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dJ The ANCHOR Vol. 20, No.5-Fall River, Mass., Thurs., Jan. 29, 1976

An Anchor of the Soul, Sure and Firm-St. Paul

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Reactions to Papal

Religious Leaders

Greater Role For Women

Instruction

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In Evangelization

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Attacks and Defenses of Bishops' Anti-Abortion Plan Page 9

Study of Your Local Basketball Official Page 15

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by the martial law government of the Philippines. The district attorney remanded the case to a military court by virtue of a martial law order saying murders and other serious crimes were to be tried in military tribunals, not civil courts. The Philippines were put under martial law in September, 1972. Bishop Antiporda, 60, and his 28-year-old assistant, Father Raymundo Costales, were found stranged to death D~c. 13 in their respective quarters in the parish house in the Quiapo district where Bishop Antiporda was pastor.

GLEN RIDGE. N.J. - Town officials saying they "can't legally distinguish between nuns and hippies" have asked five young Sisters of Charity to move out of a one-family house in which they have been living since October. The case, similar to one last year in Teaneck, also in the Newark archdiocese, involves charges that the Sisters are illegally living together in a house zoned as a single-family residence.

SAN FRANCISCO-The bishops of California have issued a special statement in which they express strong oppositinon "to any efforts to block the funding of the state Agricultural Labor Relations Board (ALRB)." Their statement came at a time when the State Assembly Speaker Leo McCarthy charged that some rural legislators, Republican and Democrat, were trying to scuttle the new farm labor law so as "to curry political favor with parts of the voting population."

Death Penalty

Regional Peace Bid

WASHINGTON - The U. S. Supreme Court which has been considering one major death penalty case for more than a year, has broadened its review to include five more cases. The move indicates the Court may try to attempt to write a broad decision spelling out when, if ever, the death penalty is constitutional.

WASHINGTON-The head of the U. S. Catholic Conference-National Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCC-NCCB) has urged the U. S. government to back inclusion of Palestinians in any talks aimed at a Middle East settlement, while recognizing Israel's right to secure borders.

Archbishop Joseph L. Bernardin of Cincinnati made the plea in a statement on Lebanon and the Middle East in which he said no erld to the Lebanese civil strife can be attained independent of a regional settlement.

VATICAN CITY - Maronite Patriarch Antoine Khoraiche of Antioch asked Pope Paul VI, the U.N. and world powers to try to bring about peace in Lebanon. The leader of Lebanon's largest Christian group telegrammed Pope Paul: "Lebanon is living through the most critical hours of its history. We beg Your Holi· ness to do all in your power to save this country from a massacre and from the forced exodus of peaceful citizens."

World

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Stop Nuns' 'Convenf

Two Baltimore Auxiliaries BALTIMORE-Pope Paul VI has named Msgr.

P. Francis Murphy, 42, and Msgr. Francis J. Stafford, 43, as Auxiliary Bishops to Archbishop William D. Borders of Baltimore.

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Murderers Still Free MANILA, The Philippines - The district attorney of Manila has recommended that five suspects in the murder of Bishop Hernando Antiporda, auxiliary of Manila, and a young priest be tried, but as January wore 011 no action had been taken on the recommendation

Peace for Lebanon

SANTIAGO, Chile - The Santiago archdiocese has established a Solidarity Ministry to continue what it calls the "humanitarian and Christian work" of the Committee for Peace in Chile, an ecumenical group now dissolved at the request of the government. The committee aided thousands of political prisoners and refugees and their families, the unemployed and the hungry.

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~ BALES OF HUMAN KINDNESS: The response of American Catholics to Catholic Relief Services annual Thanksgiving clothing collection is appraised by CRS officials Edward Kinney, Bishop Edward Swanstrom and Msgr.

Andrew Landi at the organization's central warehouse in Glendale, N. Y. The 1975 returns are expected to total 12.5 million pounds of used clothing, blankets and bedding with an estimated value of $25 million. (NC Photo)

Clothing Collection Makes Provision for Millions NEW YORK (NCl-The 1975 pected from numerous parishes Thanksgiving clothing collection from 105 dioceses taking part in s.,onsored by the U.S. bishops the drive. has brought in 8.4 million pounds Turn to Page Twelve of useful clothing, blankets and bedding to date and may equal last year's 12.5 million pounds sent overseas to help the needy..

The results of the annual collection were announced by Bishop Edward E. Swanstrom, executive director of Catholic Relief Services, overseas aid agency Last Sunday, under skies alterof U.S. Catholics. nately sunny and cloudy, some The bishop said that as of 700 people left their warm Dec. 31, 1975, 8.4 million pounds homes to participate in Greater had been received at CRS pro- Fall River's first March for Life. cessing centers here and in MilMeeting at Fall River's new waukee. Additional shipments of city hall, where they were given light weight clothing were ex- red roses, the pro-life move-

WASHINGTON (NC) - Thousands of grassroots activists from all parts of the country converged on the nation's capital Jan. 22 to mark the third anniversary of the U. S. Supreme Court abortion decision and to lobby for a constitutional amendment that would overturn it.

The demonstrators, estimated

by Capital police at between 25,000 and 50,000, were greeted by sub-freezing temperatures and 30 mile-an-hour winds as they stepped off buses, trains, planes and cars from at least as far west as Colorado and as far south as Louisiana.

The March for Life committee, which organized the demonstration, said pro-life advocates came from all 50 states to protest against the high court ruling striking down most state laws restricting abortion.

The demonstration began in mid-morning when a few thousand persons, many of high school age, assembled in Lafayette Park across from the White House. They marched on the brick sidewalks there behind a banner declaring: "Abortion-A Woman's Right to Kiil" until demonstration officials told them to move to the Ellipse near the Washington Monument for a pro-life rally' that ;nas to end

later in the day on the west plaza of the Capitol building.

At the Ellipse, the crowd, which swelled by the hour, heard more than a dozen speak-

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COMPILED FROM NC SOURCES-Reaction to the Papal Instruction on Social Ethics was most favorable, bitter hatred and "something we can live with."

Many prelates, especially Americans, cabled their gratitude to the Holy Father for the instruction. The Vatican Osservatore Romano featured messages from American prelates

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welcoming the reaffirmation of traditional Catholic teaching on sexual ethics.

In Italy, reaction was bitter as the cathedral of Milan was desecrated by a violent demonstration of "feminists, homo-sexuals and leftists."

Three hundred gathered in Milan square and hurled stones, eggs and Molotov cocktails at police who retaliated with tear gas. Some marched through the renowned cathedral chanting: "No to abortion laws. Our lives and our bodies are ours."

On Sunday, Jan. 18, Cardinal Giovanni Colombo of Milan

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In the Gaza Strip, through your support, 76 blind children learn Braille and acquire the skills to earn their own living and lead meaningful, productive lives.

You share in the Masses of the grateful _priests carrying on Christ's work in the 18 countries we serve, and you earn special Spiritual Bene· fits granted to members by our Holy Father himself.

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ment's symbol of the unborn child, the marchers moved up South Main Street to Kennedy Park.

Posters and placards, many crayoned by children, bore such messages as "I'm Glad to Be Turn to Page Eight

preached at a service of reconciliation and reparation for the desecration of the cathedral.

"Besides being an outrage to the faith it is a cry of alarm," the prelate said. "Everyone's freedom is threatened."

Pope Paul commented on the Milan demonstration, which had been repeated throughout Italy but with lesser violence. The Pope condemned the act in harsh terms as "an unseemly and sacrilegious invasion of the famous Milan cathedral, our own cathedral, by a group of cackling people.

In Bethlehem, through your help, beautiful little boys and girls- -all of them deaf mutes learn to communicate under the loving care of the Sisters of St. Dorothy.

In Jordan, you save the life of a baby dying from dehydration.

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Vincentians To Meet Greater Fall River members of the Society of S1. Vincent de Paul will meet for Mass and a business session Tuesday night, Feb. 3 at Sacred Heart Church, 115 Linden St., Fall River. The Mass will be offered for the beatification of Frederic Ozanam. founder of the Vincentians, and for a seven-year-old patient at the Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Home in Fall River.

Accountability With the horrors of Watergate still reverberating in rising suspicions of even local innocent mistakes, and with the embarrassing disclosures of governmental interference in the affairs and lives of foreign governments and citizens, it is refreshing to hear that accountability is not only the life-blood of the individual's conscience but of our political life as well.

America has overemphasized power politics and "neglected the power that has made us attractive as carriers of the banner of freedom - the power of the idea of human dignity rooted in the Judeo-Christian tradition," Archbishop Peter Gerety told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

When the United States uses its power to build up countries that suppress human rights, he said, it earns "the scorn of the rest of the world."

Our conscience does not guarantee that our actions· will always be right. Many forces contribute to have us fall into error and make mistakes. Man will not take his rightful place in the Kingdom of God because he has been right all his life but because he has been guiltless. . Just as education will make our chances of being wrong somewhat less, a careful accountability will help us to be free from guilt.

Countries look to the U.S. for "moral purpose and leadprship." Its long tradition - not so long since we are only 200 years old and that is very short in comparison to the histories of many countries - has been to come to the aid of the downtrodden and needy, even at great sacrifice.

"Catholic tradition," the prelate reminded the senators, "does not deny either the reality or the validity of the state, but it affirms that the sovereign state must constantly be subjected to political and moral critique by its own citizens and others.

"The purpose of the critique is to test whether the policies and practices of the state do in fact serve the legitimate needs and aspirations of the people."

To question the government, the party, the law is not unfaithful anarchy. It is the rightful exercise of one's individual and collective conscience.

We are to be accountable to lofty ideals of our Founding Fathers as reflected in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, but we are also to be accountable to the Will of God who blessed them with their yearnings for human freedom.

If in this Bicentennial Year we are to celebrate the very existence of our free country in the midst of all kinds of tyranny and inhuman ideologies, we must, as Our Fathers did, found the very existence and raison d'etre of our form of government in the accountability we all owe to God and to one another as equal sons and daughters of God. Solemnly stated rights cannot be but script decorations of political movements. They must be dutifully defended, prized and kept alive as rights.

To say we have the constitutional right of life and then add "except during the first three months of your existence" is a distu,rbing factor.

To say you have the right to a private education and then add 'except if you seek to express your religious convictions" is a disturbing factor.

Let us be accountable to the Constitution that is· the hope of so many but let us also be accountable to God. What He has stated through natural and revealed law must also be weighed carefully as we make our decisions.

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Role of Vision Dr. Solomon Slobins, Fall River optometrist, will address the Greater Fall River Assn. for Children with Learning Disabilities on the role of vision in learning at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 2 in Building C of Bristol Community College on Elsbree Street, Fall River. All interested area . residents, especially parents of children with learning difficulties, are invited to attend.

Most Perfect .

"Of all human pursuits the pursuit of wisdom is the most perfect, the most sublime, the most profitable, the most delightful."

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views is not the solid foundation of theology but on mere humanistic social terms. They do HEAR HIS VOICE - That theme is illustrated from these not come to grips with -God and readings from the weekend of Feb.1: First - Through Moses, the His role in the creative process Lord defi[les the authority of a prophet (Deuteronomy 18:15- but rather retreat into rather 20); Second - Paul points out that the unmarried man or woman hazy human defense mechanism. can be devoted to the Lord (1 Corinthians 7:32-35); Gospel-Even One certainly begins to wonder unclean spirits hear and obey the voice of the Lord (Mark 1:21· why they make references to religion at all.

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Their chief source of argu· mentation for abortion seems to stem from some dubious interpretation of constitutional rights.

Much emphasis is made on the constitutional guaranteees of freedom of religion and individual conscience.

Now it may come as a sur· prise to many but when the fathers of the constitution wrote this document they did not have abortion in mind. However, since they seem not to be able to turn St. William's Church to God for an answer, justifica· REV. JOHN F. 1liOORE tion had to be found somewhere.

Thus the revelation given to us tby the Supreme Court three years ago. .But these politically appointed Recently in New York a group calling itself the Reinterpreters of the constitution ligious Coalition for Abortion Rights met to criticize the have failed to make judgements nation's Catholic bishops' plan to mobilize public support on the basic question that suragainst permissive abortion. This group mainly represents passes abortion itself, namely the right to life. What about the Protestant, Jewish and so The first comment to be made constitutional rights of the uncalled Ethical Culture organ- 011 such statements is that these born child. If they deny that an izations. Among the speak- words are the mere jargon of unborn child has certain basic ers who participated in the situation ethics. Not only are rights, especially the right to be sweeping criticism of the Cath- they devoid of any theological born, they are denying a funda· olic position on abortion were content but they also reflect a mental freedom that they themthe as:;istant to the Episcopal decandent humanism that would selves enjoy.

In summary then, it is easy Bishop of New York, John Las· deny any true freedom of choice. soe Jr., Leo Pfeffer, special coun- They are simply platitudes re- to see that -arguments for abor· sel for the American Jewish flecting the current state of an tion are devoid of theological Congress; Ellen Kirby, executive amoral society. content. At the least, they lack secretary of the Women's divisIn such a view of life, God has religious substance and at the ion of the United Methodist no place and His Revelation no most they are a complete affront Church. and Rabbi Balfour Brick· meaning. In a nut shell this is to the dignity and true freedom ner of the Union of American the problem with so many reli- of human life. .. Under the guise of a totally huHebrew Congregations. gious leaders and organizations In their rejection of the Cath- in today's American life. Why man ethic, they play at words; olic position on abortion, these do they. while claiming to be verbalizing at the expense of so religious leaders emphasized the religious, avoid anything that called freedoms. One can place fact that abortion was a "human smacks of the "divine?" Why is little credence and confidence in right to choose that option." it that such religious representa- religious leaders who somehow Much stress was placed on the tives just do not refer to God and are afraid to be religious, as one fact that "freedom of choice in His Revelation when it comes to can place little confklence and credence in a society that denies abortion decisions is an appro- the subject of life?

Seemingly the only way they the basic freedom of the right priate right in pluralistic society," can defend their pro abortion to life.

Life and Freedom

People for Arts Will Present 'Godspell'

THE ANCHOR-Diocese oHali Riv·er-Thurs. Jan. 29, 1976

The Parish Parade

People for the Arts, a nonprofit group of Taunton young people, will present the National Touring Company's production of "Godspell" at Rabouin Fieldhouse of Taunton High School Monday night, Feb. 23. Tickets are available by mail order from P.O. Box 983. Taunton.

Tony Medeiros of St. Anthony's parish, Taunton, a founding member of People for the Arts, said the group, numbering. about 20, has been active for six years, presenting recreational and cultural programs for area residents.

Medeiros, a newly elected member of the Taunton School Committee, is a graduate student at Southeastern Massachusetts University and a substitute _teacher at Bristol-Plymouth Vocational Hip.h School. He is active in the Echo retreat program, He said that presentation of the rock musical will be one of People's most ambitious projects and emphasized that the production will be full-scale, "not just a concert of songs from 'Godspell.' " People members hope to offer Tauntonians a summer recreation program this year and also AFGHAN CHAMPION: Mrs. Lydia Canuel, 91, of St. plan to found the Mary Alice Anne's parish, Fall River, is an all-time afghan-making Cruz Folk Institute, a folk singchampion, at least to patients at Rose Hawthorne Lathrop ing proiect which will honor the Cancer Home, Fall River. In past 4 years she's made over memory of Mary Alice Cruz, a former member of the group 100 afghans, more than 70 going to Home, enough to supwho died several years ago. ply every patient. Wool for manufacture is recycled, comes

from nearby St. Vincent de Paul Salvage Bureau. Mrs. Canuel is mother of 10, grandmother of 20 and great-grandmother of 25. Grandchildren include Rev. Paul Canuel, priest of the Fall River diocese serving as a member of the Society of St. James in Lima, Peru.

Necrology.

FEB. 1 Rev. Ms['r. Michael J. O'Reilly, 1948, Pastor, Immaculate Conception, Taunton Rev. Anatole F. Desmarais, 1975, Pastor, St. James, Taunton

Pastor, Our Lady of Angels, Fall Founder, St. John Evangelist, Attleboro River FEB. 4 FEB. 12 Rev. Stanislaus Albert, SS.CC., Rev. Msgr. Hugh J. Smyth, P.R., 1921, Pastor, St. Lawrence, Monastery of Sacred Heart, New Bedford; 1st Vicar General, Fairhaven Fall River 1904-07; Administrator ST. GEORGE, of Diocese, Feb.-July 1907 WESTPORT FEB. 9 The guild and Holy Name SoRev. Msgr. John J. Kelly, .ciety will co-sponsor a beans, 1963, Pastor, SS. Peter & Paul, franks and chourico supper from Fall River Peter J. McKone, S.J., 1972, 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14 in the hall. A _penny sale will folBishop Connolly High School low. Tickets are available from FEB. 10 guild members and at the recRev. Edward L. O'Brien, 1966, tory.

Pastor, St. Mary, Mansfield A public whist sponsored by FEB. 11 Rev. John J. Sullivan, S.T.L., the guild will take place at 8 1961, Pastor, Holy Rosary, Fall p.m: Saturday, Feb. 7 in the hall.

River Door prizes will be awarded and Rev. John OConnell, 1910, refreshments served.

FEB. 2 Rev. Msgr. Patrick Hurley, 1968, Pastor, St. Joseph, Taunton Most Rev. William Stang, D.D., 1907, First Bishop of Fall River: 1904-07 Rev. Patrick F. McKenna, 1913, Pastor, Immaculate Conception, Taunton Rev. John L. McNamara, 1941, Pastor, Immaculate Conception, Fall River Rev. P. Roland Decosse, 1947, Pastor, St. Hyacinth, New Bedford FEB. 3 Rev. Antonio O. Ponte, 1952,

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Fall River - Sawyers Campus Shop Ravnham - Sedell's Drug Swansea Mall - Midland Records Middleboro - The Boston Store

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OUR LADY OF ANGELS, FALL RIVER A malasada supper and penny sale are planned for Saturday, Feb. 28 in the parish hall with the supper serevd from 6 to 7 p.m. and the sale following from 7 to 11 p.m. ·A Portuguese mission will take place from Sunday, March 7 through Saturday, March 13.

ST. THOMAS MORE, SOMERSET An arts and crafts show will be sponsored by the Women's Guild from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28 and following all Masses Sunday, Feb. 29 in the parish hall. All parishioners are invited to submit up to three entries in categories including handmade items, photography, and drawings and paintings in all media. Registration will take place from 1 to 3 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26 at the hall. Ribbons will be awarded in each category.

ST. JOSEPH, ATTLEBORO Beano will be played at 7:15 tonight and every Thursday, with some $750 of prizes awarded weekly.

The St. Joseph Junior Corps will meet at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31 to attend dinner and a show in Fall River.

Knights of the Altar will meet at 7:15 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 1 in the school. A film on the process of electing the Pope will be shown.

Also meeting in the school at the same time will be Cub Pack 37 committee members who will plan for a Blue and Gold banquet.

Throats will be blessed following each Mass this weekend.

Candles will be blessed at Mass and parishioners are invited to bring homemade candles to be blessed for use at home special events.

A ham and bean supper sponcored by the BEE People will take place from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7. Proceeds will benefit the parish and tickets are available from BEE members and at the rectory.

ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA Women's Guild members and their families will attend a potluck supper Monday, Feb. 9. A film on cake decorating was shown at the unit's January meeting.

ST. PlUS X, SOUTH YARMOUTH A luncheon card party will take place in the parish hall from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, Feb. 2 under sponsorship of the Women's Guild. Those attending are asked to bring their own cards and a sandwich. Coffee will be served.

OUR LADY OF GRACE, WESTPORT Council of Catholic Women members will make pads for the Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Cancer Home at their meeting scheduled for 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 3 in the church hall. Those participating are asked to bring needles.

Mrs. Wilfred Noiseux and Mrs. Andre Latessa have been named chairmen of a fashion show slated for Wednesday, May 19 at White's restaurant.

HOLY NAME, FALL RIVER A new session of the 1923 Club will begin Sunday, Feb. 1, continuing through Sunday, June 13, with a buffet dinner-dance to be held Saturday, June 19. Parishioners are welcome to join at this time.

The Women's Guild will hold an open meeting at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 3. Teen-age girls are especially invited to attend and hear an address on "The Dignity of Woman" by Mrs. Susan Anderson, district director of Birthright, a service for women with problem pregnancies. Mrs. Sheila Feitelberg is chairman for the program.

Parishioners aged 13 and up interested in skiing are invited to join a group traveling to Klein Innsbruck each Wednesday night for an evening on the slopes. Information is available from Tim Shea at the rectory between 2:30 and 4:30 p.m. each Wednesday afternoon.

OUR LADY OF FATIMA, NEW BEDFORD The Women's Guild will sponsor a Valentine dance and buffet from 7 p.m. to midnight, Saturday, Feb. 14 in the parish hall.

Music will be by Chelsea and tickets are available from Mrs. Elaine Bedard, telephone 7635095.

OUR LADY OF MT. CARMEL, NEW BEDFORD The P.T.A. will sponsor "An Evening with Father Pat and Joshua" Sunday, Feb. 8 at 7 o'clock in t he school auditorium on Rivet St. The donation is $1.50. or tickets call: Dinald Perry, 996-1591; Donald Aspden, 996-5301; Joseph Raposa, 9945967.

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What We N,e,ed Is Manu,al O,n Fr.e,ezing Fashio~nably Someone in New England should publish a book on fashion entitled "How To Look Great in Sub-Zero Temperatures." One chapter could center on what to wear while shoveling out the car for the fourth time in one week, and this could be sub-titled "How to Keep Warm, and week's worth of groceries, the wins all the time and I end Not Look Like the Abom- food un with the same one pair of imible Snowman." This' boots.

handy little tome could cover such items as how to go to a dance, when streets and sidewalks are knee-deep in snow and

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arrive looking fresh as a daisy. . Other than having a chauffeurdriven car that delivers you to the door, this is next to impossible, and most of us must choose between spending the evening with wet feet or looking like a Russian cossack for three hours.

About this time each year I resolve never again to spend a New England winter without a pair of boots for each day of the week. This resolution never gets fulfilled though, for with boots costing about as much as a

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Another problem, in our Arctic Dry Skin Battle Weather is that no matter what we slather on ourselves. most of us end up fighting the battle of dry, itchy, scaly winter skin. Sometimes I put on so much oil I look as if I'm in training to swim the English channel and still the dryness takes over.

Our combination of merciless cold, bitter winds, and dry houses cause almost universal skin problems. All such facinating subjects could be covered in this handy little volume.

In conclusion. there could be a chapter on "How to Stay Well Dressed. But Warm" subtitled "The Layered Look." And another on "What to Wear While Sloshing Through Slush."

Living in New En~land certainly has its drawbacks .but except for an occasional week or two in the sun most of us wouldn't change it for the world.

Just think how marvelously fresh, exciting and new spring clothes look when we get our first peek at them after a long, long, grey winter!

Letters to the editor Calls Terciaries

Dear Editor, A few of our members have been slack in coming to the meetings. In fact, a couple of them told me their reason, which is far from the spirit of St. Francis. Forgiving one another's short comings.

I have been inspired to write to the Editor the following letter. I enjoy the Anchor very much. Thank You. Sincerely, J. B. Texeira New Bedford Happy New Year to all Members at the Third Order of St. Francis'.

St. Francis wishes all Terciaries to go over the Rule of Life and in this year of '76 to be true to your vows and especially to live his prayer of PEACE. Also, whatever keeps you from attending the monthly meetings (except for sickness) reconsider and make an effort to join your Brothers and Sisters in St. Francis. In this troubled world today, we need unity inprayer. We as Franciscans can accomplish much in a group.

Our monthly meeting is on the Third Sunday of each month at 10 a.m. with a Mass and a snack after it's over.

Why not make it a New Year's

ing the demands of political reality for him may be. lt seems to me that the "bishops' pastoral plan for pro-life activities" must seek out the help of existing state right-tolife agencies and their national body because of their already demonstrated dedication and fervor, as well as their hard-won expertise.

Finally, Mr. Castelli's article might be innocuous to anyone who is aware of the human life issue in this country but it cannot help but tend to encourage indifference in those who are uninformed or confused, and smugness in those who are pseudo-sophisticated and amoral.

Sincerely yours, Joseph M. Lennon Barnstable, Mass.

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resolution to be faithful fo your vows and set aside the Third Sunday of the month to glorify God with St. Francis and members of the Confraternity of Our Lady of the Angels at Our Lady's Chapel in New Bedford, You'll be sure to have Love, Peace and Joy in the New Year.

Sr. Mary Theresa New Bedford

Apparent Lack Of Conscience Dear Father, Mr. Jim Castelli's "Washington Report" re "One Issue Campaigns" (The Anchor, Jan. 8) gives us a limited quote from Terence Cardinal Cooke in the second paragraph and a broad statement ,by "one bishop" in his closing paragraph as the basis for general admonitions to the

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unsophisticated among us to relationship of "modern probavoid the extreme of voting for lems" would be positive, even as a candidate because of one issue, the lesser of two eV'ils, to a cani.e., his or her position on abor- didate who would not support a tion, lest we be led down the human life amendment to the road to violating justice with Constitution. regard to minorities, the poor,' I submit that this inference is the underprivileged, even the un- rubbish and that this article armed. could pass as Fr. Drinan's "ApoMr. Castelli's commitment to logia" for bis non-defense of unthe liberal power elite Which, by born human life, however pressits lack of conscience and/or concern for the unborn child, has either permitted or actively supported the anti-life SU'lreme Court decision of Jan. 22, 1973 is very apparent in the very style and tone and indirectness of bis article, as he intimates that the attitude of the Catholic Church· men who are in a position to see the total picture and understand the complexity and inter-

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MARY CARSON Nobody ever told me motherhood was going to be like this.

Oh, I knew there would be some sickness in the family.

When I was a kid I remember seeing a movie in which the mother was my heroine. This valiant lady sat up all night ministering to a sick child, then she did housework all day, then she sponged a forehead all night, then she did farm chores ,all the next day, then she prayed over the sick child all night ... I was impressed.

I've forgotten the name of the movie, but I thought that image of heroic motherhood was my ideal.

I'm not that way at all.

I get tired and have to get some sleep.

Time for Angels Whenever we get a new bug in the house, the first kid to come down with it gets my devoted attention. But after the bug starts going the rounds, the later victims have to shift for themselves. After all, I say to myself, what good are guardian

Happiness "Holiness toward God and Justice toward men usually go together."

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getting further and further behind. I'm so far behind right now I'm just getting into a postpartum depression from the kid who was born nine years ago!

I'm also behind in my reading.

For over six months I've been trying to make time to read a magazine article titled: "God, Our Father and Mother." The other night I finally decided to read it, but got no further than ~he title, when I dozed off.

I woke up suddenly, eyeball to eyeball with a kid who announced: "Mommy, I think I'm going to throw up." I dove out of bed to fetch a basin and as I did I thought to myself, "No way God could be a mother!"

Really ... can you visualize God doing the things mothers have to do?

I guess my problem is that I really can't visualize God, and my present view of motherhood is a bit distorted.

I'm improving though. I've noticed that I handle serious illness better than the run of the mill flu stuff. I mean, a broken leg is a broken leg. You can rap on the cast and you know you've got something.

I don't have any trouble writing an absence note for a broken leg.

But what can you write to the teacher to describe the kid who missed four days of school because she felt "funny"?

I've really got to get back to that magazine article and read it. "God, Our Father and Mot!:ter" ... I wonder?

Let me try a little prayer ...

"God, do you really understand what it's like to be a mother ... and need some sleep? Please make all these kids well ... and please layoff me for a while ...

"Oh, never mind . . . let me talk to your Mother ... she'll un· derstand ..."

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Vatican Urges Bigger Share • For Women In Evangelization

BY JOHN T. MUTHIG VATICAN CITY (NC) - In what may be the most positive statement yet issued on women's role in the Church by a high Vatican body, a commission of the office overseeing missionary work has urged that women engage more fully in "direct evangelization and ministry properly so-called."

But the document, issued by the pastoral commission of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, does not directly address the question of ordaining women.

It notes that many Sisters in the missions "suffer deeply" on account of the "neglected state" of some local churches.

"Their requests to be entrusted with greater pastoral responsibilities springs from this anguish and not from a pretentious spirit," the document asserted. Such requests "should be examined with sympathy and with the urgency required by the circumstances," it continued.

The report, entitled "The Role of Women in Evangelization," has been sent to bishops an(i Religious superiors throughout tbe world. It was drafted by the commission of one bishop and a dozen priests after consultations with women already involved in evangelization.

The document said: "In cOUntries where women have made sufficient progress to warrant it, their role in direct evangelization and ministry properly so . called should be greatly, increased."

It backed involvement of women in the administrative and pastoral duties of the parish team, urging that women be given "full responsibility for decision-making" and be allowed to "play their full role in the parish team."

The document pointed out that, in some places, women are "permanently in charge of parishes with the authorization of the bishop.

These women are already allowed to preside as the Church's official witness at marriages and to administer Baptism. They face an "urgent" problem concerning

ministry to the dying, and the conducting of funerals, according to the document. It recommended further study of what might be permitted in such cases.

In minor seminaries especially, but also in major seminaries, women "have a specific educational role to play which men cannot lay claim to," the commission asserted.

It asked that the traditional work of women missionaries in hospitals, schools and welfare services be maintained, but also carefully reexamined.

The reexamination should raise questions about the particular work, its necessity, and whether it is "directed to the best sector, namely those most in need," It counselled: "If the state decides to take over the direction of these works, women missionaries should continue to cooperate in them, insofar as they are allowed and in whatever way seems best, giving thus still greater proof of humble and unselfish service and of playing an even fuller role in the life of the . nation," Anything which gives the "impression of power and aloofness" should be excised from the life and work of women missionaries, the document said.

"A comfortable way of life would be a counterwitness in poor countries where women have to work hard. A spirit of ownership whleh, in the area of poverty, would lead one to refuse to share one's own modest resources would show a lack of trust in God's providence," Flexibility to all sorts of unforeseen circumstances was urged.

Although the document said that women usually should not be sent out on mission alone, it advised that small groups of missionaries are often preferable to large ones. A small group, it said, "Will be better able to integrate itself in a milieu and adopt its style and rhythm of life," Two-thirds of Catholics directly involved in evangelization are women, the document pointed out, it called on the Church to "take note of the progress made in the emancipation of women," but cautioned' that the "exclusive claims of some women and the blindness, involuntary or deliberate, of some men:' should be left aside.

Certain feminine qualities, the document claimed, make women especially fit evangelizers.

Among them it cited women's capacity for loving what is to come and for living in hope," and their intuition which produces practical undertakings.

Other assets listed were women's sense of fidelity and perseverance, and their "alert sensitivity to the individual person," Women also show "a special capacity for establishing contacts through a delicate sympathy," and have a "great capacity for personal adaptation," the document said.

The document stated twice that women's "potentialities which are being revealed more and more rapidly" are the reason for its endorsement of an increased evangelizing role for them. It denied that its recommendations were based on a need to "'supply' for the absence of priests, even though this is bound to be increasingly the case,"

Holy Year Pardon For Prisoners RIO DE JANEIRO (NC) More than 1,000 prisoners were released under a nationwide Christmas pardon granted by President Ernesto Geisel of Brazil to honor the Holy Year and heed the call to reconciliation by Pope Paul VI. The government decree, acknowledging religious motivations, went to all Brazil's state governors and military com· manders for action before Christmas.

Cardinal Eugenio Sales of Rio de Janeiro visited the main area jails during December. He said Mass and preached to hundreds of inmates at penitentiaries in here and in nearby Evaristo Moraes.

HELP ON BOTH SIDES: The annual luncheon and business meeting of The Friends of S1. Anne's Hospital was the scene of the presentation of financial assistance to the hospital. From left to right, Mrs. George J. Solas, Chairman of the Annual Candlelight Ball presents a check for $13,000 to Sister Jean Marie, O.P., Hospital Administrator, while Mrs. Raymond Ronan, amember of The Friends and a volunteer offers a contribution of $3,500 for the purchase of new equipment.

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A SPECIAL MASS for the Deaf was held at St. George Church, Westport, on Jan. 18 to give impetus to the Diocesan Apostolate to the Deaf.

Left: Fred Macedo, 1976 President of the I.C.D.A., Chapter 91, proclaims the Scriptures to the participants; Center: Bishop Cronin deliv.ers his homily, which was interpreted in sign language; Right: The Bishop is

assisted in the Mass by, left to right, Rev. Rene R. Levesque, pastor of St. George Parish; Rev. John J. Oliveira, Vice-Chancellor; Rev. Stephen B. Salvador, assistant pastor at St. John of God Parish, Somerset; Rev. Joseph Viveiros, assistant pastor at Our Lady of Fatima Parish, New Bedford, and Diocesan Director of the Diocesan Apostolate to the Deaf.

Highlight Diocesan Concerln' for the Deaf Fall River's new director of the Diocesan Deaf Apostolate, Rev. Joseph Viveiros of Our Lady of Fatima parish, New Bedford, agrees with his friend, Seminarian Tom Coughlin, interviewed in this issue of The Anchor by the National Catholic News Service, that the Church is losing many deaf members through lack of services meeting their special needs.

Father Viveiros was named by Bishop Cronin to succeed Rev. James A. McCarthy in the diocesan post at a Mass and banquet marking the 10th anniversary of the organi3ation of the International Catholic Deaf Assn.

(ICDA) in the Fall River Diocese.

The local unit is Christ the King Society, Chapter 91.

The ICDA initials, said Father Viveiros, also stand for the organization's motto, "In Christ I Can Do Anything," and this was the theme of the main banquet address, by Rev. John Bosco Valente, O.F.M., chaplain to the deaf of the Providence diocese.

Bishop Cronin was homilist at a Mass at St. George Church, Westport, that preceded the banquet. He took as his text the story of Samuel who, when called from sleep by God, responded, "Speak, Lord, your servant is listening." The Bishop's

sermon and remarks he made at the banquet were translated into sign language by Father Vivei-

Fall River Marc.h Attracts 600 Continued from Page Three Alive," "Stop Abortion-It's a Killer," and "If It's Not Alive, Why Kill It?" One stood out: the boldly-printed "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" quotation from the Declaration of Independence, with a large rubberstamped "Inoperative" across its face.

Marchers included many families with smaIl children, including the largest contingent in the demonstration, about 125 parishioners from SS. Peter and Paul, Fall River, led by Msgr.

Patrick O'Neill, pastor, and Rev. Ronald A. Tosti, curate. Also a part of the parish delegation was its spirited folk singing group, which enlivened the march with songs such as "Jesus Loves the Children."

Several Sisters of St. Dominic from St. Anne's Hospital were in the line of march, their presence cOl\sistent with the pro-life stance !bat kept St. Anne's from joining Fall River's other two hospital!! in a joint health care plan.

The march was nonsectarian, a fact underlined by two old men standing on the sidewalk

watching the line of people. "It's the right to life," explained one to the other. "All kinds of people are in it."

And a marching father said to his little boy, "This is about abortion. That's killing a baby before it's born."

"Why, Why would you' do that?" responded the child in shocked tones.

As deeply snocked at the "unbelievable decision" of the Supreme Court which three years ago liberalized abortion laws across the nation were the speakers who addressed the marchers a~ the Kennedy Park bandstand.

They included Dr. Joseph Stanton, father of seven and a pioneer in the pro-life movement who said angrily that today, "unless one is wanted, the power and pledge of this republicto the unalienable right to life is denied. There is a new means test--one must be planned, genetically perfect and convenient, or one may not sit a~ the table of life."

Ray Scarpato, president of Massachusetts Citizens for Life, noted that Fall River's newly

REV. JOSEPH VIVEIROS Deaf Apostolate Director

formed chapter, sponsoring organization for the march, and led by Atty. George T. Bolger, Holy Name parish, Fall River, and Mrs. Pamela Smith, Our Lady of Fatima, Swansa, is the 100th in the commonwealth.

He and other speakers called for political action in support of pro-life candidates and "an end to use of tax dollars to subsidize abortion."

Rev. John FoIster, chaplain of the Fall River fire department, and pastor of Sacred Heart, Fall River, and eldest of 14 children, emphasized that "to pick and choose who shall live or die is to threaten everyone."

The abortion dilemma which the marchers sought to resolve was ironically summed up by the title of a film at a theatre passed on the route: "Chosen Survivors."

ros for the nearly 200 deaf in attendance.

The new director has been active in the deaf apostolate since seminary days. He is joined in his work in the diocese by Rev. Stephen Salvador of St. John of God parish, Somerset. Both priests studied at St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore, where they learned sign language and taught religion at nearby Maryland School for the Deaf. Both also chose to write theses on the subject of religious training for the deaf.

Assigned to St. John the Evangelist parish in Attleboro following ordination, Father Salvador quickly found himself giving instructions and counseling to many deaf. He also celebrated a monthly Mass for area deaf and was instrumental in obtaining a grant "from the diocesan Campaign for Human Development for a telecommunication device for Attleboro, which will translate spoken messages into written form.

Now assigned to St. John of God, Father Salvador is aiding Father Daniel Freitas' growing program on a volunteer basis.

The New Bedford priest's activities include monthly Mass for the deaf, at present alternating between St. James Church, New Bedford, and St. Elizabeth, Fall River, a monthly social meeting for ICDA members and issuance of a monthly newsletter: listing all activities and services available to the deaf.

Each Thursday Father Viveiros conducts a class in sign language at St. Elizabeth's and each Saturday at his home parish of Our Lady of Fatima. Additionally he conducts a course for teachers of the deaf in the Fall River school system.

He notes that the sign language is somewhat international, in that similar signs are used by people whose spoken language might differ. "Signs are very

COlJcrete and more or less a picture language," he explained.

The chief concern of both priests is that deaf Catholics, especially children, should not find their handicap a hindrance to participation in full parish life.

They hope that the area ICDA chapter will play an important role in fulfilling this goal.

New chapter officers, installed at the 10th anniversary banquet, are Fred Macedo, St. John's parish, New Bedford, president; Mrs. Frances Adams, Our Lady of Grace, Westport, vice-president; Mr. and Mrs. Roger Larocque, St. James, New Bedford, treasurer and secretary, respectively.

Father Viveiros brings a special talent to his role as director. He drew on his considerable artistic ability to produce postcards sold by ICDA members as a money-raising project, and he is also responsible for the sign language message on the front page of this issue of The Anchor.

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Two Deaf Students Work Toward Ordination

SOUNDS OF SILENCE - Deaf seminarians Tom Coughlin (left) and Ray Fleming explain their positions concerning the need for a special ministry to the deaf. Both men contend that the Church has neglected the requirements of deaf Catholics and point to the fact that there are presently no deaf priests in the United States other than those who became deaf after ordination. Coughlin hopes to be ordained by the archdiocese of Washington D.C., while Fleming has taken vows as a Franciscan. Both are graduates of Gallaudet College in Washington, the world's only liberal arts college for the deaf.

WASHINGTON (NC) - Ray Fleming and Tom Coughlin are deaf. They feel the Catholic Church has neglected the deaf, so they intend to do something about it. Both men are studying for the priesthood.

Although there are some clergy who have lost their hearing as adults, there are in the United States no priests who have been deaf since birth or early childhood. (Spain has two, South Africa one and Brazil one.) The difficulties for the deaf are formidable as they practice their religion, according to the two candidates for the priesthood.

Many believe incorrectly that all deaf people can read lips.

Actually, only about 25 per cent of what is said can be lip read by the average deaf person. The result, according to Fleming, is that the deaf "have always been observers, rather than doers, both in society and the Church."

Although 87 priests are currently working with the deaf in this country, all but one have the ability to hear.

"It is time organizations stopped being for the deaf and begin to be of the deaf," says Fleming, a native of Butte, Mont., who feels that for the time beng, the deaf may need to separate themselves from the larger community. The separation would not ·be permanent, he adds.

Coughlin, whose determina-

tion to become a priest was set when a chaplain at a special school he was attending in Buffalo was murdered, says "a deaf priest can communicate with deaf parishioners without any kind of restraint."

The form of sign language widely employed by the deaf has a grammar and syntax unlike standard English. Communication on religious subjects takes special understanding and training.

According to Coughlin, "I will make every effort to present the faith in a way deaf persons can understand."

He says that many deaf people are "isolated from the mainstream of the liturgical life within their own parishes." Consequently, he adds, "they either drop out or join other denominations that offer a special program for deaf worshipers."

Coughlin is now studying at the Catholic University of America here under the auspices of the archdiocese of Washington.

Fleming has taken vows as a Franciscan - making him the first deaf person to join the order, to the best of his knowledge.

Both are graduates of Gallaudet College in Washington, the world's only iliberal arts college for the deaf. Fleming works as a part time assistant to the Catholic chaplain at Gallaudet, while Coughlin teaches a continuing education class there.

Criticize Bishopsl Anti-Abortion Plans WASHINGTON (NC) - The Commonweal, a national Catholic weekly magazine, a Methodist Bishop and others have critici3ed the Catholic Bishops' anti abortion stand and practical steps to work toward a constitutional pro-life amendment.

Commonweal, in an editorial, argued that a general leadership crisis has developed in the Church because of the bishops' failure to deal with their people's problems with the liturgy. authority, birth control and divorce."

It called the bishops' "plan for 'citizens' lobbies' in every congressional district" a futile effort.

Bishop James Armstrong, president of the Board of Church and Society for the United Methodists. charged that the Catholic bishops "threaten first amendment guarantees of freedom of religion" and also threaten to undo ecumenical progress made in recent years.

"Catholics for a Free Choice" -which in its literature solicits membership from "non-practicing Catholics" alleges that a "cloak of hypocrisy pervades Roman Catholic hierarchy's antichoice campaign." It claims that 48 per cent of Catholics support the Supreme Court on the abortion issue.

The National Organization for Women (NOW) called the bishops' call "a call for restriction and oppression of human repro-

ductive freedom, thinly disguised as a 'concern for life.''' The Catholic members of the San Diego chapter of NOW have been warned by Bishop Leo Maher to cease agitating for abortion or be barred from the sacraments.

The Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights pledged it would conduct an intensive campaign in every state to ensure the right to abortion. It claimed that it was composed of "23 Protestant, Jewish, Catholic and other religious organizations. Its offices are in the United Methodist Church headquarters in Washington.

Ecumenism At a prayer breakfast held on Jan. 22 just prior to pro-life demonstrations in the nation's capital, Msgr. James T. McHugh, director of the U.S. Bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities, said he saw "evidence of the growing strength of the prolife movement and of the religious motivations of those in the movement.

According to Msgr. McHugh, "This is one ethical issue that the various churches are talking to one another about-and there is a growing area of agreement on the issue among the leaders of major religious bodies in America." .

Rabbi David Novak of Baltimore said that the interdenominational character of the breakfast "belies the accusation that this is a movement of a partic-

ular religious group to impose its views on the people of the United States."

Other pro-life spokesmen at the breakfast included several Protestant ministers and laymen.

Commonweal The· weekly's editorial stated: "We did not approve of the Supreme Court's decision on abortion; and we support the right of religious groups to lobby for legislation that protects those human values that have a religious dimension. But in staking their prestige on the abortion issue, which is more and more an open question in some Catholic minds, the bishops have shown their indifference to the ecumenical dimesion of the issue, raised questions about the violation of church and state laws, and-overestimating their influence with their constituents -have promised a vote they can't deliver. The anti-abortion amendment is a right-wing issue, and the bishops will quickly become tools of conservative socalled 'pro-life' (and perhaps anti-busing, anti-'welfare chiselers,' pro-arms race, pro-eIA) candidates in the 1976 elections.

The effort will fizzle and the Church will have been had. With . shepherds like this, is it any

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wonder the flocks have wandered away.

Response Msgr. James T. McHugh, secretary for pro-life activities for the National Conference of Catholic Bishops called the Commonweal editorial a "broadside" that is unjustified and contradictory."

The suggestion that abortion is a right-wing issue, he said, contradicts Commonweal's own contributions to serious. discussion of the question and the fact that religious journals across the liberal-conservative spectrum have addressed the issue seriously.

The prediction that the bishops' action will make them tools of conservative candidates is "gratuitous and simplistic," Msgr. McHugh said.

"In fact," he said, "the implementation of the Pastoral Plan is expected to heighten the visibility of the abortion issue so as to sensitize the consciences of all Americans-not excluding political candidates-to the contradictions of pursuing social service programs while denying or ignoring the basic right to life itself."

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The bishops' pro-life spokesman noted that "only a small section" of the Pastoral Plan refers to pro-life groups in con· gressional districts across the country. "The purpose of the plan," he said, "is to unify educational, pastoral and public policy efforts related to protecting the right to life."

He also rejected Commonweal's contention that the bishops' plan is anti-ecumenical, saying that in fact Catholic dialogue with other faiths on abortion, "focusing primarily on the moral aspects," has increased over the past year.

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'Liberals' Actually Seek Personal Political Power

Re,sents Non~Negotiable Demands on Conference

I am baffled by the absence of concern for Liberty among those Catholics who call themselves "liberals" or "liberationists."

The "liberals" apparently want, and the "liberationists" certainly want, a Marxist society - a one-party dicta- democracy had "failed." The suggestion that Catholic leftists torship in which the omni- would welcome the default of present state bureaucracy New York City because it would

The civil rights movement in the United States has been concerned almost exclusively with the rights of black Americans. It was inevitable, however, that sooner or later the Spanish-speaking community, among other minorities, would start demanding that the movement also take ac- to the problems and needs of the count of their particular Hispanic-American community.

On the other hand, I am comneeds and problems. The pelled to say, with all due def-

Spanish-speaking are very sensitive about this matter. They feel that while, by and large, they have been treated just as un-

By MSGR. GEORGE G. HIGGINS

fairly as the blacks - and in some areas even worse--the liberal community in general and the civil rights movement in particular have tended to be indifferent to their plight.

Taking their cue rather belatedly from the more vocal segment of the black community, spokesmen for at least one major Spanish-speaking coalition have started to raise cane with the civil rights movement over this issue, on the theory, I suppose, that God helps only those who help themselves. Early in January, EI Congreso, a Washington-based lobbying group for a variety of Hispanic-American organizations, made public the text of an angry letter charging that the civil rights movement, as represented in this case by the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, is "locked into a white-black syndrome. Even the slightest potential for discrimination against. blacks gets action, but when it comes to our (Hispanic-American) community they ignore us."

In a letter to the officers of the Leadership Conference, Manuel Fierro, president of EI Congreso, charged that the conference "continues to callously and blatantly ignore the pro~lems, concerns and needs of our nation's 16 million Hispanic American citizens." The letter demands that .. three Hispanic representatives, including a· representative of EI Congreso, be appointed to the 15-member Executive Committee of the conference and that two Hispanics be hired for the conference staff.

EI Congresso has threatened to pull out of the conference if these demands are not met by Jan. 30.

Unreasonable Demands As a member of the Executive Committee of the Leadership Conference, I have mixed feelings about EI Congreso's angry attack. On the other hand, as Mr. Fierro knows very well, I have argued on more than one occasion that the civil rights movement in general and the Leadership Conference in particular ought to pay more attention

erence to Mr. Fierro that the tone of his letter is much too. intemperate and that some of his demands are unreasonable.

While I agree, of course, that the Hispanic community ought to be adequately represented on the Executive Committee of the Leadership Conference, I think EI Congreso's demand that two Hispanics be added to the conference staff is totally unrealistic. The fact is that the Conference which it financed exclusively by voluntary contributions from its affiliated organizations and is always on the verge of bankruptcy, has never had more than one staff member.

Most of its day-to-day work, at the professional level, is done on a part-time basis by a man whose salary is paid by another organization.

In short, the Leadership Conference, unfortunately, is in no position to add to its staff. Furthermore, as a voluntary organization made up of many different groups from different backgrounds, it cannot reasonably be expected to choose its staff (even if it could afford to do so) on the basis of proportional representation: If it were to try, it would have to build up a staff of 10 to 15 people.Of COllrse, this is completely out of the question.

Finally, Mr. Fierro, in my opinion, is very ill-advised to be making non-negotiable demands on the Leadership Conference.

As a member of the Executive Committee of the Conference, I would never even debate, let alone accede, to non-negotiable demands from any of its constituent groups, including its affiliated church-related agencies, one of which is the U. S. Catholic Conference. That's not the way the game is played in voluntary umbrella organizations such as the Leadership Conference. All of its affiliates deserve a fair hearing, but not at the threat of a gun, symbolically speaking.

Harmony Needed As a voluntary organization, the conference cannot succeed unless all affiliates work together in harmony on those things they can agree on, with each reserving the right to abstain or even to vote against those resolutions with which it cannot concur. I might add (and Mr. Fierro knows this very well) that the strength of the conference, like that of any umbrella organization of its kind, lies principally in the ability of its affiliated organizations to implement conference resolutions on their own initiative and through their own organizational channels. In other words, the conference as

dominates every aspect of human life without having to take into account the criticism of political opposition. As John Cole-

By REV. ANDREW M.

NEW TRUSTEE: Rev. Rollins Lambert, Specialist for African Affairs with the U.S. Catholic Conference's Office of International Justice and Peace, has been named a trustee of Salve Regina College, Newport. A priest of the Chicago archdiocese, he is past president of the National Office for Black Catholics and the Black Catholic Clergy Caucus and has served on the U.S. Bishops' Advisory Council.

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such is basically a clearinghouse and not an action organization.

If, in carrying out its clearinghouse functions, it hasn't adequately attended to the problems of the Hispanic community, one reason is that only a few Hispanic organizations have joined the conference and then only recently. I hope that more Hispanic organizations will' apply for membership and will come into the conference determined to carry their full weight not primarily in pursuit of their own organizational interests, but in support of civil rights across the board. Sulking in their tent or making non-negotiable demands on the conference will get them nowhere. It will advance neither their own cause nor the overall cause of civil rights.

This is not time for Black Americans or Hispanic Americans to be arguing with one another as to whose problems and concerns deserve to be given higher priority. Rather it is a time for all of US-Black, Hispanic Americans, and so-called Anglos-to work together in defense of the civil rights of all Americans, regardless of their race, color or creed.

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man warned the liberationists at their Detroit freak show, there are no checks on the power of government.

The liberationists I can understand. Their Marxism persuades them that liberty is unimportant.

Their claim to stand for "liberation" is either the unconscious inconsistency of those who don't j{now what Marxism really :neans or the conscious inconsis':ency of the deliberately cynf.cal, who in the spirit of "newthink" of "1984" would' proudly proclaim that "slavery is freedom."

Absence of Liberty But the liberals are more of II puzzle. They proclaim their own liberality and believe in liberty for themselves at least; but they prattle about "socialism" and seem to think .that more government power is the answer to all human problems. They admire the absence of dirt in China and the absence of corruption in Cuba and don't notice the absence of liberty in both countries. In such "socialist" societies the political criticism in which both liberals and liberationists engage becomes treason almost as a matter of course. Some of the more sophisticated . liberals seem to accept be argument that in a "socialist" society criticism against the will of the "people" cannot be tolerated; others seem blindly unaware that in those societies the right to dissent is forfeit. (I distinguish here between "socialist societies" and "social democracies," which are virtually indistinguishable from welfare capitalism.)

Thus at the recent Catholic Committee on Urban Ministry (CCUM) meeting at Notre Dame, I was told that American liberal

be another setback for American capitalism was roundly applauded.

Margaret Steinfels also welcomes the present recession as a sign of the failure of American capitalism. Neither for Ms. Steinfels nor for the CCUM participants does there seem to be any chance of working to correct the faults of the American "system." It must be swept away-to be replaced, I gather, by something vague called "socialism."

I never hear from these would-be socialists any fear that in the changeover personal liberty (the right to dissent) and political liberty (the right to propose an alternative to the party in power) might be lost. They seem to be unaware that Marxism has always meant political tyranny wherever it has come to power.

Neo-Nazis Some of the liberals are in fact authoritarians. They prize neatness and order in society far more than they do freedom, which is messy, unpredictable, and complicated. They admire the order and discipline of Cuba and China; they would like to see such order and discipline imposed on their fellow Americans.

Arid, since they identify with the ruling class in the socialist countries, guess who would do the imposing? They may call themselves liberals, but in fact they are neo-Nazis seeking personal political power.

But most of the socialist-leaning Catholic liberals are not so ambitious or cynical. The Catholic liberals have never experienced real tyranny; the right to dissent is as natural as breathing-and as much taken for granted: The real threat to freedom comes not from those who would deliberately attack it as it does from those who are so naive as to think there is no danger of losing it. Having known nothing but political liberty in their own lives, they are innocently aware that tyranny is the normal condition of humankind and liberty a rare and precious exception.

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KNOW YOUR FAITH Ideas from a Parish in the South The Jesuit fathers who direct and staff St. Ignatius parish in Mobile, Ala., use various creative approaches for the spiritual growth of their people and the steady improvement of their worship. Some of these basic concepts could be easily and profitably adapted by many of our Catholic churches in the United States.

By FR. JOSEPH M. CHAMPLIN

o Membership and Activities Committee.

When a new parishioner or family enrolls at St. Ignatius, they promptly receive a letter from the chairperson of this group with several enclosures.

That packet includes a directory containing a list of all parish members with a brief description of the church's various organizations, a copy of the weekly bulletin, a time and ability volunteer form, and a flier explaining their tithing program.

Some phases from the welcoming letter typify the spirit behind this effort:

"A cordial welcome to St. Ignatius Parish! Your fellow pa· rishioners are happy that you have joined us and we hope that you will find spiritual and material benefits in your new residence ... May you have many happy years in the parish." o Host and hostess for Mass.

The liturgical committee has developed a corps of persons whose task it is to arrive for Sunday liturgies 15 minutes early.

An explanatory letter to those who accepted this responsibility summarizes their function: "We firmly believe that your task is one of paramount importance, because true celebration requires a sense of love that others in our parish feel for each one of us. This, in essence, we believe is your role: to show some of the love of others, of Jesus, for each person at our liturgy, by saying 'hello' or 'good morning' or whatever you think appropriate."

"This warm greeting naturally will be extended to your friends, those whom you know by sight, etc., but we especially urge you to greet the stranger, the one whose face is unfamiliar to you, because chances are that he will be unfamilar to most and therefore might go unacknowledged if it is not for your greeting." o Male and female lectors.

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ICommunity, Covenant, and the Cult

BY WILLIAM E. MAY The two books of Chronicles review Jewish history from the beginnings to the fall of Jerusalem in 587 B.C., whereas the books of Ezra and Nehemiah tell the story of the repeopling of Jerusalem and the rebuilding of its walls after the Jews were allowed by Cyrus the Great to return from exile. Odginally these four books formed one large historical narrative in the Old Testament. Their authors lived during the third century before Christ (after the return from exile), and the historical situation at the time provides us with an insight into the meaning and purpose· of the books.

When the CHronicler reviewed the past history of the' Jewish community, its political power and military accomplishments were things of the past. Although the rule of Cyrus was benign and allowed people some degree of self-determination, the Jews were constantly reminded of their vanquished state and their subjection to a foreign power. Thus his purpose in retelling the story of Israel's past, and in particular in relating the story of the great kings David and Solomon, was to help his people see that not national and worldly glory but religious zeal

would have to be the source of Jewish strength and greatness.

Thus the David that is portrayed in the first book of Chronicles is the ideal king whose power lies not in military might but in patient fidelity to the one and only God, who had covenanted Himself with the Jewish people, making them His own. This is brought out most strikingly perhaps in the prayer that the Chronicler puts on the lips of David, the king who was the glory of his people: "0 Lord, there is no one like you and there is no God but you ... You made your people Israel your own forever, and you, 0 God, became their God. Therefore, 0 Lord, may the promise that you have uttered concerning your servant and his house remain firm forever. Bring about what you have promised, that your renown as Lord of hosts, God of Israel, may be great and abide forever" (1 Chron 17:20, 22-23).

The Chronicler, indeed, was not so much a historian as a theologian. He was one of those rare individuals who are able to see beyond the interplay of seemingly isolated events the workings. of God in history.

Throughout the books of Chronicles is a cpncern that the community of Israel, the Jewish Turn to Page Twelve

I Concern for the Survival of the People and for Worship BY REV. JOHN J. CASTELOT, S.S. The edict of the Persian Conqueror Cyrus ending the Bab· ylonian Exile, the homecoming of the Jews, the cool reception they received upon their arrival, the attempts to rebuild the temple; failure, discouragement, and eventual success; subsequent. apathy and shoddiness in religion and morals-what is our source of information of all this? The only real direct source is to be found in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah., These two books originally formed part of a trilogy, the first part of which was Chronicles (Paralipomenon). In the course of time this collection was broken up into three' distinct books which we read in our Bibles today. The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah are named after the central characters whose activities are described therein.

Forming the heart of each of them is an autobiographical section known as the Memoirs of Ezra and Nehemiah. A later editor, known as the Chronicler, made these autobiographies the basis of a general history of the period. He added to them a number of official documents from the same era: government edicts, letters, lists of repatri. ates, reports of various kinds.

Thanks to his work, we know a great deal about a century which would otherwise be shrouded in cark mystery.

Ezra was a priest who returned from Babylon in 458 B.C. armed with credentials and some much needed funds from the .ruling Persian monarch, Artaxerxes I. These credentials authorized him to clean up the mess which the lethargy of his compatriots was allowing to get worse and worse. He was specifically concerned with two basic aspects of national life, the judicial and the liturgical. These were, in fact, the two sore spots whose festering was infecting the whole body politic and which, if not cauterized, would poison the nation thoroughly, fatally.

One of the most serious causes of the people's trouble was mixed marriages between Jewish men and Gentile girls. It wasn't a question simply of the girls being non-Jews, but of their being pagan. Even members of the priesthood had entered sucli unions, and the task which con· fronted Ezra was understandably quite touchy. He managed to carry it out, however, with some measure of success. He did not have the same luck with the rebuilding of the city walls, largely because of the sabotage of the Samaritans. The morale of the people, which had begun to pick up, slipped again. News of the difficulties which had overtaken Ezra in his work of reform filtered back to Babylon. One man in particular was alarmed and decided to come to

"Nehemiah ... arrived in Jesusalem in 446 with the necessary authorization, and his energetic efforts succeeded where Ezra had failed, in the rebuilding of the city walls."

Nehemiah arrives at Jerusalem's crumbling walls in .this 19th-century sketch by Paul Gustave Dore.

Ezra's aid. His name was Nehemiah. He arrived in Jerusalem in 446 with the necessary authorization, and his energetic efforts succeeded where Ezra had failed, in the rebuilding of the city walls. This gave the Jews a new sense of security and rightful pride. Their morale soared, but this was just a necessary prelude to the really important project: revitalizing that religious life which was the very lifeblood of the nation. The Law, finally edited by members of the Priestly School, was publicly promUlgated. It was to be henceforth the constitution of the Jewish Commonwealth, the solid basis of national and personal life.

Many practical difficulties remained, and after returning to Babylon, Nehemiah had to come back again in 425. But in the end his efforts paid off. He was truly a·, remarkable man. His services to his nation, to his re-

ligion, defy measurement. He occupies a well deserved place next to Ezra as one of the pillars of Judaism.

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Survival of P·eople and for Worship ing times, and the author of Continued from Page Eleven thesis put together by the Chronicles lived at a time when priestly editors of the sixth-fifth the nation had undergone dracenturies. This imposing work, matic changes. The monarchy comprising the Pentateuch (Law) had fallen, the people had been and the Deuteronomic history, . chastened in the fires of exile was a crystallization of the and had come back to a way of finest historical and theological life far different from that of traditions of the Israelites. We their fathers. The high priest have met these traditions under had supplanted the king as ruler the names of the Yahwist, Elo- of the little country, now a sathist, Deutenonomist, and Priest- ellite of Persia. At the risk of oversimplification, we may say ly.

-Each of these traditions was a that the kingdom had become a response to the needs of chang- church.

You might think, in view of all this, that history would play Idea~ up the role of the priesthood in the divine plan. Actually it is Continued from Pase Eleven Each weekend Mass has two the royalty which comes in for lectors (a practice some might the lion's share of attention, and question, believing a singl read- specifically the house of David. er is more effective), one a man, He refocuses the eyes of his people on David, and paints a the other a woman.

These pairs were not, at least largely idealized picture of that on the occasion I observed, hus- already idoli?ed king. David is band and wife teams (a proce- second only to Moses. He is the dure familiar to and strongly en- second great lawgiver, recouraged by Marriage Encounter sponsible especially for the percouples), but simply random fection of the temple liturgy.

One author's cl)ief purpose combinations of men and women was to give a panoramic view -some married, others not. o Stewardship of time and of the kingdom of God within ability. the framework of the Davidic New parishioners upon arrival monarchy. For his material he and old members once a year had many sources: all the sacred have an opportunity to offer books already written plus many their services for a host of tasks. documents not yet used. A comThey do so by means of a sheet parison of Chronicles with Samwhich suggests 50 possibilities in uel and Kings· is full of surprises the areas of worship, service -but rememher, our author's inChristian formation, parish terest was primarily theological, school, publicity,. maintenance not historical. Not that he distorted history: he couldn't afford and marriage preparation. .

The introductory paragraph to without defeatin~ his pnrpose.

RRther, he chose his facts carereads: "In grateful response to God fully and used them with the for his generous gifts of time and freedom typical of historical ability to me as his steward, I writing in his day. His writings volunteer to return to God, as I are not mere annals, records; am able, my time and ability for neither were they intended to· Christ's work in my parish as supply the offissions of former works. They stand on their own indicated below:" merits as an adavnced theology o Tithing.

Father Herbert Conner, the of history which stresses the . pastor, and his staff introduced !lrovidential role of the house of a tithing program several years David and holds out bright ago in which parishioners were hopes for its glorious restoration. asked to donate 5 per cent of their income to the church. The other 5 per cent of that tithing for God would be given by the member to other charities.

This paragraph from their annual financial report summarWASHINGTON (NC) - Mrs. izes the spirit behind the tithing Rita F. Warren, a Brockton at St. Ignatius: ntother of three who wants to "The tithe takes the form of restore prayer to the public a prayer, an act of worship, to schools, was found guilty here acknowledge His living prov- of unlawful entary in a case arisidence in your life. You give to ing from her protest at the U. S. God also to express your thanks Supreme Court last November. for his many blessings, and God Associate Judge Joseph M. will not be outdone by your gen- Hannon of the District of Coerosity. God knows what you lumbia Superior Court sentenced' really need and he will give it Mrs. Warren, 46, to six months to you in abundance." unsupervised probation and The results have, I think, been fined her $300, but suspended remarkable. In a parish of 750 execution of the fine.

Ralph E. Robbins, an unemregistered families the receipts for 1974-75 c'ame to $283,955. ployed journalist from Hyannis, This enabled the parish last year Mass., who accompanied Mrs. to payoff $100,000 of the pebt Warren in her protest last Noand still subsidize the school op- vember, was also given six months unsupervised probation eration to the tune of $55,000.

Father Conner is convinced of and a $300 fine, but the judge the blessings this generosity ordered that his fine be paid in brings upon the givers. He six months.

Mrs. Warren said afterward, writes: "During the days ahead, you and your loved ones will that she intended to appeal the surely experience joys from God. verdict. "I intend by no means A thousand joys. Too rich to to give up," she said. "I'm a measure. Too beauaiful to de- very stubborn person and God finishes what He starts." scribe."

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"Thus the David that is portrayed in the first book of Chronicles is the ideal king whose power lies not in military might but in patient fidelity to the one and only God." A Byzantine illumination from the Vatican Library shows King David enthroned with his son, Solomon, beside him. God is above and dancers and choristers all around.

Community, Covenant, and the Cult Continued from Page Eleven people recognize that their dignity consists in the fact that the saving God of history has chosen them for His own. They in turnare to His faithful ministers, witnessing to Him and offering Him worthy worship that wells up from their grateful hearts.

Consequently throughout these books we discovered that the clergy play a leading part, not merely the priests and Levites· but the lower clergy as well, the gatekeepers and the cantors.

The sacred character of the clergy extends to the entire people by their participation in the communion sacrifices.

Chronicles tell us, then, that we, tlle people of God, are to be a royal priesthood. We are to live in the spirit of David, whose chief glory consisted in his fidelity to' the covenant, and in the spirit of his son Solomon, whose only prayer was for the wisdom that only God can give (cf" 2 Chron 1). And above all, we are to a people burning with zeal for the Lord, whose mercy, the Chronicler reminds us time and time again, "endures forever" (cf. 1 Chron 6-7). . Ezra and Nehemiah were the outstanding spiritual leaders of the Jewish people after their return from exile. Three themes dominate the book and work of Ezra: the chosen people covenanted to the Lord, the Temple, and the Law. Again and again Ezra reminds his people that they are slaves, but he rouses them to love by making them vividly aware that "God has not abandoned us in our servitude" but has rather "given us new life to raise again the house of our God and restore its ruins" (Ezra 9:9). To enable the community more faithfully to witness to the one and only God, Ezra strengthened the roles that school and synagogue played within the community.

Nehemiah is portrayed as a vivid personality, ungrudging of

effort yet prudent and deliberate.

In his beautiful confession of faith, he stresses the greatness and mercy of God: "0 our God, great mighty, and awesome God, you who in your merq preserve the covenant, take into account all the disasters that have befallen us ... In all that has come upon us, you have been just, for you kept faith while we have done evil." (Nehemiah 9:32-33).

We can learn much from these books of the Old Testament.

Like the Jews of the third century, we must humbly confess the evil that we have done and our faithlessness to the God who .loves us so much that He sent us His only Son. Like them, we need to be reminded that the God who has chosen us is above all a God of mercy and forgiveness, the one who will never betray us and abandon us in our need. Like them, we need to strengthen the "walls" of our faith and open our hearts to the W:>rd of God.

Bishop Swanstrom said that by the end of the year, 6.1 million pounds were processed at the CRS main warehouse here and were already on the high seas to 21 countries.

3 million Approximately pounds of clothing have been processed in Milwaukee and will be moved overseas as soon as the Great Lakes are. open again for navigation. The estimated value of the more than 35 million garments which will have been collected in the 1975 appeal exceeds $25 million, Bishop Swanstrom said. .

The bishop added that by Feb. 15 all receipts from the Thanksgiving appeal w.UI have been pro- . cessed and shipped overseas to a total of 55 countries. However, he said, a total of 500,000 pounds will be held in the New York warehouse as part of the CRS regular disaster reserve in case it might be needed urgently before new collectic5ns are held at Thanksgiving time this year.

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Almanac Can Be Ideal Gift For Non-Catholic Friend The 1976 edition of the Catholic Almanac (Our Sunday Visitor, Box 920, Noll Plaza, Huntington, Ind. 46750, 703 pages. $5.95) is a horn of plenty. It is packed with information, some of it appropriately bearing ~n the country's Bicentennial. But the almanac's range embraces many cen- also move them from rare curiosity to deep interest. turies, many countries, and Sunday Preaching many categories.

There is a series of special reports. The first deals with the Bicentennial, especially Catholic participation as prompted by the

Father Robert F. McNamara, in Catholic Sunday preaching: The American Guidelines 17911975 (Word of God Institute, Washington D. C. 62 pages. $1.96), considers "the legislation on Sunday preaching to be found in Church councils-ecBy umenical, plenary, and provincial~and diocesan synods."

RT. REV. One cannot do justice to his MSGR. findings in a few paragraphs.

But some points are to be noted.

JOHN S. It can be said, roughly, that from the time of Trent until Vatican KENNEDY II, .doctrinal instruction was the appointed substance of almost all Sunday preaching. Some refbishops' program for the obser- erence to the Scripture readings vance. Another is devoted to the of the day was encouraged. But Eucharistic Congress at Philadel- systematic treatment of dogmatphia, which will highlight the ic and moral teaching was preyear. The Holy Year recently scribed, this to be in planned concluded is reviewed. (and sometimes mandated) A member of the Vatican del- courses to run for a year or up egation to the World Conference to five years. The Creed was to of International Women's Year, be examined, article by article, held in Mexico City, summarizes the Sacraments were to be exthe two weeks' discussion there. plained, etc.

Vatican II declared that the This is followed by a review of homily is an essential part of the action taken on the Equal Rights Amendment, together the Eucharistic liturgy, and that with an account of Catholic it "should draw its content opinion on the subject. The can- mainly from scriptural and lituronization of Elizaheth Seton is gical sources. Its character should be that of a proclamation reported at some length. of God's wonderful works in the Church history is concisely re- history of salvation." viewed. Here' are nuggets un- • This represented a major, if familiar to most of us. For ex- not a drastic, change. In pracample, there have been 37 anti- tice it has had very uneven repopes, at least one in every cen- sults. One glaring consequence tury from the third through the has been the decline" even the 15th with the exception of the disappearance, of instructive 13th. Yet the Church survived, content in preaching. as it will its present difficulties.

Can there be a combination The present organization of of proclamation and needed inthe Church is outlined, and the struction? Father McNamara beteachings of the Church are lieves that there can be, and inbriefly stated. The Church in dicates ways in which this may the United States gets special be done.

A little but valuable book is attention, as is to be expected; both its past deevlopment and A Gift for God (Harper and its present condition. It is not- Row, 49 E. 33rd St., New York, able that among the 1,600 per- N. Y. 10016. 87 pages. $3.95), manent deacons in the world, which gives us some of the 800 were in the United States reflections of Mother Teresa of as of August 1975, almost twice Calcutta, that extraordinary woman who is foundress of a as many as in all of Europe.

Much, much more is available community which serves the within the covers of this book: poorest of the poor.

Mother Teresa's manner is an introduction to the Bible, an exposition of the Liturgy, a bio- simple, hut her wisdom is prographical section, a glossary, found. When she speaks of sanctity, she convinces us of its inand on and on. dispensability, and she points It occurs to me that it would the way to it through active be a good idea to make a gift love of God's least ones. of the Catholic Almanac to nonCatholic friends. The almanac 'Large-Type' Edition can not only provide them with There is a new edition ~f The answers to their occasional New Testament of the Jerusalem questions about the Church but Bible, styled "Large-type Reader's Edition" (Doubleday, 277 .Bible Park Ave., New York, N. Y. ."The whole Bible is a hymn 10017. 1,112 pages. $12.95). And to Justice,-that is, in the He- large-type it truly is,_ with only brew style; to charity, to kind- twenty or so lines of text on ness to the weak on the part each good-sized' page. The footof the strong, to voluntary re- notes are in somewhat smaller nunciation of the privilege of type hut the introductions are set in the same type as that of power."

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How do politicians perceive the Catholic Church's political clout? And how do the bishops perceive their own clout?

Some partial answers to these complex questions can be found in testimony offered at the Dec. 5 Newark heatings of the Bishops' Committee for the Bicen-' tennial by Congressman Charles Rangel (D-N. Y.) and in some exchanges between Rangel and Bishop Joseph MoNicholas of Springfield, Ill. Bishop McNicholas is chairman of the U. S. Catholic Conference Committee for Social Development and World Peace. Rangel, an active Catholic, represents New York City's Harlem section.

He is chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus and a member of the House Judiciary and Ways and Means Committees.

The following is an edited transcript of Rangel's testimony: RANGEL: (Commenting on the bishops' pastoral plan for the pro-life activities, which in part encouraged the formation of non-sectarian, nonpartisan congessional district "pro-life committees" which would, as one of their activities, support qualified candidates who support a constitutional amendment to restrict abortion: How hurt I was as a Catholic, because, as much as I personally abhor the concept of abortion, how much stronger spiritually and politically I would have felt if my Church were talking about those children that were born that were not victims of abortion.

There are going to be' some rough years ahead. There's no indication that this economy is going to have an upturn that would have any positiv.e effect on the economic conditions of the poor people in this country at least for a decade.

I just hope, as I read my Bible and see where Jesus felt that He had to walk among the poor and the unwashed, that He had to give them that strength to be able to stand up and have

confidence, that perhaps in this bicentennial year . . . the messages that are sent to the parishes might also say that support should be given for people in and out of politics who are willing to support the type of legislation that would improve the quality of life for all of our people, especially our children .

BISHOP McNICHOLAS: I am overwhelmed at your concept of the awesome power of the Church. I'm flattered by it ...

Last night we heard our schools are in a crisis, that the bishops have to do something ,because the awesome power of the Church has not attained aid for parochial schools on a national basis. We heard that despite the testimony of four cardinals, we were not able to get the constitutional amendment (on abortion). So that when you talk of the awesome power of the Church-I ask you to reflect a bit on it.

RANGEL: Bishop, you're talking about the big ones. I'm talking about day-to-day successes.

My God, this (abortion) is a big struggle that has the country torn. I still talk about awesome power, and you're talking about changing the United States Constitution. But you don't need awesome power to support legislation that does not require constitutional change ...

I didn't mean the Church was so powerful it could impeach presidents or change the Constitution or do those gigantic things. I JUST MEANT THAT THERE ARE MANY STATE LEGISLATORS AND MANY MEMBERS OF THE City. Council that will get defeated or elected 'if the Church really took a position ...

BISHOP McNICHOLAS: . . .

It's interesting, not only -your comments, but the very favorable reaction of the crowd, to what I consider a real bromide, the accusation that the Catholic Church's concern is with life and not with the difficulties of

children who were born into poverty.

RANGEL: Bishop, I never meant to imply that men of God are not concerned. ButI've been a Catholic all my life. a member of St. Aloysius parish. an altor :boy as a kid-and I'm only telling you ... that in all of my 10 years as a public servant in Albany as well as in the United States Congress, that I have never been lobbied (by the Chur~h) on any issue l;!xcept the ones I mentioned (abortion and school aid) ...

I apologize if anyone was to infer that the Church was not concerned with the problems of the poor. I am just saying that its voice hasn't been heard as strongly as it has on the other issues ...

I do believe, bishop, that you will agree with me that in this Congress and in the next session, there will be bills that will be presented that the Church would have no problem in distinguishing which side the poor people will be on.

BISHOP McNICHOLAS: . . .

Let me assure you that you have said nothing you need apologize for, and I certainly hope I haven't either, because I want to bring it out in the open.

When you talk about Food Stamps, I've got here in my -briefcase a letter from Sen. Buckley in New York and a statement by the National Conference of Catholic Charities on the Buckley Food Stamps bill that we think is atrocious for what it does to poor people.

That's the position that the bishops are taking that we're criticized ...

RANGEL: . . . Had this group not been my own. I would riot have taken the liberties I did today. I mean that very seriously ...

Let me mention one of the nice, challenging things I have seen in the nuns of the Church.

They have allowed no doors in Washington or in Albany to block them when they were coming in to deal with economic issues.

In my community, they have provided the type of leadership on the block and in the community that is really great. I tell my "handmaidens of Mary" that they know how to help somebody; but more importantly, they registered, and they know how to hurt somebody.

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BY TIlE DAMEANS Love Hurts Love hurts, love sears, love wounds, It mars any heart locked up or stronp, enough To take a lot of pain. take a lot of pain.

Love Is like a flood of Ii~ht rain.

Love hurts, love hurts.

I'm young, I know, but even so I know a thing or two I learned from you.

I really learned a lot, really learned a lot.

Love is like a flame, it bums you when It's hot.

Love hurts, love hurts.

Some fools think of happiness, blissfulness, togetherness.

Some fools fool themselves, I guess, They're not fooling me.

I know it isn't true, I know It Isn't true, Love is just a lie, made to make you blue, Love hurts. love hurts. love hurts, Love hurts, love hurts.

by Bordleaux Bryant - House of Bryant Publications (BMIl Boudleaux Bryant sings a different kind of love song"Love is just a lie made to make "ou hlue. Love hurts. "You cim almost feel the singer's anguish. U's the anguish of someone who has been wounded by the one he loves - someone who has fought back by becoming cynical.

This song gives the im:-ression that the singer didn't expect the possibility of pain ever being present in his love relationship. Such an attitude is not uncommon. All too many people do not understand that everY love .relationship is made up of good and bad. There is no such thing on earth as Utopia.

Being in love with someone does not promise uninterrupted happiness. And if this is what we expect, when rough times come (and they are bound to), we cannot co.,e. These ereriences will be unspeakably bad, so bad that we cannot see beyond them.

Real love is not blind. But people are often blind to reality.

We can still be optimistic about the loves of our lives without losing reality. People in love must accept the other person's faults as well as his endearing qualities. Without this acceptance, love cannot grow. To see only the good things about another is actually making someone an idol. And when the idol's faults suddenly loom on the horizon (and they will). the idol topples tragically. Recognizing and accepting faults of one you love is a necessary part of 'mature love.

Yet even when differences are recognized and accepted, love can cause pain. Love can cause pain because people in love are capable of making mistakes. There is always the possibility that one can tum on the other, betray or reject the other. Yes, every love is a risk because it involves entrusting a part of one's life into the care of another.

That is why it is so crucial for people in love to take their time. Love is not the all-at-once intense relationship the radio would have you believe. Love needs time and space to be considered forom many more angles than just the feeling level.

People thinking of, marriage especially need time to consider both sides of the traditional marriage vows, the better and worse, the richer and the poorer, the sickness and the good health.

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But ~ot even the best prepaoration can eliminate pain from love. Peorle just have a way of getting under each other~s skin. The important question here is, "What do I do with the hurts and disappointments and frustrations we all know in love? Do I blow the little ones off as insignificant, try to work them out, ask ,forgiveness when I am at fault? Or do I let them build up, hold grudges and let little issues tum into big ones?

"What about the big hurt as, the times when love seems to leave me empty-handed, when people trample on my dreams a'1d make me feel that it's not worth trying any more; Do I feel sorry for myself and tum bitter against love and life? Or can I pick myself up and know that I am still a worthwhile person capable of love and being loved?" Love proves its strength under pressure and despite pain.

"Love is like a flame, it bums you when its hot. Love hurts." That's one way of looking at it. But a flame can also light up one's life and one's world. It can warm and comfort, dispel fear and bring cheer. It all depends on how you tend the flame and how you care for love.

(AIJ correspondence should be directed to: The Dameans, P.O. Box 2108, Baton Rouge, La. 70821).

(Copyright (c) 1976 by NC News Se.rvice)

CHINA BOUND: Vincentian Father Frederick McGuire, development director for the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA), will tour China for three weeks. His first visit was as a missioner in 1932.

He will report his findings in NC News upon his return.

Pope -Hails Listeners VATICA:N CITY (NC) - During the general audience of Jan. 21, Pope Paul VI addresssd various professionals who had gathered to hear him and, in off-thecuff remarks, spoke of each one's vocation: HEART SURGEONS: The Pope gave them a "special salute," doctors working in the "science-fiction-like" field of heart surgery, he explained, "but it is real."

In addressing the group of doctors and patients from the heart surgery center of Houston, Tex., the Pope said he gave "a special salute to those doctors who can confront heart diseases successfully."

SEMINARIANS: "We exhort vou," the PODe told St. Meinorad flndiana) seminarians, " in these days in Rome to rededicate yourselves to Jesus Christ and to the nriestly vocation. He urged the visitintt seminarians to "live your faith intensely."

MISSIONARIES: "New hori7.ons, but also new difficulties, are opening up today for the nio'leerc; of the Gospel," the Pope told Salesian missionaries who had come to Rome to celebrate the IOOth anniversary of the first departure of the Salesians into the missions, "May you always be sens~tive to the needs and aspirations of developing peoples, without ever forgetting the Gospel lesson of love of suffering and needy neighbors."

Continued from Page Three dedsion which denied citizenship to a black slave.

"What if you were a citizen of Munich in World War II and yoa smelled the smoke of the bu:~ning Jews from Dachau?

Would you have said that you weren't entitled to impose your morality against that" asked Dr. John C. WilIke of the Ohio Right to Life Society and the National Right to Life Committee.

The abortion decision, he con· tin'Jed, "is the rankest, most outrageous civil rights violation" this country has ever known.

"Vv'e're going to work hard un· til we have a human life amendment that protects every person in the United States."

After about two hours in the cold the crowd seemed anxious to march to the Capitol, and as. sembled behind a "March for Ljfe" banner half as wide as Pennsylvania Ave. A drum corps of four young boys and an adult kept cadence, and behind them two donkeys pulled a small black casket draped in an American flag.

The crowd moved briskly down Pennsylvania .Ave. toward the west steps of the Capitol building. Police had blocked off half of the street, but traffic continnued to flC\w unimpeded.

The first arrivals branched off to the left and right, of the Capitol, forming a "circle of life" around the building. When the others arrived, the entire group gathered in front of a speaker's podium on the west steps where they changed "Vote Pro-Life" and "no compromise," the latter slogan in reference to the socalled "states rights" amendment to limit abortion.

During the National Anthem,. which began the rally, the audience waved red roses, symol of life.

After opening remarks by Miss Nel1ie Gray, chairman of the 15member March for Life Committee, Sen. James L. Buckley (RN. Y.) told the crowd that their presence was a "demonstration of faith, hope and love." ":et us work" he said, "so the principle of the founders, the principle of life is once again at the heart of this great nation."

Following Buckley, a string of Congressmen warmed the crowd with speeches condemning the high court's abortion decision.

Among them were Senators Richard Stone (D-Fla.), Dewey Bartlett (R-Qkla.) and Jesse A. Helms (R-N.C.) and Representatives James J. Florio (D-N.J.), Henry J. Hyde (R-Ill.), John R. Conlan (R-Ariz.), Charles J. Car-

ney (R-Ohio), Ralph Regula (ROhio), Tennyson Guyer (R-Ohio), Norman Lent (R-N. Y.) Robert Bauman {R-Md.) Clement Zablocki (D-Wis.) and Roman Mazzoli (D-Ky.).

One of the afternoon's biggest ovations followed a speech by Sen. Helms, which he closed with a telegram from Ronald Reagan, Republican candidate for president.

In the telegram, Reagan said, "I wish I could be with you to tell you in person how much I admire the work you are all doing to ensure that the right of life will belong to all human beings, born or unborn. Passage of the human life amendment is the most certain way to ensure this. I support it!"

A message from the Rev. Jesse Jackson, a long-time civil rights activist and head of People United to Save Humanity (PUSH), was also greeted with cheers from the crOWd. After a closing prayer by Bishop Thomas J. Walsh of Arlington, Va., the crowd file tered into the nearby Senate and House office buildings to lobby congressmein for a proposed human life amendment outlawing abortion.

A straw poll by NC News indicated that the largest num· ber of demonstrators visited the offices of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Birch Bayh (D-Ind.) Both are among a group of senators supporting alternatives to abortion, such as "life supportive centers," rather than a constitutional amendment against it.

Earlier in the day some pro· life demonstrators picketed the White House, urging President Ford to adopt a strong pro·life stand. At the same time, a group headed by Miss Gray met with representatives of the Justice Department of Health, Education and Welfare, and the President's Domestic Council.

The March for Life Committee sent 16,000 roses, symbols of the anti-abortion cause, to the President, Vice President and members of Congress. The roses were purcqased with donations from various pro-life committees and individuals throughout the country, who held anti-abortion rallies in their own communities to coincide with Washington demonstration.

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Announce 17th CYO Cheering Tournament

IN THE DIOCESE

By PETER 1. BARTEK Norton High Coach

Cheerleaders from throughout Southeastern Massachusetts will compete in the 17th CYO Cheerleading Competition, to be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 7 and Sunday, March 14 at Kennedy Center, New Bedford.

Grammar schools will compete March 7 and all others on March 14, with Jay-Vee and ninth grade teams in one division and high school varsity and CYO teams in another.

Trophies will he presented to the first three squads in each division. Entries, which close Monday, Feb. 23, are available from CYO Cheerleading, 403 Anawan Street, Fall River.

Dedication, Time, Training To Form Varsity Officials To most fans they are nameless. They are often the focalpoint of criticism, the rational for defeat. Each time they perform they are evaluated by spectators, coaches and players and almost never without bias. Theirs is a thankless task, but one that must Hundreds of times each season be discharged' with strict officials are called upon to make professionalism. THEY are decisions, like the one described. the officials who work the The circumstances surrounding

local schoolboy hasketball the call may differ, but the presgames. sure to make the correct judgeEach Tuesday and Friday eve- ment is still present. Those who ning throughout the winter these can withstand the constant call nameless creatures step on to for nerfection become successful the hardwood courts with only officials. a whistle and a rulebook to deOfficiating a basketball game fend themselves. They are ex- has been compared to working pected to view the evening's ac- in a fishbowl. The quarters are tivitie<; with a discerning eye, to confined, you are easily accessrule on infractions imneccably ible to the coaches and within and in the process not offend the shouting distance of the face. multitude in attendance.

Such is not the case in any other Imap-ine for a moment that you sport. are a basketball official. You are In football, for example, a working the championship game. coach who questions a call may The winner will go on to play not have the opportunity of disin the state tournament, the cussing it with the official until loser's season will end tonight. halftime or at the end of the There are five seconds remain- contest. However, in basketball ing in the contest with the home- it is easy to get the message team trailing hv one point. Every . across to an official during a fan in the packed gymnasium is time out or as he hustles past standing, hollering for victory. the bench. A fan with a gripe at The hometeam puts the ball a baseball game could conceivinto play in its forecourt. Their ably go unheard, but there is litstar guard drives the lane, there tle chance of that in a crowded is a collision as the shot goes in- gym. to the air. You blew the whistle In spite of the demands olaced as the ball fell harmlessly, off uoon them the nameless officials the rim. Silence accompanies do an excellent job. Thev make your call. Will it be charging the correct calls they keep the' against the hometeam. or block- game under control, they satisfy in!! against the defense? the multitude.

"Easy," you say. The rulebook None of this is happenstance. states clearly that "if the defen- "'ach offichi is trained to meet sive man had established posi- the demands of his avocation tion the foul is on the offensive 'He spends hours studvina, the man, if not it is blocking." But, ruling book. going over complithe fact is you, in your infallible catedgame situations, meeting judgem~nt, must determine exwith fellow officials, and workactly what occurred. ing games at all levels.

Before a man can Qualifv to work a varsity basketball game in the area he must pa:::s a written examination and a floor test.

It is the latter which se:,arates BURLINGTON (NC) - Some the Men from 'the boys. said it was bound to happen The road to becoming a sucsooner or later.

Well publicized allegations cessful official is not an easy about the extramarital affairs of one. Many' CYO, freshmen, and the late President John F. Ken- iunior varsitv games are worked nedy raised the issue of whether before earning the right to move pictures of the first Catholic up to the varsity ranks. Somepresident should be banned from times the transition can be made in two to three vears, other a Catholic high school here.

But the pictures will stay. The times upwards to five.

Least we forget next time we Burlington Area Catholic School Board voted unanimously (15-0) attend a ba<;ketball game, the not to remove them from the nameless official is not really library of Notre Dame High nameless. He is a family man, a working man who had dedicated School.

But the issue caused some un- a great deal of time and effort intended publicity for this small toward becoming a qualified Iowa town on the banks of the board official.

He is officiating because of Mississippi River. Newspapers throughout the state, the major his love for the game of basketwire services and a reporter- ball and desire to work with photographer team from the New young men. He eX""ects justified York Times spread the story criticism but would also appreciate a "well done" occasionally. throughout the country.

They Say It's OK For J FK to Stay

Jan. 29, 1976

Named Secretary WASHINGTON (NC) - Msgr.

Francesco Canalini, 39-year-old Italian priest who served in the Vatican's diplomatic corps in Ecuador and Ireland, has been named secretary at the. apostolic delegation in the United States.

Ordained in 1961, he was a member of the. Vatican del.egation to the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, in meetings held in Geneva and Helsinki during the past two years.

The "Nameless" Official

Cardinal Puts France on Guard Against Unification Church PARIS ~NC)-Cardinal Francois Marty of Paris has warned against claims by the Unification Church that it is in accord with Catholic teaching.

He also warned against the sect itself headed by Sun Myung Mo~n of South Korea. .. .

Th~ ca~dmal first sent. hiS' w:arnmgs m a letter t? prIests, high school chaplams and d . f C h r ~Irecto~s .0 . at 0 IC e ucatlonal m~tltutlons. Then he r~peated hiS charg~s over RadiO Monte Carlo, which broadcasts to the whole of France from Monaco.

Cal. Labor Board Out of Money SACRAMENTO (NC) - The California State Agricultural Labor Relations Board has cancelled all hearings scheduled for the balance of January, because it ran out of money.

An emergency appropriation to provide for its operations until the end of the fiscal year is being debated in the legislature here.

The board said that because of the procedures entailed in the phase-out of the agency, it would not be feasible to conduct secret ballot elections after Jan. 30, at which time all ALRB regional offices will be closed. All staff not essential to the performance of priority functions will be laid off as of Feb. 6.

Meanwhile, the board issued its latest farm labor election tally as of Jan. 19, showing that the United Farm Workers of America have won 187 elections (55 per cent) to 115 (34 per cent) for the Teamsters.

Stamp For Seton?

In his broadcast the cardinal said: "I have learned that 250 to 300 young people of the Moon sect have arrived in Paris from Munich (Germany). .

They carry on a big propaganda campaign, often in a manner that is not very honest.

"They insinuate that they agree with the Catholic Church.

Th' . f I IS IS a se.

"They are dangerous, for they carry out indoctrination. They do not respect freedom.

"Let young people be very f I'" care u.

It was not the first time that Cardinal Marty had warned French Catholics about the Unification Church, a worldwide organization run by Moon from luxurious headquarters in Westchester County, New York.

The sect is also known as the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity. But many critics-including disillusioned former members of the sect-charge that Moon denies the divinity of Christ and presents himself to his followers as the real Messiah.

ANNkPOLIS (NC)-Delegate Roy Dyson has introduced a bill in the Maryland House of Delegates to ask the U. S. postmaster general to issue a commemorative stamp honoring St. Elizabeth Seton, the first nativeborn U. S. citizen to be canonized.

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Reaction to Instruction Extreme and Middle Continued from Page Three "Why this improbably and deplorable demonstration? Because the Church is against abortion and because the Church has restated the statements of" sexual morality.

"Incredible! But this is the reason given," the Pope concluded. He stated that the declaration was designed to meet "modern society's serious and general need for austerity in behavior.

"Read the declaration," he stated and you will see the wise and prudent love of the Church emerging."

He said that the values of life defended by the declaration have been "defined by the Bible with divine and unerrin~ certitude and interpreted and confirmed by the Church's Magisteril'm."

The declaration, the Pope said, is a call to reflect on "the defense and advancement of the real valnes of life, love an'! happiness. This desired austerity is not an old-fashioned morality, nor is it a 'taboo' which is considered to be intolerable today.

Nor is it an authoritarian and wron':'flll act of repression."

The Pope said the declaration on sexual ethics was being used "for target practice by certain rehellious ~urrents of public opinion."

Theologians Though some of the theologians interviewed had serious criticism for the declaration, all said they could live with it.

One of the strongest criticisms came from a leading Irish moral theologian in Rome, Redemptorist Father Sean O'Riordan. H~ said the document was "very negative in tone with the result that it will be interpreted by conservatives as an "attempt to slap down any theological discussion of sexuality."

"The document will be used as ammunition in favor of an ultra-conservative position which opposes any change from an older and very rigid set of ethics," said Father O'Riordan, who teaches at Rome's Alphonsianum Academy.

Father O'Riordan also said he has "no pro~lem with the document" in terms of general principles it ennuntiates. But "there is no encouragement in the document for theologians," he said. " One of the best known moral

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NEWARK (NC)-Father John J. Walsh, administrator of St. Patrick's Procathedral, has been given a pink slip by the city administration.

He and two other police chaplains have been laid off as part of a budget-paring campaign by Mayor Kenneth Gibson. The chaplains had been receiving $7,500 a year. They said they would continue to serve the city's policemen without pay.

theologians in the United States, Father Charles Curran of the Catholic University of America in Washington, D. C. said he was "disappointed" with some of the sections of the document, however, "my differences would tend to be differences of degree," he said.

On the theological level, he said, he would object to the degree of emphasis the document gives to specific acts-what he called an "acts analysis" approach to determining morality.

He also objected to the declaration's treatment of the relation between mortal sin and man's fundamental option, saying that what the document condemns is a "caricature" of what most moral theologians are teaching.

The divorce of the fundamental option from individual acts, with a focus only on the whole direction of one's life, is not what moral theologians are teaching, he said, "although in the popular mind some people may have looked at it that way.

I've always pointed out the danger of not giving enough importance to individual acts."

past teaching statements any pastoral references.

He said there may be some theologians and pastors who might wish to go further in-pastoral practice dealing with incurable homosexuals than the declaration allows. But the pastoral approach outlined by the declaration is consonant with the generally accepted pastoral practice,v he said.

"What it outlines," he said, "is calliill~ it (homosexual activity) okay."

Sister Joyce Bidick, an American Sister of St. Casimir who teaches psychology at Rome's Gregorian University, called the declaration "a very welcome pronouncement, a document which is at once clear, solid and sensitive.

She said the document not only deals with fundamental principles "but integrates implicitly some basic tenets of depth psychology and the complexity of human motivation."

Gay Catholics "Dignity," a national organization for gay (homosexual) Catholics, bTased the Vatican declaration "narrow," "unenlightened," and "extremely disSupport appointing."

It claimed that the declaration On the other hand, another well known American theolo- "does little more than repeat the gian, Father Carl J. Peter, dean traditional, unenlightened conof the theology department at demnation of homosexual exCatholic University, released a pression, based on the presuppostatement praising the declara- sition that human sexuality is God-given and moral only in tion as a courageous action.

"There are occasions when heterosexual marriage for the every Christian is obliged in purpose of procreation."

Msgr. McHugh called the stateconscience to call things as he ment

by Dignity a "caricature" or she sees them, even though others may take offense as a of Church teaching presented in the document. He said: result," Father Peter said.

"Dignity distorts the teach"We are responsible for our ing of the document. The teachbrothers and sisters and the ing of the Second Vatican CounPope is no exception. He sees cil stressed the two ends of marWestern culture as being in dan- riage, conjugal love and responger of losing its bearings - as sible parenthood. evidenced by widespread sexual "Dignity misrepresents the license. In today's declaration, basic point of the Vatican docthe Pope has tried to be what ument, which is that sexual acall Christians have to be: the tivity finds its ultimate reason nagging conscience of the Cath- and achieves its highest purpose olic Church and society." in the marital relationship, A similar response came from where it serves the two goals of Msgr. James T. McHugh, secre- marital intimacy and parenttary for pro-life activities for the hood."

National Conference of Catholic Msgr. McHugh also questioned Bishops, and former director of Dignity's assertion that a large the U. S. Catholic Conference's number of American theologians Family Life Bureau. have challenged the teachings of Noting that the document be- the Council that are repeated in gins with a stress that "the use the new document. of the sexual function has its "The teaching of Vatican II on true "meaning and moral recti- coniugal love is not challenged tude only in true marriage," by a large number of American Msgr. McHugh said, "In a world theologians," he said. "In fact, tinged by hedonism - I might the council's teaching has been say permeated with hedonism- a springboard for more intenthis needs to be said." sive research in theology and He called the emphasis on the behavioral sciences on humarriage an important pastoral man sexuality. message because of a steady The Dignity statement, he stream of opinions today that' said, "has set up a caricature "sex can be or should be di路 which it claims is challenged." vorced from marriage."

Recovery Jesuit Father John Connery, senior research fellow at George"The spiritual history of man, town University's Kennedy In- as seen by God, is not one of stitute for the Study of Human progress but of recovery or reReproduction and Bioethics, said, demption."

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REASON Thomas Jefferson's statue stands proudly in the center of the lovely, round memorial to him in the nation's capital ... His basic belief in the power of human reason . . . is carved in stone above his head.

Jefferson trusted deeply in the "mind of man" ... to solve life's problems ... to guide one's decisions and steps . . . to probe the mysteries of existence . . .

His life and achievements are marked by reasonableness and intelligence.

Our country rests on the reasoned principles he helped formulate . . . In this bicentennial year we do well to recall Jefferson's trust in the human mind ... for ours is a world seemingly more complex, confusing and challenging than that of 1776.

In a time of apparent flight from reason . . . to drugs, selfgratification, terrorism . . . Jefferson reminds us of the marvelous capacity we have . . . to think . . . to reason . . . to create . . . to imagine . . .

Part of our American heritage is reliance on reason.

Trust in human intelligence is also part of our Judaeo-Christian tradition . . . which sees human beings as made in the image and likeness . . . of the Creator . . . whose intelligence . . . is ultimately the ground for all reasonableness.

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