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The ANCHOR An Anchor of the Soul. Sure and FIrm-St. Paul

Bishop Cronin Is· Member Of Committee for Wom'en WASHINGTON (NC) - The man of the committee, which U. S. bishops' Ad Hoc Committee was formed in September. 1971, for Women in the Church and to help alleviate injustices Society met here for the first against women and encourage time with its recently named con- the Church and in the world. sultants. Other members of the commitThe committee and consultants tee are Bishop Stanley J. Brzana discussed the Vatican decree on of Ogdensburg, N. Y., Bishop lay ministries and the report by Daniel A. Cronin of Fall River, the U. S. bishops' .Pastoral Re- Mass., and Auxiliary Bishop search and Practices Committee, George R. Evans of Denver. "Theological Reflections on the The consultants are Mrs. LeOrdination of Women." may Bechtold of St. Cloud, They also reviewed the current Minn., a member of the Advisory status of the proposed 27th Council of the National ConferAmendment to the U. S. Consti- ence of Cahtolic Bishops and the tution on equal rights for women. . United States Catholic ConferAmong recommendations that ences; Sister Margaret Brennan came from the meeting were: of Monroe, Mich., preesident of A call for the development of the U. S. Conference of Leaders leadership qualitie$ in women of Congregations of Women Refrom minority groups. ligious; Sister Agnes CunningAdult education programs to ham, theologian and teacher at awaken the consciousness of Mundelein Chicago archdiocesan women to their role. seminary; Mrs. Loretta Favret, A call for Religious and lay from the archdiocese of Washwomen to work together to pro- ington and active nationally in mote the development of women, the Family Life Apostolate; and especially among minorities. Miss Margaret Mealey, executive Archbishop Leo C. Byrne of St. director of the National Council Paul and Minneapolis is chair- of Catholic Laity.

Hospital Association Charts Anti-Abortion Action Plan ST. LOUIS (NCj......The Catholic Hospital Association (CHA) has urged Catholic hospitals to "cha'lIenge through judicial pro''''''1l1111nmu.u''"mrtrl'IlUUUlllIllI1l1lmllUIIII'IIII1I''llIllI'''II't11111'1'11'111'11'1'111'111'

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cess" matters related to legality of abortions affecting their institutions. In effect, the CHA was remind.ing its 850-member Catholic hospitals and care facilities of Catholic policy not to provide services contrary to Church , teachings. More specifically, the CHA believes that the Constitution allows for Catholic hospitals not to provide services that are against their principles. "If hospital services are challenged on the state level, then we recommend several immediate courses of action," the spokesman said. The executive committee of the CHA has therefore encouraged Catholic-sponsored healthcare facilities to: Request the right to be heard in legislative assembles relative to any changes in the hospital licensing act. Request the right to be heard in relation to any consideration on the subject of abortion by legislative assemblies. Turn to Page Six

LAY CHAIRMAN WITH FAMILY: Front: Jane, 9; Rosemary, 6; Mark, 2 and Mrs. Feitelberg. Standing: Mary patricia, 12; Susan, 11; Mr. Feitel~erg and John 10.

.CHARITIES DRIVE MAY 6-76

Name Appeal Lay Chairman Joseph H. Feitelberg, well- derwriter certificate in 1964 known Fall River businessman, from the American College of will serve as the diocesan lay Life Underwriters, and is preschairman of the 1973 Catholic ently enrolled in the Advanced Charities Appeal of the Roman Management Program of the HarCatholic Diocese of Fall River. vard Business School. The diocese extends from ProvHe is president of the Feitelincetown to Attleboro and the berg Insurance, Fall River, a campaign will cover the five big full Line Risk Management Firm. areas of the diocese, namely, His insurance company repregreater Fall River, New Bedford, sents ten national insurance Taunton, the Attleboros and companies. He is chairman of the Cape Cod and the Islands of Fall River Area Health, Council, Marthas Vineyard and Nan- Region VII Comprehensive tucket. Health Planning; director of the The appointment of Feitelberg Fall River National Bank, Briswas announced today by the tol County Development CounMost Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, cil and United Fund of greater S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River. This Fall River; president of Battleis the thirty-second annual ap- ship Massachusetts; and a trustee peal and it is Bishop Cronin's of his parish. third year. as honorary chairman of the appeal. The diocesan lay chairman for Feitelberg, a native of Fall the 1973 appeal is married to River and of the Holy Name the former Sheila Dunne, a naparish, is now a member of St. tive of Great Neck, N.Y. She Patrick's parish, Somerset. The graduated from Manhattanville 1973 Catholic Charities Appeal College of the Sacred' Heart, chairman graduated from Holy New York, in 1959. She is a Cross College, Worcester in 1956 former member of St. Patrick's with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Confraternity of Christian DocHe received a chartered life un- trine Board.

Following notification of his setection by Bishop Cronin, Feitelberg, a member of the Order of St. Gregory, in a telephone conversation with Rev. Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, diocesan director, of the appeal said: "It is a genuine pleasure to serve as chilirman. I am grateful to Bishop' Cronin for the opportunity to work with the priests and laity and our many friends of the appeal. This is the Bishop's annual cal! for support and charity. The goals and priorities of this Appeal need much individual ef(ort and we hope to build a strong religious and lay organization to achieve them. With G9d's' help and that of the residetlts here in the southeastern ar~a of the state, the Diocese wit! be able to continue its works of ,charity, mercy, social service' anti other apostolate works to all regardless of race, color or cr~ed."

the special gifts phase of the Appeal will be from April 23 to May 5. The parish campaign will be conducted from May 6 to Ma)y 16.

Speculation Accompanies Consistory ROME (NC) - Pope Paul VI cannot create 30 new cardinals without at the same time creating speculation on the aftereffects of naming them. Perhaps the most important specujation is th~t Pope Paul in naming Archbishop Sergio Pignedoli one of the new cardinals has set the stage for him to become Pope. ,some day. One thing is certain, however, about the ronsistory: the theme will ,be one of joy and penance, because Ash Wednesday falls two days after the consistory begins and the new cardinals in Rome may join the Pope in his customary public acts of penance and meditation.

Thanks la~gely ,to Pope Paul, the term Prince of the Church is no longer wholly suitable, because much of the pageantry has been shorn from the office, just as the scarlet robes have been shortened. As other Popes acted in an atmosphere dominated by papal primacy, the present Pope has acted in the new climate of episcopal-papal collegiality. So a cardinal today truly is a close consort of the Pope, a full member of the college of cardinals. One of the acts of the consistory symbolizes this shaa-ing in -the rule of the Church of Rome: Taking possession of spiritual leadership of a church in Rome:

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too, Pope Paul has the emphasis. A former cU$tom dictated that each cardi~ nafbecame the "pastor" of one of Rotne's ancient churches, and in th£1 case of cardinals from wealthier na·tions, responsible for fixtng up the sagging edifice. I?ope Paul, however, has assigped new cardinals to many of thd newer parishes in -the suburbs, to be a' "pastor" working with people, and not one for a venerable but deserted basilica. that does not mean that the an¢ient churches will be abando~ed. There is a strong possi· biHty, for instance, that Archbishop Humberto Medeiros of Turn to Page Six

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St. Mary's CeD Of New Bedford Plans Forum

THE, ANCHORThurs., Feb. 22, 1973

Pope CaII,s Synod For October 174

VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope "Positive Response to Lenten Paul VI has announced the Sacrifice ,~ will be the theme of Fourth General Assembly of th~ the forums to be offered under Synod of Bishops will he heir! in the sponsorship of St. Mary's the Vatican in October, 1974, to Parish, New Bedford on six Fridiscuss "Evangelization in the day nights in Lent starting on Contemporary World." , March 9. The Pope's decision was sent The program will consist of a hy the Vatican Secretary of lecture during the Mass to be State, Cardinal Jean Villot. to of-fered at 7:30 in the church and J3ishop Wladysl~w Rubin, secrethis will be followed by group t.ary general, of the Synod of discussions in the school. Uishops. The first session on March 9 The Synod of Bishops is a will be led by Rev. Thomas L. Jlost-conciliar development which Rita, assistant at, St. Mary's, periodically brin~s together electMansfield and the topic treated ed bishops from around the will be "New Morality." world to' discuss selected suh· Rev. George E. Harrison, as,ie<:ts~nd ma,ke lheir opinions sistant at the host parish, Will and suggestions available to the b.... lead the second session on March Pope. ' .. I., 16 and will discuss "Penance '~DMINISTRATIVE~OMMITTEE OF NCCD: Cardinal John Krol (right) gestures for ,The past three synods - i~ , and Reparation." Car?mal Joh~ Cody to bnng ~p a report on abortion which was endorsed by the adminis1967, 1969,atld 1971-were held On March 23, "The New Liturat regular' intervals. However, trative commltt,ee of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. The cardinals talked during the last'synod it was rec· ~s the ~ommitteewas reconvening after a break TUI~sday. Seated beside Cardinal Cody gy" will be the topic for the eveommended by synod participants IS Cardmal John Dearden of Detroit. The 37-member committee rejected the recent U.S. ning with Rev. John J. Oliveira, secretary to 'Bishop Cronin, as that these meetings be better . Supreme Court ruling on abortion. NC Photo. . the speaker. prepared, even if it meant length"The Teaching Church" will ening the time between synods. be presented on March 30 by At the last meeting of the Rev. Michel G. Methot, assistant of the Council (If the General at St. Lawrence's Parish, New Secretariat of the Synod, the WASHINGTON (Nt) - The The cardinal told the news Auxiliary Bishop Juan A. Arzube Bedford. majority of fhe representatives Committee on Pro·Life Affairs of conference that the court, in its of Los Angeles; Bishop Walter of National Episcopal ConferRev. Ronald A. Tosti, DiocW.Curtis. of. Brfdgeport,Conn.; esan Director of the CCD, will abortion decision, "liad oven· ences indicated that a three·year the National Conference of Catholic Bishops has recommended !?tepped itself, niilking law and Auxiliary Bishop Francis J. Dunn speak on "New Directions in interval was gererally accepted. of Dubuque, Iowa; Auxilia~y Catechetics" on April 6. In his recent decision the Pope that the 'U.S. bishops have a not only interpreting it." , He said a constitutional Bishop Timothy J. Harrington of ;J,ccepted the suggestion, but spe- thorough discussion of the U.S. The leader for the final session Supreme Court abortion ruling amendment to reverse the ruling Worcester, Mass.; Bishop Ancified that the next synod meeton April 13 will be Rev. Brilin J. at their regional meetings in 'is only one possibility of fhose drew McDonald of Little Rock, ing in 1974 will have the opporHarrington, chaplain at Feehan April. now being studied "by our at· and Auxiliary Bishop HarArk.; tunity to again vote on the matHi~ School, Attleboro who will torneys." old R. Perry of New Orleans. ter. The panel also suggested that present "The Family." he said Catholics' Finally, The subject selected for dis· the bishops, encourage priests' "have a moral obligation to pro"cussion by the 1974 synod, senates, councils of Religious and test" the use of public funds Apprehension "Evangelization in the Contempastoral cO\lncils to establish ed- for abortion, but stre~sed he was A fellow who is always declarporary World," was onl~' among ucational programs designed to not advocating the' withholding ing he's no fool usually has his many suggested at the 1971 analyze the court's Jan. 22 de· of tax money by Catholics anBOSTON (NC)·-Cardinal-elect synod. -Mizner suspicions. cision~ gered by such usage of money. Humberto S. Medeiros of Boston In limiting the synod to a sin· The pro-life affairs committee urged the Soviet Union to reIn addition, the panel recgle subject Pope Paul took into has eight members. Besides Car- scind the "exorbant 'exit fees'" that the U.S. Catholic ommended account the views expressed at dinal Cody, they are Bishop imposed on persons who wish to the end of the 1!)71 meeting. Par: Conference Education and Health George W. Ahr of Trenton, N.J.; emigrate from that country. study and ,Affairs Committees ticipants in that meeting generFUNERAL HOME, INC. The Boston archbishop, who ally felt t'hat the two subjects make recommendations about R. Marcel Roy - G Lorno,ne Roy will become a cardinal March S, the ruling as it pertains to their that had been put 6n ,the agenda , Roger laFrance termed the fees "despicable -"Priestly Mi"1istry" and "Jus- offices. FUNERAL DIRECTORS blackmail" and "an unconscion- tice in the World" - were too able frustration of the aspiraThe Pro-Life Affairs Commit15 Irvington Ct. complex and requi~~d more time tee's recommendations we~e distions of thousands of people." New Bedford BOSTON (NC)-An interfaith than allotted by th,c month-long closed by Cardinal John Cody 995·5166 group here will help wage war The fees, which may range as • .~, synod. . of Chicago, committee chairman, on crime through edu~.:J.tional hi~ as $36,000, are generally at -a neWs conference at which programs and a project 'to pre- regarded as being directed priNecrol~,gy the U.S. bishops' administrative vent the mail theft of Social Se- marily against Soviet Jews who MARC1l'2 affairs committee issued a pas- curity checks said Cardinal-elect wish to emigrate to Israel. J Rev. Jame.s. ,J. }rady, 1941, "Over the decades, the athetoral message rejecting the aborFuneral Home Pastor, St. KIlIan, J'l'ew Bedford. tion ruling as "erroneous; unjust Humberto S. Medeiros of Hoston istic Communism which inspires at a press conference here. Rev. Antonio BE!rube 1936 550 Locust Street and immoral." The program which wiB be the Soviet government has perPastor, St. Joseph, :Attl€,boro. ' secuted not only the Christians Fall River, Mass. implemented in cooperaiton with Rev. Tarcisius Dreesen, S5.Ce., but also created and of Russia 672-2391 ,the Ecumenical Committee on 1952, Monastery Sacred Healt, Role of Protestant manipulated anti-Semitism as a on Crime Prevention of th.e BosRose E. SullIvan Fairhaven. ' . potent weapon of social control," l' Ministers Sl~udied ton Ministerial Association, is Rev. Alphonse Gauthier 1962 Jeffrey E. Sullivan the cardinal-elect said. "There'1 ' , UNIVERSITY PARK (NC) based on a pastoral. letter, Pastor, Sacred Heart, New Bedfore, today, our Jewish brothers The "gap" ,between pulpit and "Man's Cities and God's Poor," ford. in the Soviet Union remain a Rev. J. Omer Lussier, 1970, pew in American Protestant issued by Archbishop Medeiros special target of this demand for Pastor, Sacred Heart, North At- churches is nol so much centered last August. ransom." The ~ain features of the pr~ on controyersiai social issues D. D. Wilfred C. I tleboro. Appealing to "the conscience" such as civil rights as on the gram will be: MARCH 3 of the Soviet government, CarSullivan Driscoll Mini-courses, "The Law: Your dinal-elect Medeiros said: "We Rt. Re~. Timothy P. Sweeney, "different conceptions" clergy Rights and Responsibilities," to LL.D., 1960, Pastor, Holy Name, and laymen have 'about the role FUNERAL HOME urge them to rescind the 'exit be taught by some 50 teachers in fees' as a gesture of humanitarof the minister. New Bedford. ' 206 WINTER STREET , MARCH 6 Fifty-five per cent of the pas- the oity's publilc and' pa:rochial ianism and as a commitment to high schools. The course will FALL RIVER, MASS. Rev. John W. Quirk, 1932, tors queried said they spend too the peace which is our common Founder, St. Joseph" Taunton. much time as administrators and stress the effects of crimes cause and for. which we daily 672·3381 Rev. Bernard P. Connolly, S.S., 56 per cent said they spend'"too a'gainst the elderly. pray." A program for the elderlv in1932, St. Charles College, Mary- little time" working for social volving photo-image' check;. ' land. , justice. Under a Social Security reguMARCH 7 O'ROURKE On the other ha~d, Jaymen lation, recipients of. Social SeDOLAN-SAXON Rev. Arthur P. J. Gagnon, 1958, Funeral Home Pastor, Holy Rosary, New Bed- said they wished to see their curity c)lecks can have their payministers spending most of their ments sent directly to a checking 571 Second Street ford. ' time leading worship, preparing. or savings account anstead of'to Fall River, Mass. .......III..IIII1II1"""'"""....."''''''''UIlI'!'''''''''mll'lI'''",,UIt,...111"'"''',,,,,,",,_ sermons, visiting the sick and their home address. THE ANCHOR 123 Broadway 679-6072 the .b~reaved. When they criti: The interfaith group has arSecond C!ass Postage Paid at Fall River. M.ass. Published every Thursd~y at 410 MICHAEL J. McMAHON cized their pastors, it was for ranged with Boston's Cjty' Bank Hlehland /lVe~ue. Fall River. /,I:ass. 02722 Registered Embalmer by the Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall spending too little time looking and Trust Co. to set uff it proRiver. Subscription price by mall, postpaid VA 4-5000 Licensed Funeral Director after their congregations. $4.00 per year. gram based on this regulation.

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Orthodox Rabbis Deplore Decision On Abortion MONSEY (NC) Spiritual leaders of Orthodox Judaism in North America have deplored the Supreme Court's decision which forbids the states to ban abortions during the first three months of pregn!lncy. Meeting in mid-winter session here in New York, the Rabbinical Council of America, a 1,000member Orthodox organization, disagreed with the court's decision. The council called upon the New York state legislature to name a special study commission to study the problem of legalized abortion and the implications of the Supreme Court's decision. The Rabbinical Council proposed that the commission be composed of physicians, lawyers, religious leaders and representatives of major women's groups. Rabbi Fabian Schonfeld, first vice president of the council, said that the council must accept the Supreme Court decision "even if we disagree with its wisdom. "As religious leaders, however, w~ must continue to teach the moral imperatives and the religious dictates wh'ich frown upon taking the life of the fetus," the rabbi said. "It is important that we examine the social impli'cations of the unlimited practice of abortion and the impact it will have upon our society."

THE ANCHORThurs., Feb. 22, 1973

Says Authorities Fail to Enforce Anti-Smut Laws

BLOOMFIELD (NC)-The director of the Christian Communi c cations Apostolate of the Newark archdiocese charged here that county prosecutors are indifferent to the enforcement of New Jersey's anti-obscenity laws. Msgr. Paul J. Hayes said that prosecutors in Mercer, Essex and Union Counties have not taken action on detailed cases presented to them by his office even though minors were involved. "We continually run into closed doors when we bring documented cases to local authorities for prosecution," he said. He also complained that a fed· eral court decision upsetting one of the state's laws in obscenity is being interpreted as applying MSGR. McKEON CHATS WITH GUESTS AT MARIAN MANOR, TAUNTON to all the laws, even those concerning minors. Msgr. Hayes said the cases that. his office have hrought to the attention of prosecutors in- . volve teenagers, some as young as 14. "In Union County," he said, By Marion Unsworth Curran going to take turns holding it!" , "The paper cost two cents and '~wecalled the prosecutor and The family sense of humor- included news of the camp, told him of purchases of maga"I don't believe there's an,Y "Lt must come from my mother," sponts, .Iost and found, jokes and zines containing tota,1 nudity and such thing as growing old. The whole idea is ridiculous," says Monsignor explained, "She used that sort of thing. I still have the books with detailed descriptions of sexual activitiy. He said he Msgr. Francis McKeon of Taun- to be after us and after us and copi.es put away somewhere." In the early 1920's, the camp would not accept the cases-they ton,and he can be considered half the time we didn't realize something of an expert on the she was pulling our legs until building was enlarged to provide would have to be referred to subject since he Celebrates his long afterwards"-has stood the retreat facilities for the' priests local police. Law Is Specific 91st birthday on the 26th of this prelate in good stead right from of the diocese and the camp it- , Euthanasia Next? "We also had a case of theater the time of his ordination in self gradually evolved as a recreRabbi Schonfeld cited figures month. sales to teenagers in that county 1914. ation area for youngsters. Monsignor has no intention of indicating that over 700,000 and, fortunately, the local police Assigned to St. Mary's CatheBoy Scouts abortions were performed in the letting his age, or the fact that draI' parish in Fall .River, he realchief followed it up. The case is When Monsignor McKeon was he retired. as pastor of Sacred . (' United States last year and that ized that the workday and week assigned to Sacred Heart parish now in the courts and the county 1969, Heant Church in the fall of the expected figure for 1973' will interfere with his activities or' would be getting shorter, and in 1934, he became interested in 'prosecutor's office had to handle be close to 1.5 million. his enthusiasm for life. Every that young people would need the Boy Scouts. "We bought it anyway." "Obviously such astronomical In the Essex County munician outlet for recreation. He tents and used to go out on figures are bound to have a ·tre- morning at 6:40 he is at Marian started' collecting ten cents a . weekends to Horseneck Beach," paUty of East Orange, Msgr. Manor to celebrate Mass. Since mendous impact upon the entire week from interested parishion- he said. "You know, one of those Hayes asserted, local officials structure of soc'ety. They may the fall of 1969 he~s missed only ers and by summertime his situations where those that were ishowed fUll cooperation in an three times, and those because alfect the very fabric of our soyoung men could have a vaca-tion' on KP used to put the dishes incident involving sales of mag,of stormy weather. c:ety," he said. ' After Mass, which is cele- for $1 a day on land in East down by the water and when the . azines to teenagers. But when "The character and philosophy at 10 on Sundays, Mon- F.reetown which became the site tide carne in they were washed! the prosecutor's office was conbrated of our community cannot but be of Cathedral Camp. "But it seemed it always tacted, East Orange officials were influenced by such a change. signor stays around the Manor rained, the boys caught colds, told to forget the case. for a while, reading the paper Camp Beginnings What is the Qature of this Msgr. Hayes said that the For a building the then Father. and the. parents worried;" he change? Will it bring with it cli- 'and talking to people coming in added, "so I set about looking federal court decision upsetting a and out. "Often I take two or McKeon used his ingenuity: "In mates for additional permissivethree of the people out for a those days we had the electric for a better solution. I found law defining obscenity does not ness?" he 'asked. ride," Monsignor explained, "per- cars," explained Msgr. McKeon, some land on the water in Berk- affect the status of laws designed "Already we hear of a strong haps to my' summer home in "and at each station there was a ley - the most beautiful view to protect minors. movement for "death with dig"The law is quite specificthere is." nity," a euphem)sm for eutha- Berkley, or ,to a secondhand platform. At each end of the platFor shelter, Monsignor pur- and it has not been overturnedstore-whatever' offers itself." form there was a long, low buildnasia. If there are to be no limits Better Than Europe ing. It was one of those, moved chased an old house for $100. that such sales are a crime in upon permissiveness, should we "I'd rather go to a secondhand to East Freetown, which formed He and his boys tore it down New Jersey," he said. not know what impact it will piece :by piece and rebuilt it in store than to Europe," he con· the basis of Cathedral Camp. have on our society?" Berkley. That was the start of fessed. He is an inveterate visHonesty "It wasn't for kids then," he Rabbi Schonfeld said that if the house as ,it is now. itor to secondhand shops and a added, "but for anybody. Then Honest men fear neither the the Supreme Court were to asThrough the years, many, many -Fuller sess a study like the· one pro- collector of antiques, a hobby four years later we opened it to groups have enjoyed ,the hospi- light nor the dark. which started about the time he part of the summer and 'girls for posed by the council it might· was .named pastor' of Sacred the camp really got going. Col- tality of the Monsignor's summer draw different conclusions about Heart parish in 1934. lege g,irls on vacation started to home,' including the Dominican its decision. "That was a time when so come and it got so everyone who Sisters from Marian Manor and' , Madonna Manor in N. Attleboro. many of the big homes in New- who was anyone came. port were going to pieces and I Christ's Way "We'd ~ave movies once a Priest Seeks Seat could pick up a lot of things at week, often before they were Meanwhile he continues to On City Council ·the shops around Fall River," shown in the theaters in Fall prowl his secondhand shops. He . River," he reminisced, "and says, "I feel sorry for newlyNEW YORK (NC) - Speaking he said. There's 11 convenient After nearly 40 years of col', dances on Saturday nights when weds today. They think they from the steps of City Hall, locations in Attleboro Father Louis R. Gigante of the lecting, his home at 72 Ashland half of the girls wouid dress as have Ito have everything brand Falls, Mansfield, North Of course, I boys for par-tners. new and spend more money than Taunton where he lives South Bronx has announced he Street in Attleboro, North Dighton. will seek the newly created Tri- with his four sisters is full of often had trouhle keeping the they have on things that have North Easton, Norton, little value." borough District seat on the City his "finds." There's so mlich, my real boys out!" . Raynham, and Taunton. family gets after me and I have "Every night there was a ball "I thin'k if I had to do it over Council. game, with me as one of the again, I would try to teach myThe 40-year-old associate p.as- to hide things," he quipped. "One day I brought home a captains, and he girls also loved self to go without, to discipline tor of St. Athanasius Church, who unsuccessfully sought the large oil painting with a deep basketball," he continued. "Be- myself to self-sacrifice," he addDemocratic nomination for con- frame. The following day when I lieve me, those girls could be as ed. "In this opulent society gressman from his area three got home, my sister Katherine competitive as any young men!"· wl}ere everybody has more and During this time of the early more possessions, it would not years ago, said he thought he was siitting in the living room easy, but it was Christ's way." was the first Catholic priest to holding the painting. When I years of Cathedral Camp, its diasked her what was going on, rector' also put out daily the As for death? "Nonsense!" run for local office here. He said he would need be- she explained that there simply "Cathedral Chimes," which he says Monsignor. "Each of us has tween $20,000 and $25,000 to fi- .wasn't room in the house for called the "largest home-grown a bit of divinity in us. God MEMBER F 0 I C another picture, so they were paper in East Freetown." nance his campaign, wouldn't trick me that way!"

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,Bureau Collaboratlion Is 'Phony' In the last release of this column I sev.erly criticized the American ~ Farm B~reau Federation for trying to cripple, if not to, destroy, ,the United Farm Workers Union by means of federal and state legistlation. I also said that the Teamsters ought to be to alleviate rural poverty than ashamed of themselves for any other organization outside collaborating with the Farm the federal government. But not Bureau Federation in such a only has the Farm Bureau not cynical and transparently phony operation. These arc admittedly hanl words, but fran~ly I can see no

By MSGR. GEORGE G.: HIGGINS

point in beating~ around the bush on an issue of such, crucilil importance to one of the most disadvantaged groups of workers in the American economy. The Teamsters know perfectly well Ihat the Farm Bureau's record in the area under dscussion has always been corrtpletely reactionary by any reasonable s~t of standards, including the standards 'which the Teamsters themselves profess to live by as the largest and one of the most influential trade ;union centers in the United States. Notoriousl~ Anti-Labor This being tne case. I must leave it to the Teamstel's to explain why thpy have joined forces with the Farm Bureau Federation in a desperate effort to pull the rug out fro,m under the Farm Workers Union. In 'due time they will undoubtedly come lip with some s?rt of explanaWin for public consumption, but I doubt that they will be able to . make it stick.' As the old saying goes, they might just as' well save their hreath to cool t/leir soup.There is simply no way they can rationalize their unfort~nate (and, in the annals of labor' history, unprecedented) decision to team up with a notoriously anti-labor organization in an effort to sell the Farm Workers dow,n the river. Their peers in the trade union movement and, scores of other interested parties whose good will presumably mean something to the Teamst.ers' are too sophisticated in their knowledge of the f~rm labor problem and too familiar with the Farm Bureau's anti-labor record to be taken in by any amount l of double talk. ,Roadblocks to Action If the Farm Bureau Federation and the Teamsters think that I am pushing this point too hard, I can only refer them to Chapter XI, "Profiteering With Poverty," in Samuel R. Berger's 1971 study entitled, "Dollar Harvest: An Expose of ithe Farm Bureau (D.C. Heath an;d Co.,' Lexington, Mass., $7.95). Mr. Berger's summary of the Farm Bureau's position on the subject of agricultural labor reads" in par::, asfollows: "Because' Of its size,' resources, 'and influence among rural Americans, the Farm Bureau .has had more OppoJ~tunity

been part of the solution, it has actually been PClrl: of the problem. While the Farm Bureau certainly did not create poverty in America, it can justifiably take partial credit for its continued CONFIRMATION FOR THE BLIND: Auxiliary Bishop Thomas J. Welsh' of Philadelexistence. it has ereotej roadhlocks to decisive government phia extends his hands over William Cooper and Frances Cunha, pupils from Overbrook action to help the poor _. both School for the Blind, during their Confirmation in the chapel of ·St. Charles Borromeo rural and urban. It has fought Seminary. Frances gets the feel of the mitre, right photo, as William and a friend, Gerry efforts to improve the life of the Young, await their turn. N CPhoto. country's farm workers; anj it has led the advocates of a farm policy that would further widen the gap between rich and poor on America's farms. MADRID (NC)-Gen. Francis- has not sought personal recog- . present state-control over the apAssaults on Chavez co' Franco said in his 1973 mes- nition but the good of the nation. pointment of bishops, a cen"Not only has the Farm BIIsage to Spaniards that if he has The SO-year-old ruler - who turies-old privilege the Franco reau .. .' made farm workers secfavored the Catholic Church, he came to power in the aftermath govemment is hesitant to give up ond class citizens within the Buof the 1936-39' Civil War added, without, at "he same time, revisreau, it has also suppressed their however, that "Church-State re- ing subsidies and other state attempts to form their own orprivileges the Church enjoys in ganizations. It is terrified of the farm workers to engage in sec- lations must be based on full in- Spain. dependence from each other." movement 'to organize farm ondary boycotts. In the only reference to a sucBy cOl1ltrast, O'Hara's omnibus The chiel' of state, appearing laborers and willing to commit Gen. Franco praised the cessor, bill would bring agricultural not look well. on television, did the entire force of its resources workers under the coverage of His voice was weaker than on social and diplomatic endeavto stop it. , ors of Pri'nce Carlos de Borbon, previous similar occasions. "There is ,no other issue on the the original National Labor RelaCongressional front, except per- tions Act, rather than' under the However 'he gave hope to who according to the results of haps dismantling the 'government more restrictive provisions of many cit>izens that a program of , a 1947 plebiscite is to rule Spain farm program, to which ,the Farm either Taft-Hartley or Landrum- moder-ate trans~tion will follow under a monarchy if Franco Bureau devotes more time, ener- Griffin. The Michigan Democrat his resignation or death. Indica- steps down or dies. gy and money that farm' legisla- thinks that this is 'essential "to tion of this was his.statement For· the Catholic' daily Va, the . encourage the broad~st possi~le that hl:! wi!1 stay at ,the.helm"for general's New iYear"s "m'essage tion .. , "The Farm Bureau's Washing- organizing efforts il'\l'the agr'icul- the tirrte I can continue to serve r~presented "a 'hopeful message, ton looby has also workej tural industry." .,' with efficiency' the course of the yet to' be implemented." It conStrange Bedfellows against extending coverage of' trasted the moderate tone of the nation, God willing." Social Security' unemployment I thoroughly agree WIth ConHe outlined a series of govern- televised speech with recent insurance to farm workers ... In gressman O'Hara and thoroughly ment moves aimed at wider par- "hard utterances" by Franco recent years (it) has emerged as disagree with the position being ticipation III politics-thus far aides. a leading opponent of the efforts taken by the Farm BUireau all political groups but the gov. to unionize farm workers. It has Federation 'and the Teamsters. I ernment's National Movement steadily increasedl the intensity' would also give substantial odds are banned-greater freedom of of its assault on Cesar Chavez that the overwhelming majority opini'On against the present backand his United Farm Workers (let's say 99 per cent) of the ground of muted censorship, and Organizing Committee (now the priests, ministers and rabbis who a slow-down 'in the spiraling cost United Farm Workers Union) have studied the farm labor of living. Over 35 Years . and has committed its vast re- problem will strongly oppose the of Satisfied Service On the subject of Church-state sources to frustrating the na- Teamster-Farm Bureau bill if' and relations, which' have been Reg. Master Plumber 7023 tional boycotts, first of non- when it ever sees the Hght of marked by conflict during negoJOSEPH RAPOSA, JR. union grap~s and, more recently, day. 806 NO. MAIN STREET tiations for a change in the of lettuce." I say ".jfand when" because it Vatican-Spanish ,concordat, Gen. Fall River 675-7497 • • • + • • • • • • • ft' •••••••••• Deplorable Record is entirely possible-even prob- Franco said: The Farm Bureau's record, as able in my opinion-that, when "Whatever we have d'One and summarized by Berger-and I the chips are down, the Team- will do for the Church we do it "• have quoted only portion of sters and the Farm Bureau Fed- following our Christian conhis summary-speaks for itself. 'eration will not be' able to agree science, without thought of The Teamsters recent decision, in upon the terms of their proposed earning applause or recognition. the face of this deplorable rec- anti-UFWU bill. Judging from "Our government has respondord, to join forces with the Farm their past performance in Washed ,to the Catholic beliefs of most Bureau Federation in an effort ington and at the state level, I to say that what it tells us is 110t would anticipate that the Farm of our people in maintaining for very flattering to the Teamsters., Bureau Federation will strenu- decades an attitude of respect Mind you, it isn't as though ously push for amendments (e.g., and cooperation with the Church. the Teamsters had no other al- the prohibition of strikes at hal'- We provided all kinds of support ternative. but to enter into an un- yest time) which even the Team- in the fulfillment of its sacred seemly alliance with the Farm' sters will not be able to swallow. mission in our society." Bureau Federation on the subject If that happens, the Teamster- , The concordat negotiations are of agricultural labor legislation. 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Press Association Plan Joint Meeting MINNEAPOLIS (NC) - The Catholic Press Association (CPA) and its Protestant counterpart, Associated Church Press (ACP), will hold a joint meeting at the Radisson South Hotel here May 8-11. Participants in the CPA sessions will consider proposals to restructure their organizations to give votes to publication staff and associate members and. to reorganize the CPA board of directors. CPA participants also are scheduled to vote on a proposal to inerease annual dues for a,ll classes of member publica-

tions. The boards of directors of the CPA and ACP will hold meetings on the opening day of the convention. The major busIness of the can· vention begins on May 9, with the official convention opening. On the same day, the CPA and ACP are scheduled to hold separate business meetings. The restructuring and dues proposals are expected to be considered at the CPA business session. The program also features advertising, editorial, and circulation panel discussions.

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DOING WORKS PREPARE FOR CHARITIES APPEAL: Area directors for 1973 Catholic Charities Appeal meet with Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, diocesan director, in preparation for April kick-off meeting. From left, seated, Rev. Walter A. Sullivan, Sacred Heart Church, Taunton; Msgr. Gomes; Rev. Bento R. Fraga, Holy Ghost, Attleboro; standing, Rev. John F. Andrews, St.. Margaret, Buzzards Bay; Rev. Roger D. LeDuc, St. Joseph,. New Bedford.

Pope Receives North Vietryam Negotiator VATICAN CITY (NC)-Pope Paul VI received North Viet· nam's chief negotiator at the Paris peace talks, Xuan Thuy, to discuss privately postwar pros· peets in Vietnam. The Pope met with the Vietnamese official for 45 minutes in the Vatican and then an· nounced the visit publicly during his general audience that same morning. The Pope, arriving at the audicnce somewhat behind schedule because of the length of the conversation with Xuan Thuy, told thousands gathered in the audience hall: "We have just finishe:l

meeting with a singular visitor, the representative of North Viet· nam." Applause greeted the announcement. Pope Paul said the North Viet· namese representative had personally 'requested to be received by the Pope "so that he might assure us that his P?ople and government truly "deSIre peace. Than,ks be to God. Vatican press spokesman Fre:!· erico Alessandrini said f{uan Thuy "expressed the pleasure of the North Vietnamese govern· ment for the efforts made by the Pope to help end the Vietnam war and re·establish peace."

u.s. Bishops Asked to Contribute To Peace Projects in Ireland WASHINGTON (NC) - The bishops of the United States were asked to give financial sup· port to two projects designed to help restore peace in Northern Ireland. The proj~cts mentioned in a letter sent to all U. S.· bishops are the Ardoyne Housing Com· mittee and a proposed film on reconciliation in' Northern Ireland. Both projects have been endorsed by Irish bishops and Auxiliary"Bishop John J. Dough· erty of Newark, chairman of the bishops' Committee for Social Development and World Peace, in the letter.

Bishop Dougherty said that "the idea. of the projects came from the Irish', and remain, their projects. Americans are asked to facilitate and support the~." Plan Cooperative

The Ardoyne Housing Committee, organized to rebuild 200 houses destroyed ·in a riot,· is ex· pected to develop into a cooperative that can contribute to the long·range development of Belfast. Catholic and Protestant ch,~rgy serve on the committee. The film will be based on group-encounters of ordinary people in Northern Ireland. It will be shown on television in Ireland, England, and other Bishop Dougherty made a percountries. sonal appeal to the bishops at Several Protestant churches their meeting -last fall to support have made sizeable contributions interfaith efforts to help ease to the film project which was the situation in that country. undertaken by the Jesuits. "There is a good prospect of Cardinal William Conway, of an imminent, -international and Armagh expressed support for interfaith effort to deal with the both projects, Bishop Dougherty ecclesial aspects of the Northern said. Ireland situation," Bishop Dough· Bishop William Philbin of erty said then. "In the meanwhile Down and Connor sai:l, "aU what is urgently" needed are' right-minded people here would tangible signs of supporting real- greatly welcome help of this conistic and constructive programs structive kind towards remedy· being undertaken by the people ing in the ,longer term our ne::ds themselves. " and disabilities."

The visit was the first official visit by a representative of North Vietnam to the Vatican, although it is understood that Viet Cong representative Madame Nguyen Thuy Binh also visited the Vati· can 'Some time ago before the wa·r was I:lFought to a halt. No specific details of the con. versation between the Pope and the North Vietnamese representative were available. But it is well known the Pope is anxious for a consolidation of the present armistice, massive aid to refu. gees in hoth North and South Vietnam and a renewal of contacts beween the Vatican and the Catholic Church in the North, which has been cut off from direct contact with Rome for the most part during the long war. The visit of 'Xuan Thuy, who was in Italy at the invitation of. the Italian Communist party, was interpreted as a recognition of the papal efforts to bring about peaceful negotiatoins to end the war and the pledge of help 'and relief in the post-war period.

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Still One World The sight of former prisoners of war returning to the United States. from their Indo-China jails is a. heartening one. The report from Laos of a cease-fire there is another' step toward' disinvolvement of Americ,an military might 'from that area of the world. It would seem that the United 'States is withdrawing ,from a military presence in that portion of the wotld. Thi~l does not mean that' the United States should take an isolationist posture. It would be easy at this moment of the nation's history to let weariness with war cause the country to turn its back on the rest of the wOrld. Certainly there' are enough issues at hpme to occupy the concern' and involvement of the nation and its leaders and its citizens. But the country must not forget the fact that we are living in one world. The involvement must be one of construtive help, Iof encouragement, of bringing the have-not nations of the world into the family of natioll1s living' on a level of dignity and! well-being. There can be no looking out for one's self at the expe~se of letting other developing nations flounqer in misery and want and degradation. , The "how" of helping these nations is the -key problem. ,They will resent - and with justification - the patronizing helping hand, the "father knows best" attitude of those seeking to be, of assistance. Rightly or wrongly, this day has gone. The effort must be a truly brotherly one, one that offers help not in a paternal way but in a: fraternal way, as one brother r~aching out to offer service to another. This is, basically, a spiritual attitude and it might seem strange to urge this as an approach but no other will work. Unless. this fraternal cittitude is present, this respect fOIr the dignity of the one being assis,ted, this approaching the developing nations 'of, the world seeking the privilege from them of being of assistance, then there will be only the repetition of arrogant paternalism on the part of the one and resentful. acceptanceI on the part of the other. . . And sucll an atmosphere could hardly be called one of peace. And it wouRd hardly be the recognition t!tat ours is still one world.

Where '8: The lVealth? The atithpr qf a bc>ok on the finances of the Vatican, decided after, the pull>lication of that work, to do one on the finances of the Church in the United States. He had visions of all ~orts of startling revelations about the wealth of the Church in tMs country. He heard, of course, the protestations of many chancery officials that the financial picture was a: poor one. But this, he reasoned, was simply "the party liqe," the attempt to cover up what must be vast resources. So h(~ started to dig' and to ask questions and to investigate. ') Just last week he reported back to his publisher that he did not see how the book could be written. He found out that dioce~e after diocese was strapped for money. The great wealth of the-Catholic Church in the United States simply does not exist. The Church has buildings, of cou~e -school and church buildhlgs. But these are not wealth; quite the contrary, they are draining the funds available for their operation and maintenance. " The Church is trying to fulfill its ministry of worship of God and service to man and brining God to man and man to' God. For this it does need programs .and buildings and operations of:various kinds. But the myth that there is a vast reservoir of money behind it has' been disp~lled. This is only what Church people have been saying all along, of course. But now comes corroboration of what has been said. ,

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Educator Says WASHINGTON (NC)-Federal income tax credit legislation could bring changes in the fie nancing of Catholic schools and prevent .further school closings, an official of the National Cath· olic Educational Association (NCEA) said. Father Frank Bredeweg, dirtletor of NCEA's .special projects 'department, used NCEA statiStics to project that "per pupil costs in 1975-76 (including an evaluation for contributed sere vices) will be about $240 on the elementary level, about $940 in· parish and diocesan high schools, and about $1,190 in secondary schools operated by Religious communities." The tax credit bill likely to be recommended to the House· Ways and Means Committee, which would allow a federal income tax credit of 50 per cent of tuition paid up to $4PO (with a maximum credit of $200 per child) would provide "significant relief" to parents with childen in high school in meeting the projected costs, Father Bredeweg said. The schools therefore "could gradually increase tuition as costs dictate without throwing the total burden upon the .par-ignations accepted, in the opin- ents. Such circumstances could Continued from Page One Boston will be assigned the ion of many observers. . not help but stabilize Catholic .No one, however, in this town elementary scho~ls." titular chU'l'Ch of Santa Susanna-, -wl1ich thrives on speculationthe U. S. parish cl}urch. Part of Answer Roman experts saw no real is willing to guess who is going , "surprises" on the list of new ~ere. He predicted that tuitions on cardinals. Many' have observed This is so beclluse there are the elementary level "will not that Archbishop Pignedoli, 62, . four fornier secretaries of con· reach the proposed $400 limit now will move from )Iis job as gregations who ,as cardinals can for many years" because raising no. 2 man at the Congregation not remain in their No. 2 spots. tuitions is a traumatic experifor the Evangelization" of Peoples Two long-time diplorttats, incll.ld- ence for most parishes. to a top slot somewhere else. Tax credits will make possible ing ,the apostolic delegate in the More important, as a ca,rd-inal, United States, Cardinal-elect for elementary schools and parthe well-liked and well-traveled Luigi Raimondi, must be given ishes a "shared-finances packarchibishop joins two other ][tal- new jobs. age," he said, meeting a $540 per 'ians mentioned as "papabile," pupil cost with tuition and fees Finally, it is possible that one Cardinals Pericle Felici, 61, and of the new cardinals, either from (14 per cent), half of which is Michele Pellegrino of Turin, 69. a small diocese, or even a large refundable through tax credits; As one Roman observer put it, U. S. diocese, could be named parish subsidy (26 per cent); conCardinal Pellegrino might be ac- to the Roman Curia, the tributed services (10 per cent); ceptable to those from nothern Church's central administrative state and other income (10 per Europe who aligned during the offices. cent). council to emphasize episcopalFather Bredeweg warned that Among many eligible prelates federal income tax credit legislapapal collegiality and local episnot named a cardinal this time tion is only part of the answer to copal responsibility. was Archbishop Giovanni Benel- Cath{)lic schools' problems. Each Cardinal Felici, whose main Ii, the dynamic, hard-working job the past ·few years has been papal undersecretary of state, community has the responsibility the awesome revision of the considered by some one, of the "to combine all of its available Code of Canon Law, is well liked most powerful men in the Vat- resources in such. a way as to operate a school successfully," by those'in favor of centraliza- ican. he said. tion in Rome, but frequently has Archbishop Benelli is not unibeen at odds with liberals. versally liked. But for the forThe Roman observer added, seeable future he w1ll continue however, that Cardinal Felici has to wield power as one of Pope recently displayed not only his Paul's, closest workers. Continued from' Page One ability to be tough, but an abilChallenge through judicial pro· It has been said that Pope Paul ity to listen to the other side and cesses any matter relating to the, to debate differences with gener- spent two weeks working over lega-lity of abortion: the list of new cardinals because osity and good humor. . Sister Mary Maurita, CHA exhe wanted to weigh its conseIn the opinion of the Roma'n quences around the world. ecutive vice-president, 'said that observer, however, Cardinal Pieach Catholic hospital must afDoubtless, the consistory will firm itself through corporate resgnedoli has a clear edge. He has not only been instrumental in have consequences even if the olution as being "unqualifiedly naming bishops in the Third Pope confines himself to the ex- opposed to abortion." , World of underdeveloped nations, pected: naming 30 new cardinals "While times and circumwho will feel close to him, but and handing a few palliums, stances and civil laws may has traveled in some 100 coun· symbols of ,the badge of office, change," she said, "we believe tries and is probably the best to some new archbishops. the right to life and the inviolaThe announcement of new po- . bility of the human person reknown of the Vatican cardinals. There is also speculation sitions in ,the Curia, however, main unchanged." around Rome about the fateful will . make waves, not only for Sister Maurita said it is imdate of March 1. the day when Cardinal Pignedoli, but for the portant that implementation 'of many !important jobs in the four new secretaries of the con- a Catholic hospital's position be Curia, the Church's central ad- gregations, who will then be four planned and executed in 'close ministration, expire, five years more important figures on the cooperation with legal counsel. after Pope Paul streamlined the Vatican scene. She said the CHA's recom· Curia. Even a quiet consistory will mended course of immediate acPrefects of several Vatican de- make headlines around the world tion serve to "promote the partments who are over 75 will and change tbe power structure dignity and worth of life, and to ",in. aH likelihoOd" find their res- in the Church. protect the right to life."

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DIOCESE HONORS PILGRIM VIRGIN: Devotion to Pilgrim Virgin is increasing in Fall River diocese. Left; group responsible for bringing permanent traveling statue to Cape Cod. From left, seated,. Claire Keville, Mary Cremins, Marguerite Hefferman, Evelyn Boulton, Mary Evers,

Abortion Ruling ·'Supreme Insult' NEW ORLEANS (NC) - The Clarion Herald, in the wake of the U. S. Supreme Court abortion ruling, published an eightpaige supplement highly critical of the court's Jan. 22 decision. Entitled, "Abortion: The Supreme Insult," the New Orleans archdiocesan newspaper's special on Feb. 8 contained a photograph of aborted children aged 18-24 weeks lying dead in ·a plastic trash bag at "a large metropolitan, university-related hospital which ,wishes to remain unidenbified." It also· featured six other photographs and I 6 stories related to abortion, specifically the Supreme Court ruling permitting almost unlimited access to the operation within the first six months of pregnancy. The article most critical of the court was wl1itten by Father JerGme Le Doux, a regular columnist for the Clarion Herald. The story was entiled "Ten New Commandments" and rewrote the original Ten Commandments in sardonic fashion as they might have been propagated by the Supreme Court. "I am the Supreme Court, your god; you shall not have strange gods before me," read one of the "commandments." Another stated: "Honor thy father a·nd thy mother, if you have had the dubious fortune of surviving a therapeutic or otherwise convenient abortion." Still another said: "You shall not commit adultery, unless you have made sensible contraceptive arrangements: .." The last "commandment" read: "You 'shall not covet thy neighbor's goods. That is quite unnecessary, seeing that you will be saving so much money through our pronouncement of legalized abortion l •• You don't have to travel to New York or some other place now. You can have almost everything except curb service,"

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Our Lady, Too, Can Take Her Turn At Activities of Women's Lib BY PAT McGOWAN was obtained "to travel from the about the Pilgrim Virgin and reIn an age when recitation of Cape Cod Canal to Provincetown, ferred them to the young woman the rosary and devotion to the reviving the rosary in the family who had made arrangements with them the previ'ous night. Miraculous Medal have become circle to promote world peace." The st0!'t of how the statue almost as archaic as the Latin Visiting her and checking with Mass, it is pleasant to note that originally 'came to the 03pe is the chairman of arrangements Our Lady seems to be practicing told by J'oseph D. Evers, whose for the traveling statue, the a little Women's Lib, refusing, family was the first in St. Pius Everses were told that they lived as other women are marching to X parish to honor the Pilgrim too far from Fairhaven to be the forefront of the Church, to Virgin. eligible for a visit. Evers said he and his wife had be shunted aside. "But Our Lady wants to cross Evidencing this is the increas- for some time belonged to a rosthe Bourne Bridge and come to ary group which met weekly for 'ing interest in the Pilgrim Virgin Cape Cod," Mrs. Evers told the devotio!'1s to Our Lady. They being shown in the Fall River chairman. diocese. The Virgin is a statue were also interested in the Our Lady's Choice of Our Lady of Fatima which charismatic renewal movement, travels from home to home with- known as Catholic Pentecostal"To get her 'Off the phone, he in a parish or othel.' area. It re- ism. Hoping to combine the two final1y told her that if she wished mains for a week in each home, 'interests, they were seeking a to pursue the matter, we should <luring which special devotions prayer group where Our Lady stop 'at the Sacred Heart Noviare held nightly, with neighbors would be most honored. tiate in Wareham and ask for No Fishing and friends invited to attend. Brother Bill Keene, in charge of The Virgin is escorted by a Apparently Our Lady was the statue assignments," said guard of honor from one home working in the same direction, Evers, adding, "You know, I to another, and in Taunton, New said Mrs. Evers. In a seemingly never did get to see that fishing Bedfor<l and Cape Cod parishes unrelated incident, she and her village. My chance to do some where statues are circulating husband decided to visit a fish- sightseeing was washed out there are long waiting lists of ing village near Fairhaven, com- again. families eager to welcome them. bining their trip with attendance "We found Brother Keene and at a celebration of the Feast of told him our story 'and he reOn the Cape Veneration of the Pilgrim Vir- the Immaculate .Heart of Mary, plied that sometimes Our Lady gin began in the United States to be held at Sacred Hearts tells them where she wishes to during the Marian Year of 1954 Academy, Fairhaven. be sent. He advised us that the However, traffic slowed their week of Aug. 20. was available when a group of Americans visiting the shrine of Our Lady of travel and they arrived in Fair- and we could have her for that Fatima in Portugal learned of the haven only in time for the ser- period.. practice of baking statues of Our vice. No fishing village. But it "What I wish to emphasize is Lady to various Portuguese was at the service that they first that our second visit to Fairchurches for special veneration. heard of the Pilgrim Virgin and haven was seemingly arranged The American pilgrims con- were asked by a young woman by Our Lady in contriving that ceived the idea of having repli- to take the statue into their my rosary was entan'gled with cas made of .the Fatima statue home. They agreed and returned the key. If we had not returned to the Cape. for travel in the United States The next day, however, Evers to Fairhaven, our Pilgrim Virgin with the specifc purpose of going into homes to encourage found that he had lost on impor- would not have come to Cape recitation of the daily rosary for tant key. After searching his Cod." And reinforcing Mrs. Evers' house and car, he caUed Fairthe intention of world peace. Today 120 statues are travel- haven in the hope he had lost it declaration that she's a "strong believer in going to Jesus ing in the United States, visiting at the academy. A trip to retrieve the key was through Mary," is the fact that churches, convalescent homes thus necessitated, and on::e again in almost every Cape residence as well as private homes. A Pilgrim Virgin was loaned the Everses decided to combine . where the Pilgrim Virgin has to the parish of St. Pius X, South it with a visit to the fishing vil- been honored, devotion to her Yarmouvh, in August, and inter- lage. But when they reached the has been combined with the est in the devotion was such that Academy, the Sister Superior ceremony of Enthronement of by Christmas a permanent statue gave them more information the Sacred Heart in the home.

NEW ROCHELLE (NC) - A national Catholic lay group based here has declared that the U. S. Supreme Court abortion ruling had made the U. S. "an official1y pagan state." Catholics United for the Fait-h, Inc. said, however, that the court's decision was not surprising because Catholics previously had al10wed the continued exile of God from schools and public life. "The legalization of killing is certainly shocking, but surely it is not surprising," the group declared, referring to the Supreme' Court's 7-2 ruling permitting almost unrestricted abortions for .most of a woman's pregnancy. For more than a decade we Catholics have acquiesced in the progressive banishment of God and prayer and the. Commandments from our schools and our public life, and in their replacement by a humanist utilitarian ethic and an officially pagan state."

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SPRINGFIELD (NC)-Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis have' scored the U. S. Supreme Court abortion ruling and have urged all workers in the health field to refuse to participate in abortion' operations. The Sisters, speaking in a document signed by seven members of their congregation's board of directors, said: "We believe in the sacredness of human life, cherishing it as a gift of God and a responsibility to Him. We hold that abortion, which is directly intended, is destructive of innocent, indefensible human life, reprehensible 'by reason of the law of our land, and the law of God." After stating their opposition to abortion, the Sisters declared: "We, therefore, call, upon our doctors, nurses, para-medical personnel educators and all workers in the health field, as well as the communities whom we serve to join us in defending the unborn, and in refusing to participate in the direct, unwarranted termination of life." The Sisters, whose motherhouse is here in Illinois, operate 18 hospitals and clinics in the U. S., including six'in the Springfield diocese. They also staff St. Monica Hall, the diocesan home for unwed mothers,

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Dominicans to Leave Seven Newark Schools

Divorces Bring Money. To Dominican Republic SANTO) DOMINGO (NC)-A quickie divorce law aimed at attracting U. S. <Citizens' has brought a, half million dollars into the :Dominican Republic since it was approved about 20 months ago. " The law, passed in June, 1971 despite oppositio!,! from the bishops and many civic organizations, allows for one to two weeks of residence before U. S. couples and other foreign-born citizens can obtain a legal divorce in Dominican courts. . About 6,O()0 cases have been processed at the tW() more active courts, at Santo I)omingo and San Cristobal. Each couple paid between $300 and $350 for state taxes alone. They also paid lawyer's fees, for the translation of documents and living expenses. Total estimated cost is $840.·

OLYMPIA (NC)-Ins(:parate actions here the Washington state legislature moved along a bill providing state aid to some nonpublic school students and Pope Stresses Sense held hearings ona measulre that would permit the dispemJing of Of God's: Presence VATICAN CITY (NC)-Pope contraceptives 'to minors without Paul yI warned that, without a parental consent. The House Education Commit- sense of God's presence, prayer tee approved t~gislation that , -which he described as converwould provide ne,edy and disad- sation with GOd-will result in ' vantaged student!; with scholar- a monologue. He told a general audience ships of $100 at :the elementary level and $300 fQr high Hchool. Feb. 14 that prayer "depends on A week earlier th~ Senate Educa- the sense of God's presence, tion Committee approved a sim- which we are able to present to ilar bill. our mind either -by a natural inThe bill does ltot distinguish tuition or by a <:ertain image, between public and nonpublic or by an act of faith." school students. According to the The Pope likened the man conCatholic Northwest Progress, versing with: God to the blind , Catholic weekly 'of the Seattle 'man who, re~lizes that he is' in archdiocese, it would affect some the presence· of s()m~thing he 4,500 nonpublic sthool students. cannot see. Hearings on the' contraceptives Prayerful 'conversation, the measure were held in a joint Pope said, is born from a sense session of the SoCial and Health of God's presence. Without the Serv,ices Committees from both sense that God is there, prayer houses. Some 20· witnesses de- becomes a monologue that is bated the pros and cons of the "beautiful perhaps and superlahill before a' crowd of several tive at times" but which is really hundred spectators, mostly little more than "weeping into hous~wives. ' the void."

NATIONAL VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR: Nadine Caligiuri, 33, of San,Francisco, has received the 1972 National Center for Voluntary Action in Washington, D.C. She sits beneath the NCVA symbol during a meeting with reporters Wednesday. NC Photo.

Bishops Make FincJi Decision on Marriages Involving Youth JOLIET (NC)-Signs over the marriage altars here-and in sev· eral' dioceses--could read: "Children under HI not admitted without their bishops' consent." In a move similar to the actions of at least seven other U. S. dioceses, Joliet's Bishop Rorn,eo R. Blanchette has reserved tq himself the final decision on any marriage in the diocese ·in which either party is not yet 19 years old. Citing the high incidence of divorce among young couples, Bishop Blanchette said such facts lead to "the legitimate presumption . that many young persons are not, mature enough, emotionally, spiritually, intellectually, and finanCially to assume the rights and responsibilities of marriage in contemporary ~:o ciety." According to the new norms for the Joliet diocese, any marriage applications involving a party under 19 years must be reviewed by the parish priE!st and a counselor from Catholic Charities. Their recommendations will be forwarded to the

'~ishop, who will give or withhold permission for the marriage. Regulations in seven other dioceses differ principally in the age limit for man,"1atory review. ~ost use the 19-year-old limit, but a few have made the age limit either 18 or 21. The Joliet norms allow - the parisH priest to refer older couples for counseling and the bishop's approval when there is some question abont their maturity or ability to enter a successful marriage..

CALDWELL (NC) - The Dominican Sisters of Caldwell will withdraw teaching' personnel from seven schools in the New-' ark archdiocese in June. It is understood that one of the schools, an antiquated building in Jersey City will be closed by the parish, with children being shifted to other parish schools. The pastors in two of the other six parishes were given the option of retaining a nun-administrator for a year if they wished. In the other four schools, a nunadministrator will be provided on an indefinite basis if desired. Spokesmen for the Dominicans attributed the'cutbacks to declining personnel caused by retirements, illness, death and departures from the community coupled with a dearth of vocations. The community had a pea~ membership of about 600 but the total now sta':lds at 473 with two postulants and two first-year novices. The Dominicans staff 40 schools in the archdiocese and also maintain Caldwell College,

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If I Were to ask anyone of my eight children whether or not they ought to help with the housework, I'm sure the answer would be "no." But then, I haven't asked. There are some things I feel really aren't their choice, and helping at home is one of But it seems more important them. to give each child theopportuEver since they were tod- nity of trying all different phase,; dlers, they've had to help. of home maintenance. It not only

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gives them a much broader training, but it .also spreads around the drudgery of the less popular chores. Ultimatum Consequently, I've tried all sorts of schedules, rotating the jobs. I work out a uniform pattern with everyone sharing equal time and responsibility. But it still needs me to check up on wi1ether or not it's done properly. In this, I'm 'often lax ... awl things start to deteriorate. We hit a low point last week. Their rooms were deplorable ... and I had had enough of it. They came home from school to find an ultimatum hanging from the light cord in the kitchen. "TO ALL CAR~ON KIDS ... You do not have a maid. You do not have a laundress. You do not have a charwoman. "You also do not have ANY television, visiting, or telephone privileges until this house is cleaned up! "Anyone putting clean la~ndry into a hamper does all the laundry for a month! . "Anyone with any complaints, backtalk, or non-eompliance with the above is on all dishes for a month!" For once they believed me. That day the 'house was in perfeet order. . But then the following day ...

sponsible for keeping it cle~lIl. When they were little there were few choreS they did entirelyon their own. Generally they w'Orked along with me, and it was surprising how much they absorbed. By the time she was 8, one of my daughters knew h~w to do the laundry. For our family of 10 that's a ,pretty substantial job. All this camo to my mind the other day when a friend told me this story. Learn Early "Last year I was rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery. I was hardly out of the anesthesia when the phone by my bed rang. It was my 19-year-old daughter. Do you know what she caIled to ask?" I guessed, "She was calling to see how you were feeling?" "No," my friend cried, "she wanted me to explain how to start the washing machine. NineNEW ORLEANS (NC)-Clerteen years old!" gymen of all faiths want to conShe thought for a minute, then tinue their education after ordiwent on. "I realized then what nation, acoording to a survey of a mistake I had made by doing 109 Louisiana clergymen. everything for her. It was always Msgr. Charles Fortier, coorditoo much mess when she was nator of continuing education at little to have Mr help. Now that Notre Dame Seminary School of she is old enough, she doesn't Theology, conducted the survey know how to do anything." as part of his doctoral studies at Her story started me thinking. Louisiana State University. Certainly it is difficult teaching Among Msgr. Fortier's findlittle chilstren to do some things. ·ings were: Their enthusiasm is usually far Eighty-five per cent desired an greater than their talent. updating in psychology training; When they are teenagers, howSeventy-six per cent declared ever, they don't want to be em- themselves in need of direction barrassed by bei,ng clumsy at in communication skills; somehing ... and consequently Eighty-two per cent said they avoid it to do something else needed more knowledge in the they do weIl, like listening to field of sociology; records ,instead of cooking dinner. M'Ore than half felt they needIn a large family there are ed more professional training in usuaIly children who have favor- dealing with the new drug culite jobs, and it's easier to let ture among youth. them coast along doing what "The fact," Msgr. Fortier said, they like. It gets more done with "that these clergymen are leadless efofort on my part. ers of worshipping congregations and are expected to set the tone Prior Named and climate for the people of CONCEPTION (NC) - Bene- God committed to their care, the dictine Father Anthony Shidler proper guidance in the formahas been appointed prior of Con- mation of their consciences gave 'ception Abbey here in Missouri jitters to the most dedicated of by the abbey's superior, Abbot them. "Most expressed a desire for Kevin McGonigle. As prior of the Ill-member Benedictine com- study days and guidance sessions' munity, the 51-year-old priest to learn the best techniques will be in charge of the abbey's available.·whenever the need was day-to-day activities in addition felt. A great void needs to be to his duties as history teacher filled in the professional lives of these people." and archivist of the abbey.

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; FIRST BISHOP OF TULSA: Cardinal-designate Luigi Raimondi, Apostolic Delegate in the United States, gives the crosier, sign of his office as shepherd, to newly ordained Bishop Bernard J. Ganter who heads the newly created diocese of Tulsa, Okla:,The ceremony was held in Holy Family Cathedral, Tulsa. NC Photo.

'Aware of Dignity' Church Programs Help Salvadoreans To Better Family Life WASHINGTON(NC)-Churchsponsored programs on responsible parenthood represent the "first reliable sex education" that farmworker families -have received in the Central American nation of EI Salvador. Sister Carlota Seubert, who has done social and catechetical work. in the Santa Ana diocese for six years, said that family problems are not the sole concern of the programs. The nun, a member of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration and a native of Marathon, Wis., was interviewed during a visit here: She works at Santa Ana's La Providencia diocesan center. "We train community leaders in health, reading and writing, basic finances, some agriculture, while also teaching them Christian doctrine and how to read the Bible," she said. "We also discuss Christian in-

volvement in social issues and family life. The thrust of the programs is to make these farmwO!1kers awa're of their Christian dignity, of their resources as human beings, of their right and duty to be better and be more." She said relations between the peasants and the owners of large coffee plantations, the main economic activity in the area, are improving. Several "patronos" are letting theRr workers take ·time off to attend the twoweek courses at the center. In discussing the sex-education programs Sister Carlota referred to the pressing population problems of the small nation. EI Salvador has an area of 8,100 square miles and a population of 3.6 million, which is growing at the rate of 3.4 per cent a year. It has 430 inhabitants per square mile, compared with 57 in the United States.

PHILADELPHIA (NC) - The Consortium Perfectae Caritatis (Consortium of Perfect Love), an organization of women Religious founded in 1971 to uphold Church authority, will hold a·national assembly here March 1-4. The theme of the assembly will be "The Transcendent Dimension and the American Nun." Among featured speakers at the meeting will be French Cardinal Jean Danielou; lay theologian Frank Sheed; Jesuit Fathers Virgil Blum of Marquette University, John Hardon of the Univer~ sity of Chicago and John Sheets of Creighton University, Omaha, Neb. Mrs. Luci Johnson Nugent, daughter of the late President Lyndon B. Johnson, will alS'O speak. The consortium said its theme of transcendence was chosen "in response to Pope Paul's constant caution to renew the vertical dimension of religious life." Although the consortium's official membership is limited to major superiors of women Religious, the conference will be open to all Sisters who are interested. Major superior3 of some 100 ccmgregations of nuns belong to the consortium.

Mt. St. Vincent College To Have New President NEW YORK (NC) - Sister Doris Smith, executive vicepresident of the College -of Mount Saint Vincent, has been named by the liberal arts institution's board of trustees to succeed Sister Mary David Barry as president in June. Sister Smith, a former head of the economics department at the all-women school here run by the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, had been administrative assistant to Sister Barry during the past year as well as holding the executive vice president position.

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WASHINGTON (NC)-A group of 10 U. S. religious leaders including two priests and two nuns, has been' barred from entering the Soviet Union to investigate the plight of Soviet Jews, said Rep. Robert F. Drinan (0Mass.), a Jesuit priest and chairman 'of the group. At a press conference here Father Drinan ca'lIed the Soviet action "an affront to the dedicated members of this groups." He charged that the denial of travel rights to the group "can cnly mean that the Russian government does not want to allow . Ame:.rican observers to. discover the way in which the USSR treats the three miIlion Jews wilo reside in that nation." "We have been unable to discover any other case within, recent memory in which the Russion government has denied a visa to any American individual or group traveling to Russia," Father Drinan said.

WASHINGTON (NC)--A new c;et of Campaign, for Human Development (CijD) guidelines gives high priority to "promising, innovative" antipoverty projects operated by the poor. The CHD, the U. S. bishops' antipoverty agency, said it will concentrate this year on funding projects that involve legal aid, housing, health, communications, education, transportation and social and economic developIJIent.

In addition, ql,e agency said that the highest priority will be given to "promising, innovative projects which ,demonstrate a change from traditional approaches to povehy by attacking the basic causes· of poverty and by effecting institutional change." . High priority' will also be given to "projects which generate cObperation among and within diverse groups in the interest. of a more .integrated' and mutually understanping society." Projects which aid a relatively large number ~f people will also be given: high priority, , the CHD said. i CHD officials 'said tha~ while the guidelines lis~ new priorities, t.hey will continu'e to insist' that "the poor must have the dominant voice in planning and implementation" of all projects funded by the ca)npaign.

Ord.ain First Bishop Of Tulsa Diocese DUKE'S SII)EMAN IS A PRIEST: Newly ordained Father John Sanders,right, a TULSA (NC) - "Today is a former trombonist with the Duke Ellington band, talks with "Jaz2i_Priest" Father Norman celebration of life," said Bi~hop O'Connor Of New York City. With them is Bishop Walter Curtis of Bridgeport, Conn., . Bernard J. Ganter at the ordination Mass here that made him who ordained Father Sanders. NC Photo, the first bishop of the newly

As;k Integration of Sch:ool Faculties HOUSTON (NC) - The board of education of the diocese of Galveston-Houston has asked Bishop Wendelin J. Nold to write to all pastors and principals requesting them to integrate the faculties of their schools. The board"s request was con~ tained in a report by a committee that had spent seven months studying the hiring of non-white teachers. Th~ir recom'mendation

clarified "things that had been vacancies occur in a faculty that understood by board me:m- does not have representatives bers" as the policy of the dioc- from the principal racial groups esan school system, assistant in the area (black, Mexicansuperintendent of schools Dean . American, white), ,the school 'Seed Money' Damon said. must contact the superintenThe board believed that dent's office to see if a teacher The campaign i will also con"asking th(,) bishop ~ reaffirm " of the 'unrepresented race is tinue its policy of funding only the policy in a letter' to pastors available before hiring anyone 'projects which attempt to change institutions by I attacking the and principals would speed up ·else. the process," Damon said. causes of povertl The board directed the school The boarf. ·also said that, when superintendent's office to activeLow priority will be gwen to ly recruit minority teachers and projects which :h'ave operated white teachers willing to teach for several years on funds from in minority schools. other agencies and projects sponsored by organizations which reDamon said that a major obceive . substantial sums from stacle to recruiting minority other agencies. CINCINNATI (NC)-Catholics At the same time, Archbishop teachers is that the diocesan CHD officials ;said, howeiver, must take positive steps 'both to Bernardin said, Catholics must school system "does not yet have that proposals which call for heal the wounds of the Vietnam work together with other Amer- a minimum salary. We're in "seed money" :or "matching war and to fight the evil of abor- icans "to heal the wounds that pretty bad shape without it." The board did not recommend money" will still be considered. tion, Archbishop Joseph L. Ber- have been inflicted at home and :the establishment of a minimum , Also on the l~w priority list nardin of Cincinnati said here. in,Southeast Asia." salary, because, its committee are direct service. projects, such Aid for All Victims Speaking at a Mass of Thanksas day care 'centers, Headstart, giving for peace, Archbishop Ber"This long war has taken its said, "such a policy would have and recreation J1rograms, com- nardin said that "the joy we feel", toll in terms of lives that ha.ve· other serious raqlifications, es-' munity centers, drug programs, because of the conclusion 'Of the been lost, physical destruction pecially for schools already and scholarships. Vietnam war . . . is severely t~at has been caused and .the struggling to survive because of Academic research projects tempered by the Supreme Court's divisions in our own country that lack of finances." The schools themselves have and projects COntrolled by the decision ... which removes the have undermined national unity government, $chools and legal restraints to the destruc- and created such a malaise in been integrated "for some time," Damon said. churches will alsq get low pI'ior- tion of life in another way _ so many quarters," he said. The racial breakdown for the ity. ! through abortion." The archbishop, former genelementary school' faculties is: The court. decision makes it era~ secretary of t~e U. S. bilihAmerican Indian, 3; black, 56; "all the more important that the ops conference, pomted out that Conference! Honc)rli Oriental-American, 2; SpanishChurch teach, forcefully and last Novemb~r, the U. S: b.ishops surnaJPed, 39; other 647. The raCalifornia Bishop without equivocation, what the had urged aid for aU VICtLlllS of cial breakdown for the elemenSAN DIEGO (NC) - Bishop moral law demands in this re- ~~e war: the wounded,.t~e fam- tary school students is: American Leo T. Maher of'San Diego re- gard," he said.' "Our prophetic liles of the dead and mlSS!ng .and Indian, 5; black, 1,412; Orientalreceived a National Conference voice must continue, with greater to. veterans and conscientious American. 60; Spanish-surnamed, of Christians and Jews award urgency than ever, to sensitize ubJecto~s. . . 2,680; other, 10,845. here for "moral leadership of the consciences of people to the He clte~, the bishops ~aJ.1 for people of all faiths iri California." evil of unrestricted, abortion." generous moral, matenal and "W t' k . I" technical aid to the peoples in The award was presented at wor unceasmg y, S th t A . h h' f the NCCJ's 45th anniversary A hb'emus h B d' 'd" ou eas sla w 0 ,lve Sllrc IS oP. ern~r m ~al, to fered so grievousI ." citation dinner, which also hon"I am aware, a: you are, that ored comedian RE;!d Skelton and cr~ate a c!lmate m ~hlch t~ere ethers for outstm1ding contribu- WIll be such.!l revullslOn agal~st the settlement does not guaran!lfe tee . h destruction of . human . , .a la·st'mgand'JUS t peace m tions in human r~lations and in the t .at the new' permls~,lve stance Southeast Asia," Archbishop Berimproving the quality of life. 'd "B ut 1't IS . a necesnard'm sal, Bishop Maher, in praising the Will not be tolerated. 273 CENTRAL AVE. Alternatives to abortion must sary first step toward that goa!.." NCCJ for its work in fOHtering interreligious and. intergroup re- , be offered to women with prob- , An "effective will for pe.ace"is 992-6216 lations, said its works was like lem pregnancies, he said, and the necessary, he said, "to create a the bindery of the Bible which work of agencies a'lready work- moral and spiritual 'climate in NEW_ BEDFORD \ holds the Old and New Testa- ing in that area "must be en-' which positive programs for _ _ _ _ _ _ _.. .01 ments together. couraged and expanded." peace can prosper."

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created diocese of Tulsa. Bishop Ganter, 44, was formerly chancellor of the diocese of Galveston-Houston, Tex. On Dec. 19 Pope Paul VI divided the diocese of Oklahoma City-Tulsa into two separate dioceses and named then-Msgr. Ganter bish.. op of Tulsa. The new bishop asked 'his priests Feb. 1'-to 'celebrate with him, "for we have been' joined together in a new life-a collegium-a priesthood of unity with Christ and through Him with each other," he said. In his homily Bishop Ganter stressed the need for prie,stly asceticism and holiness. "The traditional means of holiness proposed to the seminarian and priest before .vatican (Council) II were almost non-liturgical," he said. ~'That the liturgy has the paramount place in personal holiness needed to be said, and Vatican II did so."

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Asserts Radical Change Needed In Seminaries

THE ANCHORThurs., Feb. 22,.1973

Study Vocations At Notre Dame

NEW ORLEANS (NC)-Sem~ inarles in the United States must undergo "radical change" ~o corNOTRE DAME (NC) - Notre rect the mistakes of the past, a Dame University's Center for the seminary rector'said here. Study of Man in Contemporary Father John R. Gorman, pre;,Society has begun an interdisciident of St. Mary of the Lake plinary study of church vocaSeminary, Mundelein, III., made tions with a $20,960 grant from the comment at a Mass marking the National Center for Church the 50th anniversary of Notre Vocations (NCCV) in Detroit. Dame Seminary here. In light of the Second Vatican The project's director, Dr. CarCouncil and modern pressures, roll W. Tageson, a psychologist F'ather Gorman said the concept and associate professor of eduof the priesthood should be cation at Notre Dame, said the broadened and seminary trainresearch "will be designed to ing should reflect this new vision. relate to the practical needs of Based on his observations as 'vocational directors." A national head of the Chicago archdiocesan board of persons working in the seminary, he predicted that the vocations field will help plan the emphasis in' semin'ary training study, Tageson said.. would shift from the academic Tageson's study team will to professionai "experiencestudy the findings of research on based" types of learning. vocations and the various explaFather Gorman said that uninations of the findings used in versity studies should be joined the past in order to determine with those of seminaries. He said the questions needing further the separation of theological and study. secular learning was a peculiarly American method and "we have The National Conference of suffered from that' mistake." Cathoiic Bishops, the Conference Needs of Laity of Major Religious Superiors of In making a prediction, Father Men and the leadership ConferGorman said the future holds a ence of Women Religious set up "radical change" in seminary the NCCV in 1969 and, after the methods to meet the needs of the ,J..,_" ... Vatican suggested that national Catholic laity 'and to conform GRAVE OF FIRST BLACK PRIEST: Mrs. Alma Lindhorst visits the grave of Father offices be established to coordiwith Church teaching. Augustine Tolton (right), believed to be the first black priest in the United States. Father nate vocations efforts and proAnother speaker at the celeis engraved on the back side of a stone which marks the grave of a white mote public understanding of Tolton's-name bration, Father Warren Dicharry, vocations needs. emphasized what he called "the priest buried above him in St. Peter's Cemetery, Quincy, Ill. Periodically a dispute arises priestly" aspect of seminary about whether to move his remains to Springfield, The Center for the Study of NC Photo. training, or the caring for the Man in Contemporary Society spiritual needs of the laity. was established at Notre Dame Father Dicharry, a former misin 1961, under the direction of sionary in China and now rector Dr. George N. Shuster, to foster of St. Mary's Seminary, Houston, Meanwhile in the neighboring interdisciplinary research in the PORTLAND (NC)-The bish- .live administration of drugs inTex., cited Scripture to show that 'ops of Oregon denounced a leg- tended to terminate life. It is the state of Washington another humanities and the social scithe chief duty of ,the modern islative proposal that would le- difference between humanity and euthanasia bill came under at- ences. priest is to supply guidance galize euthanasia, or "mercy kill- inhumanity." tack for different reasons. which would ease needs "beyond ing." Dr. Donald Manion, chairman Competence The "death with dignity" meathe material aM the technical" In a letter published in the of Oregon Right to Life, alsoob- sure before the Washington legIn life, as in whist, hope nothsuccess of mankind. Catholic Sentinel, the weekly jected to the proposed measure. ing from the way cards may be Modern society is showing newspaper of Oregon's two dio- "This bill would allow a doctor islature says, " ... it is hereby de"stirrings of renewed interest in ceses, Archbishop Robert J. to act contrary to the Hippo- clared that (the individual per- dealt to you. Play the cards whatthe life of the spirit," he said. , Dwyer of Portland and Thomas cratic Oath, which states, 'I will. son) should be allowed the right ever they be, to the best of your skill. -Bulwer-Lytton Especially young people are J. Connolly of Baker called the give no deadly medicine to any- to make the final,' crucial deci"looking precisely for the life of bill "offensive to the Christian one if asked, nor suggest any sion as to the manner in which the spirit," 'Father Dicharry said, conscience and to any natural such counsel,' " Dr. Manion said. he dies." and it is priests' primary duty to law concept of the dignity and The bill's sponsor, State Sen. Washington Bill aid in this quest. He added that he saw a seri- Perry B. Woodall, said his prosancity of the human person." . The Houston rector said this The euthanasia proposal, Sen- ous loophole in the phrasing of posal was intended to apply only renewed interest would result in ate Bill 179, would allow persons the proposed law, which could to the terminally ill. However, an increase in the number of suffering for an "irremediable lead to compulsory euthanasia. according to a report in the vocations. condition" to request administra- Under the law, he said, the Catholic Northwest Progress, the state's Department of Human Seattle archdiocesan weekly, of euthanasia. Publication Devoted tionCatholic Resources would have the power several lawyers have < said the teaching has tradito determine that, in some cases, wording of the bill would allow To Drug Abuse tionally distinguished between WASHINGTON (NC) - Th,~ "negative euthanasia"-allowing a legal guardian could request any person to commit suicide and would attach no legal penal1972 Catholic Youth Work Annu- a person to die if extraordinary euthanasia for his or her ward. ties to those who assisted in the al, devoted entirely to drug measures are required to preabuse, has been distributed by serve his life-and "positive eu- Apostolic Delegation suicide. the U. S. Catholic Conference thanasia"-the direct taking of (UseC) Division of Youth Activi- life by lethal drugs or other Official Transferred WASHINGTON (NC) - Msgr. ties. means. Paul Giglio, counselor at the The annual gives basic facts Direct Killing apostolic delegation here, has about drug abuse and methods to The bill before the Oregon leg- been tranesferred to the aposcombat it. It gives suggestions for pastoral counseling, in-school islature "would justify the direct tolic nunciature in Brazil. He and out-of-school drug education killing of a human being pro- will assume his new duties in programs, and youth-adult dis- nounced beyond the power of Brasilia, the Capital of Brazil, in When Sa.vings and Dividends left on deposit medical science to restore to the near future. cussions on the drug problem. Msgr. Giglio, 46,is a native of The USCC youth activities health," the bishops said. '6% 2 and 3 y~. Term Deposit Certificate 6.27% "No one wants to prolong suf- Malta who was ordained to the division said it worked with the Now Yields National Coordinating Council fering beyond the, point of no priesthood in 1952~ Following to 2 yr. Term Deposit Certif!cate 6.00% 5%% on Drug Education in preparing return, whether as patient or ordination he studied canon law Now YIelds the 1972 annual. It has been en- physician," they said. "Catholic at the Gregorian University in 90-day Notice 5'12% dorsed by the Catholic Office of moral teaching has long recog- Rome and diplomacy at the PonNow Yields 5.73% nized that extraordinary means tifical Ecclesiastic Academy, the Drug Education (CODE). 5~% Regular Savings The youth activities division need not be resorted to in order school for. future Vatican diploNow Yields 5.47% said the annual was mailed to to prolong life when there is no mats. Compounded Continuo-..sly and payab!e monthly . some, 6,000 parishes associated hope of recovery." Before coming to Washington Bank by mail - it costs you nothing "But," the bishops added, in January 1972 Msgr. Giglio with the National CYO (Catholic Youth Organizations) Federation, "there is a world of difference had been stationed dO' Nicaragua, but a limited number are still 'between refraining from such ex- Iran, Vietnam, Algeria, Yugosia301 MAIN Sr., SOUTH YARMOUTH, MASS. 02664 available. traordinary means and the posi- via, Bolivia and Argentina.

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Mother Decides Jail Better' ·Than Her Hectic Life ,

I'm documenting every word I write these, days. I don't want to go to jail. Maybe it's heroic for some journalists to refuse to divulge their sources of information and go to jail for it, but not: for me. Imagine being locked up

and no place to go. Ooops. Excuse me a minute. I have to 'driye a person over to the orthodontist. Can't divulge whom. Promised her I wouldn't write about her any more, now - that "she's II-goingon-I6. Suffice it to say that she's I

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closely related to me, lives here and holds me to my pmmises. Push me any harder for ir:Jormation and I'll find myself in the militarized zone between preteen 'and prison.! Be back in a minute. Whew, that was a hassle!, Who would have believed anot-her person who lives here, ;younger and of different sex, cOUlld get his elbow lodged in a parking rail pipe while waiting Dutside the dentist's office? YOLl <:<In't blame- <:urious I,ittle boys for reaching in to see if that bump's a bolt or a wad of recyclabie gum, I sUPPl,lse, but I did After tapping a few cautious passersby with the question, "Do you happen to have any vaseline, margarine or grease on you?", we'gave up and u$ed ESP: Effort, Spit and "Pull it but now or I'm leaving you here!" It came out.' We'll Never Know Poor kid. He's got a bit of a rash but my sympathy disilipated when he complained tearfully while rubbing his w'rist" "But now we'll never' know what it was ... a bolt or some gum." Sorry, I can't give you his name, but that's the 'way the law bounces.

'Divine Proyidence' Aids 21,SOq PeopIIEI RIO DE JANEIB,O (NC).-'- The Bank of DivineProviden ce reported here that some 2I,!)00 received service "d,ividends" from its multi-purpose operations in 1972. The' bank" a 'cooperative 'service institution, is funded by a yearly three-day bazaar, Feast of Providence, sp~msored by foreign embassies a~d consulates. Established by the latc Cardinal Jaime de Barros Camara of Rio de Janeiro, 'the bank has secured jobs for 4,320 unemployed, trained 6,800 youths in crafts, industrial $kills and: other vocations, made loans to 1,230 families and SPQnsored educational and health services benefitting 6,500 people. It also helped ,others illl several child-care centers and a housing project. I

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Oops, the doorbell. Wonder if they have doorbells in jail. Back again. It was just a neighbor, never mind which one, who is in charge of the door-to· door bad disease envel'ope. It seems she's lost track of it. "An~ you sure you didn't receive it?" she asked a third time. I replied truthfully, "Well, no ... not absolutely sure." "Well, then, you have it!" she decided triumphantly. "What a relief. I thought I lost it and ..." I left her muttering, won't di· vulge where, but jail is beginning to have a certain appeal. I guess -TURN THAT RADIO DOWN! As I was saying, I guessBECAUSE IT'S TOO LOUD AND 'IT'S GETTING ON MY NERVES. As I-WHAT? WHAT ARE NERVES? THEY'RE LITTLE ELECTRIC CHARGES AT THE END OF 'MY' FINGJ;:RTIPS THAT EXPLODE WHEN tHE VOLUME ... oh, never mind. Just go downstairs and turn on Hating Game or something, will you? I can't tell you who the mouth was on the other end of that conversation although if the courts insist on it and I refuse, I'm the one who gets locked up. A cu· rious system of justice all the way, around. Gee, in jail, you wouldn't have to have a radio on - blast it, there goes the phone! Excuse me just one more time. Jail Is Better "Yes? Oh, yes, Mrs. Robson. You're looking for some volunteer room mothers? Well, I really don't feel I can give the time ... oh, he already volunteered me, huh? "For which field trip? To the STOCKYARDS . . "oh, no, I didn't mean that ... I was rear, ed on farm mys1elf, heh, heh ... I was just wondering, what's the educational purpose of taking 29 first graders to the stockyards? "Mm. Mm, Uh-hmmm. Well" okay, I guess. Let me know the time, place, and inoculations required . ./:0, that was just a little joke. What's that? Yes, I'll remem I er to wear my boots." Do they have phones in prison? Orthodontists? Parking rail pipes? Room mothers? Field trips to the stockyards with 30 children wearing, 60 tight boots that room mothelrs have to take off and put on? Please, .somebody, report me soon. Insist that I divulge my sources. I'll take it from there. And don't let them change that law until I get safely locked inside. Capsule Review: "I Confess, The Sacrament of Penance Today," By Francis J. Buckley, S.J., is one of th.e best treatments of the sacrament to appear. In three parts, "The Penitent and the Confessor," "Formation of Conscience," and '~Children and Confession," this positive 'approach to ,a neglected sacrament is welcome. $1.25; Ave Maria Press, Notre Dame, Ind. 46556.

"BUT MOTEL, VENTE THE MATCHMAKER SAYS SHE HAS A HUSBAND FOR ME": Tzeitel (Kathy Keefe) tells of their problem to Motel (Allen Makepeace), her secret suitor in Coyle and CassidY'5pr~sentation of "Fiddler on the, Roof."

Coyle-Cassidy liigh Stude~ts Stage Fiddler on th'e Roof Production Supporting Players Students at Coyle and Cassidy In supporting roles are: Golde, High School, Taunton, will pre· sent three performances of "Hd- ' Debbie Dion; Hodel, Sue Cas· dler on the Roof" at 8 p.m. Sun- tonguay; Tzeitel, Kathy Keefe; day, Feb. 25, Saturday, March Chava, Denise Beaudoin; Yente, 3 and Sunday, March 4 in the Kerry Sullivan; Lazar, Bill Marhigh school auditorium. shall; Motel, Allen Makepeace; The theatre group is an all- Perchick, Harry Dion; Fydeka, student organization under the Jim Rusconi; Avram, Bill Vendirection of Brother Gerald Rob- tura; Mordcha, Jim Perry; Menbins, C.S.C. Sixty cast members del, Paul Castro; Rabbi, Steve and 20 orchestra students will Linhares; Fruma-Sarah, Cathy bring to' life the musical that Crosby; Shandel, Donna Bailey; broke all records on the New Grandma Tzeitel, I Janet Beau· doin; Sphrintze, Kathy Wade; York stage. Brother Gerald brings to the Bielke, Paula Bote:ho. The fast-moving dances in this presentation a long accumulation of successful high school pro- musical are supplemented by ductions. Memorable to Taun- songs such as· "If I Were a Rich tonians was his last year's pro- Man," "Sunrise," "Do You Love duction of "Oliver!" Me?" and "Tradition." In the difficult and lengthy Student and adult tickets are part of Tevye, the humble milk- available from any Coyle and man, is senior Brian ·:rower. Cassidy student 0:' at the door.

Vatican, Communist East Germany Ma ke F'i rst Di plomatic Contact

NEW YORK (NC)-A leading Protestant has suggested creation of a Jewish-Christian agen'cy to combat the "heightened un<:ertainty and even tension" between Jews and Christians in the ·United States. The agency would include Catholics and serve as a national counterpart of the World Council 'Of Churches' Committee on the Church and the Jewish People, according to the Rev. David M. Stowe, executive vice president of the United Church of Christ Board for World Minis· tries. Dr. Stowe pointed out that much of the tensio.n involves Christian mission efforts such as Key 73 and he proposed that his agency, the mission arm of the two-million member Church of Christ, start the interfaith' agency. "The news media have carried a flock of resentful or suspicious Jewish reactions to Key 73's announced intention to 'confront every person in North America with the Gospel,'" he said. "Such phenomena as 'Jews for Jesus' confirm Jewish fears that they are to be made the targets of a proselytizing campaign. "These concerns about renewed Christian interest in evangelism are added to deep and lingering hurts springing from the widespread refusal of Christians to rally to the Israeli cause at the time of the Six Day War in 1967."

License to Destroy NEW YORK (NC)-Cardinal John Krol of Philadelphia said the anti-abortion campaign is an attempt to save innocent life, not an attempt to impose a sectarian religious position on the American people. Speaking on the NBC-TV Today Show, the prelate also said the recent U. S. Supreme Court ruling "granted a license to destroy life" and accused High .,Court members of ignoring evidence that life begins from the moment of conception.

VATICAN CITY (NC) - The unratified, the West German Vatican has made its first diplo- government in effect ;recognized matic contacts with East Ger· the existence of a second Germany's Communist regime. man state. A meeting between a top ofSubsequently, Cardinal' Alfred fkial of .the East German Com· Bengsch of Berlin had an audio munist party and th~ al1chbishop ence with East German Premier known as the Vatican's "foreign WIlli Stopf and then proceeded m;n:ster" was Ihe first to be an· to the Vatican for discussions. nOtlnc~d hy bOlh parties.. It took It has been reported, without BAMBOO confirmation from either side place In Rome. AQUAR;UM Werner Lamberz, Politburo that Archbishop Casaroli met New England's Most me~ber and .secretary of ~,'1e East Germany envoy, Ingo Oeser, Beautiful Aquarium ~enlr~1 C0r;'mltte ~f the Soclal- early in January when Oeser vis75 TANKS FOR YOUR 1St .Umty ~Comm~mst) ~arty, de-ited Rome to establish diplomatic SELECTION s~nbed hIS m:etmg WIth Arch- negotiations with Italy. bIshop Agostmo Casaroli as 761-7690 "useful." He said in a statement Gentleness Wide Selection' of Accessories to the East German news agency What would you have? Your 25 Years of Service to the Public .RDT that the .talk "took place in gentleness shall force more. than 726 WASHINGTON STREET to an e"exchange of information your force move us to gentleness. Route I, So. Attleboro, Mass. and of ideas on questions of in-Shakespeare terest to the German Democratic Republic and the Vatican." Vatican press spokesman, Federico Alessandrini, specified that the encounter between Lamberz and Archbishop Ca!ia''THE DIFFERENT 90 DAY ACCOUNT" roli, secretary of the Council for per annum min. $500. the Church's Public Affairs, "had No Notice required' after 90 no official character." days on withdrawals made withBut he emphasized that it in 10 days of each interest "permitted an exchange of inperiod. formation. " Interest earned from day of deposit to day of withdawal Lamberz was in Italy as a guest of the Italian Communist par.ty. . The way was paved for full acceptance of East Germany into North Main St. 149 GAR Hwy, Rte 6 the community of nations by the Fall River Somerset signing early in November of a so-called "Two Germanies" treaty New South End Office at the between East and West Germany. Corner".of Plymouth Ave. and S~ade St., Fall River By signing, that treaty, as yet

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Urge 'Catholics Boycott Lettuce DETROIT (NC)-Cardinal John Dearden of Detroit, his two auxiliary bishops and 24 archdiocesan vicars have urged all Catholic parishes, institutions and organizations in the archdiocese to boycott head (iceberg) lettuce from Arizona and California not marked with the United Farm Workers label. "The immediate issue is the lettuce workers' right to bargain collectively, a right defended in traditional Catholic teaching and reaffirmed by the Second Vatican Council," Cardinal Dearden sa,id. "The fundamental issue, however, is the lettq.ce workers' right to a decent life for themselves and their famillies. "I am confident that the many archdiocesan Catholics who expressed their concern for human life by working and voting aga,inst abortion on demand in Michigan wiil s\lpport the lettuce workers' struggle for a truly human life if the case is presented to them." The United Farm Workers.' union has been struggling to organize field workers in the lettuce fields of Arizona and Califprnia. The California Supreme Court ruled that the Teamsters Union was in collusion with lettuce growers to thwart the UFW's organi2;ing efforts. The Court ruled recently that while the Teamster-grower contracts were legal, lower court injunctions barring UFW strikes ancl boycotts were invalid.

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Stresses Basic Beliefs, Values .' ·.,f! " ' In Education ylr'"••..• _ I MILWAUKEE (NC)-If Catho'4

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CITED FOR LANDSCAPING: Catholic High School for Boys in Little Rock, Ark., has received a citation from the National Landscape Association. It is believed to be the first school so honored. Much of the work involved was done by volunteers. NC Photo.

Catholic School Gets Landscape Award LITTLE ROCK (NC)-A concern for neatness and order and a strict discipline system brought a national landscape award to Catholic High School for. Boys here in Arkansas. The citation from the National

Bishop Announces 'Cluster' Plan For Brooklyn Catholic Schools BROOKLYN (NC)-A plan to align 201 Catholic elementary schools of the two-county Brooklyn diocese into some 50 neighborhood "clusters" of four or five parishes each was announced here by Bishop Francis Mugavero. The "new approach," he said, is aimed at consolidating educational resources at the local level, both to provide quality schooling and to spur renewed commitment by the diocese's 1.5 million Catholics caught. ·in the school financiai crisis. Ina pastoral letter, Bishop Mugavero said Catholics, particularly in this metropolitan area, are pledged to: A "renewal of purpose and even to reorganization" for their schools. A teaching mission to the ur.ban poor, immigrants, blacks and "the frightened refugee from persecution ina foreign land." A responsibility to teach faith in a mature way in order to shed light on problems of contemporary society. Effective teaching of the young so they may have "a lifelong hunger to hear the teaching of Revelation." Inter-parish sharing of resources for quality eduoation. Continued efforts to provide "quality educational services in partnership with the public school system." Public Aid Urgent pastoral concern for the religious needs of Catholic youngsters in non-Catholic schools. A continuing outreach to Catholic high school pupils and young

adults on college campuses "sincerely searching for meaning and values in life." Referring indirectly to upcoming Supreme Court reviews of New York and Pennsylvania laws on tuition and tax aids and subsidies for mandated services, health and safety measures in private schools. Bishop Mugavero's 2,500 word pastoral said: "It is our sincere hope that a way to provide meaningful public aid to such schools will be devised." These measures would help provide diversity and support parents' freedom to' choose a non-public ~chool for their children, he said. Governance Comrnitte~ Brooklyn's clusters of schools are to be formed by March I, Superintendent of Schools Frankain Fitzpatrick told a news conference called by Bishop Mugavero. Geographic boundaries will be guided by the unofficial boundaries of five exisNng vicariates, he said. A governance committee headed by Msgr. Charles Diviney, vicar general, and' a finance unit with Father Thomas Haggarty as chairman will compile guidelines for use hy governing boards in each cluster. Overall, ,the clustering affects 229 parishes and 140,000 students. By March 31 these governing boards will be asked to recommend whether schools in their jurisdiction should continue to fu",ction as is, or be consolidated, or be reorganized more effectively, or have some programs scrapped.

Landscape Association was the first that the association has given to a school. But the unusual aspect of the award is that it was achieved almost completely through volunteer labor-of parents, students and priests, under the guidance of a landscape architect. In its 12 years of existence, the school has spent only $15,000 on landscaping. Tim Puddephatt, Catholic High's landscape consultant, said that maintenance alone would have cost $1,000 a month during the growing season, and improvement would have cost $30,000 if contracted commercially. Some of the "volunteer" labor in U. S. Marine style-members

Texas Appeals Court Decision WASHINGTON (NC) - Texas Attorney General John L. Hill as'ked the U. S. Supreme Court ,to rehear the case in which it declared..Texas' abortion law unconstitutional. The appeal for a rehearing was .filed here Feb. 15. It asked the high court to give the case a second hearing on the grounds that the court had er,red on two ·basic points in its original decision of Jan. 22. The court erred in SUbstituting its own social judgement for the judgment of the Texas legislature. The court faLled to afford the unborn child equal protection along with that of the mother. Larry York, T~xas assistant attorney general, told NC News that the decision to appeal had not been made because of public opinion. "Naturally, we've been besieged :by caUs and letters opposing the court's decision," he said. "But in our office we had made the decision to file for a rehearing when the decision was handed down. We fel~ it was a poor decis.ion, and it was our obligation to carry on the fight tor Texas' law."

of the. 150-man Junior ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) of the school work off demerits by mowing the lawn, trimming shrubs and performing other necessary chores. Students who used to sit in detention hall after school for breaking rules 'now work off their detention time on the grounds on Saturday. But the students seem to prefer this sort of "punishment." "I have never seen students so willing to work, so willing to listen," said Puddaphet. ,

World Conference Lauds Cease-Fire NEW DELHI (NC)-Archbishop Angelo Fernandes of New Delhi, president of the World Conference of Religion for Peace, expressed the conference's joy at the Vietnam cease-fire. In a telegram to United Na-, tions secretary general Kurt Waldheim, Archbishop Fernandes also praised the release of prisoners of war, the withdrawal of' troops and the international conference to guarantee the ending of the war. He sent similar telegrams to, President Nixon and South Vietnamese President Nguyen van Thieu, to the Soviet Union, Great Britain, France, China, India, the Vatican and world peace organizations.

lic schools are to be a force in modern society they must be "boldly contemporary, educationaUy superlative and distinctly Christian," declared the head of a Dominican community of nuns. Sister Marie Amanda Allard, D.P., prioress general of the Sinsinawa, Dominican Sisters, expressed these ideas at a convention for Wisconsin Catholic grade school teachers and principals. She said that although CathoHc education is faced with problems of personnel and finance it must focus on basic beliefs and values. Sister Allard said that Catholic education is not merely a function but a ministry with task and vision-"the vision of the Gospels and the task to build a faithinspired community." Sh~ s'aid the ministry of Catholic educators must reflect two characteristics of Christ's own ministry-the redeeming servant, and the teacher and liberator. Values of Gospel "As a ministry," she said, "Catholic education must reflect the redemptive quality of Christ's teaching. As a ministry, Catholic education also must teach the word of God through ,the Gospel ... because the Gos-. pel word is what society cries out after." In the 1970s, Sister Amanda AUard said, it becomes apparent that needs will be solved by applying the vision, principles and Wllues of Gospels to the heart of soCiety. Catholic education should do what it encourages -its students to do-to take its values seriously and help transform society. "Quality education for the poor and ,minorities is a moral imperative iof it is to give to millions basic human dignity. We in OathoUc education are free and have a responsibility to experiment with Christian values of education ... and bring them to a world that so desires them."

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When the kids were young we suffered from a malady called "Sister "says": "Sister says I have to have crayons tomorrow" or "Sister says I have to have my sneakers for gym." 'Our: children happened to go to a Catholic school, but I am sure "Sister says" I wonder how many of , is "Teacher says" in any oth- shoulders, us even take time to remember er situation. Ji'low we have what day it is, let alone wondergraduated from. that to the ing if it's a time to be more "I have to go to" problem. Everyone has a similat problem, but it is difficult to liVe with' even if it's shareel. Never a week:'passes that one of the children doesn't have an appointment with the dentist. This means that he or shl) has to be transported to and from at· some unbelievably inconvenient '. I hour. Then there are Girl Scouts, cheering, basketball games, the Boys' Club for swimming, pajama parties, etc., in, a never-e!1ding procession, most of which, involve transportation. Many of these could be !omitted, to the dismay of the kids of course, but unfortunately, many are necessary, and so mothers and fathers find themselve~ racing from place' to place 'trying to keep up with their children's dl)mands. Who Am I? I say this in th~ full knowledge that if there is a race, and I am sure there is, the children wi.!l win. They have the stam~na, the youth and the numbers. When they say "I hav~ to go to ..." they say it with :such conviction that any reasonable parent melts in the warmth of, their necessity. Who am I to let my daughter grow up' with crooked teeth, or to let Jason miss out on fa.mily night at the pooli or to let MeJis" sa go through life not knowing how to make a nut cup? God forbid that I should be so selfish and cruel a parent. This is all building up to the day when our eldest child is old enough to drive. By that time we will be so worn' down and exhausted from chauffeuring our brood around that we will gladly submit to driver's lessons and dented fenders to be relieved of the endless prodession of mystery rides. The children know what they are doing in creating a conspiracy from which they will emerge with: the family car while Daddy is lilllowed to stay home. In the Kitchen Lent will be upon us in a cou'pie of weeks and I find myself thinking back td the ways we celebrated this :period in the Christian calend~r when I was growing up and during the early days of our marriage. And. do you know some,thing - I miss Lent. I Perhaps it's a sign of approaching age, or a looking back and thinking that "things were better then," but in this particular case I don't think so. I do enjoy tradition but: I will admit I was one of th~ first to say "Great!" when so many Lenten restrictions were removed, Finally we were goin~ to be able to show that we were Christians in the right ,ways. Now, looking back upon the past five years or so since the burden of Lente~' penance has been put squarel;>, on our qwn

Christlike. Thoughtful Gesture The thing that set me thinking of the good old days was a thoughtful gesture of a friend, Mrs. Thomas Cahill of SS. Peter and Paul parish, Fall River. Helping in a rectory clean-up, she CLCERS MEET: Most came upon some copies of "Cooking for Christ" by Florence Rev. Maurice J. Dingman of Berger, a book published in 1949 Des Moines, will be celebrant by the National Catholic Rural Life Conference. She thought- and homilist at the 11 o'clock fully took a copy for me. ' Mass to be offered on SunThis particular edition had day morning at Bishop Gerbeen published for St. Margaret's rard High' School on the closChurch in Buzzards Bay at the ing day of the Phase II of time the transferring pastor, Rev. David O'Brien, was pastor there., the New England AssociaI'm quite ~ure this is, the same tion of Christian Life Combook that I used when I first be- munities. gari writing these columns to look up Christian customs. See· ing it again was like meeting an, old friend and with the meeting I'm assailed by fH:lods of memo aries. ,The search for Lenten ROCKLEIGH, N.J. (NC) ~, A dishes was one of those mem- $4 million, 17-building orphanage ories complex situated in this quiet I know progress can never be suburban community w,ill be revoked but now looking back , closed dow!,! in June by the Sisover the span of non-restricted ters of St~ Joseph of Peace. , Lents, I long slightly for the old Opened in 1958 to unite operaway. A little denial has, a way tions scattered in three other of building character! sites until then, St. Joseph's VilOne of th~ nicest surprises of ' lage is now operating at far bethe past week was the prepara- low maximum capacity and is tion of a meal by Melissa on one' running at an estimated deficit of the nights that I'm generally of $200,000 per year. late getting· home. She picked The orphanage was designed out the menu herself and I'm to accommodate 200 children besure she didn't expect it to be as tween the ages of 7 and 14 but much work As it was.' contains only 90 residents at the "Do you know, I've beem in present'time. That number will the kitchen since I got home dwindle to 60 in June when those from school," was the greeting completing the eighth grade are I received when I, finally made transferred elsewhere. it home about 5:30. However, de· St. Joseph's will become the spite the work, the meal was very tasty. The following is the fifth orphanage in the northern recipe my eleven-year-older tack- New Jersey area to close in .the , last 10 years. led all by herself.

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Greek Lamb-stuffed Eggplant 4 medium eggplants 2 teaspoons salt , 4 Tablespoons butter 1 Tablespoon olive oil .1 medium onion, chopped 1 small clove garlid, minced % cup ,ground lamb Y2 cup canned tomato sauce 2 Tablespoons tomato puree 1 teaspoon salt % teaspoon freshly ground pepper 3 Tablespoons grated sharp cheese . 3 Tablespoqns fine dry bread crumbs 3 Tablespoons melted butter 1 cup boiling water " 1) Cut eggplants in half lengthwise. With a sharp knife make fairly deep crisscross incisions in the flesh, but don't cut through the skins. 2) ,Sprinkle each half with Y2 teaspoon of salt and let stand for 30 min. 3) Drain off the juices, dry the cut surfaces and scoop out, pulp. 4) Heat 2 Tablespoons of shor,tening and the olive oil in heaVy

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skillet. Add the eggplant shells, cover and cook over moderate heat until they start to soften. Transfer them to a long shallow baking dish. ' , Add the remaining butter the onion and the garlic to the skillet and cook, stirring until onion is limp. Add the eggplant pulp and cook a few minutes longer. Remove from heat and stir in the lamb, rice, tomato sauce and tomato puree. ' 5) Season this mixture with salt and pepper. Blend well and spoon mixture into the eggplant shells. Sprinkle 'surfaces w:ith grated, cheese and bread crumbs, drizzle with melted shortening. Pour a cup of boiling water into bottom of pan and cover with aluminum foil. 6) Place in a preheated 3500° oven and bake covered for 45 minutes. 7) Remove foil and bake t;.n· til top of lamb mixture is lightly browned.

ST. MAR)', NEW BEDFORD St. Mary's Couples' Club will sponsor a St. Patrick's Day dance from 8 to Inidnight Saturday, March 17 in the school hall on Illinois Street. Music will be by the Elegants and dress wiU be informal. Refreshments will be served. Tickets are available from Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gelinas and Mr. and Mrs. Roger Lacasse. OUR LADY OF HEALTH, FALL RIVER The annual malasada, ham and bean supper will take place 6:30 p.rn. Saturday, March 3. Dancing will follow with music by the Roman Four. Tickets are available from members of the Holy Ghost Society, the Ladies' Guild and the Holy Name Society. Holy Ghost Society members will attend corporate communion at 8 a.m. Mass Sunday, March 4. A meeting will follow, to which members are· requested to bring gifts to be used for the unit's annual bazaar. ST. MARY, FALL RIVER Parishioners and clergy are planning a testimonial' and reception for the Rev. William G. Campbell, who served as an assistant since 1966 until his transfer to the Holy Name Parish, Fall River. The event is scheduled for Sunday, March 25 in the parish hall following the ti o'clock afternoon Mass. , Miss Anne Marie Lingard is chairman and she will be assisted by Sr. Thomas More and Richard Grace as co-chairmen and a very large committee. ST. GEORGE, WESTPORT . The entertainment for the Feb. 26th, meeting of the W9men's Guild, scheduled for 7:45 in the school hall will be provided by the "Ourselves",' a group of young adults. Guests and new members are invited. A public whist party will be held at 8 o'clock on Saturday night, MaJ:ch 3 in the school hall on Route 177, Westport, for the benefit of the school fund. Prizes will be awarded and refreshments will be available. Bingo is conducted every Wednesday night at 7:30. Early bird award is made at 7 o'Clock.

OUR LADY OF ANGELS, FALL RIVER Ashes' will be given out at all Masses on Ash Wednesday, but at rio other times. Children of Mary will attend 9 a.m. Mass Sunday, Feb. 25. A' meeting will follow.· Members will sponsor a cake sale the weekend of March 17 and 18. A ' meeting will follow 9 a.m. Mass Sunday, March 25, and a penny sale is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 30 in the church hall. ' A malasade supper and dance . will take place Saturday night, -March 3. An English-language mission is scheduled for the week of March 11 through 17. CYO cheerleaders will compete in area tryouts Sunday, Feb. 25. Members will receive corporate communion Sunday, March 18. The Holy Name Society announces a breakfast and meeting in the hall to follow 8 a.m. Mass Sunday, March 25. Also in the hall will be a public penny sale to be sponsored at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 1 by the Council of Catholic Women. ST. JOSEPH, ATTLEBORO The following slate 'of officers for the CYO will be instaUed at the 6:30 Mass on Sundav hight. The' slate consists of Michael Demers, president; Christel Ziegler, vice-president; Louise Rapoza, treasurer; Lori Racicot, secre- ' tary. ' Members of the Senior CCD will conduct its regular monthly "J:A.M. Session" after the Mass' in the school. A guest speaker from La Salette will explain the basic principles of "YOGA", as a mind and body contro.! system. Cub Pack #37 will hold its annual Blue and Gold Banquet at 7 on Sunday night in the parish hall. NOTRE DAME, FALL RIVER Jean Bancroft, handwriting analyst, \'.till be the guest speaker at the monthly meeting of the Council of Catholic Women scheduled for 7:45 on Monday evening, Feb. 26 in the JesusMary Auditorium.

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, TAUNTON A public whist party under the sponsorship of the Women's Guild will be held at 7:30 on Friday night, Feb. 23 in the 'church auditorium at 391 Bay St. Refreshments will be served. OUR LADY OF MT. CARMEL, , NEW BEDFORD A Malassadas ,Supper will be ST. CASIMIR, served from 4 to '7 on Sunday NEW BEDFORD evening, March 4 in the schqol St. Casimir's Circle will sponon Rivet Street. Tickets are 99c sor a whist party Saturday night, and entertainment and other Feb. 24 in the parish hall, 2056 surpr(ses will complete the pro- Acushnet Ave. Refresh~ents will gram. be 'served.

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Christianity HoldsThat Life Is Precious, Not Illusion The Bishops in their synodal document tell us squarely that justice is what religion is all about. If Christians do not practice it, they can give up' any ideas of influencing their fellow men. They are, according to 51. Paul, "tinkling cymbals and sounding brass" - in other words, full of image of justice because, on the they cannot bring themnoise, empty of deeds ana whole, selves to b"elieve that what haptotally unconvincing. pens on this funny little planet According to the synod document: "Unless the Christian message of love and justice shows its ef-

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fectiveness through action in the cause of justice in the world, it will only withl difficulty gain credibility with the men of our times." Contemporary evidence underlines how frighteningly correct the Bishops' judgments are. In the last year, surveys of student opinion have been taken in "'arinus countries. In the United States, for instance, less than half of those questioned prac· ticed any religion or even felt belief in ,God. ' The search for religious meaning drives thousands of people every year to Asia where they hope to find the effective witness they simply fail to discover "mong the Christians of the West. It is almost as though a strong tide of religiolls revival were beginning, to flow. But the official structures of organized religion seem to stand apart from the flood which goes past them to other extremes of the human spirit. Justice Is the Salt What is the reason for this? The Bishops have no doubt about the answer. Christianity is concerned with justice or it is without salt and savor and' fit, in Our Lord's strong saying, "only to be cast into the drain." Other religious traditions - notahly the Buddhist and the Hindu - have not been so haunted by the

Archdiocese Forms Due P'rocess Board LOUISVILLE (NC)-Archbishop Thomas J. McDonough of Louisville, Ky., announced here that a due process board has been established in his archdiocese. The due process measures, designed to safeguard human rights and dignity, will go into effect this spring ,the archbishop said. Under the guidelines for the archdiocese, three of the seven members of the due process board will review any disputes submitted. They will decide whether a dispute is a matter for due process. If a dispute is accepted for due process, the next step is an attempt at voluntary conciliation through a panel of conciliators. If conciliation fails, the dispute is submitted to a separate panel of arbitrators for binding arbitration. J

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Worker-Nuns Serve Poor 'in Hong Kong HONG KONG (NC)-Members of the Little Sisters of Jesus here are employed in regular jobsmany of :them at hard physical labor-to try to make the Church and Christianity known and acceptable to the working poor. To accomplish this aim, they explain, they feel they must

share the work and social condi· tions of the poor. Alt .the Sisters' house at Tai Po Market there are eight nuns, consisting of' Canadians, Chinese, Vietnamese, Italian and French. One of them works in a local glove factory while the others are, engaged in manual labor on

building constructions, which consis·ts mostly in carrying baskets of sand and dirt from supply areas .to the actual construction site. In this job they work along side the women of the Hakka tribe, noted for supporting themselves by hard physical labor.

matters very much. Material existence has no reality, according to their teach" ings. It is a mad dance of appearances, hiding the unchanging Being behind. If men will only detach themselves and become absorbed in this cosmic Being, becoming one with it and losing all separate drives, desires, sense perceptions and material reactions, then they will reach ultimate bliss and discover the final end of their existence. Given such a vision of the Real, the particular strivings of particular people are important only as they strip away even the desire to strive. This detachment can and does lead to great compassion and virtue. But it does not seek to make this world a more just, rational and loving place. By definition, the world is -illusion. You. do not spend yourself improving an illusion or taming a chimera or rewriting a nightmare. You escape. Infinitely 'Precious But Christianity is committed to the belief that Uie !'ife of time. of history, of land and air and sea, of planetary existence is infinitely precious because it is not a dance of illusion but the creative work of God's hands. "Call no thing unclean," is what God says to St. Peter. "Thy Itingdom come" is what we are taught to pray. So we cannot "escape" from illusion. We have to battle with material reality to bring it into the perfection which God wills for his whole creation. And this is where the particular problems and difficulties of ChrisNans really lie. If material existence has to be reformed and transformed, we have to dedicate our time and efforts to material things. But it is a hairsbreadth of balance between caring for wealth and power as a steward of God's property and plunging in to seek wealth and power for their own sake. No Alibi

The Buddhist is, after all, half right. ,Wealth and authority do include an immense amount of "iIlusion"-the 'illusion, for example, that I am a better man because people have to obey me, the illusion that God has blessed my industry, even when I made my money by exploiting others. Any man or woman who believes that this material planet must be used properly is exposed to the temptation to' use it not for God but for self. There is no Christian alibi. We cannot say: "Religion is about ultimate reality. It has nothing to do with a just division of this world's goods." For it has. Christianity without justi,ce is Christianity without Christ. And if we are surprised to see people looking elsewhere for jhe love of God, it is because, in our greedy rapacious consumer society, we have locked out the Son of Man.

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KNOW YOUR -FAITH Getting to Know Jesus

sand' years before .Jesus was born. The fact that this connel:tion stands out so strongly in the , New Testament only emphasizes once how again far from us is the historical world in which Jesus lived~ We think we know By him and love him. We study his " life and ponder its details as for ~R.· QUENTIN no other figure in 'history. But QUESNELL, S.J. he still remains part of a different culture, and It is a culture we do not know. Inevitably, then, in many WqYs we do not know son of Joseph. We believe in him Jesus either. Take such. a simple reality as as the son of God. But we are hardly very excited over Jesus' language. Jesus did not speak connection with an Old Testa- , English. If, by a miI'acle or a ment figure who lived a thou- neWly-invented time-machine', we were transported to where we could hear Jesus actua]Jy preaching, we would not understand one word he said. Standing in .the crowd in front of him, we ' would be obviously out-of-place Recently 1 hi~ed a typist on a Her confusion and surprise temporary basi~ to type some were genuine. Although she had foreigners. The others wouldn't ' manuscripts. One of the manu-' gone to Sunday school and at- look like us. They wouldn't act scripts contained data on the life tended a Christian church. regu- like us. Neither would Jesus.. of Jesus. After typing about half larly, she had never before realChrist's Culture the material the typist corne to ized that Jesus was a Jew. People of different cuUures , We talked abou.t her reaction move differently. Each one for a short time. She told me she thinks the others' walk peculiar. normally thought of Jesus more They have different tones of By or less as 'he is pictured in much voice. They have different habits I religious art. When she imagined of cleanliness, different standFR. CARL J. I Jesus to herself, 'he was white, ards of politeness, Je~us' culture I with almost blo'nd hair, and a was not ours. ' PFEIFER, S.J'L; neatly trimmed beard. He looked If we sat with Jesus at table much more like a twentieth cen- (or reclined, as the Go~pelssay tury white American, than a first he did), some of us would find CHRIST IN ART: "Classroom art, prior to the Vatican century Mid-Eastern Jew. him too quiet, some would :find 'Council; tended to surround the chlIdren with the Pale me with a'look;of anxious conUniversai Appeal him too loud. A person who fusion. She told me she thought While her lack of knowledge seems talkative to a Dutchman Galilean, a pained looking unearthly figure. Today, Jesus I had made a mistake and want- ' about Jesus' background is prob- might look suspiciously' close- is likely to be wearing a dashiki. A contemporary intercd to check. "I may not know ably somewhat extreme, it typi- lipped in a group of Italians or pretation of how Jesus would look as a black was done a lot a'boutreligion," she said, fies a common experience. It is Spaniards. The right amount of "but 1 do think you made a normal for us to visualize Jesus gesturing for speaking French by Spanish-American Father Fernando Arizti, S.J., of Chi'mistake which 1 noticed while 1 in contemporary terms, shaping would look every funny in one cago. NC Photo. was typing. You seem to say his feMures ~ to our own image. speaking English - and.' vice Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ surround the children with the that Jesus was a Jew. How could Each age, each culture seems to versa. .Jesus be' a Jew?" Who are you? 'What have you Pale Gallilean, a pained-looking Physically, some would find Turn to Page Eighteen unearthly figure. Today, Jesus Jesus too shont, others too tall. sacrificed? is likely to be wearing a dashiki, For some, his skin would be too Jesus Christ Superstar or even a Superman sweatshirt, dark, .for others too light. What Do you think you're really as in ,the musical "Godspell." was' he really like-that middle- wha't they say you are? , . Theology, too, has taken diEastern, hill-country, first-cenverse looks at Jesus. The fourth tury, Jew we know as Jesus of was to promote, of course, but century Church debated as to Nazareth? We don't really know in seeking coverage for' clients he whether Jesus was really Goll in any detail, and it is probably displayed a certain honesty when and really man. Those who said By contacting people in the commu- just as well that we don't. We h~ was God claimed he only ascan read in the Gospels, the charnications world. To quote one sumed t!he appearance of a man. acter of his soul. We can feel FR. AL writer: "Jack never bothered me Those who advocated his humanthe powerful challenge of his unless he had something really McBRIDE ity, regarded him simply as a words. That is enough. good." Spirit-filled man. The Councils Can we, in spite of all the difLast Fall, Mullen flew to Las of Nicea 'and Chalcedon estabferences of culture, have some Vegas and spent time with a' lished the position that Jesus is idea of why'they did think it imyoung group under his responsiThe questions in this excerpt truly God and truly man. portant that Jesus was "son of bility who were performing Titles of Christ David?" Perhaps. We know that from "Superstar" summarize "Jesus Christ Superstar" in that Every generilJtion faces the "son of ..." was only paI1t1y ge- what people have asked about city. Visitors to Vegas know the nealogical. It was used not only Jesus from ,the Gospel writers of mystery of Jesus and tries toall-night schedule there and Multo tell who "begat" whom, but his own day to the song writers find words to express the meanlen took advantage of such an even more to express who was of ours. Some of the most mem- ing of the experience of Jesus arrangement to catch as many orable answers in Christian his- which they have. The series you shows as possible. He then took like whom-which persons be- tory took shape in art. Byzantine are about to read is the story ever accurate Ithe 'image may be, 'a taxi to the airport for a return longed together because they re- painters show him as a stern, of the first ma10r responses to persons close to the scene: know flight to Los Angeles. The trip sembled each other. otherworldly God. Gothic cathe- the mystery of Jesus as found David's Role of some, ,perhap~ many excep- ended prematurely because Jack , dral sculptors carved him as a in the New Test,ament. The tions. My own brother, who with . Mullen, 54, dropped dead before So "son of David" meant Jesus this-worldly medieval king. _ images that emerged in the 'his wife Peg this ,year celebrates boarding the plane.. played David's role in Israel. It The scourge of the Black minds and hearts of those~ who 25 years (6 childq:m, 2 grandchilHe had mentioned earlier to meant he did or was to do what' Plague' persuaded painters to dren) of married life is one; Jack his wife Jane just how much he King David had done. By j,t they portray the agonized, human first knew Jesus possess a special value because th~y are so Mullen was another. loved the Superstar music and meant that he was David in their' Jesus of the Passion. Picasso pre- close to the historical momen,t I Mullen labored' as a publicist even expressed a desire (al- midst-the one who would drive sented Jesus as a majestic bullfor entertainers and, according though with no health problems off their enemies, make them fighter facing the moment of when Jesus walked among us. The titles which they gave to to associates, did ,so in a (:ompe- or intimations of an early death) free and independent after so truth. Classroom art, prior to Jesus assume a variety and richtent, professional way. His task . Turn to Page Seventeen .Turn to Page Seventeen the Va~ican CounCil, tended to Turn to Page Eighteen

They' called hIm "son of David." It was very important for for those first. Ohristians that Jesus was son of Dav:d. Peter preached it in his very first sermon in Jerusal€lm (Acts 2). Paul made much of it when he was . allowed to speak in a Jewish synagogue (Act$ 13). Matthew's Gospel opens as "the book of' the g€'neration of Jesus Christ, 'the son of David, the son f)f Abraham." When Jesus enters Jerusalem in triumph, fhe people are !Ihouting: "Praise to the, son of David!'; And. in the l'a$t paragraphs of . the last book o( the Bible, Jesus repeats "I am, the descendant .from the family' of David."

Still important as. this was to them, it seems anything but important ,to us today.' We know Jesus as the son of Mary, as the

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Levi Book on AfghanistanDelights and Challenges

Know Jesus Continued from Page Sixteen many centuries of defeat and slavery. He was the one whom God's promises for their greatness would be fulfilled. These were exhilarating ideas back then. Jesus himself; however, seems to have been. a bit skeptical about how well they would stand the test of time. He let them call him "son of David," but he knew that something more was needed. , This shows especially in the incident where he asks the Pharisees: "What' do you think of the Messiah? Whose son is he?" They answered, "David's." "Why then does David call him Lord?" Jesus replied, quoting the psalm. "If David calls him Lord, how can he be David's son?" There was more to be said about Jesus.

Afghanistan, in Central Asia, is a country relatively unknown even in an age of unprecedented travel. Books about it, at least those in a popular vein, are quite rare. Is the new book by Peter Levi, The Light Garden of the Angel King (Bobbs-Merrill, 3 W. 57th St., New York, century to the thirteenth. A number of Jevyish graves with HeN. Y. 10019 $8.50. Illus- brew inscriptions have been trated), in a popular vein? found in one place, and are dated

Mostly, but not wholly. The author is English. His grandfather wa$ a Jewish indigo merchant and carpet dealer in

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Turkey. who later moved to Loncion. The transplanted merchant's son, born in England, became a Catholic, and his son, Peter, a Jesuit. Peter Levi's interest in Aghanistan is principally archaeological. WhEm he learned of the discovery of a Greek city at Ay Khanoum on Arghanistan's border with the Soviet Union, he longed to visit it. In order to get there, he agreed to write a travel book. A Greek city? YC3. In thc fourth century B,C. Alexander the Great, in his tremendous sweep of conquest, reached Central Asia and founded Greek kingdoms there. Physical evidence of the.ir existence has turned up sporadically, But there has been little scientific investigation of Greek remains in Afghanistan, hence, the unique importance of the work at Ay I<:hanoum and, its yield. Fascinating Phases Since Peter' Levi's interest is . chiefly archaeological, his hook is, in part, more learned and technical than your typical travel book. That he can write brilliantly for the general reader is amply demonstrated' in certain sections of this book. But there are other sections, packed with - allusions which only those with special knowledgc can appreciate. The succession of phases in Afghanistan history is fascinating. The Persians were there. The Greeks were there. There was a BuddhisJ; era, of which the relics are numerous, some of them spectacuLar. Then came Islamic conquest, which, as the centuries passed, extended over the whole country. Travel Is Strenuous Genghis Khan was in Afghanistan, and so was Tamburlaine. Marco Polo went through on his way to China, with which Afghanistan has a common border. There was a metropolitan see of the Nestorian Christian Church in the country from the seventh

Perseverance If a man has any brains at all, let him hold on to his calling, and in the grand sweep of things, his turn will come at last. -McCune

to the twelfth ana thirteenth centuries. And the British had their day in the nineteenth cen· tury. . Ahghanistan was a kind of crossroads for many hundreds of years. Its present isolation is rather recent. Getting into and around the country is a very strenuous business, as Peter Levi's account of his travels shows. He speaks of hair-raising flights in small, skittering planes, of endless, jolting rides over primitive roads, of expeditions on horseback, and of others on foot over the most rugged terrain, Vividly Present There was frequent danger: from hostile people in remote places, from snow leopards, from contaminated water, from frightful storms, from extreme he~t and extreme cold. But there was extraordinary hospitality too, as well as delicious native food, including marvelous fruits ("The eating grapes at their best are the best I have ever eaten"). The book is distinguished in its descriptions. Certainly, there was ample material to excite the eye: the soaring mountains, the lush valleys, the desert expanses, the variety of flowers, the birds and butterflies, the lavishly decorated buses and trucks, the native dress. It is all exotic, and Peter Levi has the gift of making it vividly present to us. For the most part, it would appear that Afghanistan exists in a world much farther back in time than our own. Autom'obiles are so few that horses shy at them, as they did in this country sixty years ago. During one of the journeys covered here, some Afghanistan men asked, when an airplane passed overhead, whether it is true that planes are made in heaven or, as some maintained, in countries like Russia and the United States. Greek Ruins The climax of the author's stay in Afghanistan, and also of his book, comes with his finally reaching Ay Khanoum and viewing the Greek ruins which have been unearthed there. An acropolis has been found, along with a palace, a temple, inscriptions, and a wealth of fragments. Most notable is a plaque, a silver disk with figures which plainly show that a mixture of Greek and Persian religions prevailed at the time when the city flourished. The mix,ture of beliefs is expressed in a mixture of styles, and this at a high level of art: Peter Levi's quest was successful, and his record of it holds both delight and challenge to the reader. One many not comprehend everything he has to say of the several strata in the history of Afghanistan, but one will still be enriched by exposure to one strange, ser'pentine strand in the history of our kin:),

EMPHASIS ON NEW LIFE: "He .loved the Superstar music and even expressed a desire to have some of its tunes at his funeral." Jeff Fenholt sings the role of Christ in New York production of Superstar. NC Photo.

Unusual Funeral for an Unusual Man Continued from Page Sixteen to have some of its tunes at his funeral. The wish came true a few days later at the mausoleum chapel of Holy Family cemetery in Culver City, Calif. Expression of. Admiration

hill behind the remains on an unusually clear Los Angeles afternoon to the beautiful gravesite location. There Jack's oldest son, a Navy lieutenant, asked everyone to join hands and sing together "Day by Day" as one of the SuperstJar group played a guitar in accompaniment.

His pastor began the service with a few remarks about the revised Catholic burial rite and its, emphasis on the celebration Of a ne',J; life ',beginning rather than an earthly life ending. Then nine attractive, informally dressed young people came out and sang, from the show, a song with the appropriate lyric, "Love is Needing." Midway through the Mass, they did a medley, including the title Hit and "I D0I1't Know How To Love Him." As the ceremony concluded, the, group turned to "Godspell" for its familiar "Day by Day"to know You more clearly, love You more dearly, follow You more nearly. Over 400 came for Mullen's funeral-the family, entertainers, fellow publicists, media personnel- and the pastor sensed their desire to applaud afterwards. Jews, Protestants, Catholics did so, expressing in an apparently strange, but seemingly appropriate way their admiration for this good man, their sympathy for his wife ,and family, their approval of the ritual. At the priest's and widow's suggestion, all walked down the

"But the just man, though he die early, shall be at rest.

Conference Names Associate Director

WASHINGTON (NC) - Father Thomas A. Krosnicki has been named an "associate director of the secretariat of the U, S. bishops' Committee on the Liturgy, Father James S. Rausch, general secretary of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, announced the appointment here. As a member of the committee staff, Father Krosnicki will be concerned with the development of new liturgical service books, the evaluation of materials for congregational participation in the liturgy, and research.

Rite Expressive I don't know which biblical readings were read for Jack Mullen's funeral. However, a friend of this. publicist and his family, spoke of the man's goodness, his closeness to wife, children and Church. Given that fact, the circumstances of Mullen's death, and the people present, these words from Wisdom in the official ritual woul.d have been especially fitting:

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Catholics, Jews Blast TV Show

NEW YORK (NC)-A television comedy which its producers say is designed to reflect growing religious tolerance has been attacked by representatives of Jewish and Catholic groups. The reaction against "Bridget Loves Bernie" features the marriage of an affluent Irish Catholic girl to a young Jew struggling to make good in the entertainment world. Although happily married, the young couple faces pressure from their parents, who don't always agree about: what is best for the young marrieds. Jewish leaders, offended by what they felt was an exaltation of interfaith marriage in the show, have been meeting with CBS officials in an attempt to persuade the network to alter the program's content. Most now feel that they have not been getting action from the network on their grievances, resulting in a flurry of denunciations at a time when the networ,k is expected to consider renewal of the show for the 1973-74 television season. The Catholic Jewish-Relations Committee of Nassau and Suffolk Counties, N. Y., wrote CBS, Inc. President Arthur Taylor, saying that it felt "both historic faiths were not receiving the kind of dignified treatment which expresses their uniqueness and deep commitment."

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P,rotest Agla"inst Abortion Decision Sadly Pathetic The supreme Court abortion· decision was, as Justice White duly noted, a raw exercise in judicial power which had only the slightest grounds of constitutional legality. The Court made up its mind that the brainwash propaganda of the abortion supporters not think Catholics have was to be taken seriously, theI do right to impose their moral and, arrogant i!1 its own un- positions on the rest of the limited power, endorsed country. In fact only about a 'I

abortion on dem!lnd with a judicial opinion that" was an insult to the intelligente of the American people.

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third of the country would endorse abortion on demand (though a much higher propor-' tion would. be willing to 'endorse some kind of aborl:ion). Nor am I persuaded that all that many PlLGRIMAGE TO LOURDES: Devout pilgrims from more unborn lives wculd be all over the world will be joined at Lourdes by members snuffed out legally than wereof Father Henry R. Canu.el's spring holiday tour. Lourdes snuffed out illegally before the is visited each year by more than three million pilgrims. decision.

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Flimsy Judicial! Opinion ANDREW My concern-like that of the dissenting justices--is that the GREELEY wishes of the majority of Americans and many state legislatures were swept away with one brisk wave of the judicial hand. The Justice Blackman's stupid the- Supreme Court was well on its ory that the right to privacy in- way to becoming a third branch cludes the right Ito kill unborn of· the federal legislature before children ,is of even a lower order the "Nixon" court appeared on of legal iriteIHgence than Justice the scene. It is now clear that Burger's strange hotion that the the justices' 'are persuaded that government would become "en- they can do anything they please · tangled" in religi9us problems if with no more justification than it aided parochial schools. the most flimsy and insulting Mr. Nixon's "Mihnesota Twins" judicial opinions. . may turn out to be even dun1ber The whole concept of Madithan the two southern nitwits he sonian democracy is that no sintried to appoint to the co:.trt. gle unit of government should But whateve~ h~appened to the, have absolute power to itself...,....· "new" Supreme Court Mr. Nixon beginning with the leadership of. was going to giv~ us, a "conser- Earl Warren (that great civil vative" court whiCh woula1 exer- rights ad:voca'te who locked up cise "judicial restrllint"? Th,e Bur- Japanese Americans in concenger court apparently mean:; more tration camps during the Second government by jUdicial tyranny World War). Many of us were in rather than less--and now not sympathy with the "liberal" deeven a tyranny ~ationalized by cisions of the Court and did not intelligent legal opinions. The understand the threat to Amer"new" court was appointe:! to ican freedom involved in its give a hard time ito blacks and usurpation of power. President suspected crimin~ls. One 'sup- Nixon thought he was going to ' poses that it will: get around to restrain the power of the court doing that eventJally; bu~ thus by appointing "sound" justices. far it seems morJ interested in It turns out that he appointed a giving a' hard time to Catholics group of juvenile delinquents. and unbt;>rn children. Sad Day

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· Ed~cation Progralm WASHINGTON I (NC) -- The National Conferente of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) has published its "Program of ContInuing Education of Priests" whiCh the U. S. bishops approved i unanimously at their annual imeeting last November. The statement :was prepared for the bishops by Itheir Commit: tee on Priestly Formation and by the Formation Committee of the Conference of M~jor Supl~riors of Men, U. S. A. The document was developed in response to a ¢all for such. programs by the iSecond Vatican Council's Decree on Pr:iestly Formation. In 1969'the Vatican's Congregation for tre Clergy issued directives to guide national bishops' conferences in preparing such a statement 01'1 priests' continuing education. : The "Program of Continuing Education of Priests" booklet is available from the i"Publications OffiCe of the U. S. Catholic Conference, 1312 Massachusetts Ave., N. W., Washin~ton, D. C.

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Probably only Congress can restrain the abuse of judidal power, and it will have a long, hard fight-.,.while at the same time fighting a president (and 'a budget director who presides over the mess at Litton Industries) who thinks he can govern without Congress.. The elected representatives of the people have their work cut out for them. In the meantime, there was something sadly pathetic about the protest against the aportion decision by certain members of the hierarchy. They still don't realize that on matters of sexuality no one is listening to them any more. They have destroyed their credibility in this lj.rea of human behavior, and instead of leading the American majority who are opposed to judicially legitimated killing, they were a laughingstock,. probably doing more harm than good. For America the day of the abortion decision was a sad day, because it was one more case of a minority elite imposing its will on the rest of society. For the Church it was a sad day because its leadership has never looked more inadequate. © 1973, Inter/Syndicate

father Canuel's group will assist at his Mass at the actual grotto in which Our Lady appeared to St. Bernadette. '

Jesus, Son of David Continued from Page Sixteen do this. In Renaissance paintings Jesus appears to be an idealized renaissance gentleman. In oriental Christian art, Jesus has oriental features. In African art, he is black.

Jesus Was Jewish

Religious education has the task of guiding Ohristians to knowledge of Jesus "in his concrete existence" as the General Catechetical Directory suggests (53). Jesus can identify with The ability of individual cul~ every man and woman only betures, times, or races to identify cause he shared all the exigenwith Jesus in so natural a way cies of human life in a given suggests his universal appeal to time and place. "For by his inmen of all times and ·places. The carnation the Son of God has variety of Christian art represen- . united himself in some fashion tations of Jesus reveals how in- with every man. He worked with timately Jesus and his teachings human hands, he thought with a have touched people E;!v,erywhere. human mind, acted by human . Jesus, his life and hi,!;\,message, choice, and loved with a .human has been assimilated into the heart. Born of the Virgin Mary, widest yariety of cultures and he has truly been made one of lifestyles. This is a strikingly us, like us in all things except beautiful phenomenon: to the sin" (The Church Todny, 22). black Jesus is black, to the We come to recognize him 'as Chinese he is oriental, to the Eu- son of God through knowing him ropean he is white. To the twen- as the son of David,. born of tieth century as to the twelfth, Mary in the time of Herod, cruciJesus .is .contemporary. He is the fied under Pontius Pilate, buried ideal of Christians everywhere. outside the wal'ls of Jerusalem, and seen again on the road to IUdden Danger Emmaus, in the Upper Room at The very naturalness and Jerusalem,and on the seashore beauty 'of this easy identification of Galilee. of Jesus with diverse cultures Jesus was not an American, carries with it a hidden danger. It is all too easy to falsify the white or black, nor was he a image of Jesus, in too closely renaissance gentleman, nor did shaping it according to cultural he look Chinese. He was a Jew. or racial ideals. It has happened While we may visualize him as and it is always possible that 3n looking like ourselves, thereby so doing we project not the Jesus highlighting his identification of the Gospels, but a Jesus mod- wioth us, we need constantly to eled after our own desires and check our image of him against the Gospel portrait. Otherwise needs. "Jesus Christ" can become a It is therefore always neces- great 'a'bstraction, a projection of sary in reliigious education to go our own desires, rather than a back ,to the Scriptures, aided a.s man ,who lived in a given time much as possible by data from and place. To know him as Son the human sciences. Th~re we of God, we need to know him as learn that Jesus lived as a Jew, "Son of David," "Messiah," a. spoke Aramaic with a Galilean Jew preaching to the "lost sheep. accent, preached within the of the house of Israel" (Mt. framework of the Old Testament 15:24). and in the context of a Jewish people chafing under Roman rule. All of these factors influenced his growth and"the formulation of ·his message. He spoke more like a poet than like a historian, scientist, or news-reporter. His language and lifestyle echoed those of Israel's prophets much more than the ways and teachings of Greek philosophers or Roman lawyers. The challenges facing him were colored by the historical, cui.. tural situation in which he lived,

Continued froin Page Sixteen ness that attempt to embrace the whole meaning of Jesus. They instruct us to respond to Jesus with warmth, trust, and wide ranging intelligence. They speak of Jesus as Son of Man, Son of God, Lamb of God, Word of God, Suffering Servant and Risen Lord, each of which will be considered in future articles. , Son of David Here we examine the first of the titles, Son of David. Watch a . congregation when the genealogy of Jesus is read. Feet shuffle as yet another fourteen generations rolls past t~eir ears. Yet 1);'e. original assemblies listened wit" pride and absorption. Tribal glories and family loyalty meant a good. deal to that kind of society. So also did the mystical meaning of numbers and letters. The number count for the letters in the name David was fourteen. Thus the recital of three sets of fourteen generations in the genealogy of Jesus, is like a· resounding cheer, David! David! David! The Jews considered David a super-king. 'Heroic warrior, passionate lover, soul bending poet and penitent sinner, David, was .far and awa~ the I most inspirational figure in Jewish history... What better credentials, then, could Jesus have for a Jewish audience than to he "of the house and family of David." To Jewish Christians this was a matter of . pride-and also a propaganda point to be used in persuading their yet-unconverted brethren. They built a galaxy of David pictures to surround Jesus. He is born in David's royal city of Bethle~1em, which means House of Bread. Family Pride They com::>ared David's humiliating flight from Jerusalem under the whip of Absalom to Jesus' Way of the Cross. They recalled how often Jesus spoke by heart· the many psalms of David. David was king of the earthly Jerusalem; Jesus is king of the heavenly city. David bore Solomon the king of wisdom. Jesus is incarn'ate wisdom himself. David was a man of the people. Jesus is the savior of the people. ' All of this David talk was part .of the simplest procedure people always follow when attempting to speak of the grandeur of someone loved, namely, to compare the beloved to oanother admired and endearing figure. Herblock (an editorial cartoonist) showed the majestic, seated figure of Lincoln weepinK at tlhe assassination of President Kennedy. The details of the funeral followed some of the ceremonies of ,the Lincoln funeral. As Son of David, Jesus reminds us of family pride, the grandeur of heroic living and the positive power of histo-ry. It's an image that gives us much to think about.

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

Two Diocesan Hoop Powers Eye Catholic Championships Two Fall River diocesan high schools will compete in first round action of the 40th annual New England Catholic Invitation Basketball Tournament beginning tonight at the Roberts Center on the campus of Boston C.ollege. Bishop Stang High, a veteran of tournament competition, will ond game of tonight's doubleheader. That 8:45 contest will be participate in Class A and preceded by a 7:30 game between Bishop Feehan High of At- Holy Name of Worcester and tleboro, in its first tourney appearance, will go after the Class B championship. The tournament, previously held at Lawrence Central High in Lawrence, will be a four day affair running from today through Sunday. Sixteen teams will take part in the classic vying for the title in three classes A, B, and C. Coach John O'Brien's Stang Spartans, ·one of eight teams entered in Class A, will meet St. John's of Shrewsbury in the sec-

Cardinal Spellman of Brockton. The Dartmouth Diocesans have played St. John's three times' in tourney competition defeating the pioneers twice. If Stang wins tonight, it ·will meet the winner of the Holy Name-Cardinal Spellman game Saturday in the semifinals. If Coach O'Brien's charges can

survive the first two rounds, they would then go on to meet the semi-final winner of the second Class A bracket.

LaSalle Academy Favorite in Class A The second half of the "A" competition will bl'l staged Friday night with Holyoke Catholic meeting Catholic Memorial o.f Roxbury and LaSaIle Academy of Providence, Rhode Island playing .either Arlington Catholic or Don Bosco Of Boston. The Rhode Island contingent enters the tourney with an impressive. 20-1 .won-loss record and is the favorite to corral the large school title. Veteran ment{)r O'Brien directs a club that has good size, plays aggressive backetbaIl and possesses three exceIlent sryooters. The Spartans captured the Southeastern Massachusetts Conferew;e DiviSion I championship on the final night of loop play with a 74-64 victory over Somerset. Their 9-1 circuit mark was good enough to edge Taunton who finisl)ed the campaign with an 8-2 record. The champs were led by Bill McMilIan who finished the season as Division I leading scorer.

McMillan was not expected to see much action against Somerset because of an Achilles tendon injury but played long and weIl enough to score 18 points. It is expected that he will be ready for fuIl time duty come tourney time. Pat Curran and Hartmut Andrade give the Spartans two additional scorers who can take the pressure oif McMillan. When the three are going right the Diocesans are tough to beat. AIl diocesan hoop fans are hoping they will be "on" beginning tonight and continuing through Sunday. Class C and B competition begins on Saturday. No area team is entered in the C hra'cket and last year's defending Class B champion Holy Family High of New Bedford is not back to defend its title. Bishop Feehan, 'however, will attempt to keep the "B" crown in the Fall River Diocese.

Cinderella Role to Bishop Feehan High As of this writing Coach Gerry Cunniff's Shamrocks are riding a 14 game ·unbeaten streak and 16-2 on the season. The Feehan-

Cathedral of the Holy Cross game.

Feehan bounced back to defeat their neighboring rival last week 59-50. Then on Wednesday last they beat New Bedford Vocational 65-57 to finish unbeaten in Division II Southeastern, Massachusetts Comerence action.

Feehan began the hoop campaign as favorites to win the Division II title. The' manner in which the Shamrocks dominated loop opponents came as a surprise as most expected they would" be tested on, at least, a few occasions. Their toughest games came against non-league foes, but the Shamrocks demonstrated that they could play the best in the area and still do weIl.

The Attleboro Diocesans I~d by Buddy Brantley will meet St. Mary's of. Cambridge in the opening round. A victory in that contest will move the Shamrocks into the finals against the winner of the St. Peter's of Worcester-

Feehan is cast in the role' of CindereIla as the tourney season appr.oaches. It is conceivable that the Shamrocks could win the Catholic title and then go on to win the State championship in their first appearance in both classics.

ites dropped early season contes to Durfee High of FaIl River and crosstown rival Attleboro.

SCIENCE FAIR WINNERS: Debbie Belanger, front, explains her first prize winning project to other winners at the St. Anne's School Science Fair in Fall River. Rear: Donna Gregoire, honorable mention; Paul Bellerive, third prize and Roger Guilmette, second prize.

CYO Cheerleading.Contest March 18 The Eleventh Annual Cheerleading Contest sponsored by the Catholic Youth Organization of the diocese of Fall River, is scheduled for the Bank Street Armory in Fall River on Sunday, March 18. Three divisions have been set

up including a'll elementary March 10. More information may school division, a parish C.Y.O. be obtained from Sister Mary senior group and a high school Sheila, a member of the faculty varsity competition. Elementary at Bishop Feehan High School. and C.Y.O. units will perform at· Public a'nd private schools are 2 P. M. The high school compe- eligible in both the grammar and tition will begin at 7 P.M. high school divisions. Awards will be given to the Entries must be received by first three squads in each division. Teams will also he selected for the New England C.Y.O. competition to he held April 15 in Manchester, N. H. ior C.Y.O. division include: St. Over 15 entries have already Patrick's, SS. Peter and Paul, St. been received from various secMathieu's, Sacred Heart, St. tions of the Diocese. The high Anne's, Holy Name, Notre Dame, school competition promises to all from Fall River and St. be the most outstanding in years Michael's of Swansea. with early entries already acSenior C.Y.O. Division: St. cepted from· Bishop Connolly, Anne's, St. Mathieu's, Our Lady Bishop Gerrar·Cl and Durfee- in of the Angels, Fall River; St. Fall River, Bishop Feehan from Louis de France and St. Mi- Attleboro, St. Anthony's High, chael's will represent the Swan- New Bedford, Taunton High sea Area. School, and Stang High in DartJunior Varsity squads partici- mouth. pating from Fall River include Henry Lord, Durfee and Bishop Sells Used Stamps Gerrard. Also competing in this MADRID (NC)-The Pontifical division will be Somerset and Mission Works office here said Bishop Stang High Schools. it collected $10,000 during 1972 Trophies will be awarded to from the sale of used mail stamps the winners in each of the four sent by parishes throughout the divisions. Admission tickets will country. Proceeds went to the be available at the door. support of world missions.

Fall River Area CYO Sets Sunday For Che·erleaders· Competition The Fall River Area C.Y.O. annual cheerleaders' Competition will be held Sunday, Feb. 25 at Bishop Connolly High School Gymnasium. Rev. FranCis Mahoney and Rev. Thomas Morrissey, Fall River Area C.Y.O. codirectors announce that twentyone squads will take part in the event, slated to get underway at 2 P.M. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Waring are. tournament coordinators; Miss Renette Durette, Fall River Area- C.Y.O. prestdent, will be mistress of ceremonies. Groups competing in the Jun-

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