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Pope Calls. for End Catholic Press , Of路 Racism" Torture Mosl Powerful' ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. (NC) - The Catholic press, with its ability to capture people's attention, "is the most powerful arm of the Church in America," said Robert Fenton, the president of the Catholic Press Association, in a message marking February as Catholic Press Month. The message follows: The Cathollc press takes on new importance in today's world. As Alvin Toffler points out in his book "Future Shock," the world is changing at an accelerating pace, not just in economics and government, but also in the structure of society, family life and in religion. The Catholic press is the most powerful arm of the Church in America, in capturing the attention of the people. It includes 152 Catholic newspapers in the U.S. and I 1 in Canada, as well as '298 magazines. The total circulation is 26,818,099. The bishops at the recent synod in Rome and meeting of the U.S. Catholic Conference were told that the Catholic press is "the least expensive way of conveying comprehensive Catholic-oriented news and views on a regular basis to the largest number of Catholics."
Lenten Penance Is Urged In a pastoral letter to be read at all weekend Masses in the diocese, Bishop Daniel A. Cronin reminds the faithful of the importance of Lenten penance. "Lent reminds us," he writes, "that Christ has given us an example. If we are to live for Christ, we must, in imitation of him, live in love of one another. "And we cannot live in fraternal charity and love for our brethren unless, like Jesus, we have humbled ourselves, unless we have undergone that total change of heart which is a kind of death to selfishness. The very
first step, thus, is the voluntary and generous acceptance of a program of penance and selfdenial. Lent leads and encourages us in this regard, and I urge you, one and all, to make use of this holy season to turn away from those things which hinder and obstruct the capacity to give that most important gift of all, the gift of self. "As we begin the season of Lent, may we resolve to change in whatever ways are necessary in order to reflect better the love of Christ. An ever deeper pracTurn to Page Three
As Pope Paul VI recently said, "In presenting news, the journalist has a responsibility to consider his reader's matters of concern, their real needs and their deepest aspirations as citizens and, in many cases, as believers, as Christians. In acting thus, the journalist is showing true respect and service toward the reader." The press has reversed the decline that followed Vatican II and is now experiencing sustained growth. To maintain the momentum of these gains, the Catholic press needs - and' deserves - the support of everyone.
VATICAN CITY (NC) In a landmark speech on human rights, Pope Paul VI has appealed to world nations for freedom of religion, an end to racism, especially in southern Africa, and rejection of physical and psychoogical torture. During his annual meeting with diplomats accredited to the Holy See, Pope Paul urged Communist governments to give up their fight against religion. By so doing, said Pope Paul, Communist states would regain the trust and loyalty of millions of believers.
The Pontiff openly critioized racist regimes in southern Africa for denying universal suffrage and self路determination to Blacks. "For anyone who accepts the Go~pel message," said Pope Paul, "to deny fundamental human equality in the name of the alleged superiority of one race or ethnic group is inconceivable." The Pope opposed the torture Qf persons under arrest. He esp'~cially spoke out against committing political prisoners to mental hospitals. Turn to Page Eleven
Funded Abort~iQ,ns Reduced Under New HE'~ Guideline WASHINGTON (NC) - New regulations issued by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare say federal funds can be used to pay for abortions for poor women who become pregnant after rape or incest, if the rape or incest is reported to a law enforcement or public health facility within 60 days. Observers estimate that the regulations would result in federal funding for 100,000 or fewer abortions each year, about onethird of the number funded in the past. The victim does not have to report the incident herself, but can let a third party such as a doctor do it, according to the regulations. The regulations, also say federal funds can be used for abortion following statutory rape that is, intercourse, whether voluntary or not, with a minor - which results in pregnancy. Rape or incest may be reported to virtually any law enforcement or public health agency, including rape crisis centers or police chaplains, but not to abortion clinics or specialized law enforcement agencies such as the Drug Enforcement Administration or the Secret Service, the regulations said. The new regulations were issued to implement the new law restricting federal funding for abortion. The law, passed and signed last December, said fed-
erai funds could be used to pay for abortions when the mother's life was endangered and when twc doctors certified that the pre,~nancy threatened severe, long-lasting physical health damage. The law also said federal funds could pay for medical proTurn to Page, Fifteen
Pledge Recalled B~, School Head Vol ASHINGTON (NC) An official of the U.S. Catholic Conference has reminded the Carter Administration of its campaign pledge to assist parents of nonpublic school children after the Administration opposed tuition tax credits at Senate hearings in mid路 January. (During the 1976 campaign, Carter said he was "firmly commit':ed to finding c~>nstitutionally Turn to Page Thirteen
You're Invited loday through Saturday there will be a mammoth Catholic Scbools Week exhibition at Dal1mouth Mall, North Dartmouth. With 20 schools partidpatlng, the program will include art displays, slides, and choral, mUl;ical, dance, and gymnastic pre>entations.
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DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER 1978 Lenten Regulations I. There are two days upon which both fast and abstinence are prescribecl: Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. 2. On all Fridays of Lent, abstinence is prescribed. 3. Those who are twenty-one years of age, but not yet fiftynine years of age, are obliged to observe the law of fast. 4. Those who are fourteen years of age and older are obliged to observe the law of abstinence. 5. On the two days of fasting, those bound by the law are limited to a single full meal. Two other meatless meals, sufficient to maintain strength, may be taken according to one's needs; however, together these two meals should not equal another full meal. 6. On days of abstinence, that is on Ash Wednesday and on all Fridays of the Lenten Season, those bound by the law abstain from eating meat. 7. No Catholic will hold himself or herself lightly excused from the laws of fast and abstinence. Commenting upon the mitigated Lenten regulations promulgated several years ago by the Holy Father, the National Conference of Catholic Bishops in the United States noted: "The obligation to do penance is a .serious one; the obligation to observe, as a whole or 'substantially,' the penitential days specified by the Church is also serious." 8. Lent is a most appropriate time for the voluntary practice of self-denial or personal penance. This may be physical mortification, temperance, or such works as Christian charity and witness.
Vincentians of the Greater Fall River Council will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7 for Mass at Immaculate Conception Church, 15 Thomas St., Fall River. The Mass will be offered for the late Henry J. Kitchen, former treasurer of Immaculate Conception Conference. Annual report books will be available at the meeting to follow Mass.
EUROPEAN TOURS Direction of Rev. J. Joseph Kierce Author and Producer of The New England Passion Play
liTHE CHRISTUS"
THE SIGN SAYS IT ALL at Faneui! Hall March for Life rally last month. In foreground, Atty. Harold Hudner, Our Lady of Fatima parish, Swansea, and Sister Denisita, RSM, parish CCD coordinator. Our Lady of Fatima sponsored a bus to. the Boston demonstration. (Anchor photo by Jeanne Gilbert.)
AYER, Mass. (NC) - Father Leonard Feeney, who stood at the center of the famed Boston heresy case a quarter of a century ago, died in an Ayer, Mass., hospital Jan. 30 at 80 years of age.
Lenten Penance Is Urged Continued from Page One tice of the corporal and spiritual works of mercy is recommended as an especially appropriate way of growing, for as we turn from self, through the discipline of penance, we turn, naturally, to our brothers and sisters in the Lord and, pre-eminently, to Almighty God, Himself." The Lenten season will begin Wednesday, Feb. 8 with the traditional ritual of distributing ashes. It will continue for the following six weeks with intensified spiritual programs in all parishes and diocesan institu· tions. Among them will be the relatively new but widely accepted Operation Rice Bowl, a program to alleviate world hunger. Directed in the Fall River diocese by Msgr. John J. Oliveira, it calls on concerned families to eat a simple, low-cost meal one day a week and put into a "rice bowl" the money that would have been spent on a normal meal. This offering is then brought to parish collection receptacles. Seventy-five percent of the proceeds of this unique sacrifi-
cial effort is designated for Catholic Relief Services programs for the poor and hungry overseas. The remainder is kept within the diocese to combat poverty and hunger in the United States. In the two years since the institution of Operation Rice Bowl, $9 million has been donated by American Catholics to their needy brothers and sisters. Projects funded by Rice Bowl not only relieve hunger in emergency situations by providing food and related commodities such as seeds and tools, but aim at the root causes of poverty and hunger by financing long-range programs to help the needy help themselves. Suggested Rice Bowl dinner menus for this Lent follow: -First week: Grilled cheese sandwich, vegetable soup. Second week:: Spaghetti and tomato sauce, applesauce. -Third week: Omelet, chocolate pudding. -Fourth week: Tuna salad, canned peaches. -Fifth week:: Macaroni and cheese, baked apple. -Sixth week: Bean soup, gelatin dessert.
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CONTRIBUTORS donate to Operation Rice Bowl. Such collection receptacles will be found in parish churches during Lent.
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Father Feeney, a Jesuit priest, poet, educator and frequent contributor to America magazine in the 1930s, was excommunicated in 1953 for having "shown stub"born disobedience to an order legitimately enjoined upon him to appear in Rome" before the Holy Office (now the Doctrinal Congregation) in connection with his controversial use of the Church teaching that there is no salvation outside the Church. The excommunication followed attempts to silence Father Feeney by Archbishop, later Cardinal, Richard Cushing of Boston. Father Feeney, who had been teaching at Jesuit-run Boston College, was expelled from the Jesuit order in 1949. The excommunication against Father Feeney was lifted on Nov. 22, 1972, without his having to retract his literal interpretation of the teaching on salvation outside the Church. While the controversy about
the teachirig came to a head during the late 1940s and early 1950s, Father Feeney was the driving force behind St. Benedict's Center in Harvard Square, where students from area colleges came for courses and intE!Jlectual stimulation. St. Benedict's Center moved ::0 Still River, Mass. in 1957, and in late 1976 became established as a "pious union" under the umbrella of the Benedictines. The group at St. Benedict's Center called itself the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and included nuns and brothers. When Father Feeney" was rleunited with"the Church, 29 members of the group followed his lead, while 18 others refused. Father Feeney's reconciliaticn with the Church came about at least in part through the intervention of Cardinal Humberto Medeiros of Boston, who had attended lectures at St. Benedict's during his days as a seminarian. Father Feeney was one of three brothers who becarr.e priests. He became a widely read author early in his career, one of his most famous books being the humorous "Fish on Friday."
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themoorin~ Old Cape Cod ... New Problems It would be unthinkable were this paper to sit back and view the growing population, environmental and pollution problems of Cape Cod as some science fiction ~'1ight mare. The Cape is the fastest growing area of our diocese. A study prepared by Robert L. Siegel & Associates, Inc., a real estate consulting firm based in New Orleans, reports that one third of all population growth in Massachusetts is concentrated on Cape Cod. What makes this study even more interesting is that this growth is due to the movement of population, not to natural increase. Between 1970 and 1976 the population of Cape Cod has jumped 41 percent. Each month, week and day find more and more people seeking a bit of God's country on the Cape. All anyone has to do to see this remarkable phenomenon firsthand is to take a drive down memory lane through what was once a sleepy Cape Cod village. As we are learning all too slowly, with a vast number of people comes a vast number of problems. Studies, for example, have indicated that the Cape faces a future water and disposal problem. There are some who feel that it is already too late to solve some of the environmental issues that have been created by this new migration. Others claim, as we agree, that few people have opened their eyes to view the Cape as it really is. The present controversy over a suspected military health threat on the Cape is a perfect example of some I people beginning to wake up to the perilous situation of. our fragile environment. In fact, most people didn't even know that the Air Force has a radar station in Truro. If they took a ride to the lower Cape, some city folks probably thought that I the two large white domes that border the National Seashore park were oversized sea gull eggs. But what this area of the Cape now faces and the Sandwich-Bourne area will face in the very near future is a very sophisticated microwave radar system. The environmental dilemma in this case concerns the known effects of ' such microwaves on the human body, including such problems as personality disorders, brain tumors, birth defects, cataracts and leukemia. In this specific situation there are presently many arguments on each side of the issue. But the real difference rests in the vast number of people in the middle who just do not care about or have little interest in environmental effects; who really do not believe that it is "not nice to fool mother nature." This is but one example of environmental danger that is affecting the very delicate balance of nature that is found on Cape Cod. The Anchor urges the Catholic community of Cape Cod and all concerned citizens to pay attention to local and county problems; to be active participants at town meetings; to be always aware of the fact that what nature has given Cape Cod is given in trust and is not to be abused but rather to be used for the total common good.
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EDITOR
FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATOR
Rev. John F, Moore, M,A, , ~ Leary Pre ..-· fill RIver
Rev, Msgr, John J, Regan
SIX-YEAR-OLD VICTIM OF GUERRILLA RAID IN RHODESIA
, ... punishing children to the third an d fourth generation for their fathers' wickedness.' Num. 14:18
Hold That Fire By Father John B. Sheerin, CSP
The barrage of criticism addressed to Jimmy Carter's recent nine-day journey to foreign capitals was largely indiscreet md inconsiderate. One would think the president was a dispensable errand-boy entitled to no special deference. Freedom of expression should not mean cutting the president to shreds. He is our president and our fortunes and destinies ride with him when he travels abroad, no matter how many gaffes and bobbles he might make enroute. The panel of commentators on "Agronsky and. Company" (CBS), comprise the most well-informed panel on TV. They were stern in their criticism of Carter's blunders and sycophantic praise ')f tyrants like the Shah of Iran, 'lUt they were fair, just and above all respectful. Some of them claimed the trip was uneccessary; some likened it to Nixon's Red China jaunt. But there seemed to be general agreement that such a presidential tour serves a good purpose in revealing to other nations that the American presi~ent is sincerely democratic, a man of compassion, a politician, certainly, but also a man who represents America's moral leadership among the nations of the world. Extravagant and overblown criticism serves no useful purpose. Maybe I am showing my age (and my respect for authority) but i think a president is
more than an isolated individual. He is carrying our burdens, grappling with colossal problems that are yours and mine - gigantic problems such as energy, unemployment, arms limitation that former presidents tried to solve and failed. In spite of his mistakes and maladroit remarks, we should not chew him to pieces. Free expression does not mean that. We can take in stride foreign journalists' remarks about Carter. After all, he is not their president and they have no special responsibilities toward him. But American TV commentators and journalists should be more careful and judicious. For Carter is grappling with their problems our problems. At the moment the American press and TV are under fire. They are said to be enjoying too much power, a power not subject to controls imposed on certain other institutions in American life. The communications media has a responsibility to be fair and honest in shaping the opinions, values are preoccupied of many of the unconscious responses of citizens in statements by Americans in public office. Many of their readers and televiewers have little or no direct contact with the events reported or described by the communications media. They trust in the fairness and accuracy of the media. Responsible journalists such as Cronkite or Reston will think twice before making
a sweeping criticism of a president's foreign tour or one of his stray remarks. At Carter's inauguration, Americans were almost ecstatic over the new president. They hoped he would be successful in solving the country's problems. Now there is no reason to think he is nothing more than a target in a pinball game. 'President Carter has made mistakes, yes, but he needs time to'" prove himself. Other presidents have met with reverses and made regrettable mistakes in the first year of office. Truman is a good example: His first year was a succession of failures, but he came through with a great record of accomplishments. Journalists tempted to belittle Carter would do well to hold their fire for a while. They may soon be cheering him. 6
Necrolo.9Y February 3 Rev. Antonio O. Ponte, 1952, Pastor, Our Lady of Angels, Fall River February 4 Rt. Rev. Hugh J. Smyth, P.R., 1921, Pastor, St. Lawrence, New Beford, 1st Vicar General, Fall River 1904-07, Administrator of Diocese Feb.-July 1907 February 9 Rt. Rev. John J. Kelly, 1963, Pastor, SS. Peter & Paul, Fall River Rev. Peter J. McKone, S.J. 1972, Bishop Connolly High School
Letters to the editor II II letters are welcomed. but should be no more than 200 words. The editor reserves the right to condense or edit, if deemed necessary. All letters must be signed and include a home or business address.
God Is Joyful Dear Readers: Three weeks ago The Anchor, like most other diocesan papers, ran a National Catholic News Service story headed "Here's Why Irish Won." Our story, however, added some local color, in addition to reporting the opinion of a Notre Dame team cook that it was his culinary expertise plus the pre-game blessing of a seminary rector that gave the Irish their Cotton Bowl victory. We added a brief interview with Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes of Fall River, an ardent Notre Dame fan and a team chaplain, who had given several rosaries to Irish coach Dan Devine before the game. We lightheartedly opined that the rosaries, along with the cooking and the blessing, had helped things along. We apparently shouldn't have. In addition to the letter on the subject printed in last week's Anchor, we've had several others, some unprintable, all indicating that our story set the post-Vatican II Church back at least a millennium. Come on, guys. Many things have changed in the "new Church," some for the better, some less happily. But have we lost our sunny Catholic sense of humor? Somehow, we can't believe the 1978 Catholic has become so somber he or she can't look to God the Father and Mary the Mother in hours of recreation as well as in those of weighty business. In the past few weeks The The Anchor has dealt soberly and extensively with an assortment of wracking issues facing humanity. But we bear in mind that as well as being just, loving and merciful, God is joyful. He doesn't begrudge us a Bishop's Ball. Or a football game. The Editor
Right On! Dear Editor: I really thought your editorial was right on and I got to thinking about it. As I did, I decided to put my thoughts down and the result is the enclosed article (See box on this page.) Chet and I have lived both Cursillo and the Charismatic experiences. We believe them to be a means to help us teach our children a way of life. We also hope that through them we have become better parishioners, interested in what happens in our parish and trying to be of service where we are needed. We feel groups and prayer meetings are great and you do need people involved but we have always agreed that the idea is to bring it home and back to the pari~h level. May God continue to grant you every blessing in the ministry He has given you to pubilcize His Word. Joyce Cesolini Acushnet
Not a Priest Dear Editor: I am writing in regard to Mary Carson's statement that "Mary is the first priest." I pride myself on having a great devotion to Our Lady, but to say that Mary is a priest is going some! There is no doubt that, as a Mother, she did give Jesus His human body, which is something every mother does for her child. But, to conclude that this makes Mary a priest; is really using one's imagination! The priesthood is a Sacrament instituted by Jesus Christ Himself and is not something derived from nature. In my opinion, we are all created for a purpose and the ever Virgin Mary's purpose was the privilege of becoming the Mother of our Savior! Alice Beaulieu New Bedford
What Would Happen? Dear Editor: What would happen to the programs in the Fall River Diocese such as Birthright, CCD, Parish Council and the Diaconate . . . if Cursillistas and Charismatics were not involved in making these areas their apostolates? Norma Olivier South Dartmouth
Ideal Parish Dear Editor: I want to sincerely thank you for running the article on the "ideal parish," it was very well laid out and very appealing. I thought it had died and was lost forever. Very few dioceses in our area ran it in their paper, so I am most grateful that you found space. I would be interested in knowing if you receive any responses concerning it. There are many fine ideas within it and to see it in print for others to digest, makes our efforts worthwhile. Father Thomas Lopes New Bedford
Asks Aid Dear Editor: I have more than 6000 Catholics living in very small huts on the shores of the Arabian Sea. They are very poor fishermen. I have more than 700 children for catechism. If I am able to give them some help and encouragement, I can get more than 1500. Therefore I request your good readers to send me spare rosaries, scaplars, statues, medals, notebooks, pencils, pens and other useful articles. I shall pray for you daily at Mass and all my Catholics will pray too. Father L. Abraham Joseph O.L. of Purification Church Port Road, Quilon 691006 South India
THE ANCHORThurs., Feb. 2,
Where Renewal Starts
Where Have You Been?
By Joyce Cesolini I really enjoyed Father Moore's editorial on Spiritual Elitism and the fact that we cannot allow faith experiences to become or remain isolated. I have been involved in both the Cursillo and charismatic renewals. We need to remember we have been allowed a special 'gift, a second chance, with the experience of a faith renewal. There are many people who have never made a Cursillo or been involved in a prayer group but who are very close to God. We who need a shot in the arm to achieve this faith should not look down on those who did 'it through God's grace alone. . And it is vitally important to remember that once you've been given this gift Christ expects you to use it to continue His work. If a husband and/or wiie have been reintroduced to Christ their main vocation is still marriage and raising their children. Any meetings have to fit around family life and not become the priority. Many times I've wondered what would happen if a teenager requested help with homework on a night there was a meeting or group. Where would we set the priority? If we don't bring our experience to where we are but box it in to a special place or group, then we are not allowing the full effect to take place. Just think where all our parishes would be if all renewed Catholics went back and "just loved." If we all did that one thing, we would eventually have a close community in each parish. I don't mean to say we can't have our groups and prayer meetings or whatever. But we must let God be free to blow His Spirit where He wills. As I once heard someone say, "If all these renewals and encounters really do their job, they will fade and the Catholic Church will truly be one alive Body of Christ. This article is written from almost five years of experiences, mistakes 'and new outlooks. My husband and I \ were renewed and really felt an encounter with Christ. Slowly we have come to realize the great gift we received but most important we have realized our roles as husband and wife and father and mother. It's hard, because we have to witness to our children and they really know us. They see when we speak love but act hate; when we speak forgiveness but hold a grudge, when we stop gossip then complain about the best. But He didn't ever say the road would be easy. He calls most of us to share His love' and His word with those we deal with every day. And sometimes this can truly be a rocky path. We should praise Him and pray for our brothers and sisters when He calls to vocations that include being deeply involved in renewals, but we must remember that He still renews to allow us to be witnesses and ministers to those in our homes and parishes. I thank Christ for His many gifts and hope this gives added insight to Father Moore's editorial.
Dear Editor: Regarding your editorial, "Spiritual Elitism," where have you been? I don't know about those who have made Cursillos where you are, but here on Cape Cod every activist movement concerned with human rights, such as Birthright, Right to Life, Bread for the World, Council of Aging, counseling for alcoholics, and I could go on and on, Cursillo people are leading or involved. In our parish just about every person who has made a Cursillo is active in one way or another. . .. Because they gather periodically to gain spiritual strength and encouragement is no reason to accuse them of "flying from reality." The reality they do face in some cases is being discouraged by their pastors or priests. . . . The Charismatic Renewal has a very important message to teach the Catholic faithful. If it begins to get involved directly on issues such as war or peace or social justice, people will surely become confused about the movement and in many cases be unable to identify with it. However, a maturing in the Spirit does seem to bear fruit in true social concern, either by the individual or the group. We are fortunate to have a pastor who does not stifle the contributions his parishioners in these two groups have to offer. How about an editorial on Spiritual Elitism on the part of some of your brother priests? Without their support there is little we can do. Jeanne K. Towers Pocasset ....n'II..II
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Iy REV. ANDREW M. GREELEY
"All right, wise guy, what would you do if you were a bi~hop?" I get asked that by a lot of people. Unfortunately, the question itself is symptomatic of the reasons for the decline, for it betrays the intellectual immaturity of many American Catholics, particularly the clergy. An analysis is not invalidated by the inability of the analyst to pro-
Church Should vide a solution to the problem he has described. Maybe the leadership of the Catholic Church should do nothing at all until it understands the nature and cause of its problems. Anyhow, 1 usually say that if 1 were a bishop 1 would resign. The outlines of the only appropriate response to the current American Catholic crisis are pretty clear: the Church should get back into the religion business and get out of the morality business as much as ~t can. Religion is the response to those basic and funda.mental questions, "Who am I?," Where have 1 come from?", "Why am 1 here?"
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Morality, on the other hand, is a' set of principles for living the good life. Jesus came not to preach a moral code but to talk about the meaning of human life. It is a measure of the problem of contemporary Catholicism that most of its rank and file and many of its leaders have not grasped the distinction between religion and morality.' They I equate the Catholic heritage with a rather limited number of stern moral prohibitions.
More sensiti.ve church leaders do not seem to be aware of the extent to which for many of their followers Catholicism is a mixture of nostalgic memories of
.their childhood parishes, bad Sunday sermons, and negative sexual morality. To make matters worse, the Church's moral code - is perceived as a set of prohibitions for which no good explanation can be given. In effect, the latity perceive themselves as having been told, "You do this because , we say you have to do it, and because if you don't you'll go to hell." The encyclical letter "Humanae Vitae" is a classic example of this approach to morality. Instead of answering the arguments for a change in the birth control practice, the pope dismissed them, falling back on
heavy-handed authority: "This teaching is the teaching of Christ because I say it i!l the teaching of Christ." The Church has lost credibility with many of its members because it is perceived as an institution offering negative moral rules and precious little else. I am aware that there is far more to the Catholic heritage but the religious upbringing of the ordinary Catholic layman has left out 95 percent of it and equated the religious tradition with the 5 percent (at the most) which is negative sexual morality, and then has done a bad job of explaining that.
Try' Saying 'T,h(~,n:k You' instera路d of 'Sh'ut Up路 Iy MARY CARSON
Step up and listen to the two-word sentences that abound in family conversations. "Get up," "Pay attention." "Hurry up," "You're stupid." "Get lost." "You idiot." Yet there is. one that is sadly neglected. "Thank you." We all need appreciation ... but we offer so little. We want people to see the good things we do, we need approval, we crave praise, we want commendation. But what do we offer? "That's
wrong." "Your forgot?" Clean up." "Bedtime - NOW!" While an enormous number of wives go back to work because of financial necessity, I would guess that many go just to get some recognition of what they are doing. It isn't much, but at least a paychetk at the end of the week indicates that someone else believes she is doing something that has some value. Lack of appreciation may explain the awful drudgery most women feel regarding 'housework and raising children. Contrary to the myth that women loll around all day drinking coffee, talking on the phone, watching soap operas and doing their nails while the appliances "do the work," housemaking is a hard job. Especially if there are young children, it is physically demand-
ing and emotionally draining. But worst of all, it's thankless. A WGman spends hours cleaning, but by th~~ time her husband comes home there is again the normal accumulation of things that indicate children play there. She knows that underneath the surface clutter, the house is clean ',' . but he's more likely to comment, "The place is a mess. What did you do all day?" She takes half the afternoon to cook something delicious that's within their budget. "Why don't you cook something decent for a change?" Yet while these women desperately want someone to praise and appreciate them, how much do they offer' their families? A child sets the table, washes the dishes, or takes out the garbage. Is here an enthusiastic "thank
you?" Probably not ... after all, it's the child's chore. Teach responsibility! Her husband spends the weekend painting the kitchen. She grumbles all day Monday because she must scrape the windows. A child cleans the living room and doesn't do quite as good a job as the mother would herself. Does she see all the child did ... or harp on what was missed? Her husband stops at the store to pick up a few things. No comment on the seven items he remembered. "You forgot the pickles!" Why do we always look for what's wrong ... and fail to see what's right? Recently my husband lost 75 pounds. He may believe there are all sorts of reasons regard-
ing will power, motivation, good health, and all that. But actually, the biggest reason he was able to lose weight was that he appreciated the effort I put into preparing his meals. The diet is a nuisance. It takes time to prepare the foods. It would be much easier to make peanut butter sandwiches and pizza. But he comments on how delicious a meal is, how he appreciates my taking the trouble. He says "thank you." If he didn't, he'd still be fat. Give it some thought. Maybe we'd all be better appreciated if we set a better example. I believe we could cure half the domestic problems of the world if we put as much frequency and emotion into "thank you" as we do into "shut up!"
Death Penalty Status A Year after Gilmore By JIM CASTELLI
January 17 marked the first anniversary of the firing squad execution of convicted murderer Gary Mark Gilmore - the first, and su 1..41' the only, person executed in this country since the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitu~ tionality of the death penalty in July, 1976. Gilmore himself would proba-
bly not have been executed if he had not wanted to die and refused to follow up on all the legal appeals available to him. Other persons sentenced to death have pushed whatever appeals they could find and have managed to at least delay their executions. Decisions by the Supreme Court and lower courts "'ince July, 1976, make it clear '''Rt the death penalty is not a simple issue. In the past year the Supreme Court has ruled: - That it is unconstitutional to impose the death penalty for rape. - That a. prosecutor can use
inflammatory language in demanding the death penalty. - That a Florida man originally sentenced to death under an old law once ruled unconstitutional can still be executed under the ternlS of a newer law that was declared constitutional. The Supreme Court is now considering two cases - Bell v. Ohio and Loc:kett v. Ohio which raise other questions. In those cases, persons were sentenced to death even though ~1..,,,, L,n'" ""It committed a murder directly. In the Lockett case, Sandra Lockett sat in. a car while her brother and two other persons
went into a pawn shop; they robbed the pawnshop and killed the owner. The state didn't ask for the death penalty for the person who confessed to pulling the trigger, but asked and got it for Ms. Lockett. The major question in these cases is whether someone who did not actually commit a murder can be sentenced to death. The constitutionality of the Ohio law is also at stake. Under Ohio law, the sentencing part of the trial is conducted by the judge without a iurv: few mitigating factors are allowed in determinbig whether the sentence should be life imprisonment or death. Catholic Church leaders have
been active in opposing death penalty bills in the past year. They've had mixed success, but may have been a factor in New York, Maine and Kansas. Other opposition Iast year came from bishops in Alabama, Austin, Texas, Maryland and OhiQ. A recent survey showed that there are now more whites than blacks on death row, but the figures are still split practically 50-50 between whites and nonwhites, Ms. Leavy said. Most of the 400 persons on death row are poor - one study , found that 62 percent of those on death row worked at unskilled service or labor jobs.
Marilyn Predicts ~Styl路es for Bu,sy Am:erica,n Scene By MARILYN RODERICK
If Paris and Seventh Avenue could have Irving Berlin whip up a theme song for Spring and Summer '78, it could very well be I'm dreaming of a "White Fourth." White and pales are the most important
non-colors on the preview scene at the moment. White is the star and right next to it the neutrals, and earth tones. Fashion C6mmentators stress shades such as eggplant, putty and cream, all of which will mak,e it easy to coordinate accessories with basics. Pure r.olor k ~p.p.n in nPRipnc:: using color blocking, horizontal stripes of bright purity, great for sun and fun clothes. In the fabric picture are prints looking as if they' belong in a
drapery stan or on your bedroom walls, but remember that Paris is always bigger than life and that designs and fabrics that read the Seventh Avenue market are quite toned down.
vision what they will look like when modified, what will be brought over here by the trend setting stores and what kooky, gimmickv outfits will remain just a shock on a runway. I predict that the things will Taffeta will be an imoortl'll1t become a part of the busy Amfabric as well as satin and silk erican scene are: for lingerie designs. Look for - The slender, pencil-slim more silk in everything, even if dresses seen in the Valentino only a smidgeon, or so, especi- collection. ally in neutral color suits and - Tunic vests without butsuiting ll)aterLal. tons or fastenings of any sort, Watching the fashions out of in white over black, or black Paris is really fun if you can en-' over light for strong contrast.
- A softer look in the blazer, unlined, unconstructed and unbuttoned, a soft loose topping for dresses and skirts. - The lingerie look in evening wear. - Layered skirts with the petticoat showing just a trifle. (You'll pay more for these layers.) -Aprons, not in the kitchen, but as part of a dress for a shepherdess image. - Dresses, dresses and more dresses.
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Lenten Programs At La Salette Programs to be offered at La Salette Shrine during the Lenten season will include a series on prayer by Sister Virginia Sampson from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Thursdays from Feb. 9 through March 16. Mrs. Muriel Vassett will discuss "Jesus the Man" from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. on the same dates. "The Book of Revelations" will be the topic of Father Donald Paradis, from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday from Feb. 18 through March 4. STEP (Systematic Training for Effective Parenting) will be conducted at 7:30 p.m. on Wennesdays from March 1 through APIlil 26 by Father George Morin, M.S. Saturday workshops will be free 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Feb. 4, when Brother Leo-Paul Leblanc, M.S. will discuss Christian Yoga; from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Feb. 11, when Father Fernand Cassista, M.S. will consider "The Prodigal Son;" from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 11, "The Holy Days" .with Father Cassista; and from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 18, "The Problem of Suffering" with Brother LeoPaul. Further information as available from the shrine on Route 118 in Attleboro, telephone 222-5410.
Father Pereira At Conference Father Luciano Pereira, pastor of Espirito Santo Church, Fall River, and long a leader in programs for Portuguese immigrants, is the diocesan delegate to a conference on Pastoral Care of Peoples on the Move taking place today through Saturday in New York City. Father Pereira will chair a Saturday morning session on pastoral care of European immigrants. The conference, sponsored by an ad hoc committee on migration of the National Council of Catholic Bishops, is under the episcopal direction of Bishop Rene Gracida of Pensacola, Fla.
Vatican Scores Use of Uranium VATICAN CITY (NC) - The Vatican daily L'Osservatore Romano said editor-ially Jan. 27 that the use of uranium in the Russian Cosmos satelite which burned up over Canada recently is "deserving of condemnation." The editorial said that use of the uranium for fueling purposes is "formally legal" and does not violate U.S.-Soviet agreements to keep space free of atom bombs. "But from a moral point of view," said the paper, "the installation of the device is deserving of condemnation because it could have caused a tragedy. "Scientists tell us in their dry language that there would probably not have been any danger. But the question remains. Such a statement does not put our minds at ease," sa'id the paper.
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COUNSELOR, STUDENTS at Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro, discuss new teacher-adviser program. From left, Thomas Brennan, counselor; Thomas Sousa; Sister M. Faith, principal; James Sweeney.
Feehan Implements Schools Week Goals. Implementing the Catholic Schools Week theme, "Everyone Grows," Bishop Feehan High School in Attleboro has inaugurated Teacher-Adviser and Career Guidance programs. Under the Teacher-Adviser 'plan, each student is assigned to a faculty member or administrator who will assume "a unique and individual role" in his or her school life. Forty-eight advisers, each with a number of students ranging from 7 to 20, initiated the program with general meetings in December. Subsequently, meetings have occurred between advisers and individual students. The program grew from the National Association of Secondary School Principals Model Schools Project, which seeks development of an atmosphere in which every student is known and valued by at least one adult in the school community. Sister Mary Faith Harding, Feehan principal, said "whether they want to admit it or not, young people still want to feel important in the eyes of the adult world. We at Feehan want our students to know that they are important to us as individuals. Through the program the school's professional counselors will have more time for students in need of specialized help. All students will continue to meet with the counselors; but the preV'ious contact with the teacheradvisers is expected to make such meetings more profitable. Career Guidance A career resource center, one of 30 such in Massachusetts, was opened this year at Feehan. Additionally, seven faculty members have studied "Project Po-
First Friday Vigil Novena services and Masses in honor of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary will be included in a First Friday vigil to be held from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. tomorrow at St. George Church, Westport. The rosary will also be recited and a holy hour will be conducted. Coffee will be served at 10 p.m. All are welcome to attend all or any part of the monthly observance.
tential," a program integrating high school education and career training. The high school has been awarded a mini-grant to implement a career education program for 40 selected freshmen, who will work with trained teachers in the areas of developing career, personal and academic interests. The program will include visits to Attleboro area businesses and will continue through the
Pill, Cigarettes Bad Combination WASHINGTON ~C) - Birth control pills sold after April 3 will be accompanied by a new brochure ordered by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warning customers not to smoke while using oral contraceptives. The brochure also warns that women who have had blood clotting problems, cancer of the breast or sex organs, vaginal bleeding of unknown cause, strokes, heart attacks or angina pectoris should not use the pill. Those warnings, along with others, are contained in a revised brochure and easy to understand leaflet that doctors and druggists who dispense the pill will be required to supply to customers. But the most important message, according to FDA Commissioner Donald Kennedy is simply: "If you take the pill, don't smoke. If you do smoke while on the pill, you increase dramatically your chances of suffering a heart attack or stroke." The new brochures will not include a warning that the pill can cause breast cancer, despite a lawsuit pending in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn seeking a court order that such a warning be required. But the brochures do say, "Since estrogen, an ingredient in most birth control pills, causes cancer in certain animals, these findings suggest that birth control pills containing estrogen may also cause cancer in people, though studies to date of women taking currently marketed pills have not confirmed that they cause cancer in people."
four years of secondary school, during which participants will increase their knowledge of career opportunities and will hopefu:~ly eventuaUy be involved in workstudy programs. Implementation of Project Potential in Attleboro is an example to students. "There are federal grants available for creative and innovative educators. But implementation requires cooperation of school committees, administrators and teachers. Fortunate:.y, these factors are present in Attleboro, and the students are the beneficiaries," noted Sister Regina M. Coughlin, guidance director of Feehan and a member of the steering committee for Project Potential.
CHICAGO The National Federation of Priests' Councils (NFPC) will celebrate its tenth anniversary at its House of Delegates convocation March 5-9 in Seattle. The convocation theme will be "Priests' Councils/USA: Serving in a Ministerial Church," For the past two years the NF,PC annual meeting has directed its attention to ministry within the Catholic Church - first to the ordained priestly ministry and then to other ministries. This year the delegates will examine the ministerial role of the priests' council - toward its members, the Church, and society. Very Important to Locate Former neighbor' who lived next door to me at the Chad Brown Housing Project, Provo R.1. during 1945-46. They having moved from Chad Brown Apt. to the Cape area. The family were often visited by a brother (in· law) who at that time was a student in a religious order. Contact lawrence McNulty P.O. Box 94, Florence, Mass. 01060 or Telephone Collect early A.M. 1-413·514·2192, Cape Telephone 541·799!1.
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Sandra Jeffrey Wins Contest Eighth grader Sandra J effl'l!y of SS. Peter and Paul School, Fall River, was the winner of a Catholic Schools Week essay contest at her school. Her entry appeared in the parish bulletin and now it's in The Anchor: -In a Catholic School everyone grows in many different ways. The main way is spiritually, sinee we have religion every day. We learn how we should live and act. Religion teaches us that in order to live a good and full life we need God. We are also taught to be responsible, independent, and respectful. . In a Catholic School we learn to do things as a group, not ju5t with the school alone, but with the parish as well. People from the parish give their time and talents to help us by working :in the library, at the hot dog sale, and teaching mini-courses. Catholic Schools celebrate holy days with a Mass. We all unite and share the Eucharist that the Lord has given us. Whi:le we're there we express our feelings toward God and others. On occasions like this we worship together, everyone feels loved by all. As Catholics we all have something in common which is sha:ring, loving, and giving of ourself. That is important, to grow in a Catholic School and community.
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about sexual offenses than other offenses. We might get a better picture if we take other examples. SUPPOSI~ your working daughter cheats her employer by taking long lunch hours and long, long coffee breaks. Suppose your son sells a car for $500 which he knows is nol worth $100. Suppose your child
be more controlling than God. What about going through adult children's drawers? I wouldn't. I am not condoning porno books or your son's actions; however, what positive good is accomplished by going through drawers? You can destroy these books, but you cannot keep your son from buying
Dear Mary: Please! answer a few important questions, not just for .myself but a few other pal'ents I know. 1) How long are we as parents responsible for our children's actions? 2) Would I be in the right or wrong going through a son's or daughter's drawers, ages 19 to 20, finding filthy porno books and destroying them, even birth control pills? Maybe everybody is doing it, but that doesn't make it right. I've always felt as long as they have their feet under our table, we are responsible for them. A heartsick mother. ANSWER: As parents I think we are responsible for teaching our children our values anel those of our society, for discipling them according to their 8.ge and experience, and for noticing and rewarding the good things they do. I am never responsible for my child in the sense of controlling his behavior or his thoughts. I don't. I am not respon~ible if four-year-old Johnny kic1ts the 60-year-old gentleman next door, but I am certainly responsible for seeing that Johnny learns that this is unacceptable behavior and he had jolly well How lon3 are parents responsible? better not do it again. With adult children - and 19cheats on an exam. Are you res- and reading other books. The and 20-year-olds are adults the opportunity to' teach them ponsible? Can you control this same applies to birth control problem? It is unfortunate, but pills. You can destroy the pills, and discipline them is over. I but you cannot control your certainly do not control their it is not yours. daughter's ideas or behavior in We must be careful not to try minds or their behavior. Thus I regard to her sexuality. On the to play God with our children. conclude that parents are not responsible for the actions of - God our Father lets us make negative side you destroy trust their adult children. What if they terrible mistakes. He does not between you and your children. do something wrong? I think control our minds. I don't think If you snoop once, your childwe must recognize that they, He blames Himself when we' fail. ren will always suspect that and not we, are responsible for (Incidentally, to carry the anal- you'll do it again. Breaking ogy further, He never stops car- trust is a high price to pay. their behavior. ing for us, believing in us, or路 Since sexual mores are changPersonally I would not pay ing in our society, it is natural giving us another chance.) Sure- this high price unless I had reafor parents to be more upset ly, as parents, we should not son to suspect that my child was
involved in a robbery ring, was trafficking in hard drugs, was likely to kill another person, was pregnant and considering an abortion, or something similarly serious. Far-fetched? I hope so. In these extreme cases I consider the harm or potential harm against other human beings is so serious, it super<:edes the child's (or anyone else's) right to privacy. I'd snoop. In less serious cases I would value more the child's right to privacy and the trust between us. Can you do anything? Certainly. You can set standards in your home over matters you can control. You can't control what is in your children's rooms without snooping. You can say, "I believe that premarital sex is wrong. In this house you may not have guests of the opposite sex stay overnight." You are not telling your adult children how to feel and act. You are expressing how you feel and act. You are giving an "I-message." Your children will respect your honesty and integrity whether they agree with you or not. Finally, as with children of all ages, try to be positive. Pray and work for this. Write down the good, kind generous qualities which your young adult children exhibit. Try to focus on these qualities. ,Professionals and ordinary people agree that the values learned in the family are the most powerful influences on a child's life. With adolescent children parents often must take this fact on faith. It seems sometimes that all our values have broken down. Trust that they haven't. Focus on the good things your young adults do, and don't blame yourself for matters you cannot control. Reader questions on family living and child care are invited. Address to: The Kennedys; c/o The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, FaD River, Mass. 02722.
Arms Race Condemned as Foolish, Unjust
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NEEDHAM, Mass. (NC) The nuclear arms race poses a "clear kind of dilemma" for Christians which demands a pacifist response, Auxiliary Bishop .Thomas J. Gumbleton of Detroit told an audience at St. Joseph's Parish Center in Needham, Mass. The bishop, who began his presentation with a film showing the effects of atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, warned the group: "To forget our sins may be an even greater evil than to commit them. For what is forgotten cannot be healed; and that which cannot be healed can easily become the source of future evils. "An Hiroshima that is forgotten can cause the destruction of the world," he added. "By cutting off our past, we paralyze our future. By forgetting the evil behind us we evoke the evil before us." Quoting from various Church documents on the arms race, Bishop Gumbleton echoes the words of St. Paul: "God's foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God's weakness is
stronger than human strength . . . The only real wisdom is God's wisdom." The arms race, the Detroit bishop said, is both foolish, because it provides no security, and unjust, since it deprives the poor. "What I find most disturbing," he added, "is that the teaching of the Church has been so clearly enunciated, yet most of us probably are not aware of it." The only course open to Christians to follow the Sermon on the Mount ir.. its most literal construction, he said;' adding "we must give up our armaments, as foolish as that sounds." Dating the Church's new antiwar stance from Vatican II, Bishop Bumbleton cited Pope John XXIII's statement that war "is no longer an apt means of vindicating violated rights dn a nuclear era." He also quoted from the declaration of the Vatican delegation to the United Nations on April 30, H}76, which said: "It (the arms race) is to be condemned unreservedly
massive resources devoted to the development and stockpiling of weapons is tantamount to a misappropriation of funds by the managers of large nations . . . The contradiction is obvious between the waste involved in the over-production of nuclear arms and the extent of unsatisfied vital needs . . . armaments kill the poor by causing them to starve."
But currrently, Bishop Gumbleton added, the United States has an equivalent of 615,000 Hiroshima-sized nuclear bombs. "The real terrorists in the world," he said, "are not the modern hijackers, as terrible as they are, but the governments of the superpowers, because they are hold-ing all of us as hostages all the time."
Asked what practical steps could be taken 'in the cause of peace, Bishop Gumbleton recommended joining Pax Christi, the international Catholic peace organization, or the National Committee for a Peace Tax Fund which proposes legislation diverting taxes collected from conscientious objectors to peaceful purposes.
Dominncan Tertiaries Mass at 7:30 p.m. will begin the Dominican Third Order meeting to be held Friday, Feb. 10 at Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Home, Fall R,iver. Recitation of the office will follow, as well as a discussion on the sorrowful mysteries of the rosary. In case of inclement weather the meeting will be postponed.
Advocating what he called "non-violent civilian defense" based on Gandhian principles, the bishop assured his audience that pacifism does not mean abandoning the nation to an aggressor. Peace groups are working out non-violent strategies for such an emergency, he said.
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LANOASTER, Pa. (NC) John DeVitry, a Lancaster architect, believes that "everyone has at least a glint of idealist spirit, but some just have more opportunity to use it than others." DeVitry's own idealism reo cently had a very concrete' result for Loatian refugees living in the Ban Nam Yao refugee camp in Thailand. A new hospital designed free of charge by the archite<:t opened there. The Lanl:aster architect, who visited the Icamp in Thailand before drawing up the plans, is a board member of Tom Dooley Heritage Inc. His involvement with the famed physician began in the late 1950s, when he heard the late Tom Dooley speak at the University of Notre Dame. DeVitry, then a student, volunteered "to go back with Tom." Six months later, he was asked to go to L!loS to serve out the nine months left in someone else's two-year tour of duty. He never forgot the experience. He took on the recent project because "the human pysche needs something else to keep it o:oing - after a person works 'lll day to earn a living." The beneficiaries of his idealism are nearly 14,000. Laotian tribesmen who fled their mountain homes rather than be resettled in the lowland areas at the order of the Communist government, Besides them, the hospital wiU serve about 7,000 people in surrounding villages. They suffer from respiratory dieseases, malaria, tuberculosis, parasitic diseases, typhoid fever, malnutrition and vitamin deficiencies. The new hospital, with an examining room, emergency treatment facilit:ies,operating room, pharmacy, laboratory, and men's, women's and children's wards, stands in sharp oontrast to the old bamboo structure with no lights, runn:ing water or sanitary facilities that previously served as a hospital. Two doctors staffed the hospital, where monsoons were a
great concern because of the light construction, DeVitry said. Patients slept on beds of thatched bamboo raised slightly from the dirt floor. There was no operating room and little privacy. The refugees "don't have a thing," DeVitry said. In their villages in Laos, most were slash-and-burn farmers, producing as their main crop a variety of rice that does not need much water. Some were craftsmen and jewelry makers. Besides providing medical care, the staff at the new hospital teaches people how to care for themselves better, Devitry said. Others are being trained in medicine so that the hospital can be turned over to the Thai government. If funds are available, an education building will be erected near the hospital, which is about 10 miles from the Laotian border. Sewing and arts and crafts are encouraged, said DeVitry, who is trying to import some of the wares to sell to finance the medical aid. Operating expenses for the hospital and related work run about $6,000 a month, he noted. Medical specialists volunteer their time to aid the two Australian physicians who work at the hospital, DeVitry said. Like the architect, they are contributing their idealism to continue the vision of Dr. Tom Dooley.
First Fridians Following 6 p.m. Mass tomorrow at Sacred Heart Church, Fall River, members of the First Friday Club will attend a supper meeting at which Fire Chief Louis A. Shea will speak on Fall River's arson problem. Reservations should be made by tonight with Kenneth Leger or John Morgan. Leger, First Friday president, has announced the club has made a donation to the Thomas Cahill Scholarship Fund in memory of their late member, a former high school teacher whe was active in the affairs of SS. Peter and Paul parish, Fall R,iver.
Others on the subcommittee are Mrs. Michael J. Arruda, Robert Coggeshall, Paul Delisle, Claire Hayes, Mary Hayes, Ruth Hurley, Mrs. Jamt~s A. O'Brien Jr., Daniel Shea and Roger Vazina. Rev. Msgr; John J. Oliveira will be a consultant. The subcommittee planning a celebration to follow the concelebrated Mass is headed by Mrs. Michael J. McMahon. Assisting her will be Miss Margaret M. Lahey, Mrs. James A. O'Brien, Jr., Mrs. Anthony J. Geary, Mrs. Edward Gazzarro, Miss Clorinda Ventura, Robert Coggeshall, Michael J. McMahon, Joseph Gromada, Raymond Boulay, Rev. Msgr. John J. Regan, Rev. Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, Father Wall and Father Travassos. They are preparing invitations, a program booklet, and decorations and will arrange for hospitality, transportation and entertainment in connection with the event. Other jubilee un,dertakings and those in charge of them are -days of recollection, John Levis -priests' prayer days, Father Robert Kaszynski -homily outlines and prayers of the faithful, Father Thomas Rita --traveling exhibits, Antone Pacheco and Vincentian chairmen -area jubilee celebrations, Father James F. Lyons and Sister Mary Evangela -area banquets, Mrs. Richard H. Paulson, Mrs. Aubrey M. Armstrong, Mrs. Thomas J. Long, Miss Adrienne Lemieux, Mrs. Normand Jette, Mrs. James E. Quirk. -jubilee pilgrimage to Romp, Father Tosti
DCCW Board The executive board of the Fall River Diocesan Council of Catholic Women will hold its third quarterly meeting at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 5 at St. Mary's Cathedral School, Fall River. Mrs. James W. Leith of New Bedford, president wiU preside and plans will be finalized for the council's 25th anniversary celebration.
• Pope Calls for End of Racism~ Torture Continued from Page One "How could the Church not take a strong position against torture and similar acts of violence against human beings, just as she has regarding dueling and abortion?" asked Pope Paul. In his long speech, delivered in French, the Pope spoke directly of "widespread ideologies" which view reHgion as "signs of weakness and human alienation." '~Can a state," he questioned, "productively seek trust and full collaboration when, through a kind of 'negative confessionalism,' it proclaims itself to be atheist and takes a position against the faith of some 0 fits citizens, even while declaring its respect for individual heliefs?" He asked how parents could place their hope in a society in which "an all-pervasive ideological type of education is given a privileged place in schools and when families find it difficult even in their homes to communicate spiritual values to their children." Religious Freedom "How can the Church and its shepherds, who have sinc~re and motivated respect for civil authorities, be at peace when opposition is still offered to the opening of places of worship or to sending of priests where their presence is called for by the faithful, or when the possibility of entering the priesthood or religious life is limited?" The Pope said that the right to freedom of religion and conscience is being demanded perhaps more today than ever before and especially in places where it is repressed. Believers face discrimination "in civic life, on the job, 'at school and in their professions," said the Pope. He condemned de jure and de
facto limitations on "profession charges multiply of torture and of individual faith, education of bad treatment 'inflicted on peryouth, pastoral activity by sons arrested, interrogated or pl'iests and bishops, self-I'ule placed under surveillance or dewithin religious communities, tention," said the Pope. evangelization, and access to the Serious Crime press and mass media." I "Are not the times ripe," "While Constitutions and asked the Pope, "is not the evo- legislation make room for the lution of history sufficiently ad- principle of the right to defence vanced to permit a loosening up at all stages. of justice, while of certain severe attitudes of t~e proposals are put forward to hupast?" manize places of detention, it is "Even after the most radical obvious, nevertheless, that techupheavals," said the Pope, "does niques of torture are being perthere not come about a natural . fected to weaken the resistance maturation of events, a detente of prisoners, and that people of spirits . . . a new more open sometimes do not hesitate to inand more human stage when ele- flict on them irreversible in.ments of opposition and division juries, humiliating for the body vanish and dissolve, and signs of and for the spirit. brotherhood and reunification "How can one fa'il to be are reborn?" troubled when one knows that many tormented families send 'Ostpolitik' supplications in vain in favour The Pope defended bis "Ost- of their dear ones, and that even politik" - the policy of diplo- requests for information pile up matic negotiations with Com- without receiving an answer? munist governments - saying, "In the same way we cannot "No one can say that it has not pass over in silence the practice, produced results," and called for denounced on so many sides, "deeper, wider" dialogue "on which consists in putting on the difficult issues not yet con- same footing those guilty, or fronted." presumed such, of political opTurning to the 'issue of racism, 'position and persons who need Pope Paul and that the "Church psychiatric treatment, thus addcannot be silent about its teach- ing to their pain another motive, ing that all racist theories are perhaps even harder to bear contrary to Christian faith and bitterness. lov.e. "How could the Church fail to "The horror which Christians have of violence pushes them to take up a stern stand, as she did reaffirm the dignity of all men towards duelling and still does with clarity and courage," said towards abortion, with regard to torture and to similar acts of viothe Pope. He said that the Church is lence inflicted on the human concerned about mounting racial person? and tribal tension, even among "Those who order them or believers. carry them out commit a crime, The last part of the speech really a very serious one for condemned physical and psycho- Christian conscience which canlogical harm to persons, includ- not fail to react and to do everying abortion and torture. thing in its power to get ade"The Church cannot remain quate and effective remedies insensitive and unmov~d as the adopted.
"We propose here to draw attention especially to the more general racial conflict which, in the African history of the last few decades, has taken on a paradigmatic character, because it is bound up with decolonization and the accession of African peoples to independence. "It is a question of the attempt to create juridical and political foundations in violation of the principles of universal suffrage and the self-determination of peoples which precisely European and Western culture has helped to affirm and spread in the world. "The Church understands the just reasons why the African populations reject such situations. Certainly, she cannot encourage or justify violence that sheds blood, sows destruction, gives hatred excessive proportions and triggers off reprisals and vengeance. "But the Church cannot keep silent with regard to her teaching, namely that all racist theories are contrary to Chl'istian faith and love. The very horror that Christians have of violence, must urge them to reaffirm the equal dignity of all men more clearly and courageously. "Recalling the approval aroused, some years ago, by our formula launched for the Peace Day: 'Every man is my brother', we would like to see expressed more and more strongly and with more conviction, legitimately but effectively, the real solidarity of all in favour of a just solution, particularly in South Africa, a solution that has been attempted in vain so far by different initiatives and proposals."
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Teilhard de (hardin: Man of Vision By Fathel' Christopher Mooney
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Responsible Stewardship By A. E. P. Wall The other day I came across one of those formidable circles that economists and business managers find so handy when they're showing us where the money goes. It showed readers know at a glance how a typical family parcels out its paycheck. There were slices for housing, groceries, the family car, entertainment and taxes. But there was no slice for charity. You've probably read of the same interviews I have, in which a family talks about its budget: how much comes in from paychecks and dividends, how much goes out to the supermarket, theater, garage and mortgage holder. . Have you noticed how often these families tell us that they give little or nothing to help others? There's nothing in the budget for anything that does not meet personal desires. There may be two cars in the garage and two boats in the lagoon, but the family sense of sharing may not go further than passing out drinks at a cocktail party. They probably don't know what they're missing. It is possible for any of us, to become wrapped up in self. There's not much warmth in those wrappings. Jesus set the tone for responsible stewardship. But Jesus set the tone for any number of Christian practices that make some of us uneasy, and we ignore them. You can't serve two masters, Jesus said. You can't serve God and money. But self-mastery has always been hard.
,Pierre Teilhard de Chardin was a Jesuit priest and a geologist of renown. Born in France in 1881, he early dedicated himself to scientific research and the study of the human person in relation to the material world. Long before the Second Vatican Council, Teilhard was concerned tha.t the Christian message of salvation speak to that chief concern of contemporary life, the future. First, he said, Christians must realize that their religion provides every human aspiration with a concrete, historical fulfillment at the end of time, namely the second coming of Christ. In the person of Jesus, Christianity prl~sents to humankind the promise of transformation for the earth and for all human achievements in the course of time. Christianity's second contribution to human hope for the future is to underline the phenomenon of death. For what is the use of finding some goal for human progress and evolution if all must die? The Christian's answer is to proclaim faith in the great victory of the Resurrection. "Jesus on the cross is both symbol and reality of the immense labor of the centuries
There are many kinds of stewardship: all of them an :>bligation, not a choice. Christians are obliged to be faithful stewards. How about running thrOl:.gh a stewardship checklist? How do you rate yourself? 1. Stewardship in the home and family. Do I share cheer- . By Msgr. Joseph M. Champlin fully, do I accept some responsibility for brothers, sisters, parI left the rectory this morning ents, spouse? Does my way of at 6:30 and headed toward the doing things offer an example of airport, an imminent snowstorm sharing to those who look to at my back, a gorgeous sunrise me for signals? before my eyes. The magnificence of that sky 2. Stewardship in the Church. made it impossible for me to give, or how Httle? Do I feel responsibility for taking part in think about a speech I was to what's happening in my parish? give several hours later in DelaAm I loving toward those who ware. Instead I felt a great need join me at the Communion meal to praise God and give Him - the priests, lectors, cantors, thanks at that very moment. My presentation was a keyorganists, guitarists, ushers? Do note address at a convocation I act like a member of a community, or do I hustle in End on prayer and worship sponsored by the Wilmington Dioceout? san Liturgical Commission. 3. Stewardship in the world. To start: the day, more than What about my thoughtfulness 600 participants assembled for in sharing II clean atmosphere, morning pJrayer. The format was healthful food and the resour::es taken from the official Liturgy of nature with the whole com- of the Hours, but with an originmunity? Do I rule out the frivo- al and superior musical arrangelous use of motor vehicles, c:>n- ment. scious of the limited availabUty I found the melodies quietly of petroleum and the effect of joyful, easy to sing, and ideally exhaust fumes? Am I careful suited for a service of praise in my use of electricity, a vast like morning prayer. consumer of diminishing natual The church structure. added to resources? What of my disposal this prayer service's effectiveof waste and litter? Do I care ness. A round building, its sancabout the hungry, jobless, sick tuary has been carved out like and uneducated? Am 1 willing to a piece of pie, forming a semihave less so that others may circle of seats for the congregahave enough? tion. Because of that arrange4. Stewardship of the purse. ment, those on one side can see the faces of many on the other. Turn to Page Thirteen
which little by little raises up created spirit to restore it to the depths of the divine milieu." Finally, Christianitl enriches the modern orientation toward the future by its doctrine of love. Christian charity, however, enables us to unite ourselves with the terminus of all human progress and to balance expectation and hope with possession. Hence the future of evolution depends for Teilhard on the growth of love energy: "There is growth in spirit from matter in the exact measure that love begins to spread itself out everywhere." In every age there are men of vision, the advance guard of the future. They are often out of joint with their own time. Up to his death in 1955, Teilhard was under obedience not to publish any of his writings on evolution or on its Christological significance. He was faithful to this prohibition, confident that his thought was a signpost for tomorrow and that he himself had heard the cadence of the future. He spent years of exile in China, where his geological skills involved him in the discovery of Peking Man. He was exiled again to New York after World War II, because of the fame and applause that greeted
Prayer, Worship Such visual contact heightens the sense of community.. Parish liturgy planners at that Wilmington conference experienced many creative worship possibilities they could take back home. For example, a recitation of Ezechiel's canticle was done by a lector with background music - piano plus flute - and a pertinent antiphon at regular intervals. Another illustration: The celebrant did not incense the people in the usual manner by a distant gesture from the edge of the sanctuary, but walked up ar?-d down the aisles gently swinging the censar. Participants had a choice of workshops in such areas as ministry of the folk musician, audiovisuals and celebration, the art of banner making, prayer with and for the married couple, creativity and celebration with children, the ministry of ushering. This convocation attempted to blend the here and now with the beyond, prayer and worship of the Father above by people very much immersed in life on the earth below, a divine eternal liturgy using very human, contemporary means.
him when he had returned to Paris. In life he was misunderstood because he tried to transform traditional values and to create new forms for Christian sprituality. Events have given force to his vision and have enshrined his memory as an obedient son of the Church.
Erasmus By Father Alfred McBride No one exemplified the ideals of Christian humanism more than the "sage of Europe," Erasmus of Rotterdam. Educated by the Brethren of the Common Life, he also studied at Oxford and in the Parisian school of theology of which John Calvin and Ignatius of Loyola were to be alumni. In a time when the value of the printing press was just becoming appreciated, Erasmus was ahead of everyone in its uses. By any standards, ancient or modern, he was a best selling author. During his lifetime, his Greek translation of the New Testament sold 300,000 copies. And at least 750,000 of his other works were in circulation. Charles V sought him out as a counselor. Pope Paul III wanted to make him a cardinal. He was lucky not to have lived too much longer, for his opinions, due to the upheaval caused by Henry VIII and Luther, were to make him suspect and simultaneously a possible enemy of Rome, Augsburg and Westminster. In time, neither the reformer nor the institutional Church were sure they could tolerate an Erasmus. This is not surprising when one looks closely at the positions he took. He: -Called for a moratorium on dogmatic theology, claiming that theologians tried to say too much about what was essen~ tially a mystery. Better to concentrate on Gospel morality and the life of virtue, he said. - Advocated the use of vernacular in the liturgy. - Opposed nationalism and stood for the ancient ideal of what we would today call the United States of Europe. - Believed firmly in the reforming power of education. In his mind, humanistic learning would do much to dispel the prejudices and "magic mentality" that proceeded from ignorance. - Was the first European to write about pacifism. His book "Dulce Bellus Inexpertis" (Sweet is war to the inexperienced), was his strategy for eliminating war as a means to solving political disputes. Erasmus was a bridge builder Turn to Page Thirteen
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Pledge Reca lied By School Head Continued from Page One acceptable methods of providing aid to the parents of children attending parochial schools.") In a statement marking the sixth annual observance of Catholic Schools Week, which ends Saturday, Father Patrick Farrell pointed out that the Administration commitment came "in recognition of the long history and outstanding contributions which these schools have made to our pluralistic society, of the tremendous economic burden which they lift from the public schools, and in recognition of the enormous financial sacrifices made by the parents who support them." Father Farrell, the U.S. Catholic Conference representative for Catholic schools, said the future is looking bright for those schools. "We're growing," he said. "The well-known staHstics from
the 60s and early 70s have reversed themselves. From every corner of the country, information is being received that enrollment has stabilized, and, in an increasing number of dioceses, the enrollment is growing." In his statement, Father Farrell defended the record of nonpublic schools. He said those schools "make 'it possible in many instances for disadvantaged youngsters of all races and creeds to receive a quality education which would not otherwise be available to them. "These schools," he continued, "are sustained not by the wealthy, but by the middle and low-income persons who are burdened with the full range of taxes that other Americans pay, but who find themselves penalized for choosing a value-centered environment for their children.
Responsible Stewardship Continued from Page Twelve Am I generous with everything except my own money? 5. Stewardship of reciprocity. That's an awkward way to put it, but the question is whether I put a limit on my sharing. Is it one way? Am I happy to give, but reluctant to accept love and favors and help? Or am I a cheerful receiver, but a tightwad with my own affection, money and energy? Stewardship is not just a question of checkbooks, but a question of how a person lives day by day. We're all stewards of God's bounty, including love, consideration, helpfulness and even courtesy. Stewardship is a natural characteristic of Christians, but it takes practice and awareness. It is liberating, the precise opposite of personal constriction. It is an opening of the grasping fist,
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Erasmus Continued from Page Twelve and mediator. Unfortunately, he did not succeed because his voice was ultimately too soft for those noisy days. Yet failure did not deter him. He was admired and praised for his works of scholarship and his witty commentaries on the foibles of life as in his ",Praise of Folly." He committed himself to a vision of Christian humanism in which the rights of faith and reason were carefully set out and congenially connected. Though passions were too high to accept his dress at the time, still the hopes he roused like those' of his fellow humanist, Thomas More, endured beyond the unseemly quarrels raised by the conflicts induced by the Reformation. It has taken four centuries for his ecumenical spirit to prevail.
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FESTA DA APRESENTA~AO DO SENHOR Criados nara a felicidade eterna, oerdemo-nos na noite escura do necado. Adao e Eva sacrificaram a sua filiasao divina e a de todos ~6s, seus filhos, oor uma desobediencia que n~o s6 as nao tornou felizes, como as encheu de remorsos. Naa e sem sentido ~ue Jesus Cristo e a~resentado na Saqrada Escritura e no Maqist~rio da Iqreja como a Luz verdadeira aue veio a este mundo. Jesus h~-de afirmarde Si mesmo: Eu sou a Luz do mundo. Quem me segue nao caminha nas trevas. De facto, a luz faz-nos descobrir belezas insusoeitadas ... Ela irma da verdade: a luz clara do dia nao ha mentira que se possa aquentar. Nao se PO de falar em aleqria sem luz. Somos incaoazes de imaqinar urn ambiente aleqre sem 0 idealizarmos inundado de claridade. Ouando ha luz, caminhamos com sequransa, com tranquilidade. Desaoarecem os medos aa noite com os orimeiros claroes da alvorada. Sem luz nao ha vida. No fundo das minas onde, geralmente, ha terra de boa oualidade e muita aqua, nao ha a mais oeouena centelha de vida. E nao e sem razao que 0 demonic e chamado 0 pai da mentira e 0 Principe das trevas. a que a luz e para os seres vivos da terra e-o, Jesus, de alqum modo, para a nossa vida sobrenatural: Com a Sua Vida. A vida de Jesus e a realiza~ao oerfeita do ideal do Filho de Deus. Ele ensina-nos, com 0 seu exemplo, como havemos de viver em conformidade com a nossa voca~ao de filhos de Deus recebida no Baptismo. Tudo se resume em fazer a vontade do Pai. Eis que venho, para fazer a Tua vontade. Assim 0 declarou Jesus na Sua entrada no mundo. E no jardim das Oliveiras: Meu Pai se este calice nao PO de passar sem.que eu 0 beba, fa~a-se a Tua vontade. Com a Sua Palavra. Jesus e a Palavra,o amor salvlfico do Pai que Se manifesta aos homens. Em toda a sua oreqa~ao, Jesus manifesta-nos oual 6 a vontade do Pai. Por isso nos fala dos mandamentos, das bem-aventuransas e do mandamento novo do amor e convidanos a concretiza-lo nas obras de miseric6r~ dia princioalmente no apostolado. Jesus Cristo ~ para as nossas vidas 0 que a luz e para os seres vivos da terra: e a condi~ao imprescindfvel de Vida: e a Verdade. Neste dia, quando Se apresenta no Tem~ 010 disfar~ado de anonima crian~a, e re- _ conhecida nor Simeao e Ana como a Luz para a revela~ao dos povoS. Mas tal como a luz ooe'a descoberto 0 verdadeiro e 0 falso, assim este Menino esta aqui para oueda e ressurgimento de muitos em Israel e para ser sinal de contradisao. Preocupamo-nos demasiado com 0 que os homens pensam da nossa vida. Hoje e a altura de nos perquntarmos oue valor tera ela aos olhos de Jesus, que verdade apresenta diante desta Luz admiravel. A Luz de Cristo ha-de brilhar na vida do cristao. Assim como 0 Pai nos ensinou a santidade personificada em Jesus, loqo imitada pela criatura que mais alto subiu, Maria Santlssima, tambem, de alqum modo, deseja apresentar aos homens de cada eooca modelos de santidade. .
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F'c,rmer Prevost T'Elacher Dies Brother George Pothier, 74, a merr.ber of the Brothers of Chris-" tian Instruction for 58 years, died on January 24. He was a teac;ler and basketball and baseball coach at Msgr. Prevost High Scheol during the 1945- )946 school year. Brother George was born in Shawinigan, P.Q., Canada on Sept. 8, 1903 the son of the late Louis and Anna (Monfette) Pothier. . He entered the Brothers of Christian Instruction in 1919 and made final profession as a religious in 1927. He taught school in Montreal, in Plattsburgh, N.Y. from 1926 to 1939, and again in 1946 to 1948. In Alfred, Maine, the Order's headquarters in the United States, he held various positions, was teacher and treasurer at Denis Hall Junior High, and was superior of the Brothers' local community from 1926 to 1968. From 1948 to 1960, he was in char,~e of recruiting for his commUD: ty and was often in the Fall River area. During those years he met many people with whom he continued to correspond. Until his death, he was still sending close to 800 letters a month. It was his way of bringing the Good News to his friends and he had even prepared a message to be sent to them posthumously. Si:lce 1957 he had been business manager of "The Clarion," a newsletter sent bi-monthly to the Brothers' relatives, friends and benefactors. He held a bachelor's degree frorr. the University of Montreal, a master's degree in English literature from the University of Ottawa and a dectorate from the Unhersity of Montreal. He was the author of "Practical Psychology and Catholic Educ:ation" and of numerous pamphlets about Father John De LaMennais and several Brothers of Christian Instruction. His monthly letters usually included an original poem in English or in Frerch. A Mass of Christian Burial was attended by former students and Brothers of the Fall River community was celebrated for Brother George in the Notre Dame Chapel, Alfred, Maine. Interment was in the community cemetery.
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By Cecilia Belanger Recently I heard a talk on Astronomy and Religion by Dr. Carl S. Sagan, Director of Planetary Studies at Cornell University. He says the questions most frequently asked him concern unidentified flying objects and ancient astronauts, which he said he believes to be thinly disguised religious questions. After that, the most frequent question is "Do you believe in God?" "What I always .say is 'What do you mean by God?' And I get a very puzzled response, as if the questioner had no responsibility to say what he or she was talking about." In Dr. Sagan's opinion, this is a very ambiguous question because of the wide range of ideas subsumed under the word "God." He said, "The idea ranges from a traditional western idea of a God sitting in a chair up in the sky, to a very subtle concept, as for example the ideas proposed by Spinoza and Einstein of God as the sum total of the physical laws of the universe. "And I think one would have to be mad to deny the physical laws of the universe. And so it seems to me in that sense everyone can say they believe in God. Other definitions are subject to more careful questioning and scrutiny. "The idea that an of these beliefs are really the same is mistaken.
"When people ask r:.e if I believe in God, I think they Ere asking for reassurance that th!~ir particular belief is consistmt with some finding or other of science. "There is a wide spectrum of ideas as to the origin; where (lid human beings come from, whue did plants and animals come from; where did life, the ealth come from, the solar system, the stars, the universe, down to a still more fundamentally and exotic question: wpy are the laws of nature the way they are? "The idea that a God is necessary to one or anothzr of these origins has been under repeated attack simply by observation of the way the world is put together. And the ultimate question about how couIe, the universe arise unless there was a God has a number of possible answers. Two of them are (1) that it doesn't solve anything if you don't ask where did God cone from? You've merely postponed addressing the question by O:le step. (2) The other possible solution, which is by no means gUf.ranteed but is consistent with what we know about the universe, is that the universe was always here, infinitely old, a::ld therefore no question of origin e.....er arises." In closing, the astronomer offered these thoughts: "If we look at the universe in the lar~e, we find something astonishing. We find a universe wh:ch is exceptionally beautiful; intricately,
subtly put together. Now whether our appreciation of that is because we are a part of that universe; whether, no matter how the universe were put together we would find it beautiful, is a question to which I do not pretend to have the answer. "But there is no quetlon that the elegance and subtlety of the universe is a marked property of it. It is also clear that there are cataclysms and catastrophes on the most awesome scale. There are, for example, quasar explosions which destroy the nuclei of galaxies. Each' time that happens there must be more than a million worlds obliterated. It is not the traditional sign of a benign universe, constructed for entirely benevolent purposes. We see a universe astonishingly violent. We also see, as I said, a universe astonishingly beautiful. "A quesllon which one could raise is: why is it that the universe is constructed at all in such a way as to be consistent with life, because it is clear that if a tiny number, in'some cases one or two, of the laws were changed, life would be impossible. "My own feeling is that if there exists a God anything like the traditional .sort, then our curiosity and intelligence is given to us by Him and we would be inconsistent and unappreciative of that gift if we did not use those abilities to find out more about the universe."
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Dear Editor: I am a student of St. Anthony High School ... I'm writing to ask why doesn't St. Anthony have their column under your section "In Our Diocesan Schools." . . . . All I want is for the people to }:now that we're going to make this year the best year St. Anthony ever had. I'd like to know what we have to do to be shown like all the other Catholic schools? ... All I know is that I have . been getting The Anchor for years but long to see advertisement about what's going on. I know we have a lot of events planned that people would like to know about. James Silva New Bedford All it takes to get in. our schools column is to seRd us your news. Thall: is the only reason some schools are in The Anchor nearly ever:v week, while others seldom appear. Editor.
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"It is in the mind that God has made man to His image and likeness . . . if the mind is not to be fathomed even by itself, that is because it is the image of God." _. St. Augustine
By Charlie Martin
Just Remember I Love You When it all goes crazy and the thrill is gone When the days get rainy and the nights get long When you get that feelin' you were born to lose Starin' at your ceiling, feelin' the blues. When there's so much trouble that you want to cry When your love has crumbled and you don't know why When your hopes are fading and they can't be found Dreams have left you waiting, friends let you down Well just remember I love you And it'll be all right Just remember I love you All that I can say just remember I love you. Maybe all your blues will fade away. When you need a lover and you're down so low And you start to wonder but you never know When it seems like sorrow is your only friend Knowing that tomorrow yOU'll feel this way agai·n. When the blues come cryin' at the break of dawn When the rain keeps fallin' but the rainbow's gone When you feel like cryin' but the tears won't come Then your dreams are dyin' when you're Ollt the run Just remember I love you And it'll be all right Written by Rick Roberts, Recorded by Firil!fall Copyright (c) Stephen Stills Music, 1976 Firefall's song is a bouncy melody convjYing a significant message. Nothing is going right, and we wonder if we are "born to lose." Yet through this type of self-questioning, the Slinger breaks through with a startling fact: "... remember I love you!" The gift of another's love makes all the difference in our lives. When given freely and authentically, it is a power that can bring us through the most difficult times. It says, "I believe ~n you, and this belief is not conditioned by what you might achieve or how you might fail." It brings us real security. This song causes me to reflect on the people we love who no longer live physically close to us. Because of distance, the feelingpower of missing another can be a painful presence. But the song speaks best - "Remember!" We can make a present contact with the faith, trust, and love that another had invested in us. Christ understood our power of memory well. Realizing He would not always be with us physically, he sought ways of bringing His love to us. He gave us a whole way of remembering who He :is and how He loves us in the Eucharist. St. Paul and St. Luke specifically focus on his words: "Do this in memory of me!"
Miami Archdiocese Aids Haitian Refugees MIAMI (NC) - The Archdiocese of Miami has begun resettlement of 60 refugees from, Haiti after U.S. immigration authorities released them from long detention. Most of them came in fishing boats 18 months ago. "Our main job is to find out if they have relatives here or in other cities, where they could resettle and find work," said Joseph Novack, director of the
Miami Archdiocese's Service Bureau.
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Finding jobs for them was one of the conditions for their release in November by immigration authorities from a stockade in Collier County, southwest Florida. Many Haitian families flee their country to escape poverty or political persecution. Officials expect the flow of refugees to continue.
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Gonet, Ducharme Block of Granite Finalists John Gonet of Bishop Stang High and Mike Ducharme of Cole-Cassidy High are among the eight finalists for the 1977 Vince Lombardi Block of Granite Award. All will be honored at a banquet Sunday night in the Venus de Milo Restaurant, Swansea,
at which the award winner will be announced. The Block of Granite Award is the only one of its kind in the United States honoring an area athlete at the high school level. Comparable to the national college level, it honors the memory of Vince Lombardi.
Coyle-Cassidy in Streng Title Bid Coyle-Cassidy High's Warriors, making a strong bid for the Division Three Southeastern Mass. Conference championship, will entertain Westport tomorrow night and visit St. Anthony in New Bedford Tuesday night. After last Friday's games, the Warriors were atop the division with Falmouth occupying the runnerup spot and the pennant race seems to be narrowing down to those two schools. Falmouth is home to Diman Voke tomorrow and at Westport Tuesday. Other Three games tomorrow are St. Anthony at Bourne, Case at Dighton-Rehoboth. Friday night Diman will be host to Dighton-Rehoboth and Case will be home to Bourne. Going into last night's action, rlurfee was still the leader in Division One with a 9-0 slate but only one game up on New Bedford and two ahead of Fairhaven. Tomorrow night Durfee takes on New Bedford in the Bank Street Armory, Fall River, in a game that should· be the real tipoff on how well the revamped Hilltoppers perform without the services of Chuck Wojtowicz and Jim Donnelly, both out for
the remainder of the season because of injuries. John Powers, who replaced Chuck as a starter, seemed to find himself in the game against Attleboro last Friday night. Also on tap tomorrow night are Somerset at Taunton, Dartmouth at Bishop Connolly High, and Barnstable at Fairhaven. Tuesday night. it is Taunton at Durfee, New Bedford at Somerset, Connolly at Barnstable and Dartmouth at Attleboro. Seekonk, the pace-setter in Division Two, entertains New Bedford Voke-Tech tomorrow night and visits Dennis-Yarmouth Tuesday. Runnerup Wareham is host to Old Rochester tomorrow and takes on VokeTech on the latter's wood Tuesday. Other Division Two games over the next week are: tomorrow-Dennis-Yarmouth at Bishop Feehan High, Stang at Holy Family; Tuesday - Feehan at Stang, Holy Family at Old Rochester. Seekonk and Wareham are running a close race and the championship might well be de· cided only when they meet on Feb. 17, at Wareham, on the season's final card.
Southies Rolling On One more victory or a couple of tie games in its remaining four games is all that Fall River South needs to clinch the Bristol County Catholic Hockey League championship. The Southies climbed to within one point of at least a share of the title when they defeated Fall River North last Sunday, as run· nerup New Bedford toppled Westport-Dartmouth and Taun-
ton defeated Somerset. South now has 27 points, New Bedford 20 in the current standings. Somerset has 15, Taunton 14, Westport-Dartmouth and North 10 each. Next Sunday night's schedule lists Westport-Dartmouth vs. North at nine o'clock, New Bedford vs. Taunton at 10 and Somerset vs. South at 11.
CYO Cheerleading Tourney Set The 19th CYO Cheerleading Tournament will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, March 5 at Kennedy Center, New Bedford. It will be open to grammar, junior high and high school jayvee and varsity teams as well as to CYO squads from southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Jayvee and ninth grade teams
will form one division and high school varsity and CYO squads another, with trophies presented to the first three squads in each group. Entries must be received by Thursday, Feb. 23 and forms are available from CYO Cheerleading, 403 Anawan St., Fall River 02720.
African Theology NEW YORK (NC)-A group of African theologians, including Roman Catholics, have called for the development of a "liberation theology" that reflects African life and rejects the "prefabricated ideas" of Western religious thought. In a communique re-
leased in New York two weeks after their meeting in Ghana, delegates to the Pan-African Conference of Third World Theologians also strongly attacked the white minority-ruled nations of southern Africa.
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• tv, movie news By the Blood of Others (Green) begins as a violent melodrama but soon turns into something more like a problem play than a film. An asylum inmate escapes in rural France and brutally assaults a woman and then holds her and her young daughter hostage, demanding that he be sent the prettiest girl in the nearby town. Simenon keeps things moving but this is not enough to com· pensate for the flat script of Jean Max. Mariangela Melato performs well, Yves Benneyton turns in a sensitive job as the disturbed young man, and the support is extremely good. The assault scene at the beginning, although depicted with restraint, is far too vivid for any but mature viewers. For adults only. Dersu Uzala, directed by Akira Kurosawa, is the story of the friendship between a turn of the century Russian explorer in Siberia and his guide, whose name gives the film its title. Beautiful photography and good acting, but not a very exciting story. Approved for all. On Television "What's a Museum for Anyway?" 5-6 p.m. Sunday, Feb 5, CBS: An excellent introduction to the National Gallery of Art for both children and parents. "Anna Karenina," 9-10 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 5, PBS: A 10. episode presentation of Tolstoy's classic novel. "Snowbound," 4-5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7, NBC: This story about two mismatched teenagers starts simply enough. After spending a day in town, Cindy finds that her bus has been delayed somewhere on the road. Tony, to spite his girlfriend,
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offers to drive her home. A blizzard strikes, closing the main highway, and Tony makes a foolish mistake: he takes a back road through a state park closed for the winter. As the snow gets increasingly worse, his small car skids off the road and is wrecked. Stranded in deep snow, with no heat or food, they realize that they will have to save themselves. Even worse than the storm are the Wild dogs that stalk them as they try to make it back to the highway. "Snowbound" is a story of courage, determination and plain grit done realistically enough to cause some tense moments for younger viewers, but it is also a character study of the stranded pair. Cindy, plump and studious, proves the practical leader and earns the respect of Tony whose only accomplishment is his popularity with the girls at school. Tuesday, Feb. 7, 9:30-11 p.m. (PBS) "And the Soul Shall Dance"": Set in California's Imperial Valley in 1935, the play explores the difficulties of two .Japanese families. Wednesday, Feb•. 8, 8:30-11:20 p.b. (CBS) "Ruby and Oswald": Dramatic re-creation of the actions of Jack Ruby and Lee Harvey Oswald during the four tragic days in Dallas. Thursday, Feb. 9, 4-4:30 p.m. (CBS) ~'The Cruise of the Courageous": Three teenagers attempt a daring rescue at sea. Friday, .'eb. 10, 10-10:30 p.m. (PBS) "The Islander": Portrait of Mississippi artist Walter An· derson whose genius was J,mrecognized until his death in 1965.
Continued from Page One cedures following rape or incest reported promptly to a law enfor,:ement or public health agency. Many observers, including congressmen involved in the debate, disagreed over whether this language meant that abortions would be paid for following rape or incest. 1:1 his first comment on the new law before the regulations were issued, HEW Secretary Jos'~ph Califano indicated that federal funds could be used for abortion following rape or incest only when the mother's life or physical health was endangered. ,But two senators who led the figl:t for more permissive funding, Warren Magnuson (DWa,h.) and Edward Brooke (RMafls.), wrote Califano a letter say:ng it was the Senate's intent that federal funds could be used for abortion following rape or incest regardless of other factors. Califano said in a statement released with the regulations, "We have studied the 237 pages of debate in the legislative history of the Congress and the 10 diffl~rent versions of this legislation that were passed by either the House or the Senate." He said he asked Attorney General Griffin Bell to review the regulations to ensure that the)' "carry out the intent of the Congress as well as can be detE rmined." Bell signed a separate opinion supporting Califano's interpretation of the law.
The Parish Parade SS. PETER AND PAUL, FALL RIVER A rt work by pupils in the upper grades will be on display today, tomorrow and· Saturday at Dartmouth Mall in observanee of Catholic Schools Week. In preparation for this week, children engaged in an essay contest. Sandra Jeffrey was first place winner and Paula Gauthier was second. Their essays were pubHshed in the parish bulletin. Rl~gistration for new students will be held Sunday in the school from 9 a.m. to noon and on Monday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Vincentians will meet tonight at 7:30 in Father Coady enter. A:1Y parishioner interested in filling a vacancy on the educa· tion committee 'is asked to call Cha.rman Eugene Kosinski Jr., 676-1641 or Sister Leona, 672-
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ST. THERESA, SOlTII AITLEBORO Members of the Confraternity of Christian Mothers will attend 9:30 a.m. Mass Sunday and will mee ~ at 6:30 p.m. Monday, following a potluck supper. Entertaimnent will be by the Nautical Notes. Mrs. Annette Sirois and Mrs. Sue Raymond are co-chairmen for the evening.
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The Parish Parade Publicity chairman of parish organizations are asked to submit news items for this column to The Anchor, P, O. Box 7, Fall River, 02722. Name of city or town should be included, as well as full dates of all activities. Please send news of future rather than past events. Note: We do not carry news of fundralsing activities such as bingos, whists, dances, suppers and bazaars. We are happy to carry notices of spiritual programs, club meetlnlls, youth projects and similar nonprofit activities. Fundralslng projects may be advertised at our regular rates, obtainable from The Anchor business office, telephone 675·7151.
ST. ANNE, FAL RIVER Candles will be blessed at all Masses today. Those attending are asked to meet at the main doors of the lower church for the ceremony. Candles are available at the shrine or worshippers may bring their own. Throats will be blessed following all Masses tomorrow and also at special services at 2 and 4 p.m. in the lower church. An appreciation night for Father R. Gabriel Blain, former pastor, will be held Saturday, Feb. 11 in conjunction with a Valentine dinner dance. OUR LADY OF ANGELS, FALL RIVER The parish council will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, March 13 in the church hall. Candles will be blessed today and throats will be blessed at all Masses tomorrow. Adults who have not been confirmed are asked to notify the rectory in order to make arrangements to receive this sacrament.
ST. MARY'S CAmEDRAL, FALL RIVER New members are sought for the Cathedral Choir. Further information is available from Glenn Giuttari, director, telephone 252-4304.
ST. LOUIS, FALL RIVER The Third Order of St. Frlncis will meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8, following 6::30 p.m. Mass. All are invited to attend. ST. JOHN OF GOD, SOMERSET A prayer meeting will folbw 7 o'clock Mass tonight. , The First Communion class will begin sessions Monday, Feb. 6. Members will receive instruc.tions for participation by mail. The Brayton Club will m,~et in the church hall follow:ng 9:45 a.m. Mass on Sunday. Holy Rosary Sodalists will conduct a membership drive following each Mass this weeke:ld.
HOLY NAME, FALL RIVER Parishioners are asked to save Campbell Soup and FrancoAmerican product labels in order to obtain school equipment. Labels may be left at the church entrances. ST. JOSEPH, AlTLEBORO First Friday adoration before the Blessed Sacrament exposed will take place from 8 p.m. to midnight t()morrow. Second graders will participate in a penance service at 2 p.m. Sunday. Cub Scouts will
hold a Blue and Gold banquet in the parish hall at 7:30 p.m., also on Sunday. Throats will be blessed following all Masses this weekend. CCD teachers are needed for first and second grades and for nonconfirmation students. Volunteers may contact the rectory. ST. STANISLAUS, FALL RIVER Parishioners planning to participate in a trip to -Poland will meet at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the school hall. Holy Land pilgrims will meet at 6: 15 p.m., also in the hall. Holy Rosary SodaHsts will meet at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12.
Parents of First Communicants will meet at 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 6 in the school.
ST. LOUIS DE FRANCE, SWANSEA Ladies of St. Anne will meet at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15 in the parish hall. Mrs. Michael J. McMahon will speak on her experiences as a diocesan and national officer of the Council of Catholic Women and a social hour will follow, Yearly dues will be payable at this meeting. ST. THOMAS MORE, SOMERSET Registration for the annual parish arts and crafts exhibition will take place from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow in the church hall. The exhibit is slated for 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday and 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Sunday, also in the hall.
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SACRED HEART, FALL RIVER Cub Scouts will meet in:he parish center at 3:30 p.m. today. The TACT youth group will meet at 7 tonight, also in the center. Camp Fire Girls and a s .gn class will both meet at 1 p,m. Saturday in the centE'::'.
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