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of the Soul, Sure and Firm-St. Paul

Diocese Affirms Dignity of Life, Hope That Does Not Disappoint DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER FAll RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS January 27, 1977 Dearly beloved in Christ, Respect for the dignity of the human person is a basic princ!ple of our JudaeoChristian tradition. This principle, reflected in the United States Constitution, affirms that every person is created in God's image and endowed with certain unalienable rights. Chief among these is the right to life.

There have been times in our history, however, when the basic dignity and equality of all human beings have been denied or ignored. We are living in such times. For four years now - since the fateful abortion decisions of the United States Supreme Court on January 22, 1973 - the law of our land has denied unborn children their basic right to life. In the past year alone, more than one million children have been killed by abortion in our country.

The disruptive effects of the policy of permissive abortion continue to become increasingly evident. This past July, the Supreme Court ruled that a father may do nothing to protect his child from abortion once the mother has made up her mind.

The Court also said that parents cannot interfere with the abortions of their teenage . daughters. Lower courts have directed that private hospitals must provide abortions, even when their own governing boards are opposed. A high government Commission has argued that public opposition to abortion for ethical reasons constitutes a threat to the First Amendment.

As you know, my dear people, directly procured abortion is always morally wrong, with or without the consent of husband or parent. To weaken our moral standards as they should be reflected in law is ethically reprehensible.

Various solutions have been proposed to correct the present state of affairs. None has been effective. The only realistic way to deal with this problem is to amend the Constitution in order to provide clear and unquestioned protection for unborn children. I have joined with my brother bishops in repeatedly calling for such an amendment. Though this is sure to be a time consuming and demanding effort, the difficulties and uncertainties involved do not justify tolerating a legal structure which sanctions the present massive violation of the' right to life.

This year, as we mark the anniversary of the Supreme Court's tragic abortion decisions, we reaffirm to all that human life is sacred and of surpassing value. The right to life of every human being deserves protection and care by society. We urge all Catholics to take an active part in implementing the educational, pastoral and public policy aspects of the United States Bishops' Pastoral Plan for Pro-Life Activities and to join with others in public efforts to assure constitutional protection of the right to life of all persons.

This hope does not disappoint us...

I pray that our efforts in behalf of human life will restore to public and private life those standards so dear to our religious heritage and so necessary for the moral fibre of our nation.

Devotedly yours in Christ,

because God's love has been poured into our hearts ttlrough the Holy Spirit.

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National For Puerto Ricans NEW YORK - Bishops from 26 northeastern U.S. dioceses and Puerto Rico will meet Jan. 2428 to plan a better pastoral program for Puerto Ricans who live on the mainland. The north:' eastern dioceses are in 14 states with an estimated Puerto Rican population of 1.5 million about half of the islanders who live on the continent.

Nun Heads- Agency MONTPELIER,Vt.. - Gov.ernor-Elect Richard Snelling has named Mercy Sister Elizabeth Candon, former president of Trinity College in Burlington, to head the Vermont Human Services Agency, the state's largest department with a $155 million budget. Sister Candon, 55, has been active in the Vermont Democratic Party Cind was herself considered by some party leaders as a candidate for governor in 1972.

Jesuits on TV NEW YORK - The martyrdom of an English Jesuit and the activities of Jesuit missionaries in the northwestern United States are the subjects of CBS television's "Look Up and Live."

The hisjory of Catholic persecution in 16th-century England will be broadcast at 10:30. A.M. Sunday. A week later, the program will feature Part I of a two-part series on "The Black Robe," documenting Jesuit activity among Indians.

Last Words WASHINGTON - As Father Thomas Meersman, Catholic chaplain at the Utah State prison, finished blessing condemned murderer Gary Gilmore, Gilmore looked toward him and uttered his last words, "Dominus Vobiscum." ("God be with you.")

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Father Meersman was surprised, but he responded automatically "Et cum spiritu tuo." ("And with your spirit.") _ Moments later a five-man firing squad discharged their rifles - on.e contained a blank and Gilmore became the first person executed by the state in this country in nine-and-a-half years.

asked Pope Paul VI to call for massive conscientious objection among Catholics, to withdraw military chaplains and to sell alleged Vatican holdiQgs in arms industries. Participants in a convention of conscientious objectors here asked the Pope in a telegram to back up the sentiments expressed in his world day of peace message.

Study Church Authority

'Unjustifiable Silence'

WASHINGTON - An international commission of Anglican and Roman Catholic theologians has found what it called "significant" consensus on the question of "Authority in the Church."

The group - the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC) - declared that their new agreed statement on authority "represents a significant convergence with farreaching cqnsequences" despite "difficulties" that still remain regarding the extent of papal authority.

The "difficulties" center around four areas: - The weight given by Catholics to the "Petrine texts," those passages in the Bible traditionally used by Catholics to justify claims for the authority of the pope; - The use of the term "divine right" in Catholic teaching to describe the basis of the pope's claim to universal primacy or authority; - The papal claim to infallibility under certain circumstances in matters of faith and morals; - The papal claim to "universal immediate jurisdiction" over the whole Church and every local Churcli. , Even in these areas, however, the theologians suggested ways in which agreement might eventually be reached or the problems overcome.

VATICAN CITY - Vatican Radio has called the Chinese government's failure to seek international aid for victims of July's catastrophic earthquake an "unjustifiable silence." According to unofficial statistics, the earthquake which struck the city of Tang Shan to the southeast of Peking left 655, 237 dead and about 779,000 wounded.

World Ask Pope Back CO's ROME - Italian conscientious objectors have

Seek Art Thieves MADRID ~ Police sealed off airports, border points and seaports in an effort to catch thieves with $4.5 million worth of religious art treasures stolen from the cathedral at Murcia. Newspapers headlined the theft as "the greatest haul of the century" and "the worst sacrilege." Police theorized from clues that at least two thieves' used detailed blue prints and torches to break through iron bars, metal doors and a network of chains and reach show cases in the museum section of the 18th-century church.

Burn'Joe Immorality' BOGOTA, Columbia - Catholics here added a new twist to Epiphany celebrations when they gave vent to their anger at rising crime and pornography by burning "Joe Immorality" in effigy.

Joe Immorality took the place of King Herod, who is traditionally torched on the Epiphany feast for slaying innocent children in an attempt to kill the infant Jesus.

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Necrology Jan. 28 Rev. Joseph M. Griffin, 1947, Pastor, St. Mary. Nantucket.

Rev. Msgr. John J. Shay, 1961, Pastor, St. John Evangelist, Attleboro.

Jan. 29 Rev. Christiano J. Borges, 1944, Pastor, Pastor, St. John Baptist, New Bedford.

Rev. Albert J. Masse, 1950, Pastor, St. Joseph, Attleboro.

Jan. 31 Rev. Charles J. Burns, 1901, Pastor, St. Mary, No. Attleboro.

Rev. William F. Sullivan, 1930, Pastor, St. Patrick, Somerset.

Rev. Manuel C. Terra, 1930, Pastor, St. Peter, Provincetown.

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New Bedford. The decree takes effect on Saturday, January 22, 1977.

DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER

OFFICIAL On Monday, January 17, 1977, His Excellency, the Most Reverend Daniel A. Cronin, Bishop of Fall River, executed a formal canonical decree effecting the termination as a canonical entity of the 路French-national Parish of Saint Hyacinth in

On that date, all persons who are registered as parishioners of Saint Hyacinth Parish shall enjoy the right of affiliating, in accord with their individual preferences, with the French-national Parish of Saint Anne in New Bedford or with the territorial parish in which their residence is located. Parishioners hitherto affiliated with Saint Hyacinth Parish should, in exercising this right, register in the parish of their choice in the customary manner; this registration will permanently establish their new parochial affiliation.

On that date, the boundaries of the French-national Parish of Saint Anne in New Bedford shall be extended to include all territory south of Union Street in the City of New Bedford.

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Pastoral Letter Reiterates Pro-Life Stand Church bells throughout the diocese will toll at 3:30 p.m. this Saturday, the fourth anniversary of the Supreme Court abortion decisions, memorializing the millions of innocents "legally" slaughtered since 1973.

Also spearheading diocesan involvement in renewed national efforts to arouse public opinion against abortion is a pastoral letter from Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, reproduced on the first page of this issue of The Anchor. Additionally, the Ordinary has asked aU parishes to

use a special Prayer of the Faithful at weekend Masses.

The prayer includes petitions that the faithful will "have the strength and courage to raise our voices in defense of the victims of abortion and euthanasia" and that "the presence of the disadvantaged . . . will motivateus to respect one another more fully."

Tomorrow night a bus will leave the diocese carrying demonstrators who will participate in what is expected to be the

Msgr. ~ Boyd: Gentle, Man of the Church A churchman and a gentleman certainly describes the life of Msgr. John E. Boyd who died this past weekend. Devoted to the Church not only on the parish but also on the diocesan level; gentle to the child, the adult, the lonely who sought his understanding and kindness.

Born in Taunton, the son of the late Michael and the late Louisa (McCormack) Boyd, the future prelate attended St. Mary's Grammar and High School in his native city..

He attended Providence Bernard's Seminary to study for the priesthood. He was ordained on June 10, 1933 by the late third Bishop of the Dioces~,

the Most Rev. James E. Cassidy.

He was first assigned to serve the people of God at St. Mary's Church, Nantucket. A few months later he came to Fall

Ordination Saturday

MSGR. BOYD

Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River, will ordain Mr. John.A. Raposo of North Dartmouth as a deacon during special ceremonies at St. Mary's Cathedral on Saturday, Jan. 22, at 11 a.m.

Mr. Raposo, a seminarian studying for the priesthood, is a member of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish, New Bedford, and the son of Emidio and Mariana (Andrade) Raposo. Following his early education at Mt. Carmel Parish School and Bishop Stang High School, he completed studies at St. John's Seminary, Brighton, and St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore.

Bishop Cronin cordially invites the clergy, religious and laity of the diocese to participate in the diaconate ordination.

Priests wishing to concelebrate with 'Bishop Cronin are asked to bring amice, alb, cincture and stole.

largest anti-abortion protest yet mounted in Washington.

Led by Rev. Thomas L. Rita, diocesan pro-life coordinator, the area group will participate in lobbying visits to senators and 路representatives and will then march to the White House carrying banners and roses, symbolic of life. Among those present will be representatives of Bishop Cassidy Council, Swansea Knights of Columbus,路 Against Abortion On the national level, the prolife movement found spokesmen in two separate happenings last week.

Joseph A. Califano Jr., a Catholic and Jimmy Carter's choice for Secretary of Health, EducatioJl and Welfare, told two Senate committees he holds views

Father Alexis Served Here A concelebrated Mass of Christ the Eternal High Priest was sung last Saturday at St. Joseph's Church, Fairhaven, for Father Alexis Wygers, SS.CC., 71, who die~ Jan. 10.

Born in Turnhout, Belgium, he entered the Sacred Hearts Congregation in 1926 and was ordained in Belgium in 1933, then coming to the United States and serving as an associate pastor at St. Joseph Church, Fairhaven, Turn to Page Seven o

River where he remained for the next 40 years.

While serving the parish Church of St. Patrick in the See City he also began a long and distinguished career of devotion to the entire community.

In 1949, he became director of Turn to 'Page Seven

Fr. John Lawler Dies in Peru Rev. John J. Lawler, 61, of New Bedford, a Maryknoll Missioner in Peru since 1950, died there last Friday. Born in Preston, Lancashire, England, he came to New Bedford in youth and graduated from Holy Family High School in that city.

He entered the Maryknoll Seminary in 1933 and was ordained in 1942, celebrating his. first solemn Mass at St. Kilian's Church, New Bedford. His first Turn to Page Seven

on abortion identical to Carter's.

Califano, who is of Irish-italian extraction and a graduate of Holy Cross College and Harvard Law School, said he shares Carter's belief that day care centers, foster homes, adoption reforms and more sex education would reduce the demand for abortions.

According to Califano, he and Carter hold "the same position" on abortion, although they reached "it from different cui-

tural and social and religious backgrounds."

"Abortion is wrong and federal funds should not be used . . .

But if the courts say that feder路 al funds shall ,be provided, I'll enforce the law just like any other law," Califano said.

In St. Louis Meanwhile, in St. Louis, a city official.'s attack on abortion during oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court promptTurn to Page Thirteen

Rite Mark Inauguration WASHINGTON (NC) - Inauguration festivities here today began with an unprecedented !interfaith prayer service at the Lincoln Memorial, for which Jimmy Carter chose the readings and hymns.

The homily was given by the Rev. Martin Luther King Sr. on the same site where his late son, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech 13 years ago.

The prayer service. was the major, but far from the only, religious event of this week.

A numlber of Washington churches, including the National Shrine of the ~mmaculate Conception, held special services to mark the Carter inauguration.

The路 Shrine had an interfaith service Jan. 16 and an Inauguration Day Mass today, with Cardinal William Baumof Washing:ton as chief concelebrant.

The Lincoln memorial service began at 8 a.m. and lasted approximately 40 minutes. It was. led by Rev. Bruce Edwards, pastor of the Plains Baptist Church which Carter attends.

Carter's sister, evangelist Ruth Carter Stapleton, read from the Scriptures and hymns were sung

by Metropolitan Opera stars Leontyne Price and Sherril Milnes.

A 400-voice choir, made up primarily of choralists from the Washington area but featuring the Alanta Boys Choir. also sang.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Jan. 20, 1977

Always Ready With the many tragedies that have visited the coast of New England in these past few weeks, one group of men and women have been given' very little public notice and gratitude for their courage, dependability and service: .namely, the United States Coast Guard.

On the national level the Coast Guard is like a poor disinherited stepchild, barely recognized by the brass of the Pentagon. Of course, we must remember that this branch of the service is under the Department of Transportation and not the Defense Department. As a result of this unique situation, the Coast Guard misses the proverbial gravy train of appropriations that flow so readily into the coffers of the other branches of the armed services. And who suffers from this neglect? The men who go down to the sea in ships.

Considering the monumental sea disasters of recent date, together with the proposed extension of the 200 mile limit at sea and the omnipresent cries fo rhelp from fishing boat to pleasure craft, the Coast Guard not only must have support, it must also have muscle.

The demands of today's oceans in turn demand that the Coast Guard be supplied with extensive new equipment, manpower and funding. It also must have its rightful place in the sun, which means that its revenue rivals in Washington must begin to realize that it is the Coast Guard that saves the sailor and rescues the citizen.

As for all of us who live by the sea and who love the sea, let's begin to realize that we need an efficient and modem Coast Guard. This realization however, must be brought to fruition by our own personal support and encouragement.

If we merely sit back and let some other person do the work, then our waters will indeed be covered with oil and our fishing grounds destroyed.

The Coast Guard, day in and day out, protects and preserves to the best of its ability one of our most precious natural resources, namely, the sea. It will cOIitinue to be "always ready" to do this if we are "always ready" to offer it our co-operation and support. .

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The office of the Diocesan PrOgram for the Permanent Diaconate is now located at 410 Highland Avenue, Fall River, telephone 675-7151. inquiries with regard to the program may be made to Father John F. Moore, director, at the above address or by mail to P.O. Box 7, Fall River 02722.

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He said it is his job to see that for every job filled, Carter's options include qualified women, qualified minorities and qualified ethnics.

One group not represented at the Cabinet level is Hispanics.

They have already proteste<1 "Patterns of neglect" by th~ transition staff and they will be LOVERS watching lower level appointTwo young lovers . . . walk along together . . ments very carefulIy, according absorbed in one another . . . as they round a bend . . . to Paul SedilIo, Secretary fot the Spanish-Speaking for tile and walk into a woods.

U.S. Catholic Conference.

Where does their path lead? ; .. What lies around Not Complete the bend of life's winding path? ... What does their WHITE HOUSE STAFF: future hold?

Some prominent ethnics, such as What lies ahead . . . remains- hidden from them author Michael Novak, have ex.. . What is to come . . . is veiled with uncertainty pressed concern that Carter's ... What awaits them in life's shadowed woods ... efforts to streamline the White cannot be guessed.

House staff may mean elimination of the year-old position of But they walk into the unknown ... together . . .

Special Assistant for Ethnic trusting in their mutual love ... as source of strength ·Affairs. But Ann Edwards of the ... as grounds for hope. . . . as unfailing guide transition press staff said staff Love is' all that . . . Love is stronger than life's revision is not yet complete and fiercest obstacles . . . a firmer ground of hope than that Carter intends to restructure the staff without eliminating power . . . or riches. key functions now handled at For love . . .' partakes of God . . . who is life's the White House. surest ground . . . and unfailing light.

Today James Earl Carter has been inaugurated as the TRANSITION STAFF: The "Love bears all . . . believes all . . . hopes for 39th President of these United States. At this particular transition staff includes only a everything ... endures all things ... Love never fails." handful of ethnics, mostly volmoment in the history of his country, regardless of partisan (I Corinthians 13:7) unteers and as a whole does not politics, President Carter deserves the support of the Ameriseem to have an exceptional can people as he assumes the highest office in the land. His nlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllJlIIIIlIIlIlJililllJlIlJ1J1JIIIIJIIIJIIIIIIIIJIJIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIJlllhg 5 sensitivity toward ethnics. This progress from Plains to Washington has been a unique is largely because the staff is marvel in the political history of this nation. The transition composed largely of young peoperiod from the date of his election to today has also been ple with little experince. But it 5

By JIM CASTEW has no permanent function and one of the smoothest in recent memory. will be far less important in the NC News Service But there is much to be accomplished if the President ~ long run than appointments is to fulfill his campaign promises. In his favor, of course, ~ which will be made soon. is the unique advantage of working with a Congress that is At the same time, Joe Duffey, overwhelmingly partisan. Yet all his advantages are secondwho' headed Carter's Washington ary to the basic national need of bringing to Pennsylvania office during the campaign and The wooing of urban Catholic lems in Eastern Europe, where is now working on appointments Avenue an accountable and honorable Executive branch of ethnics by both major presi- many Americans have family. for sub-cabinet positions, said government that will ~nduce the moral and ethical leader- dential candidates was a major roots. the sensitivity of the transition ship which this country so desperately needs. part of the 1976 presidential Ethnic leaders may .be some- staff is no worse than that of This will be the true test of the Carter administration. campaign. Jimmy Carter won what disappointed at the nam- society at large. "Erasing stereoThe American people are crying aloud for political leaders both the election and the sup- ing of Patricia Roberts Harris types" and "raising consciouswho will be above all true to their promises, moral in their port of the bulk of those ethnics. as Secretary of Housing and Ur- ness about a pluralistic society the transition period be- ban Development because she is not a one-season thing," Dufbehavior and sincere in their service. If James Earl Carter As tween election and inaugura- has a limited background in fey noted. succeeds in bringing to the presidency of this land such tion ends, it seems appropriate those areas. But the Carter AdINAUGURATION PLANS: itaqualities, he could well become one of the most outstanding to look at how Carter and his ministration is committed to a lian, Greek, Slavic, Oriental and transition staff have reacted to presidents in our history. If he fails to achieve this national policy of preserving and revitother ethnic organiations have alizing neighborhoods, and it is criticized plans for inauguration necessity then he fails not only himself but above all the ethnics in various areas.'

THE CABINET: The most expected that· sub-cabinet and festivities for not adequately repeople whom he now represent~ and to whom he has prom"ethnic" appointments have other positions will be filled by presenting the pluralistic nature ised so very much. . been those of Joseph Califano to people with more experience in of American society. As a result situations involving of their protests, two folk danhead the Department of Health, urban Education and Welfare and blacks, Hispanics and ethnics. ces planned for the inauguration Zbigniew Brzezinski as national HIRING: More than 2,000 po- will include a number of ethnic security adviser. Califano is only litical appointments remain, and dances and other changes may the third Italian ever to be these will telI a good deal about be made. named to a Cabinet post. how serious the Carter AdminBut, according to Father Paul Califano is also keenly aware istration is about finding and hir- AsciolIa of the Italian-American OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER ing qualified ethnics. .

Foundation, the ethnic organizaPublished weekly by The Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River of the need to build social policies around strong families, one Press coverage has almost extions are still disappointed that 410 Highland Avenue of the top priorities of ethnic clusively focused on efforts to an entertainment gala, which 675-7151 Fall River Mass. 02722 leaders and families. He headed attract qualified blacks and will be taped and 'edited fOf TV, PUBLISHER Carter's campaign task force women into the Administration. includes only famous stars and Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, D.O., S.lD. on the family.

But Matthew Coffey, director of does not include enough etltnics.

EDITOR' On the foreign policy level, the Carter Talent Inventory Pro- He called this approach "comFINANCIAL ADMINISTRATOR· Rev. John F. Moore, M.A. Brzezinski has shown that he is gram, said "outreach" is also mercialIy sound but not politi· Rev. Msgr. John Regan ~ leary Press- fall Rive, sensitive to human rights prob- being directed toward ethnics. cally savvy."

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Saint Hyacinth Parish Closes

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'Seeing Those Kids Joy of Life' After 16 years in charge of the educational destinies of thousands of diocesan youngsters, Msgr. Patrick J. O'Neill still lights up when he speaks of his charges.

"Seeing those kids in the morning is the joy of my life," he said, speaking of pupils at SS. Peter and Paul School, Fall River, whom he encounters daily on his wily to the Catholic Education Center, where he directs the three-pronged diocesan program serving sch091s, parish programs for children and a wide range of activities for adults.

After Feb. 1 he will still be greeting the SS. Peter and Paul youngsters, but he will not be making the trip to the Education Center, having decided, partially for reasons of health, but also and importantly "because I like being a parish priest" to devote himself full time to the pastoral ministry.

He will, however, be greatly missed on both the diocesan and national educational scenes.

Last night hundreds of his friends and colleagues told him so at a testimonal banquet at • which the chief speaker was Rev. John Myers, president of· the National Catholic Educational Assn. (NCEA). Also speaking were 'Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, Sister John Elizabeth, SUSC, representing the educational community of the diocese, and Sister Marion Geddes, RSM, superintendent of schools, who presented a volume of letters of tribute from educators and others.

Master of ceremonies for the program was a close friend of Msgr. O'Neill, Robert N. Lynch, student at Pope John XX!II Seminary and former staff member of the United States Catholic Conference.

Programs for the affair, said Sister ,Marion, were a labor of

love on the part of Sister Gertrude Gaudette, O.P., of the faculty of Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth, In three colors and individually silk-screened, they combined symbols of Msgr. O'Neill's commitment to the Fall River diocese and his parish with a sailboat, indicative of his lifelong enjoyment of boats and the water.

Speaking for those with whom the educator worked most closely, Sister Marion said, "I know I speak for the whole staff of the Education Center when I say that we will miss Monsignor O'Neill's ability to challenge those with whom he works."

And Miss Grace A. Taylor, for 26 years with the department of education, declared, "It has been a great pleasure to work with Monsignor O'Neill these past 16 years. He has shOwn in his office and among his staff the openness and understanding which make great efforts Tum to Page Seven

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Jan. 20, 1977

Unity Week Not 'Token Time' and religious education programs.

-A "growing number" of dioceses are educating their clergy in the broader permission for Catholics to enter mixed marriages with non-Catholics.

Shared Buildings -In several areas, Catholics and Protestant churches are planning new buildings together.

-In offiCial dialogues with Lutherans, Anglicans and Eastern Orthodox, .Catholic theoiogians have reached consensus on the meaning of ministry, the Eucharist and the nature of the Church. . --.Barriers between denominations have been replaced by transdenominational groupings, focused on moral concerns or single issues such as abortion or women's ordination.

-Among theological "problem areas," papal infallibility is still a stumbling block for major Protestant denominations.

"Jimmy Carter has been a good education for Catholics," Father LaFontaine said. "We've often feared Baptists because they are such radical Protestants, and are ethnically unfamiliar and geographically isolated."

Catholics are generally urban, northern and coastal, he continued. But with the growth of the Sun Belt, "you have the phenomenon of Catholics having to live with Southern Baptists in towns where the Baptists are in control socially and politically."

Because Catholics have recently had the Pentecostal movement, the "born again" experience, language and mode of prayer is not totally unfamiliar to them. And it is here that ecumenism is flourishing. he suggested.

NEW YORK (NC) - The Bishop Cronin celebrated Week of Prayer for Christian Mass last Sunday, January 16th, Unity, once known as the 1977, with the parochial com- Church Unity Octave, is no lonmunity of Saint Hyacinth's ger just a once-a-year "token" Parish in New Bedford. Although time of shared prayers but a nearly every registered parish- celebration of year-round "surioner was present for the Mass, prising" yet quiet progress in the congregation was not large, ecumenism, an official of the numbering fewer than 100 per- Franciscan Friars of the Atonesons. ment, initiators of the week, On the occasion of his visit, said here.

Atonement Father Charles V. Bishop Cr~min explained to the congregation that a lengthy, LaFontaine, associate director careful and sympathetic process of the Graymoor Ecumenical Inof study and consultation had stitute, gave this assessment of persuaded him that no alterna- , interreligious relations in the tive remained, and that he there- United States as parishes markfore intended, within a few ed the 70th annual observance days' time, to execute the for- of Unity Week, closing next mal canonical decree which Tuesday.

In an interview with NC would result in the cessation of the French-national parish.

News, Father LaFontaine said "A bishop has many pleasant these trends seemed to surface duties," he stated," and other during the last year: -The election of Jimmy Carduties which are not so pleasant." To talk of the practical ter provided Catholics with an necessity of closing Saint Hya- eye-opener and "good educacinth's Parish was, the prelate tion" in the Baptist and evangelconfided, definitely a duty of ical culture of the South. the latter sort.

-The Detroit "Call to AcBishop Cronin spoke of re- tion" conference in October was ports which he had received skimpy in explicit ecumenical from the clergy of the parish, content of shared church probpast and present, and from the lems, perhaps because of its soDean and other Diocesan visita- cial justice emphasis.

-Ecumenism has made great tors who make periodic visitations to alL parishes. Changing progress in terms of "hundreds" social patterns, these reports of local level covenants between concluded, had caused a decline Catholic and mostly Episcopal in the population of the parish, or Lutheran parishes, in which at first gradual but in recent they have agreed to pray for years more precipitous. Consult- each other and share facilities ation had, the Bishop told parishioners, been held with consultative bodies in the Diocese, including the Board of Consultors Bishop Daniel A. Cronin anand the Senate of Priests. nounces the following important The Bishop spoke of his meet- dates for the 1977 Catholic Charing with parish leaders, one of ities Appeal: whom, Mr. Norman Brassard, Klck-off Meeting - 8 p.OL Tum to Page Eleven Wednesday, April 13 at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River.

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Wintler Forgotten, Women

Letters From U.S. Youth T,ell Pope T·h,eir Hopes

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In a book titled "Relationships," author Helen Westlake has some advice for people who choose to remain single.

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Despite the snow, the Lincoln Park ballroom had been transformed by an imaginative talented committee into truly an "Island in the Sun." Flowers bloomed on every post, colorful gowns and decorative hangings, along with mounds of tropical flowers, made the dancers inside for- dy's gown was printed with and red flowers and was get the blizzard outside des-, black designed with a high waistline pite the coldest and cruelest and a semi-scooped neckline. .

New England 'winter imaginable, the Bishop's Ball was a memorable evening.

Orchid is always lovely but never more so than on someone and have families will have ed- make his work for people your with beautiful grey hair. Mrs. Margaret Lahey, assistant dir- Rita Morrow of Holy Name Parucation thrust upon them." age significant.

I was impressed with the ish in Fall River wore a striking "Write clearly. What you truth of that simple statement. , write will be sent to the Pope. two-piece simply cut blue-toned orchid grown. Cut very simple "So, make it significant, ...... lines. Another slender column thoughtful and real."

WANT PEACE: Mairead Iy of a dress in a soft, shimmery When the letters are collected, mint green Quiana was outthey will be published in an in- Corrigan, a founder of the standing on Mrs. Theresa Toulin Irish Peace Movement, says dexed book.

MARILYN of St. Mary's parish, Fall River.

Honest OpInions "99.9 percent" of Northern Iy Terry is a talented seamstress From what my friend has Ireland's people want peace.

RODERICK and this gown was her own seen, the contributions are dirMARY creation; ect, honest opinions. Interest- (NC Photo). ingly, with all the talk today While soft pastels and white ector of the Ball for the past seemed to dominate, there were about indifference, to the auth22 years, gave even the colorful many exotic splashes of red.

CARSON ority of the Pope, the letters decorations competition in ,8 Mrs. Jeanette Levesque of Notre convey the attitude that the lovely shocking pink chiffon Pope could change things if he It started me thinking about A workshop on the theme of that went perfectly with the Dame parish, Fall River, wore a some of the single people I cared to.

Contemplation and Social Jus- theme of an Island paradise. striking red outfit showing the know. Curiously, the ones who Oriental influence. It was comObviously Pope Paul has little tice will be co-sponsored from are directly involved in the ed- opportunity to dialog with to- 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Miss Lahey always has an out- prised of pleated culottes and a ucation' of young people seem day's teen-agers. Yet, as "Re- Jan. 22 by the Sisters' Senate standing outfit for the yearly red chiffon overtop scrolled to be the ones best keeping up lationships" pointS out, the of the Fall River diocese and event, but this year she outdid with gold motifs. Mrs. Nora Berube of St. Dominic's parish, with what is going on in the young thrust education upon us. the Vicar for Religious of the herself.

There were so many beautiful Swansea, also chose a flattering world.

I hope that when this book Providence Diocese at the SpirAnd those who are "out of is delivered to Pope Paul, he itual Life Center, 141 Power gowns worn by so many lovely two piece red jersey. The form women that this columnist fitting gown was ,topped by a touch" are generally the ones reads - and believes - it. He Road, Pawtucket. who have little or no day-to-day will gain some insights regardAll priests and religious of wishes she had both space to short jacket of the $ame red and conversation with the young. ing the Church that could come the two dioceses are invited to describe them and time during white print as the basic sheath.

These thoughts were going only from the young. They "tell attend and further information the event to talk to them. Som- White pearls picked up the though my mind when one of it as it is," with no attempt' to is available from Sister Gertrude erset was well represented by white in the print of the gown. my favorite single friends,' a be subtle.

An oriental design was the Lauzon, O. P., 37 Park St., Fall Mrs. Bertha Borge of St. John of God and Mrs. Elinor Kirkman Christian Brother who teaches choice of Rita La France of St. For example, one of my teen- River, telephone 672-6563. high school religion, dropped in age daughters concluded her Sister Gertrude said the day of St. Thomas More. Mrs. Borge John the Baptist parish, Westfor a visit. He told me about a letter to Pope Paul by saying: will be conducted by Rev. Wil- was also wearing a floating chif- port. The Tori Richards creaproject the Brothers have under- "If today's young people are liam Connolly, SJ, and will in- fon, hers delicately printed with tion sported a matching mandtaken which I think is a great turned off by the Church, when clude 'conferences, discussion salmon and pink flowers of a arin necklined jacket and slim idea. all the older people die, who sessions and a closing Euchar tropical design, and accented by fashionable lines cut from subThey are asking 800 teen- will you have left?" sessions and a closing Euchar- gold jewelry and accessories. tly printed pure silk.

Mrs. Kirkman's soft and short agers to write letters to Pope Many gowns had matching Good question. pale blue crepe was very flatte}'Paul. The Brothers are organize~ jackets, a perfect choice for a I think the Christian Brothers into eight provinces covering ~ ing. frigid evening. Mrs. Pat Correia deserve a great deal of credit ~ the United States, and each of In Mrs. Kirkman's party her of Our Lady of Angels parish, the provinces is gathering 100 for taking the trouble to offer : SHE,ET METAL :, sister-in-law, Helen Kirkman of Fall River, wore one of these. young people's opinions to the letters, so there will be input , J. TESER, Prop. ~ Holy Name Parish, Fall River, Her deep aqua crepe was finPope.

But then the Brothers' from all parts of the country. : RESIDENTIAL I wore a striking black, white and ished with a cape-like top which The teen-agers who are tak- business is young people. They ~ INDUSTRIAL : silver two-piece pant outfit. when removed revealed .a slim, the future of the Church know ing part are given a very simple COMMERCIAL ~ Mrs~ .Florence Harrington, also sophisticated crepe column. : . is in the young. instruction before writing their I 253 Cedar St., New Bedford I from Holy Name, chose a black I wonder how Pope Paul will In Mrs. Correia's party Mrs. letters: f, , 993-3222 ,_, #~ ~ pajama type ensemble topped Dorothea Almeida, an active regard the book?

"In the Fall of 1977, the Pope with a chiffon over-blouse in worker in Our Lady of Angels, is calling a meeting of the bisshades of blue, and Mrs. Eileen wore a ~piece knit with hops across the world. They are Plichta, a teacher at Nazareth threads of orange, rust and silcalled together to talk about Hall, looked lovely in a roman- ver making up the design. This people your age. They are called tic Scarlett O'Hara type dress of color combination was striking JANUARY 22, 1973 together to talk about the way brown and white polka dots with her silvery white hair. The in which the Church can help "Suppose that you are building up a fabric of human deswith a large white collar. third member of this trio, Mrs. you live deep, effective lives. tiny with the object of making people happy at last and givChiffon in a more fitted ver- Janice Santos, also of this par"I would like you to take out ing them peace and rest, but that in order to do so it is sion was worn by a young mot- ish, looked slender and youthful necessary and unavoidable to torture a single tiny baby . . . her of four, one of my former in a soft silver grey gown with and to found your, building on its tears ... would you agree students, Trudy Antaya .of St. long sleeves and a scooped gato undertake the building on that condition?"

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Continued from Page Three assignment took him to Bolivia, where he founded the country's first parochial school. He was also in China and Brazil, before going to Pero, where once again be founded the nation's first parochial school, as ,part of the ~. of Lima'.' first parish named in, honor of its patron saint, S1. Rose Of Lima.

The· parish, regarded as a DlCideI, included, besides the church and schools from primaiy through 1,2tb grade, a social service center, a convent, a rec· tory ~ 'a credit union. Among its Workers from 1961 to 1964 WllS the first Papal Volunteer to Latin America, a young teacher from Utah enrolled in the Latin America aid program. .Over the years. Father 'Lawler kept in close touch With the Fall., River diocese and, many stories of' his accomplishments appeared in ~ Anchor. He was ,a frequent visitor here, on his trips to the United States and , bi$ survivors include a brother, Francis J. Lawler, fonner New Bedford mayor. Another brother, Robert S. Lawler, is in Panama City, Panama.

Interment of the missioner ,was in Peru. .

Father Alexis <;ontimJed from Page Three and Holy Trinity ChureJ1, West Harwich.

In 1!l39 Father Alexis was signed to Washington, D.C. .lWhere he taught at Sacred Hearts 8eminilry and studied at the Catholic UQiversity of' America, becoming a professor of mUSic there and at Sisters' College." , Re~ing to the Fall River di~ in 1952, he served as pastor of St. Boniface Church, New Bedford, until 1953, when he be~ came pastor' of' St: Francis Xavier Church, Acushnet, ser~ ving thereuntil 1963. when he . . . named pastor :of Sacred ,Hearts Church. North Fairhaven., " III 19'n Father Alexis became chaPlain at.-Saered Heart Home, _New Bedford. wheJ'e he remained untifllis retirement'to Sacred BeariaMonastery, Fairhaven, ,·last year.

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Joy· of My Life Continued from Page Five dOn't necssarily uk • 'child for possible. I am sure thJs has beenhls opipion en whether .thaAmfelt throughout the diocese. I erican Revolution waS a good wish him much bappiness in his thing or not. You ]ust .expect futUre· ministry." him to learn the facts about it."

Wheel He said that recent research in Last week Msgr. O'Neill took the ways a child leama and the a .reflective took at-"his career ages at .....hich various levels' 01 in educatiOn. beginning when on . =..~ sbort notice he stepped. into the shoes of his predecessor, religioUs educa'on. "although 'mistakes ~bave been made in Ed\vard J. Gorman, to whom this'·..... and probab''Iy stiU • ...;. "., GOWEN JUBIlARlANS: Sister Theresa 'of JesUs Bou- Rev. he paid high tribute. "He was -...... .....

Speaking personally, Masr. chard (left) and Sister Imelda M8rtineaubaYece1ebrated.50 the great. educational giant of he 'said, "~d it O'Neill said that his involvement years as Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine Of Siena. Their the diocese," . with NCEA has been his 4CreaJ really wasn't difficult to follow love andcbiet volunteer 'eomjubilee Mass was celebrated at.~ Fall River motberhouse him., He bad his office and recof the conununity by Rev. JosepbMartineau. ,pastOr ofSt. ords so wen organized that there mitment".during the past 16 Michael's Church, Swansea, and brother of Sister tmelda. was no confusion whatever.... years. He has served the organBut if there was no confusion iia~'.as 'tuesident of itS . .

It followed by a banquet. Sister Theresa, 'mother general ~eBt of,'Chief AdminiStra;. of her congregation for many years, 'opened manY"DeW con;' within, Msgr. O'Neill's tenure as torS Of Catholic Edocati&1 and . vents and a North Dartmouth novitiate. She taught at the diocesan superintendet)t and then director of education has span- has held membership on many of former .Dominican Academy and is presently· superior of ned a period of unequalled con. its committees. Additionally,' he St. :Peters Convent, Plattsburgh, N.Y. Sister Imelda has fusion, without, as educators has serVed on· state education committeeS and was_ the first· done d~tic work in Fall River, Al:U$bnet 'arid Platts- have sampled a smorgasbord of Catholic administrator' to be a burgh convents and also worked with chUdren at the former approaches to teachin • ... chainnait . of the Independent St. John's Day Nursery in Fall River; For 15 years s~e was "NOW," he said, '''there seems School C{>Dimission of the New to ~ a rediscovery of the wheel England Assn. of SCJtools arid sacriStan at St. Ann~'s Church, Fall River. She in the-sense that we're going Colleges. ' ' active at the Fall River motherhouse. ' back to ,basics. The post SputOn the diocesan level, he said ~ nik era created a curriculum ex- one of his major efforts has Msgr~JollnE; plosion that in some places been to make Catholic schools , , found innovations implemented as independent as possible, "I . Continued from Page'Three.

1974. ..He resided until the t~e too quickly. Virtue. as always, see the pri~"""-l- as the key to the CathOll·C Welfare Bureau, of his death at the Catholic is in the middle~" he continued; ~ the school," --he said, "and our residiQg as chaplain at S1. Vin- Memorial Home, Fall River. "but . ~ have been exciting job as _training principals to' do , cent's Ho~e.

Msgr. Boyd's funeral Mass' years and in spite of everything their work effectively." To this w~ concelebrate(l on Tuesday I feel that curriculums hav'e imHis ..many activities for years of this week at St. Patrick's proved. We're more sensitive to en~ . he noted, many functions included broadcast of a weekly Church, Fall River. His Excel- the needs of individual kids." that used to be performed op the I· p. program, "A Cath'OIC nest leney, the Most Rev. Daniel A. Commenting on dropouts, an diocesan level for schools have Looks at tJ1e News," over a Fall Cronin was chief concelebrant, ever-looming problem' on the been channeled ~ to them.

River radio station ,and he also assisted by A!JXiliary Bishop public;,. school horizOn, Magr.

Sallln& S~ • broadcast descn.ptions of many Timothy Harrington, Worcester; O'Neill said the rate "approachAt the end of, this month iiturgical ceremonies, from St. Rev. Howard A. Waldron;' Rev. es zero" in Catholic schools, Magi'. O'Neill wiD attend an e4~, Mary's Cathedral and other James Mcshane, a nephew; Rev. but noted 'that youngSters ''who ucators' ,meeting in Miami, fotchui'ches of ·the diocese. On the Maurice Jeffrey; Rav. Kevin F. pay tuition and know 'that they , Jolflng it with a sailing vacation occasion of the funeral of the -Tripp, homilist; and scores of will get a lot of homework" are in Florida waters. In this favlate Bishop Jfmes E. Cassidy ltiocesan priests. not. usuaIl)' dropoutma~' orite' recreation be is frequently it was estimated that he reachThe prelate is" survived by The educator: also commented joln.ed by. his brother, Rev. Cored over one million listeners as two. sisters, Mrs. Russell :Mein- on religious education following nelius i.' O'Neill, pastor of St. he described the rites. bold of Providence a,nd Mrs. Vatican n, which, might be James Church, New Bedford.

His out8tanding contributions James McShane of Quincy. tenned the Church's Sputnik. Other interests include' swimwere recognized by his fellow "There was a springtime fer- ming and "'amateur carpentry in priests wbo elected him many Day vor period' in which there was the parish." times ,to the Priests' Senate.

Recollection' S an eJi1phasis on experience over But-most of all he looks forIII testbnony to his work and A series of days of recollec- COlttent _in religious education. ward to more active iftvo1Yeliw.nt devotion to the Church. he was tion for nuns, to be held on the During that time ~ts would . with the affairs~ of 55. Peter created a Domestic Prelate on last Sun~ay of each month, W~ll ask me, 'What are you ~ple 'and Paul, in' particular .with the July 20, 1967. His c:oneern for begin thIS Sunday at Our Lady s trying, to teach the kids, any- lucky kids who are the joy of the underpriviledged involved" Chapel, 600. Pleasant St., New way?' But now programs are his life.

Msgr. Boyd in many community .Bedford. To take place from. 2 re-emphasizidg e»nten1." activities, for which he received to 4:30 p.m., the programs will Magr. O'Neill belives in c.ontJnmISta1rahie the Lex King Souter Humani- indude a conference buedon tent. ,"Ithfhk there·s a purpose "Only when the members of tarian Award in August" 1976. ,the book,' ''Models Qfthe in having youngsters learn truths , . .

Church," by Avery Dulles, SJ,Il and God's laws, whether they the Church allow the Spirit to Due to failing~ health, Msgr. coffee break, exposition· of the . believe in and observe them per- declare His presence within Boyd retired. last year. from St.Blessed Sacrament and shared sonally or not. If they don't them will those outside the fold Patrick's Parish, Wareham, prayer, foDowed by 8enedictiori even know them, how can they be convinced that here is the unwhere he had been assigned in and Mass. CorifeBsions will be ever keep them? mistakable witness to Christ.", 'laeard throughout the afternoon.

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Bishop's Ba,ll Highlights Proud fathers escort. their daughters for presentation to Bishop Cronin at 2200 annual Bishop's l3all. In center picture presentees gather with prelate for souvenir picture of never to be forgotten occasion. At center left, Mr. and Mrs. James Welch and Dr. and Mrs. Frank Leary of Holy -Name parish, New Bedford, enjoy colorful scene from their box. Center right, Mr. ,and Mrs. Antone Maseda andMr~ and Mrs. James Cleary of Sacred~Heart parish, Oak Bluffs, agree trip from their island homes was distinctly worthwhile. Bottom left, Bishop Cronin is escorted by ball co~ chairmen Antone Pacheco, president of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. and Mrs. Michael J. McMahon, president of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women. Right, diocesan group chats with Bishop who commented on event's Caribbean island theme that it should remind participants that "no man is an island" ~nd works of charity such as the ball afford opportunity for'diocesans to help one another.,

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In a ,bate little I'OOIll with. cracked and peeling walls, j)is, ter Terry Beaudreau spoke of wanting to proVide ..hearth ex· perience" for these poo)'. it giv· . ing of warmth spiritually as well as physically. a' sharing of "'the bread that does nOt come ' in it loaf.

"It is more than just the giv. ing of ~." Terry offered. "It

to celebrate its anniversary mus. There was no meal to be had that evening, nothing to

be . gained by coming but 'a tremendous sense of giving and ~ng in community. It was indeed a "hearth experience."

As .one elderly guest. who lives on the streets and serves by taking care of the garbage at the HOt,IS~ said, "Hey. Sister, do you tile know rm a son/of God?" is our hope that by feediJlg On. another, recent dBy. 65 of poor. clothing the nak~ giving ,these sons of 1"--1 in a tente.d ~ drink to the thirsty, We might create a sense of community 8IDODg the caring and the eaied for; that we might open them up to ail awareness of each~ as brothers' and sist4b.ft'

No, M'CAuleyHou.se is' ~ a bona fide spci8Iseivice agency.

Most -'of the people who- 'come IackmOtivatic:in to get ~I­ ,ves invol~, on their own, in a regulatiOn agency. 'Ib~/ are; for ,the most part, frightened, too beaten to unravel the red tape.

The, McAuley House staff ,sees RIf.J. .IISe,1I 1Uerce. Splritllal Dhmr itself' as an advocate for these Author and Producer of people. encouraging thelrt' to The New England Passion l!Iay perservere in contact with such

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Plans are beii1g negotiated in valuable resources. There .. a ' conjunction with an .existing need for 8Ilything and every_ 'alcoholics program; ai1d some thing: bolGP' plutic~ even go further - thtee of the' paper plates,' paper .toWels and guests ma4e a' w~kend ,retreat napkms" ~P. 'trash, bags. lunch and ~e of them returned to the bags, dishtoweIs,. oven <'~ . Church after ten yean. ten-pound' can8 of beans. tapto- ' "We dream of a larger house," ca fruit cocktail. money for Sister Terry mused. '''We' care ~t; cookies. handaids; cigarfor the tired ()f heart. They so ettes, sugar. cheese. tuna. men's much need a place to corne in lOCks. 'winter coats, women's and sit down ai1d just-be with pantyhose. salt and pepper' sha-. one another.",·kelS, spaghetti of an Idnda,and So many have no roof, over mops and a paH-with-~er• are' proNeed we say more? Happy. their he8ds. 'S~ vided rooms at'the YMCA when New 'Year to every family from there are enoulh· funds. There . the family at McAuley House, are no state, no federal endow- '46' Gallup Street, Providence. A ments. "If the f~' comes in, different 8$peCt, perhaPS•. of. tlle· • we eat," Sister Terry philoso- familiar S"JSter of Mercy~ A phized; "if it doesn't we don·t." ~nce.maybe. fot Mercy pupils, 'But McAuley HO\lse must be '- old and yoUng. to aelupeD what ~ blessed by God, because ,He they've been ~ taught! , ' <

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Jan. 26., Holy Trinity, _West Harwich. Rev. James Nickel, SS. CC., telephone 432-0650.

- Father Methot noted that the help of volunt~rs willing to aid with arrangements for the meet· ings will be appreciated. Such persons may contact any of the priests listed. " "This meeting will be informal." he noted in a letter to persons who had indicated their in· terest in support groups, "yet it is an important step for dtilter· mining needs and direction. The nature of support groups is that the direction for the _group' comes from the participants themselves. We consider your contribution in this endeavor to be valuable. Please join us."

.THE ANCHORThurs., Jan. 20, 1977

The Parish Parade Publicity chairmen of parish or,lnlzatlons Ire ISked to submit news Items for this column to The Anchor. P. O. Box 7, Fill River. 02722. Nlme of city or town should be Included IS well IS full dltes of III Ictlvltles. please send news of future rather thin llIst .vents. Note: the ume news Item can be used only OIIce. PlelSe do not request that we repelt an Innouncement leverel times.

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The Couples' Club will sponsor a Winter Wonderland dance from 8 p.m. to midnight Saturday. Jan. 22 in the parish hall on Main Road. Music will be by the Gene Oliver Duo and Miss Lynn D will offer a ma~ic program. Refreshments will be served. Reservations may be made with Mr. and Mrs. John Poulton, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Condon or Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fernandes.

ST. ANNE, FALL RIVER,

A roast chicken supper sponsored by the parish committee will be served in the school auditorium Saturday evening, Jan. 22.

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Also to be sponsored by the committee is a ski weekend Feb. 18 through 20.

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A whist party, open to the public, will be held at 1:30 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 23 in the Father Coady Center. In charge of arrangements are Mrs. Noel T. Harrison and Mrs. Edward Johnson.

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The Women's Guild will sponthree dinner-theatre bus trips to Chateau de Ville, Warwick.

All are open to non-members and those interested may call Helen Ouellette, telephone 6744050. The programs will be "Caesar Salad," Sunday, F$.

20; "Unsinkable Molly Brown," Sunday, March 20; and "Sand· ler and Young," Sunday, May 22.

VATICAN CfIY (NC) - The 1977 edition of the "Annuario Pontificio," the official year· bORk of the Holy See, shows that 19 residential Sees were created and 128 new arChbishops and bishops were ordained during 1976.

The yearbook shows 221 institutes of men Religious with a total membership of 253,903, 1,173 institutes of women Religious with 777,768 members.

Apostolic nunclatures were opened in Cape Verde, Iceland and MorocCO in 1976, according to the yearbook.

The number of Catholic universities remained the same at 46, and the number of theological faculties in st3te universities remained at 33. But the yearbook indicates that two new faculties of ecclesiastical studies were opened last year, bringing their number to 33.

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Knights of the' Altar and Junior Corps members will be in· stalled at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 23, with Rev. John FoIster, pastor of Sacred Heart Church, Fall River, as homilist.

Urges Portugal Join Market OPORTO, Portugal (N:C)-Bishop Antonio Ferreira Gomes of Oporto has urged Portugal to enter the European Common Market, calli~ it one of the main hopes for peace in the world.

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by John Sowa and Polish foods will be available. Tickets may be obtained at the door or reserved by calling 678-1503 or 676-8603.

SACRED HEART. FAU. RIVER

Confirmation classes will be held at 10 a.m. each Saturday, beginning the first week of Feb· ruary. All eighth and ninth grade students, whether in public or parochial schools, must register for reception of the sacrament by Saturday, Feb. 5 with Father Joseph Viveiros.

The Linden Club party will be held at 7:30 Saturday, Jan. 30 and prospective members may contact Ginger Carey, telephone 674-0205 or Brenda Lopes, 676-2367.

ST. JOHN OF GOD. SOMERSET

A Swiss steak ~pper and dance will be sponsored by the Holy Name Society Saturday, Jan. 22, in the Church hall. Supper will be served at 7 p.m. and dancing will follow until midnight. Tickets are available at the rectory.

Portugal's economic problems and political turmoil have prevented it from meeting Common Market entrance requirements.

Bishop Ferreira, a foe of the Salazar dictatorship overthrown in 1974, is considered one of the most progressive Church leaders iii Portugal.

At similar ceremonies for world peace in Lisbon, Cardinal Antonio Ribeiro said that I'virulent ideologies, terrorism and abortion are the main enemies of peace."

He lamented recent ideological conflict and terrorism in Portugal and added: "In the name of false liberation, and invoking the risks of illegal abortions, some media foster a compaign for liberalized abortion laws."

"Peaceful coexistence is only possible when political ideologies divest themselves of virulence and totalitarian traits," the cardinal added.

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All the consultation led to the same conclusion.

The Bishop laUded the admirable spirit which the waning number of faithful parishioners had shown to their Parish. He expressed' his gratitude to them and pledged his persorial concern and affection for all.

Parishioners, the Bishop ex-

·plained, could opt to affiliate either with Saint Anne's Frenchnational Parish in New Bedford or with the territorial parish in which their homes are located.

Records of sacramental ministrations given ov~r the years at Saint Hyacinth's Church would henceforth be maintained in the archives of Saint Anne's Parish, located in New Bedford's South End. Present on the altar with Bishop Cronin were Monsignor Luiz G. Mendonca, Pastor of the neighboring Parish of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Vicar General of the Diocese, Monsignor Thomas J. Harrington, Chancellor of the Diocese, Fa-

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KNOW YOUR FAITH !Faith: Choosing God's Choice of Us

By Father Alfred McBride, O. Praem.

The story of the call of the prophet Jeremiah is a case study of the meaning of faith. Born in the little town of Anatoth, a few miles north of Jersusalem, Jeremiah anticipated a quiet, unassuming career as a low ranking clergyman. Anatoth was a retirement community for clergy and Jeremiah was born of a priestly family. His own self image was' that of a frail, shy unpolitical type personality. He hated crowds. He abhorred public speaking. It was anguish for him to do even the most obsure public duties be(ore the eyes of an audience.

In another age he would probably have been a faceless clerk in a large bureaucracy - and have been perfectly happy at that.

But God had other plans for this young man. The Lord entered his consciousness and called him to leave the little village, go up to Jerusalem and undertake the ministry of calling the sinful people to grace.

Jeremiah, who could scarcely tell a dog to get out of his way, was now supposed to stand up in the temple and accuse the people of their selfishness, hat-

'reds, superstitions, adulteries," thefts and cheatings. He who could barely stare into the eye of the mayor of Anatoth is called by God to eyeball the very governors of Jerusalem - in· deed the king himself - and tell them to their faces that they think no more of God than they do of slaves in the royal kitchens.

Jeremiah may have been a . retiring personality, but he was not dumb. He knew what God was asking. He realized the consequences - and. he hated the very thought of putting him~erf in the public eye in so compromising a fashion.

And he told God as much. "I am too young. I know not how to speak." (Jer. I, 6) The spare biblical statement masks the full brunt of his protest. He cites his youth to illustrate his awkwardness and the lack of credibility before the sophisticated middle class and royal courtier crowd in Jerusalem. And as far as his speech was concerned, it was not just that he lacked platform presence or a stage personality. He claimed he simply could not bear to stand before the eyes of others in so bold a manner.

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II . What Will We Make of Life? I

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Hosea, Ez. 16,6-14).

God's covenant with His people was renewed and given even deeper meaning in Christ, whose blood is the blood of the new and everlasting covenant (Mk. 14,24 and par.). God's choice of us as His people is irrevocable; it is etched into our hearts (Rom 5,5, 8,4-16; cf. Jer' 31,31-34); because of it we are a Turn to Page Thirteen

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By Msgr. Joseph M. Champlin

Mention the word "pope" or the name Pope Paul VI to certain persons, including some Roman Catholics, and you can immediately- sense a feeling of reserve, displeasure, even hostility cOI?e over them.

For those people the Pope is a distant figure dressed in white, that man who rules with unquestioned authority a rna· moth, cold, institutional, highly organized church, the individual behind those Vatican stlltements which seem so out of touch with today's society.

Here in Rome we look at Pope Paul from a different viewpoint, an approach reflected in the title most often used when speaking about him: Our Holy Father. .This vision of Pope Paul sees him as the' universal man of prayer, a sensitive, singular individual who carries the burdens and joys of the entire world, of every nation in his heart.

That universality and humanness becomes very evident in the weekly papal audiences.

They are held on Wednesday mornings at 11 :00 in the plain, spacious, but extremely functional hall constructed specifically for these gatherings.

I sat for a recent audience in the glass-enclosed press area, a section equipped with closed circuit television. This marvelous vantage point above the 7,000 participants and at one side of the auditorium, enabled me to see everything and hear each word Before the Holy Father arrived, commentators described in several languages the traditional procedure Pope Paul would follow during his audience: the sign of the cross, a brief religious message, introduction of the bishops present, acknowledgement of special groups from many nations, the Our Father (in Latin) and a final bleSSing.

The universal quality of both the sign of the cross and the sung "Pater Noster" strikes an observer at once. So, too, how. ever, does the introduction of bishops who are in Rome o~ .business or a pilgrimage. They came, for example, from such places as Canada, Australia, Poland, Italy and Africa, including a native prelate from that down under continent. Those in

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Often during the audience, our Holy Father extended his A Caring Father Pope Paul spoke and acted in- particular blessing to the elderdeed as a holy, spiritual, caring ly, the infirm and the children. father. He talked about the In what was for me the most needs of people today, not only moving portion of the morning, their bodily or material de- Pope Paul put those words into mands, but their spiritual re- practice at the conclusion of the hour and half event. quirements as well.

A pilgrimage of invalids from Then the Holy Father introduced the various groups of pil- Boston were summoned forward grims, often interjecting a com- by the pope when he had comment of encouragement or a pleted the formal portion of the program. An older woman, carword of concern.

After the final blessing, Pope ried in a wheel chair to the Paul moved slowly about to Holy Father, received his indivgreet individually a few persons idual blessing. Then a man bearor clusters of participants. He ing in his arms a young son gave a warm embrace to a re- without any arms stepped up. tired Lutheran bishop from Swe- Pope Paul kissed the child, emden; showed special affection braced ~e f!lther and blessed for the visiting priests from Mi- them both.

This is the man we pray for lan (his episcopal see before at every Mass during the euchelection as pope); waved with enthusiasm to the numerous aristic prayer. We speak of God on his behalf, worship in union with him, and call him to mind at the important part of the liturgy.

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(Copyright (c) 1976 by Director-Norman A. Hallett NC News Service)

Faith: Choosing God's Faith In Us Continued from Page Twelve God simply waved aside the objections. God did not want a polished public speaker, nor did He intend to send a distinguished silver-haired wise man who would persuade by the sweet reasonableness of his presence and smooth talk.· God decided on an apparently poor choice: a young unseasoned person with a halting capacity for the rich cadences of speech. "To whomever I send you, you shall go; Whatever I command you, you shall say. Have no fear before them, because I am with you to deliver you, says the Lord."

Jeremiah pondered this offer.

He resisted, He squirmed. He rationalized. He asked his friends. They were no real help for they agreed he would be a poor choice. He wouldn't last half a day in Jerusalem before they hounded him out of the city with laughter and perhaps a few tomatoes thrown at him. Still Jeremiah reflected on God's promise, "I will be with you. I will

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be in your heart and bones, keeping your bones from shaking and your heart from faltering fear. My love will eventually drive out the fear that holds you back. Let me in."

God had chosen Jeremiah. But it was up to Jeremiah to accept that choice, to take the risk of faith and let God into his life.

Jeremiah could recite a thousand reasons for not doing it.

But he found himself strangely touched and moved by this offer of love. "Let me in," said God. And Jeremiah finally opened his heart, made a faith choice to let God into his life. The results were astounding. Through the years, Jeremiah grew into one of the world'~ greatest prophets. Not overnight. Not without grief. But surely and steadily to the point that we treasure his life and his witness 2,500 years later.

"Let me in," says God to each of us. "All right. Lord, do come in."

(Copyright (c) 1976 by NC News Service)

Pastoral Letter

What Will We Make of Life Continued from Page Twelve royal priesthood and a holy nation (1 Pet 2,9) whose high priest, Jesus, is forever with the Father interceding for us and inaugurating our communion with Him (Heb 8,8-12).

Yes, God has chosen us, and in choosing us He has chosen all men and women of every age. For we are simplv to he the vanguard of His kingdom, His reign of love and justice and peace. By choosing us, and in particular by freely choosing to become Himself one of us, He reveals to us our sanctity and our vocation.

God invites us to choose life (cf. Dt. 4,1) and in Jesus He makes this possible. What, in practice, does this mean? It means that we are to respond gratefully and joyfully to God's choice of us. We are to look upon life itself and the goods of life - health, knowledge, play, friendship, justice, peace - as gifts from His loving hands. We are to recognize them for what they are and to love them properly.

This means that we are to love these goods because they really are goods of human persons and created participations in the goodness of God Himself.

We are not to make of them idols or substitute gods.

That would be quite wrong, for God alone is the highest good, to be loved above every created good. But we are to acknowledge them for what they are: real goods of human persons, gifts from the loving God that He wills to communicate to

and share with us and that He wills that we communicate and share with others.

We reject God's choice of us when we close our hearts to these goods and to the human persons in whom they are incarnated and for whom they are meant. We reject His choice of us when we look on them as our private possessions and refuse to realize that all human beings, all the children of God, have a right to them. We reject His choice of us when we deliberately, of set purpose, set out to destroy these goods in ourselves and in others.

Most important of all, we ratify God's choice of us as His people when we choose to act as He did in Jesus. If we, His people, are to choose God's choice of us, we will choose to be like Him and to make of our lives and oblation, a gift, of service to Him in and with and for the persons with whom we share our lives..

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Justice Marshall's question came after Eugene P. Freeman. deputy city counselor for the Missouri City, described the matter before the court as "something broader" than the question of whether St. Louis' city hospitals should providE' non-therapeutic abortions.

Freeman's 'courtroom opponent maintained that since maternity services are offered by the two St. Louis municipal hospitals, so also should abortions be offered, regardless of medical indications.

But Freeman appeared to surprise the nine justices with his insistence that abortion is simply wrong.

"There is a world of difference between childbearing and abortion," the St. Louis official said.

"Childbearing is the natural consummation of pregnancy, and life is its end," he said. On the pther hand, he continued, "Abortion is an interruption of a natural process; death and obliterati{)n are its ends."

He called abortion "genocidal," and an assault on a female's womanhood. "But childbearing fulfills her womanhood," Freeman said.

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By cecelia Belanger

I prom'ised a couple of young space buffs that I would d() a column on the Viking landing on Mars and ships in cosmic oceans. I promised it - not because I know very much about these things - but because I was lucky enough to have had an expert for a teacher two summers ago. His name: Carl Sagan.

He is the Duncan professor of astronomy and space sciences at Cornell University, director of its Laboratory for Planetary Studies, and a member of the science team for Viking at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. He is .brilliant, young, and refers to himself as "a Jewish boy from Brooklyn who made good," We were mostly lay students in his class and we knew little about astronomy, but he has such a talent for making complicated matters understood that we left his class much better informed about space.

It's been three centuries since man has taken off on a real epic voyage. It's as if in this pause he was gathering the wherewithal to launch upon his greatest. In the past, the caravelles which discovered the Americas, plied the Pacific and circumnavigated our planet were manned. The interplanetary instrumented devices from Earth, partly 'under control of the distant home planet and partly on their own.

Carl Sagan vigorously defends the space program. He says, the lengths of the voyages of the past and now are comparable.

That compared to the gross national product of Spain, England or France in the sixteenth century, the realtive costs of exploratory missions are now much less.

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SHE'S THE QUEEN: Melanie Harrington is crowned Homecoming Queen at Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth, by Michelle Correira. Others in picture, from left, Neill Solomon, John Abaray, Paul Streibig, Leo Racine, Kathy Schedler, Dane Clark.

Teen Faces Court Trial For 'Abortion Protest The parents of 16-year-old edience," said Mrs. Kreitzer, the Mary B. McKernan of Arling- mother of a first grader and ton, Va., who faces juvenile two pre-schoolers. court action next month followShe was arrested along with ing a demonstration at an abor- the seven others as they reporttion clinic in suburban Fairfax, ,edly blocked access to the aborVa. are proud of her action. tions rooms at the Northern Asked whether she would per- Virginia Women's Medical ,Cenmit her daughter's name to be' ter. They were charged with made public, Mrs. John V. Mc- "obstructing free passage of Kernan said, "Certainly. We're others," and released in their proud of our daughter. There own recognizance to await trial.

About 20 placard - carrying are so many people of her gensupporters demonstrated outside eration on the other side of the as the eight were picked up issue, and they get plenty of bodily by police and carried to publicity." vans waiting outside the clinic.

Speaking for the seven others Another of those arrested, arrested with Mary, Mrs. Mary Mrs. Joan Harris of Arlington, Ann Kreitzer of Alexandria, Va. . said: "The abortion chambers termed the demonstration "just that we blocked were all set up a beginning." and ready for operation. Seeing She praised peaceful demon- the glass jar of the suction mastrations, such as the March for chine, it suddenly seemed so Life to be held in Washington important to be blocking that Saturday, the fourth anniver- door."

Also arrested were Mrs. Kay sary of the Supreme Court abortion decisions, but insisted that· Bailey of Alexandria; Mrs. Ann more militant action is also Schutt of Beltsville, Md.; Laszek Syski of Silver Spring, Md.; needed.

William Ryan of Kensington, "A year ago I probably would Md., and John O'Keefe of Wind.' not have set out to get arrest- sor, Conn. ed," Mrs. Kreitzer told NC Trial dates for the eight were News. But the lack of progress set from Feb. 1 to March 4. by the pro-life forces means the peaceful demonstrations are not having sufficient impact by themselves, she continued.

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Holy Family High School Booster Club will sponsor a Valentine dance from 8 p.m. to midnight Saturday, Feb. 12 at Kennedy Center, County Street, New Bedford.

Music will be by the Inter-' ludes and tickets are available from the high school or from Mrs. Dolores Vasconcellos, tele~ . phone 996-4659.

Proceeds will benefit the New Bedford school's athletic; program.

Now, it seems years I'm back in the city where nothing is clear But, thoughts of me - holding you, Bringing us near, and tell me • • • When will our eyes meet When can I touch you • • • When will this strong yearning end And, when will I hold you again • • • Time in New England took me away To long, rocky beaches And you, by the bay • • • We started a story whose end must now wait I feel the change comin' I feel the wind blow I feel brave and daring I feel my blood flow • • • With you I could bring out Ali the love that I have With you there's a heaven So earth ain't so bad. (c) 1975 Unart Music Corp./Piano Picker Music Music and Lyrics by Randy Edelman Performed by Barry Manilow "Weekend in New England" expresses life's. excitement.

After having spent a weekend in New England with someone special" the singer talks of a "yearning" to return to the person, the "long, rocky beaches" the feelings of "heaven," AlI, these feelings reflect the revitalization -of life. That weekend is a p'erfect example of someone totally involved in living.

A couple of months ago, I attended a Barry Manilow concert. Among his other hit songs are: "Mandy," "Tryin" to Get the Feeling Again," "It's a Miracle," "This Song's For You," and" I Write the Songs." He has also authored such commercial hits as the jingle for McDonalds, State Farm Insurance, Pabst, and many others. Throughout the concert one felt that he not only was performing but was living his songs.

His ballads made the loves in his life come alive with the fullness as well as the hurts involved with love.

At one point when the response of the audience was still polite and reserved, he commented that he could see they "wanted blood." And blood he gave. He poured his life out to that group of people. As I left, I felt that life was truly good. and exciting. I was renewed to embrace life fully again, as my senses haq been revived by this performer.

"Weekend in New England" offers each of us the chal~ lenge to come to terms with our life. Through Barry Manilow, it likewise presents us with the question of whether we inspire others to a fullness of life, pouring out our gifts and talents so that others may find new life.

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Interscholastic Sports

IN THE DIOCESE

By BILL MORRISSETTE

Stang Girl Hoopsters Going Great Guns Despite the lack of really high average scorers, the Bishop Stang High basketball team, entering this week, was leading its conference with a 5-0 slate and was unbeaten in eight outings. The Spartanettes were scheduled to meet runnerup Dartmouth last Monday night in a confer- neau, New Bedford Yoke, 13.3 second, third and fourth. ence game. Dartmouth, be- were Sixth-place Debbie Miller was fore that Monday night 12.4; Joanne Dobney, ·Fairhaven, game, was 3-1 in conference and 9-2 overall.

Joanne Bourque and Cathy David of Stang· ranked ninth and 10th among the leading scorers with 10.4 and 9.1 averages. Dartmouth's only player in that group is fifth-place Mary V~ntura with an average of 12.7.

Mary Beehan, of New Bedford High, is the leader with 19.0.

Cathy Bernard, F~irhaven, 14.5, Yvetter St. Amand, St. Anthony, 14.0, and, Terry Charbon-

11.4, ranked seventh and Holy Family's Carmen Quinones eighth.

After Stang and Dartmouth in the standings are Fairhaven 3-2, New Bedford 2-2, St. Anthony 2-2, Holy Family 0-4 and Yoke 0-4.

At 6:30 tonight, Stang is host to St. Anthony and tomorrow afternoon at 3:15, Yoke visits Dartmouth and New Bedford is at Fairhaven.

Sharon Maintains Hockomock Lead Sharon High, undefeated in six league outings as of last Friday, continues to set the pace in the Hockomock Basketball League but has a bye on tomorrow night's schedule, which, lists Mansfield at Stoughton, Canton at Foxboro, Oliver Ames at Franklin and King Philip at North Attleboro.

Canton will play host to Sharon Tuesday night when other league games send Stoughton at Oliver Ames, Foxboro at King Philip and North Attleboro at Franklin.

Hockomock hockey games

Saturday night have North Attleboro at Canton, King Philip at Franklin and Oliver Ames at Stoughton while next Wednesday's games are Canton at Stoughton, King Philip at North Attleboro and Franklin at Oliver Ames.

Girls' basketball in the Hockomock League lists Stoughton at Mansfield, Foxboro at Canton, Franklin at Oliver Ames and North Attleboro at King Philip. Tuesday night it will be Canton at Sharon, Oliver Ames at Stoughton, King Philip at Foxboro and Franklin at North Attleboro.

Fiola and Whiting Scoring Aplenty Durfee High's Ken. Fiola and Kevin Whiting continue their prolific scoring. Excluding last Tuesday's game with Barnstable, Fiola had scored 207 points for a 23 point average, Whiting had netted 176 for 19.6.

Favored to win their third straight Division One Southeastern Mass. Conference crown, the Hilltoppers have a bye on tomorrow night's schedule and will visit Bishop Connolly High next Tuesday night. Division One games tomorrow night are Dartmouth at New Bedford, Connolly at Barnstable, Attleboro at Bishop Stang. Taunton is at Holy Family Saturday.

Other games Tuesday night are Holy Family at New Bedford, Barnstable at Attleboro and Taunton at Stang.

Pace-setting Somerset is host to Falmouth tomorrow night and to Seekonk Friday night in Division Two action. Other Two games tomorrow night are Bishop Feehan at Dennis-Yarmouth Old Rochester at Falmouth, Fairhaven at Seekonk. Friday night's action lists Coyle-Cassidy at Feehan, Dennis-Yarmouth at Falmouth and Fairhaven at Old Rochester.

In Division Three, in which New Bedford Yoke is making a strong bid for the title, Yoke is at St. Anthony, Diman Yoke at Norton, Westport at Case and Dighton-RehobOth at Bourne tomorrow night. Tuesday night it will be· Bourne at St. Anthony, Case at Norton, Diman Yoke at Westport and New Bedford Yoke at Dighton-Rehoboth.

Conference Hockey Twin bills are on tap tonight at Hetland Memorial Rink, New Bedford, Driscoll Rink. Fall· River, and at the Taunton Rink.

In New Bedford Wareham opposes Fairhaven at" six o'clock in an inter-division Two tilt, while in ·Fall River Old Rochester and Case clash at six in a Division Three contest and Durfee is host to Seekonk, at 8, in Division Two. The Taunton twin bill has Coyle-cassidy against

Case, at six, in Three and .Connolly against Taunton in One. In other Division One action, Somerset is !it Barstable and Dennis-Yarmouth at New Bedford Saturday night, Connolly at Somerset and Taunton at New Bedford Monday night while Falmouth is host to Connolly Wednesday night. In Division Three Norton is at Feehan Saturday night. Monday night action pits case at Dighton-Re-

focus on youth Continued from Page Fourteen The Duncan professor goes on to note that by studying the geology, the meteorology, biology, if any, on other worlds, we have a unique opportunity to broaden both our theoretical and our practical understanding of the Earth. That these are sciences of global scope; and it is neither easy nor prudent to perform experiments on a global scale. But the neighboring planNOT FOR SALE: Bishop ets are natural experiments on alternative pathways that Giovanni Fallani, in charge the worlds may take. of Vatican art treasures, has "I believe," he says, "that the given a flat "no" to sugges- eventual practical benefits from tions that Michelangelo's this scientific perspective will Pieta and other art works be pay many times over for the sold to benefit the world's cost of unmanned planetary poor. He said the art works voyages."

Sagan believes that there is are not the property of the another sense of perspective, Pope but belong to all "who one which speaks to the deepest have faith in Christ and love human questions, longings, and aspirations. That by examining of art." (NC Photo) other worlds, we have a significant chance of improving our Youth Reject Church understanding of the nature, origin, and fate of our planet and In Latin America ourselves. "It is possible to see BOGOTA, Colombia (NC) how planetary exploration is alChurch concern over bringing ready beginning a deprovinciaIthe Gospel. to Latin American ization of the Earth," he added. youth has intensified as surveys Viking Lands have revealed "massive indif-I Viking has landed on Mars. ference" in many groups.

A meeting on non-believers For the first time in human hissponsored here by the Latin Am- tory two artifacts, messengers erican Bishop's C 0 u n c i 1 from the planet Earth, have (CELAM) in December showed landed on the surface of the red planet and returned "a stunning these findings on youths: - Their religious beliefs of- bonanza of scientific informaten have little doctrinal content tion." As we know, the Viking and are full of distortions and mission is still in its earliest stages. But even at that, it is vagueness. already clear that we have ob-They tend to view liturgical tained more essential scientific celebrations as outmoded "obliinformation about Mars with Vigations" with little to convey to king than in the entire previous modern generations. history of space flight.

-Faith, religion and Church is There Life? appear as "unrelated" entities, If life is found on Mars it and churchmen are often considered authoritarian and hypo- will be a monumental event in human history. But suppose that critical.

-Among distortions of religi- after intensive study Mars ous practices are spiritualism, proves to be lifeless. What then? fetishism, magic and emotional- Dr. Sagan feels that even in this case we will have gained. ism.

- Large numbers of educated He says, "For then Mars will' youth favor Marxist tenets, view be seen as a world in many resChrist as "another rebel," and pects similar to the Earth, as a feel that bishops and many place where winds and running priests side with the rich and water have transformed . the neglect the poor.

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"Then Mars must illuminate the question of the origin of life on Earth. For we will then llave examined two planets near each other in space, equally cold, with rather similar environments, but life has begun and evolved on one but not the other. Why? "The entire history of the past exploration of Mars that there are a host of astonishments and delights awaiting future discovery.

"But one thing seems clear.

Having landed on Mars we shall have to go back to explore it, to learn it, to cherish it and perhaps to transform it. It may be that the voyages of yiking are of greater ultimate importance to the human race than even the voyages of Christopher Columbus almost five centuries ago."

And finaily, in the Cornell Alumni News, Dr. Sagan writes, "We have put our ships into the cosmic ocean. The waters are benign and we have learned to sail. No longer are we bound to our solitary island Earth."

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