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Bishop.sl COm mittee Hails Charismatics

WASHINGTON (NC) - The Catholic charismatic movement received encouragement and support in a new report by the U.S. bishops' Committee for PasAn Anchor of the Soul, Sure and Flrm-St. Paul toral Research and Practices published here. The statement cautioned Fall River, Mass. Thursday, Jan. 23, 1975 against dangers of biblical funPRICE 15c Vol. 19, No.4 © 1975 The Anchor $5.00 per yur . damentalism, elitism, overemphasis on charismatic gifts to the detriment of the full Gospel message, or a tendency toward isolationism in the Catholic charismatic movement. But it said of the movement as a whole: "We encourage those who already belong and we supAll the Catholic high schools Attleboro port the positive and desirable in the Diocese of Fall River Bishop Feehan High School directions of the charismatic rewill accept applicants and ad- (for boys and girls) $425 newal." minister a Placement ExaminaFall River The charismatic movement is tion for new students on SaturBishop Connolly High School generally considered as having day, February 8, at 8:30 a.m. (for boys) $550 started among Catholics in the Students wishing to enter any Bishop Gerrard High School United States with a prayer of these schools next September (for girls) $450 group that began meeting at should report to the school of Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, New Bedford their choice. The examination Holy Family High School in 1967. Since then it has spread and a;oplication procedure' will (for boys and girls) $250 for worldwide and numbers tens of last until 12:30. parishioners; $300 for non- thousands of active participants There will be a three dollar parishioners. fee, payable at the time of apSt. Anthony High School plication. The students need (for boys and girls) $175 for bring no records with them, nor parishioners; $275 for 0.00.do their parents have to accom- parishioners WASHINGTON i(NC)-While pany them. Complete informaNorth Dartmouth giving President Gerald Ford tion as to courses, activities, fiBisb:)p Stang High School credit brchanging directions nancial scholarship aid, etc. will and offering a comprehensive be given at the time of the . (for boys and girls) $450 examination. Taunton The listing of high schools and Coyle-Cassidy High School their tuition follows: (for boys and girls) $459

in the U.S. alone. Its chief characteristic is a belief in the active, consciously experienced

High School Placement Exams on February 8

presence of the Holy Spirit and His gifts. Observing that the charismatic ren.ewal cannot be productive

"in isolation," the statement called for continuing contact between leaders and members of the movement with bishops and pastors, and the full integration of charismatic groups into the structures of parish life. It recommended sustaining a climate of mutual understanding, trust and communication through the appointment of diocesan liaison persons who can keep current with developments in the movement, offer sound guidance, and keep the bishops in· formed. Priests were strongly encouraged by the statement to take an interest in the charismatic movement. "Because of his unique role and the charism of sacred ordination, the priest can most effectively relate the work of the renewal to the total life of the Church and in this way fulfill his own special function of coordinator of the gifts of the Spirit," the document said. Expressing the hope that the Turn to Page Two

Say Ford's Economic Plan Hurts Poor

Frightening Trends Seen In Area of Euthanasia CINCINNATI (NC)-It used to be a horrifying concept to most people. But at the moment 16 states are considering making it legal and it is practiced in some hospitals. In addition, it is increasingly a topic of open discussion on television talk shows and the subject of soap operas. "It" is euthanasia, or "mercy killing." According to Mrs. Leah Curtin, director of Nurses Con-

Plan Symposium On Corporate Responsibility Sister Mary Jean Audette, S.U.S.C. of Fall River and Brother Robert DiManno, SS.CC. of Fairhaven are among committee members planning a New England-wide symposium on corporate responsibility to be held at Mont Marie, Holyoke, Tuesday through Thursday, April 15 through 17. The program will emphasize the issue of ethics in relation to investment of church funds. It is being sponsored by seven national Catholic groups, including the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, the Con· Turn to Pa~e Two

cerned for Life, an organization founded in Cincinnati just over a year ago and now a national group,it is no coincidence that the sutiject of euthanasia is more and more a socially acceptable one. The U. S. Supreme Court abortion decision of Jan. 22, 1973, paved the way for it, she said, "observing that that decision placed our society in a position of no longer considering life an absolute value but a relative one. Once you do that you can make it relative to pain, age, social condition, expense." Mrs. Curtin, mother of four children ranging in age from seven to two, is an untiring prolifer. As editor of a national newsletter published by Nurses Concerned for Life she especially researches such areas as abortion, fetal experimentation and euthanasia. And her reo search, she said, points to particularly frightening trends in the area of euthanasia, now a common concern for state legislatures considering legalizing it under certain circumstances and already an actual practice in some hospitals. 'Since the Supreme Court decision of two years ago, she suggested, there has been a campaign to "detoxify" the word euthanasia. Turn to Page Three

Name Fr. Blain New Pastor At St. Anne's

Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.TJD., Bishop of the Diocese of Fall River has confirmed the appointment proposed by the Very Rev. Jean Mary Gay, O.P., provincial of the Canadian Province of the Dominicans, Montreal of the Very Rev. R. Gabriei Blain, O.P., 'prior of St. Anne's Monastery, Fall River as pastor of St. Anne's Parish, Fall River succeeding Rev. Thomas M. Landry, O.P. who has served as pastor of the Fall River parish since Oct. 1971. Father Blain's assignment will Turn to Page Four

economic and energy policy, church leaders here say the plan will hurt the poor more than anyone else. They also see the plan as· weak because it offers no specifics for creating jobs. helping the staggering housing industry or lowering interest rates. Coming under the strongest criticism were the President's

Jewish Congress President Likes Vatican's Guidelines for Relations NEW YORK (NC)-The president of the World Jewish Congress has welcomed the Vatican's guidelines for CatholicJewish relations "as a'very positive document." Nahum Goldmann, in New York for a visit from headquar. ters of the congress in Geneva, Switzerland, said the Vatican's document "provides a good basis for future cooperation between Jews and Catholics." Goldmann noted that the guidelines contain "some omis~ sions, which I personally regret, and some doctrinal affirmations resulting from the unavoidable divergencies between Ohristianity and Judaism." He qualified ly: "But these not stem from derstanding of ments."

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proposal to hold Social Security, Food Stamp and Civil Service and military pension, cost-ofliVing increases to a five per cent ceiling, despite a rise more than twice that iIi the actual cost-of-Iiving index. Also hit strongty was the President's announced moratorium on new spending programs. Turn to Page Two

this immediatedeficiencies do any -lack of unJewish commit-

Emphasizing that the guidelines were prepared for Catholics, Goldmann said: "This document gives Catholics guidance on a number of problems and shows respect for Jewish sensitivities. It provides a good basis for future cooperation between Jews and Catholics. "The guidelines also reflect a desire for good will and under-

standing, a spirit of mutual respect, and a recognition of basic differences." The Vatican's guidelines were published Jan. 3. Goldmann made his statement one week later.

Swans·ea Parish School Closes This June Rev. Joseph A. Martineau, pastor of St. Michael's Parish in Swansea, announced to parishioners at Masses on Sunday that the parish elementary school will close at the end of this school year in June. The decision has been necessitated by financial considerations, the sharp rise in school costs and the fact that there could be no gu·arantee of the same number of Sisters of St. Joseph teaching in the school. At the present time the preprimary and eighth grades are staffed by one Sister principal, three teaching Sisters and six lay teachers. There are 231 pupils in the school. The parochial educational institution has been serving the children of the area since 1931.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Jan. 23, 1975

Hails Charismatic

DIOCESE OF FALL 'RIVER

OFFICIAL ASSIGNMENT

Rev. William W. Norton, assistant at Holy Name Parish, New Bedford to St. Mary Parish, New Bedford, as assistant. Assignment effective Wednesday, January 15, 1975 CARDINAL MEOUCHI

Bishop of Fall River

f'ord's Economic Plan Continued from Page OnE' "The President has recognized that spending limitations will affect 'many, many deserving people,''' noted Bishop James Rausch, general secretary of the U. S. Catholic Conference. "It is my hope that Congress will address itself to the President's proposals quickly, and that the legislation it enacts will not exacerbate existing inequities but will, rather, reflect a subordina· tion of self to community among both individuals and nations." Bishop Rausch recalled that in a December, 1973 statement on the energy crisis he "urged that government policy should

Necrology JAN. 31 Rev. Charles J. Burns, 1901, Pastor, St. Mary, North Attleboro Rev. William F. Sullivan, 1930, Pastor, St. Patrick, Somerset Rev. Manuel C. Terra, 1930, Pastor, St. Peter, Provincetown FEB. 1 Rt. Rev. Michael J. O'Reilly, 1948, Pastor, Immaculate Conception, Taunton FEB. 2 Rt. Rev. Patrick Hurley, 1968, Pastor, St. Joseph, Taunton Most Rev. William Stang, DD, 1907, First Bishop of Fall River: 1904-07 Rev. Patrick F. McKenna, 1913, Pastor, Immaculate Conceptinon, Taunton Rev. John L. McNamara, 1941, Pastor, Immaculate Conception, Fall River t Rev. P. Roland Decosse, 1947, Pastor, St. Hyacinth, New Bedford FEB. 3 Rev. Antonio O. Ponte, 1952, Pastor, Our Lady of Angels, Fall River FEB. 4 Rt. Rev. Hugh J. Smyth, P.R., 1921, Pastor, St. Lawrence, New Bedford; 1st Vicar General, Fall River, 1904-07; Administrator of Diocese, Feb.-July 1907

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make a clear distinction between the production and consumption of luxuries and the provision of the necessities of life and that 'government should make certain that a minimally acceptable standard of living is provided and maintained for all citizens,' "The danger in the current crisis is that lower income groups, minorities, those who lack a 'voice,' will be compelled to bear a greater burden than justice warrants," While praising the President for reversing positions he held at the economic summit meetings in September by endorsing tax cuts and accepting necessary L·:gher budget deficits, Msgr. Lawrence Corcoran, executive director of the National Conference of Catholic Charities (NCCC) said he questioned the President's "priorities." "The President made some effort to study the impact of his proposals on low-income people, but low income p~ople will still be hurt the nwst," Msgr. Corcoran said. "Any remedy offered should help the aged and the poor, not further cripple them," commented Francis Butler, associate secretary for social development for the U. S. Catholic Conference. Butler said the ,President's plan offered "halfway measures and timid initiatives." The $16 billion tax cut proposed by the President is not large enough to have the same impact as a 1963 tax cut which successfully stimulated the economy, Butler said. He also criticized the proposed f.pending moratorium, asking whether the moratorium would include military spending. 'Speaking of the proposed moratorium, Msgr. Corcoran asked, "What happens to nat tional health insurance? What happens to public service jobs?" Msgr. Corcoran also said the increased taxes resulting from the President's proposed energysavinjt measures may well come to more than lower-income families will receive in tax rebates and lowered taxes. Some economists haxe expressed concern that the total cost of the energy taxes could amount to more than the tax rebates, causing even more severe inflation.

Memorial Mass For Late Pastor A High Mass of Requiem will be celebrated at 7 o'clock to· night at Cur Lady of Purgatory Church, New Bedford for the soul of a former pastor, the late Paul Pierre Cardinal Meouchi, Patriarch of the Mar· onite Church. He died just recently at his Patriarchal Residence in Lebanon. Members of the St. Joseph Sodality will serve coffee and pastry at the rectory immediately following the Mass. ·Parishioners and friends are cordially invited.

Plan Symposium" Continued from Page One ference of Major "Superiors of Men, the National Federation of Prie3ts' Councils and the National Assodation of Religious Brothers. U. S. Catholic Conference A principal symposium participant will be James R. Jennings, associate director of the N. S. Catholic Conferen·ce's Division of Justice and Peace. Other speakers will include Sr. Louise Borgacz O.P., assistant to the treasurer, Dominican Slsters of Adrian, Michigan; Rev. John Pawlikowski, O.S.M., associate professor of socio·political ethics at Chicago Theological Union; and Rev. Michael H. Crosby, O.F.M.Caj., staff member at the Justice and Peace Center, Milwaukee. Jennings was associated with the American steel industry for many years. He also taught bus'iness administration at the University of Indiana before joining the U. S. Conference staff. He is a graduate of the University of California Institute of Lay Theology. Registration information for the symposium is available from the National Catholic Coalition for Responsible Investments, 17 Chestnut St., Peabody, Mass. 01960.

Continued from Page One "truly positive values of tb;} ,c;harismaitic renewal wiLl pr~· vail," the statement a'lso drew attention to "dangers and undesirable features" which appear in some charismatic groups, as well as to other aspects of the movement that require "caution," November Meeting The Committee for Pastoral Research and P~actices prepared the Statement on Catholic Charismatic Renewal at the request of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB). Archbishop John R. Quinn of Oklahoma City, then chairman of the committee, presented the statement to the meeting of the NCCB last November, at which time approval for its distribution was given. In the interim, suggested change3 in the document have been completed and an introduction and appendix added. TI":l appendix is the text of a recent address on the subject by Pope Paul. "One of the great manifestations of the Spirit in our times has been the Second Vatican Council," the statement says. "Many believe also that the Catholic Charismatic Renewal is another such manifestation of the Spirit," Where the movement is making solid progress, it offers positive and authenticating signs, the statement said, citing such manifestiations as "a strongly grounded spirit of faith in Jesus Christ as Lord," a renewed interest in private and group prayer, anew sense of spiritual value3, a heightened consciousness of the Holy Spirit, "the praise of God and a deepening personal commitment to Christ," Love of Mary "Many, too, have grown in devotion to the Eucharist and partake more fruitfully in the sacramental life of the Church," the statement continued. "Reverence for the Motber of the Lord takes on fresh meaning and many feel a deeper sense of and attachment to the Church. Things of this kind certainly merit encouragement and do reflect the biblical and Church teaching," Among "some dangers which continue to exist here and there," the committee said, are "elitism and tb:11 kind of biblical fundamentalism which of·

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fend against the authenticatiI)g norms of Sacred Scripture and the teaching of the Church." Warning While it cannot be denied that other aspects of the charismatic renewal - healing, prophecy, praying in tongues, and the interpretation of tongues--could be genuine manifestations of the Spirit, these phenomena "must be carefully scrutinized and their importance, even if genuine, should not be exaggerated," the statement said. The charismatic renewal "has to have a strong bond with the total life of the Church," the statement asserted. "Tbis means that it is necessary to maintain involvement in the local parish community as a whole and to seek out and work under the guidance of the parish priests who as sharers in the pastoral ministry of the bishop have responsibility for coordinating the overall well-being of the parish. The statement suggested that a key element in the future success of the charismatic movement is the formation of leaders who are well grounded in the teaching of the Churcb and in understanding of Scripture, "leaders who are open to one another and mature enough to share responsibility. IJn many places the benefits derived from such leadership are already markedly visible," the statement said. "An especially sensitive palitoral question concerns charismatic groups which involve both Catholics and Christians of other traditions," tb3 NCCB commit· tee said in the statement. "Catholics who participate in such groups should be mature in their faith and committed to the principles of Catholic belief. They should be well informed of and careful to follow the Church's guidelines for ecumenical activity,"

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Catholic Agency Assists African Drought Victims NEW YORK (NC)-In less than two years Catholic Relief Services (CR'S), U. S. Catholics' overseas aid agency, has helped more than half a million people with $6.8 million in aid under its African drought relief program. According to a CRS Disaster Response Report published here, from July 1, 1973 to Nov. 30, 1974, CRS gave $6,807,289 in supplies, equipment and services to the 10-country region below the Sahara Desert that has been suffering from severe drought in the last few years. Over half the money, $3,727,202, came from Catholic diocesan collections or aid grants. In addition direct contributions from individuals or religious organizations and groups supplied more than $1 million. CRS also received more than $2.6 million worth of food and other commodities from the U. S. government and other American agencies for shipment to the disaster area. From other agencies around the world it received grants in cash and in kind totaling almost $1.2 million.

Dominicans End Ancient Distinctions Between Its Religious, Lay Branches By PAT McGOWAN

For centuries the ancient Order of St. Dominic has been divided into a First Order for priests and ,brothers, a Second Order for contemplative Sisters and a Third Order Regular and Secular for teaching Sisters and lay people respectively. Today Domini'Cans are "all one family -all people of God," said Sister Gertrude Gaudette, O.P. <>f the Park Street Dominicans in Fall River, who staff Dqminican Academy and St. Anne's School in that city and St. Francis Xavier School in, Acushnet. The change came when a worldwide chapter of Dominican priests voted to relinquish the ",First Order" designation. The Dominican Leadership Conference, representing Sisters in 47 states, followed the trend to a closer union of "al'l elements of the Dominican family" by voting to open its membership to priests and brothers of the three Dominican provinces in the United States. Regional Meeting Reflecting tbz same trend, Dominican major superiors and Rehabilitation Projects councillors of New Egnland, holding their first regional meetIn the 17-month period coving, invited Dominican priests ered by the report CRS sent 70 and brothers to attend. Due to shipments of food, clothing, scheduling problems, none was shelter materials, medical suppresent at the gathering, held plies and tools and equipment at the Dominican Sisters' novifrom the United States, worth tiate, Tucker Road, North Dartnearly $3.3 million. mouth, but representatives will It sent another 22 shipments again be invited to the next of supplies from other ports session, scheduled for Sunday, around the world through the March 2 at the Dighton novidonations of foreign agencies. In tiate of the Dominican Sisters addition it sent nearly $~ million of the Presentation, who staff in cash for local relief and reha- St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River. bilitation purchases and spent At the first meeting were 20 $1,274,799 for water resource Sisters from five Dominican conand other rehabilitation projects. gregations with motherhouses or In addition to the emergency provincial houses in New Engfood, medical and clothing sup- land. As well as from the Fall plies, the report said, the chief River communities, religious efforts of the CRS have been de- from Millis, Brookline and Wavoted to rehabilitation projects tertown were in attendance. Sister Mary Esther of the Wa-the deepening of drying up Dominicans, named wells, irrigation projects, a large tertown chairperson of the regional unit, earthen dam pr<>ject in Upper Volta, the reconstruction <>f de- explained that its purpose was pleted animal herds in Niger, to promote greater sharing reforestation of drought-scarred among Domini'Cans in the New land, and rebuilding essential England area. The first meeting addressed itself to discussing supply roads. "the nature <>f the Dominican At the end of the report pe- charism and to how Dominicans riod, CRS said, it had nearly $2 today can best carry out their million on hand to expand exist- mission to the Church." ing programs or begin new ones. Congregation Histories Each congregation present was asked to give a brief history of its founding and its postContinued from Page One Vatican II stlltus. The Park People have always had the Street Dominicans, said their right to refuse treatment under representative, "were founded certain circumstances, she said from the' St. Catherine, Ken-for example when death is tucky Congregation by Mother imminent and certain, and fur- Bertrand. They have always been ther treatment will only prolong a small group; they now number the patient's pain. But many 120. They have schools in Plattsprominent scientists are now ad- burg, N.Y. and in New Haven, vocating what is called positive Conn., as well as in Fall River euthanasia, that is, taking pos- and Montreal. itive steps to end the life of "A few individuals are in difpersons who are not necessarily ferent works, but most are in dying but who, in the opinion education. The community is of some, are better off dead. presently trying to see how t<> fit int<> the changing patterns of Secularism education." The vast population around Dominicans of St. Anne's Hosus are limited to schools of secu- .pital, it was recounted, "were larism-and in this way secular- founded in France to work with ism is fast becoming the religion poor girls. Tbzir motto was of America. 'love thr<>ugh labor.' The congre-Ireland gation has foundations in five

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DOMINICANS MEET: Major Superiors and Councillors attending the first regional meeting of New England area Dominicans are, from left, first row, Sister Louise Synan, Sister Marie Claire; second row, Sister Esther Owens, Sister Jeanne Marie, Sister Martin Dominic, Sister Rita Marie, Sister Joseph Ma,rie, Sister Anita Pauline; third row, Sister Marina Gibbons, Sister FranCies Anna, Sister Sheila Pendergast, Sister Agnes Paradis, Sister Jacqueline Provencher, Sister Barbara McCarthy, Sister Josepha Buckley, Sister Mane Ascension, Sister Mary of Christ, Sister Mary Rose Meade. Sisters Louise Synan, Marie Claire, Jeanne Marie, Rita Marie, Barbara McCarthy and Marie Ascension represent the Dominican Academy and St. Anne's Hospital communities of this diocese. European countries, Africa, Colombia, Iraq and India. About half of their 5,000 Sisters are in Colombia; 74 are in the prov-

Churchman Scores Brazil Repression TOURNAI (NC) - The vicar general of the Tournai diocese declared upon his return from a prolonged trip through northeast Brazil that the police there "have given themselves the task of smothering the voices which denounce injustices and poverty." .' Msgr. Desire Joos called the police "omnipresent" in Brazil. "Despite the present efforts of the federal president, (Gen. Ernesto) Geisel, who has imprisoned police officials responsible for t<>rture, torture is still practiced. The army has taken tbz place of the arrested police agents."

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The recent State-wide announcement that police have been directed to enforce strictly the fifty-five mile an hour speed limit comes at an opportune time. Statistics over the past year have shown a marked decline in the number of traffic fatalities. Experts attribute this to the lower speed limit, less driving since the gas diffiCulties of last year, and a greater consciousness of the automobile, its benefits but also its potential for tragedy. The driving public has been lulled, over the past few months, into a feeling that it is once again business as usual with enough gasoline to go around and h slackening of concern about keeping to the speed limit. It has been only a matter of weeks now that the possibility of rationing in some form has again been raised and people must once again be impressed with the fact that this is not an empty threat and that conservation means must still be taken. But the very fact that traffic deaths have lessened is reason by itself to call for more care in driving and an ever deepening awareness that there are moral implications of operating a car. Too many people see a car as a necessity, a means of escape, a way of working out frustrations, a new avenue of independence, an extension of work-see a car as just about everything but what it also is, a vehicle with great power of good but also with great potential for evil. The person who operates a car must not depend upon some vague hope called "luck" to get through the day without an accident. Whenever one gets behind the wheel of a car there must be care, concern, defensive driving, the realization that this trip, be it short or long, can be relatively uneventful or can end in disaster: It may be frightening awareness but to take any less caution is to risk too much entirely.

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The Bishops of the United States in their monumental pastoral letter on Catholic education, "To Teach As Jesus Did," pointed out the work of Catholic schools-to teach truth, to form of themselves Christ-like communities, and to reach out in service to others. These purposes of Catholic schools must be ever and always placed before the attention of parents and students alike. At a time when parents must consider choices for their students, whether these be going into elementary or high school-they are sometimes confused by what schools have to offer. The presentation of glittering physical plants and elaborate curricula offerings are indeed tempting. They have validity in the forming of a decision. But parents and students must not lose sight of the basics, the fundamentals, the essentials. And what comes through clearly and in sharp delineation is that the person is a whole person, a person who is meant to develop not only as a f~lfilled and productive member of society but as a mature child of God. 'Education is not only. the development of vocational abilities so that one may find a job; it is not only the broadening of the mind so that one may enjoy expanded intellectual horizons; it is the development of the intellect that it may attain to the truth it seeks, truth human and divine, and the development of the will that it may choose the good. It is the development of the whole person so that he may live up' to his capacities, rejoice in the possession of truth, show forth to others the image of Christ within his life, and reach out to others in the practice of goodness. This is what the Catholic school exists to do with and for its students. The illlPortance of these goals can never be stressed too much.

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After Prayers AVILA (NC) Rains have come to Spain's plains-and to its mountains for that matterafter pilgrims paraded the ancient image of Our Lady of Sonsoles through the streets of this walled city. In other cities and towns of Spain similar processions wound through the streets over that same weekend to pray for an end to the 'worst drought of the· century. The rains began to fall abundantly as the weekend ended. Farmers had been encouraged by a light rainfall in central and southern Spain. But 11 provinces had been declared disaster areas after 10 months of drought. Most affected were Andalusia, Castille and Extremadura, where farmers slaughtered cattle for lack of feed and income.

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Model T Economics There are few working people in this area of the nation who would disagree with the President's statement that the state of the nation is not good. All one has to do is to view the growing numbers of former workers who must spend long hours in cold weather to collect their un- proposals are only too obvious. For example, what, real good employment checks or at- will be obtained by the Amertempt to heat a home in the ican worker if he receives a

mid January of a New England winter. The average American knows that the 12 per cent rate of inflaton last year was the worst rate of inflation in any year since the end of World War II. He also knows that the proposals offered by Mr. Ford in his state of the Union message will do very little in their ~ present form to stem the tide of rising costs and unemployment. ..

In fact there are very few Americans who could run their households with the economic package that has been set forth as our salvation from inflation, and recession. Mr. Ford and his aides have not given the nation the economic compact that it needs but have rather produced a model "Tn which might have value as an antique but little practical use in today's market. Just on the surface the flaws and faults of the President's

hundred dollars rebate from his federal taxes and then must payout twice that amount in higher fuel costs. How then does this help stem the tide of inflation and renew the economyOnce - more the ordinary hard working citizen will face added financial difficulties while the robber barons of the tax loophole game will fatten their bank books. To be sure some form of tax cut should be offered as an incentive to stimulate the economy but not at the expense of the little man. Any tax proposal should also be part of a wider plan to close the unfair deductions that benefit the wealthy and place added burdens on the working man and woman. Mr. Ford's proposals do not do this. They are a mere finger in the dike which will reap windfall profits for the wealthy and place greater new hardships on everyone else.

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Continued from Page One become effective on Saturday, Feb. 1. ·Father Blain is a native of the Province of Quebec, Canada where he was born on August 29, 1920. He joined the Dominican Order of St: Hyacinthe, Canada, Aug. 3, 1951. Following his studies at the Dominican House of Philosophy and Theology in Ottawa, he was ordained to the priesthood on April 11, 1958. The new pastor of St. Anne's first assignment in Fall River was in Sept. 1960 when he came to St. Anne's and served both in the parish and at the Shrine. In 1969, Father Blain was elected prior of the Dominican House at Lewiston, Maine. Father Blain has been very active in the Fall River Ministerial Association and deeply involved in many ecumenical works and endeavors.

grams such as the T.V.A. In a time of severe recession the burden of outrageous fuel bills will only increase the rate of inflation. This in turn can only inflict further hardship and even induce total depression. Mr. Ford might like to ski in the cold of Colorado. He should try to live in New England. Whether we like it or not some measures must be considered that will benefit all the people of this land and once more place us on the road to economic stability. Fuel rationing should deserve prime attention. If the energy crisis is real let all Americans share the burden of solution. Price and wage controls should also be considered as a means of equal and just distribution to fight the spiral of inflation. A total federal and state tax reform program is of prime importance to assure that all the people of this land are treated equally in these days of economic hardship. The wealthy should not become wealthier and those on welfare receive more welfare while the vast majority of Americans face unemployment, higher fuel and food bills and above all the total loss of confidence in a political system that just refuses to come to grips with the totality of recession and depression.

WASHINGTON (NC) - Archbishop Helder Camara of Olinda and Refie, Brazil, and Archbishop Jean Jadot, apostolic delegate in the United States, are among the speakers scheduled to appear at the first "Liberty and Justice for All" hearing sponsored by the U. S. bishops for the American Catholic celebralion of the natiQ1l's 200th birthday. The three-day hearing,' the first of six regional convocations to be held around the country over the next year, will be held at the Theological College of the Catholic Univer~ity of America here Feb. 3-5. It will focus on such issues as world hunger and the role of women in global society. Also among the more than 30 scheduled speakers are Holy Cross Father Theodore Hesburgh, president of Notre Dame University; Msgr. Joseph Gremillion. former secretary of the Vatican's Pontifical Commission on Justice and ,Peace; Mc. Marina Bandeira of the Catholic Justice and Peace Commission of Brazil; Sister Marie Augusta Neal of Harvard University's Divinity School; Jesuit Father Avery Dulles of the Catholic University of America's School of Religous Studies, and Dr. James Hitchcock of St. Louis University. "Liberty and Justice for All" is the theme of the major bicentennial program being sponsored by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB). The program is being carried out at national, diocesan and parish

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levels throughout the United States. Local (parish and diocesan) consultations and the six regional hearings will provide input for a national conference in Detroit in October 1976. Role of Women One of the major objectives of the program is to help outline the direction of the social apostolate of the Catholic Church in this countrv for the five years following 1976. The topics which form the basis of consultations for the 1976 Conference are: the family, the neighborhood, work, ethnic and 'racial groups, the Church, the nation and humankind. While each of the topics will be treated during the parish phase of the program, each hearing highlight only one or two of these same topics. The first hearing will concentrate on humankind in order to investigate international dimensions of the Church"s social ministry.f'It will be conducted in four stages: First, the theological foundations and moral implications of the Church's social ministry will be cOnf,idered. Second, two concerns illustrative of the demands of Justice and freedom today -world hunger and the role of women in global society-will be highlighted. Third, individuals from outside the United States will offer presentations on the NCGB bicentennial program, Finally, individuals and organizations from the Washington, D. C., area will be present to address the program's topics and theme.

Bishop Hodges Gives $250,000 For Care of R'etired Nuns WHEELING (NC) Bishop Joseph Hodges of Wheeling has given $250,000 to the 17 communities of Religious women serving the West Virginia diocese to help care for retired Sisters. The money was not taken from diocesan funds, but from funds contributed to th-e bishop to use at his discr~tion. The money was appropriated, Bishop Hodges said, "by setting aside other projects."

Needy Parishes Get $3.1 Million in Aid NEW YORK (NC)-The Commission for Inter-Parish Financing of the New York archdiocese has distributed $3.1 million in the form of grants to 64 parishes in need of financial assistance during the 1973-74 fiscal year. The figures were contained in the commission's fifth annual report, which was published here. Msgr. William Kenealy, commission chairman, said in a covering letter to the report that tbe $3.1 million "represents in cold figures the good-will of pari£he3 throughout the archdiocese." Under the inter-parish financing plan, parishes in the archdiocese contribute specific amounts of their income to a central fund. which is then disbursed to parishes in severe financial difficulty. The commission also aids in parish and archdiocesan planning.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Jan. 23, 1975

Bishops Schedule First Hearing For Catholic Bicentennial Program

Bishop Hodges said the money was needed because not enough money had been raised through another diocesan plan. In 1974, he said, he started a plan calling on all diocesan parishes and institutions which employed nuns at a diocesan-approved scale for Religious to send $400 a year to the community for each Sister giving service. Not all of the retired Sisters in the communities given funds are now based in the diocese, according to Father Robert Nash, diocesan vicar for Religious. Many who served in the diocese come from orders that are not based in' the diocese. Distribution of the funds among the 17 orders was determined by giving each order a percentage of the total money available based on the number of Sisters who nad served the diocese and total years of service.

VATICAN CITY ~NC) - The bishops of Poland have declared that Christian evangelizers must preach the Cross of Christ as well as work for human liberation. In a pastoral letter reflecting on October's World Synod of Bishops at the Vatican, which discussed evangelization in the modern world, the Polish bishops warned against preaching of an earth-centered gospel. RALPH J. FLETCHER

Publishing House Names Fletcher As President Ralph J. Fletcher, a native of St. Patrick's parish, Fall River, has been named president of the William H. Sadlier. Co. of New York City, the nation's leading publisher of educational materials for Catholic elementary and bigh schools. The 45-year-old executive is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph .1. Fletcher, also of St. Patrick's parish. The father of nine children, he lives in West Islip, N.Y., where he is active in church and community affairs. Fletcher joined Sadlier in 1964 as a sales re;lresentative in New England. He was sales manager in Chicago before moving into the New York office as national sales manager. He is also a member of the board of directors and president of its wholly owned subsidiary, the Oxford Book Co. Prior to joining Sadlier, Fletcher was with Laidlaw Brothers Publishers as a sales representative in New England. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees in education and was a public school teacher for four years.

According to a Vatican Radio broadcast of Jan. 14 the bishops reaffirmed· the "close link between evangelization and the duty to work for human libera-

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23, 1975

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E,asier to Know What to Do ThaIn It Is to Do It More than once I've faced the problem. Most mothers will recognize it. Perhaps a few others will identify with it, too. It always happens at the end of a bad day. I'm absolutelyexhausted. When the children finally settle down at night, I start to read the paper and fall asleep in a chair. My baby will be comfortable. I can go to sleep. husband wakes me and sug~ But I know very °well that I gests I go on up to hed. I won't hear him. start up the stairs. Half way, I consider sleeping on the steps because I'm just too tired to make it up the rest of the way. But I force myself to go on.

By MARY CARSON

Upstairs, I do as little as possible to get ready for bed. I'm so slee,y I could just flop down in my clothes; my brain is so foggy I can't remember the w{)rds to my prayers. Shoes have to go. Don't want to sleep with my shoes oil. Shower and shampoo can wait till morning.. But the pins that hold my long hai~ up on my head must come out. They hurt. Bit by bit I struggle into pajamas ... ready to collapse. Conscience Pushes Then I remember I'd better check if th~ baby is covered. I really don't have the energy to walk down the hall .. but conscience pushes me. I find the little one . . . uncovered . . . and soaked from ankles to shoulders. I'm just too tired to change her . . . but I don't want to let her sleep like that. There are many possible solutions to the problem. I regret having gone to check in the first place . . . I never would have known. If I hadn't turned the light on,

I probahly wouldn't have n<>ticed she was ~et, and could have just covered her with a clear conscience. Bul knowing . . . then what can I do. I can try to believe the old adage: "A baby never catches cold in its own wet." But I don't believe it. I can just cover her, wet pajamas and all . . . figuring the same principle as a diver's wetsuit will keep her warm. But then, I wouldn't want to sleep like that. Or I can carry the drippy baby to the bathroom, give her a sponge bath, dress her in warm dry pajamas, change her bed, and tuck her in again. That's clearly the best solution as far as the baby in concerned . . . but I'm so tired. One other possibility crosses my mind. I could go to bed, hoping I'll hear my husband when he comes up, and ask him to change the little one That's definitely the best solution. The

I'm sure many mothers go through the same problem-solving process ... and know which solution to pick. How to Solve How similar all of us are in our thought processes for solving problems . . . from wet babies to world starvation. We can not look for the problem at all. Then we'll never know it's there. We can look at the problem "with the lights off." That way we've salved our conscience. We looked but didn't find anything. We can see the problem . . . and dismiss it. Just say that's the way God intended life to be. There's nothing we should do to interfere. We can cover up the problem. Maybe no one else will notice it . .. or know that we could have done something, and didn't. We can contribute all we have to solve the problem to the best our our ability. Or we can walk away from it, hoping someone else will see it and take care of it. Think about the problems in our homes, in our communities, the Church, the world. H{)w do we handle them? How do we solve them? I'm sure you know which solution I should bave chosen for that wet baby. What solutions should we choose for the countless situations all covered in "Love God. Love your neighbor?" It's easier to know what we should do than it is to do it.

Bishops' Response Disappoints Clergy LONDON (NC) - Representatives of the diocesan clergy of England and· Wales have told bishops that they are "most disappointed" at the "vague and indetermin'ate" reception of their suggestions for improving communications between priests and bishops. They also expressed regret that no procedure has yet been introduced to arbitrate disputes between a bishop and the clergy. These representations were made in a long letter from the standing committee of tbe National Conference of Priests to the' hierarchy's observations on recommendations made by delegated priests last September. The priests~ conference had asked that consultation. should be adequately publicized, views expressed be given fair consideration, all relevant information to be made available and where possible reasons given for the decision finally taken. The bishops in. their observations had neither accepted nor rejected such principles, the letter said.

CATHOLIC PRESS MONTH: Catholic Press Month, February. should be a busy time at the Catholic Book and Film Center operated by Daughters of St. Paul in Cincinnati, one of 18 such facilities in the United States. Sister Marjorie, left, local supervisor, gets a helping hand from visiting- Provincial Sister Mary Celeste as she unpacks a new shipment of books. At a typical center, the Sisters offer about 1,500 titles for sale and also makes them available for reference and browsing. NC Photo.

Has Recipes, Editorials Cookbook That May Change Rural America Written by Farmer's Wife BOISE (NC) - Carla Emery, who lives on a farm near Kendrick with her bus~and and five small children, has written a cookbook that many feel has the potential to change rural Amer.ica. The book, the Old Fashioned Recipe Book, is a 606-page homemade collection of recipes, editorials on country-living, ideas on "natural or organic" topics, and religious meditations. "We raise most of our own food," Mrs. Emery told the Idaho Register, Boise diocesan weekly, in a recent interview, "and about four years ago I got the idea of writing a book about raising all your own food. There were so many ways of doing things that were getting forgotten by everybody but the older people." The book is more than a recipe book. And Carla Emery is concerned with more than just encouraging people to raise their own· food. "The countryside should be made up of small landowners, people who may not have much but they have their own piece of earth," she maintains. "Consolidation policies which are prevalent in rural America today are creating rural slums. The land is meant to be part of the man who lives on it. I favor family farms all the way and I willI use whatever strength I have to fight for them." Mrs. Emery is beginning to amass what may prove to be a considerable amount of strength. Her book, which is mimeographed in her living room by

volunteer labor and by people who work seven hours to earn a book, has sold 3,000 copies in the 10 months since she c01)l-' pleted it. Really Find God In November of last year she took a very successful tour throughout Idaho and California. She appeared on several radio and TV programs and one Los Angeles station was so impressed that they offered her her own radio show. It will be aired in Los Angeles and in Spokane, Wash., and may very well be marketed to a wider area later. "I'm going to continually attack corporate farms on the air," Mrs: Emery said. "There are so many people who want and need the land and these big landowners just let the land sit there." "Private farms are continually getting smaller because of the consolidation policies of business and government. This is wrong. People should be on the land and I will do whatever I can through my radio program and the School of Country Living to reverse the process of rural consolidation." The School of Country Living is another of Carla Emery's dreams-come-true. It will open on her Kendrick farm in April and will be a place where people can come and learn to be semiself-sufficient, organic, rural folk. Mrs. Emery is spiritually motivated in all her work. "You can really find God wb~n you live the simple country life, away from the noise and confusion of cities," she said,

WASHINGTON (NC) - Archbishop Joseph L. Bernardin of Cincinnati, president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB), condemned the "exploitation of women" in a statement marking the 1975 International Women's Year sponsored by the United Nations. At the same time the NCCB president warned against the pro-abortion stance of some proponents of women's equality, calling it "as selfish as the male chauvinism they rightly condemn." He welcomed the International Women's Year and hailed the new sense of' dignity' among women as "one of the most praiseworthy developments of our times." He said women have made "significant progress" in their Church role, but suggested that there is room for more improvement. Archbishop Bernardin made his comments in a statement on International Women's Year issued with the concurrence of the NCCB executive committee and the U. S. bishops' ad hoc Committee on Women in Society 'and the Church, chaired by Bishop Michael McAuliffe· of Jefferson City, Mo.

British Isles Adopt Liturgy Translation LONDON (NC) - The Catholic Church throughout Great Britain and Ireland will fall into line with the rest of the Englishspeaking world by adopting the . universally accepted translated texts for the Mass. The three h·ierarchies of England-Wayes, Scotland and Ireland have announced the simultaneous introduction from March 16, 1975, the Fifth Sunday in Lent, of the text approved by the interdenominational International Consultation on English Texts (ICET). From then on "wherever Mass is celebrated in English the same texts will be used," the EnglishWelsh bishops stated. They added that since 1964 when English was first introduced into the Mass here, the local translation "has proved reasonably satisfactory." Unfortunately this translation has had the disadvantage of not being used in other English-speaking countries, the bishops observed. Lively Anniversary-Holiday Parties

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This snowless Winter thus far is not good for gardens. Those of us who have an aversion to shovels can be rather happy about it, but the lack of insulation afforded by the snow causes havoc in the garden. Combined with heaving caused by quick changes in temperature from below· come under the heading of things to clean. freezing to warm weather, Now Jason is into the cooking this condition can be disas- thing and while I don't want trous. There is nothing much that can be d<;me about it now.. but it is rather important to remember it in the future for those of us who may have forgotten to mulch this winter. Heavy snows tend to insulate the ground so that it is not continually frozen and refrozen. This leaves the roots of plants in a permanent block of frozen ground, which does' them no harm lijnce they are dormant in winter. Thawing causes heaving, which does considerable damage to the root structure of plants. By mulching we minimize this problem. Snow Best The best possible mulch is snow. Failing this, we may use any fibrous material which will not become compact over the winter. My favorite mulch is pine needles which remain' loose and fairly permanent, that is, they are not blown away by the wind. However, they have the disadvantage of being burdensome to collect and carry, since large amounts are needed 00 do a satisfactory job. Wood chips are also very useful and are becoming more and more accessible. State officials have been making them available to home gardeners but if they are purchased commercially their cost can be prohibitive. Straw is also a good mulch_ as . is a thick cover of compost or dried manure. The point is that something must cover the ground during the winter so that your plants are protected. If not, then damage will take place and spring will become the time for firmly implanting rooted plants and shrubs into the ground. This will be one of those springs. In The Kitchen My dream of a kitchen has always come from looking at colonial kitchens with lovely .wide floorboards, beamed ceilings and of course a huge handsome fireplace that everyone could gather around. While I have a very nice fireplace, it isn't in the kitchen, but I do have a kitchen that everyone gathers in and here is my problem. Kitchens are great family spots if you have acres of room, two stoves, and kids who clean up after they get a sudden urge to cook at 9 o'clock 'in the evening. While sporting an open motif, the square footage of my kitchen leaves much to be desired, one of my ovens has given up the battle, and while my children will tell you that of course they always clean up after they've cooked something, they will neglect to reveal that pots, pans and the top of the stove do not

to discourage him into thinking that the kitchen is a woman's domain, his culinary efforts are a bit wearing. The other afternoon I came home to find him entertaining a young lady (an older woman of 10, really) by whipping up a 'hamburger snack. His written menu would have done credit to James Beard, but my kitchen looked more like the mess tent in MASH. I have a feeling that while those colonial women with the huge homey kitchens may have used them as family rooms, they didn't let everyone get into the act. This is without a doubt the best chocolate cake ever. Sinfully expensive at this moment, nevertheless it's like "Chicken every Sunday" used to be--only for special occasions. Chocolate Fudge Cake 3 squares unsweetened chocolate 212 cups sifted cake flour 2 teaspoons baking soda 12 teaspoon salt 12 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine 2\4 cups firmly packed light brown sugar 3 eggs 112 teaspoons vanilla 1 cup dairy sour cream 1 cup boiling water Fudge Frosting (below) 1) Melt chocolate in a small bowl over hot, not boiling water: cool. 2) Grease and flour two 9x 112 inch layer cake pans: tap out excess flour. 3) Sift together the flour, baking soda and salt. 4) 'Beat the butter until soft in a large bowl. Add the brown sugar and eggs and beat with mixer at high speed until light and fluffy, 5 minutes. Beat in vanilla and cooled melted chocolate. 5) Stir in dry ingredients alternately with sour cream, beating well after each addifion until batter is smooth. Stir in boiling water. Suddenly the batter will be like water, but don't panic, it really does bake up properly. Pour at once into pans. 6) Bake in 350 oven 35 minutes or until centers spring back when touched lightly. 7) Cool layers in pans on wire rack 10 minutes; loosen around edges with a small knife, turn Qut on wire rack and cool completely before frosting. 0

Chocolate Fudge Frosting 4 squares unsweetened chocolate 12 cup {I stick) butter or margarine 1 package confectioners' sugar 12 cup milk 2 teaspoons vanilla 1) . Combine chocolate anr.t butter in small heavy saucepan. P:ace' over low heat just until melted. Remove from heat.

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ANNUAL SNOW BALL TO BENEFIT HIGH SCHOOL:

Members of the dance committee planning the fourth annual Snow Ball at Coyle-Cassidy High School for Feb. 1 are, seated: Mrs. Joan Shurtleff, publicity; Mrs. Marilyn Powers, chairman; Mrs. Alice Quinn, co-chairman. Standing, Brother Robert Andreasen, moderator of the Mothers' Club.

Significant Sacrifice Minnesota Nuns Forego Pay Raise To Aid Schools ST. PAUL (NC)-Prompted by the recent court decision striking down the state's Income Tax Credit law, St. Paul-Minneapolis archdiocesan Sisters have withdrawn their request for a pay raise despite a time of rapid rises in the cost-of-living. The offer came at the Sisters' own initiative and had unanimous support, Archbishop Leo Binz reported in a letter to archdiocesan priests, school principals and parish school board members. "This means a very significant sacrifice on the part of the Sisters and one for which I am certain that pastors an:! school boards are extremely grateful," Archbishop Binz said. "·As archbishop I add my own profound thanks and renewed admiration for the Sisters who have been the backbone of our Catholic school system." The request for higher salaries came at an October meeting of representatives of the four major religious orders teaching in the archdiocese. The four communities were Sisters of St. Joseph o~ Carondelet, School Sisters of Notre Dame, the Sisters of St. Benedict and the Dominican Sisters. The Sisters had asked for a raise of $500, which was slated primarily for retirement needs. The current salary schedule isa basic stipend of $3,100 arid $400 in retirement benefits for all Sisters under the archdiocesan salary scale.

2) Combine confectioners' sugar, milk and vanilla in medium size bowl; stir until smooth, add chocolate mixture. Set bowl in pan of ice and water; beat with wooden spoon until frosting is thick enough to spread and hold its shape.

Representatives of the four communities met again to review the tax credit decision, and during this meeting decided to withdraw the salary request.

Chileans Honor Sisters Of Christian Charity SANTI-AGO (NC)-The Sisters of Christian Charity have been honored for a century of social and educational works in Chile. U. S.-born Sister AU'gustilde Geissen, superior general, was awarded the Order of Merit by the Chilean government during ceremonies commemorating the arrival in. 1874 of the first nuns from Germany. At that time Otto von Bismarck, the Prussian chancellor, had expelled many ReligiouS' groups. The Christian Charity Sisters have 140 convents and 2,100 nuns in Europe and North and South America. There are ala most 1,000 members of the congregation in the United States. Sister Geissen was superior of the New Jersey province before being elected superior general in Rome in 1966.

Coyle-Cassidy High School, Taunton, will be the scene of the fourth annual Snow Ball, to be held from 8 P.M. to 1 AM. Saturday, Feb. I, with proceeds to benefit the school. Beginning with a social hour, the evening will continue with dancing, and a buffet meal will be served at 11 P.M. Music will be by Manny Silvia's Tophatters. An award of $500 will be raffled in the course of the evening, with a deadline for raffle tickets set for Monday, Jan. 27. They may be obtained at the school office or from Snow Ball committee members. Organizers note that Brother Thomas Mulryan, past moderator of the Coyle~Cassidy Moth· ers' Club, now assigned to Cardinal Mooney High School, Rochester, N. Y., will be among guests at the ball, as will many high school alumni.

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ST. JEAN BAPTISTE, FALL RIVER The annual Valentine whist of the Council of Catholic Women will take place Monday, Feb. 10, following a 7:30 P.M. business session. Mrs. Eugene Hebert and Mrs. Adrian Baraby, cochairmen, request that members bring prizes. Guests are invited and refreshments will be served. ST. WILLIAM, FALL RIVER The Women's Guild will meet at 8 P.M. Wednesday, Feb. 5 in the parish all-purpose room. The change of date is due to the fact that the regular meeting would fall on Ash Wednesday. Hostesses will be Mrs. Raymond Gagnon and Mrs. John Frain. A copper demonstration will follow a business session.

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ST. JOSEPH, ATTLEBORO Parents of apprentices, pages and new members of the Knights of the Altar will meet at 7 tonight in the church for an explanation of the organization's program. All members will meet at 11 A.M. Saturday in the church to practice for installation ceremonies scheduled for 7:30 P.M. Sunday. A committee planning a parish variety show will meet at 7:30 P.M. Friday in the school building. ·B.E.E. People will hold a potluck supper at 7:30 P.M. Saturday, Feb. 8 in the parish hall, with Atty. Bettina Briggs as guest speaker. Tickets are now available at the rectory or from members. Parishioners 18 to 24 years of age. are invited to participate in a cooed Echo retreat the weekend of Feb. 14 at Dominic Savio Retreat House, Peacedale, R. 1. Applications, avaiiabIe at the rectory, must be returned by Saturday, Feb. 1. ST. ANNE, NEW BEDFORD A French meat pie supper will be served from 5 to 7 P.M. Saturday, Feb. 8. Telephone reservations may be made by calling 997-9090. HOLY REDEEMER, CHATHAM A Valentine motif will prevail at a potluck supper planned for 6 P.M. Saturday, Feb. 1 at thz church hall under sponsorship of the Women's Guild. "Red hearts and flowers, gaily-covered cafe tables and sentimental music will explode post-holiday 'blahs' for guests," say organizers, including Mrs. Jon D. Eldridge, guild president and supper chairman, who will be assisted by other officers of the organization. Reservations are in charge of Mrs. Andrew Mikita, telephone 945-0613. OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP, NEW BEDFORD A meat pie supper will be served at 6 o'clock on Saturday night, Jan. 25 in the church hall at 235 No. Front St. Following the supper, a card party will be held. Tickets for the supper are $2.25 and for the card party 60c. HOLY NAME, FALL RIVER The Leisure Group will meet at 2 this afternoon and will hear a discussion of emergency mediC1il1 services by District Fire Chief Louis A. Shea. A social hour will follow. Altar boys of grammar school age will meet at 2:30 this afternoon in the church. Those not attending will no longer be considered active altar boys, unless excused. The 1923 Club will hold a dinner dance at 7 P.M. Saturday in the school hall. The next club session will begin Sunday, Feb. 2 and will run through Sunday, June 15.

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PAPAL BLESSING ON ANNIVERSARY: Mr. and Mrs. Noe Bessette of 491 No. Front St., New Bedford, members of St. Anthony of Padua Parish, admire the blessing from. Pope Paul VI as their 65th wedding anniversary approaches on Feb. 8. Their four children will join in the celebration and they are: Rev. Ernest R. Bessette, pastor of St. Joseph's Parish, Attleboro; Roger of Florida; Mrs. Doris ~oy· of Acushnet and Mrs. Alice Caron of New Bedford.

ST. JOSEPH, TAUNTON The annual parish penny sale will take place Monday and Tuesday nights, Feb. 17 and 18 under sponsor~hip of the parish council and social committee. NOTRE DAME, FALL RIVER The meeting of the Council of Catholic Women scheduled for 7:45 P.M. Monday, Jan. 27 in Jesus-Mary auditorium will have as its highlight a calendar party, with Mrs. Norman Desrosiers as chairman. Tickets for a Mardi Gras dance planned from 8 to midnight Saturday night, Feb. 8 by the council are now available from Mrs. Roland Aubry or Mrs. Raymond Pelletier, cochairmen. Music will be by the New Sound.

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Janice Leavy-were married in Springfield's Holy Cross Church, whose mosaics and stained glass windows Joe helped to des,ign. Their two youngest childrenJohn, 13, and Mary-Ellen, 10are pupils of Holy Cross School. Their eldest son, Joseph, 16, is a student at Cardinal O'Hara High School, Springfield. Both parents said they believe that individual talents are revea,led at an early age-and en-' courage the development both of talents and interests for personal happiness and the service of God. Joe Voelker began draw,ing as a pupil in West Philadelphia's St. Agatha's School, and his talent in drawing, wood carving and water color was developed in special courses at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Fleischer Institute. For four days after the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941 until October 1945 he served in the Army -most of the time as a combat artist with the 14th Air Force in the China·-Burma-India campaign. Since then, he has devoted his life to art-as a commercial artist for General Electric and DuPont and as a designer of mu'seum exhibits - to his family, and to his Church. "I'd hardly consider it Iiv.ing if I weren't a Catholic," he said.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Jan. 23, 1975

Church Colleges in Maryland Receive Aid ANNAPOLIS (NC) - Maryland's Board of Public Works bas directed that church-related colleges in the state be given $1.87 million in state aid held up by a suit challenging the constitutionality of the law providing it. The board, acting on the advice of the state attorney general, directed that the money be given to the five church-related colleges, four of them Catholic, named as defendants in the suit fi~ld in 1972 by the Maryland chapter of tbz American Civil Liberties Union. The state had held the money in escrow pend-

ing the outcome of the challenge. A three-judge U.S. District Court in Baltimore upheld the constitutionality of law, which provides aid to about 20 private colleges in the state, more than a month ago. The ACLU has appealed to tbe U.S. Supreme Court, which refused in late November to enjoin payment of the money to the church-related schools pending its decision on affirming the lower court deci-

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sion or hearing arguments on the case. One of the church-related colleges, St. Joseph's in Emmits· burg. has closed down. A spokesman for' the Maryland attorney general said St. Joseph's had received the money due to it under the law before it closed down a~d used that money in closing. The other three Catholic col· leges are Notre Dame' and Loyola in Baltimore and St. Mary's, Emmitsburg. Western Maryland College, Westminster, named as a defendant in the suit, has contested the ACLU's allegation that it is Methodist-affiliated.

Pope Paul Oppos-es Distinction Between Christ and Church VATICAN CITY (NC) - To say "yes" to Christ, but "no" to the Church is impossible, Pope Paul VI said during a weekly general audience. Today, according to Pope Paul, "some people are saying, 'Christ, was; the Church, no.' But we cannot make that distinction," The Pope, suffering from a cold, entered the audience hall for the second week from a door off the stage, rather than being carried down the hall's main aisle on a portable throne. The audience lasted only about an hour instead of the usual 90 minutes. Although the Pope sounded hoarse, his movements were lively and he seemed in good spirits. The Pope said that an obstacle standing in the way of Chris-

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Of Faith in' Chile PHILADELPHIA (NC) - An Immaculate Heart of Mary Sister from Philadelphia who teaches in Santiago, Chile, reports that the dropping of government controls on religion and education by that country's ruling military junta has sparked a resurgence of faith among Catholics there. Back in the United States since late December, Sister Peter Claver said in an interview with The Catholic Standard and Times, archdiocesan newspaper, Philadelphia, "There are no government controls on religion or the schools as there were under Allende's regime. Since the junta has taken over I've seen a great resurgence of the practice of the faith and a real renewal of religious fervor among the people,"

tian renewal is "opl'osition toward the so-called institutional Church, the real Ohurch, the human Church, the ministering Church, which is custodian and dispenser of the divine mysteries." The Pope s~id that the media· tion of the Church is necessary to know Christ and to live His life. "True, ideal, vibrant Christian renewal cannot be accomplished apart from a rediscovery of our inclusion in the mystical and social body of Christ which is precisely the Catholic Church. Nor can it be accomplished apart from liberation, a word which is today unfortunately fashionable, from the temptation to separate Christ from the Church or to almost challenge tl}e Church by giving in to every arbitrary criticism of the Church in our interpretation of religious truth." The Pope told his listeners, who filled only about half of the vast audience hall: "We must remake our Christian mentality." He quoted the 17th-century French thinker, Blaise Pascal: "No one is happy in the same way as a Christian is, nor is anyone reasonable, virtuous or loving in the same way as a Christian" (Pensees 541). The Pope added: "Today we moderns, even if we only rarely or incompletely profess ourselves in communion with the Christian religion (a communion which is often tacit, minimal, and secularized), we' feel this newness of lifestyle, but we· pose as conformists or open-minded persons to win "human respect," rather than appear to be what we are: Christians, people who have their own free and higher way of living, even if it is logical and strict."

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Book Stresses Importance Of Stability of Marriage Has the stability of marriage any importance for the well-being of society? One would think not, if taken in by the raucous celebration of sexual revolution and liberation, the vogue of the swinging singles, the legislation of easy divorce. A dissenting voice is As can be seen, Mr. Gilder is raised by (';eorge Gilder in making a pragmatic case. The his new book, "Naked No- full dimensions of human namads" (Quadrangle/The New ture and human destiny are not York Times Book Co., 10 E. 53rd St.,. New York, N. Y. 10022. 180 pages. $7.95). He says, "Society must induce the vast ma-

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jority of its members to follow predictable and responsible lives ... Marriage is the crucial institution. It mobilizes biology, economics, psychology, love aggressian, aspiration, optimism, to transfigure the man and his sexuality." Mr. Gilder makes no mention . of marriage as a sacrament. His allusions to religion are very few and superficial. He never considers the value and the witness of elected and consecrated celibacy. His concern is with the consequences of male sexuality which blunders and works havoc outside of marriage. Lack Commitment He admits that there are many single men who lead disciplined and socially valuable lives. But he finds them to be a minority. The majority, he contends, are sadly lacking in commitment and orientation. Surprisingly, they "earn less over their lifetime than any other major category of workers" of either sex. They are off the job more. They are more prone to sickness, have more psychological problems, are hospitalized more, are more involved in crime and with drugs, have. higher. accident, mortality, and suicide rates. The statistics for divorced men are similar, and men are more damaged ):>y divorce than are women. Most men, Mr. Gilder asserts, if alone and "free," disintegrate. The popular picture of the 'savvy, swashbuckling single man, so common in fiction, the movies, and TV, is a sorry misrepresentation. The actuality is far different and immeasurably worse. We ought not to be misled by the false image, but rather consider the increase in the number of single male psycopaths, as indicated in the news of sensational crimes. Crucial Institution Most men, Mr. Gilder maintains, need the responsibilities of lasting marriage, need to be providers for wife and children, need conjugal and parental love. And such marriage he declares to be the crucial institution of civilized life. When it is in decline, society is imperilled.

sounded by him. He can speak of "a sense of human sanctity" as a feminine virtue. Some of his anthropological case is rickety: he depends heav- . ily on the views of Robert Ar. drey, including those which have been exploded by recent discoveries. He is not above using street language, and his exam路 pies of sexual folly can be shocking to the sheltered. ,But within its obvious limitations, this is an impressive book. Pragmatic considerations are by no means the only ones where marriage and society are involved, but they have their place and their force. 'Strictly Speaking' In Strictly Speaking (BobbsMerrill, 4300 W. 62 St., Indianapolis, Ind. 46268. 205 pages. . $7.95), Edwin Newman, familiar to watchers of NBC television, is worried not about the state of marriage, but about that of the language. His book ls sub-titled "Will America Be the Death of English?" The language is being ruined' in many ways and by many forces. Mr. Newman cites the abuses which are common in newspapers and in broadcasting, those perpetrated in politics imd in sports, those originating in bureaucracy and in pedantry, and elsewhere. They make a huge, dismaying rubbish heap. His teeth are set on edge by the all but universal "hopefully," when what is meant by the speaker, but not by this work, is "I hope." He groans over the omnipresent "thrust," as in "the thrust of his argument," "the thrust of his program." And "parameter" infuriates him, when a simple word like "limit" does better. Great Treasure Does it matter that our speech and writing are imprecise and stale? Mr. Newman thinks it does. Language, he believes, sets the tone of society, and politics would be improved if our language were. Perhaps so. In any case, we are debasing, and depriving ourselves of a great treasure. May the language be saved by the educational establishment? From a college came a complaint about higher education alleging that "higher education is enmeshed in a congeries of social and political change" and "the field of humanities suffers from a surfeit of leeching, its blood drawn out by verbalism, explication of text, Alexandrian scholasticism, and the exquisite preciosities and pretentiousness of contemporary literary criticism." Huh? Jargon Speciality Corporate reports are even worse, although one should probably not expect the business world to be more careful of the language than the world of

MEETING THE PRESIDENT: In an ecumenical setting, Archbishop William Baum of Washington, D.C., chats with President and Mrs. Gerald Ford after the First Family attended services at St. John's Episcopal Church near the White House Jan. 12. The archbishop was a special guest of the Rev. John Harper (left) of St. John's. NC Photo.

New Priest-Congressman. Backs. Reforms WASHINGTON (NC) - Con- be a turnover in the .1976 elecgressman Robert Cornell of tions just like the one in 1974. Wisconsin now belongs to two Major Issue select groups. A Norbertine Employment is a major issue priest, he has joined Jesuit Rob- for the incoming congressmen, ert Drinan as one of a pair of according to Father Cornell. prfests now serving in Congress. Others include: He is also one of 75 freshmen -A tax cut. A 12 per cent Democratic representatives alacross the board cut, as pro ready drawing attention as a posed by President Gerald Ford, "new breed" of post-Watergate, .is not sufficient if the tax rereform-oriented congressmen. bates take a year to reach the Watergate .was not a direct people, he said. Also, Father issue in his campaign, according Cornell believes, tax cuts must to Father Cornell. But, he says, be structured to give more aid "I've had people come up to me to the lower and middle income and say they don't agree with groups. all my views, but they voted for -Energy. While neither are me because they trusted me. I desirable, according to Father thought that was significant of Cornell, gas rationing is more the period in which we live." equitable than a heavy fuel tax. -National Health Insurance. But Father Cornell, 54, says he and the other freshmen share Father Cornell will co-sponsor the same concerns about reform. the Health Security Act, the They were elected on promises most far-reaching and compreof reform, he said in an inter- hensive national health insurview in his office at the Long- ance program placed before worth Office Building, the oldest Congress so far. -Welfare Reform. It is time House Office building, and if they do not perform, there may for "a complete overhaul" of the welfare system, he believes. "'I supported President Nixon's

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Stresses Other Threats To Life Besides Abortion I propose the following litmus paper test for dealing with the right-to-life people. Ask them where they' stand on gun control. Do they want to see the sale of hand guns rigidly restricted? Are they in favor of suspension of production of ammo for these guns? Industrial disease is a subject Do they want to see hand on which the respect life moveguns (other than those used' ment could steal a march on for legitimate sport in target most of the ecological enthusipractice) confiseated? Do they want all other guns to be carefully licensed and regulated? If they do, then they really

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are concerned about one preservatiqn of life. If not, they are narrow sectaries concerned about one particular threat to life but not about life as such. Worse still, they may well be hypocrites who use their own narrow little crusade to work out emotional problems without any real concern for human life at all. Or, to put the matter differently, there is a very considerable segment of American society (a majority) which is opposed to abortion on demand. The thoughtful Catholics in the respect life movement must realize that they need the help of these potential allies. They mw.,t also understand that the rigi~ fanaticism of many of their own associations has frightened off possible allies. It is necessary, therefore, to change the image of the respect,life movement. To change the image, the movement has to display broad concern about a number of critical threats to the dignity and integrity of human life. World Food Crisis Gun control is natural. Thousands of lives are snuffed out each year by hand guns. The bloody National Rifle Association - one of the most evil groups ever assembled-is partly to blame for such slaughter. When are the Catholic antiabortionists going to go out after the NRA? The exact dimensions of the world food crisis are unclear. But there isn't much doubt that hundreds of thousands, perhaps milions, could die this winter. If the anti-abortionists are sincere about respecting life, one would suppose that they will as individuals and as a move· ment show deep and sustained concern about the threat of world famine. Industrial Safety Or the respect life people could take up the cause of industrial safety - so brilliantly described by Rachel Scott in "Muscle and Blood." Over 100,000 people die each year from occupational caused diseases and perhaps 400,000 disabling diseases occur each year. Lead and beryllium poisoning, black lung, asbestos poisoning - can you repect life and not be concerned about these things?

asts who are greatly concerned about whales, birds and timber wolves (about which we should be concerned) but don't seem worried about coal miners or asbestos workers. Of course, most of the eco-freaks are upper middle class types who much prefer whales and wolves to the racist, hawkish, white ethnic blue collar workers. Must Win Allies A coalition against abortion and for industrial safety would be obvious if the respect life people are really interested in winning allies. Still, some of them seem perfectly capable of worrying about the worker's unborn child and simultaneously not caring much about the toxic materials that are inhaled into the worker's .lungs every day-making it more likely that he won't live to support the child. I am, let it be clear, against abortion; I am also against the righteous and politically inept fanatics who think that rectitude dispenses one from the necessity of building a coalition with potential allies. And I am against sick sectaries 'who think you can be deeply worried about human life and ignore many of the other threats to it besides abortion. (Andrew Greeley, priest and sociologist, is Program Director of the National Opinion Research Center of the University of Chicago.)

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Jan. 23, 1975

Priest Senate Criticizes Oil Prices ST. PAUL (NC) - The St. Paul - Minneapolis archdiocesan Priests' Senate has passed a resolution criticizing the "injustice" of prices charged for oil by the oil-producing nations. The resolution criticized also "a growing disposition in some strategic sections of the United States. to consider seriously the feasibility of using military force to seize Arab oil fields." "Such action would be grossly unjust, a modern species of Hitlerism. From our nation's Executive should come a decisive statement that would stop such war mongering," the resolution said. The resolution was pro· posed by Msgr. Francis Gilligan,

violating the traditional moral teaching about a just price." "We view as a form of ex· tremely ugly hypocrisy the practice of some Americans, who while condemning the Arab nations, persist in charging exorbitant prices for their own prod· ucts," the resolution said. It urges the nation to seek relief from high oil' prices through "patient, constant, friendly" negotiations with the Arabs. Paul Mohrbacher, pastor of St. Stephen's parish, Minneapolis, added a statement to the resolution urging the U. S.· Congress to investigate over-pricing and enact consumer protection legislation.

director of the archdiocesan Society for the Propagation of the Faith.• "Most wars start slowly, not abruptly," Msgr. Gilligan said. The resolution also said that the prices charged for sugar and steel are "exorbitant and unjust,

Auxiliary BishopWASHINGTON (NC) - Pope Paul VI has named Msgr. Roger Mahony, 38, chancellor of the Fresno, Calif., diocese auxiliary bishop of that See. Bishopdesignate Mahony is also rector of St. John's Cathedral, Fresno, and secretary of the U. S. bishops' Ad Hoc Committee on Farm Labor.

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New Vatican Guidelines Condemn Anti-Semitism On Jan. 3 the Vatican's recently established Commission on Relations with Judaism issued a very important statement on ways to improve Catholic-Jewish relations. The tantalizingly brief summary of this statement which appeared in the papers in California, where I then was, unfavorably to the New Testament, stress that "it is the same was accurate as far as it God" who speaks through Abrawent, but, as happens so ham, Moses and Jesus, and urge

often, only the New York Times gave it the kind of coverage it deserved. The Times not only ran the statement in full but

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also carried the complete text of a statement of response issued by the International Jewish Committee on Interreligious Consultations. .Jt was worth at least the Times' 50 cent California price to this writer to be abl.e to read the complete text of these two documents-3,OOO miles from New York and approximately 7,000 miles from Rome-on the day they were released. By the time this column appears in print, our readers will have had an opportunity to study both texts in their diocesan papers if they happen to have missed them in the Times. I am assuming, of course, that the diocesan papers will emulate the Times' good example and publish both documents in full. I also assume that, in due time, they will publish appropriate commentaries and background articles on Catholic-Jewish relations. They owe it to their readers to do so, for the Church in the United States, of all the local churches throughout the world, ought to be taking the lead in this area. I say this, among other reasons, because approximately one-half the Jewish people in the world live as our friends and neighbors in the '. United States. Eliminate Discrimination The Vatican's Guidelines on Catholic-Jewish Relations are intended to implement the "Declaration on"the Jews" issued in 1965 by the Second Vatican Counci!. Like the council's declaration, the guidelines reaffirm, in even stronger language, the Church's condemnation of antiSemitism and call for sweeping action to eliminate all forms of discrimination against the Jews that might be found in the Church's worship and catechesis. The guidelines also call for dialogue between Catholics and Jews, affirmation of a joint biblical and theological heritage, and a strong emphasis on "common elements of the liturgical life" as means for improving relations" between Catholics and Jews. Among other things, they appeal for CathQlic respect for the "Jew's faith and their religious convictions," warn against comparing the Old Testament

a common quest fot social justice. The statement of response issued by the International Jewish Committee on Interreligious Consultations was cautiously affirmative. On the one hand, it predicted that the guidelines will lead to better understanding between Catholics and Jews. It also applauded the Vatican's stand on anti-Semitism. On the other hand, it noted with regret that the guidelines failed to include a reference to Israel and left unanswered the question whether Jews are to be viewed as needing conversion to Christianity. I agree with the committee on the question of 'Israe!. In other words, I wish the Vatican commission, in calling upon Catholics "to learn by what essential traits the Jews define themselves in the light of their own religious experience," had openly declared that this admonition, in the words of the Jewish statement of response, "requires an acknowledgement of the central role of peoplehood in Jewish religious thought and of the consequent religious character of the historic attachment of the Jewish people to the land of Israe!." In any event, this fact has already been clearly acknowledged by Catholic leaders in the United States and other countries and will undoubtedly be strongly reemphasized in future statements coming from official Catholic agencies in this country. Unduly Alarmed

While I fully agree with the authors of the Jewish statement of response on this particular issue, i[ think they may be unduly alarmed about the so-called "conversion" issue. The Vatican has already strongly denied that it had any intent of proselytizing in the "fraternal talks" between Catholics and Jews advocated in the guidelines. I think our Jewish friends would be well advised to take the Vatican at its word in this regard. On the other hand, given the tragic history of Catholic-Jewish relations, I can r.eadily understand why the Jewish people are so concerned about the conversion issue. I also think that Rabbi Marc Tanenbaum of the American Jewish Committee - a good friend and highly esteemed collaborator - may have overshot the mark when he said in the course of a separate statement of response that the Vatican Guidelines "implied a religious 'second class status' (for Judaism) in the family of faith communities." I don't find any such implication in the guidelines although I must admit that the document is not as clear on this issue as it might have been.

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San Diego diocesan newspaper, performs his first wedding ceremony by witnessing the vows of his son, Paul, with Angela Keffala at Our Lady of Sacred Heart Church, San Diego. At right is Father James Poulsen, chief conce lebrant of the wedding Mass. In the center is maid of honor Colleen Mauricio. NC Photo.

Gallo Sued for $225 Million SAN FRANCISCO (NC)Three farm workers from the San Joaquin Valley and three consumers from the San Francisco Bay area have filed a major antitrust lawsuit here against E. and J. Gallo Wineries. Gallo, one of America's largest producers of wine, does an estimated $250 million business a year and is currently the focus of a consumer boycott organized by the United Farm Workers of America (UFWA). The company had a contract with the' union from 1967 until 1973 when it, along with many other California grape growers, switched to -the Teamsters' union. Jose Gutierrezo and two other farmworkers were joined in the suit by Margin Fassler, a consumer representative of San Francisco, and two others in a class action that charges the Gallo Wineries with a wide range of unlawful business practices as part of a scheme for restraint of trade and monopolization in the popularly priced wine industry. The plaintiffs seek $225 million in damages. an injunction and a court order breaking up the many subsidiary operations of Gallo. "Any such suit is absolutely groundless," the Gallo company said. "It is another example of the UFW's irresponsible publicity-seeking efforts.

"The UFW has been trying to pressure Gallo through boy· cotts and other lawsuits to force its 200 permanent and 300 seasonal farmworkers into the' UFW against their wilL" Barry Winograd, attorney for the plaintiffs, in response to the GaUo statement said that, while there was separate litigation filed or in the process of being filed against Gallo by the United Farm Workers of America, this suit had no connection with the Chavez-led group. "It has no connection at all with the UFWA," Winograd said. "The Gallo company knows this. The plaintiffs are not acting

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in behalf of the UFWA. They are doing it on their own." Winograd said that "on the basis of the action, Gallo controls the wine industry in a 'vertical' fashion. The corporation discriminates among the wine grape growers under longterm contracts by setting artificially low prices for some. Farmworkers, the plaintiff claims, have their hours and pay reduced to an amount less than free competitive conditions would permit."

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Jan. 23, 1975

KNOW YOUR FAITH

Learning路 From the Indians

Understanding Conscience

By WILLIAM E. MAY and from our Church we learned Our growth as moral beings, that some things are "right" and as conscientious agents of ac- others are "wrong." We were tivity, is just that: It is a growth, heirs, in short, to a universe of a developmental process. When .moral values, and initially we we were little children we did accepted these as we accepted not have the ability to make true other things that we ,were moral judgments-judgments of taught by our elders. We valued conscience. But we were equip- certain things, such as friendped to learn, for we had the ship and truth-telling, chastity wonderful and God-given gift of and honesty, chiefly beca4se intelligence, of the ability to these were the things that our think about our experiences and parents and neighbors and thus to get an understanding of Church valued. them and of ourselves. Our own jdentity was bound Moreover, in the development up with the identity of our parof our own personal conscience, ents and neighbors and Church; of our own personal ability to we found ourselves at "home" make conscientious judgments with them, and we treasured the about what we ought and ought same things they treasured and not to do, we were not left on experienced anxiety and fear our own. We did not have to when their values were chalstart from scratch. For we were lenged or denied. This is pretty born into a world "mediated by much the way most of us grew meaning," that is, into a world up. The moral judgments that where other human beings lived we made, our own conscientious and where the heirs to a rich judgments about the "right" tradition of human experience .and the "wrong" were to a great and thinking. We began to learn extent DERIVED judgments; we the difference between right and took them over from our parwrong from our parents and ents and friends and Church. friends, by listening to what they We were, in short, introduced had to tell us and by thinking of to a universe of moral values by the experiences we shared with others, and their values became them. our own. Our morality at this Acceptance time of our lives has been deThe "world mediated by mean- scribed by many developmental ing" that we inherited included psychologists, among them the a world of moral meaning, for noted Lawrence Kohlberg, as a from our parents and teachers Turn to Page Fourteen

Moral Development

Marie Shedlock never met Lawrence Kohlberg, and it is a shame. They would have been good for one another. Marie Shedlock was a master storyteller who died in London in 1935. Lawrence Kohlberg meanwhile continues his research on moral development at Harvard, probably unaware of his loss. I have just finished Marie's book,

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"The Art of the Storyteller," and I find that it is filled with intelligent advice to any, especially parents, interested in laying a groundwork for future moral development in children. The following ideas particularly struck me. Medium of Stories 1. Much Moral Education Can Be Undertaken With Children Through the Medium of Stories. Ms. Shedlock points out that the Pueblo Indians never trained their children in their duties with bare commands. For each duty, the Indians devised a fairy-tale designed to explain how children first learned it was right to act a certain way and

what happened to those who acted otherwise. Whatever moral lesson there was woven into the fable of the story itself. When her children were路 ready to learn, the Indian mother sent for the tribal story-teller or "dreamer," who would then come and help her children imagine or dream of proper behavior. However, like Kohlberg, Shedlock stresses that moral development is not something done in one lump session, like mastering the multiplication tables. She notes that it is a gradual process to be nourished continually, especially through stories. Further, stories show a child one's true position in the universe, thus preventing an exaggerated idea of one's own importance. They help bring about a clearer perception of all situations, enabling the child to get the point of view of another person. They are actually the first instilling of philosophy into the mind of a child and help prevent much suffering later when the blows of life start falling. Shedlock maintains that stories lay the groundwork of wisdom and of the perspective that makes true joy a possibility. And the truth of what she says is readily attested to by our own experience. Gradual Emergence 2. There Is A Crucial Distinction Between Moral DevelopTurn to Page Fourteen

The clean, beautiful city of Spokane last year hosted 'Expo '74, a World's Fair "Celebrating tomorrow's fresh new environment." Attractive national pavilions located but a block or two from the downtown area along the banks, on islands and near falls of the Spokane river took various approaches to

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underscore this main 'ecology theme. Our own United States Pavilion raised the serious question if in fact. tom.orrow's environment would be "fresh and new." A towering, two-story pile of junk, a cle\'er fountain constructed of bathroom fixtures, and a collection of 60 leaking faucets (wasting enough water to supply the needs of six persons) warned visitors in a nonverbal way that the future world will not be pure and clean without some saving efforts on the part of today's citizens. Inside the pavilion's mammoth theater, a marvelous 25minute motion picture on a screen triple the size of Cinerama made the same point, but in very explicit visual and verbal terms. Either .protect our current resources and use them with care, the movies maintained, or tomorrow's environment will be dirty, cluttered, even inadequate to sustain living beings. Turn to Page Fourteen

SPOKESMAN: An elderly Indian served as the chief spokesman, the modem prophet, during this film which was the equivalent of a contemporary examination of conscience. Chief Dan George is the narrator for the IMAX Multiscreen film "Man Belongs to the Earth," which was shown at Expo '74 International Exposition in Spokane, Wash. The chief, a known environmentalist, did not use a formal script in narrating the motion picture, but was asked to retell his thoughts at selected locations. NC Photo.

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II The Catholic Church: Community II By Msgr. Wilfrid H. Paradis and Sister Mariella Frye, M.H.S.H. I(This is the sixth 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.) In Chapter Three, the Catholic Church and the Invitation to Community, the entire first section explains the Churth as sacrament using mainly the images of Body of Christ and People of God. The call of Christians to community is the subject of the second section. The sense路 of Christian solidarity or what is today called "community" has been integral to the Church from the beginning. This is testified in the Acts of the Apostles. It involved a sharing of material re-

sources in the whole community of believers as generously as is done in a family. Most of all, it involved a sharing of life-style and ideals, of prayer and questions, of rejoicing and mourning. "Christian community neither means doing things together, nor doing things the same way everywhere and at all times. Rather it means sharing common beliefs, worsr,/ip, experiences, ideals and values. Christian community leads one to surrender selfish goals and private interests for a common good. It is a matter of service, of concern for others, of accepting corporate responsibility. It is a question of being accountable to others for the way each of us lives his or her life, uses his or her talents and goods, and gives a welcome to the ideas and needs and claims of others. Building Community "Community is at the heart of Christian education not simTurn to Page Fourteen

ST. PAUL (NC) - Minnesota Attorney General Warren Spannaus has announced that he will appeal the Nov. 26 state Supreme Court decision that declared the Minnesota Income Tax Credit law unconstitutional. The action followed the Supreme Court's rejection Dec. 27 of three petitions seeking a rehearing of the court decision, which bars parents of children in non-public schools from receiving tax credits or refunds on their 1974 income tax returns.

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Development Continued from Page Thirteen ment Through Stories And Moralizing Through Stories. Again and again, throughout her book, Ms. Shedlock advises against beating children over the head with the moral "point" of a story. She would claim, rather, that if th~ story is a good one and well told, then whatever moral is in it will emerge gently and gradually in the consciousness of the child and sometimes only after some years. If our presentation is sincere and life-like, then we shall convey all we intend to the child. Actually she is saying what every great artist has known intuitively: the purpose of the story itself. The great artists are moral without having a moral. There is much more richness in any narrative than can be summed in a neat lesson. Hopefully, children will not get the idea that all there is to stories are dull lesson's that get sprung on them at the end. Marie Shedlock in her book affirms what Kohlberg will perhaps never get to say. It is this: Good stories imitate life in the very ambiguity and irony of situations. They breed wonder, not neat moral platitudes. Because of this quality in them, stories can very much enrich the development of children, especially their moral development. Stories in Preaching

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The,re is much more that could be said about the uses of stories, in many different aspects of education, especially religious education. I have found that older teens and adults alike seem to understand theoretical material more quickly and to personalize it more deeply when it is concretized in story. I have seen the same thing borne out in weekend retreats for high school and college age young people. In speaking to young people, two-thirds of my times goes into finding the right stories, one-third into the rest. Further, the homiletics class I will never teach would spend most of its time on learning the art of telling and dramatizing stories. Those who neglect stories in their preaching would be encouraged to snuff candles but never preach. So, thank you Marie Shedlock, I'm sorry Lawrence Kohlberg never ran into you in Harvard Square. Had he, I'm sure he would have wanted to sit at your feet and hear you tell your stories.

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mankind is to be found in Jesus Christ. "No Christian community, however, can be built up unless it has its basis and center in the celebration of the most Holy Eucharist." (V-III Priests, 6). In breaking the Eucharist bread, and partaking of the body of the Lord, we are taken into communion with him and one another ... It is in the Eucharist that "all education in the spirit of community must originate." "The Eucharist is the heartbeat of the local Christian community which is the parish. Inasniuch as it brings together the many human differences found within its boundaries and draws them into the universality of the Church," it offers an obvious example of what the Church is called to be. For most members of the Church in the United States, the parish is the center of their worship and religious activities ... The parish should also be a center of apostolic activity which brings priest and laity into close collaboration in building up the local community. Thus at the parish level, catechesis is simultaneously a way of assimiliating members into the Christian community, a thorough grounding in the faith, and even a way of life. Parish Is Cell "The parish is a kind of cell in the larger structure which is the diocese, .. The bishop is the visible source of the unity of the local Christian community. The bishops recognize that the ministry of the word in which preaching and catechetical instruction always hold pride of place is their primary responsibility ... "Just as, by the Lord's will, St. Peter and the other apostles constituted one apostolic college, . so in similar way the Roman Pontiff as the successor of Peter, and the bishops as the successors of the apostles are joined together." In this apostolic community, the Holy Father is the perpetual and visible source and foundation of the unity of the bishops and of the multitude of the faithful, that is of the universal Church. "Marriage in Christ is the basic building block of any Christian community, beginning with the parish. Community and communion are built most fundamentally in families, and only then on a larger -scale. The celibate v9cations arise in view ot' the community and its needs..." But community is not limited to the confines of family, parish, diocese or nation. The Church is missionary by its very nature, so the article next week will take up the Church's mission to the world. Do you agree w~th these statements on the Church and community? Please .submit your reactions and recommendations to: Rev. Michel G. Methot, 423 Highland Ave., Fall River, Mass. 02720.

Devil The devil has power to suggest evil, but he was not given the power to compel you against your will. -St. Cyril of Jerusalem

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The Catholic Church and Community Continued from Page Thirteen ply as a concept to be taught but as a reality to be lived. Through education, men must be moved to build community in all areas of life. They can do this best if they have learned the meaning of community by experiencing it." (I'JD, 23) This is the task of the Church. This is how 'its members can participate in the experience of the Resurrection of Jesus that is the foundation for a true Christian conversion. We who are the Church are called upon to build among ourselves an experience of true community, that will make it quite evident to everyone that the solution to the problems of

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Continued from Page Thirteen Indian Spokesman An elderly Indian served as the chief spokesman, the modern prophet during this film which was the equivalent of a contemporary examination of conscience. "The Great Spirit," he said, "tells us never kill fish just for fun." That noble man, whose ancestors knew our country before strip mining and smog and polluted streams, came back on the screen from time to time with similar mess,ages of wisdom, words from the past, but principles of present value to our environment conscious society.

SOURCE OF GROWTH: The "world mediated by meaning" that we inherited included a moral meaning, for from our parents and teachers and from our Church we learned that some things are "right" and others are "wrong." One of the "right" things being learned by children is the value of prayer. NC Photo.

Understanding Conscience Continued from Page Thirteen "conventional" morality. We had passed through a more infantile period when our judgments were the hedonistic and self-serving judgments of little children who saw "right" and "wrong" pretty much in terms of the punishment or pleasure that came about as a result of our deeds (a spanking or a kiss) into a period when our moral judgments were pretty much prefigured by the societies' in which we lived. Period of Evaluation As we grew older, we were able, in the light of our own experiences and of our expanding ability to think for ourselves and to ask critical questions, to wonder about the values we had been taught. Perhaps these values were really valuable, and perhaps the things we had been taught that we ought not to do were really things that we ought not to do, but we had to know why. We were then entering a period of moral develpment that men like Kohlberg call "in principled" or "post conventional" morality, a period when our own conscientious judgments about the rightness or wrongness of our deeds really reflected our own personal evaluation, a period when we come to value some things and disvalue others not because the societies in which we live (including the Church) value or disvalue them, but because we are able to see for ourselves that they really are valuable or disvaluable. Church's Role And what has our life as Christians, as living members of the body of Christ and people of God, to do with all this? I submit that it has a tremendous role to play. We all know that the Church teaches us about matters moral, that the Church proclaims that there are some things that we, as human beings, ought not to do. The fact that the Church teaches that something is wrong or right does not make it to be wrong or right. That would be absurd. But as Christians we believe that the Church is the bearer of God's saving word to men, and that as the bearer of God's saving word

to men, and that as the bearer of this word the Church has something true to tell us about ourselves and our lives. The authority of the Church on questions touching the meaning of our existence as humans, that is, on questions of our moral life, is an authority that surpasses the authority of any other teacher. Thus we have a connatural eagerness to embrace its moral teachings, for we are aware of our own limitations and are initially inclined to believe that ·if the Church teaches us that something is right or wrong it really is right or wrong, and that if we look hard enough and open our minds to all the questions that can be asked, we will discover that the Church's teaching is well founded and can be supported by cogent evidence and arguments. Still, as conscientious and personal beings, we have the right and obligation to make our own conscientious judgments. No one can make them for us, for they are our own and express our own personality and character, and reveal us to ourselves and to our God, who is, as the Fathers of Vatican II noted, alone with us in the depths of our own conscience.

Scientists Support Pope's Peace Drive CARACAS (NC) - Venezuelan space scientists praised peace efforts by Pope Paul VI and promised to further them during a forthcoming international 'meeting on space achievement. "As a scientist and lawyer, I pledge to follow the Pope's concern voiced in his New Year's Peace Message, that we must. disarm men's m~nd as a condition of actual peace on earth," Dr. Victor Jose Delascio told the daily La Religion here. "There is no other alternative to total disaster." He teaches space sciences at the Central University of Venezuela. His colleague, Dr. Humberto Fernandez Moran, said in the same interview that more and more men of science come to recognize God "as supreme creator of what is visible and invisible in space."

,Father Ramon Echevarria was not surprised the U. S. Department of Comm"erce selected a native Indian to prick our consciences about ecological matters. As a priest of the Boise, Idaho diocese, he has worked with these people and as an anthropologist he has studied them. The ,ruddy faced, short and stocky cleric, presently director of a diocsaen house of prayer and a popular retreat master in the Northwest, served for some . years as the Chaplain of Catholic students at a local secular college. While in that capacity, he offered a special Euchrist one Sunday celebrating the Indian culture. Students of a worship committee did the research and planning, then participated in the Mass itself. They visited a local reservation, asked for assistance, found some Catholics who were not attending church, persuaded the chief's son to wear his native, festal dress and serve as lector, requested two Indian girls to present the gifts at this liturgy, and generally incorporated the results of their cultural study intQ the eucharistic service. Change of Attitude Afterwards one Indian participant, obviously moved by the experience, remarked this was the first time a white person had ever asked an 'Indian for help. Usually, he observed, the white individual tries to give us something or change our habits or tell us what we need. A white girl, on the other hand, admitted that as a result of this liturgy, she came to realize how prejudiced, apathetic and condescending .had been her attitude toward the Indians. Father Echevarria believes Christianity is or should be transcultural, rising above particular cultural symbols and patterns, discovering what is transcendental in each and therefore of value to all. In' his view, a Catholic parish and its worship, therefore, should not be Anglo, Chicano, Black, Indian, Irish, Polish, Italian or whatever. Rather it ought to be "catholic" or universal and draw the riches of each culture into its life and liiturgy. That envoironmental movie at the U. S. Pavilion of Expo '74 indicated some leaders have already discovered the native American Indians have something to offer their black, yellow, brown and white brothers and sisters.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Jan. 23, 1975

SCHOOLBOY SPORTS IN THE DIOCESE By PETER J. BARTEK Norton High Coach

Oliver Ames Now Favorite In Hockomock Hoop Race Oliver Ames High of Easton will enter the second half of the schoolboy basketball campaign as favorite to win the nine team Hockomock League hoop championship. The Tigers coached by Bill Nickson begin circuit play this .week with an unbeaten rec- who is effective at both ends of ord and a 'two game lead the court. Not only can the over second place Stoughton youngster put the ball in the in the standings. Each oppo- hoop but. o~ ~efense his mere nent will now eye the Amesmen in a different light knowing they must upset them if they are to improve their own state. Most pre-season polls rated the young Tigers as contenders. But, many of the experts expected Stoughton and Sharon to battle for the crown. The situation is now reversed. Stoughton and Sharon have an uphill fight. Oli~er Ames must only guard agam~t a let down. Each victory will bring it closer to that coveted Hockomock League championship. The OA attack centers around 6'9" sophomore Craig Watts

p~esence mtlmldates oppo~ents.

LIke all good teams OA IS n~t a one man show. The off~nse 15 actually led by John VIera a prolific scorer who has excellent range. Brad Tighe and Keven Barrett are also key contributors to the Tigers cause. Ironically the diocese's three representatives in the Hockomock loop are all experiencing different types of seasons. OA is having a great year, obviou~颅 ly. On the other hand, Mansfield is suffering through a disastrous campaign. The Green Hornets are presently in last place in the standings and are still looking for their first league victory.

Only Three Conference Teams Unbeaten Coach Ken Pickering's North the Hilltoppers. Attleboro Red Rocketeers upset Coach John O'Brien's Bishop Sharon la~t week to keep their Stang Spartans from Dartmouth title hopes alive. Although trail- have surprised during the first ing OA by two games in the half by finishing second in the lost column, North's chances are division. According to most not hopeless. It would take a reports Stang wa~ supposed to great effort and some luck for be weak this Winter, but Coach North to finish in the top spot, O'Brien has them in position to, but it should gain a berth in the at least, qualify for tourney post season state championship competition again. playoff without too much difNew Bedford, Barnstable, ficulty. Taunton and Attleboro round In the Southeastern Massa- out the division. Attleboro which chusetts Conference, all four looked good in pre-season games divisions will commence second is still shooting for its first half action tomorrow night. If Conference win. the pattern established in the The Division II race is developening half continues there is oping into a nip and tuck affair plenty of late season excite- as predicted. Bishop Connolly ment in store for the fans. High of Fall River holds a slim Only three of the 26 teams one game lead over Bishop Feein the multi-school circuit were han High of Attleboro, Fairable to escape undefeated in the haven, Holy Family High of first half. Durfee High of Fall New Bedford, and defending River dominated play in the champion Dartmouth. Falmouth large school Division I bracket is a game out of second place. and rolled to a 5-0 record. It Case High of Swansea and appears unlikely that any of . Somerset are three games bethe five division foes will catch hind the leaders.

Division IV Eollowing Same Pattern Seekonk was the only Division III club to complete the half with a perfect slate. But, Msgr. Coyle-Bishop Cassidy High is close behind as are both Dighton-Rehoboth and Old Rochester Regional of Mattapoisett. All are still very much in the race. Bourne and DennisYarmouth are too far back to seriously challenge. The small school Division IV pennant chase is following almost the same pattern as that of a year ago. At this juncture only one of the six teams is unbeaten but the race is far from over. Wareham rolled over Diman Regional of Fall River to take over sole possession of first place last week. However, the Vikings had a few narrow escapes over the first half and

will have a battle to hold on to their lofty position. Diman, New Bedford Vocational, Norton and Westport are all capable of upending the pacesetters. Only St. Anthony's High of New Bedford appears out of contention. When league play resumes tomorrow evening Stang will be at Barnstable, Attleboro at Taunton and New Bedford at Durfee in Division I. Case will host Falmouth, Dartmouth entertains Somerset, Feehan i~ at Holy Family and Fairhaven is at Connolly in II. Division III games will find Bourne at Seekonk, Coyle at Dennis-Yarmouth and DightonRehoboth at Old Rochester. In Division IV St. Anthony's is at Diman, New Bedford Voke at Norton and Wareham at Westrort.

EDITING TERMINAL IN ACTION: Leland Crane of the NC News production staff operates NC's new editing terminal as A.E.P. Wall and Richard A. Banules observe the process. Wall is director and editor-in-chief of NC. Banules, manager of business and field services, has been technical adviser for the installation of the new machine and other wire transmission equipment. Put into service on Monday, Dec. 16, the system will increase the speed and accuracy of NC's coast-to-coast wire transmissions. NC Photo:

Want Seton Canonization Kept Simple CONVENT STATION (NC) The spiritual followers of Blessed Elizabeth Seton want the ceremonies of her canonization this September to be kept simple "in the true spirit of Mother Seton." At a meeting here members of the Federation of the Daughters of Blessed Elizabeth Seton, representing the 7,500 Sisters of Charity in North America, discussed plans for the canonization of tbeir order's foundress. Mother Seton will be officially proclaimed a saint in Rome Sept. 14. She will then become the first native - born saint of what is now the United States. While expressing joy at the coming event, the Sisters at the meeting also noted their concern that the celebration be marked by simplicity and awareness of the needs of the poor. They resolved unanimously to establish a fund of contributions from tbe Sisters and their six communities, to be presented to Pope Paul VI at the time of the ceremony, to help alleviate the needs of starving people throughout the world. The)t discussed the possibility of requ"Posting that the canonization be 'held in this country. But tht-.Jj rejected it on the grounds

that this would be asking a privilege for this affluent country that the Pope could hardly extend to other countries whose saints are to be canonized this year. Sister Hildegarde Marie Mahoney, chairman of the federation, noted that wherever the canonization took place, the Sisters wanted it celebrated "in the true spirit of Mother Seton."

Name First Woman Envoy to Vatican VATICAN CITY (NC) - The Vatican has accepted the nomination of the first woman ambassador to the Holy See, 27year-Old. Bernadette P. A. Olowo from Uganda. Vatican spokesman Frederica Alessandrini told NC News Jan. 10 simply that the nomination "has been formally accepted" by the Holy See. Miss Olowo is currently Uganda's ambassador to West Germany and will serve in both posts simultaneously. Uganda's embassy in Bonn announced Jan. 9 that Uganda's President Idi Amin had named Miss Olowo to the Vatican post. Miss Olowo's predecessor as ambassador to Bonn also served a~ the same time as ambassador ~o the路 Holy See.

"Tbis would preclude any type of lavishness," she said, affirming the group's determination to "strive for simplicity and yet keep the dignity and joy of the occasion." In planning observance of the day in the United States, federation members gave priority to liturgical celebrations in local dioceses throughout the country, rather than concentrating on a single national gathering. Plans were also made for coordination of public information and media relations for the six communities. The six Sisters of Charity communities who trace their origin to Elizabetb Seton have headquarters in Emmitsburg, Md.; Mt. St. Vincent, N.Y.; Halifax, Nova Scotia; Greensburg, Pa.; Cincinnati; and Convent Station, N.J.

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