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Eucharistic Congress Mass Has International Aspect MELBOURNE (NC) - Fifty thousand persons crowded into the Melbourne Cric~et Grounds Feb. 20 to attend a concelebrated Mass honoring the various races and nationalities in Australia. The arena's floodlights highlighted the varied and colorful national costumes worn by many of those ·attending. There was a happy, festive alt about the ceremonies, which drew together peoples from all races and religions throughout the world. The International aspect of the event was evident alt the huge altar erected in the center of the cricket f.leld. Cardinal Lawrence Shehan of Baltimore, papal legate to the 40th International EUCharistic Congress, was the principal celebrant. Concelebrants· were Cardinal Karol WojtyJa of Cracow,
Poland; Thomas Morris of Cashel, Ireland; Archbistop Ettore Cunial, vice-gerent of the Rome diocese; ArchlbIshop Donatus Djagom of Endeh, Indonesia; Archbishop Francesca Da Silva' of Braga, Portugal; Bishops AITurn to Page Twenty-Two
Fall Riveri.tes At Congress The Diocese of Fall River has 'been represented at the 40th International Eucharistic Congress meeting in Australia by a group of diocesan priests who have taken the advantage to combine a needed vacation along with religious exercIses. Attending the historical event of world recogniUon ~o the Turn to Page Twenty-two
1973 Lenten Season Opens On Wednesday, March 7 Next Wednesday, March 7, meat on each of the Fridays of will usher in the penitential sea- Lent." son of Lent. It is still a time of Abstinence forbids the use of fasting, abstinenc~ and voluntary meat. It binds those who have penance to prepare spiritually for completed their fourteenth year.· the adequate observance of the. It is to be observed on all the' Holy Days commemorating the Fridays of Lent. Passion, Death and Resurrection Fasting allows only one full of Our Lord, Jesus Christ. meal a day, but does not proThe National Conference of hibit taking some food in the Catholic Bishops of the United morning and evening, observing States issued the following state- -as far as quantity and quality ment in a Pastoral Statement: are concerned-approved local "We declare that the obliga- custom. It binds those· who have tion both to fast and abstain completed ,their twenty-first year from meat binds on Ash Wednes- up to ·the beginning of their sixday and Good Friday. tieth year. It is to be observed on "We preserve for our dioceses Ash Wednesday and Good Friday the tradition of ~bstinence from . Voluntary fast and abstinence, as well as other specific works of penance and charity, are strongly recommended,. especially on Friday, other days of Lent, March 7 vigils, etc. The time to fulfill the precept ASH WEDNESDAY of receiving Holy Communion during the Easter Season extends Day of from the First Sunday of Lent Fast and Abstinence (this year, March 11) until Trinity Sunday (this year, June 17). • t •••••••••••••• ' ••••••
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,At least 359 Fall River diocesans are in the midst of their heart throbbing preparations to follow Humberto Cardinal Medeiros to Rome and there to witness his entrance into the Col~ lege of Cardinals. Two flights will leave Saturday from Logan Airport in Boston ~ontaining 183 pilgrims under the leadership of Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River, and 176 from St. Miehael Parish in Fall River. Joining the Fall River Diocese group in Rome will be 30 representatives of the Diocese of Brownsville, Texas, and at least 220 pilgrims from the Boston Archdiocese. The Cardinal-Elect left for Rome on Wednesday evening, accompanied by Most Rev. James L. Connolly, D.Sc.H., former Bishop of Fall River; Rev. Msgr. Thomas J. Finnegan, Jr., Chancellor of Boston; Rev. William C. Hemlick, 'the Archbishop's Secretary. Cardinal Medeiros celebrated Mass at Our Lady of ,the Airways Chapel at Logan Airport prior to his departure at 7 Wednesday evening. Tomorrow, Friday, the Archbishop will take
part in a formal rehearsal of the ceremonies - now arranged for Monday, March 5-involved in the elevations to the cardinala'te.
He, with 29 other cardinals-elect from across the globe, will receive the red hat, ring, and other symbols of the office at the Vat· ican on Monday. On Tuesday, the Cardinal Archbishop of Boston will take part in the papal ceremonies for the Conferral of the Pallium, a symbol of patriarchal jurisdiction most dear to the Eastern Church and in use in the Western Church for centuries. The opening of the penitential serviees of Lent will occupy the Cardinal on Ash Wednesday, when the new cardinals join the Holy Father and the Roman Curia at the ancient Roman Church of Santa Sabina. Turn to Page Two
New Cardinal's Shepherding Of Boston By Father A. CARDINAL MEDEIROS
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"We talked about; God." That a familiar sight to neighbors as was how Cardinal-elect Medeiros he was driven between his parish spent his fJrst few days with and his office ,in the chancery Cardinal Cushing, which were building. the last days of the Boston prel"He has a license," confided ate's life: the Bishop, "but I think he only Bishop James L. Connolly, redrove enough to convince the ,tired Ordinary of the Fall River examiner that he could. I'd hate diocese, recalls the statement as to be in a car with him at the typical of the Cardinal-elect's whee!!" attitude toward life. was Monsignor Medeiros "I had asked him .if he used his time with Cardinal Cushing aghast at the news of his apto familiarize himself with the . pointment as Bishop of Brownsenormous task of heading the vHle, Texas, said Bishop ConnolTurn to Page Ten Boston archdiocese, and that was his reply," said the Bishop. "This simple man probably did more for Cardinal Cushing at the end of his life than anyone else Pope Paul has appointed Secould have done," added Bishop bastiano Cardinal Baggio, who Connolly. He spoke ~s. one of the has been serving for three and Cardinal-elect's closest friends one-half years as archbishop of in ,the priesthood, having known Cagliari in Sardinia, as new prehim since his ordination in 1946. When Bishop Connolly succeeded the late Bishop Oassidy in 1951, among his first actions was the appointment of Father Medeiros as his personal secretary, assistant chancellor and Vicar for Religious. Why did he choose him? "You couldn't miss him," was his laconic response. Among Father Medeiros' duties was the delivering of a monthly spiritual conference to the Sisters of the diocese. These homilies, given over a period of four years, are still remembered, said Bishop Connolly, who soon named his secretary vice-chancellor, then chancellor of the Fall River diocese. In 1958 Father Medeiros became Monsignor Medeiros and two years later he was appointed pastor of his home parish, St. Michael, Fall River. He be.came CARDINAL BAGGIO
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Begin Curia Changes feet or head of the Vatican's Congregation for Bishops. The 59 year old former papal diplomat is a close friend of the Pope and succeeds the 79 year old Carlo Cardinal Confalonieri who resigns in keeping with the ruling made by the Pope that no cardinal may hold a Curia post after the age 80. Two other cardinals have also resigned, Luigi Cardinal Traglia, 77, Chancellor of the Holy RoTurn to Page Three
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Set Lenten Talks At Six Parishes 'In Taunton Six Taunton parishes will sponsor an adult education program on the; Wednesday evenings of Lent, 'with a priest from each parish speaking, on an assigned topic at each of the participating churches including Sacred Heart, Our Lady or. Lourdes, St. Joseph, St. Paul, SI. Jacques and Immaculate ConcE'ption. , Subjects, speakers s\nd dates " for each parish are as follows: , Rev. John Gomes, "The liturgy," Sacred H~art, March 7; Our .Lady of Lourdes, April 4; Immaculate Conception, Mal'ch 15; St. Paul, March 28; St. Jacques, April 11; St. JO,seph, Msrch 21. Rev. MarceL Bouchard, "The Bible~" Sacred:Heart, March 21; OUf Lady of Lourdes, April 11; Immaculate Conception, Maroh 28; St. Paul' March 7; St. Jacques, March 14;' St. Joseph, . April 4. 'War, Peace' Rev. Edward. Byington, "War and Peace,~' Sa~red Heart, March 28; Our Lady of Lourdes. March 7; Immaculate ~onception, April 4; St. Paul, March 14; St. Jacques, March 21; St. Joseph April 11. Rev. Rayrriond Robillard, "Church Teaching," Sacred Heart, April 4; Our La:!y of Lourdes, March 14; St. Paul Conception, March 7; St. Paul April 11; St. Jatques, March 28; St. Joseph, March 7. Rev. Raymortd Monty, "The , Church," Sacred Heart, April 11; Our Lady of Lourdes, March 28; Immaculate Confeption, March 7; St. Paul March 21; St. Jacques, April 4; St. Joseph, March 14, Rev. Timothy. Goldrick, "Morality and Conscience," Sacred Heart, March Iii; Our Lady of Lourdes, March 21; Immaculate Conception, April 11; S t. "Paul, April 4; St. Jacques, Man:h 7, St. Joseph, "1arch 28.
Pre-Cana Confelrence , A Pre-Cana Conference for engaged couples: will be held at Sacred Heart Sc)lool, Fa: I River at 7 P.M. Sunday, March 4.
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A First Friday Mass and five hour prayer vigil wm be held Friday night, March 2 in Sacred Heart Church, Fairhaven.The services will be the eighth in a series of vigils at area parishes, held for the purpose of praying for peace and, honoring the Sacred Hearts of JeSus and Mary. The ,program will begin with confessions preceding an 8 P.M. Mass of the Sacred Heart. Included in the evening will be exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Holy Hour and Benediction. The vigil will end with a midnight Mass in honor of the Immaculate Heart. Refreshments will be served during 'the evening; and all are invited to 'attend all or part of the services. Further information is a~ail路 able at Sacred Heart rectory, Fairhaven.
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HONOR SR. ASCENSION ON SILVER JUBILEE: Members of the medical staff and board of trustees of St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River were joined by thre~ bishops in a testimony -to Sister Ascension, vice-provincial' of the Dominican Sisters, who staff St. Anne's HospitaL Testimonial was held at the provincial residence in Dighton. Left to right: Bishop Cronin, Ordinary of the Diocese of Fall River; Sr. Ascension, the honored guest; Bishop Connolly, former Bishop of Fall River, and Bishop Gerrard, ~uxiliary Bish:op of the Diocese. I I
'Diocesan Pilgrims Leave'1rom'orro'W Night Continued from Page One Thursday, March B, will focus on a yet unknown site, as His Eminence Humberto S. Medeiros, Archbishop of Bostop, takes possession of a parish church in the Diocese of Rome. Thus he will cement his intimate relationship with the Pope; he will be the pastor of one of the Pope's city parishes. Pilgrimage Masses Tentative plans have been announced for special pilgrimage Mas'ses to be celebrated during the week in Rome. Sunday, March 4:, a Mass will ' be celebrated for the Cardinal
Medeiros pilgI'image at -St. Mary Major Basilica' at 4 in the afternoon. Monday, March 5, the pilgrimage Mass will be the 'papal concelebrated Mass in St. Peter's Basilica during which he will present a specially made ring to each new cardinal. Tuesday, March 6, the U. S. group will journey to St. Clement Church in Rome where Mass will be celebrated at 5 in the afternoon. Wedneday, March 7, the Ash Wednesday Mass will he offered
at: the : Basmdaof 'St." :pa\.ilOutsidecthe- Wa~ls at 11 in the morning. ,, Thursday, M~rch 8, a Mass will be celebra:ted at 10:30 in th~ morning at, Cardinal Medeiros' titular ch~rch, unless this conflicts with <). possible Papal I Audience. Friday, Mardi 9, a special Mass will be c~lebra~ecl at St. Peter's' Basilica! at 8:30 in the morning. I !
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The Maranatha Community Fund of New Bedford will spoi!sor "A Night with Father Pat." featuring the music of Rev. Andre Patenaude, M.S. of La Salette Shrine, Attleboro, at 8 Sunday night, March 18 in Sh Julie's Church Hall, Slocum Road, North Dartmouth. Reservations may be made by calling 995-7051 or coritacting Robert Rebello or Miss Jo-Ann Glica. The Maranatha Fund benefits needy families and is a project of .;tgroup ,of youl1g people who have "made .'Echo' or Tech "retreats. "
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Continued from Page One from each vicariate elected by The annual archdiocesan fund· his peers and appointed by the raising ddve he entitled "The archbishop to serve as episcopal Stewardship Appeal" indicates vicar. _ Cardinal·elect Medeiros' opinion Archbishop Medeiros has esthat all the gifts that God gives poused new ministerial apThe Literature Department of us are things about which we proaches: the Life Resources the Catholic Woman's Club will must care-and yet not care- Apostolate to coordinate efforts meet on Sunday, March 4 at 3:00 because we are stewards. We to deal with the drug problem; P.M. at the Club House, 742 should be open-handed and open- the Urban-Suburban Ministry to Rock Street. _ hearted with our talents in the work 'in behalf of indigenous aiJames F. DeMelo will be the service of one -another so that coholics in the city of Boston; speaker. He is a graduate of we do not mind .if what God has the Permanent Diaconate proBishop Stang High School with given, He should take away, be-gram has been inst~tuted; an? a B.A. in English and Education cause we are stewards. Ullban Apostolate priest coordlfrom Southeastern Massachusetts From the inception of his ten· nators have been appointed to University. ure as archbishop of Boston, bring together the ministries in He is currently a member of Cardinal-elect Medeiros has each of the sizeable cities in the the English and Social Studies urged its Catholics to act hero- archdiocese. Department at Bristol County ically as "we hand on the mesHe also has revamped the Agricultural High School. sage (of Christ) to our materia'l- archdiocesan educational strucMiss Lorene Pacheco is chair· istic and bewildered world," and ture in an effort to face the man of the Literature Departhe has spoken of the need for a grave situation c9nfronting Bosment and Mrs. Anthony J. Geary bishop fo be available "to all our ton's schools and in order to reo and Mrs. James A. O'Brien, Jr. brothers." emphasize the inspiration of will be co-hostesses at the coffee The cardinal-elect has encour- Gospel values which are the hour to follow. ed innovation ip a variety of basis of all religious education. ways. He has restructured .the He has established limited tenarchdiocese into three re~i?ns, are for pastors 'and, with the e~ch he~ded by a? a~Ji.lary priests senate, determined criteBAMBOO bIshop; BIshop JeremIah Mmlhan ria for the appointment of pasAQUARIUM directs the northern sector, Bish· tors. ~ .-a....~ , ..."~I New England's Most op Lawrence Riley the ~entral, Recently he announced a maBeautiful Aquarium and Bishop Joseph MagUIre the jor inter-faith and anti-<:rime prosou~hern. . . gram for Boston. This program 75 TANKS FOR YOUR BIshops RJiey and MagUIre will be implemented in cooperaMASS FOR THE DEAF: Father Michael Wilson "reads" . SELECTION were secretaries to the late Car- tion with the Boston Ministerial a lesson in sign language for deaf participants in a special 761·7690 dinal Richard Cushing, while Association's Ecumenical Com. Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral in Melbourne. More than Wide Selection of Accessories Bishop Minihan Was secreta,ry to mittee on Crime Prevention. 25 Years of Service to the Public Card~na'~ William O'Connell, This program seeks to alleviate 1,000 persons of all ages were able to understand and take 726 WASHINGTON STREET . the burden of poverty on Bos- part in the silent service and many wept with joy when it Cushmg s p~edec~sso~. . Route I, So. Attleboro, Mass. Each re?lon IS .divlded I~to ton's poor 'and the threat of. was over. NC Photo. four vicariates, WIth a priest crimes against the elderly. It is a reflection of the cardinal- Federal Funds Aid elect's pastoral letter, "Man's Cities and God's Poor," in which Diocesan P'rogram Continued from Page One he says "Crime is the stark maniJERSEY CITY (NC)-Federal man Ohurch, anp Paulo Cardinal festation ofdisorder .in our socirevenue sharing funds will be Marella, 78, president of the Vat- ety, a disorder' which indicates ican's Secretariat for Non- the serious imbalance of the mao used to continue health care proChristians. No successors have terial over the spiritual values gram'S for parochial school students in this city, according to yet been named to these posts. of our traditions, an announcement by Mayor Paul Pope Paul has also named two "However, jf we call for a re- T. Jordan. bishops as secretaries for the Congregation for the Evangeliza- turn to order or perhaps to the Jordan said $70,000 of the tion of Peoples, the curia's mis- creation of a new order wherein city's revenue sharing money will . we recognize and respect the sionary department. They are dignity of every man, then we Insure the continuation of two Most' Rev. Bemadin Gantin, a programs conducted by the Mt. This free booklet tells Franciscan, and Most Rev. Simon are about our Father's business." Carmel Guild and funded by the In his brief' time in Boston, state. State funding ended on Lourdusanny, il former Archwhy every father bishop of Bangladore, India, Cardinal-elect MedeirOS has tried Dec. 31. should make a will ... They jointly succeed Cardinal- to use his gifts to the best of his even if he's young Under one program, children Designate Sergio Pignedoli, who a'bi'1ity. There must have been and healthy! is expected to be named to an- moments when peace seemed to with speech and hearing defects other high curia post after his be shattered and serenity remote, were being Identified and given Sixteen pages, clearly written but he has persevered. remedial treatment. elevation next Monday. and colorfully illustrated, tell The Vatican has emphasized why you should make. your will that March 1 marks the end of r. and how to go about it. Cha'1s on page 3 show what your heirs the five year term of office incan lose if you die without a troduced 'by Pope Paul for major will. Page 5 discusses why you officials of the ~oman Curia, the need a lawyer's help in drawing Church's central administration. up your will. Page 6 goes into Officials affected -will include detail about how to start and at what to include. No father, cardinals who head various Vat· young or old, should neglect ican offices, archbishops and his will. Maryknoll's booklet 'bishops who "constitute the colwill convince youl legial organs of these offices Mall the coupon for witH the purpose of setting their your free copy todayl goals," and the consultors' of 115 WILLIAM ST. NEW BEDFORD, MASS. these offices who propose concrete courses of aCtion. '---F;ee-Booklet on Wills It is expected that the present Maryknoll Fathers • 50 D.,nst.r Road. Chestnut Hi II, Massachusetts 02167 apostolic delegate to the United States, Cardinal-Designate Luigi - Dear ;athers: Pleas~ send me your booklet on making a will. I A Distinguished Priest and Prelate Raimondi, will be soon named undel stand there is no obligation. to a Curia post. NAMlE _ His Eminence A statement issued through ADDFIESS _ the Vatican press office noted that about 1,500 officials of the CITY _ Roman Curia are affected by the STATE ZIP CODE _ five-year term of office imposed Archbishop of Boston by Pope Paul in 1968 although not all terms expire at the same time since many officials were appointed after that date. INCORPORATED The Cardinals-Designate who Frigidaire Refrigeration Appliances are residential archbishops usu· . Air Conditioning ally return to their own dioceses 678-5644 363 SECOND STREET, FALL RIVER after their elevation to the cardinalate.
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Mr. Justice Blacl{mun, who delivered the majority opinion of the Supreme Court on the abortion issue, went out of his way in a prefatory note to let it be known that he was fully aware of "the sensitive arid emotional nature" of the abortion controversy. As The New Republic has "We forthwith acknowledge pointed out, the Supreme Court, our awareness," he wrote, without even bothering to ex"... of the vigorous oppos- plain why' it was doing so, has
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osophy, one's experiences, one's exposure to the1raw edges of human' ,existence" one's religious training, one's tattitude~, toward life and family and theili values, and the moral standards one establishesand s~eks to observe, are all likely to influence and color one's thinking and conclusions about abottion." In the'light m this statement, one might have 'expectecl Justice Blackmun to exer.cise at least a modicum of restraint in formulating the Court',s decision on the abortion issue. Instead of that, he completely ignored the complexity of the is~ue and, by judicial fiat, simply imposed upon the several states h: sown "thinking and conclusions."
arbitrarily' ruled on a question which "is not for courts, but should have been left to the political process ..." The New Republic went on to say that the Supreme, Court's ruling, which was legislative ,rather than judicial, "will have been imposed on aU 50 states, ,'and imposed permanently, unless the Court itself should in the future change its mind." I can't speak for ,the editors of The New Republic, but, reading between the lines of their sophisticated editorial. I gather that they are hoping that at some point the Court will, in fact, change its mind. So am I-·needless to add. I think the Court's deG.ision is a disaster from every conceivable point of view. The fact that it was delivered by a man' who was appointed to the Court because 'he was thought to be a strict constructionist"-and was concurred in by two other Justices who were appointed for the same reason -- makes it all the more bizarre. Be that as it may, I assume that Justice Blackmun himself, having l:!..cknowledged (in theory, if not ,in practice) the "sensitive and emotional nature" and the enormous complexity of the abortion issue, will not be sur-
prised to 'lear'n that millions of peace. In othe¢ words, he seems Americans, of all faiths and to be suggesting that the Sunone, are bitterly disappointed in preme Court ,is the final and the Court's decision and are binding arbiter lof social morality. Curious Exception hoping and praying that at some I find it almost impossible to point in time it will be reve'rsed, and are fully prepared in the understand hoW a man of Brickmeantime to do everything with- ner's stature i1 the field of civil in the limits of the law to neu- liberties could, say a thing like this even und'er the emotional tralize its impact on society. Surprisingly enough, at least pressu~e whi4h - as Justice pne, prominent religious leader Blackmun has I p()inted out-the in the United States-Rabbi Bal- abortion issue 'tends to generate. four Brickrier of the Union of To my personal know,ledge American Hebrew Congregations Brickner has fought valiantly -feels very stJrongly that such over the cours~ of the years to criticism of the Court's decision reverse long-standing Supreme Oourt decisions in the field of is completely out of order. "It strikes me," he ,said in a race relations. i am sure that he recent' public ' statement, "as was also completely opposed to divisive and ungracious in the a whole range I of pre-Roosevelt extreme to hear leaders of insti- Courtoecision1 on a,ther social tutions long committed to law and economic~ssues. Work fO,r Reversal and order as an ultimate value In addition, t strongly suspect condemn this ruling in harsh and unseeming language.:. The -without havjng had time to , Catholic Church and other critics check the rec~rd-that in the might better serve the welfare case of the Vietnam war he of society by urging the accep- strongly suppo~ted the right of tance of this new law (sic) and " selective conscif!ntious objection. compliance with the orderly In short, everyt,hing that I know ,processes of our country. (Such about Brickner'$ record-and it's groups sh<luld) call for a halt to a very distingt;Jished record in any further efforts to circumvent the field of civit liberties and sothe implications of this landmark cial reform lea¢ls me to believe that on every qonceivable issue, case." with the curious' exception of Bewildering Statement The real point at issue, how- abortion, he str-bngly believes in ever, is Brickner's helivy-handed and vigorously $upports the conattempt to silence crit<ics of the stitutional r,jghtlof American citCourt's decision, regardless of izens to criticiz~ and, within the their religious affiliation. What limits of the Ilaw, to agitate he seems to ,be saying· in this against governr),ent decisionscontext is that once the Supreme including decislolls of the SuCourt has ruled on any given preme Court-4nd to do so in issue, the people of the United . the name of religious .liberty and States should forever hold their the freedom 'o'f ~onscience. '
I have no way of knowing why Rabbi Brickner feels justified in making an exception to this rule in the case of abortion. In any event, he will simply have to reconcile himself to the fact that, whether he likes it or not, critics of the Court's decision on the abortion issue have absolutely no intention of heeding, his unsolicited (I almost, said inSUlting) advJce on this m'atter. There is no way that, he or anyone else can possibly shame or frighten them into "urging acceptance of this new law (sic)." They are going to do everything they possibly can to neutralize its had effects and, hopefully, at some point to get it reversed. . Rabbi Brickner doesn't have to' agree with them, but I would hope, for his own sake, that on sober second thought he will decide, like the good civil libertarian 'he has always been, to defend their right to foUow their own conscience in this regardnot his conscience nor Justice Blackmun's, but their own. That's what American-style pluralism is all about-as Brickner himself has undoubtedly stated in public on many different occasions when defending his own right to criticize and to agitate for the reversal of Court decisions on matters of crucial interest and concern either to him. personaUy or to the organization he is privileged to represent.
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Agree on Nam~ng Four Bishops VATICAN CITY (NC) - The Vatican and the Communist government of Czechoslovakia have agreed on the naming of bishops to four of the country's 13 va· cant dioceses, NC News learned from an authoritative Vatican of· ficial. He said an official announce· ment would probably be made before the end of I:'ebruary. He denied-as did the Vati· can's press spokesman-that a visit to Pope Paul VI by Bish. op Frantisek Tomasek, apostolic administrator of Prague, had any direct relation to .the appoint·
ments. He said Bishop Tomasek had seen the Pope Feb. 19 in connection with the I,OOOth an· niversary of the Prague archdio· cese ,to be celebrated this au· tumn. The nominations are the first tangible fruits of talks between the Vatican and Czechoslovakia's hard-line Communist regime that was instalied after the Soviet occupation of 1968. The negoti· ations have been carried out both in Prague and in Rome. The latest talks were held in Prague in February, with Msgr. Giovan· ni Cheli representing the Vati· can.
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When are you happiest? Happiness lies in giv· ing. You're happiest when you give yourself to the people who need you most. ... A mother, for instance, hums with happiness when she bathes and dresses her baby. A good nurse al· ways has time for a smile. Good fathers whistle at their work. •. . The best sort of giving involves more than writing checks-still, how better can you help the children now who need you overseas? Boys and girls who are blind, lepers, deaf-mutes, orphans-your money gifts, large and small, will feed them, teach them. cure them, give them a chance in life.••. Want to be happier? Give some happiness to a child. You'll be happy, too!
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CLCERS MEET: Principals at the meetings of Phase II of the New England Association of Christian Life Communities that was attended by 150 high schoolers and collegians w~re" top photo: Most Rev. Louis A. Gelineau, Bishop of Providence; Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, Ordinary of the Fall River Diocese and Most Rev. Maurice J. Dingman of Des Moines. Center: Brother Theodore Letendre, FIC, of Connolly High, national moderator of the CLC for high schools, addresses a meeting in the presence of Bishop Gelineau, left and Bishop Cronin, center. Bottom: Bishop Cronin greets members following one of the sessions.
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Walking the W'ay The appro~ch of the season of Lent should give Catholics reason to, ask questions of themselves and to come up with some answers and some program of how Lent is to be lived. '
Members of all faiths are invited to an Ash Wednesday celebration to be sponsored at 7:30 P.M. March 7 at the Union United Methodist Church, 600 Highland Ave., Fall River. Titled "Cry'3," the program is "a triple-image experience in sight, sound and spirit" aimedat exploring the cry of modern man and his potential to know '
For 'severalI years now, the Church has asked Catholics , to have the maturity to decide in their own lives how to fulfill the admqnition of the Lord-Unless you do penance you will all lik~wise perish. People need things in order to live. There is no quarrel with the right use of things. But it is a fact that the more things people have the more they depend' upon them, the more they get Immersed in them, the more they get distracted by theql. And so during Lent the Church asksindeed, insists-rthat Catholics take a -look at how they , use things-or are used by them~nd decide to pull themselves away from the legitimate use of things precisely to, regain their ~piritual balance, to refocus their attention on the things Of God, to reassert their true freedom as children of God by dec~laring' their independence from the grasp of materi~l things. '
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, The format will include color and black and white slides proijected through sixslide projectors and integrated by means of a ".fade dissolve unit." Accompanying the visual presentation will be a sound track featuring a wide variety of cont~mporary musicians together with dialogues relating the music to human exper:ience. The service is under the sponsorship of the Greater Fall River Council of Churches.
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This is the approach Catholics should take as they' prepare for the l beginning ~f Lent. No' one may absolve' himself from' a ,good living of Lent. Certainly, there must be the attempt 'to change what needs change in life. But there must also be the search for greater holiness, since being a followef of Chris,t does not mean settling for the minimum in the, area of the spiritual. ,
Prayer and' reflection and penance are still the basic tools to achieve holiness of life. The way of humanity'S salvation was tile Way of the Cross. The way of salvation for individuals inust be a walking of the same way. Lent is the invitation to walk just such a way with Christ. I
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The Abortion _l)eci~ion
·' d e , I am not a very enthusiastic fan of the weil-known edTh y Klng, om ,orne itor William F. Buckley Jr. Too often, his prose becomes
It .is with great joy that a ,group WIll leavie the Fall '. garbled in a rather, unique per~on~l prejudife: of the farRiver Diocese tomorrow evening to join iri:the ceremonies ~-right. JIl ,Plan~ sit~(ltioQs, sly. ~emarlf.s~~p4 ~:dXs~Ihbodied surrounding the: elevation to the cardinalate 'of the Arch- verbiage are his sole claim .: I bishop of Boston,. The Diocese of Fall River can be forgiven to fame. Despite these per- ed, not only to a~s'rer but also .to . ' decree the questlO~ of when hfe the pride it has: in this; worthy priest who was ordained sonal reflections, I do feel begins. In no wa)f ean this be for this Diocese,' served here as assistant pastor and chan- that there are few men who ' denied. cellor and pastor, and was ordained to the episcopacy here., could question his sincerity ill In assuming the ~tate of divin, " his pursuit of journalistic hon- ity, the court has d¢creed that up As the pilgrim group rejoices with him and with the esty and publ,ic responsibility. [ until three montlhs the human people of the great Archdiocese of Boston, all persons find this to be very true in one fetus is nothing mdre than a biosh.ould keep in ~indthe full. force, of Cardinal-Designate of his . syndicated columns con· logical glob in the mother, to be Medeiros' episcop'al motto--Thy Kingdom Come. The words cerningllhe recent infamous ac- removed as one ~ollld a fatty tion of the Supreme Court: in reo tissue. From three to six months sum up the mario The em.phasis of his life and work, has lation to man's right .to life. In the court tells us t;hat the fetus always been not' upon himself but upon God. a very fine article Mr. Buckley is something more I than a mere raises some very important issues cyst but' just exa4tly where it Thl'S latest di:'gnl'ty th.at comes to 'hl'm comes als another that, of their nature, demsmd so'· fits into tlhe nebulbus world of responsibility of Iservice. It: will be another opportunity for lutions and not mere answers, jurisprudence, the· court - Mr. him to continue Ito serve God 'and to seek new :and more The first point concerns the right Buckley states, "h~s spared us ways to serve his fellow men and to bring them closer of the Supreme Cour,t itself to the intellectual embarrassment to God. ~ , determine the question of when of stipulation." Onfy in the last I the "fetus" becomes human. Is: three months does the court feel ' Archbishop Medeiros has never sought to be success- it not rather strange that even that the fetus is to be considered fUl·hiinself-onl~l. that God use him so that God's Will be when the theological, philosoph· as "viable." I wo~der at what ical and medical worlds are di· point of existence does the Sudone and God's Kingdom come. , . vided on this very impor.tant preme Court guaraQtee the fetus This is surely his prayer now-and'the prayer of those point, that the Supreme Court constitutional right$ and protecshould in a very real way play tion or has this ~ecree elim~ who surround him with their good wishes and prayers. God? This is exactly what the inated such basic rights and proCourt has done when it ,proceed- tection.' I
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Secondly, that the Supreme Court of the land should even act on such a matter in such a judicial manner is ,in many ways completely contrary to the basic philosophy of constitutional freedoms. As a freedom-loving nation it is tragic that we now deny the freedom of the unborn; as a people who died to free the world of such inhumanity it is regretful that we have become so <;ompletely inhuman. If the Supreme Court feels that it possesses such power over life in the various stages of fetal existence, then one reacts in ho~ror to speculation on what
future ,questions concerning human life the Court will feel free , to rule on in years't.o come. This mentality of law is! but a headlong 'rush on the ro1ad to euthanasia and genocide; Where are the voices today that decried such tyranny and gespotism a few short years a~o when the same me'ntaIity became law in Nazi Germany?: ' Thirdly, let me ~ake it quite clear that 'I.do not ~eel that this is a Catholic issue. ~o many proponents of aborti09 have tried to make this a church-state issue, a Catholics-agaiqst-the-world mentality. It is ~uite true that ,
TORONTO (NC) - Birthright, ,the organization that aids' women distressed by unwanted pregnancies t-o carry their babies to term, in 1972 saved an estimated 100,000 children in North America and England from death by abortion, according to its founder-president. ' President Louise SummerhiH of Toronto said that the estimate was based on preliminary reports received at the Toronto head~ quarters from Birllhright chapters and other pro-life counseling organizations, such as Right to Life groups. Birthr:ight has 200 chapters in the United States, two in Britain, and 37 in Canada. "Five years ago when I opened the service, people would say that we could do no more than skim the surface," she said. "Well, 100,000 babies is a lot of skimming."
Catholics are t-o some extent mobilized against abortion although most of their momentum has been locking the barn door af,ter the horse has been stolen. There are millions of people who disagree with this court decision who are not Catholics as exemplified bi referendums in' Michigan and North Dakota. To attempt to pinpoint this matter as a sectarian issue completely misses the point. The 'point that there is no justificati-on for this Supreme Court to step into an argument totally and completely removed from its authority and evidently removed from its competence. It would be hoped that there could be some grass roots movement ,that would not only wake , up the American populace to the disaster of this Supreme Court Decision but also a movement that would counteract the effects of this law by congressional action and executive encouragement. If this does not happen, then this generation will be reo sponsible for the fate of millions who never,were even granted the right to life.
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.For. 'Coulrt Gla:mor Girls Tennis, anyone? Not unless you're fashionably dressed and outfitted for the courts. Many courts reqiure white, especially the ~ndoor ones provided by some tennis clubs, but the outdoor courtSl very often have few if any restrictions other thaD the wearing of tennis shoe~. One of the very brief dresses a mite too short, designers are creating sepproblems in wearing just arates - shorts plus a short anything on the courts is jacket or shirt top. Some of these
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fits wHI hold the heat and make the wearer more uncomfortable than usual playing an outdoor sport.. .' Not Worth It . White does make the wearer appear at least to :be cooled and the effect of look)ng good. certainly can't hurt one's game. While it is much ',easie,r just to' throw anything on when you want to pick up la court early before the crowd gets there, the resulting effect will not be worth the lack of effort. : Ail so, evt;lry time,l rushed from 'preparing dinner into wrinkled culottes down to the tennis c'ourt I met someone I knew! My game is bad enough 'without looking I messy to boot. Last year the gaine was J'e"ally coming into its own and there still was a' lag bet~een the need for tennis outfits and the existence- of these outfits' in abundance-this year th1ere will he no l such discrepancies • Instead Of "where will I get la tennis costume?" the question will be "which one widl I dhoose?" For those of us ~ho find the
tops are so brief that they wi! bare the midriff. Great Idtla The idea of shorts I find a great one. I'm sure they will be much more comfortable than the very brief dress and mini, ~ini pants that I bought last year. When I wore this outfit I spent more time tugging and pulling than I did slam.ming and serving. You 'will see more color on the courts this season, not dark colors but palle pastels such as yellow and blue as ·an alternate to the all-white look. If you don't enJoy being different you can take your color in small' doses as an accessory or extra touch on an all white outfit. Look for another popular outfit, especially among the young and slender-that will be the backless little tennis dress to guarantee that you get a tan as well as heatstroke when playing at high noon. , Just don't be so overwhelmed when you see the lovely array of tennis outfits that you forget the joy of playing one of the most enjoyable sports aroun'd.
NEW "HAT" FOR CARDINAL-ELECT: Arc bishop Luigi Raimondi, apostolic delegate to the United States, who will be made a cardinal on March 5, proudly wears the headdress as a. honorary chief of the Osage Indian ~ation. Ghi.ef -Sylvester J. Tipker of ,Pawhusha; OKla~' visited:WifShirtg~ori and made the presentation. NC Photo. r
PIITSBURGH (NC)-An agen· cy established a year ago :by the National Black Sisters' Conference has succeeded in helping · two inner-dty parochial schools avoid closing and is currently .helping eight other such schools find ways to continue operation. The agency, DESIGN (Development of Educational Services in the Growing Nation), aims at assuring the continuance of parochial schools in the black com· munity as an alternative to pUblic school education, even if the institutional Church can no longer afford to maintain the schools. DESIGN, located at Carlow College here, has a staff of six persons under the directorship of Sister M. 'Martin de Porres Grey, founding president of the National Black Sisters' Confer· ence. The Irwin-Sweeney-Miller Foundation in Columbus, Ind., a nonsectarian foundation assisting religious 'associations and Protestant churches, has funded DESIGN's first year operational budget of $117,261. The'schools that contact DESIGN are in danger of closing because of the ending of dioces'an subsidies, the withdrawal of white Religious personnel, low achievement by students because of insufficient funds' for educational materials, lack of community participation or transient staff. After receiving a written request for assistance, members of the DESIGN staff visit the school to evaluate its facilities, program, budget, accounting pro'cedures, relationship with parish and dioc~se 'and the' 'need for such a school in the area.
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in a situation. Sometimes, I think, parents can go overboard, either way. But possibly, more often, it is in the direction of giving too much immediate attention to everything. The child learns to expect it, demand it, and sulk when it doesn't come. Becomes Absurd
Parents should be trying to train their children to be mature. If you project that story of the .little girl to her adulthood, it becomes absurd. Suppose that little The story, written by Sister girl becomes a teacher and Janaan Manternach, CSF, makes bursts into the principal's office the valid point that parents ... then sulks if he happens to should pay more attention to be on the phone.Besides being absurd, it would their children, not brush them off. Parents should share them- be out-and-out rude. selves and their .time with their So why shouldn't children be children. taught that rudeness is unacceptBut, from the mother's point of able? How can our children grow view, I have some questions. up to be reasonable adults jf we Why was the mother on the don't gradual1y teach them courphone? Was she simply whiling tesy as children? away time? Was she possibly My quick rea,ction is that as consoling an invalid neighbor? long as the mother wasn't rude Or could 'She have been getting a to the child in return, she was report from a doctor on another doing the girl a greater service by letting her wait a minute, afchi'ld's illness? ford~ng her. an opportunity to' . Need to Know More learn a bit of patience. What about the little girl? Did There are volUlpes written she always get just what she regarding children''S rights ... wanted when she wanted, with- which I have the feeling children out regard for anyone's conven- are "born knowin'." ience? But, as parents, we're stuck Did she make an attempt to with the job of teaching them show the paper to her mother, their responsibilities. without for,cing an immediate inIt seems to me that,not ev.eryterruption? thing in this world should be deOr, in her exuberance, did she cided from a child's point of simply not think? view. I'd love to know more about that story, fot it seems symbolic of many parent-child relationships, and often, unfortunately, parent-child conflicts. Yes, as parents, we do take on the responsibility of "listening" to our chi'ldren, sharing in their joys, comiserating with their sorrows. But we also have the
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SNUBBED: Cardinal John Cody of Chicago just can't befriend his Australian cousin, Steven Penn, 2, who snuggles into his mother's neck. "No . . . I don't want you, only Mum," cried Steven when the cardinal offered to tell him a story. The cardinal met about 50 relatives while visiting the Eucharistic Congress.
Climate for D,ecision Family Life Program Director Scores' Contraception, Women's Lib MILWAUKEE (NC)-The head of the Catholic Family Life Program here has blamed acceptance of contraception and the demands of the women's liberation movement for producing a climate in which the U. S. Supreme Court could issue its abortion decision. Father Donald N. Weber, the program's executive dir,ector, said in a statement issued on the birthday of Abraham Lincoln that "raw judicial power reverses in acertain sense the civil rights that this great American president gav,e to those (slaves) who had been deprived by the Dred Scott decision." Father Weber said that two factors created the climate for the abortion ruling. "With the increasing use of
contraception, the commodity of human life has been devalued," he said. "The dignity, the sacredness, the lovableness and the fulfillment concepts of human life are of diminishing value to a generation that places its prime importance on pleasure, convenience and material goods ... "The exaggerated and distorted creed of women's lib as the" shout for the woman's right to her body at the expense of another human's life has so falsely disharmonized the priority of human values that even seven supreme judicial minds have succumbed to this human heresy."
Zeal There is no substitute for thor.. ough-going, ardent and sinCerE! earnestness. -Charles Dickeml
LANSING (NC)-A newly created Michigan Catholic Conference (MCC) task force will study "respect life programs" and recommend new ways in which the Church can show its concern for human life. The MCC board of directors, which has all the bishops of the state as members, voted to appoint at least two representatives from each of the state's seven dioceses to serve on the Respect for Life Task Force for Planning. In addition, a representative of the Michigan Knights of Columbus was invited to serve on the statewide group. The K of Chad been active in the antiabortion fight here. Included on the task force are priests, nuns, diocesan departmental officials and lay persons. They will be asked to define goals and objectives for MCC involvement in educational and action programs designed to achieve an attitude of respect for life by Catholics.
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I read an article recently about a sixth grade girl who had done an unusually fine painting in school. Her teacher praised her for the "best painting in the class." The little girl was so thrilled that she ran 'all the way home. burst in the back door calling, "Mom, of teaching them Mom-look!" Her mother, responsibility to be thoughtful of others, evalhowever, was on the phone, uating their own needs in light of and told the girl "sh ...." the importance, of all the factors The girl went to her room, and never showed. her mother the paper, because she no longer cared.
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Continued from Page One . Iy. " 'I can't do this,' he told me. But soon he realized that going to Brownsville was-God's will for him and his attitude became 'Here I am, -take me.' "With his immigrant background he felt very much at home with the Mexican· Americans of Brownsville," continued the Bishop, "and he won their respect by his handling of a farm dispute that was.in progress when he came to the diocese. Under- pressure thlit man is terrific."
Dogma of Virgin Birth Def:ended At Mariological Society Meeting ST. LOUIS (NC) - Cardinal - Church's Concordia Seminary , John Carberry of St. Louis and here told the society that Amerother speakers at the 24th an- ican Lutherans do not have a nual meeting of the Mariological problem in accepting the doctrine Society strongly defended dogma of the Virgin birth of Christ. Dt. Piepkorn said there has of the Virgin birth and took to . been no Lutheran position on the task those who challenge it. "We read these days that a Virgin birth controversy because shadow has cO,me over the it has not been a controversy Blessed Mother, but it is not a among Lutherans. He said that shadow over Maty but -over the most Lutherans hold firmly that eyes of some commentators," Christ was conceived by the Cardinal Carberry said. Holy Spirit and born of the Vir"Mary will always be Mary, gin Mary without a human and you are' honored to study father. her and to make her better Press Coverage known and better loved," he told . Msgr. Austin B. Vaughan of the society. St. Joseph'~, Seminary, Yonkers, Cardinal Carberry directed his N. Y., said that press coverage criticism in particular to state- has caused -Some confusion in ments made in ,late 1971 by the controversy. He suggested 'Father Raymond E. Brown, pro- that the press be provided more fessor of biblical: studies at the ad?equate back!ground material Union Theological Seminary in on Mariology. New York City. : Father Charles W. Neumann. Without mentioning the priest president of the Mariological Soby name, the cardinal said that ciety, commended the society for statements made: by the priest the role it was playing in aiding had "caused some confusion" U. S. bishops in preparing a proregarding the dogma of Mary's posed pastoral on Mary. Virginal conception of Chr~st. ,Father Neumann said that if the pastoral is published it will No Problem for Lutherans Father Brown had said: "When- be the first Marian message to ever new evidence is brought be directed by the bishops cOIlecforward, Catholic theologians tively to all Catholics in the have an absolute duty' Co· re- United States. "It is upderstandable, then, examine doctrines to see whether that every effort should be made, the manner in wIlich they have traditioniilly understood a doc- eyen befo:,ehand, to secure an trine stilI stands'i To seek to effective response to such a pasclarify the Church's position is ,toral-a welcome initiative in· not at all the same as to chal- deed in these days of silence about Mary and her role in salva· lenge the Church's positiord." The Rev. Arthur Carl Piepkorn tion history and in the Church," who teaches at the Lutheran' Father Neumann said.
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The. Bishop opined that the Cardinal-elect's handling of toile Brownsville labor dispute was one of the factors lea~ing to his choice in 1970 as Archbishop of BOS,ton. In Boston, noted Bishop Connolly, the Cardinal-elect has con· tinued his identification with the poor. "His pastoral on 'Man's Cities and God's Poor,' issued last year, was a wonderful piece of work." The Bishop said that an out· standing characteristic of the Cardinal-elect -is his willingness to listen. "When he was in FaIl River, he'd spend hours listening to people's troubles. He's still ,the same." Bishop Connolly left for Rome yesterday with Cardinal-elect Medeiros. "He was my 'peritus' or official theologian at Vatican II," he said. "Then he came with me. Now I'm going with him:'
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of the near des'perate finanbal status of some of our retired sisters for some, time now, but I never realized it was Sll .widespread. Since the story of the Houston nuns broke, rots of other stories and articles have appeared, including a document by the National Catholic Education Association proving the critical situation of many retired nuns." \ ' Last year, an 80-year-Old nun wrote me, "Will Iyou please ask the parents you: talk to if they would consider 'bllying oUl, handwork for- gifts? It's the only income our small retired community has." This riun taught in a parochial school with token pay from age 19 to ~O .. Fifty years of serving our p~rents, us, and our children ... and she has, to beg for subsistence in her old age. Odd Pri<>rities Our priorities are indeed odd. Since I read the ioriginal article about the Texas nuns, it ,has appeared in several diocesan papers. In one, by! coincidence or design, the column running alongside was hea~lined, "Bishop
Vows to Keep Schools Open At mental agency, (which, by the 'way, never received taxes from All Costs." At All Costs. At the cost of their income nor from the propshutting our eyes to the needs of erty on which their school our retired sisters? At the cost stood.) If we Catholics allow of shifting our' \responsibility these nuns or any nuns to go on toward them to' other shoulders? welfare, then we deserve -the At the high cost of showing our same kind of contempt we aHord youngsters that teaching about a junior executive who brags cha'rity is more important than about, keeping up an expensive suburban home while allowing acting with it? These priorities lead to the his parents to live off' others. question, "What's the point of The man benefitted from his keeping our' schools open to parents. They spent their lives • teach children a Christian re- and savings to educate him ISO sponsibility to others. if this is he can hold the job which' proparochially-trained duces his life-style. He can't igthe . way adults respond to the needs of 'nore his responsibility to his others?" parents. No nun should be on welfare, not because there's anything deIt's Wrong meaning about welfare but because they, deserve to receive Nor can we ignore our opportheir benefits from those who tunity,' not responsibility, to care have benefitted from them, not for our nuns. It's tempting ~o from some impersonal, govern- say, ~'Why shouldn't they take
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advantage of assistance? Everyone else is doing it. If they go on welfare, we can keep our schools open another year." It's tempting but it's wrong because it contradicts every value we're trying to teach in the sch.ools we're trying to ke~p open. At one time, the salaries of the younger nuns kept the older nuns alive. No longer. Not only has the supply of, new vocations dwindled but the expense ,of training nuns tq meet the needs of today's sociElty has further eaten' into the communities' reo sources. It's time we matured to accept our responsibility. The care of retired sisters should fall to us, not to their communities. We shouldn't allow blind devotion to parochial educa~ion or liturgical committees or anything else blind us to Christian concern.
We shouldn't build' another church or buy another acre as long as we have sisters in want. And I don't mean we should take up one collection a year for their subsistence. They deserve a comfol'table late life, with decent rooms, outings and small stipends with which to buy little niceties now and then. If that means we close down a dassroom or two, so be it. Without these women, we wouldn't have had the schools in the first place.
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Belgian Diver Discovers Remains ·of Spanish Arma'da Vess.el gold: gQld and silver jewelry, including extraordinary items against England and met an ignominious defeat. In Trea- in gold:some quantities of plwte and sures of the Armada (Dutton, 201 Park Ave. S., New cutlery, cannon, small arms, York, N. Y. 10003. $9.95. Illustrated), a young Belgian naval instruments, and a miscellany of other objects. Some of named Robert Stenuit tells the finds were unique. Spaniagh in Ulster, and almost of his successful underwater in sumptuous style. traveled Unparalleled Feat search for the remains of the The weather-plagued Armada ulIn all, Mr. Stenuit and his coGirona, one of the ships in timately made it to the English workers spent 6,000 hours underthat huge Spanish fleet. Channel, where, in an engageMr. Stenuit says that he was a ment lasting some 10 days, water, often in acute discomfort. student of politics when, 'in 1952, it was out-maneuvered and thor- They had to perform prodigies of at the age of 19, he chanced oughly beaten by the swifter, ingenuity to dislodge articles from the grip of thQusands of more flexible English fleet. square feet of chalk, sand, gravThe surviving Spanish ships el, and rocks. But their exertions sought to return to Spain, and were richly rewarded. By 65 of them managed to do so.. , The reward was not in mateOthers did not. Without charts rial gain for .themselves. Their RT. REV. at once he found the wreck. He discoveries are now in a special and some associates cQntinued exhibit at the' Northern Ireland MSGR. to investigate it in 1967, 1968, National Museum, probably withJOHN S. and 1969. in earshot of the violence which, in a way, is the present day con· Bit by bit they discovered KENNEDY 1,276 coins, Qf which 405 were tinuation Qf the hostilities Qf 385
It is almost 400 years since the Spanish Armada sailed
upon his true vocation: namely, to wrest secrets and treasure from the Qcean floor. He became a professional diver and went on a series of expeditions which came to very little. In 1967, the author decided to devote himself to a search for the Girona, which, he was convinced by studies he had made, had sunk on the northern coast of Ireland. His .pursuit of this objective is traced in the second half of the 'book. The first half is devoted to the story of the Armada, finally narrowing to the fate of a single'vessel. Philip II, the Catholic ruler of Spain, decided to invade England in the twentieth year of the reign of the Protestant Elizabeth I. The campaign would be in two steps: the destruction of the English fleet, to be followed by the landing in England of an army assembled on the Continent. I
All in Disarray The command of the Armada was thrust upon the Duke of Medina SedoRia, who prophetically wrote to the king, I humbly beg His Majesty not to en· trust me with a task of which· I should give a bad account, for I know nothing and understand nothing about it." He was appointed nevertheless. Proceeding to Lisbon, where the Armada was being readied, the duke discovered that all was in disarray, and that everything requisite was in short supply. He did his best to improve matters and to placate the impatient, nagging king. But even his final sailing date had to be postponed by weeks because of atrocious weather. Setting Qut on July 24, 1588, the Armada comprised 131 ships of varying sizes, carrying 24,607 seamen and soldiers, 1338 officers, and 2,349 others, including ecclesiastics and servants. Many of the great gentlemen of Spain were in the company, and these' or sailing directions, beset by storms, lacking supplies, in damaged conditions and with diseased crews, they were dashed to pieces on one or another rockY coast. Armada Defeated When Mr. Stenuit began his search for the Girona, all he had to work on was "hearsay and guesswork based on hearsay." He chose to dive off Port na
years ago. The reward for Mr. Stenuit and the others was gratification at an unparalleled feat accomplished against crushing odds. . Mr. Stenuit writes breezily, generally to good effect, conveying the spirit of adventure and the exhilaration of unlikely success. But occasionally his flippancy betrays him into errors of' fact and taste where religion is concerned. He is wrong when he speaks of saints being worshipped. And he risks the ire of not a few when he speaks of Ireland's Six Counties as "the English part of Ireland." History of Opera Both Philip II and Elizabeth I have fLgured in grand operas which are mentioned by Joseph Wechsberg in his jumbledy encyclopedic The Opera (Macmillan,
:866 Third Ave., New York,N. Y. 10022, $7.95). More p~ less, chr.on•. ological in outline, this crammed work is an inforinal: meandering history of operaj' with all manner of incidental amusements.' Mr. Wechsberg· identifies as the first-ever 'operatic· perform~'" ance one' of Jacopo .Peri's Euridiee, given' on FebrUary ,"9; 1600 in Floren'Ce;. He asserts that since then about 42,000 operas have been written. He does not list all of them, fortunately; but he does allude to a good many of which probably only a scholar "of the opera has heard. : Why, opera anyhow? Stage ,. plays are much better acted, and are more generally more intelli',gible and interesting. n Trova· tore, for example, has an absolutely idiotic plot, and would be laughed off the ,boards, were it not for the music. .
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If anyone had ever told me that I would be lamenting the non-eXistence of snow I would have cheerfully sent them to their neighborhood psychiatrist, ,but this year, livin~ in the midst of what can only be compared to "The Rains of *anchipull'," I must admit I catch myself look, ing for that first snowflake. We in New England have always prided ourself on our ability to w:eather the }veather, keep a s'tiffupper lip in the face of blinding blizzards ~nd make the best of any situatibn. However, since the beginning of this very l'ong winter nothing but greyness has prevailed, and I chaHenge anyone's inner fortitude to stay unscathed in the Iface of day after day gloom. Kieenex World You wake up in, the mOJ'ning to a WOl1ld that appears to. be shrouded in wet kle~nex and you go .to bed with the prospeei of facing more as dawn rolls around. ,
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Example of Christ's Justice Offers Pattern of Political Action The Church proclaimed the principles and the necessity of justice in the world. But hierarchies cannot officially be putting forward or demanding "concrete solutions in the social, economic and political spheres of justice in the world." That is the task of Christian citizens who, in sure the honesty and responsibility of the Commissars? Political the words of the Synodal immunity leads to economic cordocuments, "should act as a ruption. leaven in the world, in their family, professional, social, cultural and political life, They must accept their responsibilities in this
By BARBARA WARD
In right wing dictatorships, neither economic nor political justice prevails or it even intended. The purpose of the re~ gime is to defend the exploitative monopoly of the small wealthy elite and to secure the frightened acquiescence of everyone else. What does the Christian do in these societies of the Left and the Right? TIiis is the point at which ,the citizens' responsibility becomes an agonizing choice. Does he accept entrenched injustice? Does he, in a society of
controlled violence, turn to uncontrolled violence-guerrilla ac, tion, banditry, hijacking-in order to break the grip of established and unjust power? In Latin America, it is in fact the bravest, most deeply engaged missionaries and young priests who are asking whether they can turn their backs on the violent protest of the "marginal'men," the dispossessed and unemployed in villages and cities whose plight steadily worsens as numbers rise and the nation's wealth is no better shared. Hard Choice There can be no doubt about the difficulty of the choice. Little in the history of violent guerrilla action suggests that it produces the order and justice human beings need for social survival. In one of the first and most successf.ul guerrilla wars of the
modern world - the Spaniards' resistance to Napoleon I at the beginning' of the 19th centurythe legacy was such a tradition of disorder and violent politics that over 'a hundred years later, Spain still endured a devastating civil war and even today has not found its way to stable politics. Equally, it is in part the tradition of violent action, usually by the military, that is one of the roots of Latin American instability. Those who take up the sword seem to condemn their societies to live by it. But for Christians. there is' another answer, the answer of non-violence-in fact the answer of Our Lord himself. He was killed, unresistingly, because he offended the great power structures of his society-the Jewish establishment who wanted a King, not a Suffering Servant,
the Roman imperial system who feared a Jewish uprising, and, yery probably, the Jewish anti· Roman "freedom fighters" who had no use for a non-violent leader. Utter Courage Christ has been totally fearless in his words and deeds. He has been swayed by nobody. He brought to a riven, worried, un· , stable colonial society - one which blew up a few decades after his death-the good news of a justice transcending world justice and judgment lying on all who exercise unjust power. So they killed him and he went to his death "as a lamb to the slaughter.," In this combination ,of utter courage and utter nonviolence, the Christian citizen can find the pattern of political action in all societies of controlled and official violence.
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The Parish Parade Publicity chairmen' of parish (Jrganizations are asked to submit news items for this column to The Anchor, P. O. Box 7, Fall River 02722. Name of city or town should be Included, as werl as full cates of all activities. ~Iease sen~ news of future rather than past events.
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ST. JOHN OF GOD, SOMERSET The annual Malassada Supper and Pe~ny' Sale will be held on Saturday night, March 3 in the church hall. Mrs. Mary Thomas, chaoirman of the kitchen group, has anI nounced that the supper. will be served from 6:45 to 8:30. Immediately' after the supper the Penny Sale will start under the sponsorship of the women of the parish. Gifts are being accepted from all parishioners.
ST. MARK, : ATTEBORO FALLS The Women'~ Guild will celebrate its Fifoth Anniversary with a pot luck supper on Wdnesday night in the chdrch hall. Through their fund-raising ef.. forts, the ladi~s of thl s group were able to underwrite the cost of the altar wheh the nevi church . ST. ANTHONY, wa·s completed three years ago. NEW BEDFORD A "Hop into Spring Dance" HOLY NAME, i sponsored by the St. Anthony FALL RIVER : High School Booster Club will I Seventh anq eighth grade be held from 8 to midnight Satclasses will sponsor a movie, urday, March 24 in the church' "The One and Only Family basement. Music will be by the Band," from 1: to 3 Saturday Silverliners and a buffet will be afternoon, March 3 iii the school served. Tickets are avaJllible hall. Refreshments will be avail- from Mrs. Gerry Richard an<~ able. . Mrs. Lou Messier. ST. STANISLAUS, FALL RIVER .i .A parish jubilee potluck supper.will be served from 5 to 8 P.M. Saturday,' March 3. The public is invited and ticltets will be available at the door." In charge of arrangements for the meal and also for a ham and eggs breakfast to be' offered after all Mass~s Sunday,~arch 4 are MI'. and Mrs. Roland Charron. Holy Rosary I Sodalists will meet at 2_ P.M. Sunday in the lower church tor a brief service, followed by a 'meeting in the ~hool hall. I
, ONE OF 30: Cardinal-Elect Sergio Pignedoli, secretary of the Vatican Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples which includes among its many duties the directing of synods and councils and the establishing and reviewing of their satutes and decrees of episcopal conferences, will join Cardinal' Medeiros of Boston in the elevation of 30 prelates to' the College on Cardinals.
ST. PATRICK; SOMERSET The Christian Concerns Committee will meet <lIt 8:15 tonight at the Fisher, House. All interested parishioners are invited to Tenth Anniversalry attend. The human values course beNEW ORLEANS (NC)- The ing held on Wednesday nights Clarion Herald, Catholic weekhas filled its registration ··quota ly for the New Orleans archdiofor full participation, however cese, celebrated its tenth anniauditors may attend the lecture versary here Feb. 15. With a circulation of 103,200 the Clarion section of the program. The coHee house and crafts Herald is the largest weekly shop will be open from 8 to 10:30 newspaper in Louisi.ana. In its tomorrow night. A special pro- . 10 years of existence it has regram will be offered for three ceived over 150 awards for edFriday nights on human values, itorial, make-up and photo qualThe Ladies' Gu,ild will Spl)nSor . sexuality and ab.ortion. The first ity. a one-day trip tq New York City two evenings will be conducted Saturday, March 31. Miss Nell Gromada is chairman. by Father McGowan and the I third by a couple involved in the An importan~ meeting for Birthright movement. All high those planning to join the parish school students are welcome. A meeting for prospective lecpilgrimage to P<oland and Czech· oslovakia scheduled for this sum· tors will be held at 7 Monday mer will take place at 4 P.M. night, March 5 in the church. Sunday, March 11 in the hall. The Youth Workshop will Bingo is play,ed at 7 every.' sponsor a cake and craft sal~l the Tuesday. night ',in the school. weekend. of March 17 and 18.. Doors open at 5 P.M. and re- Special items ~or tots ata penny freshments are available. apiece will be featured.
ST. ANNE, FALL RIVER Bingo is played at 7 P.M. every Wednesday in the school auditorium. Doors open at 5 P.M. Cub Pack 50 committee members will meet at 7:30 P.M. Monday, March 5 in the school cafeteria. Parish CCD teaohers have formed a guild with Mrs. Paul E. Lapointe as chairman and Mrs. George L. Sherman as executive secretary. • Girl Scouts of the parish will attend Mass at 6::~0 P.M. ·gn Girl Scout Sunday, March 11. Rev. Andre Patenaude, M.S. will lead the congregation in prayer and song. SACRED HEART" NEW BEDFORD Preparations are under way for an April Shower dance to be held from 8 to midnight Saturday, April 7 in the new parish center. In charge of arrangements are Mrs. Yvette Roy and Joseph Brunette. Proceeds will benefit Cub Pack 5.
OUR LADY OF ANGELS, .FALL RIVER The Council of Catholic Women announces a penny sale at 7:30 tonight in the ohurch hall. Ashes will be distributed only at Masses on Ash Wednesday. . An English-language mission will be conducted from Sunday, March 11 through Saturday, March 17. Children of Mary will conduct a cake sale the weekend of March 17 and 18. Holy Rosary Sodal'ists will attend 8 A.M. Mass Sunday, March 18 followed by a meeting and breakfast. Also on March 18 CYO members w,jJJ receive corporate Communion. The unit plans a fashion show and dinner Wednesday, April 4 at Venus de Milo restaurant.
ST. JOSEPH, ATTLEBORO Rehearsals for the' Minstrel and Variety which wil\. be presented on May 12 and 13 will start at 1 o'clock on Sunday ST. MARY, afternoon. Auditions for the variNANTUCKET ety portion of ,the show will be Exposition of, the Blessed Sac- held at 3 o'clock. rament will be held all day toThe K of A is planning a penmorrow, the First Friday of the ny sale and· raffle for the near month. future. Members will collect A "World Day of Pl'ayer" Ser- items donated by the parishionvice will be conducted at ,3 ers on Sunday, March 11 beo'clock' on Friday afternoon,' tween noon and 2 o'clock. March 2 at the United Methodist Church. It is open to the publ.ic. IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, FALL -'RIVER ST. ROCH, Rev. John F. Moore, assistant FALL RIVER The Council of Catholic Women ~t St. William's Church, Fall will conduct a bUBiness meeting River will present an Irish pTOat 7:30 on -:Monday evening, gram at 8 o'clock on Monday March 5 and this wiII be fol- night, March 5 'at the regular . lowed by a meat processing pro- mGi>~dWlYlm~.eti}?!? Of .~I,W)~7.?me.:t'p ul! . gram and a luncheon.
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Predicts Vietnam Conflict Impact Persisting for Lo'ng Time My hunch is that the Vietnam war will quickly become like the Great Depression: repressed in the American consciousness and persisting only as an invisible scar. Despite the ranting of some of the left wing columnists about the need to keep this horror alive in our OccasionaIly, parents in the fifsixties might have used minds and who want us to ittiesto and warn their children that life search out and blame the had not always' been easy, but guilty, the Amer.ican public, long weary of the war, will do its best to forget quickly the whole thing. Nor do I think that it is
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clothes and settings from the thirties, is, I suspect, not all that popular, Except for an occasi,onal autbiography that tel,ls us how the author managed to fight his way out of the Depression, we would rather not be reminded of that terrible interlude. Yet the Depression marked three kinds of people permanently. Those who spent their years of young adulthood in the Depression will never quite be see cure in their economic and so· cial position" no matter how much money they make. Nor will they ever be at ea,se with their children who did not experience the bleak horror of the thirties. Those of us who were children during the Depression decade will, I think, always be waiting for disaster to return. We will never reaIly be able to' relax.
There was far too much tension be permanent no matter how, in the family environments of much the events have been reo our childhoods. FinaIly, the chil- !>ressed. dren who were born of Depres· So the impact of the Vietnam sian parents in the late thirties war will persist no matter how and the early forties (frequently quickly radio, TV, and newswhile their fathers were away at ;papers forget, no matter how war-which made matters worse) vigorously politicians tum to will always have a kind of par- other issues. Vietnam will be alyzing guilt eating at 'the core with us for a long time to come. of their personalities which they It would be cheap and easy to will 'not be able to explain. try to find silver linings to the It might even be argued that Vietnam cloud. Whether anythe grandchildren of the Depres-, thing good came of it, whether sian, who are currently being '!-nything of la9ting importance born and reared, will also bear was learned 'should be left to the some trace of that "invisible historians of the future. scar." But at least one thing can be Historians Will Judge said. Even though we have manGreat and tragic periods, then, aged to repress the Great Demay be forgotten, but their im: pression, there has never been pact on the personalities of another one-not so far at least. those who were in particularly And that is no small accomplish~ sensitive phases of their life ment. . © 1973, InterISyndicate life cycle at that 'time tends to
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'Block Elections' ,In his appeal to the bishops, Bishop Metzger said: "I feel that the .company i$acting unjustly in denying to the workers the . basic right to coilecti\'e bargaining. We know that these matters are decided by, means of feder. ally sponsored I representational elections and the Farah Company uses 'all possible means to block such elections I.n their plants. Let thel workers decide if they want a union or not." The Amalgamated Clothing Workers, who ate seeking a contract with Farah, have contracts with three majdr apparel manufacturers in El Paso, two of which are smaller companies than Farah, the', bishop said. "Work for wpich workers -'at Farah receive $69 per week take home pay, union, workers receive $102 per week take home pay, which sounds more like a living wage. If these sri1aller 'pla.nts can live with a union contract and 'prosper, why is 'it so impossible for gigantic Farah to do the same?"
Determination Determine that the thling can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way. -Lincoln
BOSTON (NC)-Cardinal-elect Humberto S. Medeiros of Boston, has announced a six-week study program, "Project Concern," for parishes in his archdoicese. '
PLANNING WORKSHOP ON VOCATIONS: Rev. Joseph Gisselin, M.S., Rev. Roland Bedard, M.S. and Rev. Roland Nadeau,M.S. preparing the second series of the Adult Education Program.
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The La Salette Shrine's Institute of Spirituality will again offer 'courses in Adult Education. There will be three separate series. , The first series "Christian Life, Christian Faith," will be presented by Sister Theresa Sparrow, R.S.M. of the Bishop Feehan High School Faculty. It is a course in the very basics of Christianity. It is open to anyone wishing to deepen ,the religious
Kill Population Control Meas,ure RICHMOND (NC)--;-A legisla-, tive committee has killed a res-, olution which would have put Virginia's General Assembly on record in strong support of broad 'popufation control measures. . The senate rules committee voted unanimously to reject the measure. The resolution, sponsored by Senators James T. Edmunds and David F. Thornton, would have declared it the policy of Virginia to "develop, encourage and implement at the earliest possible time'the necessary policies, attitudes, social standards and action which will, by voluntary and humane means consistent with human rights and individual conscience, stabilize the population of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the United States, thereby ,promote the future well.Jbeing of our' citizens and those of the entire world ... ~' The resolution also would have declared it Virginia's policy "to facilitate the free exercise elf the right of every individual to limit his or her own fertility by insuring tl1at every citizen has access to the means required to limit fertility." Although specific measures of population control were not cited in the resolution, the proposal was introduced on Jan. 28, six days after the U. S. Supreme Court ruled that during the first six months of pregnancy, abortion may not be prohibited by the states. / ' Virginia's House of Delegates has twice kil'led a bill which would have conformed the state's abort,ion laws to the rulings oUhe court. Although such resolutions do not have the effect of law, they often shape public policy by providing encouragement to state agencies to act.
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truths and which faith is anchored. High school students and C.C.D. teachers are 'most welcome. The dates are Monday evenings,' March 5th thJrOugh April 9th at 7:45. The second series is a "Workshop on Vocations." The leaders for this are Fathers Roland Bedard, Joseph Gosselin, and Roland .Nadeau, Missionaries of La Salette. All three priests are qualified by experience and training to provide vital insight and information on Calling and Vocation. A person to person relationship with the leaders is an added advantage to this type of study. ,This series! will be held 'at 7:45 on Wednesday evenings,
March 14 through March 28. The third and last series "Passion of Christ'; will be conducted by Father Normand Theroux, M.S. of the La Salette Shrine. This series intends to be a course spent in sear~hjng the text of the Gospels for: an even more thorough and c;leep-seated understanding of the sufferings and death of the Lord. Father Theroux has been associated with the Adult Education Program at tM Attleboro Shrine since 1971. His course will be held on Tuesday evenings, 'March 6th through Apr,ll 10th, at 7:45. There is l'\0 set fee for any of these cour.ses., Voluntary, contributions ire "!ieee'pted ~ri'Cij '~ll ~a.re welcome to attend... C'.; :--',.',
The program is designed to ' promote a wider study of the' content and implications of his pastoral letter "Man's Cities and, , God's Poor" issued last August. Parishes participating in the program wil'l hold home discussions during the first, second, fourth and fifth weeks of Lent and meet .in larger parish groups in the third and sixth weeks. On the first Sunday of Lent there wiIrbe a "pulpit exchange" between participating parishes: Priests will exchange' parishes for the weekend to preach and organize the discussion, groups. Archdiocesan coordinators suggested that an effective study of the archbishop's pastoral letter' would involve the following discussions: America's theology of affluence. 'The world of abstractions and ,its ability to reduce people, especially the poor, to mere objects of investigation. Confusion in the Church and the tendency to make one's idea of God conform to secular society's ideals. ; Reconciliation, or the healing of divisions. Tenderness for life, "seeing each person in the grapHic term of his actual situation." . A. ;penitential, ~erv~ce 'for, all t1iE;l' ~~mber~ .. wn~.MJ(': 'b~,en' P~r. ticipating in 'th~tdiscussion units.
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New -Auxiliary Bishops Named For Detroit WASHINGTON (NC) - Pope Paul VI has appointed two new auxiliary bishops to Cardinal John Dearden of Detroit, Cardinal-designate Luigi Raimondi, apostolic delegate to the U. S., announced here. The appointees are Msgr. Joseph L. Imesch, a former secretary to Cardinal Dearden, and Father Arthur Krawczak, who has been archdiocesan youth ~ director. Cardinal Dearden already has two auxiliary bishops, Thomas J. Gumbleton and Walter J. Schoenherr. Both. Msgr. Imesch, 41, and Father Krawczak, 60, arc pastors. Msgr. Imesch was born in Detroit on June 21, 1931, and attended elementary schools in Grosse Point. He completed his high schOOl and collegiate studies at Sacred Heart Seminary, De-' troit, and North American College, Rome. He was ordained at the college on Dec. 16, 1956. Cardinal's Secretary After oroination, Msgr. Imesch studied at the Gregorian University, Rome, and had four appointments, including secretary to Cardinal Dearden. He was assigned to St. M~ry"s Parish of Redford, Mich., and to St. Charles Borromeo Parish, Detroit, from Aug. H>57 to Sept. 1959.
He was secretary to the archbishop from September, 1959, to September, 1971. Since September, 1971, he has been pastor of Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Farmington, Mich. , Father J<rawczak, born Feb: 2, 191:3 "iii' l%tro'it; , atfended" 'a'iI' elenientary school in Hamtramck, Mich., and went to high school and col'lege at Sacred Heart SemInary and the Saints Cyril and' Methodius Seminary, Orchard Mich. Following ordination on May 18, 1940 in Detroit, he obtained a master's degree in social work at the Catholic University here. Besides being archdiocesan youth director, Father Krawczak has been pastor at St. Martin de Porres and Ascension Churches of Warren, Mich., and episcopal vicar of the Warrent-Centerline vicariate. He is pastor of Ascension Church.
Fervor There are two things that men should never weary of-goodness and humility. -Stevenson
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Clinics,in Brownsville .Diocese Offer Aid To 2000 Poor Migrant Workers a Month HARLINGEN (NC)-Two medical clinics for poor migrant farm workers, one here and another in Raymondville, are run with funds obtained by the Brownsville diocese from the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. . Dan Hawkins, director of the projects, . 'said the clinics now have a staff of 63 persons who treat near.ly 2,000 persons a month. The clinics began three years ago in a ·small suite of offices donated by a pharmacy. The staff includes two fulltime physicians and lah technidans, nUl'ses and social workers. Complementing the staff are five sisters of Saint Mary, three of whom work without salary. The idea for the clinics came from a group of neighborhood consumer organizations from Cameron and Willacy Counties here in Texas. In 1970,. the organizations united to form "Organizaciones Unidas" to find better health care for the migrant workers. Representatives of the coalition went to the Catholic Charities office at the Brownsville chancery for help in the complex process of obtaining federal funds. After several months, Catholic Charities received a grant of $270,OQO for the initial year of operation from HEW's Migrant Health Division. In 1972 the grant was increased to $430,000. Catholic Charities has set up a project advisory board - with
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CLINIC FOR MIGRANT WORERS: A new patient at Su Clinica Familiar (Your Family Clinic) in Harlingen, Tex., .has a blood sample drawn for testing. The Brownsville diocese and the Department of Health, Education and welfare provide funds for the -clinic and one in Raymondville. consumer representatives - to run the clinics. Because of the clinics' growth, they now have a mobile treatmentcenter that visits people who are sick in outlying "colonies." In' addition, ·,the clinics
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Missioners Meet With Suspicion DUBLIN (NC)-Irish missionaries working in Africa, Asia and Latin America are now meeting with a certain amount of suspi· cion and must prove themselves, according to a survey published here by the Irish Missionary Union. There are nearly 6,000 Irish missionaries working abroad at present, 1,000 fewer than in 1965, the survey said. "The emerging Christian communities of the Third World of u,nderdeveloped nations· are de· v~loping their own particular approach to life and to salvation," the survey said. "They are consCious of their right to be them selves. While learning to adjust with dignity to the modern world, they are often naturally suspicious of the outsider and what he stands for." Many countries of the Third World, the survey said, have not forgotten their recent history of domination by .outsiders who, they believe, exploited them. The missionary, it said, "must bring qualities and assets that are of real worth to a nation and to- its peoples. He must respect the values in their culture that they choose to keep. He must respect their dignity, working with them and often harder than they, to ac~ieve their own maturity as a people of this century." Of the' 6,000 missionaries, the survey showed, 3,275 are engaged full time in works of d~· velopment such as education, health, medicine, communication, agricultural projects and similar social activities.
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Winners in the Fall River Area CYO annual cheerleaders' com· petition, held Sunday at Bishop Connolly High School, ' were Sacred Heart parish, Junior CYO; St. Louis de France, Senior CYO; Bishop Stang High School;- jun· ior varsity; and B.M.C. Durfee High School, high school. In Junior CYQ competition, second place went to St. Anne's parish and third place 'to SSt Peter and Paul. Second ranking Senior CYO team was Our Lady of Angels, trailed- by St. Anne's. Second place for junior varsity went to Durfee. No third place was awarded in this division. Second award in high school competition went to Bishop Gerrard High School.
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Public's Right I The USCC i communications committee is 20·membcr policymaking 'body fbr the usec department of: communications. The committee's chairman is Bishop John q May 01' Mobile, Ala., ' The committee's "statement was released less than 24 hours after the National Conf()rence of Churches ~com~ission on film and broadcasting leveled a broadside at' the U. S. government for its ~ttacks on First Amendment guarantees of freedom of the' press. The USCC committee echoed the concerns of the NeC commission and asked both government and media official~1 to take a responsible approach to the public's ,right tb a free flow of information.
Bank Street Armory Area winners from all parts of the diocese will compete in cheering semi-finals Sunday, March 18 at Bank Street Armory, Fall River, Top scorers in each division will be eligible for New England-wide competition Sunday, April 15 in Manchester, N.H.
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SANTO DOMINGO (NC)--Four of the l;ix Dobinican bishops have warned th1e government of President Joaquin Balaguer against abuse of power in fighting an alleged guerrilla invaI sion. "We want to remind our countrymen, ~nd particularly those in public admini'stration, that the right tb defend the established constitutional order does not in anYi way jU!ltify the elimination of a,i person opposed to that order," t,he prelates, said. The four bishops, were attending a retreat for !c1ergyml)D sponsored by their diocesan priests' councils when :the government announced skirmishes in which it said two guertillas and three , soldiers were killed. Coadjutor Atchbishop Hugo Polanco of Santb Domingo, and Bishops Juan Felix Pepen of AItagracia, Juan Flores of La Vega and Roque Ada~es of Santiago signed the statement. , . I
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CONTESTANTS IN CHEERLEADING CONTEST: Posing before the start of the Fall River Area Cya annual cheerleaders competition held Sunday at Bishop Connolly High School were members of the senior group of St. Anne's Parish, ·which placed second in the contest. Front: J. Melanson, L. Connell and M. DOUlcette. Middle: K. Belanger, J. Messier, M. Ouellette and D, Carrier. Top: M. Melanson, E. Gisherman and D. Kuzniar.
OTTAWA (NC)-The Canadian Catholic Conference of bish'ops has declared that "the case for the retention of the death penalty has not been proven." The conference's administrative board also questioned whether capital punishment was needed as a deterrent to crime. The conference made its statement before a bill was expected to come before Parliament to extend the suspension of the death penalty in Canada.
Evaluate Teachers On Competency WASHINGTON (NC)-The National Conference of Directors of Religious Education has de-veloped a new approach to evaluating religious education teachers that seeks to get away from judging a teacher solely on the basis of college degrees or credits or teaching experience. The conference, a division of the National Catholic Educational Association, has desc'ribed the new approach in a 25-page draft document published here. The paper determines areas of competencies expected of religious, education teachers, presents '. scales for evaluating these competencies, and suggests training methods for developing these competencies. "We are trying to get away from judging a teacher as 'quali,fied' solely becausle of the number of college credits or degrees he has, or ~ecause of his teaching experience," said Father Ronald Amandolare, newly elected president of the conference and diocesan director of religious education in'Paterson, N.J. ,
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Millionaire Catholic Businessman_ Finances Alcol1olism. Treatment WASHINGTON (NC)-Catholicismand alcoh<;>lism were once linked in a· Presidential campaign slogan describing the Democratic party as the party of "Rum, Ro· manism and Rebellion." Now millionaire CathoUc busi· nessman Patrick Frawley, are· formed alcoholic, is financing the operations of two hospitals that specialize in the treatment of alcoholism. ' Frawley is president of Frawley Enterprises, Inc., whi<:h owns the two hospitals, Schidl'S Shadel Hospital in I Seattle, Wash., and Schick Hospital In Fort Worth, Tex. The corporation is also a majority, stockholder in Schick Electric Co., and two ,national Catholic weekly news· papers, Twin CirX:le and the National Catholic Register. . Dr. James W. I Smith, director of 'Schick's Shadel Hospital, said in 'an interview' here, that the two facilities hare treated more than 17,000 pat~ents sir:.ce the Seattle hospital was founded in 1935. Followup s~udies on several groups of patients ovel- four· year periods have indicated a nearly 60 per c~nt rate of. success in enabling Ithe patients' to abstain totally: from alcohol, Smith said. I Develop
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and willingness t() stop drinlting and his developing aversion for alcohol. The treatment also includes a detailed physical examination and attention to any physical problems resulting from alcohol. The hospitals do not undertake long-term psychotherapy for patients with mental problems, but refer such patients to psychiatrists in their home towns, Smith said. . After the initial 10-day ireat· ment, patients' return pne and two months later for one to three-day reinforcement sessions. , The fee for the program is $1425. The hospitals a're' non-sectarian, 1 Smith said,but "a large percentage of our patients are Irish . ANGLICAN VICAR'S SON ORDAINED: Cardinal Catholics. Northern Europeans· Lawrence Shehan of BaltEmore, papal legate to the 40th have a higher average rate of International Eucharistic Congress ordains. Peter Elliott ~lcoholism. " 29, a priest. Peter's father is the Rev. Leslie Llewellyn Elliott Total Abstinence Goal .
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diocesan churches lPeb. 11. His reaction was one of many from churchm!ln to the court abortion ruling, which granted a woman almost unlimited access to an abortion during the first six i ' months of her pregnancy. "For centuries' the Chureh has . . , . Despite. the rulmg s repercusbeen accustomed to observing in the sacred liturgy the feast of ,the SlOns, B~ShOP, M~Ca~thy ,e,xHoly Innocents," !he said. "This pressed hiS ~e~ermmatlOn to refeast recalls the irtfamous action verse the deciSion. :.~~ ~aus~ is no.t lost," h.e of King Herod, w~o in thf~ vain effort to destroy f:hrrst, our In- s~ld. It IS still pOSSible to petlfant Savior put infants to the bon the Supreme Court to reconsider its decision. There are inisword. tiatives underway throughout the "On Jan. 22 of this year, seven nation to pass a constitutional men of the Supre~e Court: gave amenqment that will undo the 'a decision which \t is estimated damage by recognizing the rights conservatively wili result in the of the unborn." , The prelate urged Catholics of deaths annually 01'11.6 million infants, modern victims of the re- the diQcese to also inform their jection of Christ i~ His teaching public officials about their feelof respect for human life." ings on abortion. ' • I . Bishop McCarthy made hIS "This is one of those times comments in a letter read in all when citizens of religious conI victions should not be' accesEI t P'·d sories 'by default to what has ec s r~sl ent happened by failing to protest," DETROIT (NCH·The Michigan he said. . Federation of Priest's Couneils In a memorandum accompanyelected as ,its n~w president ing his 'letter, Bishop McCarthy Father Charles E. Jrvin, a chap- instructed pastors to show "the lain at St. Mary's ~tudE'nt Chapel slides on abortion" after all Sunat the University· of Michigan day Masses on one of the Sunin Ann Arbor. I 'day.s in February.
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'Religious Leaders Score Nixon Budget NEW YORK (NC)-Nine religious leaders here held a news conference to protest cutbacks in domestic social programs in President Nixon's proposed 197374 budget. ' In a joint "statement of conscience" the religious leaders said it is "abundantly clear that the burden of (the President's) new fiscal policy wJll fall most heavily on the poor, the sick, the disadvantaged and those who dwell in our urban slums." Among the churchmen who signed the statement were Episcopal Bishop Paul Moore, Jr., of New York, the Rev. Dr. W. Sterling Cary, president of the National Council of Churches, and Father Robert P. Kennedy,direetor of the social action department of Catholic Char,ities in the Brooklyn diocese. The leaders said the Nixon budget "presents a moral chilllenge that the religious leadel''ship of this city must address, and forcefully."
Continued from Page One Blessed Sacrament 'and heartfelt reparation, are: Rev. Msgr. Henri Hamel, pastor of St. Joseph Parish, New Bedford; Fr. Lucien Madore, Chaplain of Mt. St. Joseph Academy and director of Notre Dame Cemetery, both Fall River; Rev. Walter Buckley. former pastor of 51. Kilian Parish, New Bedford. Lawrence cardinal Sh~an, Archbishop of Baltimore, was the Pope's personal choice to be Papal Legate at the rites. Twenty cardinals, 100 bishops - 20 from the United States along with 1,000 American priests and laity-and 6,000 registered delegates have taken part in the international event. ,.' "This is the greatest' honor ever afforded me in my life," proclaimed Cardinal Shehan as he officially represented the Pope. "It is an envi~ble way to end my career in the service of the Church." The cardinal will reach his 75th birthday-the day on. which bishops submit formal resignations-on March 18th.
Refutes Predictuon Of Food Shortage MELBOURNE (NC)-Dr. Colin Clark, the famed British-born economist, at a conference held ' here during the 40th International Eucharistic Congress, chal-1enged family planners wiho argue that birth control is necessary because there will be world food shortages' in the future. Clark, now director of the Monash University Institute of Economic Progress at Victoria, Australia, told a conference on ecology and population that claims that the world cannot produce enough food if man continues to increase at the present rate "are untrue," "The world today," Clark said, "can produce more than enou'gh food for 35 billion people - 10 times the present population of the world. Without any agricultural improvements, and while using our eXiisting cultivable wealth, 35 billion people could eat like Australial}s. Man is just not using the world's resources to their fullest extent,"
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SCHOOLBOY SPORTS IN THW DIOCESE By PETER J. BARTEK Norton High Coach
Southeastern Conference Off to Successful Start The Southeastern Massachusetts Basketball Conference has weathered the storm and completed its first season in successful fashion. All four divisions provided exciting pennant chases which went down to the final week of the campaign. While a few schools may have been im- went on to the court thinking it properly placed, consensus had a chance to win. That's important to the boys playing and has it that divisional play has to the fans."
brought about more equitable conditions. That being the case l!he circuit has accomplished what it was designed to do. As one mentor stated, "The league was not formed to make everyone winners. It came about because. the same teams were winning all the time and imbalance did exist in the old leagues. This year almost every team
A glance at the final divisional standings indicates that equitable competitive conditions did exist in all brackets. No one"club completely dominated and no team was outclassed game in and game out. Most contests were decided in the final period of action with many being settled in the waning seconds of play.
Realignment Will Strengthen Circuit A Division' IV coach evaluated the campaign in positive terms when he 'said, "Our record is not a true indication of the type of basketball we played. We were in every game we played, except the two Old Rochester games. I don't think there's a club in the division that couldn't reverse its final record, again with the exception of Old Rochester, the games were that close."
paroch'Ial school, long a power in the old Narragansett League, is paired off. with. the largest schools in the circuit. While extenuating circumstances contributed to the Blue Waves 1-9 divisional record, it is apparent that Holy Family has been improperly al'igned. When the original alignments were made, Steve Gomes, one of the finest basketball players in the state was enrolled at Holy Family. He transferred before the campaign began. Had he played for the 'Blue Wave the record might have been quite different. On l!he other hand, Bishop Feehan High of Attleboro never enjoyed much success on the hardcourt when it was a member of the Bristol County League. As a member of the Conference the Shamrocks rolled to a 10-0 Division II recoro and a 16-2 overall slate.
ONE TO SHOOT AND ONE TO CHEW: The familiar basketball one and one penalty shot got a new twist when Eileen Sanaga of St. Elizabeth's Parish in South Huntington, Long Island, entered a run, dribble and shoot contest. In her version of the one and one, one sphere is to shoot and the other to chew ... and inflate. The contest was sponsored by the New York Nets professional basketball" team and Domino Sugar at Holy Family Diocesan High School among several sites. NC Photo.
Students Like Ascetical Theology Course
MILWAUKEE (NC) - High school students here are enthusiastic about a course that one of them says is "like going on a The league' Constitution states retreat for 45 minutes three that reevaluation of divisions times a week." will take place and schools may The' course in ascetical theolbe moved from one diVision to ogy helps 'students reevaluate the another as conditions change. Almeaning of religion, God, and though realignments are not Jesus Christ in their lives, acscheduled to taj{e place this year, cording to Father Donald Dristhe provision allows for change coll and Father Douglas Leonin the future. hardt, the two Jesuits who teach the course. For example, in Division I, And, the course teaches them Holy Family I-ligh of New Bedhow to pray. ford suffered through its poorest '~Learning how to pray sponWinter in memory. The small taneously, in community, without self-consciousness or being afraid to expreSs yourelf is a Conference Must Survive. Test of Time primary ,goal of the course," exl1he above examples are not plained Father Driscoll. Opponents of the Conferellce holler Feehan should have been intended as criticisms of the The two Jesuits believe the in Division I and Holy Family in alignments. But rather, as illus- success of the course is selfII. However, it is interesting to trations of the types of problems -evident: over 50 seniors have note that Feehan's two losses encountered when the original signed up for one ·semester of the carne at the hands of Division I alignment was made. course which includes a compulteams Tauntoll and Attleboro. sory five day retreat. It is tqthe credit of the league Taunton finished second and At"As one of six possible electhat everything has gone fathers tleboro fourth in the top bracket. tive courses the response to this How well Feehan would have well to aate. course has proved to me there is done in the large school division Fans enjoy good competition a real thirst for this kind of thing is debatable. and that is what the league is in the Church," said Father featuring. Athletes look forward Leonhardt. Literacy Education to competition in a contest that Reading from the gospel of STONY POlNT (NC) - The will be well played and exciting.. Matthew set the scene for a reUnited States is suffering from a No team in the circuit went cent class. That was followed by "lack of ideological clarity" and through the Winter without win- a few moments of silence before a "magical expectation that tech- ning at least one game. and only the anxious woros carne tumniques will solve problems," said two clubs won all 10 divisional hling forth from the mouths of noted Brazilian educator Paulo contests indicating the balance the students. The students prayed. They exFreire. Author of "Pedagogy of in all four divisions. pressed concerns and pain, gratithe Oppressed," coiner of the The circuit is off to a good tude and joy. They prayed in term "conscientization," and currently consultant on educa- start. Changes and possible ex- reparation for their own impation for the World Council of pansion are forthcoming. The tience. They asked for strength Churches (WCC), Freire met· Conference must still stand the and courage in their daily lives. And they prayed for a true with . some 75 Catholic and test of time, but if this Winter's Protestant church people here in competition is an indication of peace in their lives and in the New York for a three-day work- what is to come then area fans world. shop on the Freire method of have something to look forward The young men prayed for literacy education. to for years to come. each other, and for the family of
a classmate whose mother had died. They prayed that a spirit of forgiveness could pervade their homes. And one young man prayed that he might quit struggling with God. "During our prayer today, I really felt like God was here with us ... it was like even though it . was dark in the room, it seemed as if the lights were on, somehow showing us the way," one blond haired youth said. "I always knew I believed in God before I got into this class,"
another student said. "I could always tell people I believed in him before, but now' I feel like I've gained an understanding of who God is. "I can talk to him. Like last night when I went to bed I knew God was with me." "I don't think we can find God just in a course," said one senior. "But the course has helped me to concretize my ideas about God. The course' has made it easier for me to talk to God and feel the peace he can give me."
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