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An Anchor

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'Homeless and 'You Sheltered Me' VATICAN CITY (NC) - The Vatican, in preparation for this spring's international conference on housing, has developed a position paper on what good housing is and is not. The paper, drawn up as a contribution to the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements to be held May 31-June 11 in Vancouver, Canada, opposes housing solutions based on "paralyzing and inhuman socialization." But it backs decisive action by public authorities to guarantee housing policies that integrate social classes, .favor families and hardship cases, and give the people a say in what sort of housing will be built for them. . • . countless housing estates of drab While the document does not object to "some inequality of resources and thus of habitat "status," it defines as "total- uniformity. ly intolerable" a housing policy which permits the privileged to take possession of the "best parts of town and of the coastline." • •• what good housing is and is not. The Vatican calls this "a segregation which runs absolutely counter to a healthy attitude toward human communities, in which social classes must be mixed." The Vatican also opposes construction of "countless housing estates of drab uniformity" and of "dormitory towns - towns which are half dead." Tl\e blame for housing deficiencies, according to the document, rests on selfishness of some individuals but "still more on those .who speculate in housing to obtain outrageous profits." "Blame also attaches to an economic system which has not thought to temper the legitimate right to private property by placing reasonable limits on the exercise of that right with regard to the acquisition of building land." · .• a housing policy which permits the Man today is in danger of being "overcivilized" and privileged to take possession of the best drastically separated from nature, but this problem cannot parts of town and of the coastline. be solved simply by setting aside a few open-spaces in \ cities. ' "The countryside must be nearby," the document Opportunities for a child to enjoy isolastates. "Perhaps habitats should be further apart, and there tion are especially important ••• should be nature reserves." As for the actual living unit, the document gives two basic requirements: it must provide family members with sufficient isolation from other families and also, when necessary, from each other, and it must offer the opportunity for social contacts within the reasonably close neighborhood. Opportunities for a child to enjoy isolation are especially important, the Vatican says. "Children in particular need to be by themselves, either to relax or to work, and, more deeply, to assert and develop their personalities." The Vatican document underlines concerns .expressed recently by Bishop Alfred Watson of Erie, Pa., who declared, "The housing experts all say that one of the biggest obstacles facing the country is in individual hearts. We all piously proclaim that we're in favor of homes for those who desperately need them, 'but don't you dare put them in my neighborhood'." That approach, Bishop Watson said, "is not a moral Creation of an adequate habitat for even • •. a segregation which runs absolutely counter to a healthy attitude toward human and certainly not a Christian attitude." the poorest is currently one of the most communities. Turn to Page Five serious social problems. ~---/n

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Adult Education

Praise For

Clergy, Carson

St. Anne Hospital's

Focus On

Lenten Program

ABC's Olympics

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70th Anniversary

Youth

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LOS ANGELES-"I believe that the United Nations has lost its moral strength and validity by its biased dealing," said Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel in a press conference here. . He cited as example. of bias two events. In the first, Israel planes attacked terrorist concentrations in Lebanon and the Security Council went into emergency session, he explained. The other incident, he said, is the lO-month civil war in Lebanon in which 10,000 have bee~ killed, 20 000 wounded "and no one discusses this in the UN, no voice is raised in defense of the Christians."

Obscene Matter SAN FRANCISCO-The California Supreme Court has ruled that the state's obscenity law "prohibits only hardcore pornography" and is legally valid. The penal code defined obscene matter as that which, by contemporary standards, appeais predominantly to the average person's prurient interests - "a shameful or morbid interest in nudity, sex or excrement." The code states further that obscene matter . is that which. taken as a whole, ."goes substantially beyond customary limits of candor in description or representation and is a matter which,

RENO, Nev.-Pope Paul VI has named Bishop Norman F. McFarland bishop of Reno, Nev. Bishop McFarland., the former auxiliary of San Francisco, has been apostolic administrator of the Reno diocese for the past 14 months. The Holy Father also sent a substantial financial contribution to the Reno diocese to aid it路 solve a financial crisis in which it found itself entangled.

would have accorded the Communist Party with a privileged role. Poland also stressed its independence and sovereignty and rejected a strengthening of ties with the USSR.

Bill Rejected LONDON-The House of Lords has rejected legislation which would have allowed persons to order doctors to withhold life-sustaining treatment if those persons should become incurably ill. This bill would also have stopped doctors and medical staff from interfering in a suicide attempt by someone suffering from an incurable disease.

Mindszenty Successor VATICAN CITY-Pope Paul VI has named a successor for the late Cardinal Josef Mindszenty. The new archbishop of Esztergom and primate of Hungary is Archbishop Laszlo Lekai, 65, who has been apostolic administrator of the archdiocese since 1972.

'Brotherly' Lebanon

World Communism Not Privil~eged VATICAN CITY-Public protests by Cardinal Stephan Wyszynski of Warsaw and other prelates have been credited with moderating a proposed Polish constitutional amendment that

GUATEMALANS PRAY, SUFFER, BURY DEAD: Photos show, from left, Guatemalans praying for themselves' and souls of dead lost in earthquake, lining up for food after days of hunger, carrying coffins up village hill for burial. Since Feb. 4 quake, Catholic Relief Services, overseas aid agency of U.S. Catholic Conference, has sent tons of medicines, shelter equipment, food and clothing to stricken areas, dispatching shipments by air and sea from States and trucking them from other Latin American

VATICAN CITY-Welcoming signs of peace in Lebanon, Pope Paul recalled the "very great sufferings" of the Lebanese people in their recent civil war and called for the reconstruction of a "humane and brotherly society" there. The Pope sought emigrants' aid "through advice, through persuasion and through material aid" to ."once again make love reign where hate had infiltrated."

. countries. Additionally, over $100,000 in cash has been made available to the agency's augmented disaster relief staff in Guatemala. European Catholic Charities organizations are augmenting American efforts, and Archbishop Joseph L. Bernardin, president of the U.S. Catholic Conference, has asked U.S. dioceses to sponsor a special collection for the disaster aid program.


Lenten Enrichment Series To Study Rite of Penance A four-part, Diocesan-wide Lenten enrichment program, "What's Happening to Confession?", has been announced by the Diocesan Department of Education for the month of March, 1976. To be conducted by local priests in each of eight areas of the diocese, the program will look at the Biblical call to conversion and repentance, the historical development of the sacrament of Penance, the development of conscience, the nature of sin, and the new rite of Penance, to be introduced in the Diocese during the course of the next year. The pro/ilram, for which there will be no charge, will meet in eight parishes of the diocese, beginning the week of March 8, 1976. All sessions will be in the evening, from 7:30-9:00 p.m. In Fall River and New Bedford two programs will be conducted. Thirty-two priests will work together as teams. These include in Fall River, Fathers John Gomes, Raymond Monty, Bruce Neylon, Ralph Tetrault, Ciro Iodice, OFM, Maurice Jeffrey, Pierre Lachance, OP, John Moore. In Somerset-Swansea, Fathers Richard Gendreau, Daniel Hoye, Joseph Maguire, Thomas Rita. In New Bedford, Fathers Henry Arruda, Marc Bergeron, Roger Leduc, John Perry, Ed-

ward Correia, Thomas Lopes, John Steakem, Horace Travassos. Upper Cape, Fathers Robert Carter, William Costello, John Magnani, James McLellan. Taunton, Fathers James Fahey, Robert Kirby, Richard Beaulieu, Michael Nagle. Attleboro, Fathers George Bellenoit, George Harrison, Richard Chretien, Philip Davignon. Locations of the meetings and

Necrology FEB. 27 Rev. Joseph N. Hamel, 1956, Founder, St. Theresa, New Bedford Feb....... Rev. Philip Gillick, 1874, Founder, St. Mary, No. Attleboro MAR. 1 Rev. James F. Masterson, 1906, Founder, St. Patrick, Somerset Rev. Msgr. Peter L.D. Robert, P.R., 1949, Pastor, Notre Dame, Fall River THE ANCHOR Second Class PO$tage Paid at Fall River, Mass. Published every Thursday at 410 Highland Avenue, Fall River. Mass. 02722 by the Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall "ver. Subscription price by ma ii, postpa id

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evenings of the week will be announced shortly. Mrs. Michael J. McMahon, tors. His Eminence reminded Regilstration forms will be President of the Fall River Dio- the women that they have a ser· available from parish priests and cesan Council of Catholic Wom- ious responsibility to relate to religious education coordinators. en and a member of the Cathed· Turn to Page Ten Forms will also be printed in ral Parish, has been named NaThe Anchor of Feb. 26. tionalChairman of the OrganizFurther information can be .ation Service Commission by the obtained from Reverend Michel Executive Committee of the NaG. Methot, Associate Director of tional Council of Catholic Adult Education at the Catholic Women. Education Center in Fall River, The selection of Mrs. McMatelephone 678-2828. hon, who is also Director of the Boston Province, was made during an executive session meeting of the national executive committee at Viila Redeemer Retreat House, Glenview, Ill., this past week. In her new post, Mrs. McMahon will be a member of the quarters as soon as posible." Executive Committee. and the The Bishop suggested that General Assembly and will be special' collections might be responsible for articles concernmade at Masses this weekend. ing her commission appearing in Additional funds thus received the bimonthly editions of "The would be used to assist relief Catholic Women". The appointoperations already begun by the ment is for a two year duration. Catholic Relief Services, interAt the Chicago meeting. John national charitable arm of the Cardinal Cody welcomed the of- MRS. MICHAEL J. McMAHON U. S. Catholic Conference. "It is ficers and the 28 Province Direcforeseen that months of work must be devoted to the restoration of even the semblance of normalcy among poor victims of the disaster," said the Bishop. CHICAGO (NC) - "Without a profound change in the pattern of ministry, it is unlikely that under the leadership of the Christian community can Father Roland B. Priests directors of the five change fast enough to be an efareas of the diocese of Fall Riv- fective instrument of the gosnel er have launched the 35th an- in our times," says a working Pastor, St. Anne nual Catholic Charities Appeal paper for the 1976 convention of Parish, lIIew Bedford at a meeting led by Msgr. An- the National Federation of thony M. Gomes, diocesan direc- Priests' Councils (NFPC) in Houston, Tex., March 21-25. tor of the campaign. The chief focus of the convenThe special gift phase of the appeal will begin Monday, A-ril tion will be study and develop19, continuing through Saturday, ment of the working paper, a May 1. A house-to-house parish two-part discussion of ministry phase starts Sunday, May 2 be- titled, "Priests 'USA: Serving in tween the hours of noon and 3 a Ministerial Church." "We must move from a single $1178 p~~id~~~8 May 17th p.m., when the 113 parishes of France Germany the diocese will send solicitors ministry to a multplicity of min· Switzerland to each home. This phase will istries," says the first section Italy Vatican of the paper, on the ministry of end Saturday, May 12. Paris + Lourdes + Rome the whole Church. "Everyone Turn to Page Five Munich + Lucerne + Zurich should be actively involved in building up the Church. PassivAn audience with His Holinell, ity is a disorder. While the patPope Paul VI, i. .cheduled, 01 well 01 a comprehensive tour of Vati· tern has been that of a church can City. These or. only a few of the high .pot., W,ite 0' coli 'oday depending on clergy alone, r: - - for your d.'oilecl itinerary' - - , there should be an effort to beI Rev. Roland B. Boule (phone; St. Anne Rectory 997· come a Church relying far I 890 Brock Avenue 9271) I I New Bedford, Mass. 02744 I IJlore on the common responsibiDear Father: I sections, Religious Heritage in : Please lend your colorful folder: I ity of all the people. . ." its Catholic version lists out· I Nome I According to the paper, the standing American Catholics .. ..... I I Add,e.. Turn to Page Ten L~Y_"':" !:! J about whom candidates are asked to gather information. It requires a knowledge of local ~ church structure and of the contributions of various local and national organizations and explores evidences of religious consciousness in American life, as found- for example, in the DecStore laration of Independence, the national anthem and the Pledge .40% OFF ON SELECTED MERCHANDISE of Allegiance. Patch, Certificate 20% OFF ON ALL BOOKS & BIBLES Completion of requirements will earn a Bicentennial patch NOW IS THE TIME TO SELECT YOUR LENTEN READING and a certificate of accomplishMATERIALS AND GIFT ITEMS ment, said Father Buote. The BOOK STORE HOURS UNTIL ASH WEDNESDAY patch, incorporating the red, Daily: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. - Weekends: 10 a.m.• 9 p.m. white and blue Centennial star, will be suitable for wearing on lASAlETTE SHRINE, Rte. 118, Attleboro, Ma. a uniform' or jacket and will be Tel. 222-5410 red-bordered for the junior, silTurn to Page Ten

Qu'ake Victims Get Aid from Diocese The Fall River diocese has sent $5000 to the national office of the U. S. Catholic Conference to assist in immediate relief in Guatemala in the aftermath of the Feb. 4 earthquake which has been called "the greatest catastrophe in the history of Central America. "However, in view of the extraordinary situation of need," said Bishop Daniel A. Cronin in a letter to all parishes of the diocese, "I am authorizipg pastors and administrators to receive contributions from parishioners to a special fund which I will send to Conference head-

Abortion 'Campaign Issue Says ~ashington Post WASH1NGTON (NC) - The Washington Post, in an editorial in the Feb. 11 edition, acknowledged that abortion is an issue in the 1976 presidential campaign. But, the liberal newspaper also said that while candidates are obliged to adopt a position on abortion, it should not be the "litmus test" of their ability to govern. The editorial, one in a growing number underscoring to various degrees the importance of abortion as a campaign issue, contended that three years ago abortion as a national political issue "would have seemed preposterous, a late night cabaret

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joke." But because of government entanglement with abortionthe federal' government subsidizes hospitals providing them and supports medical aid programs paying for them-and because of the "committed and articulate" opponents of abortion, "candidates for office can't Turn to Page Ten

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Program Developed Here May Get National Use Religious Heritage, a religious awareness Bicentennial program for youth developed by Rev. Martin Buote, St. Michael's parish, Ocean Grove, has been submitted to the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration, official coordinating agency for Bicentennial projects, for possible national use. Although prepared in cooperation with the Catholic Committee on Scouting for the Fall River area and the Mol:iy Dick Boy Scout Council, the program is intended for use by boys and girls of any youth organization and is easily adaptable by any religious denomination. It will be used throughout the Fall River diocese by Scout and other youth groups and is expected to be adopted by Scouts in the Providence area. Divided by age' groups into junior, intermediate and senior

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Decent Housing The question of decent housing is more than a leisure do-good Christianity. It is a many faceted responsibility in justice. The responsibility does not address itself to anyone particular class or kind of people; it refers to land and home owners, renters, children and pare.nts, social workers and public authority. The owner must be concerned for his renters. Their safety should be as important to him as his weekly financial gain. Absentee landlords can never really be absent from the squalor they sometimes encourage, let alone permit. To use cheap lead paint and not worry about the permanent disability it may cause is not just. To paint over cardboard to make it look like plaster will not discourage a hungry flame from devouring innocent paying "guests." To put off indefinitely needed repairs does not respond to what can create psychologically serious depressions. But the renter also has obligations. To use money that rightly was promised the owner in just payment for other "needs" does not fulfill just contracts. To permit children to vandalize without any discipline whatever does not help owner or children. To live in willful squalor and neglect does not only spoil another's property but makes life a risk for others and dehumanizes all concerned. True, social workers already bear taxing case loads. Yet, to pour welfare funds indiscriminately into owners' or renters' pocketbooks just to close a case and without adequate vigilance for the needs of both is not just. Some needs are desperate, pitiful and weighty. But the community needs social workers who will stress justice to the neglected landlord, the delinquent selfish parent, the undisciplined child. Public authority also must be just. To take over all properties so as to better administer them and pass off sizeable costs for buildings, salaries and services to an already beseiged taxpayer does not solve all problems. Justice is everyone's duty. It will set the stage for charity, it will be the foundation for a productive and enjoyable peace.

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A PROMISE KEPT - This theme is illustrated from these readings for the weekend of Feb 22: First - The Lord promises Israel salvation (Isiah 43: 18-19, 21-22, 24-25); Second - Christ fulfills the Lord's promise of salvation (2 Corinthians 1: 18-22); Gospel - "Your sins are forgiven"" mean you are healed (Mark 2: 1-12). (NC Sketch courtesy the J.S. Paluch Custom Bulletin Service 2-6-76)

Politics In this presidential election year, The Anchor has adopted the general political policy made public last week by the Administrative Board of the U.S. Catholic Conference: All Christians are called to become informed, active and responsible participants in the political process, but - we specifically do not seek the formation of a religious voting bloc, nor do we wish to instruct persons on how they should vote by endorsing candidates. We urge citizens to avoid choosing candidates simply on the personal basis of self-interest. Rather, we hope that voters will examine the positions of candidates on' the full range of issues as well as the person's integrity, philosophy and performance.

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Letters Welcome Letters to the editor are welcomed. All letters should be brief and the editor reserves the right to condense any letters if deemed necessary. All letters must be signed and contain a home 'or business address.

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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER Published weekly by The Catholic.Press of the Diocese of Fall River 410 Highland Avenue Fall River Mass. 02722 675-7151 PUBLISHER Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, D.O., S.T.O. ACTING EDITOR FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATOR Rev. John R. Foister, SJ.L. Rev. Msgr. John Regan ~leary

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The ABC Contribution So very often we seem to take great delight in sitting back and throwing verbal rocks at television. In many ways the "wasteland" of television viewing is quite justified. However, few of us would be so mad as to -ban completely the television set from our homes. Despite all the taunts in bringing to life the glory and and abuse, television has be- the beauty of these games. come part of the world life From the sheer power of the style. But, as in all of life, so many see its dark and negative side, making little attempt to be positive and constructive. Television certainly should be criticized for many of its useless hours of programming. But it also has its moments of glory and these should be praised and commended. For this erratic viewer one of these grand mo· ments of television excellence was the programming of the Winter Olympics. The American Broadcasting Company must be truly congratulated on its total and unsurpassed efforts not only in reo porting the Olympics but also

downhill racer to the inspiring grace of the figure skater, we have been offered unforgettable hours of television distinction. Certainly the beauty of the world's most charming settings was in itself a masterPiece of photography. Innsbruck and the Tyrolean Alps were once again ,"the Sound of Music" brought to life on our television screens. But beyond this natural beauty were the penetrating and personal adventures of dedicated and disciplined men and women. Years of sacrific~ and training were televised in a manner that was sheer perfection with cameras portraying a sense of the

Preaching Topic At Stonehill EASTON. Mass. - Stonehill College will host the Institute for Preaching II, beginning the week of Monday, June 14, and continuing until Friday, June 18. The institute was held last summer at Boston College with a series of mini·institutes conducted throughout the country during the past year. The program is offered to aid priests, deacons, ministers and whoever preaches the Word of God in acquiring theory, techniques and means of becoming better communicators of the Word. There will be major presentations of the theory of com· munication and its application to preaching; techniques of reading the Word; sensitivity to audiences; and how to communicate through the language and symbols of the liturgy. The staff of the institute will include the Rev. Joseph P. Lo: Cigno. visiting scholar at Harvard Divinity and editors of "Religious Media Tqday;" Rev. John Geaney, C.S.P., director of communications, Archdiocese of Baltimore; Rev. William Leonard. S.J., professor of theology and secretary of the National Liturgical Conference, Dr. J. Paul Marcoux. professor of speech, communication and theater arts at Boston College; and Rev. Jose~h T. Nolan, editor of "Good News." Further information is available· from the Conferences and Institutes Division at Stonehill College. human spirit seldom seen on the screen. Unlike the contrived melodraQla of the soap opera, this human portrayal was real, both in the moments of glory for the athletes and in the moments of de· feat. Penetrating beyond the realm of athletics ABC captured the pure drama of men and women caught up in the struggle of self discipline and personal courage. Not only was this reo freshing for our rather complacent society, Qut it was also encouraging for hopes and dreams of the future. Therefore, let us offer praise when praise is due and commend ABC for the drama it 'offered its viewers in the Winter Olympics. Capturing the won· ders of nature, the beauty of the skater and the force of the skier was no easy task. But weaving it all together into a magnificent tapestry of man and his world was in the truest sense an achievement of art. ,Let us also trust that such programming will be a glimmer of hope for future televising by all the networks. Too long have the powers to be in the television industry relied on the false premise of "we give them (the viewers) what they want." The media have an obligation to seek and strive for truth, no matter what the subject at hand. It should strive to enhance and elevate rather than degrade and debase the human spirit. If this can be achieved as a constant in . television programming, then the television industry itself will remove man from the current wasteland in which so many people find themselves each evening.


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Dear Editor, In the article by Rev. Andrew M. Greeley in the Feb. 12 Anchor, he finds the new sex document lacks positive thrust. I find that Rev. Greeley in this instance lacks positive thrust to his readers. I would encourage him to reflect on this document on sex as a human dialogue within the Church, to other humans. It would, indeed be a grand world if human morals, traditional or otherwise, could be so well expressed outside the the Church. Yes, in this instance the Church is the vanguard of humanity; the last voice to remind human nature of what it can aspire to. But it is a voice. This is positive. Inside the Vatican or out, the value placed on human beings as children of God is positive. Speak out, Rev. Greeley, as many are in need of your human insight as to the positive nature of sex in our lives. Sincerely, Lee E. Burgoin Falmouth

Dear Editor, Your February 12th issue was superb for two reasons: the fea· ture article on Bishop Gerrard, a man who has given many years to the diocese, and who with increasing age, seemed to do more in being among his flock. The second reason is for the publication of a diocesan directory for all the people in the diocese. This will make it so much easier for our people to know what services the diocese provides and the men who staff them, and also to keep in touch with the priests as they are called to be of service in different areas of the diocese. Keep up the good work, our people want to be informed. Sincerely, Rev. Thomas C. Lopes New Bedford

Enjoy Heart Editorials Dear Editor, May I extend my sincere con· gratulations to you on the two editorials in this week's Anchor? The article entitled "Heartfelt Thanks," the tribute to Bishop Gerrard, was beautifully done, an excellent tribute to a most deserving clergyman. You certainly selected the right words to describe Bishop Gerrard. It was a pleasure to read it and to have you express so nicely our thanks, all of us, to him. Your second editorial, "Have a Heart," was a new approach to Valentine's Day, one I'm sure should impress people and arouse in them the im~ortance of being able to assist people when hel, is needed. I know only too well the importance of having people trained to help. Thanks to the Somerset Rescue Squad and later the same month to the Barrington Rescue Squad, I am able to appreciate the imoortance of having Good Samaritans in our midst. Again congratulations on two very fine editorials. The Anchor becomes more interesting each week. Keep up the good work. Best wishes. Sincerely, Margaret Lahey Barrington, R. I.

Directory Lacks Dear Editor, I received the diocesan paper, THE ANCHOR, today with the insert of the Fall River Diocesan Directory. I wish to commend you for the innovative insert. But I also would like to point out that in listing of Clergy the absence of religious clergy active in the diocese in other than parish work is most regretful. After all the work the Priests' Senate has done to make the reo ligious priests feel that they are a part of the diocese - I am most disa""pointed to see that they were excluded from this directory especiallv where other diocesan clergy who are not active in a parish are listed. Certainly we should give recognition to those priests who labor for the Lord outside of the parish structure. With every good wish to you and your staff. Sincerely in Christ, Rev. James R. Nickel, SS. CC. West H~rwich (Ed.-In the time and space available, we attempted to stress the parish oriented

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clergy. Diocesan clergy were mentioned since they actually are full-time or part-time related to parishes, or once were and are now released for for some kind of special apostolate, retired or ill. It proved most difficult to find an actual list of Religious priests in the Diocese who labor devotedly here yet are not attached to a particular parish. We would be happy to know of such a listing, if available, print it and incorporate it. in a future directory printing.)

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Homeless Continued from Page One "The Church stoutly defends the right of private property, but also insists that right is not abo solute. Selfish exclusion of the poor and elderly from decent housing ignores the common good, the common rights of all which ought to prevail over pri· vate rights," he said. "Ownership of private property cannot insulate us from the reality of our brother's housing needs." "Certainly many of us should stop playing 'king of the hill' by pushing back and destroying honest, well-thought·out efforts to help the poor and aged get decent housing," Bishop Watson said. "Certainly we should tell those in power 'that tax-funded efforts to improve housing must never again to be used to enrich the already wealthy."

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Appeal Continued from Page Three The appeal, dating back to 1942, provides funds for many diocesan apostolates of charity, social service and education, serving the needy without res· pect to race. color or creed. Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, serving for the sixth time as honorary anpeal chairman, will speak at a kick-off program scheduled for 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 21 at BishoT) Connolly High School, Fall River. Nearly 1000 members of the clergy, religious and laity are expected to be in attendance. Area appeal directors, who will supervise special gift and parish drives in their sectionc; of the diocese, are: New Bedford, Rev. Manuel P. Ferreira, pastor of St. John the Baptist Church, assisted by Rev. George F. Almeida, asc;istant pastor of Mt. Carmel Church; Attle~oro, Rev. Bento R. Fraga, pac;tor of Holy Ghost Church, assisted by Rev. Roger L. Gagne. pastor of St. Mark's Church, Attleboro Falls; Taunton, Rev. Walter A. Sulli· van, pastor of Sacred Heart Church, assisted by Rev. Leon· ard M. Mullaney, assistant pastor, Immaculate ConceptionChurch. Also Fall River, Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, pastor of Our Lady of Angels Church. diocesan and area director, assisted by Rev. Francis L. Mahoney, assistant pastor, Immaculate Conception Church; Cape Cod and the Islands, Rev. John F. Andrews, assistant pastor, St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis.

Mystery "God's love for us is a mystery and a joy, balanced by the mystery and sorrow of our coldness toward Him." -James J. Daly

KEEP FLAG FLYING: New Bedford area veterans marked Four Chaplains Sunday, honoring four Chaplains who went down with their ship in World War II, at a memorial Mass at St. Boniface Church. Also honoring chaplains was display of flag at New Bedford City Hall. Encouraging year-round dedication to flag is Joseph Theodore Jr., Americanism officer of American Legion Post 1, New Bedford, who is responsible for year-round, 24-hour-a-day display of flag at Old Glory Tower on Purchase Street, New Bedford. Theodore coordinates flying of flags at tower and City Hall. All have draped caskets of American veterans and are loaned by families for display for one-month periods. Theodore said he has received hundreds of letters from all parts of nation in response to his projects of displaying the flag 24 hours a day and illuminated by night, which he began during the Vietnam conflict. Current Old Glory Tower flag i~ 58th to be displayed.

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Serious Ga"rd,en,er' Filnds Dia,ry Very Us'eful Aid By Joseph and Marilyn Roderick One of the most useful devices I have employed for my garden in the past few years is a garden diary which helps me to keep a record of what is happening in the garden as well as what has happened. A typical selection from last year's diary follows, "June Just the slightest hint that 9 - Higo iris in full bloom winter is leaving brings out the very pretty - roses not in homemaking instinct in many of bloom yet - should remove us and suddenly all the curtains

quite a few things from the gar- look as if they need changing, den - old-fashioned iris should the thought of what should be go . pulled out large yucca plant painted enters our minds and an - daisies need to be controlled urge to fix up, clean up, etc. next year or new daisies brought nudges us from our winter lethin - peonies in full bloom - need argy. Of course we will never thinning - potentialla gorgeous - accomplish all the tasks we dianthus coming into bloom in dream about, but I enjoy the rock garden." dreaming as much as the doing. The advantage to such a diary Now is the time to cut forsyis that by looking back from thia and quince branches and I year to year it becomes quite force them inside so that there evident that things which de- is at least a promise of spring in tracted from the garden the the house. A friend of ours. Bob year before should be taken care Ponte, has already spied his of before the new year begins. first crocus and he was as ex· . . Doesn't Forget cited as if he had won the lot-· I also use the diary as a rec- tery. There is something about ord of what plants are pur- this promise of new life and chased. from whom and at what miracle of growth in the garden cost. This allows me to check that is a visible reminder of back frqm time to time when I God's work, and perhaps this is forget the name of a particular why we get so excited about plant. Included in the diary is spring. also a planting map. While many people bemoan This is extremely useful be· . having to spend the winter up cause anyone who gardens north, there is almost a survival knows that things at;e often for- strength about facing and congotten once planted. For ex- quering a season as bad as the ample, lilies are difficult to lo- one we are passing through. cate when they 'are planted and After this winter, just think how since they send up very tender much we will arpreciate the tips in the spring, it is essential first warmth, the early green that the gardener knows where shoots and the coming of the they are so that he does not crocus. trample them when doing his Deep in our heart we know Spring cleanup. that winter may well deal us A diary can be very simple. one or more swipes before it Mine takes me no more than leaves us permanently but the two or three minutes per day first thaw, despite the mud the and is usually written just after kids drag in, urges us to go out I come in from the garden in the and clean the garden and un· evening. It is certainly not ela- cover some of those tender borate, as I do not intend to pass green shoots that are surely it down to posterity, but it is there. This recipe for a lovely, quick extremely useful. At one time I kept the diary on a wall calen- and easy dessert comes from dar with spaces below each date Mrs. Beatrice Rebello, a member of the week, but these get mis- of St. 'Louis Women's Guild in placed, so now I use a book Fall River. Lady Finger Cake which is easy to store on a 3 packages of ladyfingers shelf. 'but equally easy to use on 1 8-ounce and 1 3-ounce paca daily basis. kage of cream cheese In The Kitchen % cup sugar There's just a hint that spring 2 teaspoons vanilla could be in the air. Foolishly, 1 pint heavy cream, whipped we in New England get filled confectioners' sugar with hope when we get a few 1 can of pie filling, any kind warm (above freezing) days but 1) Cream the cream cheese then one has to he optimistic to and sugar by hand until soft and , live in this climate. blended 2) Add the vanilla and mix in Pray at Czestochowa well. 3) Whip the heavy cream, usVATICAN CIlY (NC) - More than 9.000 pilgrims of Polish ing 2 teaspoons of .confectioners' sugar for the pint of heavy origin from the United States the largest of all such foreign cream. groups .:....- visited the shrine of 4) Fold the whipped cream inJasna Gora at Czetochowa in to the creamed cheese mixture. south central Poland during the 5) Line the bottom and sides Holy Year, Vatican Radio re- of a spring form pan with the ported. Altogether more than lady fingers. 200,000 foreign pilgrims from 6) Pour Y2 of the creamed 43 countries and some 70,000 mixture over the Lady fingers, Poles in 491 pilgrimages prayed make another layer of lady at the shrine of "Our Lady of fingers and add the remainder Czestochowa," the most re- of the creamed mixture. Top nowned icon in Poland. with the pie filling.

PRAY THE ROSARY: At annual com-munion breakfast of Falmouth Knights of Columbus, from left Grand Knight Leroy Gonsalves; Rev. Frederick LaBricque, SS. CC., vocations director for the Washington house of the Sacred Hearts Fathers and breakfast speaker; and William Stone, breakfast master of ceremonies. They are admiring Marian shrine set up at K of C Hall in connection with "Pray the Rosary" project.

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Don't Hesitate to Give Feedb,ack to Clergy

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Last week I was guest speaker at a communion breakfast. I do this fairly often, and the part I like best about it is the feedback I get from readers. People come to me when the affair is ending and tell me how some column I've written impressed them. These haven't been the formal The comments are some- "walk through the honor guard times complimentary, some- and bless the people from a distimes in disagreement with tance" occasions. They are shirtwhat I've written. But all are valuable and a great way for me to keep in touch with what others are thinking.

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sleeves working sessions with their priests and the leaders of parish societies. And some of these bishops are also talking to the ordinary, everyday people, learning what is happening with the laity in the Church. If you are fortunate enough to live in a diocese with such a bishop, you have a grave responsibility. Swallow your but, . terflies and talk to him. Help him to know how religion. reaches the laity. Between you and your bishop you may do successful "cardiac arrest therapy" to save the Church. In studying Church history . I've noticed that in centuries past the Church has produced great lay people who helped it weather crises. There is no doubt that the Church is in a crisis now, and if a great lay leader should rise to aid the Church at this time, it will be the wonderful bishops who are listening to their laity who will be the first to know.

A priest who was at that communion breakfast mentioned that he had seen a letter to the editor in his diocesan newspaper written by another priest, sharply disagreeing with a column I'd written. Unfortunately I hadn't seen the letter. This column appears in a number of diocesan papers and I don't get to see them all, so if you write a letter to the editor about my column (I hope you will), please send a copy addressed to me, too. Although I hadn't seen the letter, I told the priest at the communion breakfast I felt all feedback is valuable. I think lay ST. JOSEPH, people ought to give more feed- FAIRHAVEN back to priests. Eight Cub Scouts of the parish For example, suppose no one received Parv.uli Dei awards at ever said, "Father, your sermon a special Mass for Scout Sunday helped me this' morning!" Or and recognition was given Peter wouldn't it be good if a married L'Etoile, recipient of Pope Pius person commented, "Father, XII and Eagle Scout awards. when you were talkiJ;lg about The Sacred Hearts Associaraising kids ... well, that's not tion will sponsor an evening of how it is raising kids..." recollection at Holy Cross ReSuppose no one ever let him treat House, North Easton, know in any way how they re- Tuesday night, March 9. A bus acted to his ministry. How could will leave the parish parking lot he grow? How could he know at 5:30 p.m. . where he had reached people, helped them? How could he ST. JOSEPH, learn where he missed? NEW BEDFORD Without feedback, how could Parishioners will sponsor a he improve? . family ham and bean supper Unfortunately, the higher a from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. priest goes in the Church, the 28 at the church hall. Tickets faster the feedback decreases. will be sold at the door or may There is a reluctance among be -reserved by calling 995-6418. many lay people to talk to a Music and a social period will priest. And when you get up to follow the meal. the bishops, cardinals, and the Pope, most lay people find it ST. JOSEPH, NORTH DIGHTON impossible to speak out. Parishioners will honor Msgr. The Higher the Harder Bernard Fenton and Rev. ThomSo the higher up in the Church as Mayhew at a testimonial dinsomeone gets the more difficult ner at 6 p.m. Sunday, March 21 it must be for him to grow in at VFW Hall, Ingall Street, response to the needs of the Taunton. Bruce Murphy, ticket people. chairman announces that tickets Being a maried woman, II are available after Sunday don't have that problem. People Masses and from members of do talk to me. I am fortunate to his committee and officers of the Women's Guild and the Holy ,have that feedback. Name Society. In recent years, however, some bishops have made news ST. CASIMIR, ... they've been going out to the NEW BEDFORD people in all parts of their diThe Holy Rosary Sodality will oceses. They meet with them, hold a whist party at 8 p.m. Sat· talk to thein, ~earn their needs, urday, Feb. 21 in the church hall their response. at 2056 Achushnet Ave.

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Program Continued from Page Three ver for the intermediate and blue for the senior division of the program. Father Buote has prepared a counsellor's guide to aid adults working with young people on the program, but final approval for completed work must come from a priest, clergyman or other religious. The reason for this, he explained, is that "it is hoped, as an added benefit, that the young people undertaking this program will expe· rience a closer' contact with their clergy." Religious Heritage materials are available from Father Buote at 270 Ocean Grove Ave., Swansea; Rev. Normand J. Boulet, 208 So. Main St., Attleboro; Rev. John Andrews, 347 South St., Hyannis; Roger Levesque or Rev. Roger Leduc, 51 Duncan St., New Bedford and from the ~oby Dick and Annawon Boy Scout Councils in New Bedford and Taunton respectively. ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL, FALL RIVER Plans for observance of the 75th anniversary of the dedication of St. Mary's Cathedral are being made by the parish council. They include a concelebrated Mass to be said at 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 19, followed by a banquet at White's restaurant at 7 p.m. In charge of arrangements are Michael J. McMahon, general chairman; Robert Coggeshall, history chairman; Miss Ruth E. Hurley, banquet chairwoman; Daniel F. Shea, invitations; Miss Anne Marie Lingard, music; James W. Coyne Sr., publicity. OUR LADY OF ANGELS, FALL RIVER A malasada supper and giant penny sale are slated for Saturday, Feb. 28 in the church hall, with the supper served from 6 to 7 p.m. and the penny sale following. Ash Wednesday Masses will be celebrated at 7 a.m. and" 4 and 7 p.m. A Portuguese language mission is scheduled for the week of March 7 through 13. ST. MAllY, NEW BEDFORD The School Board will sponsor a Las Vegas Night with games and refreshments from 7 p.m. to midnight Saturday, Feb. 28 in the school hall on Illinois Street.

Marking the 125th anniversary of the establishment of the Sisters of Mercy in the Fall River·Providence area, Bishop Louis Gelineau of Providence will celebrate an anniversary' Mass on Friday, March 5 in the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul. On March 12, 1851, relate community officials. five Sisters of Mercy from Pittsburgh came to Providence to serve the social and educational needs of Catho· lic immigrants. Since that time, the work of the religious group has diversified, their numbers in this area have increased to over 700 members, the congregation itself has become one of the larpest in the English-speaking world. St. Francis Xavier Academy, oldest Catholic secondary school in the state of Rhode Island, was founded hy Mother Francis Xa· vier Warde in 1851. Begun in two rooms and with a registration of 20 pupils, the Academy has graduated over 11,000 students in its 125 years of existence: It is presently one of the most innovative secondary schools in the State and has reo ceived wide acclaim for its "saturation learning program." In addition to St. Francis Xa· vier's, the Sisters .of Mercy sponsor Salve Regil'i:College, Bay View Academy IIf Mercymount Country Day School. They have recently opened McAuley House in South Provi· dence which serves the needy as a food and clothing center.

ents to protect and defend their children, starting from their defenseless developmental stages in the womb. Addressing crowds from his apartment window overlooking St. Peter's Square, Pope Paul said: "Our blessing today is especially for you, parents who are worthy of that name. We beseech you to be defenders and protectors of your children, from the time that they rest alive and defenseless in the maternal womb." The Pope saluted in his talk "those about to be born, newborn infants and children." He said that although they were born unaware of the world around them, they were nonetheless "objects of the thought of an .infinitely loving Creator, the living God, our Father." According to the Pope, these "little ones" show' the world the "mystery of the call to human existence." Their hirth, he said, brings joy and wonder, but also presents "the question of their pre· sence among us, their upbringing and their fate in time and beyond time." He asked' Catholic parents to incorporate their children immediately "into the immortal family, the Church, through Holy Baptism."

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SCAN NURSERY: Most sophisticated facilities for critically ill newborns in Fall River area are found in St. Anne's Hospital's Special Care Acute Newborn (SCAN) nursery. Sister Michael Joseph, R.N. and Norine Bird, R.N. check infant's condition.

MEDICAL INTENSIVE CARE: A gift from Bishop Cronin and people of diocese is St. Anne's Medical Intensive Care Unit. Gail Cook, R.N. (left) and Lorraine Silveira, R.N., unit head nurse, monitor equipment keeping patients' condition under continual scrutiny.

THE OLD: Old photograph of St. Anne's Hospital, taken from southeast corner of Kennedy Park, shows 1906 building before construction of present chapel.

St. From its beginnings as a' 44bed hospital opened 70 years ago this month to its present status as a modern comprehensive community care facility with 220 beds and a yearly budget of $9'12 million, St. Anne's Hospital in FaIl River has retained one goal: to give all patients the best of physical and spiritual care. Last week, looking back over seven decades and forward into a future bright with medical promise, Mrs. Margaret J. Torrance, personnel director at St. Anne's, and David Reidy, administrative assistant to Sister Jean Marie, a.p., hospital administrator, were enthusiastic. "What sets St. Anne's a'lart, I feel, is its pastoral care department," declared Mrs. Torrance. The department, headed bv Rev. Edmund Fitzgerald and having as members Rev. Raymond Drouin. a.p. and Dominican Sisters Marie William, Rita Marie, Theresa and Marie Claire,

Hospital brings round the clock comfort and understanding to patients and their families as well as to members of St. Anne's staff. It will have its own reason for rejoicing on Sunday, Feb. 29 when Sister Rita Marie observes her silver jubilee in religious life at a 5 p.m. Mass in the hospital chapel, to whkh all her friends are invited. She has many, after years as operating room supervisor at St. Anne's and now in her new role as a member of the pastoral care team. S'1irituaI, Physical In care for man's spirit, however, his body is not neglected and St. Anne's is in the forefront of area facilities serving what are often felt to be problem patients. Its Lifetime program offers drug addicts, usually youngsters, the o,portunity to shape a life style free from drug use through individual and family counseling, crisis intervention and medical care as needed.

And the hospital Genito-Infectious Disease (GlD) Clinic has served thousands of mainly teenage and young adult patients since its organization at St. Anne's in 1968 as a state operated facility. The strict confidentiality of this veneral disease control program cannot be overstressed, said Mrs.' Torrance, noting that its services are free and information -$ to clinic hours can be obtained by calling the hospital. Close to the heart of the staff of the pro~ife institution is its family centered maternity care program, which begins work with pr<;lS'}ective parents by way of prenatal clinics and Preparation for Childbirth ~lasses long before the arrival of an heir or heiress. "St. Anne's is the place to have your baby," declared Mrs. Torrance. "We have the most sophisticated facilities in this area in our Special Care Acute Turn to Page Nine

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'CARDIAC RUN': Fall River fire department and hospital personnel prepare for emergency trip to heart patient, cutting to minutes time before treatment starts. From left, Kay Levesque, R.N., Lorraine Silveira, R.N., Wesley Allardice, R.E.M.T.-A. (Photo courtesy of Fall River Herald)

FAMILY CENTERED: Maternal care at St. Anne's is family centered, Preparation for Childhood classes for both prospective parents. Mr. and Mrs: Donald Rebello, graduates of classes, enjoy getting to know their new son, whose father was with his mother in hospital labor room.


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THE NEW: Present view of St. Anne's shows interior courtyard, entrances to main lobby, emergency department. View will change again as new construction get under way later this year.

70 Years of Caring Continued from Page Eight Newborn (SCAN) nursery." Older seriously ill children, she added, are cared for in an Acute Care Adolescent unit which, \despite its name, houses youngsters from six months upwards. Reidy credited area¡ pediatricians with "getting together some years ago and developing an fnfant and child care plan which they have worked steadily at implementing." As a result, he said, both doctors and patients benefit, since one of the fruits of the plan' is St. Anne's Medical Arts Center, located across from the hospital on South Main Street and "dedicated to the com"'rehensive care of all children in the area, regardless of economic background." The center currently houses five pediatricians and six doctors in other specialties, work-

ing in convenient proximity to the hospital. Because at the center many children with a particular problem can be seen at one time, specialists from Boston and Providence are willing to travel to Fall River on a regular basis, said Reidy, thus saving parents much time and expense. The pediatricians also arrange regular clinical lectures for St. Anne's staff members and have brought the hospital the services of pediatric residents from the New England Medical Center. From Bishop, Diocese ,A 1973 gift from Bishop Cronin and the people of the Fall River diocese was St. Anne's medical intensive care unit, an eightbed facility with sophisticated monitoring equipment primarily designed for patients with coronary conditions. A surgical in-

tensive care unit is similarly equipped for post-surgical care. A particularly valuahle recent addition to the hospital's equipment, said Mrs. Torrance, is an ultrasound unit which uses the varying velocities of sound or pressure waves through tissues, bones and fluids of the body to produce diagnostic images without the dangers of conventional X-ray exposure. And termed "the most important instrument develo1)ed in the past 10 1'0 15 years for respiratory care" is a blood gas anayzer recently presented to St. Anne's by its Friends organization. This deceptively small machine, valued at $11.000, almost instantaneously indicates by measurements of carbon dioxide, oxygen and acidity in a blood sample whether a patient is obTurn to Page Thirteen

WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS:' Sister Jean Marie Perdriault, O.P., administrator, dis-

plays blueprints, model of future St. replace present 1906 building facing in-patient beds, kitchen and cafeteria made by David Reidy, administrative

Anne's building complex. New construction will Middle Street, will include out-patient sevices, 62 services for patients, staff, visitors. Model was assistant to Sister Jean Marie.

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ULTRASOUND UNIT: Franklin Scheel, M. D., studies patient with aid of ultrasound unit producing diagnostic images without hazards of X-ray.

WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT: In old buildings or new, St. Anne's goal is the same: spiritual care to match the physical aid given patients. Sister Rita Marie, O.P., epitomizes both as she visits patient Jeannette St. Onge. Longtime operating room supervisor, she is now member of hospital's pastoral care department.


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Abortion

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Continued from Page Three really avoid taking a stand on the issue," according to the newspaper. Their view, the editorial stated, is likely to determine two other points which candidates should make clear: Whether they support efforts to curb or reverse the 1973 U. S. Supreme Court abortion ruling; and how committed they are to ensuring that what the editorial called the "public obligations" of abortions are up~eld. However, the newspaper said abortion was not the key issue ' of the 1976 presidential campaign, noting that a president is relatively powerless to effect the constitutional process, and contending that other issues such as nuclear armament and unemployment are more important to the future of the country. According to the editorial "there is not all that much a president can actually do to effect the outcome of the current d!spute," because the Supreme Court ruling striking down most state laws restricting abortion can only be reversed by a constitutional amendment. "Presidents can endorse or fail to endorse constitutional amendments, but such amendments are enacted by Congress and ratified by state legislatures ... To some extent, then, continually bearing down on'a presidential candidate to discover what he would 'do' about abortion is rather like making a position on Angola the litmus test of someone's fitness to serve on the city council."

The Parish Parade HOLY NAME, FALL RIVER An all-day ski trip to New ~'-Iampshire will take place tomorrow, leaving Holy Name school at' 7:30 a.m. and return. ing about 7 p.m. Interested. persons should call the rectory before 5 this evening. Parents of Grade 2 children in CCD classes and Grades I, 2 and 3 in Holy Name School will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 2 to make plans for reception of First Penance and First Eucharist. A parish renewal week will take place beginning Sunday, March 7.

Three Priests Vie For National Post CHICAGO (NC)-Three priests have announced their candidacy for president of the National Federation of Priests' Councils (NFPC). They are Fathers Nick Rice of Louisville, Ky., James Ratigan of Joliet, Ill., and Charles Irvin of Ann Arbor, Mich. The process of having declared candidates with platforms is part of the NFPC's general policy of working toward more open structures and leadership in the Church. The new president will be elected at the NFPC's national House of Delegates Convention in Houston March 24. He will succeed Father Reid C. Mayo, president for the past three years, who announced last year that he will not seek reelection.

Mrs. McMahon Continued from Page Three present day problems and that Christ works through them and their membership only to the extent that they each are open to Him and willing to respond to the call. The Executive Committee finalized its plans for the NCCW General Assembly scheduled for August 4-6, 1976, in Philadelphia, in conjunction with the 41st . International Eucharistic Congress. Program emphasis for 1976 will include Family Planning education, Bible sharing institutes and continued involvement in all aspects of the pro-life movement.

OUR LADY OF MT. CARMEL, NEW BEDFORD Parishioners will hold their annual malasada supper and penny sale from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 29 in the school auditorium at Rivet and Crapo Streets. ST. JOSEPH,

ATTLEBORO Knight of the Altar officers will have a luncheon meeting in the parish hall following attendance at 9 a.m. Mass Saturday, Feb. 21. All Knights will meet at 7:15 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 22 in the school. Plans for a penny sale and raffle will be discussed. Also on Sunday, high school youth will meet at 7:15 p.m. in the schoolyard for a trip to La Salette to hear a talk on the new rite of Penance.

Priests' Parley Continued from Page Three emphasis on the ministry of all God's people since the Second Vatican Council "was not original," although it was a departure (rom the direction of the Church in recent centuries. The writings of the Apostle Paul. the paper says, "indicate that he envisioned a Ohurch whose members were all ministers." The second section of the paper, on ordained priesthood, says, "Within this general ministry, however, there is· a specialized ministry - the ordained priesthood." It describes ordained ministry in terms of an office or official mandate, but adds: "There is a close and definite relationshi9 between officia.1 mandate and the individuality and personal holiness of the priest." If the office is too narrowly defined in terms ·of powers and functions, it can lead to a clericalism in which priests become "most distrustful and frightened when they are joined by others of God's people in the exercise of ministry," the paper says.

FIRST NAVY BISHOP: Bishop James J. Killeen, also Navy Captain James J. Killeen, the first Navy chaplain to be ordained a bishop, pauses for farewell picture with two members ·of his congregation at U.S. Naval Air Station in Bermuda. They are Lance Corporal Randall J. Humphrey and Yeoman Second Class Fran I. Switzer. A Navy chaplain for 24 years, Bishop Killeen this month assumes new duties as Auxiliary Bishop at the New York City headquarters of the Military Ordinariate, serving members of the U.S. armed forces throughout the world.

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Jews, Poles Can't Credit How Good They Are

Calls 'Simple Justice' Perceptive Study

You think people would be happy when national surveys show their religio-ethnic group doing well in America? I did too. Was I in for a surprise. The Jews, according to recent National Opinion Research Center (NORC) research, are the most success- who were a close second to the Jews. Perhaps that's because ful group in American socie- even the Irish don't really bety. They make the most lieve that they are successful. money, achieve the highest occupational prestige, and stay in school longer than anyone else. For a group which came to Am-

By REV. ANDREW M. GREELEY

erica in great part after the beginning of the present century, this is a remarkable achievement, and one for which there should be great pride. Wouldn't you think? You'd be wrong. We got deluged with mail from Jewish people, particularly rabbis complaining ahout our research. They didn't deny the basic findings,but, they argued, we should have suppressed them. The research was bound to stir up envy and anti¡Semitism; it would turn Americans against Jews. Our report should never have been published. One hardly knows what to say. Most of the writers were doubtless good political liberals who would vigorously oppose censorship of any sort and who would smile patronizingly at such quaint medieval Catholic customs as the Index of Forbidden Books (now, happily, dead). But they wanted censorship on this one, and would have been delighted to support a Social Science Index of Forbidden Research. Too Obvious How do you tell them that the fact of Jewish success is well known in America and is much too obvious to be covered up? How do you say that Jewish researchers themselves documented it long ago? How do you convey the idea that no good purpose is ever served by hiding the truth? How do you say that anti-Semitism is not refuted by trying to pretend that Jews are economic failures? Curiously enough, there were no complaints from the Irish,

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(But what it means to be Jrish is another matter altogether.) But then I got a letter complaining that the Poles were not nearly as well educated as our data showed them to be. One Eugene Kusielewicz of the Kosciuszko Foundation took great offense at the finding that the slope of Polish college attendance (for those under 30) had crossed the national average for whites in the last two decades. Mr. K. had been to many different places, and his iml'ressions were different. At first I thought I was the victim of some crude, nasty, stereotypical Polish joke. Here is a Pole arguing that Poles are dumber than we think they are. Then I realized that Mr. K. is serious. He threatens to call a national conference of scholars to refute us, and he will bring the results to the Ford Foundation and other funding agencies which support us. Either our data confirm Mr. K's impression that Poles are uneducated or he will see that our funds get cut off. In fact, the mean number of years of education for Polish Catholics in the United States (of whom there are some 500 in our sample of 18,000) is 11.1 compared to a national' average for whites of 11.5. But when one takes into account the education of parents (and for large numbers of Poles, parents were immigrants), the "net" Polish educational -achievement is not .4 of a year below the national mean but 1.5 of a year above it - the highest educational mobility indictor in American society. Highest Achievers Given where they started out in terms of the educational opportunity their parents had, Polish Catholics are the highest educational achievers in the country. And some 43 percent of Polish Catholics under 30 attend college, slightly higher than the national average. Actually, the Polish "slope" crossed the national slope a little more than a decade ago. I cannot imagine why anyone should' want to call a national conference to refute such an accomplishment. Indeed many other Polish agencies were delight-

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The _new year is still young, but I am willing now to give odds that, come December, Richard Kluger's book, "Simple Justice," published by Knopf a few weeks ago, will be awarded many if not all of the standard prizes as the best book of 1976 on American history. It is a de- "Simple Justice," his life will still have been grandly lived." finitive account of the long Well said indeed! battle for black equality in Since Kluger spent seven

education, climaxed by the Supreme Court's historic 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education. At first sight, the aver-

Cardinal Suenens Recognized NEW YORK (NC) - Belgian Cardinal Joseph Suenens of Malines-Brussels, a champion of post-Vatican II reforms and a leader in promoting Christian Unity, was named Feb. 11 as the recipient of the $88,00 Templeton Foundation prize for Progress in Religion. The foundation judges, in choosing the Belgian Primate for the 1976 award, said he had made "an outstanding contribution in conveying to modem man the relevance of religion in an age of confusion and doubt." In citing him far the annual Templeton prize, the foundation said the cardinal "stimulated and promoted the need for personal renewal and reconciliation. His contribution to the reforming of the Church's structures and the prominence of the ministry of the laity have led to renewed hope and faith for • many." The Templeton Foundation was established in 1972 by John Marks Templeton, a financial consultant and analyst. He donates the prize annually to living persons of any world faith whose achievements have stirred others to deepen their relationship with God. Past recipients of the prize include Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Brother Roger Schutz, founder and prior of the Protestant Ecumenical monastery of Taize, France, and former Indian President SarvepaIli Radhakrishnan.

ed with our research-one even sent me a basket of fruit and wine, for which, many thanks. But if Mr. K. wants to promote a national conference, he really ought to be seeking information on why Polish Americans, despite preJudice and stereotyping, have still been so educationally successful in the United States in a rather short period of time. It is a story of achievement about which we know very little and from which we might have a lot to learn. Why does Mr. Kusielewicz of the Kosciuszko Foundation (15 East 65 Street, New York, N.Y. 10021) want to perpetuate the stereotype of the dumb Polack now that it is proven false? Perhaps some Polish Americans will want to ask him.

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age reader might be scared away by the sheer length of the book (it runs to more than 800 pages), but I guarantee that anyone who starts reading it will find it hard to stop. Though painstakingly researched and carefully documented, it reads like a novel. Even when he unravels the blost abstruse technicalities of complex court decisions, Kluger, a non-lawyer, writes with crystal clarity and holds the reader spellbound. I am personally indebted to "The Nation," a liberal weekly, for bringing Kluger's book to my attention in a five-page review by Maurice de G. Ford, a Harvard Law School graduate and a budding author in his own right. I would have caught up with the book sooner or later, but Mr. Ford's review was so enthusiastic that I felt compelled to purchase a copy immediately. Once I started to read it I was hooked and couldn't put it down. I agree with Mr. Ford when he says that "Simple Justice" is "magisterial volume" and "a monumental accomplishment." Ford adds that "if a man should achieve nothing more with his life than to write a book like

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years writing his book, it obviously was not prompted by the current busing controversy and wasn't specifically meant to help either the federal judiciary or the Congress to resolve that nagging crisis. But by happy coincidence, as Mr. Ford has pointed out, it does provide both the judiciary and the Congressand the American people in general-with some useful guidelines as they search for an answer to the busing dilemma. In Ford's words, it does this "by setting the questions raised today in the context of history." Kluger "shows that they are not really new questions ... The soscial science dispute in Brown was as heated, and the evidence as conflicting, as the dispute over husing today. Yet the Supreme Court acted dnanimously." If I understand Mr. Ford correctly, he concludes that Judge Garrity's busing decision in Boston was just as much a "moral imperative" as was the Supreme Court's even more controversial 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education. I am not so sure about that. On the other hand, I have no hesitation in saying that Kluger's book is required reading for anyone who is really serious about forming a sound judgment on the busing controversy. Henceforth, in other words, anyone who presumes to pontificate on either side of this controversy without first having read "Simple Justice" deserves to be written off as a superficialist at best or a charlatan at worst. Aside from the busing issue, Kluger's book is required reading, for other rea'Sons, in connection with our observance of the nation's Bicentennial, which officially opened in Philadelphia on New Year's Day. It is no secret that black Americans, by _and large, are not very excited about the Bicentennial. If there are any white Americans so grossly insensitive or naive as to be wondering why, Kluger's book will provide a ready answer.

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History of the Persecution With the closing of the Book of Nehemiah (433 B.c.) Biblical history enters a literary eclipse that ends in 175 B.C. with the beginning of the Books of Maccabees.

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Judaism isolated itself from the rest of the world during this period when events were taking place in the ancient Near East that were destined to reorient the culture and history of the area for centuries to come. These events hinged upon the conquests of Alexander the Great, a Macedonian prince whose father, Philip, had imposed his control over most of the independent Greek states befor his assassination in 336 B.C. Alexander succeeded to the throne at 18. By the age of 20 Alexander had completed the unification of Greece and led an army across the Hellespont into Asia to pursue his father's dream of invading and conquering Persia.

Within three years Alexander had subdued Persia and four years later controlled an empire extending from Greece to Egypt in the South and India in the East. When he died at 30, the Macedonian prince had not only imposed the external unity of military force Upon the conquered lands but had also implanted the leaven of Hellenistic (Greek) culture. After his death Alexander's generals shattered the external unity by dividing up the empire but the leaven of Hellenistic culture continued to permeate the Eastern Mediterranean world. Palestine fell under the control of two post-Alexandrian dynasties, the Ptolemies of Egypt and the Seleucids of Syria. Under _the Ptolemies, Palestine absorbed much Hellenistic culture, architecture and philosophy. It also acquired Greek as a second language. The Ptolemies' determination to Hellenize stopped short of. imposing Greek religious cult, however, and Judaism was tolerated. Not so under the Seleucids when Palestine passed under the control of the Syrian dynasty in 198 B.C. It was under Antiochus IV that a systematic persecution of Judaism began. The Seleucid ruler was a zealous Hellenist Turn to Page Thirteen

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years within the Promised Land. So, too, the Church went underground in the first centuries, but then mushroomed, later, when given acceptance and freedom. Likewise, on the occasion of ecumenical councils, there customarily has been an ensuing period of turmoil followed by some decades of tranquility. Most readers probably have experienced our angry, painful post-Vatican II period. We have witnessed a remarkable number of changes within ,the Churchfrom such liturgical revisions as By altars facing the people and vernacular, congregation participatFR. JOSEPH M. ing rituals to institutional reforms like parish councils, team CHAMPLIN ministries and shared decision making on various levels. Those changes were not acHe also knew some fresh air was needed and called for those complished without a struggle changes in structures or pro-ce- nor were (or are) they universaldures necessary to bring the ly accepted. Nevertheless, as we Catholic Church up to date and reported in a previous article, the heavy majority of .American in tune with modern times. What has happened since and, Catholics now have found them I think is about to occur in the _basically an improvement and next few years, reflects the up given their support or endorse. and down, now peace, now per- ment. Since last. September this secution, first turbulent, then tranquil history of God's people writer has lectured on the rein' both Old and New Testament stored Rite of Penance all over the United States from Spokane times. The Jews experienced persecu- to Clearwater and from San .tion during the' days of the Diego to Fall River. Those many Maccabees, but they also re- visits have given me an opporTurn to Page Thirt.een membered prosperity in earlier

IThe Maccabees and Martyrdom: Their Meaning for Today The spiritual and human interdepe:ldence of Christians and Jews as Biblically-covenanted peoples is perhaps nowhere more decisively illustrated than in the struggle and martyrdom of the Maccabees - for religious freedom.

By RABBI TANENBAUM

When Antiochus IV Epiphanes gained control over the Syrian kingdom, he worked vigorously to strengthen the power of his kingdom through political and military activity, focusing especially in recovering land from Ptolemaic Egypt through armed conflict in 169-168 B.C. Palestine was at the crossroads of Syria and Egypt, and 'as the main base for Antiochus' military campaigns in the Nile Valley, the Syrian Emperor was particularly determined to assimilate the Jewish population of Judea and all of Palestine to Hellenistic culture, religion, and ways of life as a means of forging loyalty to his regime. The Syrian monarch set about transforming Jerusalem, the Jewish capital, into a pagan, polytheistic Greek "polis" by introducing into the holy city foreign heathen settlers and their idol worship. In 167 B.C., Antiochus issued royal decrees that outlawed the Jewish religion. Anyone found in possession of a Torah scroll-the Bible-was executed. Mothers who circumcised their infant sons (as Mary and Joseph were to do with Jesus) were killed and the babes hung by the neck. Others were burned to death in caves where they had gathered in order to observe the Sabbath or the feast days. In addition, Antiochus demanded that the Jewish people take part in pagan worship, and venerate the Syrian emperor as god. All these practices were deeply offensive to believing Jews in Judea where for hundreds of years after Prophetic agitation and protest, polytheism and idolatry had been uprooted from Judean soil. The priestly family of Mattathias and his son, Judah the Maccabee, profoundly loyal to the Jewish religion, launched a rebellon of "the few' against the many" which finally resulted in the repulsion of Antiochus' generals and his armies. Judea, historians tell us was the first to succeed among many nations in the Syrian Empire in freeing itself from foreign subjugation, and thereby contributed decisively to the disintegration of totalitarian rule. The achievements of the Mac-

"It is no accident that the Feast of Hanukkah which commemorates the victory of the Maccabees, has assumed such importance as a source of inspiration and hope for Jews in every period of persecution." A Jewish boy in Baltimore sings a holiday song in front of a miniature menorah at Hanukkah. NC Photo. cabees in both the spiritual and human realms were tremendous and hold many implications for us, Christians and Jews, today. As indicated in the books of the Maccabees (1:64; and III:8), it was due to the military genius of the Maccabees "under the favoring guidance of God," that the Jewish people and Judaism were saved from the danger of extermination. 'The Christian scholar, R. B. Townshend, acknowledges that "the blood of the Maccabean" martyrs who saved Judaism: ultimately saved Christianity for "had Judaism as a religion perished under the Antiochine persecution the seedbed of Christianity would have been lacking." ("Maccabean Martyrs: Early Christian Atti路 tuces," by the Rev: Donald F. Winslow, Judaism, Winter 1974.)

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In short, the Maccabees were the first fighters for freedom of conscience in the ancient world. In their victory over the forces tha.t sought to establish by totalitarian power a single religion or ideology for all peoples in the Syrian Empire, they helped establish the right of freedom of

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Pope John's Dream Coming True. Continued from Page Twelve tunity to catch the present mood of Catholics and sense the direction in which we are moving. That mood is highly encouraging and the direction very positive. For example, I have found ·crowds of both clergy and laity extremely serious and concerned about the interior conversion called for by the new ritual for reconciliation. Interest in prayer and sacred Scripture likewise runs high. Most priests appear more settled and surer of their vocations. Students in Catholic institutions and public school religious education programs increasingly manifest a hunger for things of the Spirit. It seems to me that th.e decade following the Vatican Council was filled with official (Vatican) and unofficial (grass roots) efforts to modify the externals of the Catholic Church. People from above or below struggled to change traditional ways of praying and acting. Instead of silent, Latin, priestcentered, rigid and uniform liturgies, the Church permitted a vernacular worship and asked for involvement by every member of the congregation in song, word and deed. Moreover, the new rituals offered a rich variety of texts and the freedom to adapt in a creative way liturgies to the diverse needs of various worshiping communities. "Similarly, instead of decisions by one person in isolation from others, processes have been established which entail shared decision making, co-responsibility and wide-based consultation with all or at least representative members of the parish, diocese or universal Church. With these external procedures now fairly well in operation, Catholic Christians appear ready to plunge beneath them to the heart of the matter, to the inner growth these exte-

The Maccabees Continued from Page Twelve such a parable of hope in the face of threat and suffering among millions of Jews in Israel, the Soviet Union, in Arab countries, and elsewhere where the right to existence and human rights are being threatened or denied. "It is within the literature of the ancient Christian Church," Rev. Winslow writes, "that we find the most persistent and deeply felt recognition of the heroic deeds of the Maccabean martyrs." Such Church Fathers as ~yprian, Origen, Augustine and Gregory of Nazianus honored the Maccabees "because of their patient endurance for the sake of the tradition of their Fathers." When Christiansobserve the Feast Day of the Maccabees on August 1st, they might do well to join with Jews in pondering what obligations the example of sacrifice and struggle of the Maccabees imposes on us today in securing the rights to freedom of conscience, human rights, in the context of world pluralism for all of God's children who are suffering from persecution and injustice.

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·St. Anne's Continued from Page Nine taining enough oxygen to sustain bodily functions. .The analyzer is onlv one of many gifts the Friends of St. Anne's have made over the years. said Mrs. Torrance, expressing the institution's gratitude to the hardworking or~an· ization whose maior fundraising event is an annual Candlelip.ht Ball and whose members also staff a thriving p.ift shop in the hospital's main 101)by. New at St. Anne's said Reidy, is a Short Term Stay Program, under which patients are admitted and discharp,ed within about eight hours for many minor surgical procedures. Its 'benefits, in addition to reduction of costs to patients and saving of bed spa'ce, are improved utilization of hospital operating rooms and More efficient use of surgeons' time. Inaugurated only tWQ months ago in cooperation with the Fall River Fire Department was the "cardiac run," in effect an intensive care unit on wheels. a speciallY equipped ambulance which speerts to cardiac patients with trained St. Anne's emergency room nurse!; ahoard. They are snearhearted bv Kathleen Levesque, R.N., Emergency Room Supervisor. who recentlv completed a four-week Critic!l.l Care l:'Merf!enCv Depart· ment Nurse EducaHon Pronrltm at Massachusetts General Hospital, graduating first in a group of nurses chosen frOM all over the commonwealth. She is at present nassing on her new expertise to a local class, said Mrs. Torrance. Building Proc>:ram A maior project ahead of St. Anne's is replacement of its 70year-old original building. fronting on Middle Street. A certificate of need from state authorities is being awaited and if all Roes well. demolition of the east half of the old building and construction of the new will start in August. "Then we'll move the services now in the west side of the old building into the new section and finallv complete construction," said Reidy. Completed, he stated, the new building will house out-patient services, 62 in-patient beds and the hospita' kitchen and cafeteria. He displayed with pride a balsa wood model of the new building he made for the benefit of staff members who couldn't visualize the "new St. Anne's" from blueprints and architect's drawings. "A model like this might cost several hundred dollars if an architect's office did it," said Reidy. "It only cost us $5 for wood - and me a couple of cut fingers, when my whittling knife slipped." After the construction, then what? "Hospitals are never stagnant," said Mrs. Torrance. "That's the wonderful thing. As needs show themselves, St. Anne's will meet them."

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I Maccabees is less exaggerated than 2 Macabees and presents the religious history of the Maccabean w~rs i~ a straightforward account that reflects the author s fIrm conviction that the hand of God was present in the unfolding of events. The Maccabees prepare for battle in this sketch from The Living Heritage of Hanukkah.

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History of the Persecution Continued from Page Twelve and considered himself the personification of the Greek God Zeus. He appropriated for himself the title "Epiphanes" reflecting his claim to manifest the pagan divinity. The Books of Maccabees begin with the· persecution of the Jews by Antiochus Epiphanes. They are named for Judas Maccabeus and his brothers Jonathan and Simon, leaders of the successful revolt triggered by the persecution. Each book is an independent work dealing with the same themes, Judaism's heroic resistance to persecution under the Selucids and the emergence of the Hasmonean dynasty. Both volumes are considered rhetorical history, that is an essentially accurate historical framework fleshed out with somewhat exaggerated details. 1 Maccabees is less exaggerated than 2 Maccabees and presents the religious history of the Maccabean wars in a straightforward account that reflects the author's firm conviction that the hand of God was present in the unfolding of events. Of interest is the absence of the name of God or Yahweh in 1 Maccabees. This is a reflection of a post-Exilic tendency to regard. the Divine Name as too holy to pronounce. Heaven is frequently used instead of God or Yahweh (Cf 1 Macc 2:21) a custom echoed in Matthew's use of Kingdom of Heaven instead of Mark's and Luke's Kingdom of God. Two Maccabees emphasizes the marvelous and relates many visible manifestations of God's intervention on behalf of His people. It is by the author's admission, an abridgement of a

lengthier work by Jason of Cyrene (2:23). The second book also affirms the late Old Testament belief in the resurrection of the dead (7:9ff, 14:46) and provides the· Scriptural basis for the practices of praying for the de.ad (12:4245), and intercessory prayer to. the saints (15:11-16). In the touching stories of the martyrdom· of Eleazar (6:18-31) and the seven brothers (7:1-42) is found a Biblical affirmation of the fruits of martyrdom and eternal retribution. Unlike 1 Maccabees, 2 Maccabees frequently mentions the name of God and pictures Him responding directly and dramatically to the needs of His people. The purification and rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem after its defilement by Antiochus Epiphanes (2 Macc 8:110:9) is the historical basis for the present Jewish celebration of Chanukah. It was during the persecution of the Jews by Antiochus IV that the Book of Daniel was composed to console those suffering persecution and death and to reassure them of God's covenant love and protection. One and 2 Maccabees close the historical books of the Old Testament with the same promise of covenant loyalty and Divine Love that begins with the response of Abraham to God's call and is reiterated incessantly throughout the history of Israel from the Exodus to the postExilic restoration. The books have an added significance in that they provide valuable historical and religious 'Jackground for the New Testa"'lp.nt, including the roots of the ""~"isee, Sadducee and Essene sects.

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by Cecilia Belanger There are no more penetrating questions than are asked by some of our youth today. I know there are those who are saying that youth has grown apathetic. If so, there has to be a rf'H"'"n. However, I find little apathy among those who do question, probe, dig and harass and wealth at his disposal. What do you think about that? for answers. We always must begin with Q. I am a student. I don't ourselves. You know that. It

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have much and I don't want too much. Maybe that's the reason I am concerned with this 'problem of extravagance. What can we do about it? The figures I read bowl me over. People seem to be wandering beyond bounds. For instance, $50,000 for a presidential car! $32,000 for a vicepresidential bed! $400,000 a season for a quarterback in footbalI or a center in' basketball! It's not a case of sour grapes, believe me. I just don't like extravagance and don't like to be around extravagant people. There's something moralIy wrong in aU ~his. I'd like your opinion.-B.J.

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against being dominated by the desire to possess - and being possessed by the desire to dominate. We must be free from cluttering possessions and ambitions that are egotistic. A noted author said, "For myself I can say that, having had every' good thing that money can buy, I could part without a pang with every possession I have. With enough plain food to satisfy my small appetite, a room to myself, books from a public library, pens and paper, I should regret nothing."

The issue is not really political or economic-it is essentially moral and spiritual. Daily we are faced with the absurdity of people sitting at tables, at banquets, fooling around with their food, wasting it, pushing it aside, while hundreds of thousands are crying out for leftover.s from garbage cans, for scraps, for a crust from anybody's table. I sometimes wonder if our exCeSSE!S in everything would not now make "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" light

reading! Methinks in some ways we've gone beyond those depths of depravity which became a cliche whenever we wanted a "low" to point to. What counts in the final analysis is spirit. Money doesn't always turn it around. Size is not everything. Spirit and commitment can make giants of us all. So, I throw it right back to you, J.B. The answer to your question is in your hands and in the hands of other young people like you. Do a good job! Please!

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As soon as possible, Lynda Miss Lynda Landry, formerly of St. Margaret's parish, Buz- was transferred to Falmouth zards Bay, and currently a fresh- Hospital, where she received a man at Southeastern Massachu- constant stream of visitors. setts University, North Dart- More important, however, litermouth, was seriously injured in ally hundreds of people all over a sledding accident in New Cape Cod were praying for her Hampshire last month. 'She was recovery, having been notified rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital, through an ECHO and CursilJo Nashua, where she was listed in "hot line" system. It was a stirring example of people caring fair condition. A. I've been doing a lot of for one another in Christ's name. On the following Monday reading and thinking about your morning news of the accident The coin of concern is twoquestion, B.J. and I feel as you was announced at Bourne High sided! In spite of her injuries, do about our extravagances. I School, from which 18-year-old Lynda sent a telegram of best found out, also, that the word Lynda graduated last year. Many extravagant comes from the' Lat- students also knew her from her wishes from her hospital bed to in root vagari, which means "to participation in an ECHO retreat tlie team and candidates for an wander". Therefore you were last March. An urgent appeal ECHO held last month. Judging right to say that we "wander. was made for blood donors to re- from the enthusiastic response of Bourne team members conbeyopd bounds." port to Tobey Hospital and re- ducting the ECHO, Rev. TimOf course there has to be a sponse was overwhelming, with othy Goldrick, Gail O'Neil and villain in the piece. But no one many units of blood donated by Patti Cahoon, and the Bourne can develop a consensus as to students at both Tobey and Fal- candidates, Mary Beth Monwho the villain is. There has mouth hospitals. Turn to Page Fifteen been, for some time, a suspicion that our undoing is an "inside job" and that the enemy, as you may have heard, is us. Not someone out there. By The Dameans Dr. Ernest T. Campbell says it well. "In the course of my work Break Away as a missionary, which brought with it continuing contact with I watch the distant light along the runway, parts of Asia where people were Disappear into the evening sky. in considerable need, and one in All you know I'm with you all your journey which it is impossible to escape Never could say good-by the ever-widening gap between the "haves" and the "have-nots" It's not the sun you're trying to find of this world, I rapidly came to Something else is on your mind the conclusion that the place I You need a little space and time to break away, would least like a returning It's not the place you're going to It's just a phase you're going through Christ to find me, would not be Though I won't stop you, I don't want you to break away. the cinema, but the supermarket." Fly across you ocean, breakaway Do you know what some of Time has come to you, break away the Southern Baptists are doing Fly across your ocean, break away this year in their approach to Time has come for you. stewardship? They are thiking, not alone about how much a To awaken in another country person gives in proportion to Greet the morning under foreign skies income, but also about what a Leaving me to face another Monday, person does with all the income It's not easy to get by.

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It's not the sun you're trying to find Something _else is on your mind You need a little space and time to break away. It's not the place you're going It's just a phase you're going through Though I won't stop you, I don't want you to break away Fly across your ocean • • . Written by: B. Gallagher, G. Lyle Performed by: Art Garfunkel (c) 1975 CBS Inc.

The Book of Ecclesiastes states that there is a time for everything under heaven - a time for throwing stones away, a time for gathering them up . . . a time for searching . . . a time for keeping, a time for throwing away. This ancient Old Testament writer had an insight into life that is as perennial as the sun. The child, after having been nourished and nurtured by mother, must one day take care of himself or herself. The young adult must one day part from home to find a life and family of his or her own. The bird must leave :he nest in order to fly. One has to leave one place in order to take a journey. "Break Away" speaks of this very experience. As the lover watches the plane take off, he acutely aware of how difficult it is to see the person leave, even to the point of not being able to say goodby. He is anticipating the pain in "having to face another Monday alone." There doesn't seem to be any bitterness in their relationship. He simply realizes that she must "break away" in order to search in her life. What will be involved in that search is unknown. In fact, he states that "it's not the sun you're trying to find, something else is on your mind." Yes, it is a phase that she is going through, but it is a necessary part of her life. He must recognize that he has to t~l,,> tht> risl(- of letting her go, not only that she V'ty find herself, but only in this way can there be the possibiljty of real love in their relationship. It is in trying "to holc;t" or "possess" her that there would never be tue possib:ility of love. There is a sadness, but stilI the excitement exists of a new venture of awakening "in another country" and greeting "the morning under foreign skie." What the future will bring in each person's life or in the relationship is uncertain. All that is certain is that there is a time for everything under heaven, and the time for "searching" has arrives.


SCHOOLBOY SPORTS IN THE DIOCESE By PETER 1. BARTEK Norton High Coach

Durfee Adheres ToTradition Qualifies For Tournament ...The headline proclaims, "Durfee Qualifies for Tourney." While the message would evoke a great deal of enthusiasm if it pertained to any other school within the confines of diocesan territorial limits, tradition dictates that Durfee qualify for the State Cham1952, 1956 and 1966. Under the pionship Basketball Tourna- tutelage of present Coach Tom ment annually. Therefore, Karam, the Hilltoppers have parFall Riverites respond to the ticipated in the tourney 15 times news calmly, almost placidly. The reaction should not be misconstrued as apathy. The city is proud of the team's accomplishment. The Hilltoppers have won the league championship, they are in the tourney, but their true measure lies ahead. Most communities would be content to boast of a title team or tourney bound club, but when it comes to basketball Fall River is not an ordinary city and Durfee is anything but an ordinary school. The record speaks for itself. Durfee has qualified for postseson competition 30 times in the past 32 years. It won the Class A crown in 1947, 1948;

in 16 years. In 1960, 1963 and 1965, they advanced to the finals before losing. Fall Riverites are hoping this year's team will enjoy the same success as Coach Karam's 1966 club. When evaluating a Durfee team the standard of excellence set by the state championship teams is the basis for comparison. By any other norm the present Hilltopper aggregation would be considered "great." Its overall record is 16-1, it is unbeaten in league competition, it has already won the South· eastern Massachusetts Conference Division I crown; but final judgment on the club will be held in abeyance, pending the completion of the tournament.

Success Focal Point of Heated Debates Regardless of what transpires, another heated debate is already written into Durfee basketball history. Add another title to Coach Karam's eleven, change his won-loss record to read 29570 entering play this week, add ... who 'knows what else before the season is over. Durfee's athletic history provides an interesting contrast and often is the topic of heated debate. Over the years Durfee has amassed a legion of loyalists and, at the same time, seen an army of anti-Durfeeites form. The latter comprises principally those who have fallen victim to Durfee's winning ways. Both groups are admittedly biased. On the subject of basketball, the faithful point out that the

record speaks for itself, while the antagonists argue that Durfee is too big for the league and should play a more competitive schedule. The size argument has some validity, although it does not explain why schools like New Bedford, Attleboro and Taunton, who are comparable, have not had similar success. The success formula must contain other ingredients. Fall River has a good feeder system; but so do the other communities. Coaches Urban and Karam have proven'their greatness; but other schools have outstanding mentors. The debate is likely to continue for many years to come, the search for the missing ingredient will go on, but until dethroned Durfee will reign as as "king" of schoolboy basketball.

Dominates in Baseball and Basketball Only baseball comes close to but not feared. The Hilltoppers sharing the prestige afforded have had outstanding gridiron basketball at Durfee. The di- clubs have have not established amondmen have compiled an en- the reputation of a power. Fall viable record on both the local Riverites are hopeful that a new and state levels. The program image will emerge under Coach has produced such stellar per- John Sullivan who takes over formers as Joe Andrews, Russ the helm next Fall. Gibson, Mark Bomback and, Pete Soccer has been relatively sucKhoury, to name a few. Under cessful at the school on the hill, the guidance of Joe Lewis, Dur- but only to a competitive point. fee baseball is flourishing. No one is opposed to playing the Anti·Durfeeites are hard Red and Black in hockey, track, pressed to argue their case when cross-country, golf or tennis. the topic switches from either Why Durfee dominates in basbasketball or baseball to any ketball and baseball remains a other sport. For in no other riddle for those trying to achieve sports do the Hilltoppers dom- competitive status; why it does inate, in fact, they are at best not attain the same success in mediocre. . the other sports, a concern to In football, Durfee is respected its legion of loyalists.

Feehan Council Leads School

lHE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Feb. 19, 1976

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By Carol Moore

School Correspondent Have you ever wondered who does the planning for the activities at your school or business? At Feehan High in Attleboro the student council is often the answer to that question. It is extremely active in organizing many of the projects and events of the school year. Elections for approximately 40 council members take place in late spring for: the following September. Each class names homeroom representatives, with the number varying according to class enrollment. Class presidents and vice-presidents are automatically council members and the only councillors not elected are "hold-overs," hardworking students who have run for office but not been elected. The officers for this year, elected by the entire student body, are Rose Healy, president; Brian Gamache, vice-president; Dolores McDonagh, recording secretary; Denise Neveux, corresponding secretary; and James Lew, treasurer. Aided by two faculty moderators, Sister Patricia Harrington and Mr. Steven Rotondo, they direct council meetings and check on committees and members to make sure that necessary work is being done. . Students voice their opinions to their home room representatives, who report to the council officers. The officers, in tum, bring all valid comments to Sister Mary Faith Harding during their weekly meeting with her. Feehan's student council is a member of the Southeastern Mass. Association of Student Councils and the Mass. Association of Student Councils. Each year representatives attend the conventions of these organizations, learning techniques of developing leadership abilities. Student council-sponsored activities during this school year have included car washes and dances, a ham and bean supper, several spirit days, a Freshman Seminar, and a Homecoming program. Now in the planning stage is a "Free Flick Night."

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JOY IN WORK A man at work . . . selling fruit in an outdoor market . . . apparently enjoying a customer's remark ... and the warm sun. His face radiates a sense of joy and well-being ... an openness and at-ease-ness reinforced by his casual, open shirt His hands ... holding hard-earned dollar bills' are those of a working man ... The whole scene conveys a warm ... down-to-earth ... joyfulness. Joy in one's work ... seems increasingly rare ... in our world of assembly lines and office desks . . . ruled by relentless pressures of schedules and deadlines . . . There is a quiet appeal in the image of a smiling man ... at work with the fruits of .the earth . . . ·in familiar contact with people . . . a feeling of wholeness and simplicity and humanness . . . often missing from today's industrialized, bureaucratized businesses. His laughter is a reminder that work is not meant to be a frustrating burden ... nor a mindless means of achieving affluence Christians share with Jews a deep respect for work as a means of human fulfilla source of joy and wholement aQd fruitfulness ness ... and bonding between people ... Human work and creativity is seen as a share in God's creative activity. What can we do to enable ourselves ... and more people ... to find joy and satisfaction in work?

Lynda Continued from Page Fourteen aghan and Karen Twomey, Lynda's prayers for a successful retreat were answered. And the prayers offered for her have also had a happy outcome. She has graduated from' a wheelchair to crutches and hopes soon to return to the student life. Adding an ecumenical note to the story, while convalescing, Lynda is the house guest of Rev. and Mrs. Phil Jacobs of St. Peter's-on-the-Canal Episcopalian Church, Buzzards Bay. -From "Pass It On," parish newsletter of St. Margaret's Church, Buzzards Bay AnLEBORO'S

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