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minerals and destroy its capacity unused in Ethiopia. Our governto produce food. British scientist ment has retired at least 22.5 and author C. P. Snow is quoted million ·acres into the soil bank, and former Agriculture Secretary 'in a recent article as saying: "We shall, in the rich coun-', Clifford Hardin reported that the ,tries, be surrounded by a'· sea of government may have' to spend famine. Many millions of people, $2 billion in 1972 to head off are going to starve. We shall see surpluses in'. corn ana other· . them doing so on our television grains. . Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Wysets." (Time, Sept. 13, 1971) An Anchor oj the Soul, Sure and Firm-Sf. Paul.

Commenting on this array of oming, North and South Dakota bleak forecasts, Time noted in each have a population of less a cover article a few years ago: than a milHion people. In CaliFan River, Mass., Thurs.,· February 24, 1972 "The only safe generalization fornia, almost half of the 20 about long range population pre- million people live in four counPRICE 10~ I 16, 1'IIio..III1II O. 8 . V O. © 1972 The Anchor $4.00 per year dictions is that they have always ties. A news report last August revealed that Australia,. which proved wrong." is as large as the United States, So there is another side to this has a population equal to the issue which somewhat reduces· state of Ohio. Huge land areas the impact of the .strident such as Mindanao in the Philipprophecies of ~oom. Little em- , pines are uncultivated. phasis, for -instance, .is given to Dr. Colin Clark, one of the. the fact that 70 per cent of the world's great economists, served people in the United States live VATICAN CITY (NC) - The resulting have not been for the a' number of years as direc~ for on 2 per cent of the land. The present crisis over the identity better, includ,jng those who want tor of the Economics Research Amazon Basin in Brazil is 1/20th of the Catholic priest can be an- to throw off "every clerical or Institute ·at Oxford. He recently of he land sufface of the earth swered with three words, Pope ~eligious distinction ... ,in short and is still virgin soil. There are published a book entitled, "PopPaul VI told an audience of to laicize themselves" so as to 180 milHon acres of some of the ulation Growth and Land Use." Roman priests.

Turn to Page Six world's most· fertile soil lying It is his contention that if we • Talking to the assembled pas-' take wiorld resources of ·arable tors and Lenten preachers of land at 4 billion acres, this Rome, the Pope said th!Lt the would feed 47 bill-ion people. . identity of priests and their role Henrick S. Houthakker, a in the Church can be answered member of President Nixon's with the words that they are Raymond E. Lambert, Sr. mem: ish and also holds the office of portunity to work with the Council of. Economic Advisers, • "chosen", "disciples" and "apos- ber of St. Mary's parish, North vice( president of his parish's priests and my fellow Catholics said recently at American Unitles."

Attleboro, will serve as Diocesan council board., He is a partner and our non-Catholic friends of versity that he saw little reason Without dismissing the present Lay Chairman of the 1972 Cath- in the Lambert Engineering Co. the Appeal. This is the Bishop's to expect overpopulation around ~ uproar over the priestly identity olic Charities Appeal. in Attleboro and treasurer of the second Appeal and it is the the world. To this he added the crisis, he said: "The difficult peThe appointment of the prom- Lamb~rt Engraving Co., Inc. and thirty-first annual call for char- comment that population control riod which we are going through inent Attleboro area Catholic Lambert Anodizing Co., Inc. also ity in the Appeal's history. I ·as a means of development was has brought even into our house layman was a!1nounced today by in Att!l~boro. am looking forward with enthus- a simple-minded idea. A similar its aggressive overflow, which is the Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, Mr. Lambert is rrial'l'ied to'tlie iasm to assure a bigger and bet- observation was made last Sepprovidential in some aspects and S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River. This former Marion Yvonne Santoro, ter'1972 Catholic Charities Ap- tember by Ben Wattenberg, a dangerous and nega1tive in is the thirty-first annual Appeal a native of Franklin, Mass. She peal for the benefit of the agen- demography expert and former others." and it is Bishop Cronin's second was educated at Franklin High cies of the Appeal. With God's .member of' the White House The Pope granted that many year as honorary chairman of the School and Wilfred Academy. help and with the untiring ef- staff. He stated: "There is no priests today are questioning Appeal.

They are the parents of twelve . forts of everyone in the southTum to Page Three their traditional role in the eastern area of the state, Bishop children, all living at home.

Mr. Lambert, a native of AtChurch and are being "almost Following notification of his Cronin will be able to continue canonically mumified by our tleboro, attended public schools to in his native city.

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by Bishop Cronin, Mr. the works of charity, mercy and crystaIlized mentality and tradiRoman Catholicism in 1949, the Lambert, in a telephone conver- social service to all, regardless . tional attitudes." ~'an 1972 Catholic Charities Appeal sation with Rev. Msgr. Anthony of color or creed. (' ·He noted that ,the Va:tican The Special Gifts phase of the is a past president and M. Gomes, dioc.esan director of chairman i Counoil· of 1962-65 had called for changes in ecclesiastical life presently treasurer of the confer- the Appeal, said: "I am happy Appeal will be from April 24 to The National Assembly of and that some of the changes ence of the Society of St. Vin- to serve as chairman. I am grate- May 6. The Parish campaign will Women Religious' will make. cent de Paul of St. Mary's par- ful to Bishop Cronin for the op- be conducted from May 7-17. plans for a Fall River chapter at' I:t a meeting to be held at 2:30 Sun,@ day afternoon, March 12 at 570 if" Rock Street, Fall River. Contact person for the Fall River diocese with the national organization is 'Sister Barbara Scully, who' may ERLANGER (NC)-Three diobe reached at the aibove address. ceses in the Church province of Fall River Sisters held a preLouisville may end up five years liminary meeting earlier this from now with 90 fewer priests month at which Sister Madonna than they had at the end of 1971, Moran, R.S.M., New England co.. according to a report, here in ordinator for NAWR, explained Kentucky by priests' senates. activities of the organization.

The ,report was a major item Among New England proon the agenda of the third annugrams are research on the minisal meeting of the senates of try and the ecclesiaI woman be- . priests of the dioceses in Louising carried out by Boston NAWR " ville province. members; the involvement of The report's projection was women In pastoral commissions that the Louisville archdiocese in Manchester, N. H.; and study " may have 39 fewer priests ac.li in Providence as to the inclusion tively engaged in the ministry by of nuns in team ministries. ~ the end of 1976. By the same A member of the administradate the Covington diocese may tion of Mt. St. Mary College, have 40 fewer priests and the Hooksett, N. H., Sister Madonna 1 Nashville diocese 10 fewer. encouraged Fall River Sisters to / The basis for the projected destudy the needs of their diocese clines was a survey made by and to consider ways of making each of the priests' senates on themselves heard in decisions the status of priest personnel in affecting their communities, five dioceses over the past five parishes and apostolates.

APPEAL CHAIRMAN AND FAMILY: Front: James 10, Frances 7, Mr. and Mrs. '. years. No projections were made NAWR -is a committee of the for the dioceses of Owensboro, Lambert, Paul 11, Christine 9, and Kathleen 4. Rear: Patricia 16, John 14, Mary 21, Ray- Conference of Major Superiors r Turn to Pa~e Three Qf Women. mond, Jr., 19, Anne 17, Joseph 15, and Pet~r 13...

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(NC News 'Service) . There is probably .no 'panic ·.like a fire. The blaze begins. The firemen are called. Sirens shriek as fire trucks race· down the street. Alarmed drivers jerk out ·of the way. Doors fling open and huddled groups become crowds of onlookers. Emotion is instant, intense and absorbing.

The panic of a fire, however, · 'is mild compared to the hysteria .now raging on the subject of population control. . . The ·.most dismal and horrify· ing predictions have been made by some impressive sources. Dr. Paul Ehrlich of Stanford has saId that if something dramatic isn't done 'immediately there is no hope that civilization will last (Time, Sept. 13, 1971). It is said that the present world poupulation is 3.7 bill'ion and that in ·another 30 years it will be 7 billion. A book by Fairfield Os· 'born, "Our Plundered Planet", predicts that mankind will ulti· mately denude the earth of its

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accused the tciurist trade m the Austrian Tyrol of greed and 'Profit·seekin~ at alI costs" 'regardless of the cons~quences. , In addition to charging excessive prices, the bishop s~id in a recent pastoral, some innkeep~rs force their. children to sleep in cellars and haystacks in order to have more room for tourists.

He 'said there is too much easy money around - spoiling the morals of the simple village people, undermining their inherent . piety and helpin~ to increase crime.

Bishop Rusch said he is not. condemning tourism as such. He said he is stressing that it should be controlled and protected from abuses.

Previously, Bishop Rusch made headlines when at a clergy con-. 'ference he' complained about the "immorality ofa certain type of ) citygir.I" wh'o cOllles to the Austrian Alps during holidays not so mucH' to ski as to pursue handsom~ ski,ing instructors.

The skiing season, he said, is being turned into "an everlasting carnival" iby .tourists who are more il)terested. in sex than in skiing. ' "

Cubans'Seek Entry To United States'

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MADRI-D "(NC)-Aibout 20,000 of .the approximately 30;000 Cuban refugees in Spain' have app)ijed for visas to enter. the United States. Many others have appHed for entry to Australia or Latin American countries.

Included in the 20;000 who' ~ant to go to America- are many of the/ 13,000' refugees who arrived in this country from Cuba in 1971, according ,to the Intergovernmental Committee 'on Migration: ' Under a new U. S. quota sys~ tern, however, only refugees with' close rela,tives already residing in the United States can expect to get visas soon. There are about 500;000 Cubans now in the United States.

Nec:rology FEB. 27

Rev. Joseph N. Hamei, 1956, Founder, St. Theresa, New Bedford.

Rev. Philip Gillick, 1874, Founder, St. Mary, No.' Attleboro.

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,ROME (NC).......Mother Tersesa Boajaxhiu and her Missionaries of Charity' are caring for two of the mosi' despise~ groups of people in the new nation of Bangladesh-the thousands of women raped . and made pregnant by 'marauding, forces during the brief war with West Pakistan and ~bout' 50,000 Bihari' Mos· lems, who" are huddled together · in fear of their lives in the south~, western province of Khulna, The reason the two groups are rejected is both political and ,ethnic, according to Msgr.

Joseph Harnett, regional director for Europe of the U. S. Catholic Relief Services (CRS),' who met with Mother Teresa and her nuns. in Bangladesh. early in February.

"The expec,tant mothers are rejected by their families because they have been violated," Msgr. Harnett said. "The fact that/this may have been against their will has nothing to do with it. The natural creed of these people dIctates that these girls are abandoned.

"Mother Teresa has already opened one home in Dacca and will soon open three more. in Bangladesh to care for these women anel girls. Sponsored by four Catholic relief agencies (one of them is CRS), this project will , provide not only for the care and training of 'the mother, but will offer education for their unborn children until those children are about 20 years old."

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Archbishop Credited in: Reopening Malta Nego'tiations With British LONDON (NC) - Allchbishop Michael" Gonzi of Malta is credited here wit'll a major part in reopening n~gotiations for a continued Brjt:ish presence on the Mediterranean isle.'

The 86-year-old archbi'shop's. ,flying trips to Rome and London are considered the major initia· tive in, fOrestalling a precipitous ·British withdrawal from Malta.

In Rome' Jan. 15, Maltese Prime Minister Dom Mintoff canceled his deadline set for that date for the withdrawal of all . British forces from Malta 'and said a new 'agreement on military bases seemed possible.

Malta has been asking for more than $45 million a year rent for use of Malta's naval and . air facilities by BI1itish and allied forces, while Britain had offered about $24 million. .

Archbishop Gonii's task of reconciliation .was complicated by several' factors. British Prime Minister Edward Heath, with whom the archbishop' con~erred here, 'and Mintoff, who talked. with :Archbishop' 'Gonzi 'before the churchman left for' Rome and London are known to dis-' l,ike onea~other. Mintoff has

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Peter D. Robert, P.R., 1948, Pastor, Notre Dame, " FalI River: MARCH 2 Rev. James: J.' Br'ady, "'1941, Pastor, St.Kilian, New Bedford.. iTI'sisted~·on·"playing'down~~.

Rev. A~tonio Berube, 1936, archbishop's r(lle, not >yishing to: 'Pastor, St. Joseph, Attlebdro:~ '. ~ 'appear beholden to a churchman, Rev. Tarcisius Dreesen, SS,Cc., . with. whom he also has ~ pistory 1952, Mi)D'astery Sacred Heart, of 'personal animosity;, Fairhaven.

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.After t4e a.rchbishop'S ta~~:: WIth Hea~h, mformed SOU~CE.., toLd NC News that th~ archll~IS.h­ 01' said. th+ British pn~e mInIStel' had not budged a? ~nch frOl~ his offer lof $24-mI1hon-a-~eaI rent for the Maltese base despite my i~sLstence:" The sources saId, however, that the .~rchbishop's 'plea ~lid not go unh,eeded at 10 ~owm~g Street. Hi,s conversatIOns In Rome!1's well as th: pressure. of ,Britain's Nt\TO alh.es-espectal.

Iy Italy an4 the Umted States:-are thought to hav: resulted m the renewe~ talks m Rome. ~e­ tween Mintoff and the BntIsh Secretary .~f State for Defense, Lord Camrygton.

Mee~ With Pope Prime Minister Dom Mintoff . paid a co~rtesy cd on Pope Paul VI Jan. 15, while visiting Rome to rebpen negotiations on the island'sl:, precarious financial situation w,ith Britain. and authol"ities of> the North Atlantic . Treaty Organization.

The Pope; and the min,. l'5ter V!isited privately. for 40 minutes, at ,the Vatica,n.There was no communique is'sued· at the. end of: the mee~ing, which was' regard~d as strictly informal. " .

There was little, doubt, however, that t~e P~~e and Min~off discussed the, CrISIS on the tmy Mediterranean island and the private ef:{~l"ts of Archbishop Michael Goltzi of Malta, who had earlier ;flown to Rome to ta!lk with th¢ P.ope and to London to discuss possible new aI'proaches , \\(ith.d HBritish th dPrim,e ff Minister Edwar en-' an 0. 1f NAT'O cials 0 '1"

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religious persecution, so they cannot return there. During the NEW YORK (NC) -:- .Plaimed recent . war .in East Pakistan, Parenthood of New York 'formalsome Biharis sided with the Iy opened a new abortion Clinic West Pakistan army, thereby with a public ceremony-and, gaining the enmity of the people across the street, a Catholic in East Pakistan-now Bangla- church .tolled its bell in protest for four hours. desh.

They cannot. possibly find refThe ceremony was held to anuge in Pakista.n, according to nounce tile formal opening of a Msgr. Harnett, until· Pakistan Planned Parenthood Center recogriizes the independence of where .some 12,000 patients .are Bangladesh: , expected to be served this year. . But even this possibili~y of ref· During a four-ohour open hou~e uge remains dim, Msgr.' Harnett at the clink; the belI atop the said, b.ecause press repocts from . Church of the' .Epiphany tolled Karachi contend that. 6,000 across the street while' a dozen Bihari . Moslems who fled from persons pieketed the' Planned East to West Pakistan last Parenthood Center..

March are. virtual outcasts in Also in New' York City, more West Pakistan. than 1,000 doctors representing Pakistan was carved out of the three major faiths joined India, after that country gained forces in favoring repeal of the its independence, as a refuge for present Neyv York state abortion Moslems. Its territory, however, law. was divided int,:> two sectionsA statewide committee formed East and West - separated by for that end announced that it about .a tho~sand miles of Indian was "committed to extensive territory. The government was public education efforts designed based in West Pakistan, and to shoW the people of this state East Pakistanis claimed that what is really at stake in the they were discriminated a~ainst 'Concept and practice of the aboI"

by West Pakistanis. The recent, ,tion law which has been in oper~ Indian~Pakistan war started af'ation for the last 18 months." ter West Pakistani troops we,re New York state has one of the sent into the Eilst in an unsuc· , most Hberal abortion laws on tI:\'r cessful attempt to halt the inde- books, yearly a~tracting thoupEmdence movement there. sands of women from out of . Mother Teresal's nuns are now state who come to seek aboI" .'working amopg 50,000 Bihari tions on demand.

Moslems in Khulna, livin.g with them jn what Msgr. Harnett described as .. {l "squatters field, Name Cardinal Cody not to be compared with the luxTo Holy.See Unit ury of a refugee camp:" WASHINGTON (NC)-eardiCRS has allocated $50,000 for immediate assistance to the Bi- nal John Cody of Chicago h'as haris in Khulna. In addition, CRS been named by Pope Paul to the is transferring tons of food from Prefecture for Economic Affairs warehouses across the border in of the Holy See, which watches over the papacy's financial inIndia to feed these people.

Mother Tere:;a played the vestments, budgets and. fiscal major role in effecting this dealings; The'p"refecture, created in 1967 . transferral of food from one couritry to another. Msgr. Har- and placed under three c::ardinals'1 "nett said that. the food was ad- as a sort of comptroller's office, mitted to India duty-free for dis- is headed by Cardinal Egidio Va. tribution through 15 major cen- gnozzi, former apostolic dele.~ ters maintained by CRS in India. gate in the United Sattes, Arch~ bishop Luigi Raimondi, the'current apostolic delegate here, an.

Cursilio Movement nounced the appointment of the Names Co-·ordi..-ator 64-year-Old American cardinal.

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Notre Dame Nuns Re.Evalua~ing

Favors Keeping Catholic Schools

Apostolate The Sisters of Notre Dame of the Massachusetts Province are presently COllducting an evalu'ative study of their apostolic activities. A Provincial Assessment team has been formed to coordinate the program. In local areas the program will be carried out by a team compr.ised of Sisters of Notre Dame and members of the com,:,un~ty they serve.

This study, mandated by the General Ohapter, has as its purpose an effective review of the Sisters' apostolate measuring it against established aims and actual needs. Participation in the evaluative process by those who are not members of the congregation is encouraged by the General Chapter. ' Workshops to 'assist the local group to become familiar with the program were conducted by Rev. Edward Norton, S.V.D. of Boston College Center for Field Research 'and Sohool Services.

Locally ,the Sisters of Notre Dame staff Bishop Stang High School.

Members of the local team include Miss Arlene Arruda, Stanley Franczyk, Dr. and Mrs. William Muldoon, Robert Zukowski, Sr. Betty Anderson, Sr. Ellen Newell, Sr. Bart>ara TIlerese, Sr. Margaret Lanen and Sr: Arlene Todd.

Priest Shortage Continued from Page One Ky., and Memphis, Tenn., although surveys were taken in both dioceses.

Foresee Trends The survey took into consideration priestly reassignments, leaves of absence . and retirements expected' to occur over the neX!t five years.

Father Nick Rice, president of the Louisville senate of priests who presided at the two-day meeting, said "the idea we had behind (the survey) was to look back and see if we could foresee any trends in priests leaving the

BISHOP CRONIN OPENS LENT: The 0 rdinary of the Diocese offered the noon Mass on Ash Wednesday in St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River and distributed ashes to • a congregation filling the church.

CHD Grant Helps Start Health Cli'nic LAS CRUCES, (NC) - Lowincome people of Dona Ana County here in New Mexico will soon benefit from the services of the first health clinic to be opened in this area.

The clinic is being organized by a group called Health 'Services of Dona Ana County. It will be funded for the first year

by the U.S. blshop'~ antii~Bverty effort, the Campaign for Human Development (CHD).

Ivan Westgaard, chairman of Health Services, said that the cl,inic hopes to begin operating by the end of February.

Use of a building has been donated by' St. Genevieve Catholic church, and several doctors

and community people have volunteered their services.

Some administrative details still have to be worked out, Pope Paul Attends Westgaard said, such as deciding whether to charge a token fee Annual Retreat for the clinic's services, and deVATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope termining which days and hours Paul VI began his annual retreat of operation would best serve Sunday evening and will conthe community. clude his spiritual exercises on Another thing that Health Saturday morning.

Services hopes, to do before During this time the Pope will opening the clinic, Westgaard hold no aud.iences, not even the was about $5 billion. But 10 added, is to organize a group of customary Wednesday general years later it rose to $13 billion. low income community people audiences, at which many thouwho can eventuaIly assume total sands of the faithful and tourists Distribution responsibility for its administra- are always present.

Rather than too many people, tion.

The retreat schedule calls for He said that the clinic also a comlbination of meditations the real problem lies in the improper and unjust distribution hopes to add to its staff several and recitations of the Divine of wealth and resources, the paraprofessionals - particularly Qt1fice at appointed times' each overcrowding of great numbers veterans who served in military day. Each evening the Rosary is recited and benediction is held. in small areas, and the careless, hospitals as corpsmen.

Westgaard estimates that It is customary for leading prelunplanned consumption of goods nearly 50 per cent of the popu- ates of the Vatican to join the and commodities. lation of Dona Ana county is ,Pope in chapel from. lti~e to time Solutions can be found. The living below the poverty level during these days.

Israelis have dramatized what and have had little or no health Leading the retreat this year can be'done through the combi- care. is Father Maurice Zundel, a theonation of technology and hard Many poor families simply work by turning a desert into a neglect ,their nealth because they logian known for his writings on dwelling. And as Ernest Conine can't afford doctors' fees, he the 'Blessed Mother. said lately" "I' American busi- said. . ness can set up, relatively small He said that the new clinic plants in Mexico or Formosa to hopes to serve at least 4,200 low manufacture components for as- , income families, and also--evenONE STOP sembly in Los Angeles or Con- tually-to be able, to .hire comSHOP"'NG CENTER necticut, why can't it do some- munity people. thing of the same thing in Idaho • Television • Grocery An ,initial $5,000 to pay for or western Nebraska?" '. Appliances • Furniture organizational and medical sup· The issue, then, is not the plies was given to the clinic by 104 ~lIen St., New Beciford quantitative problem of over- the Campaign for Human Devel~ 997.9$54 population but the qualitative opment. s •••.• _ problem of blindness, grE;ed, lack of compassion and a distorted sense of values. It is the WE SELL MONEY, BUT OUItBUSINESS IS PEOPLE failure to grasp the truth that the best'thingihat ever happe1zed to Cape Coil a chain is as strong as its weakest link and that when one man's rights or dignity are wounded, all men are less thereby.

The real problem is the failure of the few to part with the superfluities of wealth and poss1J~~'rROUTE 28 HYANNIS " ' , 3ANI< BRANCH OFFICE ROUTE 28 S'O. YARMOUTH session in order to bring every man the human'dignity and self775·4500 respect his Creator and our Constitution proclaim as his right.

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Schedule Program For Ex-Prisoners NEW YORK (NC)-Emmaus House, an ind'ormal exper.imental community center operated largely by Roman Catholtics in East Harlem, has announced' plans to open a rehalbiltation program for recently released ex-eonvIcts this Summer.

The immediate goal is to provIde such basic needs as shelter, food and clothing, as well as co'unseling, ~or 40 ex-prisoners.

FacHioties for the program are currently being sought.

The Emmaus House program will function ,in informal cooperation with other related groups such as the Fortune Society, AIcoho\:ics Anonymous and narcotics rehahiltation programs.

Living Standnrd Well, just what kind of catastrophe is a' large population anyway? In the 15 years between 1945 and 1960 some 12 million people fled into West Germany.

Rising l:iving standards and production growth are creating an intense competition for labor among West German industrialists. In the United States, four minion babies were born in a given year. This brought in more than $3 billion for the manufacturers of' baby food, clothing, furniture, toys and accessories.

At the end of World War II, Australia took in almost a million and a half people from Europe. Its gross national product

He added that "by looking at the numbers . . . we could see that we had better start thinking of more effective uses of what manpower we have or in terms of new forms of ministry.

"We are not going to be able, just number-wise, to continue to offer all the services we are now offering as ministry."

PITTSBURGH (NC)-Catholic elementary and seCondary schools should continue to exist in the diocese of Pittsburgh "wherever possible", accordin,g to an education task force rCJ¥lit released here.

"We are personally convinced that Catholic schools should continue," said Auxilary Bishop John B. McDowell of Pittsburgh, task force chairman, "but they cannot continue unless Catholic people are willing to make sac,rifees to continue them."

Bis~op Vincent M. Leonard of Pittsburgh established the task force last August, after a U. S. Supreme Count ruling Invalidated .substantial state aid program for nonpublic schools, to take an in-depth look at the current status of Catholic education in the diocese.

"What follows is a plan," Bishop McDowell said in an introduction to the 17-page task force report, "if we stand together, each doing his fair share, the plan can work:" The task force recommended that "wherever possible, parish elementary schools are to be continued," but added that one condition for continuance is "the ability of the parish to finance the school .and at the same time meet its other obligations."

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Whether we have 250 million people or 350 million people is less important than what the people, however many of them there are, decide to do about their problems."

It is well known that statistics on population are imperfect and Iby no means scientifically accurate. The underdeveloped nations do not for the most part keep ibirth or death records, and nobody ,knows how Jllany Chinese there are or what their present rate of increase is. Philip Houser of the University of Chicago is quoted as saying: "Projections of future populations a~e admittedly fictions. No one can actually predict future population, and anyone who claims' he can is either 'a fool or a charlatan."

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NEW YORK (NC)-New York City needs more public housing, "but the very real and painful Som'e mo.nths ago I, commented critically on one of housing crisis will persist until John' Deedy's weekly columns' f'N~ws and Views':) in w.e learn to save and improve , ·Uie'housingwe have," an interCommonweal, only to 'learn subsequently; to my regret, .'faith :coalition of the city's .that 'j had unwittingly misunderstood ~nd, misrepresen~ed :clergymen said here. what he had really meant,·, , " ,.

The, New York Clergy ,Int~r­ to say. I hope I am no.t·mak: well· nigh disastrous?, ," .' , religioils Coalition called the ing the same' mista~eaga~n Ide!1tica!\y the same set of; . ~~continuing failure", of city, state in using two, 0,f Mr. Deedy's questions, Clime to mind ~ls I was ·and federal officials to meet the reading , 'the second' of IyIr. housing challenge "an uncon'recent columns (Feb. 11 and Feb.' Deedy's. columns in which he. re~ scionable offense against the 18) I\S a jumping-off point for peatedly says - four different· some random observations. ,moral traditions that claim our tAI!1.es by actual: ~ourt~that tne ' ,the perennial question: .what is, drifting -away ,of young' peopl~' loy~ity." , 'the Church?" Or, ifj~ou. prefer,: from. the Jnstitutiomil Church , The 57 Catholic, Protestant and who are the Church? .- repre~enis a serious' problem for' jewish; clergymen said they were mrnu~_li(t.:'1W?l ,Ohu'roh~'authority;;; ••• ".' ' ·· ..unalterably committe,d· to every . "Unless', there ' ·is>~."radical: effort. ,aimed at bringing more . turn-around", Mr. D,ee<;ly 's~ys in' im( :better· . public housing to . By .. his :fiQal . paragraph, •'. "official ~~ York City:" : , .' : churc~"author~ty ca:p;be~ure"of . "Such :housing,," the' signers "only one thing' 'a' decade or two ,said, "should not ·be limited to 'from n,ow:acreS'Cif emptj pews:" the 'city's ghettos but also' develGEORGE G;' , , , Subsidiary Role oped in physical 'environments That's probably an accurate which offer hope and the .possi,SNqW JOB: The, winter weather brought out the HIGGINS 'predicticln and; again,it repre: bility of dignity for all our' citisents a serious problem' for the artistry pf students at Mt. St Mary Seminary, Cincinnati. zens."

IIM1~'mlWlffimtWWW Church. But to frame the prob- The twice-lifesize snowman is complete with episcopal Among Catholic signers of the In the above-mentioned col- lem' exclusively in terms of scepter ~nd red' buttons. NC Photo. ' three-page statement were black umns Mr. Deedy cites a number Churoh "authority", strikes me activist priest Father Lawrence of recent polls, arid studies, to as putting the theologiCal and Locas, pastor of Resurrection show that young Catholics in the pastoraJ cart before the ,horse...

Parish in Harlem; two Fordham , United States are drifting away Obviously the 'problem In University professors; Jesuit from the institutional Church in.. question represents a serious Cathplic Hospitals to 'Teach N4!W Family Fathers Joseph Fitzpatrick of the large numbers. ,I agree with Mr., coallenge. 'to Church authority, , P·'I· M 'th d ,university's sociology departDeedy that this represents abut surely it represents an even 'anl1l111191 e 0 ment; and Father Robert P. Kenserious problem for the Church: more serious challenge to the' LOS .A1'lGELES (NC)-eath- method adds the ·element of nedy, who heads Catholic CharThe question recurs, however: parents and families' of the what is the Ohurch? or who are youJ;lger generation of American olic hospitals in the Los Angeles shifts in a woman's body tem- ities' social action division in the archdiocese will soon begin of- ,perature indicating her fertile Bro,oklyn diocese. the Church?

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Paulist Father Kevin Sheehan, Serious Problem After all, it's their children fering instructions' in a natuml time. family planning technique which Brand new in the United ,clergy coalition chairman and an ~ This basic question arises in Mr. Deedy is talking about,' not' at St. Paul the Apostle some physicians claim has made States, the ovulation method assistant the present context because Mr. the local bishop's nor the local was, introduced 'in Australia Cpurch here, also signed the Deedy, in both columns, seems pastor's' chiidren. The bishop the rhythem method obsolete.

An,o(ficiaLof a natural family" 'more'than 10 ',years ago by' an r housing statement. to be thanking of the Church al- and the pastor must do every, plann'ing',.research institute in . Australian neul'Ologist· with' al-: Meets Opposition most exclusively in terms of its thing within their power to coop-' "Given the continuing low ecclesiastical leadership. In the erate with parents and families Washington, D. C.,.however, has most 20 years of research ex-' on the , perl'ence'n at uI'a I fami'1 y p1a 11 - vacancy rate in the city and the urged caution' I'n .""lyin.g " 1 n' first column, for. example, he, in 'meeting the problem which 'prohibitive cost of privately built says that "Gallup's latest figures Mr. Deedy has raised for discus- effectiven~ss' of the method until ningtechniques.:' N'a t urCi1 fami'1 y planning clinics housing," the signers said, "even on weekly church attendance in , ,sion, but by definition, their role more testi'ng is done. the U. S. provide no consolations in this regard, is a subisidiary , , Dr., William A. Lynch of Hos- in :, ~i?ceSes' throughout Austra", families of modest means find no ton, sCience committee chairman lia, teach the, method, ,although place to turn for apartments at for Catholic' offioials." They role. ' until 'recent years it was used rentals they can, afford except place the Sunday' Mass turnout Another j way of saying the . of the HJmal1 LifeF~urida:t'iol1, at 57 per cent, down from 71, same thing is that ·if the pros- originally ifunded' by the U. S. along with: the temperature through government-sponsored ' housing." per cent in 1964.',' pect that we may have acres of bishops, told NC News he was met~od'. , , empty pews in our churches a "impressed with theclincal re"J1he ovulation method I'S Th dd d h ..

Assuming that such a signifi- decade or two from now is bad sults" c>f ,:the ovulation' method ~y a are e t at over 100,000. completely, different from the, f€lmilies" currently on the cant drop-off in church: attend- ,news for Church authority, it's of natural, family pIanning. rhythm or tem,perature met'hod wa't' .

1 mg l'IS t s 'f or publ'lC h ousmg. . ance especially on the part of even worse news for parents.

But he ,added there were "no anC;!. is better than both," said the younger generation represtatistical studies of any signifi- Dr. John Billings, who developed sents a ser,ious problem, I would Challenge to All have expected Mr. Deedy to con-, By way' of a footnote or a canoe yet," such as'records kept the technique' along with his olude that it's a problem for the side-bar comment, I would also on "a min~mum of 10,000 people pediatrician wife.

On Equity In Your Home , whole Church, not for "Catholic question or at least would want using it for a period of four to Natural Symptom You May Use The Money officials", but first and foremost to qualify Mr. Deedy's underly- five years:" However You Wish.

Describng the method during for the parents and families of ing assumption that one of the "When 'the proof of anyone's. a recent press conference at the _ the young people in question. In major reasons for the apparent system is. a baby, you have to Oatholie Charities Center here, 'AVCO FINANCIAL other words, if the drifting away 'drifting away of young people' keep faith with the people who Dr. BiHings said the technique SERVICES . of the younger generation offers . from 'the institutional Church' is are givng ,op so much personally "depends on the woman herself 71 William St., New Bedford no consolations, to Catholic offi-. that "authbrity in the Church for -the good of their familes," identifying. a natural symptom994-9636 cials, it offers even less to the continues :to preoccupy itself' the obstetrician and gynecologIst the onset and sensation of muparents of the 'young peopl~. in~ 'with the adult generation." said, noting that premature en- cous t'hat 'is, an' indication 'of volved. llhe~e is, undoubtedly somethusiasm has been "a sad story ovulation and f,erti~ity." thing to be saia for this point of in rhythm i in the past." , \ Church 'Authority',· & 'vieW, but,' if I had kept better , "This is a normal health'sympHaven't we always said (even files, I am :sure I could cite, by Taught in Australia . tom, and' a woman is able to when we were not consisle'nt chapter and verse, any number Dr., Lynch suggested that the recognize its absence or, presOver 35 Years .. about, 'the matte'r in practic~) ot articles from Commonweal ovulation method be used with Emce," the doctor ,continued, add-. of Satisfied Service that parents h'ave, the primary' (including some by Mr. Deedy . Reg. Master Plumber 7023 responsibiLity for the religious. himself)" 'which argue that' proper supervison and "in con- ~~~nt~:~S~~eino:~I~J:~~m~~~~~ JOSEPH, RAPOSA, JR. upbringing of their children? Church, authority with its peren-' junction WiTh the temperature method' at first." . .by, al~ women."

806 NO. MAIN STREET Hasn't experience taught us be- hiaf commitment to the paroDr. Billings sajd one of several Couple who, use the rhythm Fall River '67.5-7497 , yond a, s~adow o~ a doubt that, chial,school 'system, is spending oonducted on the studies he had a~tempt to pinpoint a method as a gen~ral rule, parent~ha~e 'too 'much time, energy and money far ,more mfluence on their ohil- ,on toe edu,::ation of young peo- woman's fertile period by count- ovulation, method's effectiveness dren, for. weal ?r w?e, than the . pie and is doing "practically ing the da'ys since h'er last men- was: a review of its use by 200 local parish pnest or the local nothirig in the field of adult edu" : strual. period. The, temperature Australian wO!l1~n. He said, he had conducted the review quring bishop or the faculty of the local cation. . ''t'he past 12 months and. had , Be that as it may, Mr. Deedy's Catholic scrool?

Excavating And, f.inally, haven't we pretty concern about the inability of the serious as he makes it out to found no failures.

Contractors w!,!I,1 agreed among ourselves by Church to comlllUnicate mOI:eef- be-and I think ,it is-it repreT~e physician told NC News· this, time . that defining the feCtively with the younger gen- sents a challenge to all of us- statistics of the magnitude sug9 CROSS ST., FAIRHAVEN Ohurch primarily in terms· of its eratipn' is ' obviously. ,weUfound- bishops,· priests, religious 'and . gested'by-Human' Life Founda. ' 992-4862 ec<;lesiastjcal leadership is theo- ed.., My only point is. that if the , the laity - but to parents first don' offical Dr. Lynch "are not ' required." . logically unsound· and pastorally problem he has .raised. ~s, as and, foremost.

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Supports Social Change LIMA (NC) - Cardinal Juan Landazuri of Lima said the Church in Peru "is ready to cooperate .with the country's revolutionary regime in its, efforts to improve the cultural and material lot of the people."

The cardinal spoke' as 24 families moved into new homes at Vitarte, a Lima sub~rb, on land . given to the poor 'by the archdiocese. "We want to help these people gain the security of a home as a stepping stone to other ga-ins,.. , the cardinal said.

With him was Auxiliary Bishop Luis Bambaren of Lima, who heads the archdiocesan efforts in

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a ch~in of Young Towns, the name given to slum neighborhoods engaged in self·improvement works.

The -military junta headed by ,Gen, Velasco Alvarado has provided some service~redit and building' material, as well as technical help - to the Young Towns. Labor and other materials came from the residents. cardinal Landazuri reassured the regime of Church. support after pressure from business and political groups sought to delay the government's national· ization moves.

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NE'AR EAST VISITS ESPIRITO SANTO PARISH: Bishop Cronin distributes Holy Communion on the occasion of his first visit to the Fall River Parish. Center: Meeting members of his flock is always a 'highlight of his visitation of a parish. Rev. Joao V. Resendes, pastor, left, assists' in the presentation of parishioners to the Bishop. Bottom: Bishop Cronin meets with St. John Seminarians who returned to their home parish for the Episcopal visitation...Left to right:· Steven Furtado, the Bishop, Joseph Costa and Harold Mosher.

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Ifis a fascinating experience to watch history.,unfold~ '" and be made-before one's eyes. Nothing less is happening · at the meetings of'President Nixon and Chinese leaders.

While television cameras show only the more public 'aspects of the meetings, there is' surely the ever-present realization that discussions are taking place that can and undoubtedly will affect all of. humanity.

The main areas ,of the talks 'and the hopes that can spring from them are' being well covered· by th-e news media. But there are some interesting sidelights that de. _ serve attention: One of the impressions from China is that of ·order.· Asone newsman put it-When the Chinese paint a white line' ort the pavement and tell people to stand behind it, they expect any civilized person to do exactly that. They · should vi~it any American street at Christmas or sale time. '. ' .

And another aspect of the trip i~ the s'eeriling equality · of men and women with almost as many women wielding' picks and sweeping streets as men, and in, the same colorless baggy outfits. Those views should give the Women's Lib advocates reason to pause. Is this really what they wa.ilt? . ' .- - Again and again the newsmen speak-almost in awed · tones-of the great courtesy shown by almost everyone toward everyone else in China. It is almost as if Americans were discovertng again that courtesy is a most important aspect of civilization. It is hoped that the' spirit of courtesy'will be catching, and that this ,nation will again, with all the other things Chinese that are being brought back into vogue, pursue the courtesy tou,te also.

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Pope Paul said the', crisis of the. priest's identity can be solved only by looking at Christ's thought. The 'first note of the priestly character, he said, is' that he has been chosen by Christ. "The· famous question of a vocation touches the personaljty and destiny of each of us," he, explained.

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"And, .behold its own humble and sublime title then: ,He' is ·die shepherd of the People of God, the worker' for charity, the protector of the People of. God, the worker for charity, the protector of orphans and the young,' the advocate of the poor, the consoler of the suffering, the father of souls, the confidant, counselor, guide and friend of aH~ the man' fQr all others and, if need be, : the voluntary and silent 'hero," , ...

, It has been said tliat" the genilJs 'of George Washington was that, he was always, learning.' He never reached a.' point when he assumed that he had finished the learning process and then proceeded to coast onw-hat' he knew.

The world and its contents were always unfolding ,for him Rev. Joh~ F.: Moore, B..e~., M:A., M.Ed, and he was always eager to find out more, to add to his SS. ' P,eter,." Pciul, ,Fall River knowledge, to draw fresh implications from, what he knew.

It is a happy' quality. ' Many of the faults in the world come from ignorance On ? recent trip to New York,' I decided to travel by or from the 'refusal to learn. Many of the prejudices of train.

With so much advertising of the Amtrak system, one men aris~ from t~is, 'same ignorance." And this is why' people h~ve to be willIng to learn, to approach new ideas would 'hope that rail passenge'r service had improved. What and propositions with. open, minds, testing them against a fantasy. Seemingly it ha~ regressed· to an all time low. The ' . the known truth and, in the case of things religious, against once prQud temple-like staIt was the breakfast hour. From . , the truth· of reason and the truth. revealed by God and tions ar~ now b ut d ecaymg the' p'ric,es I ;thought th'e' chef landma-r~s of neglect. One ' was imported for the trip from proclaimed 'by His Cburch. " should' plan to spend as little tlieRitz. The tables were' covThere' has been so much turmoil after Vatican, Countitrle waiting fbr a train as ered in' the faded elegance of ,cil II simply, because. people did not make the effort to .possible. When the train does patch linen and the food would . with .the great rail systems df learn what the' CounCil really said,' or ' else' were. afraid' arrive into the' station, it is like be classified in the same category' Europe. to think about new approacqes to the things of God. They a wheezing giant that seems 'foruly·. the entire trip to New 'Yet we cannot lose this ball . ; have to be reassured again. and .again, that ther(~, has been headed. for the local :intensive York was total agony. ' game, We need public transportation, we-need an efficient rail and can-be no essential change 'in the Creed, in the Com- care unit. i However 'I still wanted to give passenger service. The clutter of I f.irst took into' a chair in the mandments, in the Sacraments. But, styles and customs parlor car thut changed my mind. Amtrak a cn-anceso reservations automobiles, the pollution of the and tra,ditions and techniques can and do an_d,at times, The parlor car has taken on a were 'made for a return trip on cities, and ,the irrational expan.to be more effective, must chang~. And' conclusions from look ,of 'e'arly Morgan Memor·ial. 'the new Turpo train. Ten min- sion of highways only should When I did get settled in the day ues hefore departure time, the serve to indicate the necessity doctrines can be_ ~een in, ever-deepening implications.

- When people today sigh for the "old, Church" they coach -I' was completely envel- turpo was cancelled' as' it had for a return 'to mass transit. oped in cracked. vinyl; The tem- been on the previous morning , .. .... , .'Seemingly, the railroads themare very often riot really thinking of the Church but they ,peratureSoa-red until the seats trip from Boston. Come to find are looking back witb' nostalgia upon their own youth. Or ,became like a piece of oil cloth. out. I- really think' it is hauled . selves cannot effect an efficiimt . k from statiOn . to' statiOn, ' . ' re.turn. of mass transit .to the else they are resisting the, urgings of the Church that they smell and: all. bY truc ' , ' ' commuting . public. Tragically, ,continue to learn, that they be courageous enough to face Of course the ride of the train Well. 'the ;ubstitute train .for they have been stripped of all present problems and bring to bear' upon these the truths has to be descr.ibed as simply the return to ProvidenCe had to ability. of renewal by the robber one grand lurch. The rail beds be' .fr.om an old John .Wayne . harons who for decades milked tha,t the Chu~ch holds out to them.' " ; . were nev¢r known 'for their si- mov;ie set. I:t was simply· a two the railroads dry, so now, they lence with their constant clicking. car train. Two coaches that had' 'are but brittle toys. A mass proNow that Iclick has evolved over t,o be in the Lin':oln funeriil.pro. gram of federal concern perhaps the years bf decay into a cough, cession, The dining car c,onsisted is the only hope left' for the salTa escape'the steam room atmo- of 'a conductor selling. sand.- vation of the railroads;' sphere of: the coach ' . . I . thought wiches from a swaying rear platSince the spirit of free enterit would be beneficial for mind form, When I literally shook the and' body', to 'take my racked dust of the train from my'" feet prise has brought the· rail system " .' , . ; to' the brink of self-destruction, OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL' RIVER frame to ~he dining car, r was tha,nkful that I didn't end' . .

What 'a gastronomical disaster, up 'like Cha'rlie on the. MTA. the 'orily saving factor on 'the Published w.eeklx. by The}:atholjc Ness of the :Dio!=ese of Fall River . I .' "",.' . horizon'is the national govern. ," " 410 Highldnd Avenue'·'~·' . - : .' " ment. The problems of ecology U,rg~ t 0 Iml t ae t Europe~,n R01 I Sys t em . alone Fall, River, Mass. 02722 ,675-715,1 .. demands federal 'control.

This is ~ rather sad ,tale of fact 'slick advertisin.g. Merge; after . If ,the Federal and Federated , ,,_, :< ,,~U~L1~H~R'" ' Most Rev. Daniel 'A. Cronin, D.O., S.T.D. on the present stage of the Am-merger .have only left our'.rail trains of Europe can be so but, GENERAL ,MANAGER ASST. GENERAL MANAGER trak system. What· has been .transportation with leftovers, In standing, why can't the s'ame be Rev. Msgr. 'Daniel F. Shalloo, M.A. Rev. John P. Driscoll ' pushedas i a resuqeotion of rail no way, whatsoever,' could we' true of an American National travel. in fact, seems to be just even begin to ~:ompare Amtrak Railroad system? ' ~l•• ry Pr...~F',IUllv.r ":,":

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Explains 'Film' Rating Change NEW; YORK (NC) - Jack Valenti, president of the Motion Picture Association of America, has issued a letter of explanation on why the association has <:hanged one segment of its film rating guide.

There ,is no longer a GP rating.

It 'has been replaced by a PG. GP ·meant General audiences, parentaJ: ,guidance suggested, The New PG rating means: parental guidance suggested. Some material -may not be suitable for pre-teenagers. '~The PG symbol was adopted for one reason only, Valenti said. ,'uTohis was to make clearer to parents ,what the category stands for and ,has ,as .fully, as possible to eliminate confusion or doubt In their minds."

"When ·exhibitors from varying geographic areas'in,the country insisted, that too' many of their patrons were confused, we' decided H was time to give the second category a new designation which would clearly state what the category means," Valenti said.

"It should be clearly understood that while the change is made to heighten 'Clarity and meaning, it does not constitute a change ,in rating criteroia. Thus, pictures that were previously rated GP or GP will now be rated PO - Parental Guidance Suggested."

The other rating categories remain unchanged: G-General audiences, all ages admitted; Rrestricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian; and X-No one under 17 admitted.

Favors Protestant Private Army BELFAST (NC)-The possibility of yet another military force in Northern Ireland, this time a Protestant private army, was foreshadowed at a rally, just south of Belfast.

About 1,500 people gathered at Lisburn to hear William Craig, member of the Ulster parl'iament for Lame and a former minister for home alfai,rs, call for support of his new vanguard movement.

He inspected the line-up of men in military style.

Graig was particularly bitter .jn his reaction to the proposals for commlunity government in which the Catholic minority would have greater participation.

During his speech he attacked those Catholics who cl'liticize Northern Ireland's ties to Britain.

"If you declare war against our constitution," he said, "we will fight that war to victory." ProBritish Protestants, he s'aJid, should preserve the British traditions, way of life, and form of 'government. "God help those who get in our way," he added.

Question for Nixon DAYTON (NC)-Unless President Richa'rd Nixon answers a crucial question Chinees leaders will probably ask him during his visit there, "everything else will he ·less than a ping-pong game," a priest sa'id here. That question, said Msgr. Geno Baroni, director of the National Center for Urban Ethnic Affa'irs in Washington, D. C., ,is how the United States, the world's richest nation, proposes to help China, a poor nation.

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"The missioner has a future as long as the Church has a HOLY NAME, future." That's the reply of Rev. FALL RIVER Donald Pelietier,M,S, to those Teenagers of the parish will who say that the work of the meet at 3 Sunday afternoon, Feb. missionary is not needed iii' to27 in the school to finalize plans day's world. The work is vital, for. a new service organization. but it has changed, admits the A folk Mass will follow the meetAttleboro native, who has been ing. on home leave from his mission in Morondava, Madagascar since' ' OUR LADY O,F THE ISLE, August.. Part of his reilsori for NANTUCKET returning to the States at 'this ,time was to keep abreast. of th!l The regular monthly meeting changing trends in' missiology, of the guild will be held on MonHe has completed a semester of day night, March 13 in the lower study at Bostoil'Uhiv~r;sityundir, church hall. auspices of the. Boston The.olog-' Father Dalzell; the pastor, will ica'! .lnstitute. F'or the' remainder' . , ,show a movie entitled "The of the time untiihis return to Shrould." A question and answer Madagascar in May, he will' be period will follow. speaking' and '.preaching on the work of his mission.' .

ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL, '~Our important job now is to FALL RIVER prepare mission c!1Urches for a The Cathedral School Mothers' native clergy," said Father PelleClub will meet at 7:30. on Tuestier. "Once this has been done, day night, Feb. 29 in the Cathereligious communities from other dral School. lands can begin worrying about Jean Bancroft will analyze their own future." handw'riting during the enterWith regard to new mission tainment portion of the meeting. methods, he warned that "It is easy to lose the ideal of evangelization and salvation of ST. JOSEPH'S, souls in one's preoccupation with ATTLEBORO social and human needs. A balThe Knights of the Altar will ance must be kept." He said that sponsor a penny sale and raffle new approaches to mission work at 8 o'clock on Saturday night, include "spending more ,time March 18., The Women's Guild with already Catholic families, will sponsor a, Whist party at trying to nurture vocations, 8 on Saturday night, Feb. 26 in ,than with pagans." the school hall.

FATHER DONALD PELLETIER, M.S. Sees Apathy In his contacts on the>home ceses on Madagascar. "They are of women, fa'1" ahead of .that on ST. MARY, . front since his return from Mad- small and this is a big advantage mainland Africa, with women NEW BEDFORD agascar, Father Pelletier said he for the bishops. They can really holding government positions The CCD is sponsoring a series noted "a general apathy with re- know thei'1" priests and people." and receiving equal education to of Lenten forums at 8 each Wed- . gard to the missions."

The missioner noted' ,that the that of men. nesday night through March 29..

Even priests and religious, he Father' Pelletier enjoys the Speakers will include priests and priests have learned their peosaid, have lost interest. "They ple must progress slowly towards support of an active missionary laymen and each session will be will say to me, 'You're still going club organized by his aunt, Mrs. !back to the missions? That's all modern methods of !farming, for Frederick Poirier of St. Joseph's followed by a discussion period. can't leap from a instance.

"We Among. topics will be the sacraover!' " parish, Attleboro. The group will ,ments of penance, baptism and shovel to a tractor.

The plow Tohere's much 'interest, he desponsor a whist party Sunday, the last anointing and the imcla'red, in "authority and renewal must come in between."

'March 12 in Attleboro, after portance of faniil~ life. and inner city projects, but not Patience is needed in handling which Father Pelletier will go to in the missions." 'old customs, as well. "To the St. Louis for a LaSallette misAddressing itself to this prob- Malagasy people a marriage is sionary conclave. While staying leJ!l, he said, is' a "Missions in not ratified until children are in Attleboro with his aunt, he Focus" program now active in born. They are very casual about has been "in and out" of the La the Boston Archdiocese. Six- having a formal ceremony, and Salette provincial House in AtSee Us member "teams of Sisters and we have no more than one or tleboro, where he made a CurAbout priests, he explained, will go to two 'white weddings' a year." sillo earlier this month. 'a parish for a week, and use Children are considered allHe described the Cursillo as every opportunity available to important, 'and there is no ques- "a wonderful experience, teach. explain mission goals. "They will tion about a .couple obtaining a ing men to gmw in Christ and preach, meet parishioners in divorce if there are no offspring. grow in love." front of the chuTCh, go into He is available for lectures or ,homes - do anything to reach The first child o~en goes to the grandparents, and many famiother programs and can be the people."

Falmouth Wareham Parishes that have welcomed lies also observe the custom of reached through his aunt at 193 54'8-3000 295·3800 giving children to childiess', Maple Street, Attleboro. the Focus teams have reported brothers or sisters. As a result, amazing ,results in revivified in- said Father Pelletier, it is often terest in the missions, he said. difficult to determine who is the "One unique thing about the natural mother of a' child. There St. Patrick's Day is Coming ••• program :is that there's absolute- is strong family feeling, he said, ly no money involved. There are 'and orphanages and old people's Feature The Day by giving no collections and the parish homes are unheard. of.

1>ays the team nothing. All exAlso favorable is the position, liThe Home Book of Irish. Humor" 1>enses are handled by ,the Archdiocesan office of the Propagation ~f the Faith."

Poland Ordinations To a Friend Best in Country ViIENNA (NC) - The number Father Pelletier spoke highly of priestly ordinations in Poland or of Fall River's Propagation of. rose to 480 in i 971, according the Faith office, directed by t,o the monthly press survey of Give yourself a Gift Poland's governmentMsgr. Raymond T. Considine. Pax, "It's the only one I know that backed Catholic organization. In ORDER FROM THE ANCHOR keeps in contact with its mis- 1970 the number of ordinations sionaries," he said. "Every time was 381, and in 1969, 406. There P. O. BC?x 7 Fall River, Mass.

I hear from Msgr. Considine, all were 3,131 students for the diocthe other missionaries are envi- esan priesthood and 1,093 canPrice -$6,89 ous." didates for the' priesthood in )1eHe said that there are 17 dio- ligous congregations and orders.

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M,organ -M,e1m'orial' Styles Ple'as'ant Pe'ek I really wasn't in 'the mood for a fashion show that evening, it had been a hectic day at work ~nd the thought of a good book and the possibility of going to bed early appealed to me more than anything else.' However, because I had said I. would go, I As my group drove howeward, pushed my tiredness- into the the women in the car commented bac}{ground, and ended up that they certainly wished that spending one of the most they had held onto some of the

enjoyable evenings imag1nable watching a parade of fashions from the 1860s up.

clothes they had given away over the years. "If you keep it long, enough, ,it will come back in style!"

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Sponsored by the Holy Name Guild ,of Fall River, the show was presented' by Morgan Memoria,l Good Will AssociaHon of Boston, a volunteer organization that collects and sells secondhand items in its stores with proceeds going to th~ Morgan Memorial programs for the handicapp'ed.

'It was delightful tp view the lovely' handmade dresses (all worn exquisitely by volunteer models who donate their services, to Morgan Memorial) that have been donated to the group.

Macrame, hand stitching, fapulous embroidering, and unhelievable finish work, along with a host of memories) were paraded. Dresses that stepped from the pages of the Thirties' and even further back looked as if they had juSt appeared on the pages of Vogue or Harper's Bazaar.

Not for' Today "Oh's" and "Ah's" escaped from the. lips of the women in the audience as one lovely gown after another appeared on the runway, looking just as lovely, to those of us at a distance, as they were the day they were first created by hand. But while many of the women agreed that they would love to attend a ball in on~ of the lovely gowns displayed I doubt if any of us would want, to squeeze a crinoline into a modern elevator, or try to get a bustle into a Volkswagen. No, modern life demands more simplicity and wearabiHty in our clothes, but the Morgan Memorial fashion show did give ' 'us a peek at ~ras whEln workmanship was prized, when life was a bit more' leisurely and when a less involved role was asked' of one woman.

Regretfully; I didn't get' the name of the vivacious woman who commentated the show and whose warmth and 'humor gave it the final tou'ch of success. .'

Spring Fashions , Les Dames Patroness of Sacred Heart Home are sponsoring a Spring Fashion' Show by Marie's on Wednesday, March 8 at 7:30 P.M. at White's Restaurant in Westport. ' Tickets may be obtained by contaCting' Mrs. Frank Chartier, 993-3632 or Mrs. Jean Boutin, 992-65!35. ,.'

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NEW YORK (NC)-Seventyseven U. S. Catholic bishops are among the 450 civic and religious leaders who have signed a statement calling for tp,e recognition of prisoners' human rights.

Sponsored by the National'Alliance on shaping Safer Cities,' the statement calls attention to "the abysmal conditions that' make life intolerable for, both . guards and :prisoners at institutions throughout the nation." It commends the "Bill of Rights for.

Prisoners" 路put, into, effect by Attorney General J." Shane Creamer of Pennsylvania and 'calls on attorneys gener~l of the United States and the other 49 states "to follow this exag::tple."

Copies of the statement, with . a covering letter, were sent to all the Catholic bishops of the United States by Bishop' Raymond Gallagher of Lafayette, Ind., chairman of the Social Development Committee, U. S. Catholic Conference. The 77 bishops' signatures were obtained within the first two weeks after the mailing and more sig.. natures are expected in the near future. Others wh'a have signed the statement include Protestant and Jewish religious leaders, civil rights advocates and '. spokesmen for ethnic groups.

WASHINGTON (NC) - A bill allowing parents of nonpublic school children to subtract some tuition costs from their federal I income tax assessment was inI troduced in the U. S. House of Representatives here.

Rep. John W. Byrnes, JR., ,,~ Wis.), said the legislation which .' he and Rep. Gerald R. Ford (R., Mich.) are co-sponsoring "will strengthen our entire .system of elementary and secondary educ~, tion in the United States both public and private."

The bill, 'which takes the form of an amendment to federal insome tax law, "will provide direct and indirect tax relief to virtually aU taxpayers," Byrnes said, adding that the financial cris'is afflicting nonpublic schools imposes "greater financial strains on the public schools and the general taJq)ayer."

The Byrnes-Ford bili, dubbed H.R. 13020" does ,not deal with tax deductions but tax credits.

It aUows a parent to subtract . from his final tax 'bill half the tuition he pays for each of his children to attend a nonpublic , elementary or secondary school l -up to $400 per child.

Costs for books, supplies, fees and other items may not be in'BENEFIT FOR FALl. RIVER HOSPITALS: "The cluded. The credit allowalble is Friends tif St. Anne's Hospital", Fall River will cooperate also' reduced proportionately if with committees from the Union and Truesdale' Hospitals a family's gross income exceeds ' in condlitting "Fashions for Charity" at 6:30 on Monday $25,000 per year.

The bill specificaUy excludes night, March 6 at the Venus de Milo, Swansea. PrinCipals from eHgibility parents who$e arranging the social hour, dinner and fashion show from children attend private schools St. Anne's are: Mrs. Joseph Giblin,-seated, chairman of whiah discriminate on the basis Speci~l .t\ctivities for the Friends of St. Anne's; Standing, of race or which fail to fulfill Mrs. Joseph E. Hanify, Jr., left, treasurer of the affair; Mrs. state compulsory educlltion requirements. ..

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WJ\SHINGTON (NC).- Presi路 dent Nixon' asked the American public to pray that he will be' "on God's :side!' during his upcoming trips to Red China and the Soviet Union.

Addressil)g the 19th annual Cites Responsibilities National Prayer Breakfast here, the President said the purpose Of Communicators of his jourreys to the commuVATICAN CITY (NC)-Those ni'st strongholds is "to help in, the communications media build a ne~ structure of peace."

He cautioned, however, have a twofold task as witnesses to the truth and as servants of against any. expectations of "inthose who listen to and read stant peace'~ from his Peking th"em. and Moscow visits.

Urging ~mericans to join the This was the main point of Pope Paul's recent talk to the quest for peace, Nixon asked: staff of Radio Monte Carlo.

"Will you: pray primaTily that Communicators are witnesses - this nation; under' God, in the ,in the world, said the' Pope, and' person of its' president, to the ,they have the task of bringing to best of our I ability, be on qod's light "with objectivty 'and ac- . side?"

I cording to tne level of Jts imporMore than 3,000 persons, intance, daily! histpry, both past' eluding corigres(;men, diplomats and present." : and busine~s and government The communicator, the Pope '.leaders attended the breakfast, said, is ,a witness of "the aspira- '21 days before the president's tions and needs ,of men, of the historic trip'to mainland China. signs of hope growing' out ' of Nixon appeared as the final events." He 'is also, the Pope spea'ker on a program which added, ,a "witness of truth, of also includ~d, Federal. Reserve, justice and of all the mora'! and Chairman Arthur F. Burns; Su.. spirtual values which ennoble preme Coutt Justice Byron R. man."

White, Washington, D. C. Mayor Walter Washington, Evangelist Reject Service Billy Graham and U. S. Sen. LAUSANNE (NC)-Thirty-two Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.). priests and' ministers of the Thurmonq also urged prayers French-speaking section of Swit- for the president. He noted that. zerland ,have announced their de~ 'both Red China and the Soviet. cision to refuse to participate in Union were atheistic countries Swiss national defense' under and said Nixon would, be nego路 any form. tiating wifu~"leaders who do not

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fear God or seek God's blessing."

Nixon pointed out differences between the U. S. and the communist powers and said: "The philosophical guU Is enormous and it will continue."

He added, however, that ,the world's people must "either learn to live together or we wiU die togetheer."

Prayers fur peace are needed now more than ever, Nixon said.

He said Americans should pray in a world filled with nuclear arms "because vie fear to die, but . . . also beeause we think of the chHdren of the world.

"Let us leave the world where they can have what we have never had-a full generation of peace."

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Refute's' Idea Mong'oloids Should Be' Allowed to' Die

Offici1cls ,Clash On College Aid

The magazine of the New York Times recently carried an article by a doctor Who suggested that.medical assistance be withheld from mongoloid children who are born with serious physical defects. Then they will die naturally and not become a burden to society by having to be insti- achieve-is a perilous business. tutionalized! The doctor does The potential of "normal" chilhas a wide range, too. Does admit that, "As a surgeon dren it then follow that society might"

WASHINGTON (NC) - Two government education officials voiced conflicbing V'iews here about which students should be the primary beneficiaries of federal ai9 to colleges and universities.

U. S. Congresswoman Edith Green (D., Ore.), chairman of the Special House Committee on Higher Education, and Dr. Peter F. Muirhead, executive deputy education commis9ioner in the U. S. Office of Education, were featured speakers at the annual convention of the Lutheran Educational Conference of North America here.

Mrs. Green told officials of 56 Lutheran colleges and universites attending the convention that she felt middle income fami1es are being squeezed out of the benefits of federal aid to education.

"Congress never intended that any of the student financial aid programs should be considered as class legislation and turned into welfare programs," she said. , Dr. Muirhead countered that the Nixon Adminstration's higher education proposals seek to allevJate inequality of opportunity created by the cost of higher education. .

An academically qualifed student from a family earning less than $5.000 annually has only one-third the chance of going to college that a student of comparable ability from a family earning more than $10,0000 annually has, he noted.

whose natural inclination is to use the scalpel to fight off death, standing by and watching a salvageable baby die is the most exhausting experience I know."

suffer less if certain normal children were not permitted to survive infancy?

In fact, all the doctor's arguments--'both in favor of helping' the child live and in favor of .Jetting him die - could be applied to normal children as well as to mongoloids!

By He notes that success-or-iented couples with high expectations MARY for their children frequently institutionalize deficient offspring rather than keep them at home.

CARSON What does this kind of parent do with normal offspring?

Educators agree that environment plays a vital role in a • I found the article upsetting child's development and potenbecause my youngest child, tial. Isn't the atmosphere of a Roberta is a five year old mon- "success-oriented" home a better goloid who was born with a con- environment for a mongoloidgenital heart defect ... and sur- or any child, for that mattervived because of excellent medi- than an institution? cal care.

The doctor mentions some Perhaps I was fortunate ... farm couples" who choose to and so is my daughter ... that I raise their mongoloId. The disdid not have the benefit of this tinction may not be so much beCONVICT GRADUATES: William Heirens, left, 43, doctor's wisdom at the time of tween "success-oriented" and who has served 26-years -of three consecutive life sentences her birth. I never considered the "farmer," but rather between for murder in Joliet Prison in Illinois, waits his turn durpossiblity of allowing her to die. parents who might feel a retardAs a result, she now brings great ed child is less than they deserve ing graduation ceremonies b.eld on Feb. 6 at Lewis College joy with each of her accomplish- and parents who ,accept a 'child and thus became the first, prisoner in Illinois to receive ments. with love, expecting it to do all a college degree while behind bars. Man preceding Heirens that it is able and achieve all its is unid~ntified. NC. Photo.

Surpasses in Love individual poteritiaI.' She dresses herself, is toilet Unique Rewards trained. can recognize and name The doctor says that if a all the letters of 'fue alphabet, surgeon undertakes the responhas some grasp of number consibilty of operating on a moncepts, has a voca,bulary of 200 goloid, he must go all out to to 250 words ... and is starting achieve the same results he to write. In these respects she would strive for, in a normal is below a normal five year old. child.

Why should parents set But she surpasses any nOl'l1'l1al their efforts on behalf of a five year old in the warmth, affection and genuine joy which mongoloid child on a lower plane than the efforts they make for she brings to our family. their normal children?

The doctor relates the examWhile the mongoloid presents' ple of one couple he counseled, some unique challenges to his who chose to let their mongoloid parents, the rewards are equally baby die: "They had no intention unique; Normal children develop of rais,ing a human being whose so rapidly that -it is difficult for max:imum achievement MIGHT a parent to take' notice of, each be the ability to write his own new skill that is learn'ed. But the name." development of the mongoloid .The emphasis on MIGHT is child, like the slow polishing of Smokeless Odor~ess mine. Parents of newborn mon- a most precious gem, brings sat" goloid children should also con- -isfactions that;. can' be ,experisider that their child MIGHT also enced only by parents who can write a book, as did mongoloid accept their child for what he Nigel Hunt of En'gland. is ... rather Ulan for what they Determining whether or not think he ought to be. a child should live-based on The conclusion that society what level of learning he might can assume a deoision-making role in selecting which children Puerto Rican Church shall receive the necessary surgery to survive holds out very IitBodies to Merge, tIe prospect for success: It might An easy, safe, sanitary NEW YORK (NC) - , Two be far more .valuable for society way to dispose or' church bodies in Puerto Rico, to determine st~ndards for parrood waste and trash.' one a part of the United Meth- enthood, and allow to reproduce, odist Church and the other re- only those parents y,rho would lated to it, have voted to merge, have children for 'the child's and form a new church. - ' , s~ke, rather than their own.

Conferences of both churches Then surgeons could contivoted unanimously to approve dently pursue their roles as the merger of United Methodist healers, knowing that every with the Evangelical Church as child born would have parents an intermediate step in becom- who would see to it that he approved by the , ing an autonomous Methodist achieved his maximum potential, No Charge for Deliv~ry; State of Massachusetts i Church. and the doctor who wrote that as pollution free. and Normall1l8tallatioll The request for autonomy goes article would be spared the emo" for action to the United Meth- tional exhaustion of standing by odist General Conference in and watching a salvageable baby A\laDta April 16;,~~;. " ' .. :".,cjie~,. ':', ,,', ,. '," ,

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An honor student at the oldest, Catholic college in New England' has announced his plans to be,VATICAN CITY (NC)-Pope come a rabbi. .

Paul VI told a four-man delegaNorman M. Cohen, a 21-year tion of the .Russian Orthodox old senior at Holy Cross College, patriarchate of Moscow that upon graduation, in June from Catholic and Orthodox Chris- the Jesuit :school, says' he., will tians share a common faith that begin rabbinical studies at the. . they are obliged ·to preserve, un- Hebrew Union College-Jewish' derstand and transmit to future Institute of Religion. generations.

Cohen will spend the entire The delegation was headed by first year, beginning in SeptemArchbishop Fila~et, rector of the ,ber, concentrating on the study theological academy and semi- of the Hebrew language and litnary of Zagorsk. The delegation erature at :the Institute's school visited Rome for several days to in Jerusalem. fie was in Jerusa'discuss possible academic ex- ' lem a year ago at the Jacob changes with various Roman, Hiatt Institute of Brandeis UniCatholic educators. The visit' versity. was an' outgrowth of recent Six years from now, he says, vi,sits by Catholic churchmen, in- he expects' to be the only rabbi cluding Jesuit General Father with a bachelor's degree' from Ped~o Arrupe, to the Moscow Holy Cross: College, founded in patriarchate and its seminary at 1843. : Zagorsk. ' Following the term in Israel, Pope Paul received the Ortho- four or five years of .study redox churchmen Feb. 7, and told main, .probably at, the Institute's them:' branch in' c: .:cinnati, Ohio, "We have in c~mmon this though Cohen .is interested in • I faith we' are called on together spendmg at least a year at the t6 preserve, to understand· better Institute's campus in New York and t9 transmit, enriched by our City. : experiences, to those' who, come 'Jewish Environment after us." ' And he insists that his Roman 'Special Vocation' Catholic cqllege played a princi, .The Pope told the delegation pal part in Ihis stepped-up int~r­ that "by preserving, understand- ' est in Judaism, including his deing and transmitting this faith, sire to becbme a rabbi. those who have the task of Cohen came to Holy Cross training priests' and teachers of . from a predominantly Jewish the spiritual life have a special in Pittsburgh, Pa., neighborhood vocation." and says he became "ethnically He added that the exchange of aware of living with a campus vi~ws, discussions of questi,ons which are common to us all in community: comprised mostly of the training of priests who will Cat~olics. ;It brought out the be the true servants of God and Jewishness'in 'me-something I their brethren, constitute for us . had always taken for granted," he adds. a mutual enrichment.

Cohen had no intentions of The delegation's visit to Rome is the latest' in a series of ex- becoming ~ rabbi when he first. changes and en1<irgening con- walked up: Linden Lane on. the tacts between the Russian' Or- Holy Cross' campus. In fact, he. thodox Church and the Roman had no intentions of going to Catholic Church. In recent years Holy Cross, about which he a number of high Vatican offi- knew little.

"An admissions representative cials' have visited Moscow and at Hoiy C*oss visited our high Zagorsk. ' school in Pittsburgh," Cohen ex.: Russian College Among them are Cardinal Jan plains, "and asked to talk with Willebrands, head 'of the Vatican some .students," he says.

"At that, time, I was thinking Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity; Archbishop Agostino of going to Lehigh University to Casaroli, a top Vatican diplomat,' maJor in engineering or science.

I was considering several other and Father Arrupe.

While in Rome, the delegation schools as well," he adds. members . were guests of the Afth a visit to the Holy Cross; '- Pontifical ' Russian College, campus and talks with students. . which had been established by and professors, Cohen decided Pope Pius 'XI to train priests of he' liked the "small school atmothe 'Catholic Church for future sphere and: the chance to get to service' in Russian territory. know the f;aculty."

Once viewed by the atheistic' Jacob Hiatt government of the Soviet Union His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herand by the Russian' Orthodox 'bert Cohen; were at first "wary" Church, as "subversive," the Rus- " sian college - widely known as Praises Missioners' the Russicum-today is one of the centers for fostering closer ,Work in .Venezuela ST. PAUL (NC)-After a visit contacts between 'the Russian Orthodox and, Roman Catholic with missionarie's from St. Paul aneJ' Baltimore working' in a re-' Churches. mote .parish of Venezuela. Coadjutor Archbishop LeoC. Byrne of Ham Supper St, Paul said their best eUorts Adam Miekiewicz Society of go to form' lay leaders. the Pol1sh Roman Catholic Union Bishop Byrne said the Mission- . of Am~rica will sponsor a . ham ary Sisters =of the Sacred Heart, arid bean supper from 5 to 7:30 ,from Balti1Jlore, "are certainly Saturday night, Feb. 26 at the a valuable asset" in the work. clubhouse, 2031 Purchase St:, He singled out Sister Marian, who' New Bedford. ,Cochairmen are directs the ~ducational programs.

Mrs. Bertha Fraga and Mrs. "Our parish ,team is engaged Mary. Dudek. Proce~Qs will bene- in ·the task :of preparing some 65 fit the society's scholarship public school teachers to assist in lhe work of teaching religon.', fund.

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ROME (NC)-Jesuits working Holy Cross," but later decided in Poland said they feel a "cauhe didn't want to be a doctor.

He points out the importance tious optimism" for the future of 'a man named Jacob Hiatt. of their mission in that Commu"As. far as my education goes, nist-ruled country and reported and in terms of education in gen· that tney "enjoy considerable " eral," says Cohen, "I can think freedom" at present.

These comments and' a numof no one' more important. Mr. Hiatt is not only a member of - ber of statistics were gathered the board of trustees at Holy from information given at a reCross, but also chairman of the cent meeting of major Jesuit suboard at Brandeis, founder of the periors from European Communist areas here.

Hiatt Institute in Israel where I spent six months, and' a member A news release issued by the of, the, board - of governor;-s at world headquarters oflhe SociHebrew Union College where ety 'of Jesus' said that "Jesuits I'll spend the next five or six working in Poland report they enjoy considerable freedom unyears," Cohen !i~YS. ' "Those six months were the der the Communist regime there most rewarding of my life," says and are able to carry out their Cohen of the Hiatt Institute. apostolic work with notable sucWhile learning Hebrew and cess."

According to the Polish JesJudaic history during the week, he spent weekends traveling all uits, the Church in Poland is permitted to own churches, semiover Israel. . Upon returning from Israel, naries and parish houses, alNORMAN M. COHEN Cohen changed his major at though the number of 'churches I .

Holy Cross from psycho.logy to is insufficient. The report said of their Jon leaning toward a theology under the college's they "hope they will be permitCatholic college.

Special Studies Program. ted to build more" in the future.

"But U~e choice of a school "There are only a small numVocations Flourish' was mine and they. went along ber .of theology majors at Holy There are 564 Jesuits in Powith my d,ecision," he says.

Cross," Cohen says, "and i like land. The societ~ conducts a Cohen, i who was granted a to be part of a small group." He faculty of philosophy in Crascholarship by Holy Cross, got more than he bargained for cow and one of theology in Warstarted as a pre-medical major in that regard--he was the only saw. They also are on the teach-because of the "high reputation student of the 2,400 a~ the school ing staff of the Academy of the pre-Died program .has· at majoring in Judaic -theology.

Catholic Theology, an institute under the Polish bishops that is financially supported by the government.

The report said that "reJ.igious I . and priestly vocations fJOUf'SJI m G~neral of .JesI.it:s Urges Inc,reased Poland." During 1971, 551 entered seminaries, bringing the loyalty to P:ope over-ali total of seminarians to ROME: ~NG) - The General of As Jesuits, he said; "we should 3,097. the Jesuits sent a circular letter proceed with that love and reThe Jesuits also reported that to the ortier's 31,700 mernbers spect which we owe to the Vicar numerous missions and retreats calling fot increased loyalty to of Christ. It is only natural that are held in Poland. In the Warthe P0I>e I and taking to task our tendency should be to share saw province of, the Society of members who have caused dam- ,his preoccupations,' accept his Jesus alone, 25 Jesuit priests age to ';the public image of the directives and collaborate in have been assigned to the work, Holy Father." ' . carrying them out; and I am according to the report. .

Father Pedro Arrupe, head of pleased to see that this is in fact 'Cautious Optimism' " I the Socie,ty of Jesus, recalled the attitude of most Jesuits."

Singling out various other' dethat during the 1971 Synod of Father Arrupe did not rule out tails, such as the existence of Bishops he said that the Pope's possible difficulties in accepting Catholic chaplains in the Polishpublic image "has suffered great . some papal point or ,directive," army and the presence of 15 damage." In a letter released but he, suggested -that one who practicing Catholics in parliahere he linked this damage with disagrees with the Pope should ment, the Jesuit news release some of the statements and ac- "determine whether a 'respectful concluded: tivities of l Jesuits. silence' might not actually be of "The evolution of ,the Polish Referrirtg to what he called a greater servJce." He said that scene, according to the report, "demythologization of author- "the us.e" of pressure through has been positive. The Commuity" nowf in vogue in some public opinion and personal critChurch circles, he said it has icism is not' an appropriate nists have achieved some succaused "gteat confusion and dis- means to make known one's cesses and have resolved some problems. This is especially true orientatiOli on key points." ideas or opinions to the Holy with regard to' the economy and . He sai~ that one result has "Father." assistance offfered the sick, the been thati "the loyalty toward retired and the aged. the HOly Father, or at least the "There is cautious optimism Salvation way of li~,ing it, of some memamong Jesuits in Poland that bers of the society has been Human salvation demands the this positive evolution will conaffected.'~ i . divine disClosure of truths sur- tinue to include the Church so Father Arrupe said that some passing -reason. that" it can exercise its mission persons maintain that loyalty to ,-St. Thomas Aquinas with maximum Uberty." the Pope (implies sincere criti-

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American mISSIonaries workmg in the island nation of Taiwan have called on President Nixon not to make any agreement during his visit to Peking that "does ndt conform to the rights and wishes of the, 15 million citizens of Taiwan."

In a statement written to Taichung, Taiwan, and released here on the eve of President Nixon's Feb. 17 departure for the People's Republic of China, the 55 Catholic and Protestant missionaries said they "wish to remmd all concerned that the discussions held in Peking' between President Nixon and the government there will ineVitably involve Taiwan as well as mainland Ohina and the United States."

"Although we agree. that the goals of peace and harmony are laudable," the statement continued, "we nevertheless wish to express our fear of the rights and wishes of the people of Taiwan being ignored during these discussions."

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Pointing out t'hat "the Taiwan issue is one of the fate of a people, not simply a piece of property," the statement concluded: "We therefore declare and insist thilt the gfjvernment of the United States contract no agreement in Peking which does not conform to the rights and wishes of the 15 million citizens of Taiwan."

Among those signJng the statement were 25 Maryknoll priests and 10 Maryknoll Sisters, Eight Jesuit priests also signed the statement. A spokesman for the group, however, said that all the signers had acted as individuals and not as representatives of any religious community or church body.

While the missionaries were worrying about the effect of Nixon's Peking visit on Taiwan, the Soviet Union's official Communist party newspaper, Pravda, theorized that the visit might damage U. S.-Soviet relations.

Soviet View "We cannot disregard evidence of the desire of both the Peking leadership and certain quarters in Washington to take advantage of the process of development of Chinese-American' contacts ... to prejudice the interests of the socialist community," the Pravda article said.

"It is common knowledge that ,the Soviet Union regards steps toward normalization of rela. tions between ,the United States and China as natural, but only if it is not done at the' expense of the interests of other states."

The. tone of the Pravda aricle differed sharply from an earlier story in Izvestia, the government newspaper.

Reminding Chinese leaders of past Soviet favors, 'Izvestia expressed the hope that' the two nations wouid renew their friendship in the future.

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He said the newspaper's articles "should bring home to us certain responsibilities that we citizens of Maine should take seriously."

"Do our laws reflect a Christlike spirit of true respect and , concern for the prisoner him-'. self?" Bishop Gerety wrote.

"A Christian must see Christ Himself in his neighbor. When we help those who are suffering or in trouble we are helping Him. Even the smallest and most insignU'icant members of society according to the judgment of the world, must be terribly important for the fellow."

The bishop wrote: "We should examine the whole penal system of our state. Let us find out whether or not our laws are inspired by a vindictive mentality."

BishoP Gerety said most people accept the idea that ~hey should love their fellow men but when things get down to specifics they run into emotional blocks.

"The attitude in Japan towards Christianity has changed very favorably. It's generally good," was the comment of Rev.' Lawrence J. Craig, SS.CC., a former pastor 'of St. Anthony's Church, Mattapoisett, as he readied himself for his return trip to Japan.

Father Craig has spent some 22 years in Japan, the last eight at the Blessed Mother Parish Missionary in the City of Tscuruoka in the rural area of Yamagata Prefecture. He estimates that some 250,000 Catholics reside withan its borders.

Ordained in 1942, after graduating from LaSalle Academy in Providence and eight years at Sacred Heart College in Washington, D. C., Father Craig, originally a resident of Malden, Mass., was initially stationed at St. Anthony's, in Mattapoisett, Army Chaplain In 1944, he spent some 2Y2 years as 43rd Divsion Army Chaplain and then a year in REV. LAWRENCE CRAIG SS.CC. Japan as a member of the occupation Army. He returned to the United States and in 1949 was They are anxious to hear what given in the newspapers, noted the first Sacred Heart Father to goes on in this country such as Father Craig, to such stories as be assigned overseas from this education in the schools. They pronouncements of the Holy province of the order, going to also have a great desire to learn Father and intense general interJapan. ' the English language which is est is displayed concerning the The missioner has been home provided them by working in Catholic faith. on a visit some six months and the factories, group gatherings, Japanese Polite last Saturday was honored at a personal contact, etc."

A few months ago, said the Great religious coverage' is missoner, five 'Sisters of the party in Mattapoisett at the Knights of Columbus Hall Franciscan Order of Mary argiven by St. Anthony' parishion: in Japan. Two are nurses rived ers. ' and :work in a city hospital and "The aim' of the Church in p'rison-Visiting Plan it is the first time that any SisJapan is to clarify the image of ter, other than Japanese, has Christ in Christianity for the NEW YORK (NC) - "Social been ,allowed to hold such a To Include Laymen Japanese people," Father Craig studies textbooks currently in position.

NEW YORK (NC)-An unus- , stated. "Since the end of World use in U. S. high schools and colual interreligious program' of An outstanding Japanese char- weekly clergy vists to the some War II there are many different leges largely ignore the contrihu,religions there, and the people tions of Judaism and Jews to acteristic, declared Father Craig, 14,000 inmates in New York appear confused as to the true modern civilization," said Dr. : is courtesy. Even the slightest City prisons will be expanded to favor is rewarded with a gift, include laymen, according to religion.

Gavin I. Langmuir, professor of "Young people there, like most history at Stanford University such as a cake, fruit, or some- William J. Vanden Heuvel, chairyoung people in the world today, 'during a luncheon meeting here times money. man of the New York Board of In the liturgy of the Church, Correotion. are unfamilar with their own at the headquarters of the the Japanese do not genuflect, religion. Actually there is a great American Jewish' Committee.

The volunteer program, started they bow. Father Craig says in March, 1970, involves 150 ,external observance of religion.

The Stanford professor de"On the other hand, many scribed how, in the course of his three Masses a· day, morning, Protestant, Catholic and Jewisl) young people are not identifie'd studies, he had been intrigued noon and night and with a slight clergy and includes a numbe~ with any particular religion. They and concerned by the strange smile adds: "Of course they are of Catholic nuns. recognize the good points of silence of historians about post- not all well attended, as on a Vanden Heuvel, a Catholic at.

Christianity, such as being good Christian Jewish history. He Sunday. Most of the people are torney, outlined the plans for neighbors and many other quali- charged that this "neglect" was working." expansJon in a talk from the pulties associated with it, but they directly responsible for the igAdmitting that his work was pit after a noonday Eucharist at are not willing to give them- norance of most Americans challenging, that conversions Trinity Episcopal Church. selves up to a r:eligious body."

Assailing a criminal justice sy!!about Judaism, Jewish history were slow and that the percentContinuing, the gray-haired and the persecution of Jews age of Catholics in all Japan, a 'tern which "brutaJ.izes" both inbespectacled Missioner said: through the ages. nation of some 101 million pop- mates and guards, Vanden Heu"The young look favorably ulation, was roughly 360,000, or vel said that 50 per. cent of all :Langmuir said that "even Dr. 0.3 per cent, Father Craig de- 'Prisoners never have a Visitor. towards America and a great, courses in prejudice and race regreat many want to come here. pa~ted, but not without leaving They pass an average of 18 lations, have Httle to say about a slight trace of humor behind. hours a day locked behind the Jewish history."

Visitors Give Pope When questioned, if he spoke bars of "dark inhuman cages'!

"For the overwhelming majorJapanese, "Yes, I'm which are "the ultimate, ghettq Judaic Encyclopedia ity of students, the only portray- about the heonlyreplied: foreigner in the of our commun~ty, the poor, thE: VATICAN, CITY (NC) - Re- al of Judaism and Jews at any village." And' to an inquiry if he blacks, those who have failed calling the monstrous sufferings level of sophistication is pro- were fluent, he concluded: "Let's outside, who even have failed at of 'Jews during World War II, vided by courses' in - world or say some 22 years' worth." , crime." , Pope Paul told visiting Jewish western civilization or by the representatives that he prays for more specialized courses given a peaceful and just solution to by history departments." the Middle-East situation.

Prejudice against the Jews, Dr. The ambassador of Israel to Langmuir observed, "has been Italy, Amiel Najer, and members the oldest virulent prejudice in • Savings ..Bank Life Insurance of an Israeli publishing firm, a western society' that is now • Real Estate Loa,ns gave the Pope a first edition of trying to come to terms with its the "Judaic Encyclopedia," in propensity' for preju;:lice. Yet • 'Christmas and Vacation Clubs recognition of the spiritual and there is, little general under• Savings Accounts universal mission of the Catholic standing of the central phenomenon of anti-Semitism, and pontiff.

• 5 Convenient Locations In reply, the Pope praised the majority historical scholarship cultural contributio'ns of the and education provide almost no NEW BEDFORD Jewish people and recalled the discussion of it. Explanations of common biblical heritage shared persecution sedulously save the face of the majority." by the two faiths.

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Here. -Are' Three, Stron,g, Reasons ,for Celibacy , MONDAY: I'm 'awfully' glad I'm an expert in children because. today 1 have three of them' in the living room ,sick 'with something that everybody in school has and which has been keeping them sick in their' living rooms for about two weeks. house for ~he day' and 'their TUESDAY: I'm awfully fevers' are still negotiable, He , glad I'm an expert on chil- has decided to spend a day mindren and feel free' to tell istering to them, sympathizing

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other parents what to do be~ with them, and catching wh'atcause those o,f ~ine who are sick ever it is that they have, . in the living room need symMonday:', I'm awfully" glad , pathy, medicine,and a good swat ,their father is an ex~expert, too, on the bottom about every 20 because as soon as 1 got back Saturday night and shoveled,out the livng r09m, and bound up his psyche, he went to bed with a splitting headache. / Wednesday: I'm awfully glad we don't need experts on chil,DOLORES i dren because nobody has any answers for. anything unless he CURRAN has lived through it all and that ~~~~_--.l§~~§~~~~~~. ,I one child of'mine left in the liv'\ I ing room needs a bath and we've' ' I run out of bathrooms which are being used t,emporariiyas jails, Friday: rIP, awfUlly glad' that minutes, ' Thursday: I'm'· awfully glad I ' I've never claimed to be an ex, used to cons,ider myself an ex- pert on child'ren because the past ~that subscriptions to any newspaper pay only a part pert.,on ,children because ,sick two' weeks 'taught 'me that a , ch~ldren need a" good deal of , ,well-balancec(mother' is vital to of the cost of, publication'. The difference is made up , '"I~ve", p~ti~nce, and sanity on the the family and that the two are by revenue from. ~dy~rtising. ' 'part oftheii Ino~her,'a~d those a contradiction in' terms, Besides, that kid left in the 'living room is of mine' iri the living room are beginning to re'cuper-ate, much lonely and wants 'to know why faster than their thermometers he doesn't get to spend the day show simply because I am order- picking locks on the medicine caJbinets like the other two, ing it. " Sunday: . ,I'm ',awfully' glad Friday: I'm awfully glad that I- used to be an expert on chil- there's a Mass. obligation, I'm, 1~hat advertisers invest a part of, their a,dvertising dren because those two of mine out! I'm out! Never mind the " " left in the living room still have twitches~' budget ir! The AnchO:r t~, sol'lcit your trade. They offer' , J" • . . ,.. • . . .

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them that you saw' their ad 'in' The A~chor. In this WASHINGTON (NC)-':'A Sag-' didates were diocesan education way they know they get results. inaw, Mich" priest who has been officials ........ superintendents, dia prime mover' ill establishing rectors of religious education, local 'boards' ,of educa~ion for and campus ministers, CalthoH~ schools will become diContacted In Michigan, Father re~tor of the U; S. -Catholic COI~Murdick declined comment on ference education' department his reported appointment. here next month."

The new director has bachThe' 'appointment of' F~ther elor's degree; in education and a th,at,thi$ helps thl!' advertisers, that it helps The Anchor, Olin J, Murdick, 54, Sagi,naw di- master's in, guidance and coun-' ocesan'school superinteIjdent, ',to . seling , from, the, l!niyersity, of ,and that it helps you. fill the USCC post vacated last ,Michigan, • September. has not yet b~en offiOrdained priest in 1948, 'he. cially announced, - ' s e r v e d as, principal of Catholic 'Sources' told 'NC News that' .c~ntral High School in Alpena, Father, Murdick will, assume ,the' ~'Ich",froni 1950 .t019~0, and as education job in late March, the v~ce~r~ctor '~f ,St,P~uI's Semipost was held by Msgr"R:ay-' ,narym Sagmaw' from 1,970 to mond ',Lucker before he became' 1,962. ,He then became dlOce~an an auxiliary, bishop of the', St. school super;jn~en~ent. " , " Paul-Minneapolis' archdiocese ' iFath~r Murd~ck s leade~shlp m " last Fall: promotmg parIsh and dlO~esa:n ,til" "HG'i S 'h' 'd d' b,oards of; education to help di- : of p' ian~' I es d c m; 't,lrecftor rect' Catholic educational prom~ an e~a ua,lOn or grams was formally recognized h ducatlon department under in 1970' Th t' tee h d ' a ,year ewas name Msgr L k . d t' 'd' " ~c er an , a~ mg epart- director of the National A _ ment dIrector smce the new " " sso hishop left USCC 'd tJt d _ clatl~n of B,c;>ards of Education; P. S. And if YIl)Ur fa~orite mer'chant doesn't advertise in , ,sal, e e u a umt of ,the National Catholic cation p~st has been vacant for Educatiorial Associafo h The Anchor, asle him -,for us - ' almost sIX months because fill- ' A DeW}"tt M' Ih,n er~t" , 'ng 't t 'I'd f' d' , IC -, na Ive, I just ot.e questieln: ''Why?'' I en al e m mg not only Father Murd'ck b ~he righ~ man but a bis~op will- ve~t' tOCath~licis~c~m~9:1~~" m~ to g~ve up the servl~es of a event, which he, made the pripnest With broad educatIOnal re- mary ,thru'st' of ."Jou "t 'bTf ' h' d' • spons~ I lies m IS IOcese, Truth", an 1lUtobio rarney h mub-0 'Schmil:i~saia"Ihost' 'of the' ciln;""iisnea'1rllM~';"~'",.J~.•.P.<.Y.•• JL··_';""W~§§~~~§~~~~ __§§~~~j.~ .. ..,..,..:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~§~~~."

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The Parish Parade ST. JOSEPH, TAUNTON The Women's Guild will sponsor a dinner and social at 7:30 02722.

Tuesday night, March 7 in the ST. MARY, church hall. Mass at 7 o'clock MANSFIELD will precede the meal. Entertain"A Positive Response to Lent- ment for the evening will be by en Sacrifice" will be the theme the Variations, a barber shop of a series of Lenten services quartet.

Tickets are available from being held at 7:30 each Friday night of Lent. The program in- Pauline Ricketts, Liilian Crowncludes Mass with a guest preach- inshield, Ann Marie Soignoli and er, followed by a social hour and' room mothers of the parochial school. They will also be sold discussion in the parish hall.

Topics for the program include . after all Masses Saturday and tent and the Bible, the Christian Sunday, Feb. 26 and 27. ReserFamily in Today's World, the vations closE'. Monday, Feb. 28.

New Liturgy and Its Impact on OUR LADY OF ANGELS, You, Your Role in a Renewed FALL RIVER Church and New Directions in The Holy Name Society anReligious Education. nounces a penny sale for Sunday, Speakers are Rev. Normand Boulet, St. Joseph's parish, At- Feb. 27.

The Holy Ghost Portuguese tleboro; Rev. Brian Harrington, Social Club will hold a rummage chaplain at Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro; Rev. Kevin sale at its hea<;lquarters on Flynn Tripp, .Holy Name' parish, Fall Street Thursday through SaturRiver, and secretary of the Dio- day, March ~ through 11, from cesan Worship committee; Rev. 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. to . Robert Breonan, Holy.Cross par- 9 p.m.

Knights of the Altar will sponish; South Easton; and Rev. Ronald Tosti, Diocesan Director of sor a cake sale Saturday and Sunday, March 11 and 12..

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A mission in Portuguese will ST. JOHN OF GOD, be conducted the week of March SOMERSET 5 through 11 by R~v. Fernando The Women's Guild will meet Vega.

Holy Rosary Sodality members in the parish hall Wednesday night, March 15. A business ses- will attend Mass and hold a sion will be followed by a social meeting at 8 a.m. Sunday, March hour. Guild and Holy Name So- 5. A cakeless cake sale will also ciety members will receive cor- be held on that date. The unit porate communion at 8:30 Mass plans a penny sale in the parish Sunday morning, March 19. hall Friday night, April 21.

The Council of Catholic WoBreakfast will follow at Venus de Milo restaurant, with Sen. men will hold a turkey' supper John Parker as featured speaker. and blitz at 6:30 Saturday night, Tickets are available from Joseph March 18, in the hall.

Goveia and Mrs. Beatrice La- . ST. mERESA, pointe, cochairmen. .

SOUTH ATTLEBORO Plans are underway for a guildThe Confraternity of Christian sponsored pilgrimage to LaSalMothers will present its 14th.clfiette Shrine Wednesday, March nual fashion show and card party 22. at 7:30 Friday night, March 10, in the parish hall at Washington NOTRE DAME, and Baltic Streets. Titled "Spring FALL RIVER Thing," the fashion show, to folThe Council of Catholic Wolow the card party, will feature men will conduct a whist party seasonal styles. Door prizes will following their regular business be awarded and refre:.'4hments meeting at 7:45 on Monday night, will be served. Also a feature of Feb. 28 in the Jesus Mary AUdithe evening will be an address torium.

by Rev. Andre Patenaude of LaMrs. David' Patry, chairman, Salette Shrine.' requests all members to bring a Members of the committee argift and the card party is open ranging the event will be seen to all. at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning, Mrs. Joseph Jean and Mrs. March 1 on Channel 12. ·Tickets.

Rene Cardin will head a large are available from all committee committee planning a fashion members and will be on sale· at show scheduled for 6:30 on Wedthe door. Rev. Roger Gagne is nesday night, March 1 at White's general chairman, aided by Mrs. Restaurant.

Ann Gawlik and Mrs. Mildred Tickets are available from any Leedham, cochairmen. member of the Council and the deadline is Monday, Feb. 28.

ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, NEW BEDFORD ST. JULIE, Mrs. Bertha Bessette, chairNORTH DARTMOUTH man, has announced that a whist A semi-formal anniversary ball, party will be conducted at 7:30 to be held from 9 to 1 Friday on Friday night, Feb. 25 in the night, March 19 at Lincoln Park, parish hall, at the corner of Mill will mark the second anniversary and Newton Streets, New Bedof the Ladies' Guild. Tony Ab- ford. bott and his orchestra will provide music. Invitations have been ST. HEDWIG, sent to parishioners and friends NEW BEDFORD Father George, OFM. Conv., and tickets will also be available at the door. installed a new slate of officers Theme for the ball wJll be of the parish choir at a candle "Grecian Gardens," €arried out light ceremony and dinner on in a gold and white color scheme last Sunday night.

The slate is as follows: Walter also to be used in a souvenir booklet. Mrs. Arthur H. Ben- Szelag, president; Edward Kulnett Jr. and Mrs. PaulO. LaBelle esza, vice-president; Mrs. Simone Jr. are chairmen, aided by a large Ziemanski, secretary; and Mrs. committee. . .. .. '.. ....··..·GladysWiduck, treasurer.. ' .

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Two Churches Hail Agreement On Eucharist NEW YORK (NC)-The U. S. Anglican-Roman Catholic Consultation hailed an international agreement by both churches on the Eucharist, saying it represents "a long step in the direction of turning Em;haristic doctrine, formerly an obstacle to unity, into one of the main supports of a shared life in Christ." . Consultation representatives meeting here said the statement, issued recently by an international Angl'ican and Roman Catholic commission, would help clarify "the degree of convergence to which the Holy Spirit has al-. ready led us.

The commission had stated that "we believe that we have reached .substantial agreement on the doctrine of the Eucharist."

The Consultation noted tqat while the accord carries only the weLght of the bishops and theologians who signed it, "the statement will serve as an effective

instrument ... for understanding terminology and emphasis which have grown up in our separate traditions on such 'subjects as eucharistic sacrifice and Christ's eucharistic presence."

Study Document Established by Pope Paul VI and Anglican Archbishop Michael Ramsey of Canterbury, the international Anglican-Catholic commission began discussions on the Eucharist in January, 1970.

Its agreement on the Eucharist had been approved at a meeting in Windsor, England.

The Vatican press office has described the accord as strictly a study document which "commits for the time being only the members of the commission."

The press office said the agreement "was not yet complete and that there are stiB essential points to be clarIfied."

The Consulation, headed by Roman Catholic Bishop Charles H. Helmsing of Kansas City-St.

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u'ShlnbOIle Alley" said the marquee and Jason was beside hirp.self to attend the kiddies' ,matinee, so in we wEmt to a local theatre to see what I thought would bea childish kind of, cartoon. I' was in for a' surprise. Shinbone Alley' is the' site' of. t~~ !lome Many of us resent the' X and of Mehitabel, a' ~light1y R movies, but it is qui~e another worse for. wear all~y cat thing to g9 to a Silndll'y matinee who has a decided weakness and be. treated to this kind of

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At that time The Anchor pub e cockroach who acts as her conscience and .is a ·former human Iished a complete Lenten menu poet whp committed suicide and for each of the 40 days. prior to. ',was transfigured into a cock· Easter, and, that year I was roach: . elected to whip them up, This The·stQry ,line"of, the ,nwvie, ,would have been f.un;except fqr NOTED COLUMNIST RlECEIVES CRS AWARD: Bob Considine, center, noted news is sucCinctiy' stated; whether 'tis the, fact ~that f. was ,expecting columri~st and radio -commentator,' accepts citatio.n from Bishop Edward E. Swanstrom of , better:i(j Jive:, HIe. life :6'f.5aloose Jason.' and .just the' 'thought of woman' in "a'rr alley ,or go)straight .one dish.qffooi{ made:menau-' .' Catholic Relief Services while Mrs.' Millie Considine observes the prese~tation ceremonies artd ~eco~,e a"respec;table house se,ous, so,.you·, can irriaginehow in New York on February 9. Mr. Considine received the special plaque from C:R.S., the cat. Have no· .fear, the 'outcome billious h·fe'lt· as I 'typed out overseas .:aid and de.velopment agency of A merican Catholics, for his Uoutst~nding and i~ as"pn~ mighCsuspect/Mehitabreakfast,:, ~lunch' and, dinner continuous news coverage to keep 'the Amer ican public aware ot'the work of relief agenmenus':forty~some times, " bel chooses the life of tpe alley. aitI the poverty afflicted of the world". NC Photo. " , cies to Not for Children . However, it Was Lent" arid fn . There 'are some ,verY ,moving ,' . those days we could chalks'~ch .. scenes 'iri the movie, the best of discomforts up as Lenten sacri- . which was' pr<?bably' thE:" musical fices, Today' we are required to number .iri which Mehitabel dedo very little Qutward sacrificing during this period and. yet many ,. SYDNEY (NC) --; Decreasing cess, Miss Villaume said, is that center. OXFAM, a private British cides :'£0 ailci~'her, latest litter (whose father denies paternity)' people feel -that ins'tead of mak· relief agency, has given money U. S. involJement in South Viet- in 12 years no girl has been ing us better Christians, the re- nam has made Australian finanto drown in the rain rather than sent back to the institution after for the Sisters to set up a social be a burden on her. Archie pro. moval of Lenten regulations has cial aid m~re crucial than ever leaving, work center and training school had a tendency almost to make in rehabilitating the South Viet. tests strongly' but Mehitabel preThey have been successful, outside Saigon; and the Dutch tends to be unaware that her us forget tl:iat we are passing namese, a I U. S. Catholic relief she said, by building their reo government has paid for another through a period of penance. babies, are drowning, One, has to habilitation work around vocacenter for 300 girls in Saigon. worker said here. be move'd by Mehitabel's strong Not Like~Lent The worker, Miss Julie Vil· tional training, for domestic arguments' for deserting her kit.

"It doesn't ~eelli\{e Lent any laumeoflCatholic Relief Ser- work when they first started 13 , " '-'I' , ,," : t-., 1t _4 tens, but Archie wins out in the more"; "R'ecilly,. I liked it better vices, th'e 1overseas - aid agency years 'ago, and now' for hair· " end and Mehitabel in disgust . wh'en we had t~ give up more;" of U.' S~ <J:atholics, is based in dressing, child care, cloth· -' are some' of the comments I hear Saigon, saves her kittens. making, embroidery and stenog· i This is quite obviously not a from members of my generation Australian Catholics, she said, . raphy, movie to be billed as a children's when discussing the present have given more than $350,000 Miss Villaume said the South matinee special. The subject mat- Lenten regulations. While I real· .over a six~year period to CRS Vietnamese government has ter is hardly meant for children. ize that the thought behind ,the projects ir Vietnam through built' a home for 100 girls who There is really no story line and easing of the regUlations of fast Austcare, ,fl private non·sectar· will attend the Sisters' training although the childreniue sexual- and abstinence were made after ian overseas aid agency,' and 2.54 ROCKDALE AVENUE ly innocent th~y cannot help but much thought and deliberation,' Australian I Catholic Relief, NEW BEDFORD, MASS. . be befuddled by the movie. A 'many ,of, us' miss the demands Miss Vu'laume works for the friend of mine asked his child upon us. Perhaps it's because the projects . d~partment of CatholiJ; what the 'storY w~s about and the ways of the world are too much Relief Services, screening appliWASHINGTON (NC)-A law little. six-year-old' could not de- with us' and that we need some cants for fllnds and checking on s<;holarship in irtemory of, Franscribe it. he could .only say that rules and regulations to follow their progress when' money is cis X. Gallagher, one of the deHEATING OILS in order to make us realize the given. the f!Jovie was about a" bug and ,I fense attorneys for Father Philip COMPLETE a cat'. When pressed further he importance of this season, With the help of Australian Berrigan and seven other antiwas forced to talk about one or Now the burden of observing aid, the Relief Service has spon- war actiivists, has been set up HEATING SYSTEMS two specific scenes but could Lent as it should be observed is sored 70 'development projects at the Catholic University of lI'ilSTALLED upon us and we have to look for not give the story line, .' in more than 30 regions, she said. America. ways, to make this holy season Among these are ·32 vocational The scholarship for the Colum24 HOUR OIL BURNER meaningful to our children, programs training weavers, bus Law School will. be awarded Food could possibly be part mechanics,; shoemakers, carpen· "with the hope that we may edSERVICE of the observance of these 40, ters, tractor drivers, typists, ucate at this law school lawyers BUDGET PLANS and nurses, -TRENTON (NC) - A bill that days, . along with our own per- welders, cooks who will take up the causes of I S,et Examples would permit meditation in pub- sonal sacrifices: Traditional food Frank,"a spokesman said.

The Vargas Oil Co. protects In one village, she said, more lic schools has been passed by enhances' our Christmas celebraGallagher, 43, who was also your family's heating comfort tion and it could very }Veil make than 100 families are supporting lawyer for the Baltimore arch· the New Jersey Assembly eduall year round. cation committee. If passed by the 40 days of Lent more fruitful. themselves through a weaving diocese and prominent figure in TRY US FIRST Democratic reform politics died the Assembly, which now .will This could be one way to make cooperativt;!.

She said these development in a Baltimore hospital Feb. II consider the measure, schools our modern Lent meaningful.

Even though ser.ving fish dur- projects will not go far toward after a heart attack. ' could open the day with' a mo- . ing Lent is: not the tradition it solving t>h~ future problems of ment of meditation, once was, I still try include it in South Vietnam, but they at least Similar bills have passed the our Lenten menu at least once set examples. legislature twice in recent years, fe One was vetoed by Gov, William a week.

She des,cribed the rehabilitaSte~ks, Chinese Style Fish T. Cahill and the other was retion program of the Good Shep· 2 pounds fish steaks (halibut, herd Sisters in Vinh Long, where jected by his predecessor, Richhaddock, 'cod or swordfish) ard oJ. Hughes, the first two they run Ii center for 300 girls, Salt, Pepper ' Catholic governors in the history as "the bl'est, in the whole of ROUTE ~-between Fall River and New Bedford . Vietnam."

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CHICAGO (NC)-The AmeriIn downtown Lima, Peru, a new multi-story office can hierarchy's hew committee building stands. as a tribute to the Latin American vision- for implementing its half-millionaries, Simon Bolivar and Juan San Martin. More than 150 dollar study of the priesthood years ago, these liberators envisioned some kind of union decided at its first working meet'ing to seek the reactions ,and of freed Latin states. The new building in Lima houses America's oil, at least 40 per ideas of the laity, clergy and rethe offices of a remarkable ,cent of its coal and iron output, ligious.

The three-day meeting of five almost all of the copper and South American develop- and bishops and 11 priests, held at tin. ' It is in its efforts to control foreign investments that the Andean Group is making a most notable advance. The bloc has By agreed to an investment code designed, to make each of its JAMES R. member-nations the master of its own economy, and to provide JENNINGS guarantees to foreign ihvestors against nationalization if they comply with certain "fade-out" time schedules. ment: the Andean Group.

All existing foreign companies Founded in 1966, the Andean Group is composed of BQlivia, w,ill be given 10 years (15 years Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and' in ,Boliv.ia and Ecuador)' to sell Peru, with Venezuela a hesitant a majority holding to nationals. but wistful observer.

The New for~ign investors owning 51 Group's intention ultimately is' per cent 'or more of an Andean to form a six-nation economic ' company have 15 years (20 in bloc-an Andean common mar- Bolivia and Ecuador) to transfer ket. The population represented their holdings to nationals. Other by the coalition is about GO mil- limitations include areas in lion, approximating that of which new foreign investments Great BrJtain, and the area is can be made; for example, no about half the size of the United foreign ownership will be permitted in public utilities, insurStates. ance,communication media or Plans call for the ,elimination ban~ing., of all internal tariffs within 11 Similinr Situation years, and the formation of comThe threat of nationalization mon external tariffs within 5 years. A long-range objective of of foreign investments by Third these natJons is the development World 'countries is inherent in of their own manufacturing and the' struggie'between rich and processing facilties so that, they , poor nations. Similar experiences will no longer be as, dependent occurred durIng the early years upon import!;i, of finished goods: of 'our nation. Richard B. Morris, One of the con!;ieqliences of the , in his recent,' book, 'The Emergpact will be that the imports ing Nations and the American from the United States will be' Revolution" recalls that for a replaced with purchases made quarter of a century following from among the nations of the the American Revolutionary War, bloc. Estimates place the annual Southern planters in the Amervalue of U. S. commerce with,the ican states refused to pay the pre-war debts they owed to EnAndean Group at $2.5 billion. glish '. and Scottish merchants.

Economic Independence George' Mason, the Virginia What the economic 'integra- patriot,remarked to Patrick tion of these nations points up Henry that the question most' is that political fre,ed,?m in a frequently raised in America nation's life can, be a hollow was: "If weare now to pay the achievement without econo~ic debts due, t,6 the Br.itish merindependence. While the I)ations chants,' what have we been of the Andean Group have had fighting "for all this while?" political independence from U. S. investors' stake in Latfn Spain sinGe early in the nine- America ',is sizeable, with direct tE;enth 'century, the dominant , private investment estimated at fact of the economic lives, of more than $10 billion, one third nations is that they remained of all the foreign capital in the merely "colonies" of the major area. Predictably, the immediate industl'ialized nations.

U. S. business community's reThese Andean nations are typ- sponse to the Andean Group's ically Third World "Golonies" in code was negative. Speaking that their annual per capita in- through its: New York-based come is very low-ranging from organ, the Council of the Amer$580 in Chile to $125 in Bolivia, kas, the major corporations, an average about one tenth that with more than 85 per cent of 'of the United States. On the all U. S. investments in Latin other hand, these countries are America, said that the code was rich in mineral resources; they likely "to deter and ,in many produce 80 per cent of Latin cases eliminate new foreign irivestment" and would "restrict if not totally eliminate the role of Quits Federation exis'ting forefgn investment."

JOLIET '(NC) - The Priests' Through mid-1971, a, survey Senate of the Joliet diocese' has by the Council of the Americas given up me,mbership in the Na- reported that some of its memtional Federation of Priests' bers were holding back on 50 Councils after conducting a poll new. investment projects 'and among' priests in the diocese. more than 30 prospective ones The poll showed 87 priests were for the Andean region. However, in favor of the Priests' Senate the Organization of American dropping its NFPC membership, States reported that U. S. firms 61 wanted to retain it, and 14 will eventually accept the code had no opinion. The Senate then ,because European and Japanese voted 13 to 2 for dropping its investors will take advantage of membership. any hesitation by Americans. .':'f>..' ~~-;,~~·t,~~-. ~.;." .. ',: ~~Xls~~l~.\'J· .-'.'.,(>;:.'t~~.{ I\.! i'l':: ~.:.~:~ . , "~; 4?~'\-;. "l~.\l~" r_,,~.,

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suburban Des Plaines, also chose two priests to head still another study-a study of the spirtual me of the priest. Named were Father Ernest Larkin, a Carmelite from Phoenix, Ariz., and Father Gerard, Broccolo, of the Chicago a·rchdiocesan seminary.

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They found, in reports partially released in 1971, that many of the, nation's 59,000 priests are troubled about their self,identity, authority, uneasiness over what, is expected of them, and new thoughts on celibacy.

The general outcome of the ex-

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pensive research was that celibacy is not the chief problem and that the priesthood is not about to collapse, although very -real difficulties exist.

Archbishop Philp M. Hannan of New Orleans was subsequently named chairman of an ad hoc committee of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops to carry out pastoral application of the findings.

"There was a consensus," said Archbishop Hannan as the ~irst meeting ended, "that the general findings of the sociological studies by' the NORC (National Opinion Resea.rch Center) and the Loyola psychology study pictured the reality of the problems of the Atrlerican priesthood today."

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By RUSSELL SHAW:, . Racial'p'roblem, ~ seem so thor'oughlycontemporary, so' Closely tied to the latest headlines, that it comes, as a:' ~ito~ (,shock to reflect that at botom they ar-ise from a serious, philo:;ophical and theological error. That, however,' , is very much the', c'ase; /' Tell the average racist thathE1 is suffering. from, bad 'philos~phy and theology, and he is likely to. 'questio~ your sanity. P~ople often do not see how such sup.' posedly "abstract" concerns .re-' -late to real life, But they", cioand their impact is profoundly felt.

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no question of cinem~n or group ,of men being esssentially more -or or less-human than 'another man group.

The racist, however, does 'not" accept this:, For him'all men are: not equally human'. Rather,' just as in George Orweil's .famou~ phras~ all' animals are· equal ,but' some an:imals are "more, equal" :than' others, so for th~ racist all men may be equallyhumaIi but some men are "more human"; than others.

Seen in th~s light it 'j,sappar, Emt that racism actually' corre,sponds to-and applies in a particular context - one of mankind's most pernicious mental In the case of racism, the attitudes: exclusivism. This is problem"'7'"""the error - lies in the attitude: that, arbitrarily but thinking that not all human be-" inflexibly (and perhaps inflexings are equally human. The ibly because arbitrarily), 'assigns , truth lies in the opposite propo- rights 'and' prerogatives to, one sition: All' human beings, are group of human. beings but deequally human. nies them to another. In primi'Notice what the latter state- ,tive tribal 'societies, it is common ment does not say, It does not for members of, a .tribe to feel say that all men are de facto that they. have' ethical 'obligaequal in all respects. Som!'! men tions only to other members are,> taller than others,some of the same tribe; one ,has no str.o!1ger, some mor,e intelligent suc::h obligations to nori-members, -and so on through the.' whole "who are regar.ded 'as being in efcatalogue of a,ttributesthat a ,fect less ftilly human" ~han,the, human being can possess~ , tribe members.

Equality , , : ' If it is s~pposed' that this ~~: 'But this does not affect the clusivistic approach no longer proposition 'asserted above, De- really counts Jor anything today, spite' obvious differences, in re- ,',. qne, ne~d only, take, a'look at the gard tei par-ticular attributes, all "c~rrent abortion controversy for men are equal in their htlmanity,' evidence' to ,the contrary. Pro". all are equall~ human., There is ',Turn to}l~ge Sev.enteen.'

It is Saturday evening. I have. just tur'n~d off the. television, and I ami sitting down at the typewriter; Archie Bunker is on my mind. !The latest episode of All In The FamiJly was as entertaining as: ever. , Almost every adult in the United States must know Archie Bunker.. 'Wpile ,it is risky to at. tempt to, ¢xplain the, popularity it may not be too of TV shb\Vs, I .far off :to suggest that All In The family has soared to popularity because Archie .shouts out on the !)cteen ~hat all of us in one way or other feel., It is a rare American, who does not feel suspicion,' prejudice or fear of some kind ,in the face of rapid changes in our society.

We laugh at Archie's prejudicial behavior toward every conceivable minority, group but deep down there may well be in many of ~s an aChe after the laughter subside's. Archie is funny; but our prejudices in real IHe are not. Laughter ,may' have ~ a healing effect for ,some. For others it: may be the nervous laughter that is qUi~ted by simply switcning to another' station rather than take a hard look at ourselves. ' ' , "' ! _ : Stifle Yourself The ,te1ctJ,ing of Christ on brotherl~love is direct and clear., The Second Vatican' Council translate's :the Gospel law Of love ,into contemporary, concrete sooial realities. "With respect to the fundamental rights of the person, every type of discrimination, whether based on sex, color, social .' condition,' language" or

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That chaldenge is in fact an . aspect of 'the religious education task of.'the Church, and we may ",be grateful to ,Archie and his By , family .for helpin'g us' r:ecl!U it. ,: As Catholic 'adults we are chalFR. CARL J•. "lenged to take a hard look' at PFEIFER, S.J. ourselves in the light of the strong teaching of Christ in the Scriptures and iri today's Church. ,"The Church rejects as foreign '~_~'Hln fact. That such discrimination is to' the mind of Christ, any disstill practiced by Catholk~ is croimination against men, or also a fact. Ow' abilty to laugh harassment of them because of at Archie Bunker's overt preju- ,their'race, color, condition of life, Turn to Page. Eighteen: dices may b~ a healthy sign of

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, 'The, people Jesus grew up with ,had no problem, of black and white. But they found some good substitutes. 'After all, most groups of people are~'t c~mfort-. able unless they can despise and dislike the members' of some' other group. Since there were no men of a· different color to' be prejudiced against. the people 'of ,Judaea had, to settle for hostility against certai~ natio~alities 'and classes.

coilectors were local agents of a threatening foreign government.

To, understand Jewish feelings toward the tax-collectors, we shoulo, perhaps,' think, not so .. much of the. dislike Americans may feel toward, the Internal Revenue Service as of their 'feelings in regard to American communists: 'At any, rate, in the way Jesus spoke and acted in regard to the minority groups people hated then, we might see how he Th~ir most popular objects of would act in a country like ours ahuse were two: the Samaritans today. arid ,the tax·,collec~ors. The" Minorities, Samarita~s were their nea'rest Ten lepers were healed, and neighJ>ors, to the nort,h. The tax- only one returned to give thanks.

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I , Such' ~ncidents" fortunately, seem ra,re Itoday. AnnouilCements are fewe~ and buHetins better.

In fact,the development of more attractive; readable and informative pariSh newsletters or bullevins, has probably contributed greatly to the elimination or at least decrease in vocal notices during Mass.

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His friend in neighboring' Phoenix, Fr. John McMahon of St. Theresa's Church, finds a Polaroid camera and professional parish volunteers invaluable for the bulletin. Photos of meetings, ~vents, and individual lead. ers'always interest readers; the ,obviously' artistic layout attracts attention and highlights major items~

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Jesus asked "Where are the nine?" and pointed out that the one with sense enough to give God thanks was a, Samaritan (Luk!! 17,11-19). , Jesus'told a story of how a man lay hurt and, wounded by the roadside. Two clergymen passed him by without a glance, and the only man with decency enough to help him was a Samaritan (Luke 10, 29-37).

John's Gospel tells of the first city where many people believed in Jesus and confessed their be.lief openly. It is a city of ,the Samaritans (John 4, 39-42). People did "not use the same dishes that Samaritans use" (John 4,9), so' Jesus amazed a Samaritan woman by asking: "Give' me a , drink of water" (John 4, 7.)'

After a persecution breaks, out in Jerusalem, the fii'st Christians . are scattered. They preach as they go-and their f.irst 'converts are' Samaritans (Acts 8,' 4~25).

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Nazi spying in and on Britain and the United States both before and during World War II, is the subject of Ladislas Farago's gargantuan (659-page) book, The Game of the Foxes (McKay, 750 3rdAve., New. Yor~, NS. fOOI7. $11.95). Hardly a new, sub' ject, but Mr. Farago contends of it meanl to 'mislead Berlin. he has turned up a wealth It appeared ·fof som:e time that of absolutely new material the United States was. unbeabout it.

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While researching the central ruilitary,intelligence organization of the Nazis, he made an astounding find. In the National Archives in Washington he came upon a footlocker containing rolls of. film. never. previously opened.

These, it, proved, had been captured at the end of. the war.

On them were recorded "the papers of the Hamburg and Bremen outposts of Abwehr, the two branches of the German senior military intelligence agency that specialized in the clan· destine coverage of Britain and the United States."

This gold mine he has used extensively in the preparation of his book, but there are other sou.rce,s as well. The bibliography runs to 18 packed pages.

U. S. Decisive Factor Admiral Wilhelm Canaris headed the Abwehr. He got his appointment in 1934, when Hitler had been but a short time in power, and he set to work assiduously. He informed his staff that very special attention was to be given to this country.

"The U.S.A.... he said, "must be regarded as the decisive factor in any future war. The capacity of its industrial power is such as to assure victory, not merely for' the United States itself but for any country with which it may be associated."

How successful were his efforts? According to Mr. Farago, as early as 1938 the Germans had got the Norden bombsight, at the time' supposedly the most closely guarded of American military secrets. There were other coups in the pre-war years. The manner of their accomplishment is here related in detail.

No intelligence agency can afford to rely on chance breaks. and so there was an elaborate set-up for recruiting' and training spies. instructing them in specialties. teaching them how to operate wireless equipment, furnishing them with plausible false identities and forged papers which would pass official inspection.

Agents so prepared were gotten into Britain and the United States even' during the war. But the British were adept in the double-cross system, by which many Nazi spies were spotted, then induced to act as double agents. They were allowed to reJ'1l!!-in, free in England and were given information to' transmit. some of it authentic, but much

lievably porous.. with Nazi agents , able to evade detection and to operate at will. But this· impression was proved false; when, in a time of its own choosing, the F.B.I.. acted' on ·its carefully gathered and extremely accurate' evidence. 'The Nazis recorded their respect for the ·F.B.I.• in docuJ'1lents studied by JYIr;. Farago.. .

Very' fruitfUl was the attempt to· get ,information in neutral capitals. .Stockholm, according to Mr. FarMo, offered a dch l,Odeof, information for the Abwehr. The Swedes had representatives in the United States and Britain; these were 'reporting to their home governments. And .the Abwehr was able to gain access to much of what was reported.

Confidential Conversations Then, too, there were leaks, in the embassies of the U. S-' arid Britain.. Thus, in 1940, it was discovered that a young American working in our embassy in Lonpon had some 1,500 documents in his apartment; these he had taken from the embassy files.

Everyone has heard of the famous "Cicer,O" case. Cicero, valet to the British ambassador to Turkey, was a Nazi agent and was getting valuable information straight, from the embassy safe.

President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill conversed by' a very special trans-Atlantic telephone so intricately scrambled as to be impossible to penetrate.

But the Nazis did penetrate it.

The story of how this was done, and how the German intelligence became privy to' the confidential and jnformationloaded conversations, is one of the many which Mr. Farago has to tell.

Masses of Material Helpful to-the Allies were Hitler's peculiar.ities of temperament. Certain things he simply 'did not w~nt to hear. Among them were reports on American military production.

As Canaris had foreseen, our capacity in this respect was little less than prodigious, and when the potential beglln to be achieved, accounts of it infuri-·· ated Hitler, who affected' not 'to believe them and ordered that no more be brought to his notice.

Then again, much information of the utmost importance got lost in the mazes of bureaucratic rivalry. The Abwehr would se.cure it and report it, but it would· not make its way to the top. It would get sidetracked and buried ,in some office along the way.

Mr. Farago says that he has spent many years in the making of this vast. book. One can believe that, given the. masses of material which it prese~ts. Only, the rare expert can determine how true its contents are. The ordinary reader might be happier if there were more spe::ific documentation throughout. In any case, here is highly engaging, reading.

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ADMIRES WINNER'S EXPERIMENT: Colette Boucher, left, who received honorable mention, inspects the first prize experiment on,Optical Illusions developed by Monique . Morin, right, at the conclusion of the' science fair held at St. Anne's School, Fall River. .

Worship and the Weekly Bulletin Continued from Page Sixteen writers-and bishops who write regular pastoral letters for that matter-to read "Time" with an eye to style rather than fOr news." She is right. The first paragraph of an article in that weekly journal or in "Sports Illustrated" normally will induce you to complete the story.

Father George Brown of St. Athanasius parish in Evanston, Ill. summarized ' that church's efforts with their Sunday bulletin in the December "Pastoral Life," a magazine for priests.

"The Chimes" is a six-page foldout with neat, legible 11 point universe type face. One section covers not only the Mass schedfor a coming week, but also celebrants for the next Sunday and confessors for the following Saturday. Moreover, it lists the mimes of newly-baptized infants and their parents, obituaries, banns for marriage, and the previous week's collection (the last. a point of high interest in every parish).

Innovations We have had success with severa:l innovations in our own bulletin: A specially designed cover created by a parishioner-artist and printed in quantity at a local shop. .

Some light-hearted imagination in publis.hing the banns of matrimony. To illustrate" "What is this thing called love? Ask James ,Zarichny and Michele Dings, 'James Bacher and Jeri Malone." ' Announcement of the follow-

ing Sunday's preacher and topic.

Distribution of bulletins as parish:ioners lea,ve the church after Mass. This eases the problem of litter in the pews and keeps bored listeners from falling into temptation during the homily.

Total dropping or at. least substantial reduction of announcements from the pulpit. With newsy bulletins with no announcements, parishioners begin to read faithfully the weekly hand-out for fear they will otherwise miss something of significance.

Oral Announcements .

The new order of Mass suggests before the dismissal that "if there. are any brief announcements, they may be made at this time." In practice I have _found the conclusion of j:he thanksgiVing after Communion interval best for such verbal notices.

Worshippers are comfortably seated; the celebrant by his voice can easily effect a transition from reflective prayer to practical concern for the week ahead; the entire congregation is not then jumping up and down ,in the space of seconds or standing· uneasily while Father runs through his list of reminders about the altar~rosary dinner, the school open house, the new adult education class aJ;ld the special schedule for an approaching holyday.

In such an arrangement worship certainly improves; and so too, I think, does the communication channel between priest and parishioner..

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Continued from Page Sixteen ponents of abortion choose to assert-as arbitrarily and without proof as any primitive tribesman -that the unborn child is not yet human; since he is not human, 'they say, he does not pos-' sess human rights, including the right to life, and can therefore be killed with impunity. Thus old errors do harm in new ways.

The exc;lusivistic mentality is also at work causing and perpetuating racism, For all practical purposes, racists have simply read soine of their fell()w human beings out of the human race.

They assert, implicitly at least,' that some groups of men are not as fiJlly human as' others. And if a group is not fully human, it is by definition subhuman - and can be treated accordingly.

Treatment What does "treated accordingly" mean here? Two things at least, \ The first is punitive discrimination and persecution - the form in which we most readily recognize virulent racism. This was the way Nazi racism expressed itself in the case of the Jews and other groups.

The second is paternalismthe mentality expressed in talk of the "white man's burden" during .the colonial period of the 19th century. In this view, the "superior" white race was obliged to take the "inferior" colored races in hand-for their o~n good, of course.

In our own time and country. racism is primarily a matter of blaok-white (and, in some areas, ,brown-white) relations. Historically white racism in the United States has been a blend of both things - punitive discrimination and paternalism. Provided they were willing to -accept deprivation of many of their fundamental rights and seek no·redress, black and brown people were usually tolerated and, in some instances, treated with patronizing concern.' But they were forced ~o pay an enormous price in exploitation.

Still Trying It is obvious that this arrangement has. long since broken down. But the United States is still a long way from arriving at a new viable pattern of racial relationships. The attitude from which racism springs goes very deep in man. And despite 2,000 years of fitful trying, Christianity has not yet rooted'it out. Will it, one wonders, in our time?

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On this issue I guess I place in central cities. In my own city, for example, a racial am a radical. I reject bussing ,balance approach would make for racial ba1ance" as fool- every school in the dty half ish, useless, politically disastrous, and educationally: irrelevant. I strongly endorse ,the: abolition of the city-suburb distinction. because I belJeve that the problems of racial' equality in education can onlY be solved on a metropolitaq ~asis.

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white and half black. This would delight the' "liberal" compulsion for tidy solutions .but would have no educational impact at all-and might destroy a public school system that ill already in deep trouble, .

To ,Improve Quality But if the relevant area for facing the educational problem is not Chicago but the whole metropolitan area, then a racial balance would have perhaps 12 or 13 per' cent black in every ,school. I do not believe that -black parents should be compelled to send their children to

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able to them. ' WiASHIlNGTON (NC) - The It seems to me that there' Church in, Chile has been ac)My opposition to bussing for should be a, metropolitan "onen .. cused of :opportunism for its ,balance is 'simple enough; It enrollment" policy. Minority openness. towar:d the socialist doesn't work. There is no evi-. group parents should be permit- government here, yet twice in : dence .that black children get ted (and perhaps encouraged) to this centl!rY it faced similar chalany better education in schools enroll their children in any sub- lenges.· : According to Auxiliary Bishop in which they are represented in urban schoo~ up to the proportheir proportion to a city popu- tion of the minodty in the met- Ismael Errllzuriz of Santiago, the lation th~m .they do in all black ropolitan population. The met- radiCal left: posed a more serious school authorities threat to",Christian values. in schools---;unless (and this is an ropolitan .extremely important qualifica- should pay transportation for 1938 than does the present socialist coalition of President. tion) the black proportion in the such children.

This solution would put no Salvador Allende. city is rather low.

1 do not believe that all the great strain on the SUbUl1bs (aIwhite opposition to bussing is though it would shake badly the ..... based on racism; some of it sure- assumption of many subur:banly is. Much of the. opposition is Jtes that by, moving out of the Continued from Page Sixteen based on legitimate fear and on city they can escape their reI f or religion'l (Vat. II, Non-Christhe grounds that "racial balance" sponsr'b'"I't I I Y or the nation's as the norm for the distribution racial problems). It would not tians, 5). : of school children will destroy force. any children, black or . Self-Examination the already very low quality of white, to be bussed against their There is really no honest way ul1ban education. families' will. It would take around 'this challenge to examine Tidy Solution, great pressure off 'the harassed one's own I actions. We cannot The available research evi- central city school systems. And fulfill Christ's command to love dence indicates that there is one above all it would provide a God' witho~t seriously trying to set of circumstances in which widespread use of the only de- love our n~ighbor. Anything less the "mixing" of the "privileged" monstrably effective' means of is a lie (I .)'0 4:20). and the "underprivileged" takes improving the quality of minor- ,Nor can! we fulfill our educaplace. It must be noted that ity group education. tionail role I as parents, teachers, practically no other form of Optional for Parents or priests 'without first looking Ul1ban educational - experiment It is a sensible solution, I ' into our own attitudes and ac,· has been conclusively established think, and one with which the tions. It 90es no good to teach as producing such an improve- overwhelming majority of the' the young words of Christ, while ment. ·If you really want to im- Americ;an : population could 'live. not living hy' them. prove the educational experience Unfortunately, . in ,the current FortunatMly we have come a of minority groups you must dialogue among self-righteous long way from the' days when give them the opportunity. of at- HEW bureaucrats, activist CathoI.ic p~rents publicly burned tending schools- where they are judges, civil lJbertarian organ~ religion te*ts because' they conn~' more than, let us say, 20 per izations, racists, frighteile:l par- ,tained the 'photograph of Martin cent of the school population. ents, and' the, increasingly ,con-' Luther Ki~g. Unfortunately we , There may be reasons why servative Supreme Court, it is still too often seem more conminorJty group parents would not likely to be taken seriously. cernedabotit whether textbooks not find that solution acceptable.

There is· no doubt that the contain th~ ten-Commandmentil' Rowever, if they reject it, and Nixon court will strike down· . than ahout. how' the Ca'tholic it is well within ,their rights to most forms'of bussing-which is community~ transl~tes the law of · do so" they are rejecting the only proven means of upgrading ur- just as well, since in most of its Christ into' daily. action. The forms bussing is useless. But young learn more from what we · ban education.

But such mixing cannot take among whatever forms of bus- . do th.an frqm what. we say. sing it does approve, you can bet "The General Catechetical Diyour life that it won't include rectory" from Rome affirms the Compassion Needed the only form that would be central role in the whole religJefferson (NC)-Knowledge is politically accept~ble and educa- ious educa~io'nprocess of "the important in dealing with handi- tionally effective: optional (for witness ofla life which agrees capped people, a French' expert parents) metropolitan bussing. with the message of Christ's love Put black students in white and of a living and mature faith on retardation said here, but "it . must not dampen our compas- ethnic neighborhoods? Sure, .why . that is manifested by works of sion. We 'are alI people with not? They're Democrats. Put justice and charity" (49. handicaps," said Dr. Jean Vanier, them in Mr. Nixon's lily white Next tirJe we find ourselves a recent recipent of the Kennedy suburbs? You don't get reelected laughing at Archie Bunker, we Interna:tional Award for service by doing that sort of thing. Nor might also: find a moment to to the me~taIly retarded. "Some do you get appointed to the look at OUIi own lives-in which people simply have more visible Supreme C01lrt if you even think prejudice. (s rarely a laughing h~ndicaps"'" , , . ' 0 . '. •. abo':l~ it" " •. _" ~ . matter.. a S1 .J. ;J .)U':' \';) _.=: ~;. fl..!. "'.L........-._~'#, ~\I\'A·~ A\A'~'~,J,.T#' .'.J~J'; '~ /~.I 0

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"Now our Church is acting in now joined the victory wagon" the style of· the Second Vatican -and called on all Catholics "tQ Council," the Chilean prelate welcome what~ver·is good in th~ said in an interview here after present course of the govern, attending the ninth conference ment and help."

"This is the only way they will of the Catholic Inter-American listen to us," the cardinal added Cooperation Program. at the time.

Preserve Values Bishop Errazuriz declined' to The socialist .coalition, dominated by Marxists, has been in elaborate on earlier statements power for 15 months, carrying made in Chile by a group of 80 out a nationali.:ation program. priests in open support of "Indeed, the Church in Chile Marxist socialism.

"I would rather talk about the is watchful of those values in of which there cannot be compro- many priests who lead a dedication to the poor by sharing mise," Bishop Errazuriz said.

"Not to fight over them but to with them their" privations," he preserve thema!l esssential to a said, explaining -that perhaps -true revolution: freedom, polit- more than 100 priests In SaniCal pluralism, human dignity." . tiago 'have moved to the "calBishop Errazuriz' said the lampas'; (shanty towns) to live. present aims of the' Church are to foster progress, help to over- Bishop Walsh Tours come' underdevelopment and Missions in Orient ' poverty, and to make sure ChrisMARYKNOLL (NC) - Bishop tian values play a role 'in the James E. Walsh, the Maryknoll process of the revolution. missionary who spent i2 years The bishop acknowledged that imprisoned in Red China, will extremist groups within the return to the United States on coalition "seek to accelerate March 4 after a month-long tour change toward full socialism, of Japan, Hong Kong, Korea aQg while defenders 'of the old order the Philippines. wish to stop thi!l march."

The trip to the Orien.t is Bishop Walsh's third extensive overCautious Support This struggle makes it difficult seas journey since he returned for the leadership to keep a bal- to the United States 18 months anced stand, he c:ommented, add- ago. He has also visited Marying that President Allende re- knoll missions in South America peated after. a recent cabinet and Africa, many of which he crisis ·that "I. endeavor to rule estaiblished while he was supe~ within the frarneworkof the rior general of Maryknoll from 1936 to 1946 but had never beconstitution," . '. This has been the reason for f~re seen.

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'Toy Bowl' to Heisman Trinity Brothers Program for Youth . Gave Pat Sullivan Start to Top

IN THE DIOCESE

By PETER J. BARTEK Norton "lib Coach

Easter Basketball Tournament To Function Under New Format The Catholic Youth Organization of the diocese of Fall River will sponsor its fourteenth consecutive Easter Basketball Tournament commencing the first week in April.

The highly successful and competitive tourney will again be directed by its founder tourney rapidly became one of Paul Borkman. .However, the biggest of its kind. this year the contests will Teams from greater Boston.. highlight local talent., the Spdngfield 'area, as well as 'In the interest of increasing competition, the size of the field participating in the tournament will be limited to 16 teams in both the senior and junior divi~ sions. This is, a drastic' change in format from the past few years when the tourney grew to enormous proportions.

Fourteen years ago and continuing to this year, any parish that desired to enter a team in the, tourney could do so by simply paying the registration fee and foiWarding a list of its players. To the credit of pirector Borkmanand his committee, the

out of State clubs began competing for championship honors.

The field grew to over 60 teams in each division. Borkman and his aides continued to operate the tourney in a professional' manner.

But, with so many teams entered, the tourney, that was completed· ina week in its early years' began to drag on and on.

The "Easter Tournament" champion wa~ not crowned until well' after Easter: While almost every one's ,thoughts were turning to Spring activities, the ,tourney rolled on.

Screening Committee Represents All Areas With the hope of creating more local interest, as' was evident in years past, and fostering competition among parishes within the confines of diocesan territorial limits' a screening committee hSls been established'" to select diocesan teams' that will compete in this year's tournament.

All sections of the diocese are represented on the committee.

The members are all active in ,C.Y.O. activities in their respective area and very capable of choosing strong aggregations to contest for diocesan honors.

The members of the selection committee include Joseph Ryan who is director of the Cape- Cod C.Y.O. hoop league; Greg Dorney, coach of St. Louis in the Fall River C.Y.O. circuit, Ron Nastri who holds "the same position at St. Mary's in Taunton and Jim >Drury who is director of Holy Name's fortunes in the New Bedford league.

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when submitting its roster of elig~ble players. The first is that all members of a team must come from the parish they are representing. Secondly, a boy's eligibility is, determined by his age. Any boy born after Jan. I, 1951, may participate in senior division competition and a boy born after Jan: 1, 1955, is eligible for junior division play.

Since the tournament is not soheduled to start until April, boys now playing on high school teams will be eligible because the scholastic schoolboy campaign will be over.

The tournament's new format will offer area basketball fans an opportunity to see some of the area's best athletes perform against each other rather fhan against unknown opponents.

Many of the boys who will be playing in the State Championship tournament, as well as the Bay State tourney will be turning their attention to the Easter Tournament; however, in different roles.

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Fr. Manton CSSR Cap'e Preacher Fr. Joseph E. Manton, C.S.S.R., of the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Boston, known as the Mission Church, will conduct a Lenten Triduum on the evenings of March 5, 6, and 7 at 7:30 in the Church Hall of St. Joan of Arc Parish, Bridge Rd., Orleans.

For those unable to attend in the evening, ·two n90n-time services are scheduled in the Church for the 6th and7th;;Fr. Manton is the noted auihorot many successful books such' as: "Pennies from a Poor Box" and' "Happiness Over the Hilt. ,I His fame as a public speaker has brought him invitations to speak from all over the country.

For over twenty yeaITj Fr. Manton has appeared on the national radio and TV series, The Catholic Hour and has conducted the radio Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help from the Mission Church.

BIRMINGHAM (NC)-Almost every college football fan knows who Pat Sullivan is, and they know he is ,the winner of the 1971 Heisman Trophy, the highest individual award for college football excellence.

But who remeniebrs Plit Sullivan's "Toy Bowl" days? Trinity Mission Brother Christopher JIg does. . Sullivan, a senior and outstanding quarterback at Auburn University, began his fledgling football career in fourth grade elementary school under the tutelage of Brother Christopher.

The Toy Bowl is a football program for youngsters sponsored by the city of Birmingham.

When Pat was in the fourth grade at Blessed Sacrament,' recalled Bwther Christopher, his father, talked him into going out for the Toy Bowl team. .

"There were so few boys going out that I had to put the hoys in everywhere. I first placed Pat as a· center even though he really disliked this position.

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bal, so Pat did not even go out.

'Then. in the sixth grade Pat decided to give football another try.

"Tijis time I ,was able to put him in at quarterback. In this positon he became the workhorse of. the offense, doing the passing, punting and extra-point kicking."," .

'Football is over for this season, 'but 1971 will long bea memorable year for Brother Christopher. It will always be the year that one of his boys made it to the top.

Form Club BROOKLYN (NC}-An organ- ' ization of 13 priests who have left the active ministry and their wives have formed a new kind of couples' club here with the advice arid consent of the Brooklyn diocese. One purpose, according to Father John T. Fagan, ' of St. John's Church, is to help Catholics think positively about priests who have resigned rather than to regard them as "mt~­ guided or emotionally disturbed" clerics whose marriage should be hushed up.

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Continued from Page Sixteen failed to follow' the example of important official in charge of Christ in this. But did they hear the treasury of the Queen of the lesson and remember at least to repeat the right words? Many Ethiopia" (Acts 8, 27).

Jesus told the leaders of his of them d,id. Paul, for instance people: "The tax-collectors and remembered enough to write: the prostitutes are going into the "There are no Gentiles and Jews, kingdom of God ahead of you" circumcised and uncircumcised, (Matt 21, 31). People complained barbarians, slaves or free men, IlIbout him. "Why do you eat and but Christ is all in all" (Colosdrink with tax-collectors and sians'"3,1l). "There is one God, outcasts?" (Luke 5, 30). They and there is one who brings Gol1 said, "Look at this man! He is a and men together, the man glutton and wine-drinker, a Chl1ist Jesus, who gave himself .friend of tax-coHectors and out- to redeem all men" (I T,im. 2,5f.). casts" (Luke 7, 34).

Geo~getown Jesus tOld of two men praying WASHINGTON (NC) - Three in the temple, one of whom was Jesuit scientists have formed a heard for his humility, the other Jesuit Center for Social Studies rejected for his stuffy selfat Georgetown University here. satisfaction. The one whose Concerned with the solution of prayer was heard was a taxcontemporary social problems, collector of the city of Jericho. the Center will serve as a base When people were shocked he of operations for Father Joseph replied: "This man also is a son M. Becker, an economist; Theo- of Abraham" (Luke 19, 9). dore V. Purcell, an' industrial Christ's Heroes psychologist, and John L. The pattern .is clear. Jesus Thomas, a sociologist. seeks out the ones against whom . Th.e three priests will work the majority is prejudiced. He mainly acts without prejudice himself.

Divi'sional Champs to Wear Diocesan Crown projects,onandtheirwill'ownbe research largely For example, hoopsters from at1d with a screening commit- self-sustainng, through a combi- When, he preaches and tells Bishop Connolly High, the dioc- tee' reviewing eac~ entry, this nation of, independent research stories, his heroes are always esan qualifier from Fall River, years tournament is definitely grants anq endowments from an members of the hated minority group. will play for their individual a Fall River Diocesan C.Y.O. American Jesuit ,foundation creDid the lesson sink in? Well, MEMBER F 0 I C parish teams in the tourney. Championship playoff. The event7 ated to support ,social science "sink in" may. be putting it a Boys from Dl,lrfee who will rep- ual division winners. will right- research.. ' ..

11 CONVENIENT LOCATIONS little too strongly, considering resent the Brisol County League, fully earn the titl~ "diocesan Calling the group's decig,ion to how many times Christians have along with champion New Bed- champs.~'·" ' t:ord, in the State play-off, may" The .deadHl)e for filing rosters form the. Center at Georgetown if they come from the same is Wednesday, March 1. Since "a; great honor''; Father R. J. president, parish, team with Connolly men 'the field in each. division is lim7 Henle,university noted ',. the priests will also be in the diocesan tourney. ited to 16. teams, interested parIn New Bedford, where three ishes' are' encouraged, by the available for occag,ional graduate . , teams have qualified for the tournament committee, to sub- courses and thesis direction.

Father Thomas, executive secschoolboy tourney talent is plen- mit their entry as soon as posretary of the Center and an autiful. What parish will produce sible. the strongest contingent is the Championship trophies will be thor of numerous articles and Contractors Since 1913 question. But, for that matter awarded to the teams that fin.· books on family life and populabasketball flourishes on the Cape ish first and second in each tion control, plans to continue and St. John's of Attleboro' al- bracket. All-star awards will also research on possible marital 699 B~'ilville: Avenue ways fields a strong club. All be presented to those individuals problems stemming from the ~ew Bedford selected to .the All~tournament necessity some couples feel to, areas' will be well represented. limit the size of their family. ::•.Jp.. tb.e.ljgnt t;>f tije. ·t\ew ,fPrm~,·." ,.tS'#m.,<:, , "'" , , < "

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Anne Mack, Jim Perry, Paul Castro, Bill Ventura, Linda Thomas, Sue Courcy, Louise Paquette, Fagin,Ed Priest, Bob Smith and Marlete Braga.

"WE'VE GOT OUR BED AND BOARD!" All the boys and girls in Fagin's gang look to him in this family sho~. Left to right, players are Marcia Wrigley, Sue Castonguay; Scott Davis, Harry Dion, Jim RuscOhi, I I

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ROSELLE (NC) - A 24-yearold Marist Brother was elected to the school board in this New' Jersey community, heading a three-man ticket that 'hopes to restore calm' to this suburban community which has been divided by a controversy over integration '!?olicies.

Brother John Tevlin, a teacher of, history and religion at .' Roselle Catholic High School, was the top vote-getter among three candidates supported by a newly organized group called HOPE (Help Our Public, EduCiltio,n).

T,hey won by an almost 2-1 margin' over three candidates backed by the Roselle Citizens Comrri~ittee, which up' to the elections had a majority. on the seven-man board. Brother Tevlin received 1,891 votes.

He said he had no intention of running for office when he first became involved \\o'ith HOPE, which began as a voluntary , group to provide tutors for, students and raise money for , library books. In fact, he and the other HOPE-backed candidates initially declined 'a request that they run for the board. ' '''But the committee wouldn't take no for an answer," he told an interviewer after the election.

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Roselle r has a single high school, Which has been the focus of much turmoil in the past few years, and five grammar schools, one of which is 98 per cent black.

The community faces the possirbility that state school aid will be withheld until 'it comes up with an integration plan acceptable to state education officials.

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Presentation o;f M'usical 'Oliver!'

A Summer institute for reli· gious women will be conducted from July 1 through 29 at Cush· Ughting, sound, and heavy ing Hall, Wenham, Mass. by the construction has been completed Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur.

by Mark O'Connrell" Bill Dowd, With the'theme of "learning for Phil Hamel, Dave Rezendes, leisure and leisure for learning," ;VIike Bissonnette, Mike Briand, the program will explore ave· lBob Hamel, Frank ,Lucey, 'Allan nues of cultural enrichment and Makepeace and John Sands. The seek to "widen horizons for ser· stage crew is being directed by vice." lBrother Nicholas Furibondo, Information and application forms. are available from Sister Tickets may be obtained from any Coyle and Cassidy student Margaret Melville, S.N.D., Cush· ing Hall, 36 Essex Street, Wen· in advance or at the door. . ham" ' ,

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Coyle and Cassidy High School of Taunton has launched its campaign for the sale of tickets to its musical presentation of "Oliver!" The award-winning adaptation of Charles Dicken's "Oliver Twist" by Lionel Bart will be presented in the school auditorium on Sunday, Feb. 27, Saturday, March' 4 and Sunday, March 5.

More than 100 students at the school are participants in the cast, orchestra and stage crew under'the general direction of Brother Gerald Robbins, C.S.C. Cast members include Paul Castro in the lead role of Oliver; Edward Priest as the Iightfingered piclwocket Fagin and Susan Castonguay as Nancy.

Others are: Artful Dodger, Bob Smith; Bill Sykes, Charlie Cardoza; Mr. Bumble, Peter Stod,dard; Widow Corney, Pauline Bildeau; Mr. Sowerberry, Kevin Bolger; Mrs. Sowerberry, Rebecca Turner;, Charlotte, Eleanor Griffin; . Noah Claypole, Grant Tanguay; Be~, Marcia Wrigley; Mr. Brownlow, Thomas Linhares.

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Tom D'A1nbra, Carol Sienko.

Jeannie Allaire, Audrey Brown, Warren Charles McCaferey, Lynds. !

Jan Grahdmont. Jeff Reid, Steve Sanfo~d and Terry Kelly.

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Marked differences between the way of !life in the two na· tions range ~from private mora1ity to public i policy, noted Clark, who worked for, two years in Honan' province during World

Brother Joseph Santo, C.S.C., musical director, has organized the usually martial' Coyle and Cassidy band 'into a subdued orchestral' combination' for voice accompaniment.

Musicians are Patricia Fielding, William Strojny, James Boffetti, Donna Fa'idell" Leona Faidell.

Peter Hebert" Richard Guay, Al Grandmont, Joe Castro, Bill LyndS. Joe Foster, Ed Perry, Jim Pow-

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Predicts, Surprises Ahead for Nixon NEW YQRK (NC)-No mat, ter how 'weil they've done their homework, President Nixon and the news correspondents accompanying hini are in for plenty of surprises in I the People's Republic of China, predicted an "old China hand": who recently had a fresh look i at contemporary China.

1 Bronson ,qlark, executive secretary of t~e Americ'an Friends Service Committee" shared some observations and commented on what might Il be in store for the Nixon party: in a report to the China Panel,: an informal and UrIofficial group of church-related ;~~n~~~~~rd~rs, bot,h Protestant

Special Aludiences VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope Paul VI gave special audiences Feb. 14 to each of the 19 new bishops he had ordained the day before and to their families and friends. In one of. these groups he met with Archbishop Edward Heston from South Bend., Ind .. head of the Pontifcal Commis· sion for Social Communications and with Auxiliary Bishop Edward T. O'Meara of St. Louis.

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