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National CCD Missi()n One Of Policy and Service WASHINGT9N (NC) - The director of the U. S. Catholic Conference's National Center for Religious Education-CCD has said that his division's "essential mission has become one of concern about policy and service, rather than service alone."

Catholic youths attending public schools. The bishops also declared adult education at diocesan and parish . levels "is not situated at the periphery of the church's educational mission but at its center." Because of the needs of the local CCD offices and the bishops' stress on CCD programs, particularly those for adults, the national CCD office has named Its first full-time staff member for adult education. He is BrothTurn to Page Two

Father Charles McDonald, who assumed his post last June, said the new emphasis on policy in Confraternity of Christian Doctrine affairs reflected the need for a "sense of direction" as local CCD units become more proficient in delivering their services. Father McDonald's office has instituted several changes- especia1ly in the area of adult education-to enable the national CCD office to provide that "sense of direction" for diocesan and parish CCD offices. . However, activity in the national CCD office seems not merely a response to increased proficiency on. the part of local CCD units. It also appears a recognition of the increased stress placed on CCD for young people and adults by the u.s. bishops in their recently published education pastoral, "To Teach as Jesus Did." In the document, the prelates acknowledged CCD programs "face serious challenges" in the future that should be met by placing "high priority" on religious education programs for

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At the regularly scheduled meeting of the Fall River Diocese Senate of Priests held at the Catholic Memor,ial Home on Ffliday, Feb. 9, the assembled senators discussed and passed unanimously .two major proposals for presentation to the .Ordinary of the Diocese. Under the direction of committee chairmen, Very Reverend Henry T. Munroe and Rev. Donald J. Bowen, the committee for priestly 'renewal comprised of Rev. John Smith, Rev. Ronald A. Tosti, Rev. Edward J. Byington' and Rev. Robert J. Carter made the following proposal: Turn to Page Five

The Anchor-Instrument .of Unity Within Diocese, Throughout World Sunday is Anchor Subscription Sunday throughout the Diocese. In each of the Diocese's 115 parishes, envelopes will be received to renew subscriptions and/or 'to begin new subscriptions. Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River has urged use of The Anchor by each family in the Diocese and. has stressed the unitive aspect of the Diocesan newspaper. The Anchor brings diocesans closer together. The hopes of some parishioners urge others onward; the failures of others give new dimension to the efforts of still others. The heroic but quiet endeavors

of individuals is a leaven for parishioners throughout the Southeastern Massachusetts See. Earnest programs launched in metropolitan centers or in zealous missionary centers are seed cast onto the Christian fertile land of the Fall River Diocese. The Anchor also strengthens the spir~t of religious unity in the confession of Faith. The splendid. series "Know Your Faith"---1his year making the efforts of Centerville's parish nationally known -makes the Faith a living thing in individuals' fives. The feature articles by nationally known syndicated columnists have applied the Faith to

I Cardinal Medeiros' First Consistory Combines Ancient, Modern, Future VATICAN CllY (NC)-Pope Paul VI has telescoped the customary four-day round of ceremonies for the creation of new cardinals into a single day. March 5 will be the "big day" in more than one way for 30 new .cardinals whose names were made public Feb. 2-:"among them three Americans: Archbishops Medeiros of Boston, Timothy Manning of Los Angeles and Luis Aponte Martines of San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Vatican press spokesman Frederico Alessandrini said that the Pope's decision to compress the ceremonies to a single day is a break with past practice and signifies a "new style" in consistories for the future. Pope Paul, during the nine years he has been Pope, has striven in his past three cardinal-creating consistories to reduce the pomp and public display that in the past accompanied the conferral of the honor of the car-

Urges Redistribution of Population SEATTLE (NC) - The world needs a redistribution of population, not massive efforts at population control, an expert on agriculture and population said here.. "Create new, moderatesized cities with large recreational areas-little land will be needed for farming areas ..." Dr. Colin Clark said in an interview here. Clark, an Australian who formerly headed the Agricultural E-conomics Institute at Oxford, England, said that the maximum population of cities in the United States should be 500,000 persons. "Cities of that size are manage-

practical events and Christian teactions. They have laid the base for hopefully fruitful discus$ions, new points of view, inCreased endeavors. Highlighting the Diocesan Orc.1inary's work, appearances and programs, The Anchor has !itriven to unify the efforts of all <,liocesans in a common attempt to live, apply and spread the Christian Faith in the ordinary l;1nd extraordinary .events of dayto-day life. The Anchor is thus a twoedged-tool. Its use by the individ(lal can stimulaJte one's Christian influence, improve one's religious Turn to Page Two

able" while larger cities are not, Clark said that efforts toward Clark said. Crime is rising in all population zero were wrong. large cities, he said, and the "People power is world powtrend is likely to continue. er," he declared. "The three or Clark, the author of books four most powerful nations in "Population Growth and Land the world today are those with Use"and "Starvation or Plenty," the largest populations ... It's said that with present technol- not the large army that makes ogy it is possible to produce a nation strong; it's the number many times more food than can of taxpayers in the nation to be consumed and that this will support the military strength. continue. Take away the taxpayer and the With smaller cities and sophis- . nation has no fire-power." ticated farming methods, Clark said, "world population could Clark stopped here on a trip grow to 40 to 59 billion persons that took him first to Rome. His and there would be room and next stop was an ,agricultural conference i.n Hawaii. food for all."

<linalate. The most recent deci!lion, shortening the entire period to one day came as a surprise, however, even to veteran Vatic·an observers. The schedule for the March 5 ¢onsistory was announced Feb. ;,2 by the office of Msgr. Virgilio Noe, master of pontifical ceremonies. 9:30 A.M.-the so-called secret ¢onsistory is held during which the Pope ceremonially announces his new cardinals to the already ~xisting cardinals present in ~ome. This is immediately followed by a public consistory in which a number of ceremonies and formal announcements are made to the older cardinals and other prelates. While the public consistory is being held, the 30 new cardinals will be assembled in the papal nudience hall in Vatican City to I~eceive the official anouncement Of their appointment from officials of the papal secretariat of $tate. The audience hall can seat $,000 persons and may be $\vamped by the thousands of visitors and well-wishers who will accompany the cardinals to . )Rome. Turn to Page Three

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Catholic Hospitals,: M~.D.s Deplore AI,ortion. Ruling WASHINGTON: (NC)-An of- , we look updn the decision as ficial of the Catholic Hospital arbitrary an~ an affront to the Association and the National knowledgeability of the medical Federation of Catholic Physi- profession," ~he doctors' organicians' ,Guild have deplored the zation, based in Milwaukee, deU. S. Supreme Court's reeent clared. decision on abortion. ' , Unalterably Opposed , Sister Mary Maurita, executive "The Supr~me Court in its device-president of, the hospitals' cision has unheeded medical group, said the 750 Catholic med- science in its determination hut ical facilities in her organization it has given the AmeriCan physiwould continue their tradition of cian ' the dubious privilege of not performing abortions despite being its lord, high executioner." the High Court ruling Jan. 22. In its 7-2 decision, the Su"Physicians who are accorded preme Court said a woman could privileges in Catholic hospitals obtain an abortion solely through understand this position in re- her physician, in th,e first three gard to the taking of defenseless months of het pregnancy. In the , life and have agreed to our pol- second three. months, said the icy," she said, speaking at an court, states imay "regulate the it:lstitutefor health care man- abortion procedure in ways that agement in' Fort Lauderdale,Fla. are related to maternal health." The catholic physicians' group, In the last trimeste:r, the court representing 6,000 physicians in took into account the "potential 90 local giJilds across the coun- human life" ;of the fetus and路 try, assailed the 'court for not 'said states could bar abortions heeding "indisputable scienfific except when the health or life of evidence documented by re- the mother judg1w to be fn nowned embryologists and' gtme路 danger. ticists that life begins at the The statements by the doctors' moment of conception." group and the hospital associa-, "A~ physician~, we cannot tfon reflected the sentiments of reconcLle the ~ourt's decision the U. S. bishops. 111 a previous with sound medical practi<:e and statements, the U. S, Catholic ........."''''mU''''Il..II''''I11''IlIU....''''''''1I1111'UlIIl'''1lI1II'"'''''""'mn..",,,....... Conference's Committee on Health Affairs said the prelates THE ANCHOR were "unalterably opposed to Second Class Postage Paid at Fall River. Mass, Published every. Thursday at 410 providing abqrtion services in , Highland Avenue. Fall River. Mass. 02722 Catholic hospitals" despite the by the Catholic Press of the DioceSE' of Fall River, Subscription price by mail. postpaid high court ruling; $4.00 per year. '

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The' Anchlor and, Unity Continued from Page One education, take one's rightfu:: and dignified place as Chri.>tian brother and sister in the Diocese and, in the world. It is also the respected to:>1 of the Church's teaching apostolate. The ten-minute sermon cannot reach into the corners and crags of all the day-to-<:!ay problems of even attentive Ch:ristians. The best laid plans for religious education programs cannot reach all the interested hut also thll so busy. The most idealistic of parishes have still much to learn from the zealous :but incumbered ghetto aHempts of long-ago famous parishes. The overworked and routine endeavors of others can still be uplifted and en(:ouraged by-' ,the successes of brother Christians. A f.aith, not only well spelled out in concise catechism para-' graphs but alive, dynanlic and challenging, must be shown to all. It must be at the fjngel~tips of all. The Anchor tries to do just that.

Necrology FEB. 27 Rt. Rev. Jovite Chagnon, 1954, Founder, St. ,Joseph, New Bed路 ford. Rev. Philip Gillick, I8U, Founder. St. Mary, North Attleboro. MARCH 1 Rev. James F. Mas,terson, 1906, Founder, St. Patrick, Sornerset. Rt. Rev. Peter L. D. Rohel'!:, . P.R., 1948, Pastor, Notre Dclme. Fall River.

The Most Reverend Bishop, in urging a successful Anchor Subscription Drive, ha!, written: "The Decree on Communications of the Second Vatican Council speaks dearly of the role of the Cl,i'thoHc newspaper: it forms, strengthens and spreads public v.iews which are in harmony,with the natural law and with Catholic teachings and precepts; it publicizes and correctly illiterprets facts which pel1tain to the life of the Church. "The Anchor is a valuable resource for our Catholic. faithful, helping them to formulate truly Christian judgments and evaluations of the events of our .times. "The Anchor serves, too, as a splendid means of unifying the fanhful from every part of the Diocese. I am pleased to urge its continued widespr,ead circulattion." ~

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, Brother Kerressey's "office has published a new monthly digest, Focus on Adults, for use by diocesan and parish CCD leaders as an aid in programming. The publication, which Father McDonald described as the first of its kind in the field, put out its initial issue last month"Executive editor of Focus is Mary Perkins Ryan, former executive editor of the national center's other publication, The' Living Light.

Heart Seminar The Massachusetts Heart Assn. and District Three Licensed Practical Nurses will present a. seminar on the psychological as'pects , of 'myocardial infarction at 6:45 tonight at Sacred Heart Home auditorium, 358 Summer Street, New Bedford. Group discussion, lecture and role playing will be on the program, which will focus on reactions of patients and families to the problems accompanying heart attacks. All area nurses are welcome to attend.

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Continued .from Page One 11 A.M. - The Pope's public consistory, begun in the consistorial hall, will move to the audience hall. Pope Paul will give the cardinalitial red biretta to each of the 30 new members of the college of cardinals at that time. At the same ceremony he will assign titular churches located in Rome to ea{;h of the new cardinals. The assigning of those - churches signifies in ,a special way the cardinals' special attachment to ,the Diocese of Rome insofar as they are electors of the Pope, the l>ishop of Rome, and the principal collaborators with him in governing the Church.

Religious Education Program Published BOISE (NC)-The Boise diocese has published a document called the "Idaho Plan" describing the goals of religious education in this state and presenting a plan for attaining the goals. The document describes the goal. of religious education as the building 'up' of the. kingdom of God through sonship, brother· hood and openness to the Spirit, said Sister Elspeth Mulvaney of the Idaho Catholic Education Office. The document indicates that local people are expected 00 see how ·they will build the kingdom :through these means, she said. Sister Mulvaney explained that the document includes "a curriculum overview that specifies subject matter adapted to particular age levels."

Concelebrated Mass 5:30 P.M.-Pope Paul will can- " celebrate Mass in St. Peter's basilica with the new cardinals and present ,them with .rings made specially for the occasion. The following day, Mar{;h 6, there will be al10ther ceremony REVIEWING PROGRAM FOR WEEKEND MEETINGS: Members of the arrangenot directly Jinked with the cre- ment committee for the Phase II of the New England Association of Christian Life tion of cardinals but generally :ominunities discuss the program with Rev. John J. Oliveira, standing, secretary to Bishop added to it during the former four-day round of events. That Cronin. Committee members seated are: Daniel Troia and Paul Costa of Bishop Conceremony is the conferral of the nolly High, Fall River and James Ford of SMU. pallium, a ban~ of white wool marked with black crosses worn around the necj{, signifying the fullness of the priesthood enjoyed by cardlnals, patriarchs and archbishops. ~ass

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Three bishops, a prominent Detro'it lawyer and his wife, a woman Ph.D. from New York and over 150 high school and college students in New England will meet ,at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River on Feb. 23, 24 and 25. The meetings will be Phase II of the New England A.ssociation of Christian Life CommuniJ1:ies and the theme will be "The Church" and "The Christian Family." Participants from the Fall River Diocese will include students of Bishop Connolly and Bishop Gerrard High S.chools in Fall River and Holy Family High School in New Bedford. Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River, will be joined 'by Most Rev. Louis A. Gelineau, Bishop of Providence, and Most Rev. Maurice J. Dingman of Des Moines, Iowa. Atty. John Brown, corporation lawyer from Detroit and vice-president of the National Federation of Christian Life Commun'ities, will, with his wife Janice, lead the weekend's participants in open and frank diaVisit Vatican logue .involving family life and VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope the problems that face the modPaul VI recieved in private audi- ern family today. ence three representatives of the An adult consultor to the NaW 0 rId Alliance of Reformed tional Board of Christian Family Churches who Were in Rome for Communities, Marilyn Pease, .a week of visits to major Vatican Ph.D., high s{;hool English teach· officers. er, will speak on leadership and The group, led by Edmond Per- what it means to be a Christian ret, general secretary of the leader ~n the Christian commuWorld Alliance had come from n1ty and the family. GeJleva, Switzerland, at the inDelegates will represent high vitation of the Vatican secretar- schools from Maine, Rhode Isiat for Promoting C h r i s t a i n land, New Hampshire and MasUnity. During the week in Rome sachusetts. the three visited the Doctrinal The Fall River Queen of Peace Congregation ; (formerly the Union of Christian Family ComHoly Office) and other top of· munities will house visitors in fices. their own homes and provide food and transpolitation. Discussion groups, with reResolves source people from several New Most good resolutions start England college eLC'ers, will foltoo late and end too soon. low each major keynote. John -Glasow and Janice Brown will be joined One of the reasons advanced for the sp~ed-up in the consistory ceremonies, aside from the "new style" adopted by Pope Paul is the fact that March 7 is Ash Wednesday; a day of solemn observance duiing. which the Pope observes the beginning of the penitential season of Lent. It is likely that the Pope will invite the new cardinals to join him in ceremonies {)f the day at the ancient Roman Church of Santa Sabina in the afternoon. In the past -ire longer period of consistories, has permitted time for sodal festivities, including receptions that have taken on overtones of the American cocktail party. 'With the "new style" {;onsistorY, there will be only a single day-fittingly carnevale or mardi gras for rejoic· ing-before the onset of Lent. The -new cardinals will most likely remaini~ Rome for several days or so: after the beginning of Lent to take formal possession of their titular churches.

NE,¥ YORK (NC)-A conflict was growing among Jewish leaders who disagreed as to the motives and impact of the largely Protestant evangelical crusade Key 73. The American Jewish Committee s.aid the campaign, which has ,the support of over 40 Catholic dioceses, might produce tensions if its backers tried to convert Jews to Christianity. A Synagogue Council of America official has said, however, that criticism of -Key 73 .by Jewish leaders is "harmful to Jewish interests."

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Bishop Dingman will celebrate by several area adult couples who will be involved with small the' Sunday morning Mass for groups and as exemplaries of the partidpants who will be joined by .their friends, parents family life. .and famBies. The theme will be The Highlight of each day's discussiol1S will be the Eucharist. "The Christian Family.'" The Friday night's Mass, concele- Bishop Gerrard High School will brated by Fr. William Cullen, be the site of Sunday's activity. S.J. and Fr. James Walsh, S.J. of Sing-alongs will take place Bishop Connolly High School throughout the weekend while will center around the '''God- Saturda¥'s social will include spell" theme. skits, volleyball game and folk Saturday, the Mass will be' concert. During this time, the celebrated by Bishop Daniel Cro- adult participants will meet with nin with Bishop Louis Gelineau area adults to discuss Christian as homilist. The theme shall be Life Communities and the adult "The Church." CLC movement. Paul Cost·a, senior at Bishop Connolly High and president of Nun Named Advisor Fall Ri'ver's Union of CLC, will be the principal officer. Others To Government WASHINGTON (NC) - Sister include James Ford of SMU, Virginia Schwager, director of Thomas Burke of Stonehill Col-' division of health affairs of the lege, Diane Melancon of Bishop U. S. Catholic Conference, has Gerrard High and Daniel Troia been named an advisor to the of Bishop Connolly High. federal government. She has been appointed to a four-yea'l" term on the Health BAMBOO Insurance Benefits Advisory' AQUARIUM Council of the Social Security New England's Most Administration. Beautiful Aquarium The council advises the De,partment of Health, Education 75 TANKS FOR YOUR SELECTION arid Welfare on matters relating to the Medicare health insurance 761·7690 . program and other related proWid~ Selection of Accessories grams. 25 Years of Service to the Public

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Criticizes '·eamsters lJnion Alliance With Farm·Bureau In 1935, when the National Labor Relations Act (the . so-called Wagner Act) became the law of thE! land, farm workers were excluded from' its coverage. Why? For one reason only: Because the National Farm Bureau Federation and all of the other Ieading growers' organizations in the dustry have completely reversed themselves and are now insistUnited States wanted to pre- ing, believe it or not, that the vent farm workers from ex- National Labor Relations Act be

ercising their right to organize and had enough political clout to. bend the Congress to their , will.·1t was just as' simple--and " as cynical-as that. ·

MSGR. GEORGE G. HIGGINS

In 1949, when the Wagner Act was rather drastically amended, farm workers were again exclud· . ed from overage. Why? Again, for the very same reason: Because the National Farm Bureau Federation and its satellites thought of them as being sec:ond· class citizens and were as determined as ever to prevent them from organizing and joining a union of their own choosing. They thought the best way to do this was to exclude farm work· ers from coverage under the fed· eral law. . 'Failed in California Since 1949 the Farm Bureau Federation and its anti-union allies have done everything 'within their power - which to this day, is very considerahle.:..to maintain the status quo. No, that's nof altogether accurate. It would be more accurate to say that, not content with having excluded farm workers from coverage under the federal law, they have done everything within their power to undo the status quo by imposing restrictive legislation on farm workers at the state level. They have already succeeded in doing this in Arizona.. More recently, they failed to achieve their. purpose in California-...,.but not for want of trying. Their desperate effort in California last November to enact the infamous Proposition 22 - which was clearly designed to cripple, if not destroy the United! Farm Workers-reportedly cost them well ov!!r a million dollars. Prop· osition 22 was roundly defeated, , thanks in large measure to the timely intervention of the California bishops. Nothing daunted, however, spokesmen for the industJ'Y have 'Publicly announced that they will make another all-out effort to' enact a similar proposition in 1974. Meanwhile plans are under way to enact an Arizonatype statute in several other predominantly agricultural stat,es. Fatal Mistake Against this ibrief historical' background, the average reader may be surprised to learn that, within recent weeks, the Farm Bureau federation and many of its allies in the agricultural- in-

amended-some 38 years after it was first enacted-to include farm workers under its coverage. The indications are that a bill to this effect will be introduced within the near future. Accord'ing to one member of the House Education and Labor Committee' -Rep. John R. Erlenborn (R.-Ill.) -it has.a good chance of pass· ing this year. . This I rather doubt. I realize. of course, that the hill will be strongly supported not only by the Farm Bureau Federation but · also, for reasons of its o~n, by the International Brotherhood '-of Teamsters which, in. a moment of madness, recently declared open warfare on the United ~_._ .__ .>O.~_ Farm W.orkers Union. . GOODBYE TO VOL1PE: John 'volpe, new U. S. ambassador to Italy, is congratulated Unless I am badly mistaken, E. McCarthy, left, director of Migration and Refugee Service of the U. S. Cathby John however, th~ Farm Bureau Fedolic Conference. With them 'is Father Caesar Donazan, pastor of Holy Rosary Church in eration 'and· the, Teamsters have an exaggerated notion of their Washington, D. C., WherE! a farewell Mass was held for Volpe, asking God's blessing on · own economic power anc;l polito his new appointment. NC Photo. ical influence and are makin'g the fatal mistake of beginning ,/ to believe their own propaganda. . When the chips are down, they may well discover-and I hope WASHINGTON (NC)-A nonpublic schools says it is optimis- Americans share my belief." they do - that David is quite /' sectarian group that wants to tic that this goal will be reached Schweiker said he disagrees capable of bringing Goliath to put prayer back !nto the nat'ion's in 1973. with U. S. Supreme Court decishis knees. " Citizens for Public Prayer sions which held public school Phony Conversion (Cpp), . a national federation prayer unconstitutional. Public There is no one in the whole -and certainly not a smart as backing a school prayer amend· support for a prayer amendment I, for one, had always th)ught wide world who, by reason of ment to the U. S. Constitution, "is at an all·time high," Schweipersonal experience, knows bet- of them as being. that one of. the earli- ker said. I say this with due respect for pointed out ter than I do that the Teamsters' est items on the agenda for .the The Cpp pointed to several rewill holler bloody murder when what the Teamsters, with all new Congress is a prayer amend· cent events which it considers ,they read· what I am saying their human faults and failings, ment. favorable signs: about them in this context. I am have done for their own memberAdoption by the Republican A number of bills have been sorry about that, but the fact is ship over the course of the years ·introduced in tile House. In the National \ Convention of a platand with all due apologies to the that they ought to be ashamed Senate, Senators Hugh Scott (R· form which includes a plank enof themselves for playing patty- officers of the union, some of Pa.) and Richard SChweiker (R- dorsing prayer in public schools. cake with the Farm Bureau Fed- whom are (or were) very good Pa.) have introduced one resoluA unanimous enrt~rsement by eration on the issue of farm friends of mine. There is no,thing tion. Another has been intro· the Catholic bishops of Massapersonal in my c.riticism of their worker legislation.. unfortunate alliance with the duced by Sen. Howard Baker Jr. chusetts of a pro-school prayer They know as well as I do that Farm Bureau Federation in a (R-Tenn.). vote lin the Nov. 8 election. the Farm Bureau's alleged "con· joint effort to cut the ground The. Scott·Schweiker resoluA vote, on that ballot, of more version" on this issue is as out from under the United Farm Hon calls for an amepdment to than 82 per cent ·in favor of fr~e phony as a $3 bill. They know Workers Union. permit voluntary, nondenomina· prayer in public schools. perfectly well, in other words, I just happen to disagree with tional prayer or meditation in The U. S. Catholic bishops' that th~ Farm Bureau, in revers- them,as I have told them man to public schools and buildings. November pastoral on education ing its position on this matter, man on more than one occasion "I believe," said Schweiker, which stressed that "teaching has only one purpose in mind: To in recent weeks. My diss,greecheck the effective use which the ment will be formalizE~d if and "that prayer has a. rightful place about religion" 'in public schools United Farm Workers Union has when ·the 'Congress gets around in our public schools and I be· .cannot take the place of prayer made of the, boycott. Again, it's to holding public hearings on the lieve that the great majority of itself. just as simple-and as cynical- kind of bill the Fal'Il'l Bureau as that. Federation and the Teamsters The Teamsters, in supporting are promoting. I will tl~stify the coverage of farm workers against such a hill and wi:.! enunder the present federal law,. courage others, in and out of the will probably say that they are labor movement to do the :;ame. doing so because they see this I realize, of course, that at as the only orderly way of han- some point it will be necessary dling labor-management relations for the Congress to ... enact When Savings and Dividends left on deposit in the agricultural industry.' legislation covering labor·manThat's a plausible argument on agement relations in the field of 6% . 2 and 3 yr. Term Deposit Certif!cate 6.27% the face of it, but the Teamsters agriculture. In my opinion, howNow Yields know that the 'argument is full of ever, to do so at this time and, to 2 yr. Term Deposit Certificate 6.00%' 5%% holes. They know very well that above all, to do so in th,e manner Now Yields ,to outlaw the boycott at. this that the Farm Bureau Federation 5~% 90.dclY Notice particular time would play right and the Teamsters want it -done, Now Yields 5.73% into the hands of the most recal- would, represent a deliberate 5~% Regular Savings citrant, anti-union growers and effort to hamstring and possibly Now Yields 5.47% could conceivably put the Farm destroy the United Farm WorkCompounded Continuously and payab!e monthly Workers Union out of business. ers Union. I simply refm,e to . Bank by. mail - it costs you nothing Come to think of it, maybe the have any part in such a cynical Teamsters are hoping that ,this operation. To the contrary, win will happen.' If so, they are not or lose, I propose to fight it all 30J MAIN Sr., SOUTH YARMOUTH, MASS. 02664 a3 smart as they think they are the way.

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Plan Eight- We~k Course in Human Values At St. Patrick's Church, Somerset A comprehensive and personal· ized program in human sexual values will be offered to 50 adults by St. Patrick's parish, Somerset, beginning at 7:30 Wednesday night, Feb. 21, and continuing for eight Wednesdays. Purposes of the program, open to parishioners, a,re: to help each participant understand and deal with his own sexual values; to enable him to communicate them to others and in turn to accept and understand theirs; to obt~in information needed in bring.ing up today's children; and to gain ability in expressing himself to his children and in understanding their viewpoint. Each session will include a lecture followed by small group discussions with trained leaders. All will take place at the Fisher House, St. Patrick's parish center located at 134 South Street, Somerset.

The first session will deal with value clarification, explaining the recognition and acceptance of different values. The speaker will be Rev. Peter Mullen, a doctoral candidate in psychology at the University of Massachusetts. Rev. Robert McGowan, curate at St. Patrick's, will lead the second session on Feb. 28, giving a religious and historical sketch of America's sexual attitudes and the "new· morality." He will dis· cuss religious, social and cultural factors that help determine sex· ual attitu~s and behavior. The third session will consider simil'arities and differences in male and female behavior. Venereal disease and birth control will be included in the discussion, to be led ;by Francis M.

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Rev. Robert A. McGowan James, M.D., an obstetrician and gynecologist. . "Love and Sex: the Human Response" will be the topic of Saul Silverman, Ph.D., a marrrage counselor, emphasizing the importance of trust, mutual respect and honest communication. He will be heard on Wednesday, March 14. Alternate Life Styles Psychosexual development .and motivation will be considered in a survey of psychological factors affecting the period of early childhood through adolescence. The speaker for the session, set for March 21, has not yet been announced. Slated for March 28 is a discussion of youth, typical ques-

Senate Sets Proposals . Continued from Page One That an office of continuing education of the clergy be established hy the Bishop with a parttime director and advisory committee. This committee would be responsible for dissemination of all information concerning educational programs and opportunities. It would further plan and execute one or more pastoral study weeks in the course of a given year as well as clergy day conferences. The proposal as presented also took into consideration opportunities beyond the diocesan as well as policies regacding deeper continuing education and costs. The committee on parochial ministry, haVling been charged by the Ordinary of the Diocese to present a program of Diocesan-

Aggressive Pion Gets Results COLUMBIA (NC) - Drivers arrested for drunkenness here in Missouri are likely ,to receive a letter a few days later saying: "I've seen in the paper that you were arrested for driving while intoxicated. I'd just like, to let you know that we at Family Counseling and Education in Alcoholism, Inc., would like to help you with your problem. Would you care to stop by and talk with us sometime?" . "It's a bold approach, but it gets results," said Don Howard, director of the agency. Howard, a recovered alcoholic, started the counseling service in 1970 to help others who have

tions asked. by young people. F,i1m strips arid other visual material be used in this presentation. The abortion issue will be considered on April 4, with particular emphasis on the moral confUct experienced by those dealing with an unwanted pregnancy, especially that of an unwed teenager. Leader for this session will be Rev. George Frappier, director of a Birthright Counseling Service. A film will also be shown. A panel discussion on "Alternate Life Styles and Other Sexual Patterns Practiced in Our Changing Society". will conclude the series. At this f.inal session partici· pants will be invited to share reactions to the course.

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wide Census has done exactly that. Under the direction of Rev. Walter A. SuBivan and Rev. John J. Murphy, committee members Rev. Roger Gagne, Rev. Philip A. Davignon and Rev. Keimeth Delano presented a proposal that if carried. out includes a Dioc· esan-wide Census under the direction of an appointed leader along with local coordinators. The proposal further stated that it would be conducted at the same time throughout the Diocese and would be done by the l'aity of each parish with over· lapping parishes covered by coordinators. The work of the com· mittee included specif\c types of cards and work sheets as well as procedures for the carrying out of the entire project.

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drinking problems. The letters to drunken drivers are just one of several ways used by the agency to contact problem drinkers. About 35 per cent of those arrested for driving while intoxicated respond to the first letter from the agency, said Howard. Those who do not answer get a follow-up letter or phone call several weeks later. "It is no longer necessary to wait until the alcoholic stumbles in the front door and asks for help," said Howard. "Intervention can take place in the family as soon as the al~oholic's spouse is made aware that there is hope and help available."

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Oppose Sharing School Buildings TORONTO (NC). - Ontario's Separate (Catholic) school teachers and trustees-frequently at loggerheads over a bargaining table - have presented a united front and rejected proposals that separate and public school pupils share the same buildings. Their rejection of the proposal was delivered to Education Minister Tom Wells' Study Team on Sharing and Transfer of SChool Facilities in two separate briefs. The study team, composed of separate and public school representatives, was expected to report its findings to the Ontario Government before the end of January. Catholic trustees, concerned with the current approach by government committees to the problem of shared accommodation, said in their statement: "The stage has been set for a shotgun wedding between the separate and public schools." The trustee said they are in no mood for such a wedding. Earlier, the Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association, representing 16,000 separate school teachers in the province, had said ,in its brief to the study committee: "Any arbitrary, artificial plan for sharing or transferring of school facilities that would deprive any separate school child from full participation in and ,benefit from the obvious advan· tages of such schooling is totally unacceptable." (The Ontario government pro· vides financial assistance to the province's separate schools up to Grade 10.)

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This proposal was also passed unanimously by the Senate and will now go directly to the Bishop for his study followed by acceptance, emendation or refusal.

Members of the Holy Name Society of St. Augustine parish wHI conduct 'a penny sale at 7:30 on Thursday evening, Feb. 22 in the church hall. Refreshments will be served and a door prize will be awarded. Members of the Women's Guild and the Holy Name Society will co-sponsor a dinner<lance social at 7:30 on Saturday night, l\1arch 3 in the church hall. Tickets are $4.00 per person and all parishioners are welcome.

In other actions, the ~enate heard reports from the Committees on Social Concerns, Ternporamies, Constitution and Pastoral Evaluation. In addition, a letter was sent to His Eminence, Cardinal Medeiros on the occa- : SHEET METAL : sion of the latter's elevation to , J. TESER, Prop. , the 'Sacred College of Cardinals. : RESIDENTIAL : The next Senate meeting has : INDUSTRIAL : been deferred to March 16 at : COMMERCIAL: 1:30 P.M. at-the Catholic,Memo- , 253 Cedar St., New Bedford' rial Home. All priests are invited . , 993-3222 ,, , v to attend. -'""-""."""",,,.

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sight to see American prisoners of war stepping from the planes delivering them from North Vietnamese and Viet Cong prisons back to freedom again. Some of the men had spent several years in jail. One of the moving aspects was the sight of some·of the men with rosary beads. around their necks. Their possessions were meager but the rosary was for some of them a link to God, a tie to the basic values that helped sustain .them through the seemingly endless days and nights in an enemy prison and in an alien culture. In the aftermath of Vatican Council. II, some persons looked at the rosary as a somewhat old-fashioned religious devotion. But a second look has been _taken by some of these same critics and. they have come to, understand what it means to Catholics. It is a phenomenon among some pentecostal groups in Britain especially tbat the rosary is coming more and more into use and focus. . The rosary is a simple devotion and yet. filled with meaning. It needs little or no explanation, it symbolizes something rich and deep and ea~ily understood by all. In time of crisis' it is a most normal thing for a Catholic to reach for the rosary. The Catholic sick bed sees the rosary very much in evidence. . From the time he is a youngster the Catholic receives a rosary as a .sign of all that is dear and· essential to his faith-belief in the Trinity, in' the Incarnation, in the place of Mary as the one through whom' the Second Person came into the world. The words of the Apostles Creed and Our Father and Hail Mary express and in turn strengthen these fundamentals of the faith and this link between God and man. And, apparently, the rosary served just this purPose in the lives and dUrilllg the imprisonment of some of our released war prisoners.

Signs of God . A French yogi in the Dominican .Republic had -his hands and feet nailed to a cross a feW weeks ago as a "sacrifice for peace and comprehension among mankind." The bizarre affair was witnessed by about one thousand persons and ~everal people fainted as ,the process took place. ' Well, there are strange happenings In the world. And an even' stranger aspect is that people will be impressed by this. It seems that people are always looking for signs and -are attracted by the unusual and the bizarre. If religion came along. and presented them with similarly farout events they would be inclined to listen. They forget that- the signs of God have already been given. God has already presented mankind with the Ten Commandments as signs along the' way of life, pointing out good and warning of dangers. God has: already given His Son Who in grim reality has given His life as a ransom for many. The sacrifice has been made for the reconciliation of God and man and. in this moment m~n mUist reach out to Christ so that the reconciliation between themselves and their Creator might be accomplished in and through Him. The Church exists as a sign of Christ'since it is the extension of the Lo rd in time and space accomplishing His mission in every age and among all men. The great need in this age ",nd in every age is not for a new sign from God but for the grace of God to see the signs of God that are already at hand; And for the strength to follow the signs that God. has already given so that His children may work their way back to Him.

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. PITTSBURGH (NC) - Msgr. John' C.' McCarren of Pittsburgh has been elected chairman of the state Board of Public Welfare, an advisory unit to the state Public Welfare Department. Msgr. McCarren, direCfor 'of the diocesan Department of Social and Community Welfare was .appointed to the hoard in 1968. He was reappointed last year and elected chai~an in early February. The board advises the Welfare Department in the development of broad outlines of policy, and in the formulation of long-range~ programs and objectives. . It alSo explains programs and objectives to the public and advises the governor lind the General Assembly concerning policies, programs, objectives and functioning of the department.

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Return of the Native Since the last edition of this masterpiece of journalistic endeavor, I suppose readers have' found comfort and refuge in the fact that the Mooring had remained ominously silent in the swirl of world shaking events. Well, I think that it is about time that thoughts to vent my likes the readers were once more sistent and dislikes. bombarded by the ramblings If you are of this mind, just and, I am sure sometimes, think of the' Mooring as some

ADELAIDE (NC)-Archbishop James Gleeson of Adelaide commended parents who, despite disappointment and embarrassment, give moral support to an· unmarried daughter about to have' a child. Speaking at a Mass at St. Joseph's Center, which cares for unmarried mothers here, the. archbishop commended also girls who, in the face of so many pressures to have an abortion, decide to respect the right to life of their unborn child. At the Mass Archbishop Gleeson baptized the infant daughter oC an unwed mother who had decided to keep her child rather than offer her for adoption. To counter the' growing number of abortions in the state of South Australia-of which Adelaide is the capital-the Right to Life Association (RLA) initiated a new campaign caIled "You're Welcome." Lutheran Pastor D. Overduin, executive director of the state's RLA, said the campaign is a response to the proabortion lobby. lI111lllllllllll111lllll111111llllllllllllllllllmllllllllllIIllUllllllllllllllllllllmlllllmlllllllllllllllll

<the ravings of such litera,ry prose sort of reporter's search for peri. basic function of the human as found in such a unique form odic mental health. th a t we th en be' - cond't' 1 IOn gm' t '0 offered by the author. To th!! few readers who do act. Due to illness, I was unable to If at any time this has been a face the hi-weekly challenge of react by maH, or in some other cases by rather devious means, resultant of the Mooring, then either placating a few or maddening many. With all the world ,to <the thoughts expressed in this all the nasty letters were not in .topics and world. events passing article, I just like to say that . vain and if 'this objective has not through our lives like pulp I am most grateful to be a;ble to been reached then all the letters through a sieve, it truly W.:lS dif- take up the gauntlet once more' of praise should be burned. Now that I have reached the ficult to sit on the sidelines, with the hope tha't you will conmumbling incoherent remarks to tinue to give vent to your com- age of Jack Benny, I do not prepulsions and needs. . tend to be the proverbial angry myself.. After all, if such an individual- young man nor do I profess, in After all, this a·rticle affords me' the supreme psychicsatisfac- . istic venture into the newspaper any way whatsoever the wiSdom tion of putting in print my· frus- world did not create even a rip- of Solomon. However, I will secretly admit trations and fantasies, aq oppor- pie of comment--or even a controversY-then it is really not tha<t I do enjoy this opportunity tunity· given few people. So, if you read this column worth the ·time and effort that it to freely express my personal with a rather jaundiced eye, just takes to search the· dictionary thoughts not for any local fame think. of the great therapy it for the correct spelling of the that it might bring, but truly affords me as I hunt and peck words-a never ending task for rather for the difficult and labodous job it is to search for the not only for words but for. con- this author. right word, to then spell it correctly and above all to use it in Commentator Takes Up the Gauntl~t a sentence where it will make An article such as this is ba- happenings either with a tongue- sense. sically a commentary on events in-cheeck appma<:h or a hammerIf this exercise in grammar and moments that affeet our over-1he-head style. sometimes falls short of expected OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER lives. These' moments can be With no excuses for impartial- goals, do not blame it on the . Published wee~ly by The Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River trivial or profound according to ity, and with little regard for the Sisters of Mercy who taught me 410 Highland Avenue 'one's personal viewpoint. . vast world of the indifferent, it the fundamentals for twelve Fall River, Mass. 02722 675-7151 The role of the commentator is the responsibility of such an years but rather on a day-dream. or columnist is not to let these article as the Mooring to view ingpupil who very often was PUBLISHER events just merely pass in the the events of our times with a trying to think great thoughts Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, D.O., S.T.D. GENERAL MANAGER ASST. GENERAL MANAGER night, unnoticed and ignored, but personal style that· will either amid the distractions of a classrather to focus and sharpen the make people think, get mad, or room. It is in this spirit that the Rev~' John P. 'Driscoll . Rev. Msgr. Daniel F. Shalloo, M.A. ~le.,y Prell--rell RIver readers' attention to ever:,ts and even do both. It is only with this . native returns.'

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YOUNG ECOLOGISTS: These students at St. John the Baptist School, New Bedford, have done some unusual recycling, converting paper tubes into figures. representing characters in Gospel l)arratives. From left, Mat-

Key 73 Speaker Scores American 'Folk Religion' ALBANY (NC)-A speaker at the opening of Key 73 evangelical crusade here attacked an American form :of "folk religion" that redur:es Christianity to fighting crabgrass, joining Kiwanis and raising kids." There is "a lot of good neighbor, go.od citizenship but. not much Gospel in that," Ronn Kerr told 1,600 persons at Immaculate Conception Catholic Cathedral here. Kerr, a !nember of the United Methodist Church's evangelical department, 'said Christians must give witness to a God "who was willing to die for liS," and who means something to them personally. He cited a nationwide poll that showed more than 80 per cent of people believing in a supreme being buf less than 20 per cent saying that that existence made any difference personally. . If Christian witness is harmed by reducing it to good citizenship, he said, it is' also harmed by having an overly supernatural emphasis, Kerr said. While not underrating the importance of the afterlife, Kerr said that Christians are being asked: "Is there life after birth? How do you find meaning and purpose and joy in life now?''' Christ's Answer He said he was convinced that the "most important single thing in the life of a person is to accept Jesus Christ ... I'm convinced the world is pretty badly messed up; we've not yet learned how to stop killing each other. There's no answer to the problems except the answer that Christ brought when he walked the earth." ' "In the world ,today," he said, "there are more people living outside an awareness of God's love than ever existed before." He noted that a recent national poll revealed that more than 60 per cent of Americans "could not affirm that life was worth living."

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As,k American Youths 'Serve In Ireland NEW YORK (NC)-WANTED: Volunteers (American), Catholic or Protestant, with ecumenical ideas, to work in Irish neighborhoods, projects and programs under Irish direction, to help bring reconciliation in areas of civil strife. Room and board provided gratis, for a summer or a year, but volunteers should provide funds for incidental expenses and transportation. If he were placing a classified ad in a newspaper, this is ho\\, Father David J. Bowman, the Jesuits' man at the National Council of Churches, might describe the private peace project that he, two other Jesuits and two Presbyterians are quietly engaged in. Last year, with no paid staff or offices, they placed 17 volunteers in projects in strife-torn North Ireland-programs ranging from summer camps for children to an ecumenical retreat center. Worthy Project Now, as youths of the backpack generation are starting their plans for "a summer abroad" or "a year abroad," Father Bowman

Brother Receives Papal Medal COLOGNE (NC)-A 7l-yearold Brother who lives in a cell built into the wall 20 feet above floor level in the world-famed cathedral here in Germany received the papal Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice (For the Church and the Pope) medal on his 50th anniversary as a Religous. He is Brother Angelicus, Meyer, a member of the Frandscan Brothers of the Holy Cross, who have been providing sacristans for the cathedral for the past 50 years. Brother Angelicus, the only person who lives in the huge building moved to his cell in the wall 26 years ago. The Cologne cathedral, dedicated to St. Peter and the Blessed Virgin, is considered a national German monument. It is one of the finest examples of Gothic church architecture in the world. Begun in 1248, it was completed in 1880.

is wondering if there might not be some among them who might be interested in going to Ireland to make peace, not war. If so, please write him at Faber Hall, Fordham University, Bronx, N. Y. 10458. "There are endless. worthy projects, in Derry and Belfast, run· by Irish people, many of them ecumenical, which I would love to support," wrote Father Bowman, who is special assistant for ecumenical services to the general secretary of the National Council, in a Christmas letter to 500 friends. There is, for instance, he said, the Corrymeela community, near Ballycastle, an ecumenical retreat center modeled after Taize, France, which would welcome young Americans to its staff. And the people who run a housing .project, for rebuilding some 200 houses burned out in

Students 'ignorant' Of New Testament· WASHINGTON (NC) - The average college student is completely . ignorant of the New Testament, said a teacher of Scripture at the Catholic University of America here. "In the last three years I have yet to have a student in a New Testament course who has done any previous work with' the Bible, even in a Catholic high school," sajd the teacher, Carmelite Father Christian P. Ceroke, chairman of the relig,ion and religious education department at the university. "Probably most teachers do not make adequate use of the Bible because they just don't know much about it," said Father Ceroke in the February issue of Momentum, the National Catholic Educational Association quarterly. When teachers do present lessons 'from the Bible, he sa,id, 'many of them create false impressions. "The biggest complaint of college students is the erroneous ideas and impressions they are given in grade and high school classes."

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NEW YORK (NC) - A gCoup the Ardoyne, Belfast, in August, of Epicopal laymen here has 1971, could also use an extra filed stockholder resolutions callhand. ing on two U. S. mining corporations to terminate their involveIntegrated in Outlook "Youth centers are desperately ment in Namibia (South West Africa). needed," he continued. The group, called Episcopal Father Bowman' initiated the Churchmen for South Africa program last year, along with mCSA), submitted the resoluFather Raymond Helmick, S.J.,. tions for inclusion in the proxy a graduate student at Union statements of American Metai Seminary; James Annalin, a Climax Inc. (Amax) and NewPresbyterian seminarian from mont Mining Corp., each of Pittsburgh Thelogical Seminary; which owns a 29 per cent interthe Rev. Wesley Baker, an ecu- est in Tsumeb Corporation in menical officer of the United Namibia. Newmont manages the Presbyterian Church in the corporation's three mines. U.S.A., and Father Donald CamECSA, which holds three pion, S.J., editor of the Jesuit shares of Amax and two shares weekly, America. of Newmont, charged they are "The volunteers are not trying part owners of a company which to get into a religious war-but pays taxes to and accepts the they can supply one thing the apartheid (strict segregation) Northern Irish are unable to sup- laws of South Africa. ply. In 1966, the UN revoked the "That is, to show that people mandate given by the League of who are Protestants or Catholics Nations to South Africa to rule can live lives that are not.segre- .the territory, about twice the gated - but integrated in life, size of California. In 1969, the hop,es and outlook. Also, Amer- UN General Assembly conicans, as outsiders, are not a demned South Africa for refusing threat to the local situation but to permit the UN to take control are a neutral force." of the territory.

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SCRANTON (NC)-The American Board of Catholic Missions has given the Scranton 'diocese $250,000 to be used in repairing churches, convents and s<;hools damaged by Hurricane Agnes'last June. \ The American Board of Cath- ' olic Missions is a committee of U. S. bishops that annually distributes to the missionary) dioceses of the United States funds from the October MisSion Sunday Collection and from membership receipts of the Propagation of the Faith Society. .

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While many of us have complained about the extremes of the "back to nature" movement, we do have to admit that the demand for basics in .food and even in cosmetics have led to some reforms that hav:e long been needed. 'One such plus for the cononly in the proposal stage, sumer (and thil) is a big one) ently it looks strongly as if it will became on February 7 when come a reality if the cosmetic the Food and Drug Admin- industry lobpy doesn't wield its istration proposed mandat:ory ingredient labeling: of all cosmetic products except fragrances.

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influence in powerful places, As consumers we should keep abreast of just how this proposal is going and perhaps write to Dr. Alfred Weisser of the FDA, whose proposal thIs is and ask him how we as consumers can help make it a reality. We pay enough for' our c:osmetics--we should have' the right, to know what's in tije'm!

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NEW BISHOP JSAPPLAUDJED: App'lause greets Bi~h op John J. Snyder, 47, after his episcopal ordination last week in Brooklyn. The new bishop .who will be an auxiliary to Bishop Mugavero of :Brooklyn, whom he served as secretary, was reared in the palish of St. Bartholomew, Elmhurst, where the late Rev. Msgr. Daniel A. Dwyer, a native of Fall River, served as pastor for 25 years NG Photo.

In appealing to the Mission Board for help, Bishop J. Carroll McCormick of Scranton had sil'id that $668,000 in government aid had been distributed to people whose property- had been damaged, but that no funds had been allocated for reconstruction, of damaged parochial property, other than hospital and school facilities. Church-owned property severely damaged by the flood includes 23 churches, 16 rectories, 13 convents, 10 grade schools, three dio'cesan high schools, a, hospital, a youth center and a diocesan religious articles store.

If this does become a' law KANSAS CITY (NC) - Midevery product presently on the market would have to be rela- western directors of the National beled in order to! meets its speci- Catholic Ru~al Life Conference fications. What a boon for the have asked' the legislators and allergic' woman ~ (or man) who governors of four states to intakes a risk every time he or she vestigatecorporate farm owner"Since 1937, the faithful of the ship and co~trol in their states. tries a new preparation. diocese of Scranton have con"We further ask that all cortributed a total of $882,991 to Buyer Will Know porations owning or controUing the American Missions,'~ Father .To show that' they are really agricultural 'lands and producCharles Zazzera of Scranton said. trying to provide a service for tion, including hvestock and Federal Fund Halt Would Be Tra9~dy, "In the past five years we have , the consumer along with abiding poultry, be required to report contributed a total of $219,281 by the FDA rules the CTFA such ownership and control on 'Catholiic L.ibrary Official Says to help less fortunate dioceses. (Cosmetic,· Toiletry and Fra- an annual basis," the NCRLC digrance Associatioll') will "make rectors said. WASHINGTON (NC)-TermiSister Zurick said that in the "As Propagation of the Faith available" to tne consumer a nation of the Elementary and elementary and secondary director, I have always mainThe resohJtion was approved cross-reference d~ctionary oj: terSecondary Education Act (ESEA) sch'ools throughout the archdio- tained that Christ will not be minology used ,by manufactu- at a regioniil meeting here in of 1965 "would be a tragec.y for cese' of Washington that have outdone 'in His charity and lieel rers along with common names Kan'sas attended by bishops of parochial and private school been: participating in the Title II that this contribution by our felof ingredients, so that the buyer 'Region 9 which· encompasses children and teachers," an offi- program and maintaining finan- low missionaries bears adequate will know just what is contained Iowa, Missouri" Kansas and cial of ,the National Catholic Li- cial effort, "the pupils are reach- testimony to this fact." Nebraska. in her purchase. brary Association (NCLA) told a ing a higher level of achievement "This resolution was the prod- House subcommittee here, Taking into cdnsideration that in the 'national standards' test cosmetics are made from "s~ret uct of several discussions which The ESEA of 1965 is d'le to scores in relation to other Information Expanded formulas," labeling wi)! not re- kept coming back to the point expire in June unle'ss extended. schools in the same area." In Guide to Colleges quire that ingred,ients defined as that there is little, information Sister Zurich was testifying in Testifying before the general WASHINGTON (NC) - The "trade secrets" :be revealed to being researched and publicized subcommittee on education of support of extending the Elementhe public. Thes~' may 'be listed about this growing force in Mid- the House Committee on Educa- tary and Secondary Education 1973 Official Guide to CatholiC Educational Institutions has been as "and other ingredients," how- west agriculture," said' Stephen tion and Labor, Benedictine Sis- Act of 1965. expanded to include more inforever they will be reported to the Bossi, the NCRLC representative tel' Arline Zurich, legislative FDA who in turn may pass them in, WasJ:tington, D. C. committee chairman of the Title II of that act, she said, mation and guidance to prospecon to licensed physicians, and NCLA, said that unless Title II "has proven ,to be the most ef- tive students, the guide's sponpoison control ~nters if necesof the ESEA, which' provides fective of all federal programs sor has announced. ' College Gives Degrees sary. funds for school library reo for serving privat~l school pupils The guide is sponsored by the, sources, textbooks and other in-, with tangible benefits and with Division of Elementary and SecTo Sikkim Kin!;J, Queen Keep ~bre~st NEW HAVEN (NC)-Albertus structional materials, "is con- a minimum of effort and red ondary Education, United States Fiber content has become a Catholic Conference. Magnus College here' conferred tinued, in one form or another, tape." byword with th~ consumer·'"-we children 'will be deprived of "Beyond requiring that local doctor of laws degrees honorary A new section in this year's do not think of buying anything without checking the I equired on King Palden Thonup Namgyal books for reading and lea:~ning. schools and school districts guide attempts to answer for label that lists the fabric's 1I'1lake- and Queen Hope Cooke Namgyal Schools whose commitment to maintain their financial support prospective students some, basic up and how it should be treated; of the tiny Asian kingdom of decent library services were for library 'programs," she said,' questions about higher educaspurred by this program will be "an butstanding 'feature of Title tion. The questions includebut we do not hesitate to put Sikkim. The Catholic liberal arts insti- forced either to take funds from II has 'been the incentive it has Why a particular college? Why a cosmetics 'on our faces, bodies and hair withotit even thinking tution said lit awarded the de- other critical needs or a.s is more given them to strengthen their Catholic college? How to apply grees priva~ely 011 Jan. 5 and likely, abandon or retrench their commit:ment to upgrading the for college? And how to finance of what they contain. quality of those programs." a college education? While this FDA ruling is pres- did not report th'em until this , library programs, she said. "This is not an argument of month. The family which had • • • • • • +. • • • • • •""" • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • heen traveling incognito, appar- books for books' sake," she said. Religious Tr~asures ently felt that the news of the "Nothing could be more foolish. awards would disrupt the trip in The argument is for educational' we'd ;ike you to know... Stolen From Churches resuits-hard facts which demthe queen. the home country of TUNJA (NC)..lArchbishop Auonstrate signficant improvement Dr. Francis H. Horn, president in educational performance." . gusto Trujillo Arango of Tunja Who is the SISTE,R in todays world . . . asked his priests in 92 parishes of the women's college conducted What is the role of the SISTER in the Church to tighten . security measures by the Dominican Sisters, con- Medical Mission Aids; and in Society after one of, the colonial ferred the degrees before an auWhy the DOMI~icAN SISTER wishes to share with you churches" here iI) Colombia was dience of 200 that included four Nica~agua Victims her quest for LIFE robbed, of religious art vvorth of the couple's five children. _ NEW YORK (NC)-The CathThe queel)., then a student ~t olic Medical Mission Board has $150,000. :INQUIRY AFTERNOONS Reported as missing f"om the Sarah LaWll"ence College, met the sent a shipment of near:ly 10 February 25 and April 15-Career W~men and College Girls Oicata church about seven miles crown princ~ of Sikkim on a trip tons of medicines and hospital March 18 and May 6 - High School Juniors and Seniors from here are colonial paintings to Asia and married him in a supplies to Nicaragua Ifor ,ea:rthand gold and silver pieces of lavish cere'?Jony in 1963. The quake survivors there. Time: 2:00.5:00 Place: Dominican Sisters Novitiate prince, who] received his early The shipment included antiliturgical art. 8,56 Tuc:ker Road, North Dartmouth, Ma,5s. 02747 Last year CQurches in the education in :Catholic schools and biotics, skin and eye ointments, Tel. 996.13Q5 towns of Samaca and SachiCa had studied: to become' a monk, vitamins, cough' and cold remewere .robbed of religious art ,became king of the Himalayan dies, water purifier tablet!:, and If interested,' please notify Sister Claudette Pelletier"O.P. which later appeared in dealers' kingdom located between India drugs for malaria, asthma and at least two weeks before. the date of your choice. tubercuiosis. and ~hina in 1965.. , shops in Caracas, Venezuela.

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Testing HasGC?tto Be W o-rld's Toughes't Job

Arkansas School Closing Planned

Being a mother is a tough job. But there are other jobs that must be even more difficult. One of these is giving road tests for drivers licenses. Most of the candidates taking drivers" tests in our country are scared-to-death tee~ agel's facing the most stressOne father verbally took the ful experienpe of their young inspector by the collar. "Why do lives. When they reach the these kids have to take road . "road-test-area" they wait tests? I think road tests are stutheir turn in a line of six or eight cars. The waiting is pure agony. The butterflies in their stomachs turn to crocodiles; the frogs in

FORT SMITH (NC)-A Catholic high school here which opened its doors 14 years before the governor of Arkansas established the first free school system in the state will close its doors in late May.

pid! It doesn't prove a kid knows how to drive on parkways or in heavy traffic. Why don't you inspectors get smart and develop a good system, like they do for the pilots' licenses ... with logging a certain number of hours

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their throats sound like fingernails on a blackboard. All the tim~ a kid is sitting in the cal;' w.aiting, he's watching the earlier cEindidates perform, and eVEiluating the humor of the inspectors. I started thinking about this last week when I took my second son for his test. As we were waiting, a tight little squeak was coming from his normally deep voice. "That one looks grouchy. Hope I don't get him. On, 01'1 ... that one looks worse .•." Great Stre:;s I've often thought road-test inspectors were the most hardboiled people' in the wQrld; that they deliberately tried to intimidate the kids, But as I stood waiting, it became obvious that this experience is a great stress for everyone involved ... particularly the' inspectors. . They work in a team, each taking the next candidate in line. It takes about five minutes for a test. That's 42 tests 'a day each of 'them goes through. That's enough to scare anyone. But, on top of that, because everyone is sO tense, many of the e~periences are ress than serene.

Medical Ethi,cs Center Proposed in Britain LONDON (NC)-The English and Welsh bishops are considering the creation of a Catholic center for mediclil ethics. Auxiliary Bishop Gerald Mahon of Westminster, who heads a liaison committee working with a consultant firm studying the proposal, said that the Catholic Hospitals' Review Committee had "suggested the creation of some center where the activities of Catholic organizations active in community care would be coordinated an<1 disseminated, and where research on the new ethical problems posed by advancing medical technology could be carried out. "Such a c~nter, by providing these and otlier services, would thus ext~nd greatly needed assistance tq Catholic doctors, Catholic hospital ¢haplains and especially n\.lrsing staff who are increasingly faced with enormous responsibilities and very difficult decisionS-often' on their own;"

The next girl handed all her papers to the inspector. She. got into the car. Her mother was wringing her hands as the car didn't start. And didn't start. And didn't start. All of a sudden the girl opened the car door, and got out. Her mother yelled, "Why did you get out on the driver's side? You know that's an automatic failure." "I didn't think I should climb over his lap, and I forgoi the keys." One ,boy was so upset backparking, he finally had the car p~rpendicular to the curb ... tail -in.

Another girl forgot to put on her eyeglasses. She realized it .after she started' to pull out in traffic, took both hands off the wh':lel, and went, rooting in her purse to find them. 'You Tried to!' Another was told to go to the traffic light at the corner and make a left turn. She did. She neglected to stop at the light whic:] ,,";as red! The insepector told her she had failed and should go back to the starting area. She screamed at h~m, "You TRIED to mix me up. Why did you tell me to make a left turn ... instead of telling me to stop for the light?" My son's turn came and as the inspector approached us I said, "Good morning." He looked at me, startled, then growled something, got in the car and left to give my son his test. When he came back from the test I s8'id, "Thank you." And .this time, although he seemed to be trying to ignore me, I think ,I ,detected a faint trace of a smile. I suddenly realized that being a road-test inspector has got to be one of the most miserable jobs in the world. Everyone picks on them. The kids think they're ogres; the parents think ,they are biased. I wonder if anyone appreciates them. And how similar their plight to so many jobs in this world. Do you know someone who has a difficult and thankless job? Say something nfce to that person ... some word of praise. Do it today!

CARDINAL CITED FOR BRAVERY: Cardinal Lawrence J. Shehan of Baltimore listens as Mayor Donald Schaefer, left, reads a citation commending him for talking an air~ line hijacker into surrendering at Baltimore's Friendshi~ Airport last month. NC Photo. .

Homes Offered for Unwanted Babie$ MILWAUKEE (NC) - Fifty women .from the Milwaukee archdiocese have volunteere:l to give homes to "unwanted" babies who might otherwise' die in abortions. The women were responding to an appeal issued last year by Mrs; Eunice Kennedy Shriver, according to Mrs. Stewart K. Murphy, president of the Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women. Mrs. Murphy said petitions were circulated by the Council after Mrs. Shriver issued a plea

for a million homes for "tha~ voiceless group of children iI). whose name so many abortion$ are carried out - so many live~ terminated." The petitions said that tM Council was offering "as a posi~ tive alternative to the abortiort issue, the opportunity for anj woman to sign if she will accept into her home an unwanted child." In a leiter to Mrs. Shriver, Mrs. Murphy said several peW· tions were still being drculate<,l. and that additional names might be submitted.

One-hundred-twenty-year-old St. Anne's High School, now down to 280 students, has been plagued by financilil problems, said Paul Bercher, Jr., president of the school board which serves the three Catpolic parishes of Arkansas' second largest city. "We fought it (the financial problem) for five years," he said. "And last year our deficit jumped 30 per cent." The school, which opened in 1853, originally served both Arkansas and the Indian Territory, now Oklahoma, as a boarding school. School offi.cials estimated the school's closing will cost local taxpayers an additional $150,000 to $200,000 to place the students in public schools. The faculty included Religious Sisters of Mercy, who founded the west Arkansas school in' 1853, and Benedictine Sisters who joined the faculty in 1968 after St. Scholastica Academy here closed. With St. Anne's closing, Arkansas will have six Catholic high schools remaining.

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Of ,Jerusalem JERUSALEM (Nc::)-A Catholic nun has become'the first nonJew to be made 'an ,honorary 'citizen of Jerusalem Oy Israel. The nun, Mother' Claire Bernes of the Sisters of <i:harity of St. Vincent 'de Paul, is one of only ..,.- 76 persons to recei~e this award since it was established by the city in 1968. For ·the past few months, Mother Bernes has Ibeen superior of the Sisters home :for 80 severely retarded andhanpicapped children at Ein Karem ,near here. For 20 years, she: was superior of the Sisters' Jerl,lsalem home, where they care fori about 300 orphans and homele~s persons of : • all ages. Of the work done by Mother Bernes there, one veteran s.ocial worker said: "Whenever there was a orisis, 'she ~as ready. We could call her in ~he middle of the night, in case o( some sudden tragedy, such as the murder of a wife by her husband, when some urgent soluti~n had to be found for the children. She would take them: in and ask quest'ions later." , In addition to training the girls under their care, I the Sisters found jobs for the~'. When they came of age, Mother BElrnes found husbands fpr them by talking to the parents of suitable 'boys. ' 'Give to Others' Discussing marriage one time, Mother Bernes said; "When girls marry, at the start it is aU poetry. Then things tUrn to prose. In the convent, it is entirely different. We don't join the Church in order to 'be happy,' but to give to others. That is what,~e mean by love." ~ Building an institution to care for youngsters is. no problem, she said. "l1he real· problem is finding peo'ple rel\dy to work there. We sometimes put advElrtisements for volunteers in European newspapers. One young girl from Italy advertised for a successor when she left. 'Who wants to come to take my place?' she wrote, 'I've received so much more from these children than I have given them.' 'r Asked whether she prefer.s to work in Jerusalem' . , or at Ein Karem, she answer unhestitatingly: "Why, at Ein Karem, of . course! Our boys arid girls aJre so badly handicapped that practically rio other institution in the country would acc~pt them."

Lifetime Learning Series_ Set~ fo~ Mar. 14 Arts, human relations, boo~~s, travel, Bible studY, diet and health will be among topics discussed at a Lifetime Learning institute to begin Wednesday, March 14_at Herric\{ House, 1'78 Pine Street, Fall River, and continue through Wednesday, April 18. ' All members of t~e community are invited to attend the program, which will be divided into two morning classes, begin ning at 10 A.M., and continuing after a lunch break with a "town ~ hall" session, follqwed by instruction in bridge and chess. P,articipants are asked to bring lunch. Beverages Will be pro-. vided.

Restoration of St. :Patri(~k 's Cathedral .To ll;;g~.light Great 1"4()urist'Site "

NEW YORK (NC)-·A $700,000 . to $800,000 restoratiion of the ceiling, roof, windows and walls of St. Patrick's Cathedral-one of New York's favorite tourist sites-is nearing completion here. And as four miles of scaffolding, erected p~rtly to shore up the building from blasting for a building across the street, are removed, a fresh' ligh t gray ceiling is being revealed to worshipers whose. prayers have been' punctuated for 'eight months with thuds, clangs' and hammerings from above. The general overhaul is part of many changes instituted by Msgr. James F., Rigney, cathedral administrator since 1970 to adapt the mid-Manhattan building with its 330-foot sp~res to a changing ministry of the 1970s. Cathedral officials have quietly been putting out 11 welcome mat to transients and o'ff.ice workers in the area. More changes are contemplated. ' 300 Parishioners Thirty years ago, Msgr. Rigney told NC News' Service, St. Patrick's was a residential parish. Now it has j'ust 300 resident 'parishioners. But thousands of sightseers come to it. On a rainy Saturday last November, he noted, more than 18,000 visitors and worshipers were counted during the Cathedral's "open" hours between' 6:30 A.M. and 9 P.M. A few picked up the 25-minute tape recorder m~chines, called accousti-guides, to make a pri: vate tour of the .building. This', was an idea' the monsignor picked up when 'he toured the' ,Metropolitan Museum here a year' and a half ago. Since November, 1971, the facade of the cathedral has been floodlighted nightly. This, he said, "does sqmething for the neighborhood." The building has been air conditioned. A ramp has been built UP' to one entrance for persons in wheel chairs to enter the building. Soothing Bellis The 19-bell cathedl:al chimes, electrified for ,the Angelus 20 ' years ago, play hymns, soothing rattled New Yorkers at noon and during the rush hour. The music program of the cathedral has been completeJy revamped by John F. Grady, organist and choir master, to include an enlarged choir-including )Yomen-and Sunday concerts by guest organists, and symphony orchestras led by such famous conductors as Zubin'Mehta and Leopold Stokowski. I During Lent, and Advent, the cathedral singets regu.larly trade places w.ith thei chotisters at the Episcopal Cathedral of St.' John the Div.ine. And the pulpit and sanctuary of St. Patrick's which is the seat of Cardinal Terence Cooke, has been opened on special occasions to such dignitaries as the Anglican primate of England, Archbishop Miehael Ramsey of Canterl;lUry, and Greek Orthodox Archbishop Iakovos of North and South America. , New ~ulldiDgs . "We were trying to think of a restoration schedule' for the 1979 centenary. of the cathedral's opening," Msgr. Rigney said, when cathedral officials learned

Many Dioceses ,Join, Key 73

ST. LOUIS (NC)-More than .40 Catholic dioceses are participating in the' ecumenical, evangelical program K~y 73 according to a survey conducted here: Msgr. Joseph W. Baker, Catholic coordinator. for Key 73 in Missouri, based the estimate o~ the number of participating dioceses on responses to a query he sent to bishops in the 153 U. S. dioceses. He said 37 dioceses outside Missour·i reported they had programs and that he knows of a few others from which he has not received a response. All four dioceses in Missouri are participating. Key 73, which grew out of talks on joint action by leading evangelical Protestant leaders, has the support of most Christian denominations in the coun· try. It is aimed at 'bringing the Gospel of Christ to every person in North America during 1973. Catholic participation in t~e ecumenical program was encpuraged by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops but the dedsions were left up to local dioceses. The four Missouri dioceses were among the first to announce participation and its observance was opened by a joint pastoral letter by, the state's bishops at the beginning of 'Advent.

CHANGES AT ST. PATRICK'S: F.rom the choit loft, the altar and sanctuary of New York's famed 51. Patrick's Cathedral is nearly lost in the maze of nearly four miles of. scaffolding, erected foi· the restoration. NC Photo. more than a year, ago that ':he new 50-floor, Olympic Tower would be constructed across '~he street on the site of fashiqnable Best and Co. store. The construction' would entail extensive blasting. Because of. "extensive damage to the exterior of the cathedral" in the mid-1940s, when the stor:e was originally built and blast::ng had occurred, cathedral officiabl had a survey of the edifice rna'de. The, engineers found it "structu· rally sound" but noted that the ceiling, llO-feet up from the pavement has not been deaned for 94 years. . "We decided to go ahead-do all ,the work at once," Msgr. Rig,· ney oontinued. Many Repairs As planned by W. Knight Stur.. gess, New York architect, the restoration included the removal of two inches of dirt and soot; repointing the fabric; cleani,ng w.ith chemicals, repairing and :re.. leading stained glass windows; repairing the roof,' and refurbiilh·· ing 9;000 organ pipes. "Upon, washing down one of the marble columns of the north transept, it was found that the original color was many shades lighter," Sturgess noted in a :re.. port. "On this basis it was de.. cided to paint those portions 01' the cathedral which are not of marble but of plaster or compo.. sition stone to match as dosely as possible the, overall tone of the ma:rble piers." Cleaners, painters and scaffold men made a number ,of discov·, eries. A five-foot wide boldly modelled dove over the high altar had been practically lost from sight in the dirt of d€:cad,~s.

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The initials I.H.S. in he ceiling, above the Communion rail, were also restored to view, A nine-foot cross on the 'fear roof had apparently toppled in a storm and was found in a roof gutter. New Additions One painter tumbled 35 feet from a scaffolding down onto the head of the Sorrowing Mother, behind the main altar. Because the statue broke the fall, he escaped with bruises, the cathedral administrator said., The construction blocked the view of the main altar. So closed circuit television sets were placed on the pillars so worshipers could follow the Mass from three camera positions. As the tubing is being taken away, plans are being executed for a newly designed Blessed Sacrament aUar, utilizing the pointed canopy formerly over the 'presiding cardinal's sanctuary chair. Also, "we want to create a new entrance" behind the rectory and into the church, Msgr. Rigney said. It would lead to an area beneath the Lady Chapel, for meeting rooms, including dressing rooms for weddings.

Columbans' Plan 'Ireland '73' The' Columban Fathers' Concert, "Ireland '73," will be held at 8 o'clock on Sunday night, March 11 in the East Providence High School ..,Auditorium, 2000 Pawtucket Avenue. ' 1"he M.C. will be the very popular Hal Roach. Along with him will ·be some of the top TV and Radio Artists-Maura Kelly, soprano; Edmund Brown, tenor; the Crehan Family (traditional musicians); Albert Healy, director of, Jury's World Famous Cabaretand the Iniseagla Irish Dancers, (all national champions). The concer,t committe includes , Mr. Patrick FaHon and Mr. Peter Maguire, Co-Chaimlen; Mrs. John Kelly, tickets; and Mrs. Peter Maguire, patrons.

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WASHINGTON (NC)"";;" Public and non public school superinten· dents expressed agreement ;'ere that federal aid to one school system should not be given at the expense of aid to the other. The superintendents met at a three·day conference, the second such meeting sponsored by the U. S. Office of Education. Summing up the meeting, one of its co·chairmen, Dr. E. L. Whigham of the American Association of School Administrators said that the proposed legislation.. to give tax credits to parents of nonpublic school students "both· ers some public school superintendents." Some, he said, oppose giving money to private schools on constitutional or other grounds; while others are afraid that such legislation would result in cuts in fedetal aid to public schools,

'Coolness' Absent Dr. Sidney P. Marland Jr., as· sistant secretary for education of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, said that "coolness" felt at the first conference, held in 1971, was absent from this year's meeting. Marland and Acting Commissioner of Education John R. Qttina both discounted speculation that tax credits for parents of nonpublic school children would be paid for by deductions from other federal aid to education. / "We know of no such tradeoffs," Marland said. Ottina said that money for education is appropriated under specific headings in the federal budget while "tax credits don't figure in appropriations." Asked to suggest where money for tax credits might come from, Msgr: Habiger said "I would hope that monies available from cutbacks in Vietnam would be used for education."

New Director WASHINGTON (NC)-Francis J. Butler, a former congressional

administrator, has been named director of government relations and programs for the division of health affairs of the U. S. Catholic Conference,

Catholic Official, Scores Cutbacks DES MOINES (NC)-The Na· tional Catholic Rural Life Conference (NCRLC) has protested several recent government cut· backs on pr<>grams which affect rural Americans. In a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz, Msgr. George Weber, Coordinator of the NCRLC, said his office "was de· lighted when President Nixon signed the Rural Development Act of 1972," but that recent administration actions "are can· trary to the intent" of that act. "Our high hopes. , . have been .:ompletely shattered" hy several administration actions in De:::ember, Msgr. Weber said. He cited the cancellation of:

Common Effort Whigham said that there "seems to be an increasing realization that the two groups must make a common effort" in seek· ing government help in the solution of urban school problems. In his summary of the meeting, Msgr. James E. Habiger, president of the Chief Administrators of Catholic Education Department of the National Catholic Educational Association, said that nonpublic school administra· tors "strongly reject any effort to grant aid to non public schools at the expense of public schools." At a press conference following the conference, Whigham said that public and non public superintendents "see the need for formal means of working together in large cities." Whigham agreed with Msgr. Habiger's assessment that the conferees had talked to each other with "candor and honesty." Acknowledging that there are "deep differences of opinion" among the scllool superintendents, Whigham said that "what is needed is vigorous discussion."

THE ANCHORThurs., Feb. 15, 1973

'ROSARY JOE': Joseph Curtain of Fall River Catholic Memorial Home, known as "Rosary Joe," presents fruit of his la,bors to Rev. Patrick Ronan of the Columban Fathers, missioner to Philippines, who has special devotion to rosary since being imprisoned in Communist China.

'Rosary Joe' of Catholic Memorial Home Makes Rosaries for Missionaries By Pat McGowan

foot. When he was 'released by the Chinese, he dropped the rosary through a hole in his coat pocket so that it would fall to the bottom of the coat lining and thus be hidden. Though the rosary is now over 20 years old, he said it is stiIl usable, even though some of the rice grains have broken. Mother Anthony said she feels that the many requests for beads received by Our Lady's Rosary Makers, who circulate a monthly newsletter, indicate an upsurge in devotion to the Blessed Virgin. "People lost more than they realized when they stopped honoring Mary," she said.

At the Fall River Catholic Memorial Home he's known as Rosary Joe. He deserves the title. In the past few months 80·year-old Joseph Curtain has made nearly 200 rosaries, each taking about three hours to complete. In between he has repair· ed dozens more fo'r Sisters and fellow guests at the home. He works as a member of Our Lady's Rosary Makers, a national organization whose members eit!ter contribute money or actually make rosaries for distribution by missionaries. His work was recognized last week when Rev. Patrick Ronan of the Columban Fathers visited Sister Elizabeth, O.Carm. of the Daily Proof Memorial Home staff. Sister Rosary Joe gi~es daily proof Elizabeth, a cousin of the Philippines-based missionary, invited .of his devotion, however, spend· him to visit Rosary Joe's base- ing about four hours a day in ment workshop. There he was his workshop. He has been at presented with the fruits of Cur- the Memorial Home a little over tain's labors over the past a year, coming from SS. Peter months. He will distribute the and Paul parish, Fall River. "I lived there for a year and rosaries to Filipinos served by a half," he said, "but before that his community in poor areas of the islands. Rice Rosary For Father Ronan, said Mother Anthony, superior at the Memorial Home, the rosary has deep meaning. As a prisoner in communist China for two years, he was stripped of his belongings and kept in solitary confinement. He nevertheless managed to make himself a rosary from grains of 'cooked rice strung on wool unraveled from his socks. For a crucifix he used wood broken from his chopsticks, and to pierce holes in the rice grains he pried a splinter from the floor . of his cell~ . He told guests at the Memor· ial Home that although he was often searched while a prisoner, the rosary was never detected, although once he concealed it only by dropping it on'the floor . and covering it with his bare

I was in the Cathedral parish for 25 years." Born in Lancashire, Curtain came to Fall River in 1903, and worked in various mills from the age of 14 until he becam.e a steamfitter, working at the Montaup Electric Co. until his retirement. He demonstrated the art of rosary making, which requires special pliers, and an extra meas· ure of patience. "Anyone can do it, though," said Mother Anthony, who hopes that more residents at the home will take up the craft, thus doing something' special for Mary and the missions simultaneously.

Programs which had provided disaster·stricken farmers with low-interest loans. Msgr. Weber said the cut-off would have' the effect of "more than doubling" . the interest for disaster farm loans. Rural Electrification Adminis· tration (REA) funds, a program of ,low interest direct loans whose curtailment forces the REA to borrow money from pr:vate sources. The Infant Food program, a nutritional program for pregnant and nursing mothers and young children. "The most disturbing feature in all Of this is that the Executive Branch of our government seems to be able to counteract the decisions of the legislative branch," Msgr. Weber said. He asked the Administration to reconsider Its actions and let "the voice of the people be heard concerning them." The National Catholic Ruml Life Conference is a division of the U. S. Catholic Conference.

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Tree. We en'ded up having each family choose a symbol of the Jesse Tree. ~appily the December Paluch Monthly Missalette came out with a Jesse Tree on the cover and an explanation of the ceremony inside. We didn't use it verbatim (with children, formulae must be fllexible), but it served us well. Parent feedback told me that the Jesse Tree Ceremony did in8y· deed serve ~s an initial family observance which many carried DOLORES out nightly in their own families, gradually covering the major CURRAN characters of the C)1d Testament who waited 'for the coming of the Saviour.' When December ended, the 111I111 Ititl;:(tWlPYiWmlf pastor gave' us all the old MisI knew what they were trying to say. Whenever anyone sug- salettes we' wanted and each gests fam.iJy liturgies, the first family began a liturgy shelf. , thought is Adve~t wreath. The One parent said, "Finally, fhave second is Paschal meal and a simple book and a simple exthere's rarely a third after the perience on a family liturgy. I'll be ready for next' year." disappointment of those two. Getting the material and exThe reason sq many Advent and Paschal liturgies have failed, perience together seems to be is that they are utilized as events the difficulty in he:lping Catholic rather than as ini'tial or culminat.. families celebrate together at ing activities. When there's no home or in small groups. It's a follow-through on the Advent real shame beCaUSE! this kind of wreath ceremony, its purpose is celebration is remembered by defeated. If the' family doesn't children far lpnger than the do's pick up the wreath ceremony and don't's. Our Jesse party was and Jet it take them into some too crowded, the celebration a preparation for ',a holy observ- bit too long and some of the vance of Christmas, via special children a bit too young., Yet prayers, sacrifice, readings and there was an atmosphere of rev~ concern for others, then it isn't erence and :expectation on the allowing the cer~mony to fulfill part of the;children that many its purpose. Rather, the f"mily'is adults envied. serving t~e Advent wreath. Come Out!

PRIEST HONOREI[): The first white p~n'son and the first Catholic to head the predominantly Protestant and black Ministeria] Interfaith Association of Harlem is installed at Salem United Methodist Church in New York. Cardinal Terence Cooke, left, joins the prie~t, Msgr. Owen J. Scanlon, and outgoing' president, the Rev. Herbert Skeete, during the installation.

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NEW YORK (NC) -·'A white Catholic priest who has served , the Harlem community for 40 Try Jesse Tree For famiHes interested in get- years has 'been install~l as presLikewise, if th~ family doesn't ting together with one another ' ident of a predominantly black prepare fora Paschal meal by or in doing something alone, I Protestant organization. reading in advance, by taking have an excellent new publicaMsgr. Owen J. Scanlon, pastor part in the preparations, and by tion to recommend. Come Out! of the St 'Aloysius Church, befollowing it up with something on is a children's liturgy and celeGood Friday, it is failing its pur- bration program for ages two to came the 'first white and first pose. The Paschal meal and Good eight (more like 80). We used Catholic to head the I1ine''YE~ar Friday can serve' as an exce:llent some of the Jesse observance, old Ministerial Interfaith A:;sociculminating activity to several songs and symboJis from this ation of Harlem. Msgr. Scanlon was installed! in units--on sacrifi<;e, on Moses, on book. Written and composed by the history of, the Mass, or even Neil Blunt, Jack Miffleton, Sister ceremonies at the Salem United on the situation in Israel today. Elizabeth Blandford, S.C.N., and Methodist Church in Harlem. Going ,back to the parents ask- Sister Janet Marie Bucher, ing help~ I suggest a relatively C.D.P., this kit consists of a new ,and much 'richer vein of Celebration Book complete with Sells I nvestmel1lh Advent celebration, the Jesse 12 posters (book costs $5.50), a South Africci song booklet '($1.25), and a stereo GENEVA (NC) - The World I record ($5.95). The whole kit COllncil of Churches (WCC) J~as Japan CompensCllt.,S costs $10.95 and is worth every sold its $2 million in investments cent. It can be ordered from in South Africa and announced a Victims' Relatives SAN JUAN (NC)-The gov- World Library Publicati.ons, Inc., new round of its controv,~rsial ernment of Japan assigned 2145 Central Parkway, Cincin- grants to liberation movements in Africa. $700,000 to relatives of tM 16 nati, Ohio, 45214. This isn't 'a commercial plug The executive comlllitteeof victims maohine~unned at Lod airport in Tel ~viv, Israel, by but rather a relieved welcome to the coalition of 263 Protestant Japanese terrori~ts working for a book that the middle Catholic ,and Orthodox .churches said it family can use comfortably. It , sold the investments to disatIS(ICiArab guerrillas. Most of the victims belonged isn't filled, with meaningless ate the organization from the to a Catholic-Protestant pilgrim- words, stilted reading and -hard- racist policies of the South Afrito-sing songs. It is surely the can regime. age tour of the holy places. Manuel San 'Juan, Japan's best total package I've seen for .At the same time the commitconsul here, said, the funds rep- the family who cele,brates today, tee announced its third contribution to' groups' fighting racism. resented an act of good will and or wants to.1 The songs' are- delightful, the The largest share, as in thE: last a tokeq of atonement on the part of 'his government. The patterns for· symbols, etc. clear two years, will go to groups in money is also to help those, and easy to use,and the year ,is southern Africa including Anwounded in the' massacre last complete. Simple celebrations gola, Namibia, Guinea-Basso a.nd May. are given for Ad:vent, Christmas, Mozambique, as well as South Insurlj.nce companies have vol- Lent, Easter, Pentecost and Africa. Earlier contributions had unteereq to determine hoVl much birthdays. I hope you can use it been critic'ized for 'aiding gueima groups~ . .. ~ and I wish I had written it. should ~o to each family.

Cardinal Terence Cooke of New York, Dr. Sterling Cary, president of the National Council of Churches, and nr. Dorothy I. Height, president of the National Council of Negro Women, delivered addresses at the ceremonies. The Ministerial Interfaith Association was organized in 1964 in response' to ra<:e riots which erupted in New York City. Aibout 200 religious leaders in the Harlem-Upper Manhattan communities are members of the organization, which coordinates' their efforts to d{~al with problems such as housing, employment, political action and Christian deyelopment. Msgr. Scanlon, born in New York's Hell's Kitchen on Dec. 26,

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Publicity c~airmeri 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.

By Joe and Marilyn .Rodeiick

ST.' PATRICK, WAREHAM St. Patrick's Circle announces its annual ,Valentine dance, to be held from 8:30 P.M. to 12:30 A.M. Friday, Feb. 16 at Knights of Columbus Hall, Buzzards Bay. Music will be by Norman Blair. Tickets are available from circle mem:bers and at the door. Advance reservations may be made -by calling 295-376Ei.

ST. STANISLAUS, FALL RIVER Cha·irman Joseph Gromada announces a mel!tiIlg at 7:30 tonight in the school hall of the committee planning a remembrance book honoring the parish's 75th anniversary. A Gay 90''S Jubilee Costume Ball is set for 7 to midnight Sunday, Feb. 18 in the school audiof his products will re~ain the .torium. A buffet will' be served same. at 7 and dancing will hegin at 8 MARY, NAMED: First Abbot of ST. to the music of the 'Johnny Sowa Mnaeesh a Must SO. DARTMOUTH On . a Sunday morning the Glastonberry Abbey, Hing-, . The Women's Guild will spon-, Orchestra. Presenting speCial enwarmth from the old oven, the ham, Mass., is Father Ed- sor a "Short Cake Bridge" at 1 tertainment will be three groups odor of rising'dough, and the ex- ward C. Campbell, 47, a na- o'clock on Tue.sday, March 6 in from the New Bedford chapter of pectant looks on the faces of the tive of Philadelphia, Pa. The the Parish Center. Coffee and ,the Society to Preserve Barberwaiting patrons are part of the refreshments will be served and shop Quartets in America. To .be -heard are the First Impression general atmosphere that has a abbey, a first in the Archdio- door prizes awarded. cese of Boston, is in Boswn's Singers, Harpoon Harmonizers touch of the exotic about it. As It is open to the public and and Four Sea Sons. lamb-filled and spiniich pies South Shore. NC Photo. tickets are $1.50 each and may emerge warm from the oven, be obtained by calling Mrs. Ed- ST. PATRICK, they add such tantalizing smells ward Anuszczyk or Mrs. Richard FALL RIVER to the air that one can't help but Parsons. .The School Board will sponsor ask for some to add to the growa St. Patrick's Day dance in the ST. JOSEPH, ing "take-home" order. school from 8 to midnight SaturATILEBORO When Jason' spotted a little PHILADELPHIA (NC) ~. The All scouts of Cub Pack No. day, March 17. Music will be by boy buying a Mnaeesh for. a director 'of the office of informa- 37 and Troop 37 ~lnd their fam- the Buddies. quarter and eating it on his way tion of the Philadelphia archdio- ilies will attend the 6:30 Mass , A Las Vegas Night, also at the home, folded in a paper' napkin, cese has imposed a news black- on Sunday evening to commem- school, will take pI-ace SatL!rday, he too had to have one of these out against the Philadelphia In- orate the birthday of the Boy April 14. . delicious baked rounds, covered quirer ,and Philadelphia Daily Scouts of America. ST. JOHN OF GOD, with sesame seeds, oregano .and News. The Parvuli Dei medal will -be SOMERSET summac. This exotic confection presented to 15 'boys during the Dr. Alvin J. Simmons, psycholEd Devenney said his refusal Mass. is ofteo called the Lebanese ogist, Harvard University faculty pizza and its unusual tangy taste to provide information to the A reception will follow in the member and director of health does give a hint oJ' the familiar two Knight newspapers, means hall. for the city of New Bedford will his office "no longer wants to be Italian dish. at a Communion breakfast speak Our arms loaded with rounds associated" with the publica.tions ST. KILIAN, to be sponsored at Venus de NEW BEDFORD of Lebanese, bread (this oddly, ",in the gathering and diHse:mrestaurant following 8:30 Milo. The Women's Guild will sponshaped bread that separates in ination of news.'~; Mass this Sunday morning by' sor a whist at 8 P.M. Saturday, the middle while baking makes The blackout has not been ex- Feb. 17 in the school basement the Holy Name Society and the ' the greatest sandwiches imagtended to the Philadelphia Bulle- on the corner of Earle Street and Women's Guild. All parishioners inable), meat and spinach pies and Mnaeesh we happily piled tin, the third major newspaper Ashley Boulevard. Marcella Lan- are invited, especially marri·ed couples and members of 'other; into the car for the ride to Joe's in this city, nor to Knight news- dry and Yvonee Blais are chairparish organizations. Tickets are papers in other cities. men. mother's house and our usual available from Joseph Gouv:eia, Sunday breakfast, only now DevenJ}ey, a 47-year-old veter- OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL Joseph Souza and Mrs. Manuel something new had heen added. an of newspaper,. broadca.sting HELP, NEW BEDFORD Nogueira. Only in America and perhaps and pubHc relations work said A Gobalki Sale is slated for only in this area could an Irish, the blackout of news again!;t the..... today and tomorrow in the ST. JOSEPH, French, English girl married to a Inquirer, a morning pa.per, and church hall, 235 North Front TAUNTON Portuguese hoy introduce her the News, an evening tabloid, be- Street, under auspices of Our The annual penny sale of .Hie family to tne joys of Lebanese gan last November after the Lady of Perpetual Help Society. parish will be held at 8 o'clock ., , food! News ran a front-page story with Adam Mickiewicz Society will on Monday and Tuesday nights, While this' is not an authentic pictures about a Catholic girl sponsor a Polish Night dinner Feb. 19 and 20 in the Sheridan Lebanese reqipe, it makes great who obtained an abortion. dance at 6:30 P.M..Saturday, Street School (formerly St. Josandwiches, cold and tucked into Feb. 24, at 2031 Purchase Street, seph's School) on Sheridan St. The information office's quaran envelope of. Lebanese bread. The major prize of $500 will New Bedford. Proceeds will benrel with the newspapers broiled be awarded on Tuesday night efit ·the .society's scholarship Scalloped Eggplant , for about two ye'ars and culmiwhile a door prize of- $25 will be SACRED HEART, 1 medium-sized eggplant nated with the abortion !,tory, awarded each night. The winner NEW BEDFORD 1 medium sized onion chopped - Devenney said. of the door prize must be presawards were preParvuli Dei fine "The News had front..page sented to members of Cub Scout ent at the time of the drawing. Y2 medium sized green pepper, In addition to the above, ·12 . pictures and a big story about a Pack 5 at ceremonies during last chopped fine ' Catholic girl's ahortion," D.even- Sunday's 11 :30 A.M. Mass. Hon- complete dinners will be given Y2 pound ground beef ney stated. "A day or two after ored were Richard Racine, David away each night in addition to 3 Tablespoons oil foodbaskets, cakes and other 1 cup tomato puree (I substi- that, they came out in a small Boulay, Gary Fortin, Michael gifts. and said they were so:rryhox Chandler, Marc Fournier, Victor tuted tomato juice here so The Social Committee will Melissa ,could have some the pictures they used of th,e girl Andrews, Jimmy Jenkins and sponsor a dance from 9 to 1 on not the pictures of the girl were Gerald Lapointe. and still remain on her diet) Saturday night, March 3. Tickets had the abortion." who 2 cups soft bread crumbs OUR LADY OF MT. CARMEL, may ·be obtained by contacting ·cup grated Cheddar cheese "I was' not concerned they SEEKONK Fran Frazier at 824-8032, Mrs. 1 Y2 teaspoons salt labeled it a Catholic girl's aborLast night's meeting of tt\e Santa Lewis at 822-6734 or Mrs. 'Ys teaspooq pepper tion on, th~ front page," he said., Women's Guild was highlighted Pauline Rickettes at 822-7041. 1 teaspoon sugar "My main concern was the cru- by a talent show directed by Mrs. 1) Peel and dice eggplant. elty with which they used this Agnes Rose" program chairman. Cover with boiling salted water girl." ST. MARGARET, and let stand five minutes. BUZZARDS' BAY 2) Saute onion, green' pepper SS. 'Margaret Mary Guild will and meat in oil~ntil onion is a' whist party at 1:30 sponsor lightly brown·ed. As I mentioned above, I took at the CCD Center, P.M. today , 3) Add tomato puree and heat some of the leftover eggplant South Boulevard, Onset. in Syrian bread to school. the thoroughly. New guild projects include col4) Add drained eggplant and next day a'nd it was delicious. lecting dothingfol' Catholic Reremaining ingredients. Mix well. Note: In last week'!. redpe lief Services and making layettes.. •,' 5) 'Pour into 2 quart greased for Pistachio 'Surprise Bars, Members will participate in a one of ,the ingredients Wall' ~0,J . day of recollection Saturday, baking dish, and hake in 350· cup oil. This should be % Clllp oven 15 minutes longer or. until MllII'ch 10 with Miss Ursula Wing FALL RIVER oil. the top is browned. in chaI:ge of a coffee hour.

We are often told that we live in an age of skepticism and disillusionment-and we see that belief reflected in our daily lives. It is with some difficulty that we setup men and women as models for our children. When I was a boy, my father and mother could mental Protection agencies in good conscience point to concerned with pollution control, President Roosevelt, Wen- but Mike hbpes that although dell Wilkie, or Charles work will be easier, the quality I

Lindbergh and Pbpe Pius XII as men to be emulated and admired, They sincerely saw these m~:n as setting examples worth :;triving to imitate. Today, life is not so simple, We are surrounded with negativism and too much Information about our public figures; they are only human and we are too knowledgeable about their failings. There are nry few heroes left to us, and it is fashiOllable to pooh-pooh everyone, even those long dead, as in the musical "1776," or in the comical but sad writings of the very popular John Barth. But even in this age, there are men who deserve our respect and praise. Such' a man il> Humberto Cardinal Medeiros, to whom Catholic parents can point as an example for. their children to emulate. , Example :for Son There has been and will be a great deal written about, this man, so I will not attempt to , do him justice in this short article, but I feel that ·he is one of the few men I know whom I would set up as an example to my son. The traits he possesses are those we would like to see in our children: humility, intelligence, steadfastn,ess and faith. There is no question in my mnd that today more than ever we need men who are larger than life. Our cjlildren look +.0 television heroes for their inspiration rather than to real men, and we as adults no longer have the faith in our, leaders to set them on pedestals. In any case, very few of our leaders deserve such recognition ,so it is l'efJ~esh ing and gratifying to be able to point with pride, ~nd gratitude to someone who stands 'head and shoulders above the rest of us. In the Kitchen While doing some research for a newspaper article on a local Lebanese-Syrian bakery owned by Michael George, I had the opportunity to reinforce my belief that one of the greatest advantages of this diocese is its ethnic diversity. In order to get the "feel" of the bakery, I dropped by one. busy Sunday morning, .and was treated i to a delightful look at the customs and. foods of the Mideast. Michael George uses a brick oven that has been in operation since his father Qpened. the bakery over 50 years ago. The baking process (il)cluding handfilling with wood each baking day) has not changed since the time of Christ. Soon though,progre~s will take over and George's bakery will be modernized with a shining new gas-fired oven, This transformation is being fOTClid upon the owner by the Environ-

ST. JOSEPH, "NEW BEDFORD A "Festival of Brass'~ Concert will take place at 8 P.M. Sunday, Feb. 18. Students will be admitted at a special rate.

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World Justice Is Balanced On Precarious Scales Before the Bishops turn to their concrete recommendations for advancing the cause of justice in the world, they have to include a warning clause: "Of itself, it does not belong to the Church, insofar as she is a religious and hierarchical community, to offer' concrete solutions in lence. A white farm has been a ~hite child injured. the social, economic and attacked, Now one or two Anglican Bishpolitical spheres for justice ops in Rhodesia have protested

in the world. Her mission involves defending and promoting the dignity and fundamental rights of the human person."

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In a sense, the distinction seems perfectly straightforward. The principles are eternal. Their particular application in society' varies from climate to climate, from culture to culture. This is the kind of distinction Our Lord drew when he told the Jews who questioned him about Rome's colonial system of taxation: "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, to God the things that are God's." But, in fact. the distinction is extraordinarily difficult, challenging arid tragic-difficult between the realms of God and Caesar have never been given permanent frontiers. challenging because each age has to draw its own distinctions, tragic because the fluctuating line can engage the loyalties and destroy' the lives of men and women of the highest character and dedicacation. What Is Answer? A few examples from our own society will show how obscure and agonizing the conflict can become. Suppose that you were a Bishop in Rhodesia today. What would you do? The entire regime is based upon increasingly narrow principles of white supremacy. A handful of European settlers-not much above 200,000 - conttol and exploit everything in a country which has over 4 million African inha;bitants, descendants of the tribes to whom all the land and all the resources belonged less than a century ago. The hopes of a multi-racial society in which white citizens and black citizens, children of. the same Father, joined in a single humanity, would advance in learning, skill, prosperity and family dignity - hopes which were at the foundation of the concept of a federation between Rhodesia and its neighbors, Zambia and Malawi,. in the 1950'shave faded. The white minority has claimed independence and the regime is engaged in a steady retreat towards a South African type Of apartheid. The white minority is to rule and prosper. The vast majority of Africans are to hew the wood, draw the water and survive as they can. In recent months, African guerillas' have attempted vio-

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Papal Envoy Key Mediator in Haiti PORT路AU-PRINCE (NC)-The Vatican envoy here played a key role in mediation efforts to free U. S. Ambassador Clinton E. Knox and his aide from kidnapers. Archbishop Luigi Barbarito, apostolic nuncio to Haiti and

the violence and denounced the World Council of Churches for contributing funds to African resistance in Southern Africa. But what would we do? Denounce the controlled and orderly governmental authority by which the vast majority are oppressed? Or denounce the uncontrolled and disorderly foree a few small groups are trying to set against it? Where does God's will for justice lie-in the order of "peaceful" injustice and exploitatiOll? In the disorder of the violent search for justice?

dean of the diplomatic corp, headed the mediation team between government officials and three terrorists-two men and a woman. "The kidnapers are obviously experts who knew what they were doing," he said after Haiti's

release of 12 political prisoners and payment of a $70,000 ransom led to the release of Knox and of U.S. Consul General Ward Christensen. "I am certain that their leader is not Haitian," the archbishop added.

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Precarious Scales The answer is not made easier for us by the fact that where, as in the Soviet Union, the unjust oppressions of the czars were followed by the far more modern and systematic oppression of Stalinism; the balance sheet of justice is inexpressibly difficult to draw up. Lenin could take his books and papers into exile路 under the czars. Under Stalin he could have been tortured and shot. Today he would be in a psychiatric ward. The scales of advantage are precarious indeed.

MOST REV. DANIEL A. CRONIN, S.T.D. Bishop of Fall River

Southern Africa is only one example. In Latin Amerka, wherever rapid industrialization is taking place inside a largely unchanged feudal framework of concentrated ownership of land and opportunity, it is possible for a 10 per cent annual increase in wealth ,to benefit only the top 10 per cent of the people. The bottom 20 per cent may even be growing more b~wildered and poverty stricke~.

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In Brazil and Mexico, this trend is a reality. What, then, does a hierarchy do? Does it denounce ,the urban guerillas who try however feebly, to challenge the regime? Again, the decision is immensely complicated for Christian bishops by the fact that the leadership of protest is often anarchist or trotskyite, bitterly anti-retigiousand still denouncing "the feudal church."

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Traditional Stance It is easy to sit comfortably in lands where such conflicts hardly exist and argue that the Church must throw her weight on the side of justice at whatever cost. But anarchy and violence can create dreadful injustice. Look at the condition in Northern Ireland where the violent attempt to overthrow Protestant supremacy has degenerated into a cold-blooded murder game.

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"Most gulls don't bother to learn more thah the simpliest" facts of flight-how to get from shore to food and back again. For most gulls, it is not flying that matters, hLit eating. For this gull, though, it was not eating that mattered, but flight. More than anything else, Jonathan Livingston Seagull loved to fly." Perhaps you have read Richard Bach's charming story of this unusual bird. Jonathan Livingston Seagull has been on the best-seller lists for almost a year now. The story is so captivating because it is about life, about freedom, about what really matters. At one point, after' his exhil-

arting breakthrough in diving at two hundred fourteen miles per hour, Jonathan Seagull grasps the true meaning of a gull's life..

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FR. CARL J. PFEIFER, S.J.

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"How much more there is now to living! Instead of our drab slogging forth and back ·to th(' fishing bO'ats, there's a reason to life! We can lift ourselves out

Choosing Our Supreme Value With a world so full of such -wonderful things how shall we choose among them? What will be most important to us? What shall· we live for? This is the question of values.

FR. QUENTIN QUESNELL, S.J. tM· ,

If there is one thing we would never give up willingly, no matter how much 'they offered us for it, that somehing could be called olir supreme value. Most normal people would say that their own life is a value Hke that to them. No: gain they can imagine would be worth trading their life for. Not for a million

dollars, not a billion, not all the wealth in the world. How coulo it be? The words "gain" and "profit" don't make much sense if you're no longer there to collect the gain or pick up the profit. "What shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world, but loses his own life?" (Mark 8, 36). Still, not' every'one makes his .own life his supreme value. People do give up, their lives for a good enough reason. Obviously it's not a good enough reason to sell one's life for money. That's just stupid. But most of us don't think it stupid if a man gives up his life for a person he loves. We think it is noble and beautiful. We . praise a man who lays down his life defending his home and family. We admire a man who offers himself for execution in place of another already condemned. Turn to Page Seventeen

. ChUdren and the Litur~

I would respond "yes" and "no" to those r~marks. ;'Yes" to the request for occasional Masses designed specifically for a particular agE1 group; "no" to a program of such liturgies which would regularly replace the family Sunday service. "Yes" to the qomment' that oull' eucharistic celebrations are fundamentally oriented toward adults;

"no" to the assertion that our little ones get nothing out of the weekend Mass. First, let's look at this matter of children in the pre-teenage bracket. Is Sunday Mass a waste of time, even harmful for them? Do they fail to grasp what the liturgy is all about? I don't think so and offer these following illustrations to prove the point. Practical Apl)lications One of our Sundays during Oc-' tober zeroed in' on the elderly as .part of the Respect Life! campaign. The preacher offered, almost in passing, a few suggestions about the young and healthy showing care for our senior citizens. A mother later told me about her 7th grade daughter who without prompting of 'any kind from the parents . the very next day wrote a letter to her grandfather. At the Mass itself, the girl looked distracted, even resentful, but obviously she listened and aocepted the, message. Turn to Page Eighteen I

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of ignorance, we can find ourselves as creatures of excellence and skill. 'We can be free! We can learn to fly!" Reason to Lif,e As I read about Jonathan and realized that Bach was writing about "the real Jonathan Seagull, who lives within us all," I could not help relating the story to the process of religiow: education. ]n a sense the religious educator's role is to enable others to more deeply appreciate that "there's a reason to life." The parent and teacher hope to enable others to open their minds and hearts to recognize "how much more there iB now to living!" An important aspect of guiding others to discover deeper meaning in life is that of value clarification. Valu~s are basically what a person considers r.mportant, what really matters t,) him, what he truly loves. If, like Jonathan's flock of gulls, a person is wholly preoccupied with what to eat and drink, tt.ere is little chance of his per<:eiving the more profound, challenging realities of life. True knowledge about life graced ,by God's creative pres-' ence, can be acquired only in' conjunction with an ongoing clarification of values. Jesus spoke of a "change of heart" required by the perception of his saving truth. Religious education, then, is not ·merely the learning of basic truths about faith in an 'USE OF TIME: "So if I could leave one thought with abstract manner. The truth to be you parents here today it would be to show more love learned touches heart and feelings as well as intellect. More to your kids and love them while you've got them here." than accurate deflnitions ~lre re- A father takes the time to go walking with his son in a quired to absorb that truth that quiet woods. NC Photo. sets one free. Saving trU1:h demands clarification of values. "Time goes so fast." I can't suspected, but at the hands of a Strategies believe it's February already. strangler." What was sad about the event To take a hard look at what "As I. get older time becomes one considers important is rarely . more and more precious." was that Gwen had kicked a easy. "Why is it," Jonathan puzAll of us have heard one or serious drug habit and was getzled, "that the hardest thing in another of these exclamations. ting a fresh start. What was the world is to convince a bird "Time" is probably the most val- striking about the elegy was' the that he is .free, and that he can uable thing each of us has. Yet number of times Gwen's father prove it for himself if he'd just we rarely take time to evaluate made a point of the value of spend a little time practicing? what we're doing with· it' unless time. One sentence in particular Why shQuld that be so. hard " something dramatic calls our at- stands out: "So if I could leave one thought with you parents It is difficult because to discover tention to what we might he the truth of oneself normally re- doing with time while we still here today it wQuld be to show quires a 'change of one's values. have it on our side. more love to your kids and love them while you've got them That requires risk, effort, practice. here." Mr. Ames alluded to the Helping another clarify his many times when he could have values as part of the process of . shown his love for Gwen but By' perceiving life's richer riches is didn't take the time. not achieved. in the samnway Gift of Time SR. JANAAN:I as tea'ching mathematics or Time is a sheer gift to us by chemistry. Very helpful techMONTERNACH a loving God so. that we might niques have recently heendevelhave an opportunity to enjoy the oped for value clarifieation. world and make it a better place They are described in ,books like rwmifEillk_nW'ih for others by creatively ~oing VALUES AND TEACHING by Re'cently I was reading through the loving thing. It takes a meaRaths, Harmin and Simon (Columbus, Ohio: Charles E. Merrill one of the daily newspapers in sure of discipline .to love and use Publishing, Co., 1966) and VAL- Washington, D. C., and was cap- time in a way that makes the UES CLARIFICATION by Simon, tivated by "An 'Elegy to Gwen." having of it worthwhile. At the time Angela Davis was Howe, and Kirschenbaum (N. Y. Beneath the title was a prologue; "Gwen Ames 17, was. ,found acquitted of the charges brought Hart Publishing Co., 1972). dead early last Sunday near the against her,ll cartoonist, Mike These strategies have been family home in Reston. Her ta- Peters, pictured an art shop found very effective by religious ther, Mr. Ardee Ames delivered which featured only one item; educators. Yet their 'effka-cy this elegy at.her funeral on Tues- posters with a variation on the rests ·on two fundamental prE:dis- day. The next day, the police re- . theme: "Free Angela." In the carpositions in the educator. He, like ported that she had died not of a toon the owner of the shop is . Tum to Page Sevente,m drug overdose, as some had first Tum to Page Eighteen

THE ANCHORThurs., Feb. 15, 1973

Bounty Mutiny Covered Thoroughly in N'ew Book

Learning Values

. The best known mutiny in naval history is that which took place on His Majesty's Armed Ship Bounty, in the Pacific Ocean, on April 28, 1789. It has been the subject of two major motion pictures and not a few books. But never has it been so thoroughly covered as in a fascinating new work, Captain Bligh and Mr. Christian by Richard Hough (Dutton, 201 Park Ave., S., New York, N, Y. 10003. $10. Illustrated).

RT. REV. MSGR. JOHN S.

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Captain Bligh is, of course, William Bligh, the notorious commander of the Bounty, and Mr. Christian is Fletcher Christian, the reluctant leader of the mutiny. Bligh was 34 at the time, Christian 24. Ellch belong to an English family of some distinction and well connected. They had sailed together on previous voyages, and Bligh had favored and promoted Christian. Sailing Master Bligh had, been sailing master with the famous discoverer Captain James Cook. He was a superlative navigator and excelled in charting unfamiliar seas and mapping new found islands and coastlines. He had a keen, inquiring mind. He handled a ship expertly, especially in perilous seas. But he was moody and unpredictable, had a tongue both sharp and foul, was given to relentless nagging and was poor in judging men and unimaginative in handling them. Although hardly the monster of Ch.arles Laughton's impersonation, he was a man with grave defects, and he never conceived it possible, much. less did he admit, that he might be wrong. BreetJs Friction The Bounty sailed from England on December 23, 1787. It took over 10 months to reach Tahiti, and almost a whole . month was spent battling the continuous, ferocious weather at, Cape Horn. In all this time and trouble, 46 people were crowded together in a ship of 230 tons, 91 feet long over-all. There was friction aboard, due principally to Bligh's uncertain temper and his resort to flogging. In the 24 days between the departure from Tahiti and the mutiny at sea, something like madness reigned on the ship. The men had grown unaccustomed to discipline, andBligh showed signs of paranoia. Thus he made a wild scene over what he maintained was the stealing of coconuts from his personal store of them. He was stingy with' fooq and stinging in speech, especially with Christian, whom he upbraided and humiliated before the ship's company. Mutiny Flares But the mutiny, when it came, was unpremeditated and unorganized, Edward Young, an acting midshipman, worked slyly on Christian's senSe of grievance,

PERSON'S WORTH: "Any human person is worth more than all the material things of the world put together." A路 retarded child, his head protected by a helmet, withdraws into a corner. NC Photo.

Choosing Our Supreme Value Continued from Page' Sixteen "The greatest love a man can have for his friends is to give his life for them" (John 15, 13). Person's Worth . 'But also while life is going on, the well-being and happiness of . others is just as important as our own. To those who really understand God's creation, every human person is an absolute value. Any human person is worth more than all the material things of the world put together. People who realize that fact will put more effort into .helping others find happiness than they will into piling up material advantages for themselves. "Thou shalt love the neighbor as thyself." , Treasure: Heart So too we can choose to devote ourselves to a noble cause which we hope will bring good Napoleonic wars. He achieved the rank of admiral, but was in trouble again and again, once being reprimanded for misconduct toward another officer. What appeared to him as the crown of his career came in 1805 when he was appointed governor of New South Wales, at a handsome salary and with the prospect of a fine pension. But another disaster ensued. Bligh was ousted from his post and sent back to England. By this time he had become a controversial figure indeed, a subject of scorching criticism by many. But this bothered him not at all. To the last, he was sure he was always right. Mr. Hough's material is all factual, and he has not embroidered it, but, rather, presented it straight: Bligh's long life, Christian's short one. It makes an all but incredible story, with a wide range of elements, from farce to tragedy, al! highly dramatic. A marvelous read, I assure you.

and happiness to many other persons. We can find our value in the struggle for peace, freedom, human dignity, social justice. These are movements aimed at making it possible for all hu-. man beings to live happily in the world God gave to all. The Christian often lends his whole self to promoting them, and may be ready when necessary to sacrifice his own material good for them, even his life. "Seek first the kingdom of God and his justice ..." The general rule is that when a person chooses value greater than himself, the choice lifts him up, makes him grow beyond himself, become greater than he was. When he sets his choice on lesser things, seeks only his own advantage, the choice debases him, keeps him from growing, shrivels his soul. "Where your treasure is, there your heart will be." Love of God The Christian takes the world as God's gift to be enjoyed With" thanks. He tries to choose his values in a way that will keep him growing to his full stature , as the person God made him to be. He does not use life to pursue the 'things of this world. He uses the things of this world to add beauty and joy to life. The one supreme value that gives meaning and force to all these others is the One from whom they come and to whom they lead. Everything good we find in other human persons and in noble causes is a thin reflection of the One who made them. Real values draw us out of ourselves and make us grow toward him. In our fumbling, imperfect way, we are choosing him as the greatest value of all. "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and thy whole soul, with all thy mind, and with all thy strength."

Continued from Page Sixteen Jonathan, must be struggling, practicing, to clarify his own values, to discover what he is living for, what he considers im,portant, what he loves, and this in the light of the Christian lifestyle he professes. Self-Knowledge As educators we need to authenticate our teaching by our struggle to live out the values we encourage. Our children and students remain free to accept or reject our values, but they have a' right to know what we stand for. The second prerequisite for helping others clarify their values and perceive something more to their lives, is that we try genuinely to respect and love them. Even when our efforts seem to be rewarded with ingratitude, apathy, boredom, even hostility, the key to helping them discover "how much more there is to living" is summed up by Jonathan. "You have to practice and see the real gull, the good in everyone of them, and to help them see it in themselves. That's what I mean by love, It's fun, when you get the knack of it."

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Feb. 15, 1973

Continued from Page Sixteen just receiving the ne'w5 of the ac· quittal by phone and is pictured with' his many posters questioning the caller with the exclama· tion, "She's what ...?" I was both captivated and Some of the' Berrigan cultists who think I'am part of amused 'by the shopkeeper's' u. conspiracy to attack their sainted heroes have been question. For him, the acquisidemanding recently to know how an Irish enthusiast like tion of freedom for Angela was myself can possibly oppose such fine. products of the Irish hardly as important a priority revolutionary tradition. as the money the posters brought justifies what is happc:lin. Price tags were quite visible Let's examine the case. which ing, but the real appeal is n6w, and added to the cartoon's imThere are really three differ- the< thrill of killing and being .. [ pact: $2.75 each, $5.00, $2.50, ent kinds ofrevolutlionary killed. Those theologian's who $1.00. in the Irish heritage. The first from the serene ivory towers of Use of Time group are politicians who work Princeton and Union Theological What we use our time for says most of the time, within the sys- preach the theology of revolution a lot about where our values lie tem - O'Connell, Parnell, Red- should spend an evening with and our priorities-often give us an IRA gunman 01' two. That's away as far as our values are what real revolutiOlJ (as opposed' concerned. to make-believe revolution) is like. I frequently find inconsisten-' Upper middle-class Catholic cies in my own system of values radicals, who like .Daniel Callawhich give me cause to question han dedicate books to revolutionmy priorities. It is good to quesREV. , ary priests, would not want a tion them by examining the relaANDRE",! M.llil::,J. gunman in their houses ,or at tionships that exist among ourtheir parties. They are coarse, NEW PECTORAL CROSS: America's newest black selves and members of our famGREELEY vulgar, brutal, unintelligent men. bishop, Bishop Joseph L. Howze of Natchez-Jackson, Miss., ilies or co-workers to determine (Even Michael Collins would the value we place on friendship, have offended the sensibilities has been given this pectoral cross by the National Office on peace, and on community: It of chic Catholic radicals.) Usu-.. for. Black Catholics. It features a black dove on one side is good to question them by remond, DeValera~ (after 1B23), ally they get killed; sometimes and a quotation from Isaiah on the other, NC Photo. flecting on the quality of work Davitt, and more' recently Prime they win; 'but even then they are we do, no matter what our job is, Minister iack Lynch. One may swept away by more effective-' to determine the value we place . admire such people or not, but and frequently more sinisterupon employment, commitment, We should not, therefore, too one must admit tbat by and large leaders. Or,as in Collins' case, Continued from Page Sixteen and responsibility. they have been successful. They they get shot by their own men. On Father's Day, the homilist swiftly discount the impact of It is good to question them by built'. modern Ireland; indeed, (One psycho'pathic gunman did concluded his words by re,lding adult liturgies upon children's they accomplished the economic manage to survive to rule a 'the text of "Sunrise, Sunset" hearts. J'hey may well in their listening to the things we, ourand religious liberation of the country, and it is not a pleasant while our organist playec, the innocence pass. more readily selves talk about most frequeniiy Irish people by relatively peace- memory for anyone. His name music to that show tune in the through the outer sign to the as a measure of where our inful means before 1916andi would was Joseph Stalin.) background.• Several months interior truth than do sophisti- terests lie and to discover the frame of reference out of which have also accOmplished the po· Surely the Berrigans are not later five-year-old Martha :Preif· cated adults. our interpretations come. It is litical liberation peacefully jf it gunmen. Indeed, everything they fer, hearing this melody over the Slow to :rudge good to question them by assess- ' had not been for the perel1ni~1 stand for is 'opposed to the tra- airwaves, ran into the kitchen of Now, let's consider the recomstupidity of the British govern- dition of the gunman. So they their farmhouse and shouted, mendation of special liturgies ing our eating, resting and rement. Incidentally, if the polit- are not that ~ind of Irish radic'al. "Mommy,' mommy, Father is on for the young which would reg- laxing habits to determine the radio." The Pfeiff~rs j;it in ularly repl-ace the family Sunday whether we are concerned ical revolutionaries had been enough or are over-concerned Brilliant GE!sture the middle of our church and I service. given "a chance, the Ulster probabout our health. And it is good lem never would ~ave arisen-at What remain? There is a third, am sure that little Martha ean I have no problem with and least not in its present serious- element in the Irish revolution- hardly :see the altar. At times, would strongly encourage occa- to question our priorities by askness. ary tradition-that of the br:il- too, she probably does squirm sional Masses (or other celebra- ing ourselves if our belief in and Surely the Berrigan cultists liant gesture. It has not realiYand talk and distract a few tions) designed uniquely for a dependence upon GOd has deep-, would not identify their heroes flourished since '98 (1798), al- adults. But obviously Martha particular age group.. The chil- ened and what we do to give with such political compromisers' though there was some of it also hears and comprehends dren in this arrangement can be evidence of how we value the gift of our faith. among the poets in' the Easter more than we think. ~nd operators. ~o one would deeply involved in both the have accused O'Connell or Par- Rising. While the Wexford peasIn an appeal for the mi~oSions planning and execution of those Time: Accomplishment nell, much les~ DeValera or ants were brutally killing and last year, we urged parishioners liturgies and draw rkh benefits Because' values are substanLynch, of "incandescent purity." being killed, while the Ulster to make a sacrifice for the cause, from them: tively the structural framework r Real Revol~tionaries Presbyterians ~ere battling in to write their offering down and of our character, there is a Parents' Example Then there were the gunmen, the North (on the same side as enclose it with the money in the However, I feel that as a reg- uniqueness in the way each of the real revolutionaries. They the, Catholics in those days ,in- envelope for the collection. One pattern on Sundays such us gives expression of what we ular were in the Whiteboys and the cidentally), and while the. French, note read: "This represents: a hold most dear and wiil not Molly Maguires, ~n the Wexford were engaging in futile marches treat at McDonald's; the children Masses would prove counterprocompromise. It is a matter of armies In '98 (read some day and countermarches in the West, wanted to 'give up for the mis- ductive. They in effect fracture making something out of our life the family unit and greatly miniwhat the Wexford peasants did elegant and educated Dublin sions. They must have listened in the time we have 'been given. with prisoners), the Fennians Protestant arist,ocrats like Theo- to the sermon because, we said mize opportunities parents have A good,' but perhaps earthy exfor transmitting their faith valin the last century, the Irish Vol- bald .Wolfe Tone and the Em- .nothing to them about it." ues to the children. When young- pression is given to this idea by Communication" unteers in 1916 and, of course, metts were, delivering splendid' ters observe Mom and Dad lis- Gwen Ames' father in another speeches and offering their lives' Perhaps the key to this d',scusin the ,Provo IRA. today. Most of them' were and are ,in sacrifice for a free Ireland. sion lives in the word "values." tening, attentively to the homily, sentence from the elegy that he delivered at his daughter's psycopathic killers. There may . The British obligingly accepted In each of these incidents, the reciting the profession of faith, funeral: be an occasional' genius Uke Mi- a number of oSuch offers, but Ire- youngsters may very weI:. not singing hymns, receiving the "I think her death should be a chael Collins or a mystical poet land was no more free; and the have understoOd all the words Eucharist and praying with earsymbol of hope' to all parents nestness, they lealrn lessons no . like Pearse. But when revolu- literate aristocrats left only said or the readings proclaimed. who have kids experimenting tions get out of ;the classrooms beautiful Words after them, But ideas and values were in fact one else can teach and see ·an with drugs, and to afl the kids example that far outweighs the and into the streets and forests, which were :not much help dur- communicated, so mu<;h so that who are doing drugs and want the bogs and th~ hills" th.e nice- ing the Irish Famine or to these moved them to appropriate value of any special children's a way out, who want to stand liturgy. . ties of middle' class ideology Michael Davitt's Land League or actions. up and tell those around them: yield to the grim, stupid brutality to the Irish Volunteers or to the In this connection I think we Of course, this presumes the 'I don't give, a damn what you of the gunmen. ' innocent people who are dying must also remember that the lit· adult liturgies in a pari~h are think. I'm going to make someThere may be a vague "cause" in Belfast today. urgy in general and, the MassV' well done and hold the interes't thing of my life.''', If the Betrigan cultists wish in particular is a ritual ceremony of parents. Unfortunately, that to claim this component of the of sign and symbol. Verbal signs presumes a great deal, but the No Restrictions: ST. PAUL (NC)-The Minne- Irish revolutionary tradition for and symbols clearly form part of principles here still remain the sota Supreme Oourt ruled the their own, they are surely wel- this celebration, but not neees- same. state's '100-year.old abortion law come to it. _ ,sarily the dominant part. The unconstitutional,: leaving the But the choice m.ay not be just . music, the atmosphere, the peostate with no :law governing Irish; it may be universal. H~ pie who surround us, the attitude ATTLEBORO'S abortions. The decision was so who wishes to change the world of the priest and the others in Leading Garden Center sweeping, it forced the stat~ to must choosel either the way of the sanctuary-these and other free a dry clean~r who hed' been the politician or the way. of the elements bleno. together to form jailed for performing an abortion. gunman or the way of the elo- a whole presentation and ,expeThe court said he must be freed quent aristocrat., By and large rienee. The entire process is exSouth M,ain & Wall Sts. because the stat¢ had made "no the first grol,lp seems to do less tremely mysterious, as it should distinction between abortions harm, both to themselves and' to be, sinc~ beneath 'and bE!yond exThe Falmouth National Bank FALMOUTlt. Mass performed by physicians and others. ternal words ,and signs is an in222-0234 ' Bv 'he \/Illaae Green Since 1821 those performed by laym<ln." © 1973, Inter/Syndicate ner, spiritual'reality.

Do Berrigans;'Follow 'I-rish

Revolutionary Tradition'?

Children and the Liturgy

CONLON & DONNELLY

ATTLEBORO

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall Rive~- Thurs. Feb. 15, 1973

SCHOOLBOY SPORTS IN THE DIOCESE By PETE.R 1. BARTEK Norton Hlah Coach

Twelve Local Hoop Clubs Eye State Tourney Berths Six schools within the confines of diocesan territorial boundaries are already assured of berths in the Massachusetts Secondary School Principal Association champIOnship tournament. Another six enter play this week still in contention. In order to ready earned the right to parqualify a team must win a ticipate in the large school Divi· minimum of 65% of its sion One ,bracket. The Hilltopgames or win its league pers, who were forced to play championship. .Tourney competition will be staged according to the format adopted last year. All schools in the Commonwealth are divided into six divisions (three Northern and three Southern) determined by geography. Schools are then assigned to one of three divisions :by male enrollment in grades 10-12. The diocese will be represented in the three Southern divisions with the larger number of area school$ qualifying in Division Two and Three. Durfee High of Fall River coached by Tom Karam has al-

an independent schedule this Winter when Durfee was denied admission to the Southeastern Massachusetts Conference, will make their annual trek to Boston Garden hopeful that the strong schedule they have played this season will work to their advantage. Taunton needs one victory in its remaining four games to join Durfee as the area's only other large school qualifier. The Tigers handed Bishop Stang High of, . Dartmouth its only set-back of the Winter last week to stay in contention for Southeastern Massachusetts Conference Division I laurels.

Title on Line in Stang-Somersef Tilt Coach Bob Ready's Tigers can earn a share of the crown if they beat Barnstable tomorrow night and Somerset upsets Stang.

compete in Division Two South in the state tourney. The Parochials will be joined in that division by inter-town rival Dartmouth. The Indians, The tournament bound Spar- 11-3 on the season, have captans from Dartmouth may have ' tured the' Conference's Division their hands full tomor-row III championship. against the Blue Raiders. Coach Dartmouth mentor Pete GauJohn O'Brien's loop leaders beat det directed his charges to the Somerset· by tw(> in their first championship to the surprise of confrontation. However, the many. The Indians have one ConRaiders have' the home court ad- ference game remaining against vantage this time around and Dighton-Rehoboth tomorrow. may be aided by the injury jinx While the game no longer has which has hit Stang. any significance in the ti'tle race, Bill McMillan and Pat Curran, it is of great importance to both starters, may not be ready Dighton. The Falcons still are in contenfor action Friday. However, with tion for a tourney berth, but the league champion'ship on the line, Coach O'Brien may have to they must win two of their reuse both if they're able to play. maining four games. Those four The Spartans can not afford a contests are against Case High letdown at this stage of the game. of Swansea, Dartmouth, Diman R~gional of Fall River and St. Coach O'Brien's charges will Anthony's High of New Bedford.

Strongest Representation in Division III Seekonk and Somerset are out of the Conference Division III and I races respectively, but both are in the same .position as Dighton regarding the tourney. All three have an excellent chance of qualifying. If they do the a-rea will have five contingents in Division, Two, and possibly Five -in Three. If there is a state champion in this sector of'the Commonwealth, chances are it will come from Division III. Two of the area's strongest teams have already qualified in that bracket. Both have the potential to win the title. Martha's Vineyard, the only unbeaten team in this sector of the state, leads the qualifiers with a 15-0 mark. The Pete Schofield coached

GETTING TO KNOW YOU: Seminarian Gerald McManus (second from right) takes a walk with three pupils from St. Gregory's School in West Philadelphia where he teaches once a week. He is taking part in an apostol ate-field education program which brings priestly candidates into contact with parishioners such as tijose they will serve later.

Senior eyO All-Star Tourney, Sunday r

The first Senior CYO All-Star basketball tournament will be held Sunday evening, Feb. 18 at the Kennedy CYO Center in New Bedford. Four squads of all-stars, many with outstanding high school' backgrounds from Taunton, Cape Cod, New Bedford and Fall River will compete. Each quintet represents the best ten players chosen from each of the CYO areas .The 40 all-stars have been selected by their coaches fmm the 700 currently playing in the senior leagues. The Cape and New Bedford will be paired in the 6:30 opener. Fall River and Taunton will meet a't 7:30. The winners will play for the diocesan all-star championship at 8:30. At the end of the three games a ,special awards committee will cast their votes for an all-star five. These players will receive trophies a'S the first all-Diocesan CYO Senior team. All-Stars rosters include:

Islanders have the Cape' and Taunton Islands crown wrapped up and Don Anderson (IC), Dan Furhave to be considered one of the (Sacred Heart), Bill pretourney favorites. However, tado the Islanders may receive stiff O'Keefe, Bob Holmes (St. Mary), competition from within the dio- John Nunes (S1. Joseph, Tauncese. That'hutdle could be Bishop ton), Eric Davis, Ron DeCosta, Mike Ryan (Holy Family), WilFeehan High of Attleboro. The Shamrocks, directed by Gerry Cunn-iff, have won the Conference's Division II title and circuit, joins .the above menare enjoying _their best Winter tioned two in Three. While anyever. The Attleboro Diocesans thing can happen in tournament will be making their fil'st tourney play, it is unlikely that Chatham will be able to outduel either appearance. While the Feehanites do not Feehan or the V,jneyard. Nauset, also of .the Cape and match the Islanders in the wonloss column, they have been Island loop, and Bourne from the playing tougher competition Conference are still alive in the which may prove beneficial in tourney race. Nauset, must win one of its remaining two games the tourney. Chatham, runnerup to Martha's to qualify and Bourne must win Vineyard in the Cape and Island -three of its last four.

liam Ward) S1. Ann), Buzz Perron (S1. Joseph, Dighton). Fall River Steve Beausoleil, Bob Guimond (S1. Patrick), Al Herren (St. Louis), Greg Furtado (Santo Christo), Ma-rk Chace (Sacred Heart), Rick Lemay (St. Jeans), Tom White (S1. Michael, ;Swansea), Dennis Berube (S1. Louis de France, Somerset), Ron Travassos (SS. Peter and Paul), Milt Dunlop (Holy Name). Cape Cod Peter Ryan, Leonard Mendes, Jeffrey Perry (S1. Francis, Hyannis), George Maddox, Ernie Santos, Rick Blake (S1. Anthony's, Falmouth), Ed Klund, Arnold Lett (St. Pius X, South Yar-

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