise. He set the stage for a broader and deeper covenant, His ultimate self-gift, which was accomplished in Jesus Christ.' "Human words are always inadequate to convey all that people are and all that they mean . . . But God's Word expresses God perfectly . . . Because the Word is God's perfect self-expression, His only begotten Son, to see and hear Jesus is to see and hear the Father" (In 14; 7-11) •..

"God has no other Word. He has no message to communicate at variance with what He has revealed in Jesus Cbrist " ..By this revelation, then, the deepest truth . . . is made clear us in Christ . . ." The fullness of revelation is a Person, Jesus Christ.

Counseling for Conscience Information

CHILDREN NOT PROBLEM EXEMPT: Children today are surrounded with moral issues that puzzle them. Many arise in school and with their peers at· play. Boys riding double on a Big Wheel.look like they are facing some sort of dilemma. NC Photo.plored, a person becomes more aware of the possible conse· quences of one's actions. Such an awareness provides the groundwork for good moral decisions. As a catechist I find myself drawn into many counseling situations directly related to conscience formation. Many parents are often in similar situations, though they do not always realize it. Children today are surrounded with moral issues that puzzle them. Many arise in school and with their peers at play. Others they read of in the newspapers or on TV. Parents can do some effective conscience formation out of these everyday situations. Those who have studied the process of conscience formation tell us that the process is not complicated. Conscience (moral consciousness) is sharpened, at least intellectually, through·a process of dialogue and reflection on moral issues. Parent's Gift For a parent this means that children should be talked with about issues that come up in their lives. "How do you think so-and-so should have bebaved?" "What would you do if ...?" "Do you thing it is right for a person to . . .?" When opinions are given, they should be confronted with "Why?" Finally, parents can propose to the young a more adult consciousness' of the moral issues involved.

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The process is very much like the process of giving counsel. The family that quietly but continually makes an issue of moral questions will be actively fostering the development of conscience of all involved. Parents who foster this sort of awareness are going to have reflective children who themselves may occasionally question the parents' own moral awareness. It's then parents will know they have given the children a precious gift; not cut and dried answers to the complexities of life, but the ability to face dilemmas and arrive at intelligent moral decisions.

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Veteran Member Revi'ews 40 Years Of Catholic Worker Movement

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MILWAUKEE (NC) The Catholic Worlrer' movement, since its humble beginning in 1933, has been dedicated to a never-ending fight against injustice, and a living-out of the corporal works of mercy. "The ideas of the CatholIc Worker were not new. They were so old they look~d like new to people," explained Stanley Vishnewski, who, as a 17year-old student visiting the Worker home in New York City in 1933, took Dorothy Day up on her suggestion to "join us." Sitting in the warm confines of St. Benedict's rectory here recently, Vishnewski described years of involvement in oftentimes unpopular causes. "We were always demonstrating and striking," he said. Some, he said, called us the "Picket Club," because we'd always be out' demonstrating / somewhere. "The Communists didn't know what we were about at first," the associate editor of the Worker publication said. "They came up to us and said, 'You're doing a fine job. They finally labelled us Fascists. When we went out on the streets and sold the paper for a penny they would tear the papers up and spit on us." What interested him in the movement? "'I 路had sort of a religio~s conversion when 17. I read the life of Christ and became interested in His personality. I wanted to join the Church, but the formal religious life didn't appeal to me.

who is of Lithuanian parentage. "The Catholic Worker represented to me a way of life, a philosophy. Before it, all I could find were the five b's of Catholic Action: One could hardly imagine more humble beginnings than the Catholic Worker's. "All we had at first was a little broken storefront.,''' wishnewski recalled. "Dorothy had a broken-down desk and an upright typewriter that could hardly work." Literally hundreds of young people over the years came to help. "It was like a foreign mission to them," he said. "They would come during their summer vacations." The movement grew, Vishnewski contended, because "the idea of a group of lay people trying to live an apostolic' life caught the fascination of the American people. "We got a terrific response from workers all over the country. They said, 'Thank God for the Worker, we can identify with them. Thank God the Church is finally waking up to the social problems.''' During the depression when 15 million Americans were unemployed, 32 Worker houses across the country were taking care of 5,000 people a day. "That was, of course, only a drop in the bucket," the grayhaired veteran explained. "But our hope was that every parish would have a house.

'Way of Life'

There are enough targets to aim at without firing at each other. -Theodore Roosevelt

"I finally found the Catholic Worker," explained Vishnewski

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The Mystery of Revelation Continued from Page Thirteen mains finite. Human insights into God and his plans for mankind, even though they be infallibly true and guaranteed by the assistance of the Holy Spirit, are partial and incomplete. To fulfill its mission of proclaiming God's word to the world, the Church must surely know God and His message and be certain of what it knows. ",But it would be pride and delusion to think that the Church at any point in history has exhausted our knowledge of God, that we already know all there is to be known. The Church has already grasped Christ in faith and so possesses the fullness of revelation. But all that this implies has not yet dawned . . . "Church history illustrates the processes of the deepening understanding of revelation. The formulation of the Creeds by the early Church sharpened the clarity of understanding about the essential elements of belief. The Ecumenical Councils yielded continuing rich expressions about the content of revelation. Nicea and Chalcedon composed the illuminating' and enduring statements about the Holy Trinity and the Incarnation. Bearers of Good News "The Council of Trent made clarifying doctrJnal statements about the relationship between grace, faith and good works in

NO MAN IS AN ISLAND: To be a human being is to be a being who exists with other men and who comes to understand himself and the meaning of his life only in collaboration with other men. Men and women listen intently to a talk on reconciliation during a meeting in Germany. NC Photo.

Understanding Conscience Continued from Page Thirteen manity. It is, in religious language, a summons to be faithfUl images of God, persons who come to be themselves only by communicating and sharing life with and for one another. No Man an Island Conscience implies consciousness and self consciousness. But we become conscious of ourselves only in community with other men, other selves: no man is an island, and. no one of us can come to an understanding of himself in isolation from other men. Thus in conscjentiously forming our conscience in the sense of a judgment terminating a process of thinking, we can do so only if we are open to others, only if we are open to reality. This means that we cannot possibly make true judgments about the rightness or wrongness of proposed courses of action unless we are willing to listen to reality and to other men, unless we are willing to open our eyes and minds to the truth of our existence, and our existence is inescapably a coexistence with others. To be a human being is to be a being who exists with other men and who comes to understand himself and the meaning of his life only in collaboration with other men.

reference to salvation as well as declarations about the Eucharist as Sacrament an~ Sacrifice. Vatican I formally defined the dogma of Papal Infallability, Vatican II reiterated路 that definition and gave the Church at that time a widespread perspective on the principle of collegiality. "These are but a few of the multitude of insights and deepening understandings of the revelation of Christ which the Church has developed over two thousand years to nourish the faith, devotion and sacred learning of the Catholic people . . . "The principal reason why these understandings of revelation can continue to develop is that the mystery of God is so boundless that the human mind cannot take it in all at once .. ." The remainder of Chapter Two goes on to explain the relationship of faith and grace, how faith is expressed, and what the role of the Church is in the proc- , Church Help ess of faith and response, and Because our existence as huends on the note that in the Church the Lord calls people to man beings is inescapably a corcommunity and sends them forth porate, social existence, it necto bring' Christ's Good News to essarily follows that a Catholic cannot conscientiously form his all people. Do you agree with these state- conscience unless he listens to the Church. The Church, as the ments on revelation? Please submit your reactions community of those who believe that God has definitively reand recommendations to: Rev. Michel G. Methot, 432 vealed himself to men in the Highland Ave., Fall River, Mass. person and work of Jesus, meditates to the Catholic (and to all Q2720.

men, for that matter) the saving trutbs disclosed in Christ. It reminds us of our identity as persons who are made to share in the life and love of God and that we can receive this life and love only if we are willing to give it to others. It gives us a vision that helps to liberate us from the slavery of ignorance and it reminds us that we have been crippled by sin and that as a result our judgent can at times be flawed by self-interest and passion. It provides us, too, with a community that can support us in our struggle to come to know what we must do if we are to be faithful images of God and in our struggle to do what we ourselves come to know we are to do. The Church, in other words, is a community that is meant to help us open our eyes to the truth about ourselves and to give us the strength to act in accord with this truth. Yes, we are to follow our conscience, that is, we must, if we are to be true to ourselves, act in accordance with our own personal judgments about the rightness or wrongness of proposed courses of action. But we are to be conscientious in coming to those judgments only if we are true to that deeper level of conscience that summons us to be ourselves, to be beings who can get to understand ourselves only if we are willing to let ourselves be conformed to the truth about our existence as persons living in community with other p路ersons.

Pride Intellectual pride ... might be described as Original Sin in an academic 'hood and gown. -Hutchinson

MEMPHIS (NC)-Women have been "the Church's readiest participants" in implementing the Second Vatican Council, Bishop Carroll T. Dozier of Memphis said in a pastoral letter on women in Church and society; "In the simplest terms," he said, "it must be said that Jesus and the Gospel can hardly appear as the ultimate good if that same Good News continues its discriminatory interpretation and implementation in the Church." The pastoral letter, entitled "Woman~Intrepid and Loving," was issued on the fourth anniversary of the creation of the Diocese of Memphis. Bishop Dozier said the pastoral was partly a response to the designation of 1975 as International Woman's Year and partly a response to the women's equality movement. There are about 60 nuns in ministerial roles in Memphis, including about a dozen serving in parishes as assistant pastors, according to a diocesan spokesman. Bishop Dozier has taken no official stand on the Equal Rights Amendment, but he has been strongly supportive of a nun who has, Sister Mary Ann Guthrie, head of the diocesan Health and Welf'are office and a former Democratic candidate for Congress. Mary of Nazareth -Bishop Dozier said he has worked pastorally with a number of women's church groups and was a former diocesan moderator of the Council of Catholic Women. ,In the pastoral he offered' Dorothy Day, co-founder of the Catholic Worker movement, as路 "a model of strength, a woman intrepid and loving who sought a new ministry in the Catholic 'Yorker movement in our times. ,"She is able to integrate within her life the Gospel in its wholeness, truly a woman 'journeying toward wholeness.''' One cannot speak of International Woman's Year, he said, "without rec!d.1ingj\1ary of Nazareth, the, Mother of Jesus Christ." He cited Pope Paul's apostolic exhortation, Marialis Cultus, which in part described Mary as a model for the modern woman, "a woman of strength, . who experienced poverty and suffering, flight and exile." AnLEBORO'S Leading Garden Center

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SCHOOLBOY SPORTS IN THE DIOCESE By PETER

J. BARTEK Norton High Coach

Fall River Hoop Enthusiasts May Be In For Banner Year Winning basketball teams are a tradition in Fall River. Durfee High is synonymous with championship schoolboy basketball due largely to the success of teams coached by Luke Urban and Tom Karam. Durfee over the years has gained the reputation as one of the most outstanding bas- to be seriously challenged in league competition. Before the ketball schools in the Com- season is over the Hilltoppers monwealth. As a result, Fall may lose a game or two, in

Riverites have come to expect their hometown boys to win year after year. More often than not their expectations are fulfilled. This year could be a banner Winter for all city basketball enthusiasts. At the present time all three secondary schools located within city limits are in first place in their respective divisions in the multi-schools Southeastern Massachusetts Basketball Conference.· Durfee, to the surprise of no one, leads in the Division I race. The Hilltoppers are unbeaten and appear to be on their way to another title. Coach Tom Karam's Red and Black has yet

Across town, Bishop Connolly High under the tutelage of Stan Kupiec enters Division II competition this week tied for first place. The Cougars were upended last Friday by defending champion Dartmouth on a last second half court shot losing sole poseession of first place. Connolly is in for a different battle in its quest for divisional honors. The bracket is well balanced with at least five of eight clubs having the potential to win the crown. But, Connolly will be in the thick of the race right down to the wire.

Seekonk Now Favorite in Division III Diman Regional, the third Fall River school in the loop, edged Norton 60-54 in double overtime last week to hold on to its share of first place in the Division IV pennant chase. The Bengals enter this week's action tied with Wareham for the top spot. When the dust clears following this week's action the situ· ation may be different. But, for now Fall Riverites can boast of the. superiority of their hoopsters. Undoubtedly the tide will turn many times before the season concludes in February. Upset will follow upset. However, this week it's Seekonk that is riding the crest. The Warriors, considered a challenger in Division III in pre-season polls, has taken over the favorite's roll on the strength of their 46-45 victory

over defending titlist Old Rochester. The Bull Dogs from Mattapoisett were expected to roll to their third straight loop title. Now they are faced with th,e task of catching Seekonk. When divisional play gets underway tomorrow evening Seekonk will be at Dennis-Yarmouth, Old Rochester hosts Bourne and DightonRehoboth is in Taunton to meet Msgr. Coyle-Bishop Cassidy. In Division IV the key contest tomorrow will be staged in Wareham where the Vikings play host to Diman. Both survived scares from Norton last week and will be out to estab· lish a firm hold on the division's top position. Elsewhere in the bracket Norton will be in New Bedford to play St. Anthony's and New Bedford Vocational is at Westport.

Cape and Islands Clubs Hold Their Own Friday's games in Division I will see Durfee at Bishop Stang in Dartmouth, New Bedford at Attleboro and Barnstable at Taunton. In the southern sector of the diocese, the Cape and Islands league is conjuring up its own excitement. Presently Nauset and ProvinCetown hold the edge in the eight team circuit but the picture is likely to change quickly. Harwich, Sandwich, Chatham and Martha's Vineyard are all tabbed contenders with only Nantucket and Upper Cape Regional Vocational seen out of the race this Winter. While the smaller Cape schools receive little publicity in comparison with those that are members of the Southeastern Mass. Conference t!ley are not

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to be underrated. The schools from the Cape and Islands loop that qualify for post season state championship competition generally do very well. Schools like Nauset, Martha's Vineyard and Harwich are no strangers to fans who follow schoolboy basketball. It will come as no surprise if the eventual winner of the circuit advances to at least the final rounds of the Division IV state playoffs.

'Reformer One of the'marks of a certain type of bad man is that he can't give up a thing without wanting everyone else to give it up. That isn't the Christian way. -C.S. Lewis

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FILMMAKER AT WORK: A young Frank Sinatra is directed by Frank Capra on the set of "A Hole in the Head," one of the Oscar-winning filmmaker's last movies. Capra said in an interview in Albany, N.Y., that Sinatra would have made a perfect St. Paul in a movie that was never made. NC Photo.

Capra Cites Faith's Influence on Films ALBANY (NC) - As soon as be preached at. They pay money others, but more fully and in a filmmakers "stop glorifying hu- , for entertainment. more novel way." "I tried to put it over through man vices and start paying at· Love Each Other tention to the human heart, they morals and the integrity of peoIt's a Wonderful Life concerns will make fine films," according ple. When someone fights for a a man who discovers what life to a motion picture director who lost cause, I think it is as good and people would have been like has won three Oscars for his a way to dramatize morality and without his influence. work. ethics as having someone go to What Mr. Capra tried to do In an interview with The church." in films was summed up by him This theme, he continued, ran in his autobiography, "The Name Evangelist, newspaper of the Albany diocese, Frank Capra through many of his characters. Above the Title." In it, he wrote: spoke about his faith's influence "They were quite similar in a "As a filmmaker, I will chamon his films, about contempo- way. There's a thread that folpion man - plead his causes, lows through from Mr Deeds to rary movies and about the failure of motion pictures success- Mr. Smith to George Bailey of protest the degradation of his It's a Wonderful Life. Bailey is dignity, spirit, divinity. Befully to portray Jesus. cause be he saint or sinner, rich A Knight of Malta who says perhaps the most complete char- or poor, coward or hero, black acter. He expresses what I've he has "an active interest in the or white, genius or retarded, Church," Capra directed such been trying to say with the basket case or pole vaulter; be he classic films as the original Lost lame, halt or blind, each is of a Horizon, Mr. Deeds Goes to Chairman Named piece with his Maker. Pat the Town, It Happened One Night WASHINGTON (NC)-Bishop head of a child, you are patting (the only film ever to win the Michael F. McAuliffe of Jeffer- God; slay a man, you are murfive major Academy Awards son City, Mo., has been named dering goodness... My films for actor, Clark Gable; actress, chairman of the U. S. Bishops' must let every man, woman, Claudette Colbert; direction, Ad Hoc Committee of Women and child know that God loves writing and production), Mr. in Society and the Church. He them, and that I love them, and Smith Goes to Washington, succeeds Coadjutor Archbishop that peace, and salvation will State of the Union, Arsenic and Leo C. Byrne of St. Paul-Minne- become a reality only when they Old Lace, It's a Wonderful Life, apolis, who died in October. 'all learn to love each other." and You Can't Take It with You (best picture Oscar). He won directorial Oscars for It Happened One Night, Mr. Deeds, and You Can't Take It With You. Tommenting on the relationship of his faith to his films, which often concerned the strugfj'edeuzI f1JatJe~~ and !J!can ~~oc':ation gle of one man against great 1029 Route 28 (Box 280) • South Yarmouth, Mass,. Phone 398·6088 odds, Mr. Capra said: "I think Orleans Shopping Plaza • Rte 6A,.()rleans, Mass, • Phone 255-52J 1 my faith comes through in the INSURED SAVINGS films. I try not to preach. I try AT HIGHEST RATES ALLOWED BY LAW to dramatize rather than make religious tracts. One of the - - - - - FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE WE ARE OPEN - - - - great faults of film - if 9 to4: 30 MCIld., thru Thursday • 9 to 6: :00 Friday • 9 to Noon SaturdlY anyone wants to put over an -REMEMBER: WHERE YOU SAVE DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE - - idea-is that it becomes tract Vour saYinas {llSored by FSllC. an aaeney 01 the led..a1aovernment rather than a dramaic presentation. Audiences don't want to

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Basilica three other Holy Doors were opened at Christmas time. On Christmas Day, this was the scene at the other churches, from left: Cardinal Luigi Traglia, dean of the College of Cardinals, prays at the door in St.

-Priests Criticize Anti-Semitism, Racist Attitude MI'LWAUKEE (NC) The Priest Senate of the Milwaukee archdiocese has urged that church facilities be 'refused to any person or group to promote attitudes and programs of antiSemitism or racism. A resolution of the senate specifically mentioned the National Socialist White Peoples Party-sometimes referred to as Nazis-and said that any Catholics who are members of that group must consider themselves out of union with the body of Chr:ist. The senate said it rejects any actions of any type that are based on the superiority of any grouping of people over others. The senators warned in their resolution "that no one can be admitted to participation in the body of Christ who has hate in their hearts ... , such as would be manifestations of forms of racism and anti-semitism as are advanced by such groups as the National Socialist White Peoples Party."

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The resolution was introduced by Father Michael Crosby, of the senate's peace and justice commission, who said he had examined literature being circulated by the Milwaukee Nazi group. Shocked by its wording, he decided to research it and eventually talked to the leader of the group, Anthony Schmitt, who admitted the racist stance. The literature entitled "Boat· ing" urges that blacks be shipped back to Africa and that the "satanic Jews and all their lackies" be "cut off, root and branch." Father Crosby said the Church must repulse any programs centered in hate and must refuse use of buildings for those purposes.

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Germans Aid Missions of Third World AACHEN ~NC)-"Our aim is to create missionary activity among the German Catholics," said H.J. Theyssen, an official of Missio, West Germany's Society for the Propagation of the Faith. '\1 not only have to create confidence in our work," he explained, "I have to collect money." And Missio does that, very well. In 1973 they collected 95 million German marks (a mark is now worth about 41 cents); in 1967 they collected 28 million. Theyssen said Missio ranks second, behind the United States, in collections for the missions -but they distribute the money differently. In the United States, the Society for the Propagation

Announce Winners Of NCEA Award WASHINGTON (NC) - Dr. Frederick J. Crosson, retiring dean of the college of arts and letters at the University of Notre Dame, and Dr. James F. Hitchcock, acting chairman of the history department at St. Louis University, have been named co-winners of the Delta Epsilon Sigma Award of the National Catholic Educational (NCEA). The two educators :were nominated by chapter members of the national Catholic honorary fraternity for their "distinguished and significant contributions to the dialogue about the role of the Church in higher education:' Dr. John Cristmas of Loyola University, New Orleans, fraternity president, said. The two educators will be honored at the annual meeting of the college and university department of the NCEA at the Washington Hilton Hotel here Jan. 11 and 12. They will give keynote addresses on the subJect "How Is a College or University Catholic in Practice?"

of the Faith sends the collected money to Rome for distribution; Missio does the distribution itself. How they do that is a rather complicated but very interesting operation. "We have to train Catholics to interest them in the missions," said Theyssen. "As a consequence, they will then help the missons-we have to give a lot of information and do a lot of promotion work, and only in the end will we get money for the missions. "We also want to exchange ideas with the Third World. It

Gold-Price Crunch Felt by Students

BREESE (NC)-The fingers of some juniors at Mater Dei high school here in Illinois have felt the touch of the gold-price crunch. Because of the high price of gold, some of the students who w.ill graduate in 1976 chose sterling silver class rings. This was the first year that Mater' Dei juniors had such a choice. Otherwise, the design of the r-ings remains the same as in former years.

is not a one-way route - not only money from here to the Third World, but we will get something back, especially spiritual values. Therefore, we invite guests from the Third World." He said that 'eight representatives of the Church in Africa and Asia were coming to Germany soon. "They will come not as beggars, but as representatives of the young churches-they will be the voice of the young churches here in Germany, to exchange ideas, pastoral motives, etc." How does Missio get the necessary financial means for its mission support program? Theyssen explained: "We have 1.2 million Catholic members in the Federal Republic. All of them pay regularly at least six marks a year. All get Mission Actual, our magazine, regularly. By this we inform them and stimulate them to do something concrete for the missions. "Our experience is that the magazine's readers give, in addition to the membership fee, at least 20 million marks for special projects in the Third World."

Atlanta Province Priests to Meet CHARLESTON (NC) - The Atlanta Province Federation of Priest Councils will meet Jan. 2022 for its eighth annual meeting. Theme of the meeting is "The "The Priest Today-What Is the Expectation of the Church?" Father George M. Kloster of Boone, N.C., chairman of the meeting, said it will attempt to sample sensitivities of various groups within the Church as related to priestly ministry in the 1970's. "It is hoped," he said, "that the ideas presented will assist priests of the province in reo fleeting on the ministerial ser· vice which we perform." The meeting will be 'opened to all priests. Delegates are des· ignated only for the business session. on the last day. Speakers for the meeting will include Bishop Walter Sullivan of Richmond, Va., Father Seeley Beggiani of the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., Sister Shirley Levesque of the religious education department of the Diocese of Charleston, and Father Reid Mayo, president of the National Fed· eration of Priests' Councils.

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