03.02.72

Killing or Caring?

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Fall River, Mass., Thurs., March 2, 1972 PRICE 10¢ Vol. 16, No.9 Š 1972 The Anchor $4.00 per year

Call Catholic Press Principal Medium WASHINGTON (NC)-Deeply concerned about the specIal difficulties facing Catholic newspapers, in part because of substantial. postal rate increases, the U. S. bishops' administrative Iboard ha's voted unanimously to reaffirm their. commitment and support for what they said is "our principal medium of communications."

The vote by the U. S. Catholic Conference board came after it heard a report from Bishop McCarthy of Phoenix, Ariz., regarding Catholic newspapers' and NC News Service.

Bishop McCarthy heads a special task force of the USCC Communications, Committee assisting NC News which, he said in an 'interview af,ter the board met is the lifeblood of Catholic news: papers in the United States and throughout the world.

The task force report is to be sent to all the American bishops

Anchor Drive Continues First returns for the 1972 Anchor Drive manifest a strong trend being developed by pastors to exceed their quotas and they are going all-out in their attempt to have the Diocesan Newspaper in every home of their parishes.

The ideal is complete family coverage-an ideal that is becoming a necessity today with emphasis on adult education and the assistance given by The Anchor's "Know Your Faith" section is a ~ strong attempt to aid the ever-growing numbers in CCD classes who formerly attended the parochial schools.

Pastors, through spot contacts, have stressed the need of The Anchor in every home especially during the present period when more responsibilities are being returned to the families in their duty to educate their offspring.

"When you examine the cost of Catholic Education today on all levels, and then realize how inexpensive it is, to have every family receive The Anchor weekly, thus cooperating in educating every family and not just a few, then The Anchor is definitely a necessity today," was the response from one diocesan pastor.

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and to NC subscribers. Describing his report, Bishop McCarthy said he told the 25-member Iboard 'chaired by Cardinal John Krol of Philadelphia, president of the nation's conference of bishops, that' his task force found many positive aspects.

He cited among them these signs: seven new diocesan publications established in the past year; 10 more Catholic newspaper today than during the 1962-65 Vatican Council; 46 newspapers reporting higher circulation now than last year.

"Contrary to pessimistic reports, there are good things happening in the Catholic press," the Arizona bishop observed in the interview. He said Catholic edttors credit much of this new -growth and life to NC services.

Bishop Joseph L. Bernardin, general secretary of the conference, ,indicated that Cardinal Krol would soon write to all the bishops and inform them of the board's resolution.

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You Must Choose A pastoral letter entitled, "Killing or Caring? You Must Choose, a jbint State'ment by the Catholic Bishops of Massachusetts on Abortion" has been issued in connection with the Legislative hearings on proposed abortion measures at the State House.

Addressed to all Catholics and "to all men of good will," and warning that legislative proposals for "abortion-on-demand" would "remove the last remaining safeguard against the right to life of the unborn child," the statement follows: It should strike the thoughtful person with stinging impact that a positive trend of current society toward non-violence in the solution of human problems has one, major exception. That unfortunate deviation is the continuing advocacy of abortion-ondemand. A thought-provoking and even ghastly indication of the extent to which fatally flawed public policy has degenerated in our time, is afforded in the report that 2;75,000 unborn children have been killed, and legally killed, in New York State alone during the last eighteen months.

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Bishop to Visit North Westport , Bishop Cronin will be celebrant of the 11:30 Mass on Sunday morning at Our Lady of Grace Church, North Westport. Following ,the Mass, Bishop Cronin will meet with the' parishioners of the suburban parish.

Senators and Representatives will be considering legislation' within the next few weeks, which would remove all legal protection from the life of the unborn thild. It is in order to ehlist"your aid in defeating this legislation of violence against innocent life, ' that we write this letter.

Our first words are spoken to our Catholic brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ. If we have any clear understanding of our Godgiven faith, we know beyond any doubt that God, Our Father, is the Creator, the Author of life. ' Human life is life which derives from human parents. Precious to God, human life should be likewise precious to men, created by God to His own image and likeness.'.. Our Lord and Brother, Jesus' Christ, has emphatically called us to love and serve the least of His brethren. It is within this .relationship between God and man; sanctified by the mystery of the God made man, that the command of God not to kill must be placed., Every Catholic who understands his faith and who 'looks to God's Will for the direction of,his conduct, must accept without qualification the teaching of his Church that any participation in the direct, willed killing of ~n unborn child, from the first ,moment of its conception, is grave-

ly sinful. To deny this principle of mo.rality, or to question its universal application, is inconsistent with the basic principles of natural morality as they have been reaffirmed and sanctified

by Christ our Lord.

Our second message of con~ cern in this matter is addressed both to Catholics and to all men of' good will. The sloganeering about an unborn child being mere animal tissue must be challenged in the name of truth. The biological sciences teach us much that is relevant to our position that abor~ion at any stage of pregnancy is morally evil. I'utting aside purely speculative questions about which there may be differences of opinion, we are faced with the obvious fact that the human fetus, in its very beginnings, is the product of a human father and a human mother.

The directions of its future development are set the moment it comes into existence. There is no essential difference between the tiny organic structure imbedded in its mother's womb and the starting quarterback of the Patriots or the starring contraltoof the Metropolitan Opera. There are merely differences of time and development.To all men of good will likewise we address the observation TUrn to Page Three .

Directs Tuitio'n at' $125; Parish Subsidy $100, His Excellency, Most Rev., Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., has directed that "the parish subsidy for children enrolled in elementary parochial schools remain at one hundred dollars."

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DIOCESAN DIRECTOR AT MEETING: Rev. Francis L. Mahoney, left, assistant at Immaculate Conception Parish, Fall River and Diocesan Director for the 26th annual Catholic Relief Overseas Aid Fund, met in Bost~t:l with Most Rev. Thomas J. Riley, Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, center and Most Rev. Edward E. Swanstrom of the Catholic Relief Services, right, to discuss the March 12th Appeal for the worldwide relief and self' help development programs of the CRS.

education in the elementary schools of the Diocese will cost two hundred and twenty-five dollars per pupil for the academic year that begins in September," the Diocesan Ordinary acknowledged that "this cost must be underwritten by the tuition charged pupils and by the subsidy provided for pupils by the parish of their ,residet:tce."

This means that normally the pupil's family is expected to pay $125 tuition for the coming year.

The Most Reverend Bishop also reminded parishes who presently have no parish school that they must also share the heavy burden by parishes facing increasing difficulties in maintaining their schools.

"Parochial education is an important facet of the Church's mission,'" the Bishop reminded all, "and the burden of providing this priceless ministry must be borne equitably.

"Pastors who, in the face of increasing difficulties, are maintaining schools must rely upon the cooperation of their confreres who, though not maintaining schools themselves, are nevertheless committing children from their flocks to the existing schools."

Any deviation from this newly established arrangement, it was pointed out, "should be consider~d extraordinary," and only "where absolute necessity or very persuasive utility exists."

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Continued from Page. One Bishop McCarthy said he reported that NC's religious educa- . tion series, Know your Faith, ,played a key role in raising new subscriptions in many dioceses.

For example, he said, 32 of the 46 papers showing increases over last yea,r carry Know Your Faith regularly.

March .26' Musical Offerin:g ,Classi~al'to Contem:po~ary· The Concert Committee of ,the Immaculate Conception Church in Fall River announces that the .,Boston Conservatory Chorale, 'William Seymour, conductor, will 'pre~ent an unusual program of music in the Church on Palm Sunday, M~rch 26, at· 8 P.M:' , Music from di' Lasso's Laudate Do~inl!m to .contempor~ry Spirtituals will be offered. The ensemble, a select choral group specializing in the per.formance of choral literature from early Renais-, sance through Contemporary, will perform from 'the sanctuary of the church which is located on Thomas Street. The Chorale will be assisted by a small orchestra for parts of the concert.

Chorale' The eonservatory Chorale, consisting of some 50 graduate and . undergraduate students,' mostly ,voice majors, 'is noted for its musical precision and professional intonation. Last years , performance of the Boston Cons~rvatory Chorale at Immaculate Conception Church drew fav9rable" acclaim by' music critics and,' have' since, made several recordings' and Television ap-. pearances.

Professor William Seymour is former Fall Riverite and gr;aduate. of B.M.C. Durfee High School. Former winner of the Carl Fisher Choral Competition Award, Mr. ~eymour is c.urrentIy Associate Dean.' at the Conservatory.: '

mittee ~nnounces that reserved section seats are ,now available at Al Rainone's Mo~ern' Music Shop, 343 South Main Street, 'Fall River. Admission by. donation, $1.00. A limited' number of tickets will be available at the doors of the Church thE; evening of the concert. Proceeds.. from this' event wili benefit the parish's renovation' projects. Ample free parking is available in the church 'lot which is 'aajacent to the church.· MonsigilOr Arthur W. Tansey, pastor and Denis Tetr~ult, Music Director, cordially invite, the pUblic to attend this musical event.

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. CHICAGO (NC)-Representatives of six national Sister's' groups have urged Amer,ican nuns to observe a day of prayer and fasting for peace, and to refra'in from making imy, consumer purchases during that 24hour, period. .

The 13-member council of Sis~ ters Uniting urged support of the March 3 prayer day, spon-' sored by Church Women United; ecumenical women's' 'movement based in New'York City, during a three-day meeting here. . . The Sisters .Uniting council said the proposed anti-consumer action that day would 'be a ,sign' of American ~isters'" ·!9..esire for Ticket~' change in the defense domina~ed Mrs. George, ,;' ,Charbonneau, national' economy, and ... an inChairman of the,' )'ncert Com- diclition of their willingness to make personal sacrifices' to such change." . Vincen~ic;in !Meetin'g achieve .The prayer day resolution was , The, monthl, ig of the introduced' by representatives of Fall River "Particular' Council, the Leadership Conference of Society of St.: ;Vincent de Paul, Women :'Religious who had enwill be held," tuesaay evening, 'dorsed the proposal earlier.

March 7. Member.s' Will be guests Besides LCWR representatives, of the Imrriiicurate," C,onception the :Sisters Uniting Council, also conferertce. MllSS" 'will be con- includes Sisters from the Nation.celebrated at 6:~O,<P:M.and will al AssemblY' of WOplen Relibe' said 'in h9nor.. ,6f.H~trry Kitch- gious; National Coalition of' en, of the ImmaCulate Concep- American Nuns; National Sister tion, Conference,', (and Jerome Formation 'Conference; National Foley of 'the SS.l?~ter. and Paul ,Sister Vocation Conference; and Conference, who, are, celebrating Asso~iation, of Contemplative '50 years as members of the St.' Sister~..

Vincent de ·PauJ':s6ciety. Supper' Calling themselves "loving, will be' served 'i*er the Mass, loyal critics," Coalition represen, and the meeting':Willfollow. tatives outlined their activities in race relations, peace, amnesty Necrol'ogy : . . and women's ,liberation.

PLANNING WORKSHOP: 'Members of the staff of St. Ma:~'s Home, New Bedford assisting in arranging the , one-day; spiritual workshop are Sr. Ann Gertrude, OSF., Sr. James .Maureen, OSF., and Sr. Marie Dennis, OSF., administrator of the Home.

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MARCH 3" Rt. Rev'- Timothy P. 'Sweeney, LL.D., 1960, Pastor, Holy Name, New BecHord., , " _ , : MARCH 6' . Rev. John. W. Quirk, 1932, Founder; SL.Joseph; ,Taunton.

Rev. Bernard P. 'Connolly, S.S., 1932, St. Charles,:College, Maryland. ' MARCH 7, Rev. Arthur P. J. Gagnon, 1958, Pastor, Holy Rosary" New Bedford. " MARCH 9 Rt. Rev. Henry J: Noon, V.G., 1947, Pastor, St. 'James, New Bedford; 3rd Vicar General, Fall River 1934-47. ' . _'tt.""'ItI""'l"""''''''''''"hm,,,,,,,u,,,,,,''''lIImt,,nm''',,,,,,m''H _ THE ANCHOR . Second Class Postage Paid at Fall River: Mass. Published every Thursday at 410 Highland Avenue. Fall River. Mass. 02722 by the Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River. Subscfiplion price by mail. postpaid $4.00 per Yetr. •

'Si$ters of St. FnU1lcis to SP0I1IS0i' 'Day focused on Feelii'ngs and Ernpat~y Prayer and Now-questions of staff, St. Mary's Home, New BedPersonal :Growth'in Community ford, are sponsoring the day for Living will f.ocus" the one day all Sisters' of the locality. PreWorkshop at Kennedy. Youth registrations to be sent to Sister Ct!nter, Cbunty Street, New Bed- Marian Therese at St. Francis Hospital, Trenton, N. J., 08629. ford on Sunday, March 26.

The program opens at 9 i'n the Stimulated by Father Angelo D'Agostirw, S.J., M.D. and two of morning with Registration and his staff: from the Psychiatric socializing, The Eucharistic CeleInstitute Foundation of Washing- bration will highlight the day. . ton, Sisters of New Bedford Area will Jisten, probe and share ideas on I Mental Health and Community Living.

The Norton Catholic Women's The Panel will touch on Feelings, liveq and coped with and Club has' cancelled the St. Pataccepted as part of oneself, and ric~'s Whist scheduled for March Empathy ils a way of improving , 17 in St. Mary's Parish Center communication between people in Norton. and helpirig each Sister to understand and Iultimately acc~pt sentiments di,fferent than her own.'

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The task force found that NC's field service program assisted some 50 diocesan papers in cutting their costs and increasing their circulation and advertising income. This continuing business and editorial consulting service provided subscribers with a service worth more ,than $500,000 to them, he added.

Bishop McCarthy said the postal increases of last May hit diocesan newspapers very hard,' resulting in financial difficulty for many of them 'and -for NC News. He pointed out' that this campa'ign should not be confused 'with legitimate, welcomed criticism.

Since NC News is not consid,ered a conference house organ, he said the task force feels NC must maintain professional respect and credibility by living up to the recommendation of Pope Paul VI that the Catholic Press "should ibe a clear mirror which will reflect honestly information on life as it is lived : .. given in . the interest of .truth.'.'

Exhibits Art Work A Fall River seminarian, Joseph Viveiros, is among !!tudents whose art work is on exhibition at ~t. Mary's Seminary, BaltimOI;e..The public exhibit· Will run -through Friday, March 24 at the seminary's School' of 'neology.

Featured are paintings, sClilpture, collages an'd constructions by students from seven ,states. The exhibit opened at the fourth annual Bishops" Meeting at the seminary, at which some 20 dioceses were represented.

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The figure represents an in- and had b~en asked to, comment crease of '13,8' over last year's'to- on a draft of the pastoral in· tal of 735. Before passage of the struction on the mass media isVoting Rights Act of. 1965, the sued by the commissiOrl last' number of elected black officials June. in the south!was fewer than 100.

He said he had talked with The 873 Black elected officials Archbishop, Edward Heston, hold public office as follows: president-emeritus, Archbishop state senators, 6; state represen- MartinJ. O'Connor, both Amertatives, 41; county officials, Ill; icans, about the instruction's ap~ity officials, 425; law enforceplication hi the United States. ment officials, 117; and school cor thinkl this is an exciting board members, 176. The number time to be doing communications of city officials includes 31 Black work for the Church and within municipal m,ayors. ' the Church," Beusse ·said.

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Continued from Page One that one of the state's most fundamental purposes is to protect the innocent and the weak against the violence of the strong. This protection of human life, pertaining essentially to the public order of society as it does, clearly falls within the duties of civil government. Failure of the state to provide such protection removes an indispensable safeguard 'against the rule of the jungles, under which might makes right, and the law of the claw prevails against the law of the clouds.

Present Legislation Our .current legislation prohibits abortions other thim, those performed to protect the life of the mother, or to preserve her from serious impairment of her physical or mental health. It is our unequivocal teaching that abortion is morally wrong in itself, and hence forbidden in any case as seriously sinful, when it is brought about by direct intervention and directly willed as such.

Our objection to the proposed legislation is that, by opening the way to abortion-on-demand, it would remove the last remaining legislative safeguard against the right to life of the unborn child.

Grave con'sequences are to be feared, we warn, when a legal vacuum is created in which the life of an unborn child can be extinguished, for any reason whatever.

Our current law indicates the conditions under which the community will permit a mother to have her unborn child's right to life revoked. But we protest strongly against complete abandonment, on the part of the state, of the protective influence over human life in the unborn, that is afforded by thEf present legislation,-which, however, to the extent that it allows abortion at all, is immoral. To liberalize this law further and permit abortionon-demand is obviously a much greater evil. ' No one denies-least of all, we-that the problems of modern society are many and heartbreaking. Nor are we insensitive to the anguish which they cause among their victims and in society as a whole. Churches, government, and humanitarian agencies of the private sector must combine their redoubled efforts toward the solution of these problems., As Catholic Bishops, on a national and on a local scale we 'are promoting and implementing many programs aimed at the alleviation of disease and poverty and distress and illiteracy and prejudice and injustice. But we must emphasize the fact that no genuine solution to these problems can be found in any action that transgresses the law of God, usurps His authority in determining who is to live and who is to die, and deprives an unborn child' of his basic right to life.

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Legislators Finally, we commend those leaders of government who have fought, often under difficult circumstances, against proposed legislation to legaiize the 'killing of unborn children. All 'who cherish the sacredness of human life owe those leaders, a debt of gratitude.

To all the citizens of Massachusetts we say that to. remain passive on this issue is to afford silent cooperation in the movement of mass killing which is sweeping today's society to destruction. That is why we urge all citizens who demand legal protection fot the human life of innocent unborn children, to communicate their convictions to their legislators by letter or by ' telephone.

We pray God's fullest blessings on ,each human life that He has brought into our imperfect world - this world which we must all struggle to make more conformable to His will and His design.

Essentials The following facts afford significant 'indication of the essential humanity of the developing fetus: 1) Human blood cells 'are present at 17 days from conception.

2) The human heart and the human nervous system begin to form at 18 days.

3) Building block for 40 pairs of human muscles begin at 28 day~. . ' 4) The foundation of the brain, the spinal cord, the nerves and the sense organs is completely forme~ at 30 days. .5) At 30 days the human heart, though it is not completely formed, i.s beating regularly and pumping blood through a closed vascular system.

6) At 30 days, with reference to the normal span of human life, the developing human being has completed its period of greatest growth, being now 10,000 times larger than the original fertilized ovum.

7) At the beginning of the second month of growth, the child assumes a distinctly human appearance.

TRENTON (NC) - A new $7 million program of aid for private colleges has been proposed

by Gov. William T. Cahill of New , Jersey.

"I, ' Funds for the program were contained in the budget submitted to the legislature and would be in addition to the programs , already in effect.

Basically, the money woull;l be distributed to the private:o'colleges under a formula worked out by the state Department of Higher Education and representatives of the New Jersey Associatio": of Independent Colleges and Universities. " The formula would find each school being paid a fixed amount for each New Jersey student en· rolled in undergraduate programs, with additional funds beSPORTS ARE REWARDING: Sr. Mary Charles Fran- ing granted where the New Jercis, RSM., right, principal of Holy Family High School, sey enrollment exceeds the preNew Bedford congratulates Paul Walsh, left and Steve vious year's total. In addition, Gomes, center, members of the Parochial quintet on being there would be extra payments for students from New Jersey selected ,for the. basketball players European Tour. who are receiving various forms of state and federal assistance.

Purpose of the program is to eliminate the necessity of constructing additional facilities at . Two Holy Family High School but in the youthful relationships greater cost at state institutions students have been named Amer~ ,between the USA and the coun- of higher learning. ican SPOl'ts Ambassadors." Steve tries visited.

Coach Jack Nobrega of the Gomes, a sophomore, and Paul St. Patrick's Dance Walsh, a senior, will tour En- Holy Family Parochials sponThe Monogram Club of Coyle gland and Wales as members of s6red the two boys. Pride in & Cassidy High School, Taunthe Cape Cod American Sports their choice was also sh~red by ton, will hold its annual St. ratSister Mary Charles Francis, Ambassadors. rick's Day dance and corned peef The parochial high schoolers, R.S.M., principal, an avid fan of dinner Friday night, March 17 the team's exploits. as part of the Student Ambassaat the school auditorium. A soThe American Sports Ambasdors Basketball Program of the cial hour from 6:30 to 7:30 will Educational Travel Tours of sadors Pl'ogram was, founded in be followed by dinner and dancNew York, will h~ave April 13 to 1966 with England, Scotland and ing. Heading a large arrangecombine business-playing bas- Scandanavia as participants. -ments committee are Edward ketball-and pleasure-touring Since then the tour has grown Johnson and WiIlian:t J. Waldron, to include many more countries. and visiting. co-chairmen., Leo Miller, basketball coach The New Bedford youths, after at Nauset Regional High School making friends on the courts, Daily Living in Orleans, will be the tour's dining tables and theaters will return to their city and school on ,I have simply tried to do what director and coordinator. He has 24-please God-accomApril seemed best each day, as eaoh already led two previous tours -Lincoln through the British Isles, Scanda- plished diplomats and even bet- day'came. navia, Germany and the Soviet ter trained hoopsters.

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ONE ,STOP The friendships' they will create The conference by Rev. DonSHOPPING CENTER Will be valuable' not only to them ald Heintschel on Apostolic Re• Television • Grocery newal to the _Religious Life, School Enrollments scheduled for Saturday at the • Appliances • Furniture 104 Allen St., New Bedford Applications for new and Chancery Auditorium in Provitransfer students for September, dence, has been postponed. It 997.9354: 1972 will be resceived by all ele- will be. rescheduled at a later date.

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mentary schools ot' the diocese between 9 A.M. and 2 P.M. Sunday, March 5 and Sunday, March 9) The heartbeats of the un- 12. Children entering first year born child are essentially the . will need birth and baptismal same as those of any other hu- records; all others will need a ' man being. copy of their last report card.

, 11) At 43 days brain waves. are perceptible; the stomach produces digestive juices; the liver produces blood cells; the kidneys begin to function; the muscles of the arms and body can be set into motion.

We would speak a speciill word to the women of Massachusetts. We urge you not to dehumanize yourselves by supporting 12) After the 8th week of the abortion-on-demand. Does it not violate the very essence of your , baby's life in its mother's womb, personhood to deny legal pro- everything is already present tection and expose to possibly which will be in the child at whimsical extinction, the child birth, if it is allowed to live.

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8) Reflexes are observed as early as the 42nd day.

10) At the end of the 7th week of pregnancy, a wellproportioned baby can be observed, with perceptible hands, fingers, thumbs, knees, ankles and toes.

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The Columban Fathers of Bristol will bring a little bit of Ireland to New Engllind for the St. Patrick's Day season.

"The Columban Fathers' Concert-Ireland '72". will be held Sunday, March 12, at 8 o'clock in the. East Providence High School Auditorium.

Hal Roach, described as the "Bob Hope of Irt~land" and Patrkia Cahill, "Ireland's Top Singer", will return by popular demand. Others in the cast are the Crehan Family Singers, the O'Connor Dancers, and Louis Browne, tenor. All come directly from' DUQlin, Ireland. .

The program is for the benefit of Columban churches and schools in the Orient and South America.

Tickets for the event can be purchased from the Irish Specialty Shoppe, South Main Street, Fall River.

the Supreme Court, but by the Executive branch of ;the Federal estaBlishment. This would repr(;!sent such a serious threat· to 'reliTWO CULTURES B)~END:East Africa's wild Serengious liberty that the churches' By would have to fight back with geti~ plain witnesses the blending of two cultures as Sar#ole every legitimate .means at their Saitoti; !left, now a park ranger arid gu,ide, visits 'his more MSGR. disposaL.:'" priniiti~e National G~ographicspecial, "Man of· the Ser. Ironically enough, som'e 'of the GEORGE G. NC Photo. ,' engeti".: pea'ple, in and' o~t of govern~ ment, who. might be· tempted to HIGGINS , try .to . curtail the' rig!)t of church-related agencies to en-' ~~ gage, on their own terms, in sogion" guaranteed under the, First dal action, probably think of Vatican Weekly SC:lYs Americc:I, China Criticizes'Violence Amendment of the Constitution. themselves as. being' staunchly ,I Long Wanted 1~o Get Together tn Northernhela~d The Council's statement came as anti-Communist. ' a floor resolution after the GenVATICAN CITY (NC)-China fear the new relations between AUCKLAND (NC)-The'execCommunistic eral Board had heard a 15-page' and' the I United States really the United States and China, utive committtee of the World report detailing cases of alleged Apparently it. has never wanted to get together more than Alessandrini observed' that when Council of, Churches adopted a Internal~ Revenue Service investihere in New Z~aland dawned on them that by thus re- 20 years "ago but were hampered one tries to pleas,e' everyone, resolution e~pressing "long-felt and deepgation' of church organizations. stricting the free exercise of reli- by the Korean and Vietnam wars, "there is the danger that one This report, prepared by Dean gious liberty they would be fol- according' to a co'iumnist in the ' pleases no ·one." ening dismay" over recent events 'in Nor.thern Ireland.'

M. Kelley, Director of NCC's lowing the lead of the Soviet Vatican'~lweekly newspaper.

His inference was that· the governmental relations unit, Union :and other Communist na~ Frederico Alessandrini, chief Soviet 'Union might have reasons "Continuing disregard for· charged a pattern of governmen-' tions.' Religiqus liberty in 'the k f th V t' to fear a new alliance between .human rights and the mounting tal interference with church- Communist nations.' means . al- press esman or e to a lean and a spo, regular contributor the Chl'na and tIle Unl'ted States, but violence are an affront to t'be related social action groups. "d" conscience sa'id. of .humanity," the most the very opposite of what week'ly Il,'Osservatore della 1)0- Al'essan rIm d'd I no"t'say' wh 0 statement I haven't had an opportunity it means ,ina .democ~acy suth menica, s'aid in the Feb. 27 issue 'might suffer. ' ' as yet to study Mr. Kelley's re- as our own. ' Noting that the present-day ' that h e was t heref'ore not surThe' Vatican journalist stated, port., Consequently I am not in a President ,Frankiin 'D: Roose-· prised at; all by President 'Nix- however, that all nations feared problems have both a relligious position to say 'whether or not velt adverted to this ,away back , h" t" . 't't Ch' '. ,. " and a' politcal history, the WCC on s IS onc VISI ,9 mao any ',use 'of nuclear weapons of b d d i d "R . d t . his chilge~ against ,,~he, Internal in 191,(;in:a~':;~~i~aiidjlwtilY , Ale~~aridrini,!recal1edl. that, aldestruction. .

0 y ec are: eVlse en~lOn Revenue Service ~re . based ~ on naive personal' letter to' Pope 16 . " '.. " b e t " Y e e n J>rotesta.n.ts'iaQ.<J.,.C,a,th~1'1~olle w~re to:U~~' ,t1}~m;~, ':"olics weakens the'~'c'tedfDifity~'of verifiabie eViden~e: I dok~o~, Pius XII. In. .an, effort' to win the . most '. Iyears ;to.tqe ~ay that.. however, that Kelley is a compe- support ol' th~ Hoiy See for his ' Nixon.an~ Mao Tse-tung met, he even though. With del,uslOns of Chl'istianwitness and oauses in the Vatiean d.efen.ding' the?lselv~s; t~at na- g~ave 'damage 't6 'ecumenical.feltent and highly responsible stu- own policy of aiding the Soviet had predicted 1 dent of Church-State affairs and . Union against' the Hitler, regime daily, L 0sservatore' Romano, bon would strIke out at Itself as lowship lin all parts of the a man of great personal integ- in Germany, Roosevelt tried' to that China would ne~d aid from well as the whole world and its wOJ'ld," The statement, adopted by the rity. For that' rE~ason,' I am pre- ,reassure Pope Pius XII on the capitalist; nations if she was .enemy," he said: .

Predicting the ascendancy Qf 26~ember wce executive compared to,' believe that his 'case matter of, religious freedom in ever to Ibecome 'an industrial against the IRS is well founded. , Russia. "I believe," he wrote; power.'

China over Russia as the· leader mittee at its semi-annual 'meetHe jU!!t isn't' the ,soit of man who "there is a real possibility that The Vatican journalist said in the Communist world, Ales- ing, reiterated the conviction would rig up a case, against the Russia may as a result of the that early 'in 1950 President Tru- sandrini further predicted an in- that "the present problems can govermnent. for 'no, good reason present conflict' recognize free- man announced an open-door crease in Communist activities not be solved by violence or at all or the kind of a man, who dom of, reli~lon, although,: of. policy toWard China to promote in other countries. He ~id. not counterviolence and th'at a mili~ would shoot from the hip, so,to, course, without recognition' of trade. Th~ Korean war broke out elaborate. tary solution is no real solution," speak on a matter of such any official intervention on the soon aftet.

Alessandrin'i quoted Mao as "-"''''''''''''''''''''''~P0#4__P0#4 -''''''''_'''''''_P0#4 '''''''-.t great importance.. , , part of any church in education , In' any event, the next inove or political matters within Rus- saying in l 1949: ' is obviously up t,o the IRS. If the sia." He also said-with a cas,ual "It is impossible to go it alone. directors of the agency" think· indifference to facts which sim- Trade wi'th other parts of the I ' that Kelley's charges are inac- ply flabbergasted the Holy'See- world ,is desirable, once there is curate, they can very easily set that "insofar as I am· informed, broken' dbwn the internal and the record straight. All they churches in. Russia are open," external reaction which impedes have to do is open their files to it," . I ' .public scrutiny and let the' facts 'Doubletalk '" DOWNTOWN FALL'RIVER IseeS Danger speak for themselves. .

Fius XII relayed Roos~velt's ! letter. to Monsignor (later'CardiEven Nixon's message to Con, First Amendment LENTE~' nal) Tardini of the' Vatican Sec- gress on I Feb. 8" in which the Meanwhile, as we await the . retariat of State for his. cotn~ President isaid .the .United . States 'MASSES: Daily Monday through Friday. agency's' response to Mr. Kel- 'ments. Tardini's reply', was ai- sought a detente with both Rus, " ,7:00-8:00-12:05 P.M. ley's' charges; there can be. no' most l>itterly anti-Russia' and sia and China to form a world~ Confessions: .·Each day before the 8:00 Mass doubt about the fact that' the is- bitterly anti-Roosevelt to boot. . wide peil~e, was not news to , sue .' hEr' has raised....:...namely, the' . in fact, by ioday's standards- Alessandrini. and the 12:05 P.M. ;Mass.· " right of church-related agencies in the light of 'Pope Johp's 'en<~: .. Stations of the Cross., -Friday ~t 3:00 P.M: ' "Considered in the light ofthe ' , . "to engage in social a2tion: on 'cyclical, Pacem in Terris,and in political'r:eality of' recent years; . . th~ir oWn terms, without governhe was 'no~ sayiqganything ~ '. $ATURI.)AY,. SHRINE DAY: :. ·mental interferen'ce --:is·qf :CfU- 'thewakeofVaticanII-'itmakes. for. :ratl1er ,'enibarrassiilg reading' new," Alessandrini '.contended. ' . " •. ' . . .. cial importance. .,. , . intfii~.regArd: . . . .... , . ~ , . .

• 'Alessanaririi hact' a rtote of,"':" MASSES: 7:0~1O:'OO A~M and 12:05 P.M. ·If the government were to :try' Be that. as it may, Tardini caution, however. ' Confes!iions: 10:30 A.M. till 4:30, P.M.. - ' to curtail this right: through tax Granted the fact that Nixon Devotions: ·1 :30 Stations of the' Cross. . . law pressl,lres or any other sub- wElDt: right to: the heart. of the, so 'b:far ' . the" issue".of rewas trying' , to reassure the wodd 4"'0 Rosary,.· and "Bened,iction.·" terfuge, 'it woul~. be going matter ',I ,.. ' d' . :,) , IglOUS Ii erty IS _ concerne .' when he: s.aid· no' nation ileed ' against both the letter' and' the spirit of the First Amendment : What he said in' his memoran" J d' . "~xposition of the. Most..Blessed Sacrament and would be' saying,' in" effect, dum· to, Pius Xli and what Dean ',' Kel~ey is cugently saying to the -..;. U gment . '. ,, .Throughout the Day , ··IRS-is· tl~~t ,to, !ie~inefeligious ' Knowlepge is the .t!t;!asure, but ,, ' <' ' ., '. Prai~e·.: liberty iri s~ch a way as t«;ldeny . judgment'the treasurer of a wise... "~' ~ ..., ,..From '10:'30: ·A~M~. until 4:30 P~M.· Our medt gaiils'us the esteem or . curtail , the right ,of ,the 'man~·· He· .that has more kIiowl'. . of the vh;tuol,l~ur:star.~at of. ch~rches to engage in. social' ac~.· edge ,thah!judgrren(is mac!.e for ,'. ,:,: ..':;, Plan' to' '.make:;~nten· De';~tions' at. the' Cathedral., , . ' 'the' public: '. .~' , ". :tioil"j's toiIldulge in.:ineaningless· anotherman'suse·more than Iris, ' , " ",' . " ", ' , ' ',..,'.'.~,.. - . " ' , . '.,'': -.... :.' '; :.'...,...La .Ro'cl:i.efoucatild doubletalk:, :;.- _:. " own; .... ". ,~, ,':. }:,:..'., ~ \,":""Penn: .:~:' ~~;•• ~~J.~~••• ~ __~ •••",.~~".~~~~";~",'~H",,,.,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,~ •. 1

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Controversies Grow Heated Over Pending Abortion Laws WASHINGTON (NC) - State a campaign ,which led to the te-

legislatures, judicial bodi!,!s, fraternal organizations, and just plain citizens were making local headlines recently in abortion controversies.

In Illinois, the state Supreme Court ruled that a 15-ye?r-old girl cannot hav~ the abortion her attorn~y~ say IS ne~ded to end. her sUIcidal tendencIes. The court overturned an ord~r by the Cook County CIrCUit Court· which had ruled that the girl, a ward of the state, could abort her pregnancy because she threatened to take her life.

Illinois law permits an abortion only when a pregnancy threatens the mother's life.

Some heated criticism has erupted in Penn1::'lvania over that state's anti-abortion statute.

Those opposing the law say it should be struck down as unconstitutionally va'gue. They say there is nothing in the law to in\ dicate what is lawful or unlawful abortion.

The issue for those who wish to preserve the law is that, by striking down the statute, the unborn would have 'no law at all to prot~ct them.

'Development 'Campaign Funds Help Open Mobi'le, Clinic' fo.r. Poor CAIRO (NC)-The poor and elderly here ,in Illinois will soon receive preventive as well as crisis health care on a regular basis at a mobile clinic to open with funds from the American bishops' Campaign for Human Development, (CHD).

The clinic, affiliated with St. Mary's Hospital, hopes to bring

the services to . families who would otherwise get little or no medical attention.

More than, I,SOO famHes olassed as· poor. by federal· guide-· lines will be eligible for the services.

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The cI.inic make regular stops in three Cairo housing 'Projects-one for white familes, one for. black. families, and an 'integrated project for the elderly.

Slack Rhodesians Reject Settlement UNITED NATIONS (NC) Bishop Abel Muzorewa, a Rhodesian United Methodist ,churchman, told members of the UN Security Council here that 99 per cent of this country's black majority reject the British-Rhodesian settlement aimed at granting independence to Rhodesia.

Rhodesia, a former British colony, unihiterally declared its independence in November 1965.

Britain then imposed economic sanctions and in May 1968 the UN Security Council ordered a trade embargo against Rhodesia.

A new constitution in 1970 reaffirmed the domination of. whites in Rhodesia. The' settle- , ment now being discussed in Rhodesia would solve the dispute with Britain ,and' officially' recog. nize Rhodesia's independence.

Other stops are scheduled regularly for a number of rural communites, and special stops will be made at the home of bedridden paNents.

Holy Cross Sister Gladys, \a . coordinator of the mobile clinic,' said that while health care is the primary objective of the clink, easing racial tensions is ,a secondary motive. ' ,Cairo, which Sister Gladys describes as "a Deep South town lin a northern state," has' received national notoriety for its many racia" conflicts during the past few years.

"HeaiJth care is a fairly neutral ground," Sister Gladys explained.

Both sides have the same needs.

"We have a biracial board of directors-split SO-SO-and mayo' Ibe if they sit down and talk and listen: to each other communication can start here."

The clinic was given a trailer by the state governor's Office of , Human Resources, and operating expenses for the first year; a total of $30,000, was prov,ided . by American Catholics through

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moval of a billboard ad for im abortion referral service.

The ad offered help fo; women seeking abortions and listed a phone number. The referral service had used the billboard for several months. " ,In Maryland, a bill that has ',been through the mill before is expected to remain a controversial piece of legislation in the upcoming session of the General Assembly . .A Maryland code ~akes it a ~Isdemeanor to obtam an abort.lOn other th~~ by. a Maryla~d­ hcense~ physIcian m a hospital accredited by the state. board of Health and Mental HygIene. . T.he law' was a focal point in a dIspute late last year betwe~n the de~ar:tment of Health an~ the Kmghts of Columbus AntlA:bortion ,~ommittee.

'Free Tests' In Michigan, two doctors have been appointed legai guardians for the unboril. Fetuses will be represented by Dr. Maureen Fedeson and Dr. Richard Jaynes.

The appointment is .an offshoot of a request for an injuncBUiboard.Ad tion .by pro-abortionists who "The gut issu~," as Harrisburg wish to stop state officials from attorney .Joseph G. Skelly ex- enforcing ,Michigan's current • plained, "is, .are we going to laws which forbid abortions. adopt a policy in our society of.

In Seattle, the diocesan weektaking a human life for the con- ly Catholic Northwest' Progress venience of other people." , said ·that women seeking the 'In Cleveland, a group of col- .city's free pregnancy tests' are lege and high school students rejected if they are unwilling. to was responsible for conducting discuss a possible abortion:

Black Rhodesians have opposed the settlEiment, contending that it will maintain the white; dominated government in power for generations. Bishop Muzorewa s~id that black Rhodesians demand wider concessions in a much shorter period than outlined in the proposed settlement.

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MONASTERY BENEFACTORS: Miss Natalie Ferreira, trustee; Mrs. Doris Kawa; regent; ~nd Miss Mary E. Whelan, chairman of Catholic Action, are among the members of the Daughters of Isabella, Hyacinth Circle, New Bedford who participate in a continuing program of supplying nonperishables for the Discaiced Carmelite Monastery.

Continuj'ng P,roject·· Daughters of Isabella Continue Drive . " For No~ ..Perishablesfor Monastery " As' you ente~' the So. Dartmouth convent of the Discalced Carmelite 'Monastery there is prominently displayed an inscription on the wall which .reads "Justice shall sit in Carmel and the work 'of 'justice' shall be peace". Also in the entrance is . the· display of gaily colored ·ceramic articles made by the nuns 'during their recreation' hours. Recreation time is one ho'urin the afternoon, and. one hour in the evening.

For five years now the Carmelite Monastery. has been the home of 12 nuns .who shut themselves off from the outside world, and, dedicate themselves to a life of prayer, silence, and meditation.

Sol-e-Mar , This estate was once the Summer home of A~elia A. Jones, a beloved benefactor, who made a gift of her' property to the community to be made into a children's hospital. The Sole-eMar Hospital too~. care of many children with different diseases and ailments. When the medical services for these children were transferred to St. Lukes Hospital in New Bedford the need for the hospital was terminated and the doors of Sol-e-Mar were. closed.

The building remained vacant until five years ago when the Carmelite order moved in.

D of 1 Aids Sister Rose, who. is in charge of ceramic making is very grateful to the Catholic 'Action GroiIp of Hyacinth Circle, Daughters of Isabella who have given them many non-perishable food items.

The sisters are also grateful to the people who have opened up, their homes for ceramic parties to allow people the opportunity to purchase the works of art.

One of the rules of the order is that they be self-supporting, therefore, they must be dependent on .the acts .of charity of the &\\rrQ\\nding communities.

Do, they ever leave the monastery? Only to go to the doctor ~r a hospital. Outside of that they are very contented to remain in the' moriastery and'pray for peace and t;heir benefactors.

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VA11ICAN CIIT (NC)-Delegates representing 29 bishops' conferences held the first meeting .of a new "think tank" form of organization to work out plans for future missionary activity in the Church.

The delegates were appointed by their nation's· bishops to attend the two-day meeting with top administrators of the Vatican's Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. The delegates represented both missionary countries and missionsending countries that provide missionary personnel and funds for mission areas.

Representing the United States were Bishop William G. Connare of Greensburg, Pa., and Auxiliary Bishop Edward O'Meara of St, Louis, head of the U. S. Society for the Propagation· of the Faith.

The delegates were welcomed by the evangelization congregation's prefect, Cardinal Agnelo Rossi, who called the meeting "a .historic event which opens for the Churc.h and particularly for the missions a new period of hope for evangelization." He added that the new group represents a' "matliring of common action as, the result of the dialogue undertaken during the second Vatican Council and the . Synods of Bishops."

Archbishop Sergio Pignedoli, secretary of the congregaHon, said that this was "the first time the congregation was to meet with bishops from all the countries of, the world precisely as repJ:esentatives. for the mis.sions."

A "continuous canned goods drive" for the continuous aid for the Carmelite communitythis is the aim of the D of I, Hyacinth Circle of New Bedford. The members of this organization, under the guidance of the. "Catholic Action Group" have pledged. themselves to aid the. sisters and to make their lives just a little bit easier.

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ancestors were perfornted in all The movie'industry people report that 'the movie, ':The. churches of Taiwan Feb: 15, the Ten ,Commandments, is being dusted off again and will Chinese, or lunar, New Year. 'be shown in more than 400 theatres around the country It was the first time in the hisduring the Easter season.' And this at time when movie ory of the Cpurch iIi China that theatres are dosing from lack of patronage or else are the bishops directed that such rites be held.' ,,{: trying, to lure in customers with cozy little movies about The secretariat p( the Chinese incest or jolly comedies of sex, sadism ~nd violence.

Bishops' Conference this' year But' what's this with The Ten Commandments? published prayers and readings for a special ,Chinese New Year The industry':"""'with an eye to the pocketbook-says , ,.,' Mass and laid down guide,lines that it is taking advantage of the current interest by youth : for a ritual to honor the ancesin religion. This interest is seen in the Jesus Freaks, Chil-, , , " tors of the Chinese people.~" ' It is 230 years since Pope Bendren of God communes, the rock Jesus Christ Superstar, "edict XIV forbade p,articipation the successful Godspell. Religion seems to be an "in" thing

by Catholics, in rites honoring at the' moment. ancestors when he issued Ex Strangely, at the, saine time" ,the churches are conQuo ,Singulari, the papal decree ' of 1742 that ended the famous cerned that young, people are not attertding services, are ;,Chine'se rites controversy which ' , turning religion off. ,'had bedeviled the Church in How to reconcile the two?

'China for more than a hundred years. , It must be admitted that many, young people turning It was not until 1939 that the to religion are doing so because they ar~ d~scovering what, Vatican abrogated tile provisions their parents took for 'granted but failed, to pass on to ' , of the Ex Quo Singulari decree.

Catholics are now permitted to , their offspring-the fact of God and the concern of God' retain ancestral tablets in' their , for men and' the richness, that spiritual,' values can bring homes if definitely superstitious ," , to the lives of. human beings. ideographs are removed. ,The young people are resentful of th~ fact that parents Running dog of war But it was the Second Vatican rarely or never. talk, about the things of, God with them. ~m~~mmn1l=$~~~l~:~t!$mm~~*-mitlr%~mIs3I1$~~.:r:m==*wttUl:1m1U1;mWm~....~Jtm:w¥=W~ Council and the initiative of Car- I ' "' , dinal Paul Yu Pin, exiled archParents, climbing out, of the depression of: the Thirties, bishop of Nanking, that encourhave given their children' things for their .bodies, but have ' aged Church authorities to enact failed to give them food for the soul. " I public rites in honor of ancestors.

ST. JOSEPH, ST. GEORGE, Young people, surrounded by the pr<essures of,~' mQ~· WESTPORT ATTLEBORO em technological society, are still seeking the,ans~ers' that' ,Forthcon;ting activities of the The annual parish' variety S~viets Release give meaning to life and not finding'these in 'houses or Women's Guild include a whist show will be held at Attleboro Ukrainian Prelate , clothes or 'cars or colleges are' looking for the answers to at 8 Sa:tu~day night, March 11 High School the 'weekend of May ' ROME (NC)-Archbishop Vasil the basic questions that still stir within every person"'- in the schqol hall' on Route 177. 13 and 14. Parishioners interestd Velechkovsky, who took charge will be available at the who am I, where did I come from; why am I her~" where Tickets e,d in participating are aske to of the Ukrainian~rite Archdiodoor. WhiSts will also be' held attend' the first rehearsal on , , ,:;. am I going. ' ceseof Lvov in the Soviet UI}ion at 8 Satutday night, April H3; I ", March 16. " when lCardinal'Josip'slipy'.i_ w~,s All too often:parerits have', gone to 'Church:~and been 8 Saturday night, May 13; and Monday, Members of All Saints Epis.:' imprisoned,' arrived iri ' Rome' jiist nourished themselves with food .for the soul buFhave not on Thur.sd~y afternoon, May '25. copal Church will present "Jesus . under' four weeks after' his reSlated for Monday, March 20 communicated, to', chiidren the, joy and; meaning of this Christ Superstar" at 8 Sunday, lease, from three years in a is a fashioA show. Further infor- night, 5 in the parish hall; , Sl' . ' experience in: their own lives. ChJldren have feit ,left 'out mation a'nd tickets are available 'TicketsMarch will be available :in the" Soviet jail. Cardinal Ipyl was released from Soviet confine· and have ,come to the 'conclusion that organized religion from Mrs.', Claudette Steadman, altar.. boy sacristy after all, ment in 1965. The Ukrainian telephone ~74-2714. ' was something for their parents but not ,for them.

-Masses Saturday and Sunday: Catholic Church is, outlawed in The' an~ual parish variety , Then, t~o, 'the current 'Jesus movement is still in 'its CYO members will attend a ,the S,oviet Union. , show will. take place' Saturday , 'early st~ges' wh~I.l 'young people ca'n talk abot,lt, the Lord,- and Sunday evenings, March 25 Communion 'supper following 5, The archbishop's whereabouts read, about Him, 'feel about Him, but the next step has and 26, at Dartmouth ,High P.M:, Mass Saturday,' Jl4arch 4. in Rom'e were not made' known not been taken-He must do something in and through School. Tidkets are available at A swimming party will be held" :immediately. However, it was after th~ supper.' . 'expected he' would be Cardinal and with their lives. It is ,not enough to talk, about Christ; the rectory; Rev. ,Donald Pelletier; La Slipyi's guest, either at the c'arSACRED ~EART., , , one niust, with His, help, 'do someth,ing ~o ,bring one's 'life FALL .

Salet~e niiss,ioner to Madagascar, dinlll's apar~ment in "the, Vatican RIVER into conformity with His' WilL, One must know' what' he The Women's 'Guild will meet will speak at all Masses on Sun- or 'at the' Ukrainian University believe~ imd in Whom he believes and then make. a com- at 8 Monday night, March 6 in ,day, ,March 5' on religious'voca- outside 'Rome. ' mitment wIth, his life. And this calls for tWQ things-a , the school hall. Following a busi- tfons~ Slides on religious life' will , certain measure of good' wfll a'no sacrifice 'in one'~ own ness sessioh, entertainment will be shown 'in the parish hall fol.

ST.MARY"S CATHED~ life; and the 'example' 'of holy people so that others, can be offered 1 by the Mattapoisett lowing' each Mass. .Wanderers,' a men's choral The senior basketball team of FALL RIVER see that Christ ~an and does work in a person's li~e. group. Co-chairmen for the eve" the' parish will start' play:.off, Rev: Msgr,; RobertL. Stanton, So often the a!1swer to many problems comes' back ning will be Mrs. John 'McGraw competition at 6:~:0 tonight at St. former rect9r of tlle, Cathedral, ' to the ,same fact-if a person is holy then others will see and Mrs. Gardner Caswell.

Mary's Center. Also tonight ,Cub and now pastor of St. Patrick's, The guild is' sponsoring a Scou~s of the parish will attend Wareham, will. be guest' speaker, and will reach, out to, Christ who has made such a dif- ' corned .beef' supp~r' and dance, ferenc¢ in his 'life. And h'oliness cannot.' be counterfeited,: on Saturday night, March 18 in "Disney on Parade'" in ;provi-' at the monthly meeting of the denceand Boy Scouts will par· ,Women's Guild scheduled for 8 cannot be' feigned. ' , " the schooi hall. The supper will ticipate in a YMCA swim meet. o'clock on Monday night, March Young people;.in this age as inevery_ age, are looking be serVed f~om 6 to 8, followed 6 in the Shamrock Room of the Knights of the Altar will visit for holiness' and all ,that it means-love of God, love of at 9 by dari,cing..In charge of ar· ' parish homes between noon and Corky Row Club. rangemehts' are Mrs., Edward Members will bring,their scholneighbor, sincerity and gooaness, and concern. They must McGrady, and Mrs. Thomas Mc- 2 this Sunday afternoon, seeking arola pledges at, this meeing. donations ,of prizes and canned, ST. MICHAEL, fil1d it, or the Jesus movement will be just, another fad.

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It is open! to the public and in The annual Communion break- to be held Sunday, April 30. The addition to door prizes'there will :fast of the Women's Guild will event will be part of the parish be a $100;00 raffle.' " follow 9 A.M. Mass this Sunday,. observance of its 50th anniverST. MICHAEL'S,' and will be held' at 'Heritage sary. Other activities will take OCEAN' GROVE, ' House Motor Hotel,' with Rev.' place :throtighout the year, Registration ,for the 1972-73 Donala Turiiek as guest speaker.

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Saginaw Priest to Direct U.S. Catho.lic Conference's Education Department

SAGINAW (NC) - The newly WASHINGTON (NC) - The first government handbook deal•. named director of the U. S. Cathing exclusively with participa- olic Conference's education de· tion of nonpublic scho{)\ children partment sees the task ahead of in a federal school aid program him at his USCC office in Washwas hailed here by a U. S. Cath- ington, D. C., as a "call to wider olic Conference education offi- service."

At the same time, Father Olin cial.

"Title I, ESEA: Participation J. Murdick looks upon his de· of Private School Children"-the parture from the Saginaw dio52-page U. S. Office of Education cese, where he has been super(USOE) . handbook - deals with intendent of education the past that section of the 1965 Elemen- 10 years, with "a profound sense tary and Secondary Education of loss" at having to depart from Act (ESEA) which provides fed- his friends here and from what eral funds 'for improving the ed- he humbly calls his "few" . ucational opportunities of depri· ... achievements.

The 54-year-old priest set out ved children.

I ' The new handbook "resolves in young manhood to become a a number of issues that have Methodist minister. All in the arisen in trying to implement the course of one year-194Q--he program for private school chil-· began his ministerial studies in dren," said Frank Monahan, as- Chicago, served with the Con· sistant director of the· USCC ele- gregational Church in' Washing· mentary and secondary educa- ton state, began Catholic instruction, and was received into the tion division.

Catholic faith.

'Fair Share' Key Position ESEA was the first federal Father Murdick has written legislation to require equitable participation of private, school considerably since his ordination children in government·funded to the priesthood in 1948. An aceducational programs. Title One count of his conversion was conof ESEA provides federal funds tained in artic;:les he' originallY for programs like guidance and wrote in The Catholic Weekly, counseling, remedial reading, the Saginaw diocesan newspaper, health services and school break- as "Chats with a Priest." The autobiographical sketches came fasts for poor children. , Regulations' governing the law out in ·1958 as a book, "Journey state specifically that education·, into Truth."

An occasional contributor to ally deprived children enrolled in private schools "shall be pro- America, the Jesuits'· national vided genuine opportunities to magazine, his "Federal Aid: the Other Side of the Coin" was a participate" jn the program. . In .pr,actice, . howe:ver, . eligible cover story. America later car- . . pri-Vate'~:schoor '. <:hildrenhave ried :articles by, him on parish often been' excluded from the ,school boards, a field where he has become an innovator, and, on programs.

What constitutes a 'fair share' preparing parochial schoejJs for of Title I services for the private change. "Whll.t Not an Ecumenschool child?" the USOE hand- ical, School Board?" he asked in another article so titled. b.ook asks., The USCC educ;:ation directorSimilar Need ship which' he takes over on "Basically, what the guidelines. March 27 is' one of. the key posiand regulations are saying is tions in the nation's Catholic -this: When a group of children Conference. He will be responsiin a private school are found to ble for coordinating the work ,of have a need which is similar five divisions: adult education, (not ·identical) to a need found higher education, elementary and in a group of public school ~hil­ secondary education;' youth ac-' dren, the response to that need tivities, and religious education.' with Title I resources should be Wider Service similar (not identical) in scope, Father Murdick's appointment, quality,' and opportunity for parannounced in Washington by ticipation for both groups."

The handbook specifies -that no Bishop Joseph L. Bernardin, the.

USCC general secretary, followed • federal funds can go directly to an extensive search of almost a private school for Title One six months among highly qualiprograms, and that administrafied candidates. Msgr. RaymOlld tive control of the programs Lucker, who held the job, gave must remain with a public it up last September to become agency.

It outlines several ways these an auxiliary bishop in Minneapprograms can be delivered to pri-. olis-St. Paul.

"I am very appreci.ative of the vate school children living in elihonor, and ,the opportunity which gible attendance areas. this appointment represents," "No one way of delivering services is mandated by the law Father Murdick told The Cathoor regulations," the handbook lie Weekly. "I' am grateful to sayg.. "Only a few methods of Bishop F~ancis E.' Reh for his permission, graciously given to delivery are prohibited," respond to this call to wider service.

"I leave service to this diocese Criticizes Clergy GENEVA (NC)-Swiss Defense temporarily with a profound Minister Rudolf Gnagi has criti- sense of loss and gratitude, cized 32 Catholic priests and mindful of the associations and Protestant ministers of the friendships which I have shared, French"speaking section of .Swit- the challenges which continue, zerland who. refused to pay the and the' achievements,,feW in.. . special tax for defense purposes. number, which remain.

"I see my. new responsibility They also refused to do military service :which, in Switzerland, is as a continuation and an extenobligatory 011 a part·time basis' sion of one which' I have felt for for all, males up to the age of the past 10 'years: to try to understand and interpret the total 50.

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Says Ecumenism Still Alive VATICAN CITy' (NC)-Persistent report~ that ecumenism is dead came under scrutiny at the annual meeting of the Vatican Secretariat .for Promoting Christian Unity, and the reports were pronounced false.

The 30 cardinals and bishops at the secretariat's plenary session Feb. 8-16 agreed that ecumenism's golden dawn in .Pope John's day has vanished, and that Christian. churches have rolled up their sleeves for the work and even drudgery of reo building full Christian 'unity.

They admitted, however, that active interest in ecumenism has hardly moved beyond an elite , and mainly intellectual class of ·Christians. Making ecumenism a grass-roots affair is a principal task of the unity secretariat and of ecumenical activists everywhere, several participants said.

The problem of just how much the Vatican unity secretariat should do and how much should . be left to local churches arose again at this meeting, as it has in previous ones.

FR. 'OLIN J. MURDICK educational mission of the Church in our times,and to as~ist: iI?- thE;: deyel.oi?1nent~-_ of the decision-making .process as it relates to that mission."

Experience, Vision .

No stranger to the American Catholic educational community, he is the author of "The Parish School Board," published in 1967 as the first of a series of papers

Seeks to Increase Charity Donations WASHINGTON (NC)-A New York Congressman has ,introduced. legislation here designed to increas-e charity donations of food, clothing and medical supplies .which dropped sharply after tax' law reforms were e~acted in 1969. " .

Officials of Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and the Catholic Medical Mission .Board (CMMB) hailed the tax law amendment, introduced recel)tly by Rep. Hugh L. Carey (D., N. Y.).

One section of the sweeping 1969 tax reforms says manufac,turers "can claim as deductions only the cost of donated goods.

Before 1969, deductions were allowed for the fair market value of the goods. James Norris, assistant to the executive director of CRS, Bishop. Edward Swanstrom;· estimated that that provision is responsihle for a $30 mHlion drop per year ,in dona,tions of medical supplies, food, clothing and other .products to . the many U. S. charity organizations helping the needy overseas.

The Careyamen'dment, now ' ,before the U. S. House of Representatives' Ways and Means Committee, w'ould allow a de- ' duction of the cost of donated goods, plus 50 per cent of the difference between their cost and their fair market value.

by the National Catholic, Educational Association. He ha's become \y{idely., known through school board :workshops he has conducted in many parts of the United States. .

"Father Murdick's new assignment will be applauded by hundreds of Catholic educators who have seen him as colleague and friend," commented Auxiliary Bishop WilliamE. McManus' of Chicago, chairman of the USCC Education Committee, when word of his appointment was . '. made.

"At a time whEm Catholic educators are seeking vigorous' and proppetic leadership, Father Murdick will be able to direct his talents, experience and vision to the complex challenges confronting Catholic education in the United States. I pledge to Father Murdick the full support and co- . operation of .the USCC Education Committee."

This time the emphasis fell on the Vatican's function as coordinator of ecumenical work underway in different places and at different levels, and as a clearinghouse for an exchange of information on such work.

Journalist Freed ROME (NC)-An Italian television correspondent was freed

by Czechoslovak authorities after having been held in a Prague jail for 43 days on a Charge of possessing "anti-state writings."

Valerio Ochetto, arrested in Prague, was released from jail.

Feb. 17. He was immediately taken to a plane departing for Milan and officially expelled by the Czech government as "persona non grata'" for having "gravely violated Czechoslovakian law.

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Schools' Future

Pantsuits Are' Top Choice For'Snowe(d-ln W,eek,end,·· ,f

PHILADELPHIA (NC)-Cathfolic school officials here have launched a major campaign to find out what the Catholics in the Philadelphia archdiocese are thinking about the future of Catholic education. . There are no "easy 'either-or' answers for the future," says a two-page pamphlet now being distributed to all Catholic families in the five-county archdiocese.

"There is obviously a great need to gain some idea of the thinking of the Catholic community about its schools and to get people to grapple with. the prot;>lems that demand answers."

The pamphlet, "The Catholic Community Looks at its Schools", provides multiple choice questions for four discussion areas: the purpose of Catholics schools, finances, teaching personnel and structure.

Thomas H. McDermott, presi'dent of the archdiocesan educa· tion board, said the pamphlet will serve as a basis for discussion at a ~eries of parish meetings to be held in the coming weeks.

Followin,g the parish meetings, the board will hold eight regional public hearings on CatjlOlic education, the first such hearings in its history.

"Our' underlying hope is to strengthen Catholic education in the parish, to point out its importance and assets while honestly (acing the difficulties -in its path," McDermott said.

"This planning effort is a sign of our strong faith. in the future,"

, . One fashion that I'm glad to see remain 'is part of the' active woman's wardrobe is the pantsuit, and after spending a weekend at a motorhotel snowbound with my offspring, I'm c~nvinced that thinking women will never le.t it disappear from their fashion list. It's a must for had looked Friday afternoon (dethe active woman, be she spite the fact that many were six or 60. 'At the urging of cooped up in one room with one friends, we took a mini-vacation. with them, three of. their off~'

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The beauty of these pantsuits, especially ,those with a jacket type top that can be worn over a blouse or sweater, is that they r.·MtEfii§;BZ.@),@l'fD feel as comfortable as they spring and our. thr~e children. look. Whether you're handing a The site was a very modern dripping youngster a towel as he · motorhotel-just outside Boston, emerges from an indoor pool, or and we felt that such a location standing in line for breakfast in would allow us to visit' many in- a chilly restaurant,. they shoW teresting spots in the big city no s'igns of your varied activity.

Along with the pantsuit, anwhile at the same time avoiding the problems of 'an intown hotel other fashion must for New Enwith youngsters., ' gland's unpredictable Winter is, You know what they ,say a midi-coat. We attended Sunday about the best laid 'Plans-well, Mass· at Our Lady of Perpetual ours didn't include one 'of the Help Parish in Newton and as worse ice and. snow storms ,of we race'd across the icy parking the season' complete with 50'. lot I 'thanked goodness that demile an hour winds, but never- signers had lowered hemlines theless this turned out to be part and that no longer were our of our itinerary, and snowbound coats hovering above our knees.

Midi-coats trimmed with fur we were. abounded in the. congregation Lived-In Clothes and th.ese looked as if ~hey beClothes get to be very lived in longed on the New' England 'under these circumstances and scene.

I 'really' tried to take note of Pantsuits, midi-coats and· boots : \\11at type of clothing held up accompanied by fur hats,' flowbest urider these adverse condi- ing scarfs and warm gloves are, tions, Pantsuits. won, out without not only fashion this season, but any close competition other than they are an indication that we long woolen skirts, worn in the are dressing as much for the way evening with' soft sweater tops. we live as 'we are for- how we There were many other fami- look. Thankfully, thi.s season, lies taking' advantage of .this both aill1s blend beautifully. holiday weekend and I noticed. th,11 the girls who looked as fresh Monday morning as they Teachers, Archdiocese

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OTTAWA (NC) - Canada's second annual RespeCt for Life ANCj)THER SECRET OF LONGEVITY: Herbert Gabel, Day will be observed April 30 a retired cabinet maker and a. resident of St. Anne's Home and .its theme, The. Aged in ~he .' '. .. . .

Family of Man, will emphaSize for the t;\g~d .I~ San Francls~o, cele?rated hls 100th blrth-, that everyone, young and old, day byexhlbItmg some of hIS favonte dance steps. Asked .- should have the opportunity to about hiS secret for a long life, he responded, "Steam beer Jive his human potential fully. and late Ihours". NC Photo. .

The first Respect for Life Day, in 'April 1971, stressed the rights of the unhorn and respect for Resume Negotiations life at its beginning. .Presbyterians Criticize' NEWARK (NC)~NegoNations The objectives of this year's I have been resumed between the observance are to increase Columban Fathers SCJy Church oi: Future Proposed Settlement Lay Faculty .Association, repreCanadians'awareness of the CALABAR (NC) - The Synod senting teachers in regional high Must Inclucle Chinese dignity of human life itself; the of Presbyterian Church of Ni- schOols of the Newark archdiopotential role of aged persons ip ST. COIJ,UMBANS (NC) On been part of the birth pangs of geri'a Criticized the proposed set- cese, and archdiocesan school modern society; the respect due the eve of President Nixon's a new world . . . a world whose tlement between Britain and officials. to the aged because of the intrinvisit to Communist China, the. shape is not yet ours to see."

Rhode'sia, charging that the pro, sic value of human life and beposal denies basic human rights Associaton officials, asserting Columban ; Father~ here in NeSome 150 Columban missioncause of their Nre experiences, · to RhOdesia's black Afr.ican rna- that, the talks' had taken a posi- braska sai~ they wish to renew aries, including Bishop Galvin, which should be shared; the ne· jority. tive turn, revealed that. they their missionary work in China, were expelled from China in the cessity of an adequate socio· I The proposed settlement would would hold off on further job among "th:,e ,most numerous and early 1950's, along with all'other ' ec.onomic climate, for the aged. provide for Rhodesian independ- actions, such as the "sick-out!'- greatest of the world's peoples." foreign missioners. Said Father ence and lift B'ritish' sanctions in which teachers stay out of "The Church of the future can- O'Rourke: against that country. Rhodesian classrooms because of "illness" not be gen'uinely Cathoiic unless "Our work was interrupted · Prime Minister Ian Smith an- -which closed one school and it is in substantial measure Chi- then,' but soonE~r or later,' we _ nounced his country's ,unilateral seriously disrupted classes at nese," the: Columbans said in 11 hope,'we will return. We Qwe. it declaration ,of independence sev,eral others earlier this month, statement. I, to our origins in China, to .the from Britain in 1965. . , 'LFA members had also pickFather ~,ugh O'Rourke, Colum· men who lived, suffered and died Britain imposed. economic eted 'negqtiatng sites and the en- ban North American -director, there. And we owe ';it to. the sanctions on Rhodesia and, in: :trance ·to. tHe private community pointed 'oult that President Nix- Church of the' future/', The more than 1,000 Columban May 1968 the' United, N,ci.tipns .where" Archbishop Thomas'. A. on's visit cbincides with the 60th Security Cou,ncil ordered a· trade '. Boland resides. . ' anniversary of the very week Fathers are now serving in misYOU'LL embargo agail}st it. In 1'970 Rho-' , . that Colurrtban'. founder Bishop sions in Korea, Japan, the Philip' ape do t d a new' 'cons t"t Contract have I.· pines, Burma, Chile, Peru and des la I, ut'Ion . . talks ' . '. been gomg Edward. Galvin left for China. that continued the domination Of 'on mt~mltt~ntly. sl~ce Sept~m ..

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TICKLED. "Ever since, the Columban ,h't' ber, With the 'maInlssues bemg w I es. t he salary sc hed ule, tenure con- Fathers have felt especially close free d~livery-Call Gentleness ditions and grievance procedures. to the Chinese," said Father 0'· Rourke. "!\or over 30 years we It is only persons of firmness Strength An old' issue also being negotiWhatsoever moveth is strong- . ated is ,the extent of LFA repre- lived and sUffered with this great: .that can have real gentleness; , er than that which moved, and sentation, a 'matter which is be- people through the turmoil of those who appear gentle are in 373 New Boston Road whatsoever go,:,erneth is strOlig c fore the ,courts but on which a war and hatural disaster and general only ofa weak ch.aracter, which easily changes iIi asperity. er than that which is governed. ruling" is being delayed pending revolutio~. I Fall River 678-5677 "Perhaps!' 'o'ur' sUffei'ini:(' has ..:....·La Roche'foucauld' :~St.· Aristides., . the outcome,· of·..direct talks: ' '

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I didn't hear a cock crow when I drove past that man who needed a ride. I didn't see the finger of God pointed at me.

But I felt it.

That crippled man was the image of Christ ... and I denied him a ride. And I felt more remorse than if I had .fasted that day, or if I had attended some spiritual worship.

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Truesdale and Union, will join in sponsoring their fifth annual "Fashions for Charity" style show at 6 Monday night, March 6 at Venus de Milo restaurant, Swansea.

A social hour at 6 will be followed at 7 by dinner and at 8:15 by the showing of styles. Proceeds, to be divided among the hospitals, will be used to pur-chase equipment for intensive care and emergency un4ts.

General chairman Mrs. Ludger J. Dalbec will be assisted by Mrs. J. George Monroe, Truesdale board president; Mrs. James D. 'Salvo, Union board president; and Mrs. Alfred J. Roy, president of the Friends of St. Anne's Hospital, as well as a large committee.

VIETNAMESE LEPROSARIUM: Sisters of the Order

And that remorse had some of St. Vincent de Paul who direct the leprosarium in Dilinh, Charge Woman Leader And' before that, did they comment, "When you went to Mass of the same effect on me that it Vietnam take time to play with the children who are there.

Tortured in Argentina in the catacombs, wondering if must have had on Peter. Christ BUENOS AmES (NC)-Norma you were going to get caught is here ... He's in the crippled, Morello, a Catholic lay leader, by the Romans, that was really and the maimed who need rides.

He's in the store clerk who is in a hospital as a result of tora sacrifice." would appreciate a "thank you, ture by police, according to a ,But does it matter so much Catholic Confer~noe Film Office Criticizes you've been most helpful" ingroup of priests from Goya, what Lent was like at any other stead of a complaint. where she lives..

Letter-Desig nated Categories time? Instead of wondering how The priests reported her con'J;le's in the child·. who just it was, or how I would like it to NEW YORK (NC)-The U. S. "Are, in fact, economic con- dition in a letter to Cardinal Antest in school, and in the failed a be, shouldn't I do something Catholic Conference's film and cerns, and not a sense of social tonio Caggiano of Buenos Aires, positive about making this Lent ones who left their dirty laundry broadcasting office ,here has de- responsibility, the sole motivat- asking him to investigate her the most meaningful I have ever under the bed. He's in the unapscribed the American film -indus- ing forces at work in the r~ting case. preciative, the rude, the careless lived?

Miss Morello, a former natry as a communications entity system?" the newsletter asked. and the misfits. ,Lent is a preparation for tional president of the Catholic with no ability to communicate.

"The crux of the problem may Christ is also in the sunrise Easter, when I should grow In the Feb. 29 issue of its well be the inability of the Action Runil Movement, disapand the sunset.

It's easy to see closer to God-and draw others Catholic Film Newsletter, it criti- MPAA' to represent the frag- peared Nov. 30 and her wherecloser to him; And no one' way him in the "garden," to feel His dzed the Rating Adrntinistration mentecf and economically threat- abouts were unknown for weeks. is 'necessarily t' "holier" ;; than' presence in his glorYihis beauty, of the 'Motion Picture Associa- ened motion' picture industry in Her relatives feared she had his wonder and his joy: another. been kidnaped by one of several But this Lent, I'm 'trying dili- tion of America (MPAA), which the United States." paramilitary groups operating in is responsible for rating motion Day-to-Day Efforts gently every day, to "fast" from the country against persons they pictures with, letter-designated West Berliners Allowed call subversives.

For myself, I find there are my busy-ness-to offer a ride, to . categories. .

At the end of 'December many little day-to-day efforts lend a hand, to run an errand, to The categories are: G-General Into East Germany friends learned she was alive and which do more for my spiritual smile, to say a kind word ... not audiences, all ages admitted; BERLIN (NC)-West Berliners under military arrest in Rosario. so much to the Christ in the life than many pious practices. "garden" but to the suffering PG-Parental guidance suggest- will be granted passes to ~isit She had been hospitalized and For example, today I was Christ in his passion. ed; R-Restricted for anyone East Germany during the Easter overloaded with appointments under 17 unless accompanied by and Pentecost holidays. The peri- then transferred to a jail. No one try This Lent, I'm going 'to and schedules. One son had a an adult; and X-No one under ods covered will be from March has been permitted to see her since her arrest. track meet, one daughter had every day to "abstain" from my 17 admitted.

20 to April 5 and from May 17 to go to the dentist. Some place weakness, my selfishness, my The USCC Division for Film to May 24. ' Merit in-between, I had to have two thoughtlessness-the excuses I and Broadcasting insisted that The East German official news use to avoid searching for him If you wish your merit to be hours to dQ my grocery shopping one of the problems of the agency ADN said that the move known, acknowledge that of because Grandma was coming in the less pleasant places.

MPAA rating system is the gen- was an expressiori of good will other people. , ' well,at the end And if I do it for dinner that night. eral 'public's inability to under- by the government.

-Oriental Proverb I was on my way home from of Lent, I too, will cry, "I wish stand the meaning of it.

East Germany said also that the post office when I remem- Lent was like the good old days "One can legitimately ask, for during the two periods it will when we 'could just fast and abbered I had forgotten the bankexample, why several changes ing. I'd have to hurry home, stain . . . that was so much introduced by the MPAA during help speed traffic across its territory for persons traveling from pick up what I needed, and get easier." the past nine months in an ef- West Germany to West Berlin. back to the bank before it closed. fort to improve ,the program and Just a typical hectic dat. But Christianity Remedy After the construction of the tp create greater public accepton the way home, an opportunity ance .have been kept almost a Berlin Wall in 1961 West Berwas presented to me. '.-. and I For Sick Society privileged sl:!cret limited only to liners were for a time allowed muffed it. A man in our town VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope narrow channels of the trade' to visit the Communist half of has cerebral palsy. He has diffi- Paul VII describes Christianity press," the division said in its the city on certain holidays. culty walking. He was on his as a remedy for a sick society. newsletter.' ' But this system was ended by ",' way to do his shopping.

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Economic Concerns, And I passed him. in 1966. There have been no Peter's Square on the first Sunholiday visiting passes since I wa's too busy. I had too day in Lent, he said t):tat he .is "Under,1ying the name game much ,to do. The bank was going" alarmed at "the explosion of orthen. of symbols is obVtiously a much to close. My kids were going to ganized crime, the spread. of be late. I'd never get the shop- licentious customs, the unrest more substantive issu~that of the meaning of ratings themping done. among social classes." selves," the newsletter said.

He said that the Church "is a "It is self-defeating to assert.

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'Maryknoll Missionary, Fights 'Cultural Shock' on U.S. Visit

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United States after almost three American supermarkets with years in a remote section of their endless variety of groceries Bolivia. had the same'dizzying effect o~ Describing a visit to the Uni- the young missionary. When he versity of 'California's Berkeley was assigned to the smaU rural campus shortly after his return town of Mineros, population from South America, the priest 3500, he' found that "most of the told The Monitor, San Francisco people didn't even have aspirin" archdiocesan weekly, he expect- and subsisted on a diet of twiceed to find young people inter- a-day rice. ested in the problems of under"In this country people diet to developed countries. lose weight," he said with a soft, "Instead, I found them all ironic laugh. "It's really'crazy, ' wrapped up in themselves, try- isn't it?" ing to get their heads together," he said.

Brooklyn Marriage Father McNamara spoke without outrage or, disappointment, Tribunal Expands rather like a bemused visitor BROOKLYN (NC)-Officials of from another planet mildly be- the _ marriage tribunal of the wildered by his new surround- Brooklyn Diocese hope to be able ings. to process more than 600 mar"I was just a week home from riage annulment cases in 1972 Bolivia when I attended a two through streamlined court proceweek's orientation for college dures and emphasis on psychochaplains at- the university," he logical factors in failed mar· said. "We listened to youth' riages. groups ranging from Chinese stuThis was the pred~ction of dents to Jesus Movement en- Father Ralph Besendorfer, 38, a thusiasts to the yoga crowd to court official for 10 years, as the gay liberation." tribunal, headed by Msgr. Marion The young missionary, who J, Reinhart, opened three, new experienced the grinding poverty courtrooms 'in downtown Brookof rural Bolivia, said he blanched lyn to handle a volume of cases when a devotee of yoga told him that has increased, drastically in that "aJll you need is love, baby." the last few years.

He ,laughed gently and shook In 1969,the court granted 15 'his head, "I couldn't believe it," annulments. The figure went up he said. to 95 in, 1970 and to 174, last "The general feeling I got was , year as court officials introduced that nobody gave a damn about such innovations as tape recordthe Third Worldl," he said mat- ed testimony, sometimes taken ter-of-factly. "Maybe I didn't by telephone, thus eliminating give a damn about the students' long delays due to secretariat problems either. These were first transcriptions. impressions, so I may be wrong, The expanded facilities will "You don't realize what you're also allow psychiatrists to be on caught up in until you get away ,hand for full days at a time to for a while," he! explained. study and prepare testimony for annulment cases, diocesan offi'Really Crazy' cials said.

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John Cody of Chicago has "'f.he early Christian Church was agreed with Catholic and Protes- formed around familes." tant maritime chaplains who are Father Dillenburg and Mr. calling upon the laity to. help Schippell, United Church of broaden their ministry to sea- Christ minister, reported in demen. tail on their program, an ecu"We want to have the laity menical effort that involves accept their primary responsibil- their visiting every ship that ties in this work," the cardinal docks in Green Bay. told the interdenominational Every seaman who would like workshop of Great Lakes and to spend an 'evening with a St. Lawrence port chaplains Green Bay family is given the meeting here. opportunity thraugh a pool of Increased participation is go- volunteer.s who welcome marin, ing on in all areas of the Church, ers to their homes. the Cardinal said. "We have a Another speaker, Pastor Lushared responsibility to go out . gene Bazium of the First Chrisand find the interested laymen . tian Reformed Church, Munster, to help us in these various Ind., emphasized the benefits his works.'" congregation derives from parAlso supporting the chaplains' ticipating in sponsorship of the goals were Bishop Robert E. Seaman's Mission at Chicago's Tracy of Baton Rouge, La., di- Lake Calumet Harbor. rector of the National Catholic "We like it because it's a way Apostleship of the Sea Confer- to get our lay people involved," ence, and Bishop Remi J. De Roo he said. "In the past year or of Victoria, B. C. national pro- two about 75 per cent of our moter of the Apostleship of the families has had something to Sea of Canada. do with the mission. . . ."

Bishop De Roo said ministry to seamen will have to involve more lay particpation if only be- Ask Less Emphasis cause· of the decreasing number On Catholic Schools of clergy.

SAN FRANCISCO (NC) He said he was fascinated by Some 60 religious educators have reports of Green Bay, Wis., port drafted a series of resolutions chaplains Father James Dillen- urging Catholic bishops and burg and the Rev. Paul Schippel other Church leaders "to place on their program involving famthe Catholic school system in its iles in their apostolate. proper perspective."

The educators, from the westEcumenical Effort ern half of the United States, "This is a very valid and tra- called for a new alignment of ditional approach that takes us philosophy and priorities, with back to New Testament in- Catholic schools de-emphasized in favor of much broader plans.

According to spokesman Len ·Plan Discussion Leritz, the western participants Of Agenda Items in the National Forum of ReliJUNEAU (NC)-The Catholic gious Educators here felt that bTshop of the Northwest region parochial school education to"are seeking the thinking of all" day "is only a small part of the on questions which will be dis- Church's mission to teach in the cussed at the next meeting of world."

Though the National Catholic the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, Bishop Francis T. Educational Association had Hurley of Juneau commented drawn up the agenda for the meeting, the forum members here.

Writing in his diocesan news- . voted to withhold affiliation witIi letter, The ~nside Passage, Bish- NCEA until three elected repreop Hurley noted that a regional sentatives of the forum are addmeeting of laity, Religious, ed to NCEA's 16-member policy priests and bishops' will be held making board. in Portland, Ore., March 3 to 5, and that the topics of discussion will include "some items on the agenda of the next meeting of the NCCB." OIL COMPANY "This will be' the first time, to this writer's knowledge, that a general meeting of Catholics from one region of the Church in the United Statse will discuss on their bwn initiative, in advance, with their bishops presSouth • Sea Streets ent topics on the agenda for ar.

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Growing Problem in U.S.· One 'subject that tears at me emotionally is child beating. It would be so comfortable, if I could shut my 'fuifi_d from it but it is forcing itself upon my conscience and, I think, the national conscience with a ferocious prgency. In our metropglitan Finally, the children were repapers alone, we have read "moved. A month later, the parof two, horrid cases in the ents promised better behavior past two weeks where little and the judge granted them custots, totally unable to defend themselves, 'were battered' to' death by their, own parents.

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Child-beating has become so extensive-and across economic . lines - that~ whole conferences are devoted to it. The Battered Child Syndrome it is called, and pediatricians, psychologists, social workers, and, .law enforcers ,gather to study its origin; cure, and its frightening rise. How is it, they ask" that a country more affluent and more sophisticated than any other nation in any period of history is turning , on its own young?,

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The details are so distasteful that I can't describe them here, but in my imagination, I feel the terror of those little children when their protectors turn savage., How utterly unprotected. they are when their parents lose __.. I control of themselves and begin I, wish our church, which has FROM THE LAND OF PLENTY TO NEEDY NATIONS: Food commodities from the to vent 'their own frustrations been such a leader in the rights and disappointments upon the of the unborn, would turn part Catholic' ~elief' Services are loaded in Manilal for emergency aid to the 30 j OOO displaced child: Where can a child go when' of its attention ~nd resources to victims Ofi volcano eruptions in the Mayon District. NC' Photo. he finally realizes he is being the rights of the already-born.

I ba~tered to death? Nowhere but What can we, as committeo back to his adversary, his insane Christians, do to help these chilparent. dren and their parents? We know' NEW YQRK (NC) - Thish; transit all over the world. It' is of the first needs in a disaster is Society says that parents have that many, if not all, of the parthe right to rear the child. Yet," ents are emotionally un"alanced, the problem: you know that a a vast and flexible system-the, to send people in and get' accu· . in case after case, the, child' is unable to cope~with tlle tensions disaster is soming;'s6mewhere in network of Catholic Relief Ser.-' rate data on the situation. The returned to the parent who has of the times 'and ··p~ttici.llarly , the world, but you don't know vices, which gives. over $150 mil- 'jeeps can go where practically lion e<:ich year to people in need no other motor vehicle will make already been charged once of with the tensions of rearing what kind or wh,el\.

It may ~e an earthquake, a .- and it can a:nd does focus it. If the team has to continue beating' him. In our state, neigh- childr~n today. ,Punitive parent action isn't typhoon, the outbreak of a war, enormous resources on short on foot, they will have walkie· bors called the welfare department ·repeatedly on the ruthless going to h~lp the chiidren and a flood-even a, volcanic erup.. ;notice whenever there is a sud- talkies with a range of five or' beating of children going on in . they are the ones \Vh'ose right;,s Hon or a tidal wave. All you den, drastic need. In effect, Kin- six miles. Minicom sets' 'ib their one home. Time and again, the are being denied. Every child know is tl~at it will happen, ney is responsible for the biggest jeeps· can relay their reports another·500 miles. With the aid of department said it didn't have born has a right to life; especial- sooner or later, and that it will first aid kit in the world.

Planning for a disaster is not this kind of equipment, CRS usujurisdiction unless it had proc;>f. ly", those Hving in hell at home: involve a lot of people-hun·, No child should be subjected to dreds of thousands, possibly mil· as hard as it may seem, Kinney ally gets information from a dissaid in an interview: "Basic aster area faster and more accu: parents who show lack of con- lions.

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They will be homeless, hungry, . human needs and the supplies to rately than governments or comtrol over their emotions resulting in physical' abuse. A wife can helpless. T~ere will be a strong fill them are: alw~lYs the same- munications media.

For, Bangladesh; take it or leave; a child must re- probability pf epidemics among rnedic~1 aid, food and shelter."

Who will be in the jeeps?

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A quick look at Kinney's "con· them. And you know. they are / Turn to Page Thirteen the appro?,imately 9.9 milli~n going to as~ you for help-:..fast stant disaster reserve"-$150,OOO First Responsibility and ,effectiv~ help. Your job is to worth of supplies kept and' conEast Pakist~ni refugees who fled into India last year from the car, What can I do about it besides be ready yY~en it happens. To stantly replenished in' that ware'. nage of civil war in their home writing a column deploring it? have what the peopl,e will need house on Long Island-gives a BEFORE YOU areas, about 7.9 million were reo I can support legislation req\lir- on hand or to know how and good once-over view of what is BUY-TRY patriated by Feb. 14, Indian au· ing parents with a history (one . whei'e you can get it in a hurry: needed for fast, effective disasthorities notified the Geneva of- instance) of child abuse to And, most important, you have ter relief. fice oithe UN High ,Commission- undergo. therapy before resum~ . to bl~ able to ship it !lround the Disaster Teams" er for Refugees, Prince Sadrud- ing parenthood. I can'open my .world, to wherever the disaster There are two jeeps, equipped din Aga Khan. home to the abused child while " will take' pl~.ce, as fast you can, OLDSMOBILE, with communications equipment that every hour of de. his parents are undergoing ther.' knowing Oldsm'obile-Peugot-Renault

By Dec. 28, after the cessation a,nd a week's freeze-dried food 67 Middle Street, Fairhaven of hostilities in the India-Pakistan apy. I can support foundations lay will me~n people dying. supplies for a disaster team. One This woul? be your job - a . war, ·an earlier report said that raising money to help such 'par~ ., ",'.

A . "the refugee influx has ceased" ents. And I. can report cases ,part-time job-if yo~ were Ed~ ~ ~ where, I suspect, child abuse' is . ward M.Kinney, assistant to the in India. , going on, even ,if it means retail- executive director of' Catholic Relief SerVlcbs: It is also a "tem. A recent report of the current ation from parents;' ,.... ' situation, issued jointly by tlie Too often, we h,ear nei.ghbcir,s,' poral'y" job, but Kinney has held , UN General Assembly . a'nd th e .say, "We knewJhat was.happen~, it fol' the las',t 29 years and, has , Security Council, emphasized 'ing but we didn't want mEld-' mana.gOO, in ithat time, to reduce •• INCORPORATED 1937 that, despite the shiff of. the ref- dIe." Too often, this is said after earth-shaking di~asters to some•• ugee problem 'from 'Indi~'s bor- ' . the child is battered', or dead.' I thing like ar!lUtine: .

•• der provinces to the infant na- hold that our first responsibility He lmows, in general, what tion of Bangladesh, formerly is to the child. He is entitled to he will nee~ for an earthquake •• East Pakistan, the scope. of the adult protection and if his own in Peru, a: ciisastrous famine ill 'humanitarian relief activities is parents can't give it, we must.

Biafra, a cO,rnbination of a typhool1, .civil war and cholera epinow more crucial than before.

JIAMES H. COLLINS, C.E., Pres. . ,Finally, we must pray hard for demie in what is now Bangia, Registered Civil and Structural Engineer ,, 'In additjon to the numbers re- these parents that they -will be desh.

Member National Society ProfessionalEngineer~ turning from India, millions of better able to cope with life W:arehouse East Pakistanis who had sought and children today. What use is FIIANCIS L. COLLINS, JR., Treas. refuge in urban districts of their a society filled with 'pain deadHe has tons of supplies for THOMAS K. COLLINS, Seey. country have now gone back to eners lmd candy-tasting pills for thousands 'of people stored in a their villages in a massive re- children. if it' produces savage warehouse on Long Jsland , and ACADEMY BUILDING, . FALL RIVER, MASS. settlement movement. ' othet ,suppli~~.,jl).!itorage or"in 04 parents? . ~"'-.n

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chairmen of parish orare asked to submit for -this column to The O. Box 7, Fall River

ST. PATRICK, FALL RIVER First Penance will take place for third and fourth grade school children at 10 AM. Thursday, March 16, for second grade parochial children at 10 AM. Friday, March 17, and for public school children in second through fourth grades and any others , who may not have received the sacrament at 10 AM. Saturday, March 18.

The Women's Guild will hold an "old-fashioned coffee'supper" from 5 to 8 Saturday, March 11 in the school cafeteria. Tickets for parishioners and friends are available from Mrs. Joseph Richards or from any guild officer or board member. No tickets will be available at the door. Marimba entertainment will be offered

by Mary Elizabeth Barry.

The guild will hold a business meeting at 7:30 Monday night, March 6, followed at 8 by an, open meeting. Pads for the Rose, Hawthorne Home will be niade, ' with Mrs. Robert ' Regan 'in' charge of arrangements.

A guildola is planned for Thursday night, April 13, in the school. Mrs. Regan, chairman, _announces that those wishing to donate gifts may contact her at 674-7416.

A Teen-age Action Group meeting postponed due to weather conditions will be held at 6:30 Sunday night, March 5.

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ST. LOUIS, FALL RIVER The Women's Guild will meet at 7:30 Tuesday night, March 7 in, the church hall. A business 'session' will be follo~ed by -a St. Patrick's: party' for members only. Mrs. William O'Neill Sr. and Miss Agnes Murphy are in charge of arrangements.

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FALL RIVER A seven-course Club Party Luncheon will be held at noon Saturday, March 25 in the parish center on Stafford Road. Entertainment will be by Jay Kroll.

Tickets will not be available at the door, but may be purchased in advance from any guild member.

OUR LADY OF ANGELS, FALL RIVER A Portuguese mission will begin Sunday, continuing through Saturday, March 11.

The Holy Ghost Portuguese Social Club will hold a rummage sale at 34 Flynn Street today through Saturday from 9 AM. to ,6 P.M. and from 7 P.M. to 9 P.M. . Holy, Rosary Sodality an'nounces a cakeless cake sale for Sunday. Members will also attend 8 AM. Mass and a follow,ing meeting. .

Knights of the Altar will benefit from a cake sale Saturday and Sunday, March 11 and 12.

The Council of Catholic Women plans a turkey supper and blitz at 6:30 Saturday night, March 18 in the parish hall. All are welcome.

ST. ANNE, NEW BEDFORD ST. STANISLAUS, FALL RIVER A cake sale to be held SaturThe Holy Rosary Sodality will day and Sunday, March 11 and meet Sunday, March 5, following 12, and a' ham and bean supper Vespers in the school hall. slated for 5 to 8 P.M. Saturday, The first organizing meeting 'March 11-, in the school hall will for the annual parish Summer benefit the school fund.

A beano game with money festival will take 'place at 8 Sunday night, March 5, in the prizes takes place at 7 every church hall. Mrs. Alice Gromadil, Monday night, also in the hall. general chairman, urges attendance of all wming to help in ar- OUR LADY OF THE CAPE, BREWSTER rangements.

The Women's Guild will sponA Lenten potluck supper is scheduled from 5 to 8 Sunday, sor a dessert bridge party at March 19 in the, school hall. 1:30 Thursday afternoon, March Tickets are available from 9, in the church hall. ReservaJoseph Amaral and all commit- tions may be made with Mrs. James Daley, telephone 394-4525 tee members. or Mrs. Donald Benson, 398-8746.

HOLY NAME, SACRED HEART, FALL RIVER' Third grade students are pre- NEW BEDFORD The com.mittee and leaders of paring to receive the sacrament of penance for the first time. The Cub Pack 5 will sponsor a Lucky ceremony will take place at a Leprechaun Dance·from 8 to midLenten parish penance service, night on Saturday evening, scheduled· for 7:30 Tuesday March 4 in the parish hall." night, March 28. Preceding the Robert Conway, assistant cubservice two sessions for parents master is serving as chairman. will be held,at 8 Tuesday night, March 7 and at 8 Monday night, IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, " March 13. The human dimen- FALL RIVER The Women's Guild will fea· sions of penance and the theology of the sacrament will be dis- ture a hair style show with Louis Sanft as commentator at its cussed. meeting in the Parish Center on ST. THERESA, Monday evening, March 6 at 8.

SOUTH ATfLEBORO Chairmen Mrs. Clare Long and A Lenten program for teen- Mrs. Anita Paiva invite all to agers is being presented at 6:30 the open meeti~g. each Wednesday night in the CCD pari!!h center. The ser,ies ST. ANNE, was opened by Rev. Andre Pate- FALL RIVER naude of La Salette Shrine, who A "Red Chair". dance will be explained the liturgy of the Mass , held at 7 Saturday night, March utilizing ~he medium of folk 4 in the school hall. music. Other programs will inCCD classes are conducted at clude movies, sp~akers ,fln~, a. " 3:15 ,every Mond~j) l,l~tfilrI\o.on." ' ,." . " ., penance 'service. il1so 'in the school. .,

, ONE OF MANY: Catholic Relief Services have been overworked in the villages of Pakistan in caring for little tykes just wandering in a "no care land." NC Photo.

CRS Saves Many Lives Every Year Continued from Page Twelve Ideally, a doctor and a nurse, a commuications expert, a logistics man who can pinpoint the problems of supply and distribution, and a CRS staff representative. At present, these people are recruited as rapidly as possible when the need arises. One of Kinney's top priorities right now is to have three permanent disaster teams organized and kept on alert to move at a moment's notice.

Tarpaulins-500 of them-are kept in storage for the disaster first aid kit. Half of them are cotton and half are wool, be· cause you never know what the climate will be like at the scene of the next disaster. But you can be sure that people will be homeless and in need of shelter.

Sheeting Last year, in its program for the Bangladesh refugees who streamed 10 million strong into India, CRS learned the full value of pll:istic sheeting. More than 5 million square feet of vinyl sheeting were flown into India

by CRS to .supply shelter for the homeless refugees.

What do you do about medical . care?, The emergency supplies include 12 mass inoculation guns -the kind that shoot the medi-' cation right through the inoculee's skin without a needle--, which are' faster, cleaner and more efficient than the tradi-, tional tools for inoculation. The use' of this kind of e,"!uipment stopped a potential cholera epidemic among the Bangladesh refugees. ' Also kept on· hand for. medical use in disasters is a basic store

of vitamins, skin salves' and other types of medication that can be kept in storage for fairly long periods. AntilJiotics and. other types of medicine that must be kept fresh are bought as needed when a disaster occurs. . Hunger Finally, disaster involves hunger and thirst. To meet these problems, Kinney's basic SUPPlY includes a store of dried food, with a special cache of baby food because babies are usually hardest-hit in a disaster situation. Also in the kit are lots of water purification tablets. All of these supplies can be flown out to a disaster scene within 24 hours of notification~ That supply takes care of ,the first reaction to a disaster. What about. follow-up? This is where the depth of continuing CRS activity around the world helps it to mobilize for an emergency.

When earthquakes hit Peru on May 31, 1970, CRS already had stocks in warehouses near ,the scene, both in Peru and in Chile, as part of its continuing development programs in those countries.

Tons of other supplies were "in the pipeline'~-being shipped to ,CRS programs in. various pladEis:..:.;and easily diverted to the scene, of the emergency.

Since CRS keeps a six-week backlog of supplies for its continuing programs, 'this material could be used for emergency wtthout crippling ,the regular CRS activities. ,Nobody knows how many lives are saved each year because CRS and Ed K~nney are ready to move quickly 'and massively when the need strikes.

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They were fascinated by the many display~ and we had fo chase them around to keep them from getting iost. Per . , usual, the museum was crowded, but on this occa- boots, icy mittens and a strong sion ,among the ,patrons -lesire to stay by, home and hearth, We run from house to were ,a great many young car and pray that we c::im'get a ' couples ,of' college age who parking place~ear our work. showed. as much enthusiasm for Lunch hours are spent ind,oors, the displays as mych'ildren, with a sandwich and ~ hot bevSome 20 years ago" when I erage and we do everything poswent to coilege in Bost\>n and sible to stay away from our'New I, was dating girls, ,the last place England. weather's .. blustery I would: have thought of going blasts, , :' , Even the children want to stay' on a .date or a day out would have be.en something like the indoors more and whiie this' does ' Science Museum: Dates usually solve the: problem 'of where'they ran toa Symphony Orchestra a:re, it creates ll\any more prob· . .1>.......' ~., rehearsal for 50':,cents, or the' lems such as "What. ar¢ we goo. ~. , s Pta:e , .i" ... ,W"" .

Boston; ora stroll through the . opportuni.!y to 'whip up a batch CRS lAID 'FOR PRE.SCHOOLERS: Catholic Relief Service workers weigh a child in galleries' on Newbury Street, of fudge pr other goodies to sat- Sierra' Lclone as part of the lPre-school health program' there. NC Photo.

Sometimes .we 'would' go' to isfy my sweet tooth, ',I . sporting, events, college games I must admit that, in· those . :: t . " ' '. . , .. ., . ' , were very inexpEmsive,:',or even . days these attempts.,to emulate , '. sonie:onhe,professiomll games,' the candy man ,were it;Iy o~Iyat- ' F"'!: . ,I . ' ' " ',. , ~ , ' . . .

Little Appeal tempts at cull'nary artl'stry, and " , ' . . direc-, '. ' , WASHINGTON '(NC)~Modern BenediCtiilEi. who ' is project profession 0 f the' Christian reh· I suppose. nine-tenths of our in m,o'st instances they failed, My " ' . research tools will be brought to tor for, the Sacred Hel!-rt'study:' glon:" activitie~ w()ul~ .hayeq~en con-, fudge ended up 'either'as a c r o s s ' . " ' , " Pastor.aI, Strategy' '1956. EnlcycIicaI, sidered cultural,. that. js,hav:ing " between not chocolate' and frost- bea,r on problems in the transto do with .the arts, The worlds' ing or as a batch of chocolate- mitting of.ISacred Heart doctrin,e 'As part-of th~ "problem identi. After the' conference, Father of ~athematics and science were fl~vored cement, However, de- and devotlpn, under a new proJ" fication" aspect of the study, a Fuerst said', the' project will forelg~ to us, and there!or~ ha,d spite the end results (that I ate ect launc~li!d hereby the .Center special conferen-ce was held, at move into' year-long· "discipli~ery .httle appeal, ,I beheve !~IS, anyway), fudge-mak~ng was a for Apph~d ,Research m the th.e S~cred Heart Monastery in nary';' study of the problems IS ~ot true of thiS generatIOn, great way to spend, a, Winter Apl)stolate l (CARA).,. ,Hales Corners, Wis" a Milwau- pinpointed there, w~lch has lea~ed to revere the evening",,';":,., Underwritten by' De Rance, kee suburb. . .

This phase will include consulSCiences, as witness 'the crOWd,S 'Quickie Mixes': . ' Inc" Milwaukee; a private, _ Parti~ipating in '~hli! so.nf~J:en~~, ta.u?T!;,·,:~i~~. :sC:;!P~t.if,tu~s:~,?,~ar~: o~ young aqults at,anything-hav, ' My children are not so'iA'CIin~d founda~ion! the study"'will'seek were' soine' 40 'persBrts inCluding' ,and theologians on Sacred Heart ing to ~owith physics .and to' make a paq, full 'offudg~ . to identify I problems involved in bishops, theologians, CAR.( staff' doctrine and dev1ition'in light ot' mathematiCs, when February'darkness falls, making, S~cred Heart doctrine members, and people aCtive in recent developments in theology, . All of t~ose science.,kits chi).- perhaps because they have free and devo~ionmeaningful t.o" the, Sacred Heart aposto)ate, and examination of the "pastoral dren re.celVed at Chnstmas 10 rein in the kitchen at all times 20th-century Americans, It will Members of the hierarchy taking implications" of the doctrine and years ago, are paying dividends anyway (fudge making was the also deyet~p proposals for more part . were Cardinal . John. Car- devotion, for the sCiences now, A genera- only way that niany of'us could effectiv,e methods of 'promoting berry 'of St, Loui~, Archbisho'p : The final phase of the project, tion of post-Sputnik childre~ get our, mothers to consent to the sa~redll Heart apostolate, William E, Co~:>ins of Mil~a~- concluding 'in ·December '1973,' were bro.ught up on the ,w~nders . letting' us mess up the ,k,itchen), In addition, the sponsors hope kee, and Archbishop Paul F. Lel- will aim 'at development of "a: ~f, physI~s and now they ~!e "and they;.very often~will, decide' ,that the siudy will develop "in- bold of Cincinnati. nationili "pastoral strategy," The conferenc'e sought to re- Father Fuerst said. This ,will inhooked, ,The phase has certam- to bake ,a cake or a' sheet of fonnatipn: and insights on a Iyrun, out (?c,>w. the fad is s?ci- cookie~ ~ith()ut. even asking" broad range of ,questio~s relating la,te the c~rrent. situatio~ to Pope elude 'specific proposals' for proology), but It w1l1 be some time Their culinary adventures lean to religiou's .devotion ,'and reli- PlUS XII s major statement on moting the Sacred Heart aposbefore we see t~~ end of the ef- more toward quickie package giolls symbolism in' the modern the subject" the 19!?6' encyclical tolate. more effectively.. fects;of that trammg on the pres- mixes arid not to the slow· tedi· world,i"according to CARA re- "On' Devotion to' the Sacred ent ~enera'tion of, c.oll,ege ,stu- ous process of, dropping hot searche~:F~Uter Adrian' Fuerst a Heart· ("Hautietis Aquas"), . dents.. .' . '. ' . ( liquid into a glass of· water to ' ': ,,' In :-that document Pius XII ex.~er~on!lllYi I .am bored" by. see if a ball forms and the candy H ' 'A .• ' • plained devotion to the Sacred l~a~S: ssoclatlon Hear~ as "nothing else than deswmgmg pendulums ~nd space is cooked to the desired state of ship replic~s as w~ll as talking, doneness.And while their cook- Oi: Childhood votion to the human and divine telephones, computers and .all ing ventures are more successful PITTSBURGH (NC) _ A' for-' love ,of the Inc~mate Word and ". 'd I t f D U" to the love which the Heavenly the rest: Marilyn and I are ori- than min~ were at their age, I ., my. Winter fudge mer 'tpresI 0 uquesne m-I Fath·er an d the Holy Spmt . , , have ented' . 'differently' . " but. I mus t ad- still think h en I h ds th P t'f' mit ~hat my chlldren ~~e ·utt7rly . making 'was a lot more f~n anli 'A'er:H ·~t'. ,err feath 'He I onClh~cl-da for sinful men," He also stressed ' SSOCla Ion 0 I - th e nee'd 'for·t racmg " t he devobon '.' captivated , , . , bv ""everyth Ing sClen ~. I'm sure' a lot of other people hood" th I U 't de'St 0t y tlfIC.' , " . remember fondly their attempts ml~' nl e a es. "back to' Sacred Scripture, tradi, In ~e K,itchen;, at candy making during the long Holy IGhbst Father Vernon F, tion and the liturgy" and said it .

WlDter ha~' fmally arnved, New England Winters' of their Gallagher, i pastor of' Sacred "may' be considE!red, as far as FALL RIVER Hea.rt ,Chu~ch in Em~worth, Pa" practice is concemed, the perfect complete with chill wind, wet 'youth. .." .

This is a candy recipe that is .since July, is now national direc:· Fe d er~h~n Expects,: easy to make (no testing in a tor of the ,~ociety that supports Produc,tive Mee'ting gl~ss of water) and quite delight· missionl ~6rk with children at , CHICAGO (NC}-TheNational fu!. . more t~ani 600 church centers around t!te jworld, ~ Federation. of Priests' C o u n c i l s , ' SnowbaUs , "TliE ,DIFFERENT 90 DAY ACCOUNT't which last yellr voted over1 6 ounce package semi-sweet A priest' ,since 1940, Father whelmingly in favor 'of optional chocolate b~ts, ' Gallagh~r holds, a'master's and per annum min. $500. celibacy for priests, said it 'ex1f.J cup evaporated milk docwrated!egrees' from the UniNo Notice required after 90 f cup sifted' corifectioners' ver~:ity of! Pennsylvania, He pects this ye/Jr's meeting to be days on withdrawals made :wlth. sugar . served asp~esident,of Duquesne its most productive, in 10 days of each interest Y2 cup chopped walnuts ' 'More than 200 priest' deh~gates' period. . , . will foclis on the mission of the' 1 '3 Y2 ounce can fhiked coco- fro~l 191>0-~~, and provincial su- , perlor of Ith~ Holy Ghost Fathers Interest earntld from day of deposit to day of withdawal nut, from 1958-1967. '" .

Church and an analysis of its institutions and structures when 1) Combine chocolate and m i l k , ] . it convenes in· Denver March in the,·top of 'a double ',boiler; .

In th~':Fail of that year, he /l2-16. ' heat over hot water till choco. was appointed associate national ,The NFPC agenda is built late melts; stirringtoblend.. : director' of I the Holy Childhood '149 GAR, HWyr Rte 6 1 North Mf:lin'St. , 2) Remove. from heat and stir' Associ!'ltlon: under father Augusaround the theme,' "Ministry for . Somerset Fall Riv'e,' . . tus O. I Reitan. Father' Reitan, Justice al!d Peace: Imperative in sugar and nuts,. for Priests/USA,"with specific.' 3) Cool slightly,.then form' national- diteCtor since 1956; reo Cqming soom new South End Office at itIe corner of Plymouth . progr~~s a,imed at tackling t~': . illto. 1 inc~ balls and rol,l i~'coco:.. si~ed t,he' ;pOS~:in Janua.ry· dUll A. ve~ ar,ld Slade' St.~' Fal(River' day:s. IDju5tlCelt... ,.,,, '" ,'" "",,' ......... ." .':-' ,nut~. " .,. Q'" "" -: '!..?" :.'~. '" ........",.7:'," to III health. , ,

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Newspap'er Defends Editorial VATICAN OITY (NC)-The teaching just as it always has Vatican daily newspaper is ap- done in the past."

The earlier editorial that sent parently unrepentant about its attack on West Germany's pro· West Germany's assistant attorposed abortion and sterilization ney general before the television laws, despite a German official's cameras to denounce the Vatitelevised protest against "the can's "intrusion" had recalled clumsy intrusion of a friendly Nazi Germany's death camps and but foreign state." mass sterilization, and called The Vatican paper, L'Osserva- the reintroduction of abortion tore Romano, said that it had . and sterilizat'ion into Germany "simply restated the Church's ominous.

The Church is a pilgrim Church. She travels through time and history seeking the Kingdom which is both within us and yet "not of this world." Every culture, every race, every ideology is haunted by' this Kingdom. It is the place where hate gives way to love, where truth plunged in the reality of this reigns, aggression turns to epoch, this culture, this city, this job. How to be truthful and lov· zest and dedication, the lion ing in a tribal society in transi-

lies down with the lamb and "there will be no more death and no more mourning or sadness.

By BARBARA WARD

For' the former things are passed away. And he who sits upon the Throne says: "Behold I make all things new."

This place has many namesthe Golden' Age, the Garden of Eden, the Vale of Avalon, the Rule of the Yellow Emperor, the Lost Paradise, the Classless Soci· iety. Whether they know it or not, all earth's children are on this pilgrimage from the valley of tears to the discovery of the Kingdom and the Church makes the journey with them. .

But she make it in a special way. She knows that there is a map fo~ th~ route. She knows that the fundamental insights of all the worl~'s great religions and ethical traditions point. to the kind of behaviour which alone will help the pilgrims to arrive. . Church's Task

tion, how to be generous and compassionate on a feudal hacienda, how to be just and cooperative in the dissociated city/sub· urban complex - these are' the realities of the earthly pilgrimThe Christian faith discovered its first -thrusting vitality in the vast megalopolitan slums and suburbs of imperial Rome in its decadence. Conditions then ·were more' like today's despairing shanty towns and favellas than the quiet, clustered villages and ~athedral towns alive with bells that' bring to mind the Catholic Middle Ages. .

Where We Are We make our pilgrimage where we are. The chart must not try to' take us through another country. So the maps have to change although the 'central direction does not. And one way of looking at the synods of the Church is to see them as efforts to ensure that the pilgrims understand the terrain. of their march and apply to it the right instructions.

This is the task of "discerning the times," of giving witness to unchangeable truth in terms which are relevant to the highly' changeable human' ~ondition. Of c'6ilrse, this is a perpetual task, continuously engaging the Church as guide and teacher. But when theBishol's from the whole world. gather in Rome' for the synod, they have a double rele· va~ce. Not only do they. bring to'. gether the experience of the en.tire episcopate.

The.pure of ~eart see God, the . peacemakers are his children.

Men and women of justice and truth, souls of gentle fortitude-:these are the people who il}herit Planetary Dimension the. earth. The Church has outriders and scouts-the saints and The fact' that they represent, prophets - who have seen. the however unevenly, all peoples Kingdom and return to the line and· races, the fact that they of march to report on the won· came from the ends of the earth, der of the destination and to tell the fact th~t their mere presence men, by a divine paradox, that is a showing 'forth of difference the route is the Kingdom if they in unity brings an espedal are already faithful to the law of . weight and authority to their efGod. . forts of discernment. They symAbove all, in the figure of the bolize in their very presence the universal Christ, she serves and' fact that the great issues confollows the final guarantor of the. fronting the human pilgrimage reality of the Kingdom, the vic- today have a planetary dimentor over "the last enemy," Death, sicn which is completely new. the first-born of a new humanity;' And by choosing for the Synod the symbol of a whole creation of 1971 the theme "Justice in the in travail to be born into a new World", the Bishops did more life.. than symbolize the Church's The Church's task is to per- worldwide concern. They plunged suade the pilgrims to folloW- the to the heart of it. guides and the map. That wonFor our planetary society, derful old epic, John Bunyan's physically one, biologically inter-' "Pilgrim's Progress," wh~ch dependent, sharing inherently takes' the beleagured Christian limited natural resources,' inesthrough all the snares and -evils capably .bound to the great of unredeemed creation, still cycles of nature's decay' and re-' gives the flavor of the Christian task. The Christian journey has newal, is n~>netheless' riven by injustice, greed, rapacity' and to be' seen not as something ab- . careless waste; With population stract, unreal and apart. It is rising, consumption thrusting. ahead, and yet willi poverty Benevolence spreading' at the base, our pianet· You will make more friends in. is growing fundamentally and a week by getting yourself inter- dangerously out of balance. This ested in other people than you is the "sign of the times" that can in a year by trying to get the Synod set itself to discern in other people interested in you.. taking up the issue of world jus·

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FIRING: Rev. Raul Hasbun, director of televisionchannel 13 in Santiago, apll pears at a press conference and explains the firing of This· is the first column I am writing to you as Bishop Leonardo Caceros, newsO'Meara. It was indeed a happy occasion for The Society for the Propagation of the Faith when the Holy Father ordained caster. NC Photo.

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Dismissal of TV Director Causes.

Storm in Chile SANTIAGO (NC) - The firing of Leonardo Caceres, news di" rector of the Catholic Univer· sity's television station here, has caused strikes, campus unrest and charges of "inquisition."

A leftist-domiriated union called a strike against the station,. directed by. Father Raul Hasbun, after' 'he fired Caceres on charges' of- bia~ed program'ming of news coverage.

The television station's board of trustees confirmed the priest's decision. Catholic University students have staged demonstrations both for and against the dismissal.

The case is part of a tense situation in which private commu· nications media !ire trying to survive attempts by the Popular Union government of Marxist President Salvador Allende to control press, radio, television and publishing.

Father Hasbun, who became director of the station in Janu· ary, said Caceres' consistently "slanted Church news regarding domestic and foreign events, from documents issued by Chilean bishops to comments on_ Pope Paul VI. . . Has Highest Rating In his report to the station's board, the priest presented several cases of what he said was biased information, covering five years of Caceras work.

Several dailies got into the controversy, with Marxist periodicals calling Father Hasbun "the Great Inquisitor of Channel 13," the channel assigned to the Catholic station.

Channel 13 is Chile's first television station, both in seniority -it started broadcasting in 1959 -and in audience. Ratings give it up to 70 per cent of the total television audience.. ' Father Hasbun denied any "political motivations" in the firing and said he would be the first to oppose such' policies.

"The simple fact is that Caceres has been shown to be incompetent in guaranteeing the people their right to know the truth."

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me a bishop on February 13th. It is a great honor for myself, but even more, it is a tribute to the work of The Society for the Propagation of the Faith and to all who share with us the great confidence and responsibility the Holy Father places in . the Society in the United States.

What is this work and responsibility? Simply, sharing with our poorer brothers and sisters in the mission world the Good News of God's love for mankind in Christ Jesus. This is the work and witness of today's dedicated missionaries and the privilege we possess by our personal prayers and sacrifices for them.

It is also a ~appy occasion to be celebrating the l50th anniversary of The Society for the Propagation of the Faith this year.

What was begun 150 years ago through the initiative of one persQn, Pauline Jaricot, as an asSociation of lay people sacrificing to help the mission's, has' become 'a worldwide Pontifical Society with this same original purpose: providing the poorest of the Church's missionaries with the help they need to bring the Good News of Christ to the most .needful of peoples. Words and statistics could never tell the story of the good done by generations past, and by you today who contribute through the. Society to this work of vital importance.

To commemorate this Anniver.sary year iit a special way, we are happy to offer to you, our friends, a special Commemorative Edition of the GOOD NEWS FOR MODERN MAN, the NEW TESTAMENT in today's English. It is fitting that the Society celebrates its 150 years of sharing the Good News with others by sharing the GOOD NEWS .with you.' .

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"At that moment Jesus' disciples returned; and they were surpriseC: to find him talking with a woman" (John 4,27), The disciples must have felt that same' surprise many more times before they came to understand Jesus.

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companied him when he visited themselves into a serious bind. in some instances, their resentment the home of Mary :arid Martha seems to arise from an inability (Luke 10,38"42): They must have to accept themselves as women. iearned that "Jesus loved Martha and her sister. and Lazarus" It is as if they had been de(John 11,5). luded-or deluded themselvesStill, they seem never to have into the belief that only male learned their lesson very well. values, male forms of vocational When a group of mothers tried achievement, male' avenues of to get near Jesus with their .chilself-fulfillment are valid and dren, the disciples. wantect to worth pursuing. Their violentrekeep them away (Mk 10,13-16). jection of "male chauvinism" By 'whim a week before his death could thus have the rather pathe wqman at Bethany ,pours out thetic outcome of placing them FR. QUENTIN her precipus perfume on' his permore firmly, though subtly, unthis' and son, "the "disciples . der the dominance of male culi QUESNELL, S.J. became angry" (Matt 26,8), ture that they now suppose i Again, Jesus, had to set them themselves to be. straight and insist ,that. the Root Problem They . saw him talk with woman was right (Matt 26,9-13)'A sensitive but unsympathetic Women First observer of women's liberation, Peter's mother-in-law (Mk 1,30f,), The first appearances ·of Jesus .with Jairus and his wife (Mk novelist Anne Bernays, has writ5,21-43), with the woman embar- after his resurrection are to ten· that "Liberation 'is irresisrassed by the flow of blood (Mk women. The first of these, Mary tible to women who want to be 5,25ff.), with the bent woman Magdalene, "went and told It to men." She adds that the root (Luke 13,10-17). They. saw him his companions, and when they problem of the movement is "the talk with the Syro-Phoenician heard her say that Jesus was ,disabling anxiety that different woman (Matt, 15,21-28), with the, alive and that she had seen' him, ' . m.eans the same thing as infe·rior." For a woman 'hooked. on woman who was" a sinner (Luke they did.l)ot believe her"..(lYIark " .

'7,36-50), with' the women'" of 1(),10f.): . ' . liberation, she says, "the psychic, The disciples on the. road -to Jerusalem, on the· way to the SUFFRAGISTS' MARCH IN '1913: 'Activity of the wo- imperatives have blinded her to Emmaus say: "Some, . of the men's liberation movement began lc)ng ago and continues the pleasures of her own uniquecross (Luke' 23,27-31).

They soon found themselves women of, our group, surprised to the present. The activists have "come a long way" since ness." . surrounded by. a large group of us. They went'~t dawn ,to. the This boils down simply to the women who traveled along. with grave,' but could not find his , their March to the:Capital in Washington in 19,13, but}eel rather obvious fact-which psyhim wherever he went: Mary, body. .They came 'back saying that they have not ·come far enough. .chological research is now begin,Magdalene, Joanna,'. Susanna, they had seen a, vision' of 'angels, , ning tc? doc~ment-,..,that. ,w.ox.nen "i '.

'BYRUSSELL'SHAW . Worrien are still paid less than are not men, and men. are not . and many other women who' who told them .he 'was 'alive"" .helped Jesus and his.disciples (Luke 24,22f.).Silly women. Who, men for doing the same jobs. women, and there is no sense "WOmell. are an oppressed' Other forms of discrimination in.a member of either group try-. with their belongings'" (Luke could believe them? So .~·soine of' Turn to Page Eightee.n,· . C1a,;s." "TIle women's revolution exist and should be removed.

- 8,2). 'The disciples must have ac~ ing to pretend otherwise. Dis" is the 'fin~i revolution of 'them On the other hand, the militant I crimination against women, soall." , feminists go further and, in do-. cial; professional" or wha~ever, These. s~ntences, by tw'o writ- ing so,' appear to have gott'en Tum to Page Seventeen t;!rs on the: phenomenon of, mili-' tant feminjsm,.sumup what the feminists see as the basic prob",Every Cl1ristian. woman is a ,challenging 'statement about lem of' wo~en (oppression) and liberated woman." That's exactly . women-a statement ~e appar- the answer! to that problem (revwhat she said. -I remember, be- ently found hard tp believe him- . olution).. Many people do not Our before"Chl'istmas Common revelation of the experiment and cause .her words. took me by sur- self, judging from some, of' his. take eithet the diagnosis or the prise. other assertions about women- proposed remedy very' seriously. .Penance SerVice opened with con- reflect views of both the planJerrI' dropP,ed,by my office this "All of you 'who ,have been bap: But' others are beginning tel gregational singing of "Whatso- ners and the participants. ' . afternoon with her 5-year-old tized into ·Christ. have clothed sense that, despite its excesses, ever You Db to the'Least.of, My Was it too long? Probably. The daughter' and a stack of reli" yourselves iIi Him.. .There does women's liberation has hit on an Brothers,", included the tradition- laity didn't object' 'and one gious education materials. She is not exist among you. ':. slave or unresolved'social issue that de- al"Come Holy Ghost" and ended couldn't detect in the congrega-, with music fr.onl, "Jesus' Christ tion the usual deadly signs' of a 'young Catholic' housewife, . freeman, male or' female. All are serves serious attention. mother of two, and a struggling, one in Christ Jesus!' (Gal 3:28).

It isobv'ious that the militant S,uperstar... . boredom--coughing, . uneasiness; CCD teacher. She was on her· Jerri had. unwittingly trans-, ~ feminists are angry women. Less ;~~:q~:r¥I~~keU%T--:-: ,watch-glancing, but we felt it , way from a' civic· meeting, pick- olated Paul's insight into. more - ob"ious, at least to most men, is <:ould have been siightly shorting up her children from school, modern language. What Paul and the cause of their anger. A typi. ened. Omission. of one reading hoping to'be home' in time to Jerri are saying is t~1l1t because cal male response to feminist . with introductory remarks and prepare dinner" before her hus- of Christ's' freeing activity there outrage is: patronizing laughter, .1 its reflective pause would just band returned from work. is a fundamental equality with followed by the assertion that about take care of that diffiCulty. 'the Christian ,community be- the trouble with women is that iFR. JOSEPH M. How . successful? Moderately Mm:rmm~ tween man a1J,d woman, an they don't realize how well off so. It attracted fewer than anticCHAMPLIN· , equality :with rights as well as' they really are. ipated, although other factors By responsi~ility.. Jerri sees womWh~t is j needed instead is an (snow, shopping, basketball) may . have interferred with attendance'. en;s lib' within this context. effort to see things from the . Irrn1:atilllli:mr~ruru . She put her fi.nger, on. asens.i- feminist's :viewpoint _ not in FR. CARL J., A woman prodaimed the first However, there were enough to tive point. If the Church iS,as order to. agree with everything scriptural selection" a ~an the . justify the effort and those who PFEIFER" S.J. the Vatican Council II teaches, they saytJut at least to under.. second, and a married couple led ·worshipped that evening, as far a signor: s~cramentof universal 'stand 'What it is they are saying. the community in an, examina- : as we. could determine; generally liberation~ then th~,;:coriJniunlty, lrt'this c~ntury the options al'e tion of conscience by alternately '. found' the service inspirational that makes. up' the ·Church.by availabi~,theoretically at least reading appropriate 'passages ,and' a source of' true spiritual I asked her what she though.t word and by examples~ould .be '-tD women have increased dm.. from the Old Testameqt (Deuter- renewal. , of Christianity ~nd w.orilen's lib. pointing 'outtoall thefunc;la-. ma·:ically. More educational op.. onomy 5, Leviti<:us 19) and. the Confused " .' Without· hesitation' she said, mentale,ql,Iality of men. andportunities~ and more career pas- New (Matthew ~. Mark 7): Did they become'conftis~d and "Every Christian woman is a lib- women as human.' beings, ,as .sibilities are open to them than This 45 minute ceremony also .. wonder if 'this replaced' confeserated woman." I must have'. unique persons. Unfortunately ever before.: More legal proteI;" featured the TeleKETCS film, on .. sion? Very definitely.' A ser",on 'looked stunned, because' she ,the Church of. the 'present is tibns are afforded them. Prog.. Penance (very, very excellent, ·on· the preceding Sunday and the asked .if what she. said was all often not notably more, success- res:; has been impress~ive. , moving many, perhaps most to homily within the rite itself atful.in this' ' 'regard:, thari 'the' tears), joint recitation of two tempted to explains these points: ,.wrong., Church of. the past.

-. . , , " , Serious' Bind' All One E:ut a great deal remains un-. psalms,·. a brief homily, ,~nd .forgiveness of sins can come.out;- ·,-Perhaps I was a bit· stunned ,:..~ ': .. Equals .:,.... " done. Many jobs are closed to words or gestures, of reconcilia- ,side of confession in many ways . ,by the simplicity, .directness, and In an, interview last year 'a qua.lified women, as if an invis- tion and p~ac,e at the conclusion. (e.g., .reception of the' Euchar'i'st, depth of.her perceptive. response. good frienc;lof inine;Mrs. H. Ar- ible "No' Women Need Apply" The, questions and' answers works of charity); serious fail:I~ ,reminded me of St. Paul's Turn to Page Nineteen sign were hung on the door. which follow gujded .us in our 'rum to Page Eighteen ,

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through the, streets, wreaking havoc and terrorizing their eiders-all this with the full approval of the authorities in Peking.

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Guards had broken up into factions, savagely preying on one another. The internecine strife was fostered by Peking. '

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But the eli~ination of discrimination ought not to be confused with the futile attempt to eliminate differences, for this is an excellent way to guarantee a good deal of grief for society in general and women in particular.

Armed Warfare The factions did not limit themselves to epithets or fisticuffs. They secured firearms, Armed warfare among the factions began; and it rapidly escalr:lWi&'U'1lt'ilM%*4~ lated, with machine guns being used, and then mortars, flameErsatz Man throwers, and heavier pieces.

By ; One faction would lay siege to As Pope Paul said in his 1971 elements of- another holed up in apostolic letter on social issues, RT. REV. a building. The building would be it is desirable that there be a MSGR. under severe, sustained fire, with "charter for women" which much' destruction and loss of life. would put an end to an actual JOHN S. SR. CLAIRE COUTU, DHS There were skirmishes and amdiscrimination and would estabKENNEDY bushes and full-scale engagelish relationship of equality in . ments, The casualties and fatalrights and of respect for their ities grew ever more numerous'. dignity. But this is not the same ~...~ thing as efforts to create a "false The central authorities ultiand abuse. Previously untouchequality" which would deny mately decided to call a halt to able figures were thus brought this chaos of their own creation.

The appointment of Sr. Claire male-female differences. low and broken-all by youth

By February, 1968, the lethal Couto, D.H.S. as directress of Even more than legislation, gone beserk. ' spree was over, and in July of continued formation for the perhaps what is most needed is American Province of the Daughthat year Ken Ling to'ok to the Filth, Poverty ocean waters by. night to begin ters of the Holy Spirit has been a rethinking of what it means to Next <;ame "linkups," which his attempt to get away from , announced by Sister Lucille La- be a woman in today's society took Red' Guard leaders from China. The book ends with, his belle, Provincial Superior. Sister and action to implement this new their native places to other parts doing so.

Claire succeeds Sister Helen insight. There is no reason, after of China, there to compare revoElizabeth Burda who was forced all, why every woman - any Madness With Method lutiOliaryexp,eriences with their' to resign her position beciuise'-of more than every man - should )lave to adapt her life to precisepeers" and eventlially to Peking, Its 410 pages are, crammed, illness. for a rally clfqlaxed ,by a glimpse with specific incidents minutely In this position, Sister Claire , ly the same pattern, particularly of Mao. and graphically, recaIled. Wheth- will coordinate the programs 'of if that pattern is based on o\ltAn opportunity to traverse er every particular is to be treat- higher education for the sisters mooed' notions of feminine infeUnfortunately, this, ,China enabled Ken Ling to cover ed as literal truth, one simply as well as make avai!able a riority. seems to be just what some of variety of conferences and workthousands of miles and see many cannot determine. But the perthe mOre radical feminists are different provinces. He was take' sonal history as a whole im- shops for their benefit. ',- ,: The order staffs the Bishop demand~ng.

Red Guard Leader en aback by the filth and the ex- presses one as veracious, and Stang Day Nursery on Second this not j~st, bec,ause it ~onsti­ Their pattern admittedly deviKen Ling was 16 years old and cruciating poverty wh(ch he, oftutes an indictment of the Mao Street in Fall River. at'es from the traditional undera student in the Amoy Eighth ten encountered along, the way.

All of Sister Claire's apostolregime. standing of ~oman's role, but it Middle School, when in 1966, he His description of a train trip in ate has been In Connecticut.

'Ken Ling convincingly fills in conforms instead to male-derived was enlisted in the so-called Cul- decrepit and noisome cars beset Prioi" to her present assignment the: outline which it has been notions of self-realization. Suretural Revolution whi~h Mao un- and invaded by a rabble of skelepossible to assemble from bits in pastoral work among the ly" though, there are better ways tal beggars, is so revolting as to leashed· 'upon ,the 'people- of turn all but a petrified stomach. and pieces of information coming Spanish-speaking people of Hart- 'of being a woman today than China. ford, she. taught elementary Far from firing him with loyal- out of China over the last five or simply being an ersatz man.

When, a little later, the Red classes at All Hallows School, six years.

Guards were spawned, Ken Ling ty, the Peking rally, during Moosup and St. John School, The CulturaL Revolution, as debecame a leader among them, which he saw Mao at a great dis- picted in this book, seems, at Plainfield; secondary school at tance, disgusted him by the confirst in his native Amoy, later in first, to be a massive fit of utter Putnam Catholic Academy; was all .Fukien Province. He was to tempt for the ordinary person madness. But there was method dean of women, chairman of the be feverishly engaged in the Cul- which was amply shown there. -It in it: to keep the fires of revolu- Spanish, Deppartmerit and later ended in a stampede, after which tural Revolution for two years. chairman of the Modern lanmilitary trucks were used to car- tion blazing, to smash all subor- guage Department of Annhurst Over 35 Years Was he motivated by enthusidinates who were settling 'down 'ry away mutilated bodies. of Satisfied Service College; and principal-superior asm for the thought of Mao? He as a bureaucracy, to subvert all Reg. Master Plumber 7023 regarded Mao as remote and inTake Over City but the arbitrary authority of the of Cathedral High School, BridgeJOSEPH RAPOSA, JR. significant. This, he says, was dictator, to erase all vestiges of port.

806 NO. MAIN STREET "No one really cared about the attitude of his contemporaBrother in Diocese the past.

Fall River 675-7497 aries. The little red books of Mao following Mao Tse-tung at all," Sister Claire holds an M.A. How a government capable of ,he writes, "...

They saw the Culthought were everywhere, as such, monstrosities can be ex- and Ph.D. degree in Spanish were posters and statues of the tural Revolution as a time to say pected to play a responsible role from the Catholic University of supreme leader. The propaganda or do alrilOst anything - and in world affairs is something America in Washington. She was an 'elected delegate to the Proto promote slavish submission to never gave thought to the possi- which defies understanding. vincial Chapter of the American him was relentless and omnipres- bility of having to settle accounts Aluminum or Steel province of the Daughters of the ent. But Ken Ling and his asso- in the future."

On his return to Amoy, he and Bishops to Study 944 County Street Holy Spirit in 1969 and again ciates were unimpressed. the thousands of youths under NEW BEDFORD; MASS. ,in 1971 and has besen elected Justice in Canada 'Youth Goes Beserk 992-6618 his leadership took over the en-, to attend the General Chapter to OTTAWA (NC) - "Justice in Why did the young leap so tire city of 700,000. They seized Canada" will be the ,principal i:>e held in March in Brittany, eagerly into the Cultural Revo- 'all the industries, factory after item on the agenda at the meet- France.

She is the daughter of the late lution? Because it offered an op- factory. They agitated against ing of the Canadian Catholic portunity to gain position and the police" .then physically at- Conference at Ottawa April 17- Albert and Rebecca (Brodeur) Coutu of West Warwick and power. Be~ause they could use it tacked "and',bested, them. They 21. ' , , one of her brothers, Norbert, refor paying off old scores. Be- achieved complete. command, and At their September 1971 meetcause it allowed them to run everyone did their will or 'suf- ing in Edmonton, Alta., the bish- sides in South Attleboro. fered for it. ' , wild. Because "this was the one 'ops elevoted most Qf their time chance in our lives to enjoy any-' At the beginning of February, to the agenda of the October thing, whatever other people had 1967, orders came, from Peking 1971 Synod of Bishops in' Rome: and ~ore. If ..V\'~ could .enjoy, aimed , ~t ,rerer~ing the" Cultural the' ministerial'priestnood, JUssomething, then' we would de- 'RevolutIOn" and the army, took tice in the- world and"the funda-' , stroy it so the everyone would ' 'charge in Amoy. ,Ken Lin'g found mental law'of the, Church. Lack be equal." himself no longer an overlord of time at' the, 1971 meeting ROUTE 6-between Fall River and New Bedford " The schools were closed, the ,but the object of a police hunt, forced the bishops" to put aside students took over the'.buildings with five kinds of crime charged certain aspects of justice in CanOne of Southern New En9land~s Finest Facilities and started on the' i'nterrogationagainst him. He fled" 'and' for a d a . ' and humiliation of their teachers. some months wimdered far from At a' recent CCC' executive With; the teachers out of the' home, seeking to escapedetec-' committee meeting it: was de-, Now Avciilable lor way, there began the' campaign tion and arrest. " . cided to give top priority to justo demolish everything· old: an-, Then,' in April of, 1967, the Cul- tice:inCanada at the April meetSHOW~, 1 , cient ,works of art, architectural . tura1Revolution ,was' resumed. ing in order to discover how the or de.corativer~~inders of }he Once ~or~ '!J1 Amoy,he became Synod of Bishop.s", recommendaFOR, DETAILS CALL MANAGER-636-2744 or 999-6984 pre-Mao era, whole libraries, tein- more powerfu(' than before. By tions may ,:best be -,applied ,,' in '. : . pies. The., $~ud~nts ',f~p.ag,ed ',thi~' -time; ': ho~ever, the _ Red, Canada: ... :

miration, Visits to it have been made by a strictly limited number of Americans, who smilingly tell us of their warm reception, of the extraordinary cleanliness of the country and of the satisfaction of the people with the order which pertains and the frugal comfort which everyone enjoys.

Before we become wholly bemused by these accounts of very brief and closely supervised visits, it would be well indeed to read Ken Ling's The Revenge of Heaven (Putnam, 200 Madison • Ave., New York, N. Y. 10016. $8.95). It purports to be, and indeed gives every indication of being in fact, the work of a: young Chinese who, until '1968, had lived all his life under the regime of Mao Tse-tung.

In 1968, the man who uses the pseudonym "Ken Ling," escaped from China and is now a university student, presumably in the United States, since those who prepared the book for publication are Americans. Ken Ling handed them a manuscript of more than half a million Chinese characters, and then submitted to lengthy interviewing. Out of .this, and other research, has come the present work.

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New Problems; Challenge,s For' American. Catholicism Even though he was not part of its later deterioration, Richard Flacks was one of the founders of the Students for' a Democratic Society. For a time we were colleagues at ' the, University of Chicago. While there wen~ many tqings we did not agree on," . there were also some things ful work and with a frightful atwe did agree on. We wel'( trition in membership and institutions. Most of us who are now not close friends but we .alive will not live to see the new

Church; we will. have to suffer the sadness of watching much that is good in contemporary Catholicism go down the drain because no one in a position of _ power cares enough to save it.

I . . 'Political Innocent' By Those of us who still belie~e IIAny tIme you want to count your', . in the ideals of the council will REV~' 'have to resign ourselves to , , stop over - we have a computer'" . . working for a success of which ANDREW M./ . we will 'never be a ·part. This is GREELEY . not exactly an appealing thought, addition, see it forcing confesContinued: from Page. Sixteen but one either pursues such a . course or gives up working alto~ ures require submission to the sion into a false framework for gether. . prie:lt in th1e context of confes.. the sake of giving participants I was therefore 'deeply moved I had thought that the· Intel" sion, eV,en :when not required. the best of both worlds. the other day to read that Flacks lectual . arbiters of American offers much to us in terms of No Substitute had more or less admitted that Catholicism were seriously' con- grace and growth. But soine in What did we do about confesthe "Movement" he had helped cerned with respo!1sible dialogue the coffee' and' cookie period to found was a' failure.. In poi- about ideas:' I have discovered after the service :indicated by sion? We invited! other priests that they real.. over for the occasion and, folgnant and very.direCt language that most of them are not very their coriver~ation , "1 he said~ "J. have to admit -that a bright' and are much more con- ly hadn't grasped these notions. lowing the service, offered' those lot of feelings about this genera- cerned with thinking the right Wouldn't general absolution . who wished this opportunity for tion being a vanguard for a new thoughts and repeating the right within the teremony solve that individual confession of sins. words than they are about seri- diffkulty? I don't really think Moreover, the ceremony didn't society have disappeared.'~· There are a number 'of coin- .ous analysis of the problems and so. Apart f~om current Church really conclude. After the gesments .which might be made. If possibilities of American Cathol- legislation ~hich prohibits this ture of peace and reconciliation .

• the movement is over, and it icism. 'except in c~ses of emergency, it the musicians (organ and guitar) I had thought it was possible ·seems to me there are serious played for about five minutes, surely is, Catholics as always will be the last to find out about to enter a professional and reo, practical,. p~storal reasons which creating an atmosphere in which those who attended either ponit-as the .current doings at Har- sponsible relationship: with the mak,~ that unwise. risburg make clear. One could leadership. of the American hierIf mortal' sin meims a free, dered what took place, moved also wonder about their naivete, archy. I have discovered that. I deep, tqtaI I rejection of God's toward the' 'confessionals, or not of young people like Dick am a political innocent in these love and ·his plan for us, then walked downst.airs for refreshFlacks but of their elders who circles and that they are far is it sufiicie~t for one guilty of ments. thought that any generation was more tricky than I wHi ever be. this to be reconciled through a The quiet sense of repentance ST. ANNE so special that by itself it was A stand based on technical com- group communal rite, however and hope (not really an ebullient CREDIT UNION going to be a "vanguard of a new petency and integrity is no beautiful an~ compelling? I have rejoicing) continued on and we' 43 RODNEY FRENCH BLVD. match for them. society." . my doubts a,nd the long tradition were busy with confessions NEAR COVE RD. NEW BEDFORD Last Word But what impressed me was of t:te Church would seem to (fruitful ones I would add) All Your Money Insured Against LOll the honesty and the integrity I conclude that there is not support .me ,.in that' conviction. nearly an hour afterwards.

All Persollal Loans Life Insured with which Flacks could admit much point in spending any time Moreover, 'if we believe that Home Mortgages.on Easy Terml My overall impression? The Special Deposits Double at Death he had been wrong. Surely his or energy thinking about either lesser sins ~an be forgiven out- common penance service serves Bank In Person or by Mall Catholic counterparts will not do of these groups, much less writ- side corifes~ion by sharing in an excellent purpose, should be Welcome Into Dur Credit Union Family that. I found myself wondering ing about them. Blasting away something like a common pen- conducted several times a year Open Daily 9 am-2 pm FrJ. 8-8 pm whether I could so readily admit at them is fun for awhile, but . ance servicJ, then why compli- (e.g.,t\dvent, Lent), complements -Parkingdefeat and failure if something then it becomes a bit of ·a bore; cate matters by interjecting an confession, but does not and CLOSED SATURDAYS to which I had committed _so there are other and better. things absolution formula within the ought n.ot to replace it. many years of my life and so to do. With the end of this par- ceremony. , ~-----~----much of. my emotional resources agraph. I shall not mention them :Answer had failed. again in this column. If I can't find much more interesting subWhy not: interrupt the rite, New. Church jects to write about, I should make sufficient priests available have participants confess indiAs I thought about thisaspE;.ct , not be doing a column.

INDUSTRIAL and DOMESTIC There . is great vitality and vidually to them? This apparentof Flack's comment, it dawned on me that in a very.real sense commitment in the American ly is a frequent solution of the I am as much a failure as he is. Church although there' is . also prob::em.ln it, the penitent skips, The things I believed in and much confusion and disorganiza- the initial. iformula (bless me hoped for have come to as un- tion. A "new agenda" is begin- Fath,~r ...), inerely .recites a list happy':'-if not as messy~an end ning to emerge, and there are of sins and :the confessor omits as has the S.D.S., for I was as new problems and challenges to adviee, co,:,nseling or other committed to ~post-conciliar which we must address ourselves. word s tailored to needs of the Let the dead bury their dead. specific perspn. All then normal~ Catholics" as Dick. was to' the 312 Hillman S;treet 997-9162 New Bedford ly complete ,a single, previously .~#,••####• •~##~#. .###,##,######• • • ,#~......,.,#••~••••••••~ "·Movemept." . agreed uponi penance.

I put immense hopes and ener- American Gets New gies into working for the develI Elm not pne to quibble with opment of. a new, vital, and dy- Vatican Assignment success-and this procedure does· namic form of Catholic life in LAFAYETTE (NC) - Msgr. seem to enjoy considerable popuAmerica. I had been caught up . Charles 'Burton Mouton, a priest larity-but liretain serious reserin the ideas and movements in of the Lafayette diocese,· has vations about the practice. The 27 Park Street, Attleboro, Mass. , the Church which led to the. been transferred from the papal confessor here becomes an ob278 Union Street, Nlw Bedford, Mass.. council.

My. expectations were' . solving machine and, further, is diplomatic service to the Vati" swept to .dizzy heights by the can's Congregation for the Evan- . in effect p~ohiblted from any FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS·' AND LDA!\! ASSOCIATION astonishing event of the council. gelization of Peoples. '. type of 'dialogue or discussion As naively as Flacks thought he Msgr. Mouton, who joined the with the. penitent should that REGULAR SAVINGS 5% was part of a vanguard of a. new _Vatican diplomatic service in seem desira91e or necessary. society I thought I was part of 1958, was ordained' in 1949. He Anything which tends to inter90 DAY NOTICE ACCOUNTS 5~% the vanguard of the new Church. was made a monsignor in 1959. fere with the freedom of either 1 YR. CERTIFICATES MINIMUM $5,000 5%,% I could not have been more His assignments in the diplomatic the priest c6nfessor or the per·wrong. There will be a new service have included Korea, son c:onfessirtg has always made 2 YR.' CERTIFICATES MINIMUM $10,000 6% Church,. indeed, but it 'will Indo-China, West" Central Africa, me r.:lOst untomfortable. I view Dividends Paid Quarterly emerge after long years of pain- India and most recently Rome. this wlution iin that light and, in were friendly and I was disappointed when he was forced to leave ~he ~niversity.

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In an age whim women were .passed over or passed around, the disciples must also have been suprised and perhaps a little annoyed at how often Jesus' parables and' examp.1es were about women or were drawn from the typical experience of women. There were parables of the wedding feast, of the ten maide~s, the lost coin, the measure of meal, the persistent praying widow, the praise of -the widow's mite. And there was his concern for the dignity of woman and the equality of woman in his teachirig on the permanence of marriage and the malice of "looking after a woman to lust ~fter her .. :" (Matt. :5,27f.).

• ,'one in Christ It took them a long time to overcome their inbred prejudices about the inferiority of women.

St. Paul, t~enty years later, still has a few: "A woman should have a covering for her head, to show she is under her .husband's authority (1 Cor. 11,1 0). '~The women should keep quiet in the church meetings ... If they want. to find out about something, they should ask their husbands at home" (1 Cor. 14,34f.).

But the example of Jesus and the teaching of Jesus got through sometimes anyway. so that Paul was able to leave us at least one magnificent statement' on woman's equal place in . the church: "In Christ there . is neither male nor female; but you are all one in Christ Jesus" (Galatians 3,28),

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SCHOOL60Y SPORTS

Bishops Present Nation's Plight

IN THE DIOCESE

By PETER J. BARTEK Norton Hilh Coach

Winter Sports Tournaments Highlight Schoolboy Calendar Keeping abreast of the developments on the scholastic' schoolboy sports scene will be a full time task for even the most ardent fan this week as competition proceeds on three fronts. Those basketball teams that completed the season with at least a 65 per cent winning average are in interscholastic basketball. engaging in the State basket- Twelv:e are in the tournament.

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hope of being crowned State in division III. champion. Sixty-nine schools Bristol C,ounty League chamqualified for play in the three pion New Bedford is the area's division Southern Mass. tourney. Forty-one clubs are battling most serious, threat in the large it out for the title of Massachu- school bracket. The Whalers ensetts schoolboy hockey cham- ter the' play-off with a 13-1 pion. And, at the same time, the league record. But, it will take qualifying meets for the 55th a great' team effort for the Whalers, to top the field in divi~nnual Indoor State Schoolboy ' Track ,Meet are being held at sion one South.

According to most observers Lynn Technical and Lexington.

While Southeastern Mass. is the Crimson and White are in represented in all tournaments, the tourney's' toughest bracket. basketbaall is still king in this . However, they are not alone in area as indicated by the.number their uphill battle. of schools that have qualified Durfee High of Fall River, runfrom within the confines of dioc- ner-up in the County loop,' was esan limits. eliminated in the first round of There are 36 secondary schools play Monday ,night when they within the diocese that compete lost to Brockton by one point.

Holy Family Chases Third Championship Barnstable, which has dominated the Capeway Conference for the past two Winters, has been moved from Class C to division I. The Red :;' Raiders, under Tech tourney .forIhat competed in a Class,.C ie~gue and, therefore, were'.piilced 'in the .smaller schoolpl:a~ket.. However, 'under this yeah:"g'uidi:Hines enrollment is th,e:"d~te~ini~ing factor. Thus Bar~st'llble is compet- , ing against thl;!' ;Iarg'est schools in the Commo'nwealth., Its fate will be followed;~, witli' interest. .

Two Narraganseh League teams 'represent the area in division II. Bishop Connolly High of Fall River and Somerset both of whom finished behind champion Holy Family High of New Bedford paired off in a first round contest, and Somerset was the victor in tllis contest.

Lawrence High of Falmouth will carry the Capeway banner in the second bracket along with Dighton-Rehoboth Regional which qualified as an independent. Neither club is considered a serious threat to favorites Sharon of the Hockomock

Le'gue or Old Colony League champion Rockland.

Local fans will probably follow division III with hope and anticipation. At least two diocesan contingents are expected to fare well. Any of the five quali" fiers could win the crown.

Narry titlist, New England Catholic Tourney Class B champion Holy Family has to be con~ sidered a favorite. The Parochials have lost only one encounter this Winter and that came early in the campaign against Barnstable. The Blue Wave has always performed admirably in tourney action. It will take a strong effort to oust the Jack Nobrega coached club.

Little Sandwich High usually does not create much excitement on the spports scene. However; this year its basketball team has the local folks coming out in force to watch them roll. Owners of a 17-1 mark entering the tourney, with the' oppportunity to 'prove it can compete against the best small schools, should pro~ vide plenty of incentive for' the Cape and Islands League champio~s~

Raiders Only Delegate in Hockey Tourney St. Anthony's of New Bedford which has been away from the 'inter-scholastic scene for years returned three years ago. It narrowly missed Tech action last year. This year the Parochials won the Mayflower League title and hope to make an impression with their performance in the State tourney .

Case Hi~h is no stranger to tourney competition having appearedin the post-season 'extravaganza repeatedly over the last decade. Although not as strong

this year as in the last few, the Cardinals from 'Swansea could surprise.

Hockey has not caught on in Southeastern Massachusetts as quickly as in other sections of the Commonwealth primarily because of lack of adequate facilities. There is no doubt that within a few years more area schools will be participating in the popular sport. When that tim'e comes the State Hockey Tournament will be of more interest to local fans.

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A CHECK FOR A SCHOOL: A $4,000 check was presented to Joe Dulin (above) principal of St. Martin de Porres High School, Detroit by members of city's black community to help supplement the school's finances. The money came from donor's savings accounts, some of which were depleted by the gift. NC Photo.

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VATICAN CITY (NC) - Two Catholic bishops from the new nation of Bangladesh visited top Vatican officials to' present personally the plight of thousands of their countrymen whose lives have been disrupted by the recent India-Pakistan war.

Archbishop Teutonio Amal Ganjuli of Dacca and Bishop Michael Rozario of Dinajpur visited the Vatican and relief and assistance offices in Rome to describe the needs of their country.

Accompanied by Father Enzo Corba, head of the Missionaries of the Pontifical Institute of Foreign Missions, the delegation visited with the papal secretary, of state, Cardinal Jean Villot, and Archbishop Sergio Pignedoli, sectary of the Vatican Congregation for the Evangelization ,of Peoples.

The delegation described the tragic conditions in Bangladesh because of the return of 10 million refugees from India and the damage done to the homes of millions of others during the war.

Archbishop Ganguli said that the Church in Bangladesh, thanks to the help given by relief agen,cies of the whole world, has been able to take an active part in helping to meet the demands of the months following the libera~ tion of their country. He said, however, that the bishops of Bangladesh are pledged to a concrete program to rehabilitate 2000,000 families, a project that will cost an estimated $30 million.

Continued from Page Sixteen Jesus with women, moments rich nold Karo, a member of' the in human love and divine revela· Presbyterian U. S. General Coun- tion. cil, producer of a widely acFortunately the teaching of claimed television show ,on the the Second Vatican Council Bible and modern, life, stated comes closer to Jesus' life and that she could not find in the teaching regarding the role of teachings of Jesus Christ "What women. Recognizing women's Bishop Disapproves has become church practice-to claim for equal rights (Church Of Protest Rite consider women as second-class in World, 9) the Council conCAMDEN (NC) Bishop citizens." She went on to say demns all discrimination against George H. Guilfoyle of Camden that Jesus "apparently consid- women (Church in World, 29). ered ev.en women who were Recognzing the vital role of has expressed disapproval of an under-privileged to be very val- women in the home, the Council Ash Wednesday anti-war protest ceremony held by Father Miuable persons.. . He treated seeks to preserve the domestic chael J. Doyle, under indictment • them as equals, as individuals. role of the mother (Church in for conspiracy to, raid a draft This, I think, is the cue in the World, 52) while encouragin'(. board, and transferred Father life and teachings of Jesus that women to assume an active role Doyle from his cathedral post. the rest of us must follow in this 'in the cultural life of contempoOn Ash Wednesday, Father respect." rary society (Church in World, Doyle burned a copy 'of the Her point is well made. Even 60) and the apostolic work of the Pentagon Papers in an army helthough the Church of Jesus has' Church (Laity, 9), met and used the ashes to make only very, slowly overcome cul. the sign of the c'ross on the tural bias and social discriminaheads of about 50 persons gathVatican Council tion against women, Jesus himered for the ceremony in Johnself stands out by his respect It would seem that one of the son Cemetery. for women. Some of the most major educational tasks of the After meeting with Father moving movements in the Gos- Church is to encourage and en- Doyle Bishop Guilfoyle said: "I pels are the encounters of able genuine respect for the regret and d~sapprove of the rerights of women-both in the ligious ceremony conducted by Church itself and in society. It Father Doyle in Johnson CemeBarnstable is the lone repre- would seem also that this educa- tery on Ash Wednesday."

A statement from the Camsentative from the area among tional task can be accomplish~d only through the shared insights .den diocese said Father DQyle the 41 schools competing for the and mutual collaboration of men has been temporarily assigned 1972 title. and women in the Church's edu- to residence at Vianny Villa, a 'Indoor Track, like hockey, cational life. Only then will Jer- residence for priests, and the does' not flourish in this area. ri's insight be true factually as Priests' Personnel Board has But there is an ever-growing'in- well as. theologically: "Every been asked to make further recterest in the sport. Those schools Christian woman is a liberated ommendations concerning Father that do sponsor 'a program have woman."

Doyle's assignment.

'I' been very successful on a State Meet basis. This Winter should be be no exception.

New Bedford and Attleboro are strong Class A contenders.

Barnstable, Falmouth and Dennis-Yarmouth will compete in Class C. The Red Raiders should do well. Bishop Stang, Dartmouth, Seekonk and Somerset will be among the schools vying for Class D honors. Although not extremely strong on a team basis, each school wlll probably be among the point getters.

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