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WASHINGTON (NC) - The Rev. Jesse Jackson will tell Catholic educators his views on how to reach young people as he addresses the closing session of the National Catholic Educational Association convention in St. Louis March 30. Mr. Jackson, who worked in the civil rights movement with the late Martin Luther King Jr., is the founder and head of Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity), a Chicagobased anti-poverty organization. He also writes a syndicated column and is an associate minister at a Chicago Baptist church. About 12,000 Catholic educators are expected to be on hand for the March 27-30 convention at the Cervantes Convention Center. They will include Father George W. Coleman, director of education for the Fall River diocese, and Sister Marion Geddes, RSM, superintendent of schools. "Catholic Education: Heritage and Horizons," will be the theme of the gathering. About 200 sessions will be available for the educators to attend during the four-day convention. Others scheduled to address the convention include: - Norbertine Father Alfred McBride, executive director of the NCEA's National Forum of Religious Education, who will open the convention. Father McBride's latest books are "The Kingdom and the Glory," a commentary on St. Matthew's Gospel, and "Creative Teaching in Christian Education," a training book for religious educators. - Father Vincent Dwyer, director of the University of Notre Dame's Center for Human Development, and professor in the Turn to Page Seven

PALM SUNDAY PROCESSION ON VIA DOLOROSA, JERUSALEM

'When they heard that Jesus was com ing to Jerusalem, they took branches of palm trees and went forth to meet him and cried Hosanna!' John .12: 12-13

Euthanasia Will Come, Says Doctor Euthanasia is on its way to becoming an accepted practice, despite moral and religious objections. That is the prediction of Dr. Thomas Patrick Linehan of London, who was in Fall River last week as the guest of Bishop Daniel A. Cronin. Dr Linehan made his forecast last month at a world medical meeting in Bombay where more than 500 members of the International Federation of Catholic Medical Associations spent four days discussing euthanasia, health care and family planning under the meeting's theme, "Quality of life in a changing society."

Dr. Linehan called euthanasis " a distortion of the natural cycle of life and death." The period prior to death can be rewarding, he said, becaus~ one can rediscover himself and reassess his relationship with friends and family memb~s .. But the physician said he believes euthanasia will come "sooner or later and it is no use appealing against it on moral grounds alone." He cited Catholic opposition to euthan路 asia in the United Kingdom, where there has been pressure to legalize it for some time, but noted that only 15 percent of United Kingdom doctors are Catholic.

In Fall River, Dr. Linehan amplified his Bombay comments in an interview with The Anchor, saying that efforts should begin with schoolchildren to create a healthy attitude towards the dying, terminally ill and elderly. He suggested that social studies courses should include recognition of the fact that the elderly have rights and that their lifetime contribution to the community should be acknowledged and reflected in the care they receive. He also made the practical observation that, with falling Turn to Page Seven

One of the most interesting developments in the Permanent Diaconate program in this count ry is the trend towards reappraisal of the spiritual direction and growth of the potential deacon. This was the main thrust of the recent convention of the Nat ional Association of Permanent Deacon Directors, hosted by the diocese of San Diego. In a very direct and practical manner, the keynote speaker set be tone of this meeting by addressing himself to the principles underlying the spirituality of deacons. Father Dan Danielson of the diocese of Oakland, a well known West Coast and national f gure in spiritual development programs, addressed himself to be unique role of spiritual formation in diaconate programs. He emphasized that basic concepts of ministry must be a s:>Urce of spirituality and sanctfication in the deacon's life. Stress was also placed on the basic fact that it is not enough tl) prepare deacons for spiritualily of ministry. It must be kept in mind that the deacon's marr. age, job and secular life style also form part of his very speciEd type of spirituality. Father Danielson pointed out that the deacon must be tuned ill to the call of God in every aspect of his life, and that his spiritual development must inc:.ude his wife, children and so. c: al peers. Father John Moore, of the 'Permanent Deacon program of this diocese, attended this convention as well as a preceding meeting sponsored by the BishTurn to Page Five

the breastplate of saint patrick christ before me, christ behind, christ alone my heart to bind; christ beneath me, christ above, christ around with arms of love; christ on all who look on me, christ on every face i see; christ on all who on me think, christ their food and christ their drink; christ on all whom my thoughts seek, christ the lowly, christ the meek; christ in chariot, fort and ship, christ to hold when anchors slip; christ on all who list to me; may their ears hear naught but thee.

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ill People.Places.Events-NC News Briefs ill Church Use

Color of Hope

LIMA, Peru - Archdiocesan authorities in Lima have banned further use of churches for protesters demonstrating against the military government's labor policies. The archdiocese expressed concern for the unemployed but said the Church cannot be made party to partisan political fights.

SAN FRANCISCO-Saying that "the green of Ireland is the color of hope," Archbishop John R. Quinn of San Francisco called on "all Catholics and all people of good will" to pray for peace in that country. In a St. Patrick's Day message, the archbishop said, "For those who believe, hope is founded in the power of God and the fruit of prayer."

'Jesus of Nazareth'

Won't Shift

NEW YORK - ",Jesus of Nazareth," the highly acclaimed movie broadcast by NBC-TV on Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday last year, wil! not be shown by the network this year, for "internal business reasons," but it is expected to be broadcast in 1979.

OBERAMMERGAU, West Germany Oberammergau's residents have rejected a plan to shift the blame for Christ's death from the Jews to the devil in their world-famous Passion Play, which will be staged again in 1979. Villagers voted to install a new town council comprised of members whp favored keeping the text used since 1860 and revised slightly in 1970.

St. Francis' Bones

FATHER JAMES RATIGAN of Joliet, Ill. has been elected by a two-to-one margin for a second twoyear term a.s president of the National Federation of Priests' Councils.

ASSISI, Italy - With solemn ceremony, the bones of "the little poor man of Assisi," St. Francis, were placed in a new vacuum-sealed urn in Assisi's huge Franciscan basilica March 4. The new urn was then placed in a l)rass encasement dating from 1824 and finally within the stone sepulchre provided for the saint by his friend, Brother Elias, in 1230. The vacuum-sealed plexiglass urn was chosen as one of the best ways to preserve the saint's bones, said to be in "a good state of conservation."

Porn Center Raided PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A multi-million dollar film and magazine distribution business, accused of being a pornography center by The Providence Visitor, Providence diocesan newspaper, last fall, was raided twice in a week by federal, state and local law enforcement agents.

Commission Accused WASHINGTON-A spokesman for the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights told a Senate subcommittee that the U.S. Civil Rights Commission should undergo substantial change or be abolished. Speaking before the Senate Judiciary Committee's subcommittee on the Constitution, Robert Destro, general counsel for the Catholic group, accused the civil rights body of ignoring religious and ethnic discrimination in the country.

Cloning Doubted VATICAN CITY - Professor Luigi Gedda, director of a Catholic institute for genetics, said on Vatican Radio that he regarded as "science fiction" reports from the United States that a baby boy had been cloned - developed from a single human cell - from a wealthy man. He also said it would be immoral to try the procedure.

Char~slnatic

HERBIE, who underwent prenatal surgery at Washington's Institute of Behavioral Research, and was then returned to his mother's womb, may help pave the way for similar surgery on human fetuses.

Second Year PARIS - Followers of traditionalist Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre have begun the second year of their round-the-clock occupation of St. Nicolas du Chardonnet Church in Paris. Daily, the squatters celebrate the preconciliar Tridentine Mass that has become a symbol of Archbishop Lefebvre's rebellion.

Resolutions Defeated GREENVILLE, S.C. - For the second Hme in as many years, stockholders of the J. P. Stevens Company defeated two church-sponsored resolutions' seeking disclosure of the textile firm's employment and labor relations policies. Neither received enough backing to be put before Stevens stockholders again next year.

No Sale

FATHER ROBERT KENNEDY was among keynote speakers at the New England Convocation held earlier this month in Holyoke.

Communists Lead

Chairman

SOUTH BEND, Ind.-Auxiliary Bishop Joseph McKinney of Grand Rapids, Mich., has been appointed chairman of the National Service Committee of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal of the United States. Active in the charismatic movement since 1970, Bishop McKinney has been a prayer group leader and episcopal advisor to the national committee.

VATICAN CITY - An Italian tour ,agent has ~ried to sell a private papal audience to a group of American travellers to Rome for $7,000. Father Luke Zimmer, founder of the Apostolate of Christian Renewal lind leader of the apostolate's trip, said that the group refused to pay for the audience and reported the attempted fraud to Vatican authorities. He wi,thheld the name of the tour agent.

MSGR. JOHN TRACY ELLIS has been awarded Notre Dame University's Laetare Medal for his contributions to American Catholic history.

VATICAN CITY - The Vatican daily newspaper said the Italian Communist Party "clearly is tending to assume a leadership role" in governing Italy. The paper, L'Osservatore Romano, criticized the Communists in a report on steps toward resolving Italy's current governmental crisis and on a speech by the party's general secretary, Enrico BerIinguer.

Blood-Red Herring WASHINGTON-Washington-area participants in anti-abortion sit-ins have issued a statement saying recent charges that they engage in violence are meant to distract people from the violence of abortion. The statement was issued on behalf of participants in direct action at clinics in Baltimore, Washington and the Maryland and Virginia suburhs.

BISHOP-ELECT PETER ROSAZZA, new auxiliary bishop of the Hartford archdiocese, arrived on a bicycle, wearing a beret and a black leather jacket, with a knapsack on his back, for the press conference announcing his appointment. He is director of the Hartford Spanish Apostolate.

'Vote Consclences' . I

VATICAN CITY-The Swiss bishops have urged Catholics to "vote their consciences" on a controversial referendum on abortion scheduled for May 28, according to Vatican Radio. The bishop said that the proposed law contains both pro-abortion and anti-abortion factors. ~

Hfgh Court Review WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme C,ourt will review a Pennsylvania law requiring doctors who perform abortions to take steps to save the life of an aborted, but viable, fetus. If the Supreme Court upholds the Pennsylvania law, it would increase the power of the state to regulate abortions at as early as 20 weeks.

CAPUCHIN FATHER HUGH MORLEY, 69, representative of the Catholic press at the United Nations, died last week in New York.

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at the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption PASSION SUNDAY, March 18 - 19. The Solemn Blessing of Palm, Procession and Mass will be celebrated at 11 AM. on Sunday, March 19. MASS OF CHRISM, Tuesday, March 21, 4 P.M. The faithful are invited to attend this Mass and it is an especially appropriate occasion for all members of the Presbyterium, secular and religious priests alike, to join in concelebration with the Most Reverend Bishop. Every priest who wishes to concelebrate at the Mass of Chrism is asked to bring amice, alb, cincture and stole and to be in the Bishop's chapel in sufficient time to from the procession. -

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Holy Oils may be obtained in the Cathedral Vestry following the Mass of Chrism and from 8 AM. to 3 P.M. on Wednesday, March 22, at the Cathedral Rectory. HOLY THURSDAY, March 23.

PATRICK'S PILGRIMS: One of the world's hardest pilgrimages begins at the foot of Croagh Patrick in County Mayo, Ireland. These pilgrims face a three-hour scraml:le over rough terrain to the mountain peak, where they will offer prayers honoring St. Patrick. (NC Photo)

The Mass of the Lord's Supper will be celebrated at 7 P.M. GOOD FRIDAY, March 24. The Celebration of the Lord's Passion will be held at 3 P.M.

English Churches To Pray For Northern Ireland

HOLY SATURDAY, March 25. The Vigil Service and Mass of the Resurrection will be celebrated at 7 P.M. EASTER SUNDAY, March 26. His Excellency, the Most Reverend Daniel A Cronin, Bishop of Fall River, will celebrate Mass on WTEV, Channel 6, New Bedford, at 8:45 AM. on Easter ~ :n~~

Pope Reaffirms Infallibility VATICAN CITY (NC) Pope Paul VI said at a solemn Mass marking the centenary of Pope Pius IX's death that the dogma of papal infallibility is a foundation of church life. Pope Paul added in his sermon at the Mass in St. Peter's Basilica earlier this month that the infallibility doctrine and the church's self-understanding wars "completed and perfected" by the Vatican Council II decree ("Luman Gentium") on the nature of the church. By his promulgation of the infallibility doctrine, said Pope Paul, Pius IX "put into place the lintel of that solid ecclesiological construction which was later completed and perfected by the constitution "Luman Gentium" - the magna carta of Vatican II."

New debate over the infallibility doctrine was provoked reo cently by a two-volume work written by Father A. Bernard Hassler of Switzerland. Father Hassler, a former official of the Vatican Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity, maintained that Pope Pius put

undue pressure on the fathers of Vatican Council I to accept the infallibility proposal. In his sermon, Pope Paul said that the life of Pius IX is "still open to continuing reflection and to further research" by historians. "But perhaps," said the pope, "a further extensive siftingout period will be necessary to permit perspectives to widen and more light and understanding to shine on the events" of Pius' pontificate. The Vatican is currently undertaking a fresh study of Pius' complex and controversial life to see if he merits beatification.

Necrology

March 19 Rev. John J. MCQuaide, 1905, Assistant, St. Mary, Taunton March 20 Rev. Francis A. Mrozinski, 1951, Pastor, St. Hedwig, New Bedford March. 22 Rev. Joseph A. Martins, 1940, Assistant, St. John Baptist, New Bedford

LONDON (NC) - Three of England's leading churches Catholic Westminster Cathedral, Angelican Westminster Abbey, and Canterbury Cathedral, the primatial church of Anglicanism - are joining to offer 30 days of prayer for peace in Northern Ireland. The month-long prayer vigil will start tomorrow, the feast of St. Patrick, with an, ecumenical service in Westminster Cathedral led by Cardinal George Basil Hume of Westminster. The vigil will continue until April 21, except for the period from Holy Thursday to Easter Monday. The hope is that there will be ceaseless prayer throughout the day in the two cathedrals and the abbey, as well as in other British churches. Among those who will participate are Anglican Bishop Gerald Ellison of London, Anglican Dean Edward Carpenter of Westminster, the moderator of the Free Church Federal Council, the Rev. Stanley Turl, and the widow of the late British Ambassador to Ireland, Mrs. Jane Ewart Biggs, whose husband was killed when his car was blown up by terrorists. "Northern Ireland tends now to make headlines only when some particularly terrible deed is done," said Cardinal Hume in announcing the vigil. "But

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Sister Rose D. Cloutier, RJM of Jesus-Mary Convent, Fall River, died last Friday at age 80. Her funeral Mass took place Monday and interment was in the community crypt on the convent grounds. Sister Rose was born in Joliette, .Quebec, Canada and entered the Jesus-Mary community in 1923. Prior to her retirement, she had taught in schools in Canada and in Woonsocket, R.I. She is survived by a sister, Mrs. Lionel Gervais of Woonsocket, and by several neices and nephews. ..""'nlll..""".....'III....."""""'",,_._·..-..·IIII.""'..n....''''"'''.''11~

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themoorin~ Bigotry and Blindness: A Catholic Dilemma This week The Anchor begins a two-part series based on excerpts from Andrew Greeley's new book, "An Ugly Little Secret," the story of present-day anti-Catholicism in the "good old" USA. It has long been the thought of this editor that the anti-Catholic bias has been a persistent cancer of the American mind. There are many Catholics who refuse to believe' this because the actual open hostility that their grandparents faced is, in their minds, a thing of the past. However, a few words to these misguided souls should clearly let them know that they are not only deceiving themselves but are, because of th.eir attitude, a real cause of today's resurgent anti-Catholicism. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York states that "more and more I grow to believe that nativism will prove to be the last and most persistent of American bigotries." Harvard professor Arthur Schlesinger states tha~ he regards "prejudice against (the Catholic) Church as the deepest bias in the history of the American people."

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Other well-known scholars agree. It is their opinion POLICE SEARCH RUBBLE AFTER BELFAST BOMBING KILLS 12 that the issue of anti-Catholic bigotry, especially in its refined manifestations, is of moral and sociological impor- 'They shaH fight brother a~ainst brother, friend against friend, city against tance to the future of American democracy. city.' Isa. 19:2 After the difficult days that the vast majority of Catholic immigrants experienced in the 19th century, one wonders why anti-Catholicism persists in the so-called enlightened day of the liberal elite. Senator Moynihan gives the answer: "Primarily because as well as ordinary black citiBy Father Joh!:! B. Sheerin, CSP for the worse. The change came Catholic institutions and Catholic intellectuals accept it." zens feel very unhappy obout during the Nixon administraFather Andrew Greeley reflects the facts of the situaThe career of Gen. Daniel the present prospects for blacks. tion when there was a long tion in the. same manner: "Those most to blame for the "Chappie" James was an inspiraWhat is the problem? Segre- period of ignoring the rights of persistence of anti-Catholic nativism in the United States tion for young blacks and it gation minorities under the law. Only has disappeared from the makes the rest of us feel good courageous and decent national are the Catholics themselves." Air Force and from American about American democracy to Rabbi Marc H. Tannenbaum agrees with Father Greeley know that this man could make society to a very large degree, leadership can put us back on the right course." and adds a further dimension of thought for serious consid- it to the top in spite of obsta- but unemployment among young uneducated blacks is rising to .I don't think Wilkins has segeration when he urges that "the U.S. Catholic community cles. astronomical levels and their regation in mind when he spoke must make two preliminary decisions before any significant He was a living legend. In his numbers on the welfare rolls of the attitudes of whites tochildhood, he had known pov- are steadily increasing. assault against anb-Catholicism will take place. wards blacks. Rather, he was erty and segregation, and in his talking about the economic sys"First," he reflects, "Catholic authorities, both religious later years, he had to fight like Well-trained and educated and communal, have to decide themselves that they are not a tiger to bring about the end blacks are finding plenty of job tem's failure to honor the young 'going to tolerate passively any further manifestation of of segregation in the Air Force. opportunities at present. This blacks' right to employment. would be hard to explain if raanti-Catholicism, either elitist or popular. William Julius Wilson, black At a Mass of the Resurrection cial segregation and discriminaprofessor of sociology at the at the Shrine of the Immaculate rampant in the tion were still "Secondly, Catholics must invest organizational. and Conception in Washington, D.C., University of Chicago, said that financial resources to assemble empirical data. about anti- there were many notables of labor market. In short, our in- we need to reexamine the acCatholic discrimination, especially in various high-prestige church and state, but I was par- dustrial society is failing to pro- cepted explanation of racial induce jobs and our government is sectors of American life." ticularly happy to realize that not coming to grips with the equality in the economic structure, since the plight of innera black major general did a It is hoped that these suggestions might not fall Ol~ deaf reading from the Book of Dan- problem of this huge black un- city blacks cannot be underears, as seemingly is so often the case in today's Church. iel and another black major gen- derclass that is out of work. stood by focusing on racial disThe catalyst for this work, of course, should be the eral read' from the 'Epistle to the In a recent interview, Roy crimination. It was discrimination Romans. The Air Force chief of Wilkins, former executive direc- that created the black underAmerican bishops. chaplains offered the Mass and tor of the NAACP,. remarked: class in earlier days, but it is They, as a united body, must give leadership to the extolled this battler against seg- "The attitude of whites toward the economic structure, accordmovement of eradicating anti-Catholicism from the nation's regation who had become "a blacks is basic in this country. ing to Wilson, that solidifies and And that attitude has changed increases it. living legend." Jifestream. It is about time that they openly stated that today's An editorial in a Washington Catholics are no longer to be considered second·-class paper said: "His death has robbed America of a fervent patriot citizens. who wasn't afraid to speak his In addition, they should support movements formed by mind without worrying about Catholics who really care about the survival of religious the possible unfavorable consequences to himself and to his freedom and who really believe in human rights for aU. future." However, as we know only too well, if any movement OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER The American government alis to achieve success, it must be motivated on a grassroots so deserves credit for enabling Published weekly by The Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River level. The everyday Catholic must not be lulled by anti- Gen. James to make his way to 410 Highland Avenue Catholic power blocs into thinking that he must keep his .the top, but I think we have to Fall River Mass. 02722 675-7151 place. Catholics should be made ever aware that they are hestitate a moment before we PUBLISHER conclude that Gen. James is a merely tolerated minority in America. Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, D.O., S.T.D. standing prool: of the fact that In general, then, it is we ourselves who must shape up, all is rosy and wonderful in AmEDITOR FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATOR draw the line and realize that the WASP has not lost its erican society. As a matter of Rev. John F. Moore. M.A. Rev. Msgr. John J. Regan ~ Leary PreSl-· Fill RIver sting. fact, a great many black leaders

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Cursillo Community

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Cursillo No. 84 for women will open tonight at La Salette Center for Christian Living, Attleboro. St. Helena Ultreya of Fall River will hold a Palanca Party for participants tonight, with Jean and Fred Vitullo as hosts and Father Maurice Jeffrey celebrating a Eucharistic liturgy. The North End New Bedford Regional Ultreya will also sponsor an evening of reflection for this Cursillo. The New Bedford group also announces a TEC for boys, to be held at Sacred Hearts Seminary in Wareham on April 1. Father Charles Soto and Father Jack Oliveira are the spiritual directors for this New Bedford event. An Emmaus retreat will be held at Wareham on April 14. Father Tom Lawton from the Holy Cross Retreat House in North Easton has sent in a calendar of events. The next Cursillo to be held there will be on March 30th. In this conjunction, it is also announced that the monthly ultreya is held every Wednesday before Cursillo, with a concelebrated Mass offered at 8:15 p.m. On April 15 the annual fiesta of the La Salette Cursillo community will be held at Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth. A Holy Cross fiesta will be held on Friday, June 16. Reservations are being accepted for both events.

FATHER CAMILLE (OSCAR) CHASSE, OFM, died last month in Montreal after 51 years in the Franciscan Order. Born in Rimouski, Quebec, he attended Notre Dame grammar school, Fall River, before entering religious life. He served as superior at many houses of his community in Canada and New England and was a chaplain at numerous hospitals and penitentiaries. He served as an Army chaplain in World War II and from 1966 to 1977 was in Alexandria, Egypt as secretary and chancellor to the Vicar Apostolic. He is survived by two brothers and four sisters, all of Fall River, and a brother in Hawaii.

TOP OF ST. PATRICK'S DAY to you from Kelly, Kimberly and Jocelyn Russell, who were in last night's annual St. Patrick's program staged by the Foresters at Holy Name School, Fall River.

Majority Doesn't Rule, He Says PORTLAND, Ore. (NC) Evidence that a majority of American Catholics favor artificial contraception and allowing the divorced to remarry in the church "will have no impact on church doctrine," said Archbishop Jean Jadot, apostolic delegate in the United States in commenting on a Gallup survey commissioned by the Catholic Press Association. It showed that 73 percent of 1,405 CatholiCS interviewed favor some form of artificial contraception and 69 percent support allowing divorced persons to remarry in the Catholic Church. But, the apostolic delegate said, "Our doctrine is not manmade. Our doctrine comes from the revelation of the will of God. And even if the majority of the Christians do not follow the will of God, the will of God remains." The Gallup findings indicate a need for evangelization among Christians, he said, noting that the U.S. bishops recently formed an Ad Hoc Committee on Evangelization which will study the problem. Generosity is the greatest strength of both Americans and the American church, the apostolic delegate said, while prag-

matism is the greatest weakness because "you don't study problems deeply. It is the dark side of your generosity. You are so generous that you jump in immediately and you start doing things. This, too, is true of the church." The danger of pragmatism, he said, is that of "going too far too fast. And then there's a problem of dropping it after six months because it doesn't work." Archbishop Jadot described his duties as providing a link between the church in the U.S. and the heart of the church in Rome." He said he is not "the eyes and ears of the pope or the pope's spy," but rather "the heart and mind of the pope."·

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Progress Slow LA PAZ, Calif. (NC) Although the organizing of farm laborers in California "is making rapid progress," it is "coming very slow" in the rest of the country, according to Cesar Chavez, president of the United Farm Workers of America. In a wide-ranging interview in La Paz, Chavez discussed the effects of mechanization on farm workers, the lack of legislative action on their behalf across the country and the recently ended boycotts of grapes, lettuce and Gallo wine. Mechanization is a very real danger to the stability of farm workers, said Chavez. "If something is not done very quickly, we are going to have some very sad experiences here, as they have had in Appalachia and elsewhere," he added.

Continued from Page Ore ops' Committee on the Permanent Diaconate and hosted by the committee's exe'cutive director, Msgr. Ernest J. Fiedler. Msgr. Fiedler told the direc:tors there are close to 5000 deacons and candidates in the United States and that a natioml survey will be undertaken to evaluate their effectiveness arid to update the 1971 diacoml guidelines approved by the U.':>. bishops. The survey is targetE'd for completion by next January. During the meeting Father Moore presented a resolution adopted by the delegates to a!:k the bishops' committee to issue national guidelines regarding bcardination and excardination of deacons. The terms refer to the granting of diocesan permission to exercise one's office; and the matter is especially pertinent ':0 deacons, since they are mo~e likely to move from place ':0 place than are diocesan priests. Another resolution approved by the deacon directors was co ncerned wit4 the important topic of anointing the sick. It was resolved to ask the U.S. bishops ':0 seek permission from the Vatican for deacons to administ er this sacrament. The matter will be brought to the bishops' attention at their next meeting hy Archbishop John R. Roach ~f St. Paul and Minneapolis. An important consideration emerging from the San Diego meetings is the emphasis laid on the need for deacons to be well versed in human relationship skills. Deacons, it was stressed, must be skilled helpers, not mere ministry machines. The Fall River diocesan program, lasting as it does hr

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ANDREW M. GREELEY "You don't like criticism much, do you?" an unfriendly priest asked the other day. My answer was that I don't get much criticism - not, at any rate, in the Church. At a place like the National Opinion Research Center, where I do my research, we look for criticism from our professional colleagues, for it is only by intelligent discussion of ideas, methods, and facts that we learn from our mistakes. I suspect that most priests and

Methinks That Andrew Doth Protest Too Much religious and the Catholic laity who bother to read the Kational Catholic Reporter don't even know what criticism is. What passes for "criticism" in the Church is usually character assass'ination, questioning' of motives, patronizing envy, or ideological loyalty tests. Serious, rational discussion of ideas, facts, evidence, methods is unusual indeed in the American Catholic Church. Read. three supposedly intelligent journals, Commonweal, America and The National Catholic Reporter. They are, for the most part, innocent of concern for facts, ideas, or evidence. Why have' envy, charact.er assassination, questioning notives

substituted for criticism in the Church? I think there are a couple of rea.sons. First, there was nothing in the training of the priests ar..d nuns who still tend to dominate such journals which taught them how to think in disciplined and nuanced modes. They question others' motives, distmt their positions, patronize them because they have never learned that such behavior is an inadequate substitute for thought. The most ]'ecent horrendous example is the persecution of David Tracy. When his "Blessed Rage for Order" became something of a ')estseller, Father Tracy himself became something of a celebrity.

The curs began snapping at his heels. The charges made against him are ludricous, especially the guilt by association charge that since his onetime colleague Schubert Ogden does not believe in life after death, Tracy must not either. There is something of a McCarthyite witchhunt, and Tracy is the principal object. After a while, even the most thick-skinned grows weary. You find that your colleagues and friends are hassled, your family is persecuted, you are practically thrown out of your diocese or religious community. If I had known what I was going to get into when I started to be a "Catholic writer," I

would never have begun. The effort is mostly a waste of time, and your friends and family have to pay a high price. I've done more than half a hundred books for the Catholic market and figure I've more than paid my dues. I would kill this column, too, except for the satisfaction of annoying lots of people who really ought to be annoyed. That's a bitter attitude, you say? Sure, it's bitter, but the reaction of the American Catholic Church to those who dare to step outside the rigid lines that have been laid down by ecclesiastical power or ideological elites is bound to make anyone bitter.

Self-Quiz Suggested: Am I Easy To Live' Wit1h? Iy MARY CARSON

"Lord make me easy to live with." That prayer, from a homily I heard last Sunday, has been haunting me all week. Listen to the things people talk about. The kids mess up the house; they're noisy, they're thoughtless. Husbands are inconsiderate; wives are irresponsible. In-laws interfere. The boss is unreasonable. Other commuters are barbarians. The teacher is weird. The priest is unreal People complain because they find other people difficult to live with.

Spend some time listening! "My neighbor did . . . " "My daughter doesn't understand the first thing about . . ." "My husband never . . ." "My wift! always " "My parents don't care about " We are so conscious of others and how difficult they make our lives. Weare all keenly attuned to the ways they inconvenience us. Many times the .complaints are valid . . . but that's not the point of this column. We can't change others. We really have control only over ourselves. Shouldn't we all ask ourselves, "How easy am I to live with?" We may be absolutely right in what we are doing. But must we be so terribly obnoxious about it? If one of your children misbehaves at the table, do you make such a production out of

it that you spoil dinner for every- the kids use your good sewing one else? scissors to cut a coupon out of The car is almost out of gas. a cereal box . . . Your son wants to borrow it. If you listen to arguments beYou remind him to stop at a tween your children you realservice station right away. He ize that more would be accomdoesn't. He leaves the car and plished if they'd just get off walks home in the middle of each other's backs. But what the night. Do you drop it right have we taught them? We nag, there, or do you remind him and remind, and haunt, and for weeks? scold about the same things, When things don't go your over, and over, and over! way, What happens? Anger? It's bad enough when we are Tears? Shouting? Sulking? . . . ungracious about the faults of absolute silence? others. But we can be completePeople frequently handle big- ly unbearable when we are ger problems better than minor nauseatingly self-righteous about ones. The cat could be having our own virtues! kittens in the bottom of your We huff and puff and bustle closet, the washing machine overflowing, the baby sick with around so the family will apthe flu, your husband remind preciate how hard we're workyou he's bringing company home ing for them. Slamming kitchen for dinner, an~ the PTA repreÂˇ cabinet doors loud enough to sentative calls to ask you to be heard over a TV lets the family know how we?re slaving make a cake . . . and you'd be most gracious. But let one of away while they are enjoying

themselves. Make them feel guilty . . . then they'll recognize how we're working our fingers to the bone . . . You don't even have to say anything. When scowls no longer have the proper effect, a deep sigh should make them aware of your long-suffering. Probably very little of this applies directly to you. But can't you think of half a dozen people it fits perfectly? How glaringly obvious. these faults are in others. How much truth is there in the old saw: We best observe our own faults in others? "Lord, make me easy to live with. I'm not aiming at forever . . . not even for the rest of the year. Maybe just for a day. Maybe not even 'easy' Lord but a bit easier to live with. Help me to learn, Lord five minutes at a time."

No One Is Encouraging Violence As Pro-Life Tactic By

JIM CASTELLI

A new tactic has emerged in the anti-abortion movement and supporters of legal abortion have adapted a counter-tactic of their own. The tactic is civil disobedience and the counter-balance is the suggestion that civil disobedience inevitably leads to vio-

lence. There has been an increase in civil disobedience tactics in picketing and sitting-in at abortion clinics. There has also been vandalism and violence at abortion clinics. Six have been firebombed and others have been vandalized, according to a report compiled by the National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL). Christina Brim, NARAL's public information officer, says no one is ready to blame the antiabortion groups for violence or even to suggest that they knew about such incidents in advance.

Anti-abortion groups "may not be setting people up to burn abortion clinics," she said, "but we don't exactly see them bending over backward to prevent it, either." Last November, the Religious Coalition on Abortion Rights sent letters to every Catholic bishop in the country, as well as to other religious leaders, asking them to sign a joint statement condemning violence directed against abortion clinics. No Catholic bishop signed the statement; three wrote letters arguing, more or less, that

while they condemned violence directed at the clinics, abortion was even more violent. Msgr. James McHugh, director of the bishops' Committee for Pro-Life Activities, said he believes that abortion clinic violence is a small, passing phenomenon and that major attention from the bishops "would blow it all out of proportion." The violence that has accurred so far, he said, is no justification for pulling back from the antiabortion effort. Msgr. McHugh said civil disobedience is likely to continue and that it is an accepted tactic

in many instances in America today. He said it is difficut to speculate, but he said he believes sit-ins, should stop short of entering a procedure room or interfering with an abortion procedure. Msgr. McHugh also denied that anti-abortion rhetoric has led anyone to violence. He said he doesn't use "abortion is murder" rhetoric himself because he sees a difference between saying that abortion is "killing" or the "destruction of innocent life" and suggesting that the person preferring an abortion is a murderer.

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A plant often overlooked in planning a garden is the rhododendron. Personally, we assumed for years that

they were too large for our small garden and we also felt limited because of their questionable hardiness. Some of these problems have however been eliminated by the hybridizers. Now there are a considerable number of dwarfs or semidwarfs available which a:~e perfectly suited to small houses and gardens. Major improvements have also been made in the ma aer of

hardiness, making a greater range in color and type of rhododendron available for New .England conditions. A word of caution about planting. Years ago the rule was that rhododendrons must always be in shade but this is no longer true. Many varieties will not flower in the shade and require almost a full day's sun to thrive. Upon purchasing a rhododendron, thE'refore, be sure to

check growing requirements. They are, however, fairly easy plants to grow. I have been reasonably successful by planting. them in a huge hole filled with a mixture of compost and peat well mixed and turned over. If no compost is available, peat moss thoroughly mixed with soil is sufficient. Don't spare the peat moss, however. Dig the hole twice as deep and wide as needed and give the

plant a good soaking after planting. Then leave it alone for a couple of years and fertilize with a top-dressing of compost or well-rotted manure. If inorganic fertilizer is used, buy the acid plant type and use sparingly. In summer, water once a week to avoid surface water evaporation. As with azaleas, it is wise to plant rhododendrons where they will not be exposed to whipping winter winds. A corner ot a house is a good site.

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NCEA~ . Continued from Page One university's theology department, who will speak on "The Spiritual Formation of Education Persons." - Holy Ghost Father Lucien Deiss, a composer and authority on liturgical congregational singing, who will comment on recent developments on liturgy and music in his address, "The Spirit of Eucharistic Celebration." - Sulpician Father Raymond E. Brown, president of the Society of Biblical Literature and Auburn Professor of Biblical Studies at Union Theological Seminary in New York. His topic will be, "How Can Catholic Teachers Deal With the Dilemma of Magisterius Versus Theologians?" - Dr. Betty L. Siegel, dean of the school of education at WestDR. LINEHAN AND BISHOP CRONIN ern Carolina University, Cullowhec, N.C., who will speak on • "Schools That Invite Success." - Dr. Elinor Ford, professor Dr. Linehan is treasurer of at Fordham University's school many deaths are entirely painContinued from Page One the World Federation of Cath- of education and director of- the birthrates, if today's youth are less. "The elderly and the young olic Physicians. He has known NCEA's National Forum of not sensitized to the needs of the aged, times will be difficult are helpless in the face of eu- Bishop Cronin since both were Catholic Parent Organizations, indeed when, as is foreseen, the thanasia," he stated, pointing out students and met by chance in who will speak about "Parental majority of the population will that among consequences of per- Switzerland, and they often visit Involvement in Catholic Education." mitting "mercy killing" would each other. be elderly. "If the young do not care for be a diminuition of respect and the aged, who will?" he queried. trust for the medical profession. "Provisions must be made for Internationally speaking, he the elderly in their own homes," said, it is hard to make medical declared the physician, saying recommendations for the Third that health care furiding should World from the viewpoint of include home nursing services. western morality. "Members of "We must correct the myth the Eastern faiths, for instance, that everyone dies in pain and do not view life and death as we squalor," he said, noting that do."

Euthanasia Will Come, Says Doctor

Parley -Marilyn Van Derbur, an authority on motivational work with youth.

Birth Control Shots Declared Unsafe WASHINGTON (NC) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has banned a controversial birth control shot that prevents conception for three months because it has beerr linked to increased risks of cervical cancer. The drug is medroxprogesterone, marked by Upjohn under the brand name Depo Provera. It has been approved for use in 35 other countries. The FDA has approved its use as an anti-cancer drug, but ruled that it is too dangerous to market as a contraceptive because it has been linked to cancer in animals, has been linked to increased rates of cervical cancer in humans and has been linked with cases of temporary and permanent sterility. The FDA was prepared to approve bepo Provera as a contraceptive in 1974, but took more· time to study the matter after pressure from Rep. L. H. Fountain (D-N.C.) and consumer groups such as Ralph Nader's Health Research Group.

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A Case in Point 'fhe medical philosophy es- being able. to live at home poused by Dr. Thomas P. with his family will not be Linehan (see story above) considered at all. emphasizes the importance of Nichols has hope on his the patient over the bureauc- side, however. Both U.S. Rep. racy established to serve him. Gerry Studds and State Sen. A case in point is that of John Aylmer are in his corner Billy Nichols, a 38-year-old and a, Medicaid hearing on his former fisherman and Cha- case is to be scheduled. tham resident, who has had And a long article on his 12 major operations for can- situation appeared in the cer and must be fed intraven- Cape Cod Times last month, ously for the rest of his life. touching off many "What can He learned to give himself the . I do to help?" queries. feedings and is therefore able When The Anchor, promptto live at home, after numer- ed by a reader, asked the ous long hospital stays. But same question, Nichols said his medical expenses amount that although Studds and Aylto $50,000 a year, of which mer are already active on his $40,000 are met by the federal behalf, letters to them from Medicare program, leaving voters expressing interest in $10,000 to be picked up by the case "couldn't hurt." the state Medicaid office. Prayers, too, would be welTherein lies the rub. Be- come. In that regard, Nichols cause he owns a small fishing chuckled and said that alsupply business, which he though the family are not started to provide a means of Catholics, his 11 - year - old support for his wife and daughter Cristen ranks as one daughter, should he die or of the most knowledgeable become completely disabled, students in the CCD program Medicaid considers him un- of Holy Redeemer parish in qualified for assistance. Chatham. If he loses that assistance, "She tags along with her he will probably have to enter girl friend," he explained, a veterans' hospital, where "and she's really learned a his care will cost taxpayers lot." far more than $10,000 yearly Like the power of prayer - and his lost happiness at for her courageous father.

Yet one missionary bishop was overjoyed that, thanks to the generosity of Catholics around the world, he was able to provide 98¢ per day for each of his missionaries. That had to cover their living expenses, gas to make their rounds, help in times of illness, and vacation allowance! This Lent, would you make a sacrifice on their behalf? They will make it go as far as they can!

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THE LAST PREJUDICE: ANTI-CATHOLICISM of younger "ethnic" intellect- tablishes that the underrepreIgnorance, inattention, and uals who find themselves barred sentation is the result of dishistorical bias ~re the bacfrom access to the elites unless crimination; but I must note that teria of America's last fesof any For American society in th~ underrepresentation tering pr'ejudice anti- and until they repudiate their other group, especially of the magnitude of, let us say, the Catholicism-states Andrew ethnic Catholic backgrounds. underrepresentation of Italians For American societ.y in the Greeley, priest, sociologist at The City University of New years ahead, the problem of and columnist, in this exanti-Catholicism will be articu- York, would be taken as prima cerpt from his new book, lated not by the restless ethnic . facia evidence, virtually impos"An Ugly Little Secret" masses (who are, by and large, sible to refute, of discrimination. (Sheed Andrews ~md Me- doing very well in American Why is it. not so taken for society) but by the new ethni.:: Catholics? When I ask that quesMeel). In the first !lart of "this intelligentsia that is growing in- tion, the answer I get from my social scientists is, either two-part series, Greeley creasingingly furious at the dis- fellow in substance or actual words, crimination it is encountering. traces past ~nd present In Attention abuses of Cathoiics. narticu- • There is now a substantial lady among our int.ellectual body of evidence that leave:; and cultuml supermen. As little doubt that eastern and did the Jews ;:,nd blacks, southern' European Catholic "ethnics" are seriously underCatholics suffer from the . represented in various high presscars and stereotypes of tige sectors of American life. time. The research my colleagues Anti-Catholicism is as American as blueberry pie. Most serious students of American history are willing to admit that the country has been swept by wave after wave of anti-Catholic sentiment, beginning before the Revolutionary War and culminating iR the horrendous outburst of bigotry during the Al Smith campaign of 1928. This prejudice is not as harmful to individuals as either antiSemitism or racism; it none theless persists, and a free and democratic society cannot permit the persistance of any prejudice against a .substantial segment of its population merely on the grounds that it is, after all, not as bad as some other prejudices. Furthermore, while antiCatholicism is not as pernicious as racism or antiSemitism, it is more insidious precisely because it is not acknowledged, not recognized, not explicitly and self-consciously reiected.. Good American liberals who would not dream of using sexist language or racist slurs or antiSemitic jokes have no problem .at all about using anti-Catholic language, ethnic slurs, or Polish jokes. They are not hypocrites or fakers or self-conscious anti-Catholics; they are simply unaware of the antiCatholic strains that run through their personalities and the bia:! in the way they look at the world and describe it. It is very difficult to speak or write on this subject, because anti-Catholicism is a subject most people, Catholics and nonCatholics alike, would prefer not to think about. Those who will and often guiltily to descriptions of racist, sexist, or anu-.....,,"lic bigotry become Vigorously and sometimes, it seems to me, irrationally resistant when one recounts evidence of similar bigotry directed at Catholics. Oddly enough, antiCatholicism persists not so much among ordinary Americans as among 'the nation's intellectual and cultural elites. Within this segment of the population it has become a serious problem precisely because of the increasing number

and I at the National Opinion Research Center in Chicago have done on ethnic ach',evement' (using a composite national sample of 18,000 respondents) shows that ·Polish and Italian college graduates are systematically underrepresented in high prestige occupations. Despite their educational achievements and despite their economic success, college graduates from these two groups simply do not get jobs as good as those offeree. to British-American and Jewish college graduates. Research conducted by the Italian-American Faculty Association at The City University of New York shows that while 25 percent of the student body at City University is Italian, only 5 p~rcent of the faculty is italian - and this despite the availability of a large pool of italians with Ph.D. training in the New York area. The Italian faculty members are less likely to have tenure and more likely to be appointee. as instructors than the typica:. City University faculty member Furthermore, in the recent cut.. back in appointments at CUNY brought on .by a financial crisis, the Italians were the first to lose their jobs. A study of the ethnic identification of members of Congres!O done by Gerson Green and Richard Shea indicates that non·· Irish ethnics, 22 percent of the population, have only 11 percent of the seats in Congress. Again their situation is better thar.. that of blacks, who are 12 percent of the population and have only 3 percent of the seats; but they are still notably underrepresented in Congress. (And. those who are there, incidently, have liberal rather than conservative voting records.) While eastern and southerr. European Catholic ethnics are approximately 12 percent of the American population, tr..ey have only 3.2 percent of the federa~ judgeships. In the seventh cir.. cuit, which includes Chicagc with its immense eastern ane. southern ,European populations, for example, there is not a singlE: Italian or Slavic judge. I am not prepared to contenc that the research expli::itly es-

"Jews were once underrepresented and blacks and women are ,underrep:~esented now in the great universities because of discrimination; but if Catholics aren't there it's because their religion prevents them from being good scholars." And that is that. I argue, however, that the data cited above prove indirectly the existence of prejudice and bigotry. I make my charge of discrimination not en the grounds that Catholics are underrepresented but on the grounds that nobody gives a damn about it. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has not processed a single case of discrimination against Italians or Pole; the national press has given the research findings on underrepresentation scant notice; the liberal journals have raised no outcry; those offically and professionally worry about the problems of society have ignored systematic underrepresentation of Catholics. There are no research funds available to ;;;tudy in any detail the dynamics of such underrepresentation. It is officially not a problem. And that, I contend, is bigotry. Ignorance The second factor contributing to the persistence of anti-Catholicism is simply ignorance about the status and condition of American Catholics. Many of those who live in the groves of the upper academy know more about African tribE'S than they

do about the Catholics who may live across the alley in Cambridge or across the river in Queens or out in the Gage Park district of Chicago (where there is not a great university to maintain racial integration as an alternative to re-segregation). Let me cite one example of such ignorance. In 1974 the prestigious journal Science. published an article that asserted the intellectual inferiority of Catholics. The methodology detailed in the article was of questionable merit, but more to the point, the data used by the author were more ~han 15 years old and did not include even a representative work from the substantial body of literature that had appeared in the· last 15 years showing that the underrepresentation of Catholics in academic careers was a thing of the past. In fact, as the literature demonstrates, from the late 1950s on, younger Catholics have been more likely to move into academic careers than white Protestants, indeed, the evidence shows that they are as likely to have published articles and books and to have tenure in major (though not private, elite) universities as white Protestants. The author of the article ap. parently felt no obligation to cite the literature contrary to his thesis, which merely supported the conventional wisdom about "Catholic anti-intellectualism," Nor did he feel any obligation to discuss the possibility that, since half the Catholics in the country were immigrants or children of immigrants, the underrepresentation that did exist in the 1940s and early 1950s might have been an immigration phenomenon. Nor would the editor of Science publish letters pointing out the inadequacies of the author's method or his failure to cite relevant literature on the other· side of the issue. To this day the editor has not acknowledged a single letter of protest. Residual Bias The third manifestation of anti-Catholicism comes from what I call "residual bias." Many of my Jewish academic colleagues and friends will admit to considerable unease about Poles because they remember the stories they heard from parents and grandparents about the programs in the the 19th century. I can understand such unease, but I think American Poles could be dispensed from responsibility for what happened when they were not even alive. Usually in such conversations' I point out to my colleagues that both Je~ish and Polish historians have made an overwhelmingly persuasive case for the argument that anti-Semitism was a phenomenon that came into existence in Poland only in the late 19th century, and then in great part because of the Russian skill at playing Polish Catholics and Polish Jews off against each other. Until 1850, relationships between Chiristians and Jews in

Poland were the best in Europe the reason why so many Jews lived in Poland.· One doe~ not want to romanticize the pre1850 relationship between the two groups in Poland; it would be intolerable by contemporary standards, but it was still the best that existed in Europe. Jewish and Catholic Poles served side by side on the various national revolutionary commit· tees that presided over the Polish struggle for freedom throughout the 19th century. Normally my colleagues are unaware of the existence of thi~ literature and are quite surprised to learn about it. To their credit, most of them immediately search it out. My point here is simply that we are all victims of the residual folk wisdom we have learned from our families and can only transcend it by seriously re-examining it. It is fashionable, almost "derigueur" now, to articulate, objectify, and expiate the racist, sexist, and anti-Semitic feelings one· might have had in the past; but there is rather little propensity to do the same thing on the subject of anti-Catholicism. I charge that until such objectification and articulation of residual biases occur, those biases will continu~ to serve as a wellspring of bigotry To conclude, I think I have established a strong prima facie case for the persistence of antiCatholicism. Catholics are underrepresented in the upper levels of the society, an underrepresentation that is systematic and well documented. This phenomenon is treated with inattention by most Americans. There is systematic ignorance about things Catholic and also a systematic refusal to reexamine the residual biases of one's own past. The inattention to Catholic underrepresentation is proven, I think, beyond 'all doubt. The ignorance and the residual bias described are merely illustrations. Next Week: Part II: Catholic Nonresponse

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SOUTH BEND, Ind. (NC) The 1978 International Conference on the Charismatic Renewal in the Catholic Church will be held June 15-18 in Dublin, Ireland, on the theme, "You Shall be My Witness," taken from the Acts of the Apostles. Some 20,000 persons are expected to attend the event. To insure a broad representation from many countries, a limit of 5,000 North American registrations has been s~t. . The conference theme and program have been developed in collaboration with Cardinal Leo Joseph Suenens of Malines· Brussels, the international Communication· Office in Brussels, and international leaders of the renewal. A similar conference in 1975 drew 10,000 participants from 60 countries to Rome.

My Mother-in-Law Is A Real Problem By Dr. Jim and Mary Kenny Dear Mary: My mother-In-law is living with us WIllie· Dad Is In the hospital . ~ering from a stroke. The "Problem Is that she expects:to be waited on hand and foot. She caD get around, and the doctor says It would be good if she did. ru do anything· she asks to keep from listening to her complain. She has other grown chUdren but none of them will take her. We have five children., and our house Is full, but my husband feel~ a responsibility toward his family, so we have her. My husband can't seem to understand how hard this Is for us. When we try to talk, we seem to go around in circles. A. My first response is to something you did not mention, namely, you are doing a very good thing. You and your husband must be good people. Whether or not the other children will take their mother is irrelevant. When Christ explained the nitty-gritty of following Him, He talked about the corporal works of mercy. Caring for a complaining old woman must be near the top of the list. St. Paul tells us, however, that unless we act out of love, nothing has value. We can be so pressed, so weighted down by the demands on us that our actions are characterized not by love but by resentment and bitterness. This may be happening to you. You cannot work on all your problems at once. You cannot make the other children take Grandma in, so don't waste your energy there. At the moment, you cannot explain yourself to your husband, so let's let that go too for now. What you can do is find new ways to handle Grandma. Your statement that you'll do anything for her rather than listen to her complaints is the crux of the problem. Grandma is controlling you and doing. it most disagreeably. Make a program for handling Grandma in this way: write down one thing you do for Grandma that she is perfectly

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good for her. Encourage them to make positive comments when Grandma does things for herself. Making a systematic plan will help you to remain firm. It is better than simply resolving to "do less for Grandma." Continue to dominate things until Grandma is taking care of all her personal needs. I firmly be. lieve that, if Grandma must do for herself in order to bathe and eat, she will do so. Remember always to notice when she does something new. "It's so good to see you up and around, Grandma." When Grandma first comes to the table for meals, instead of expecting to be served in her room, celebrate with a special dinner. It will let her know that you really do appreciate the steps she has taken, and it will be a well-deserved treat for all. (Reader questions on family living and chUd care are invited. Address questions to: The KenDyS c/o The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, Fall River, Mass. 02722.)

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he eliminated because 1 think they are representative of a good many Catholics and it is good to know others are thinking, but their lives are certainly not ones that any sincere Christian would aspire to 1 hope, anyway.

Likes Kennys Dear Editor: 1 wish to congratulate you on the new format which you have introduced in The Anchor. It has been truly inspiring and educational as well as a powerful means of reaching and educating many families. 'I am especially happy to see the new series on "Family Living and Child Care" by Dr. & Mrs. Jim Kenny. I feel very strongly about the importance of good Christian families and they are the greatest medium of spreading God's love. It is through families that individuals are formed and molded, who will be our society of tomorrow. Looking forward to future editions and to the day when our diocese can reach out to families through televising a series of educational programs. May God continue to guide and inspire you as you continue His work. D6ris E. Bernier Fall River

Charismatic Replies Dear Editor: 1 am writing in reply to the letter commenting on Charismatic meetings causing lass of Catholicity ("What devotional practice have you given up?") and considering themselves a new religion. While I am sure these problems occur in some groups, it has not in ours. We have joyfully adhered to the Bishops' statement on the charismatic renewal. We are all committed Catholics and we expect our prayer group to enhance our Catholicism. For most of us, receiving the fullness of the release of the Holy Spirit led us back to reciting the rosary daily... We have brought many back to the reception of the sacraments and even made a few converts. _This has all been a blessing by God. It has not been our 'Bard work - it has been our humility and willingness to be used of God. . . . We are committed to Christ as He is expressed through our bishop and our pastor. . . . 1 am sorry that that lady had such a poor, supposedly Catholic, group to attend - for all of us it has been an intense deepening of our Catholicism. Mrs. S. E. Vandewater Vineyard Haven P.S. I really like the changes in The Anchor. 1 find Mrs. Carson and Fr. Greely to be interesting (I carry on mental arguments with them) but severely lacking in practical faith in God. 1 wish you had inspiring columninsts who were as eloquent as they. 1 don't think they should

Dear Editor: I really enjoyed the letter from Anne Amous, New Bedford, in the Feb. 23 Anchor. I have been a charismatic for almost three years . . . It is hard for me to think charismatic and not Christian and especially Roman Catholic at the same time. With the changes that came with the Second Vatican Council, my faith seemed to be twisted and pulled in different directions. . . 1 have talked with charismatics from the Boston, Fall River and Providence diocese and so many experienced similar feelings and conflicts with the Catholic faith, until we became charismatic Catholics. A neighbor re-introduced me to my faith in a deeper and more personal way with her invitation to attend prayer meetings. 1 have attended the Life in the the Spirit seminars, began studying Jesus and the scriptures. I found I was not alone with trials and problems. 1 was not an ignorant Catholic. 1 had eight years of parochial school, another four of high school CCD. But I had just gone through the motions of being a Catholic. My late husband and 1 had one wonderful year in a close Christian marriage together. We went through 16 years of just going through the motions of marriage. He was not Roman Catholic, but he grew to love and deeply respect the Catholic faith as we prayed together in a Catholic-sponsored prayer group. I still read the scriptures, make novenas, recite the rosary and receive the sacraments, but now 1 enjoy it. Pentecostalism is not another religion to me, it is the rest of my Roman Catholic Christian faith. Elizabeth Bartlett Norton

Christmas Cards Dear Readers: We have had two responses to Mrs. Margaret Perreira's request in the Feb. 23 Anchor for a place to send old Christmas ·cards. Mrs. John Wilding of St. Peter and Paul parish, Fall River, tells us that the Telephone Pioneers use them in work with patients at state hospitals and that they may be left with the guard at the employees' entrance of the company's office at 326 N. Main St., Fall River. Bertha Cunningqam, South Easton, reports that both cards and cancelled stamps may be sent to Sister Miriam Patrick, St. Saviour High School, 590 Sixth St., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11215. The Editor

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Special Programs Planned For Charities Appeal Catholic Charities Appeal headquarters of the diocese has announced special television and radio programs for its 37th annual appeal for funds to support apostolates of charity, mercy, education and social service in Southeastern Massachusetts. Bishop Daniel A. CTonin is Appeal chairman and Edward S. Machado, Somerset, is diocesan lay chairman. Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, diocesan Appeal director, has given the following media schedule for Appeal programs. Television Masses WTEV, Channel Six will carry Masses at 8:45 a.m. on the following Sundays, with homilies on various aspects of the Appeal: - April 16, "Nazareth Apostolate," Rev. John F. Andrews,

St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, Cape and Islands Apeal director. - April 23, "Spanish Apostolate," Rev. Manuel P. Ferreira, St. John Baptist Church, New Bedford, New Bedford area director. - April 30, "Homes for the Elderly," Very Rev. Walter A. Sullivan, Sacred Heart Church, Taunton, Taunton area director. - May 7, "House-to-House Parish Campaign," Bishop Daniel A. Cronin. Community Program WTEV Community Program will televise Appeal speakers at 6:30 a.m. on the following dates: - April 13, Rev. Thomas L. Rita, director of St. Vincent's Home, Fall River. - April 17, Rev. Peter N.

the grand prize announced in July can choose $1000,000 or a trip around the world for two or a custom designed home, a Cadillac and maid and gardener service for a year. One grand prize - given in cash - was awarded last year, but the number of parishes in the lottery has risen and organizers expect to give out three top prizes this July. Other prizes range from cameras to mink coats, cars and vacation - or their equivalent in cash. Profits from the lottery help participating parishes meet the rising costs of building maintenance. Sometimes parishes with extra sales will help innercity parishes with shares in lottery profits. All but the state-run lotteries are illegal in Pennsylvania. But law enforcement officials usually

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Graziano, director of the Department of Social Services and Special Apostolates. - May I, Bishop Cronin and Edward S. Machado. Newspapers in the five areas of the diocese will highlight the Appeal and television and radio spot announcements will describe its 37 years of community service. The Appeal's special gift phase begins April 24, continuing through May 6. The houseto-house phase will take place from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday, May 7, when the goal has been set ot" visiting every home in the diocese. The annual Appeal kick-off is scheduled for 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 19, at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River.

do not interfere with charitable or r.eligious groups that run lotteries. A spokesman for the Internal Revenue Service said organizers of the Million Dollar Adventure must submit tax forms to the IRS for each winner of more than $600. The $42 membership fee cannot be deducted as a charitable donation, he said, but it can be deducted from any winnings. At St. Columba's parish in Philadelphia, the $40,000 received last year helped pay for new heat-saving windows, roof repairs and a fuel bill of almost $20,000. "I don't even consider it a lottery. It's a donation to help the parishes," said Ann Delito. St. Columba's lottery representative. But Father James Kelly, pastor, admits, "We all live with hope that we might hit a big one."

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Spiritual Exercises: Prayer for Activists By Fatller Alfred McBride

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the person's involvement with God. Desolation teaches the person to seek the God of consolations, not the consolations of God. Finally, one is brought to sense God's will for oneself and a future direction. A renewal of spirit takes place. One more significant step in life-long conversion has been accomplished. After four centuries, the Spiritual Exercises remain one of the most effective ways of setting in motion a spirituality for activists. The decisions and attitudes acquired in the retreat are to be carried over into regular life - and "mini-exercises" are expected to be part of daily existence. Each age finds new

For weL over 1,000 years, the monastic !ltyle of prayer dominated ChriE.tian behavior. It suited well the agrarian world in which it flourished with its predictability and regularity, its seasonal and diurnal rhythms. However, the Renaissance and the Reformation coincided with the urbanization of Europe on an unprecedented scale. Cities grew, bloomed and burst at the seams. Arid with them came noise, action, chaotic snarls, complexity, discontinuity and man-made rhythms. The stately, serene prayer life of the monks did not resonate so well in these urban cauldrons. Thanks to the genius of Ignatius Loyola and the Jesuits, a prayer possibility emerged that was well tailored for the activist citizens of the new cities. A methodical, systematic approach â&#x20AC;˘ By William Ryan to spirituality, the Spiritual Exercises gave users a way of comFather Bernard Basset, witty bining action with interior faith English Jesuit, best-selling auand praye:~. thor, descendant of both St. Ideally, the Exercises are a Thomas More and General Robfour-week retreat designed to ert E. Lee, and retreat master lead to a t:rofound religious con- . par excellence, has been deversion. Each day the retreat en- lighting audiences for years with gages in five one-hour medita- lectures on the spiritual life and tions. The first week they dwell trenchant comments on the Amon the tragedy of the human erican scene. condition, beset with sin, selfHis reputation, that began ishness, lust, avarice and aliena- with retreats, has been cemented tion. Week two brings the con- by the best-selling books he betemplation of the major forces gan to write at age 53. They incompeting for his commitment, clude "We Neurotics," "We the kingdoms of Christ and Sa- Agnostics," and "Born for tan. Friendship." If they have a comIn the third week the retreat mon theme, it might be desponders the saving passion and cribed as keeping one's sense death of C ~rist. The fourth week of humor, and sense of what's views the sweeping panorama truly important, while doing of Easter and its effect on the battle with life's tribulations. Christian. "The truly spiritual person, Like a good educational de- because he has a deeper vision, vice, the Exercises begin where is able to laugh at the humbug the person is, affected by sin in others and in himself," Father and estrangement. The situation Basset says. "One doesn't is not without hope since Christ laugh at dogma; dogma is not is battling for his or her true a laughing matter. Pomposity is hopes and personal fulfillment. something else. Morticians, BBC How this is done comes through announcers, and some members in the wor:drous meditations on of the hierarchy seem preocthe death and resurrection of cupied with maintaining the wrong sort of image.' Yet some Jesus. What is supposed to happen of the prelates who are the heavduring this retreat? (1) Inner iest going publicly are, in priawareness of God. (2) Positive vate, the merriest of men." While fame came late, Father and negative reaction. (3) A Basset's earlier years were not sense of God's will. uneventful. "I . . . saw German The Exercises summon the distracted activist to quiet down Zeppelins over the city and many and fix his or her attention and a blitz in the Second World imagination on some biblical War," he recounts. "As a Jesscene or spiritual truth. This is uit I have put my hand to many meant to relax the person and tasks; studying history at Oxdraw him or her to an inner ford, teaching boys from eight to 18, running a retreat house awareness :>f God's presence and a readiness to receive insight in London and writing a column from God and experience the for the London Catholic Herald Lord's love. Sometimes this leads for 15 years. I was attached to to a positive reaction of joy or Vatican Radio for the opening consolation. Other times it re- session of the General Council sults in a r.egative experience of and as a journalist visited India. "Like many Englishman of my emptiness and desolation. Both reactions are valuable precisely generation, I boast an American grandmother, a Miss Bessie Lee as reactions, for they indicate

and compelling ways to make these excercises relevant and useful for fresh legions of people anxious for spirituality in the midst of the distractions of contemporary life. One of these retreats clearly does not make a saint. Normally that takes a lifetime, with God's grace. Some complain that the Exercises are too military and insensitive to the needs of individual freedom. Not so, jf they are pursued properly, for the uppermost intention is about the free interaction of personal faith and God's grace. The setting and rules are meant to afford this glorious possibility. What a gift we have here in our Catholic heritage!

Father Bernard Basset, SJ

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The Society of Jesus By Father John J. Castelot St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus, was born about 1491 in the family castle of Loyola, the youngest of 11 children. He entered military service but was wounded in the defense of Pamplona on May 20, 1421, when a cannon ball broke his right shin and ripped open his calf. The break was badly set and the bone had to be rebroken and reset. The surgeon botched the job and left a bone protruding below the knee which had to be sawed off. The convalescence was long, and Ignatius requested light reading. All that could be found were a life of Christ and saints' legends. lie became engrossed and determined to imitate the saints. How he was to do this was not clear; he toyed with several ideas before resolving to live a life of rigorous mortification. A vision of the Blessed Virgin and the infant Jesus inspired him to make a pilgrimage to the shrine of Our Lady at Montserrat. Manresa, a small town, was not far from there. He stayed at Manresa about a year, living sometimes with the Dominicans, sometimes in a paupers' hostel, with intervals of solitude in a nearby cave. It was a time of severe spiritual

testing, marked by depressing attacks of scrupulosity. The experience was fruitful, however, for out of it came the first notes that grew into his famous Spiritual Exercises. Out of it, too, came great peace of mind and inner joy. Ignatius was consumed by a desire to visit the Holy Land. In February 1523 he set out, hitching his way. However, on.ce there, his immoderate zeal for the Moslems' conversion made the Franciscan custodians of the holy places fearful that he woufd Turn to Page Thirteen

Have We Time? By Father Edward J. Farrell What if we began by asking not, "no we have time to pray?" but, "How long does it take to be penetrated by the prayer of Jesus?" Prayer is mostly a mystery of presence; new depth into the presence of Christ. He is continually drawing us. In physics there are certain fields of energy, certain polarizations. In a similar way, we have to be aware that we are in God's field of prayer, God's field of presence, and that there Turn to Page ThIrteen

of Baltimore a first cousin of General Robert E. Lee, Bessie left the United States after the Civil War. When I was young I was allowed to see' the general's epaulettes on occasion, reverently preserved in a red velvp.t box." "I come from a roaring Roman Catholic family and wore a biretta in bed when I was eight. My brother and both my sisters followed me into religion. l-!ence my birthday presents. have been restricted to holy pictures and I have never known the joys of marriage, children, grandchildren, nephews, neices or mothers-in law. Given reincarnation, I feel sure I would repeat the same choice." In 1969, on his 60th birthday, Father Basset, with the permission of his Jesuit supeI1iors, moved to the Sicily Isles off the Cornish coast where he ministers to a small Catholic community, prays, writes, shops, and does his own cooking and housework. "At sunset I gaze longingly in the vague direction of New York," he says. "Yes, I may descibe myself as a lapsed mystic; I have always been a hermit at heart." For two months each year, Father Basset emerges from his islands to give a series of spiritual retreats in this country. Interviewed by The Washington Star last year, he said he had observed a more positive attitude in the American Church following a period of confusion after Vatican II. "In" the Catholic Church, from my point of view, there was great uneasiness and restlessness," he said. "For about five years I found it very painful to go around and find people so angry and frustrated and with lack of purpose and sort of a sense of shame. Recently I've seen an immense improvement in the morale and temper of the United States."

The Society of Jesus Continued from Page Twelve be taken as a hostage and they ordered him home. Back in Barcelona, at age 33, he began studying Latin. So distracted was he by thoughts of God that he found it difficult to concentrate, until he hit upon a method of turning his study into prayer. After two years he moved to higl)er studies, through which he struggled. He lived austerely, wore a coarse gray habit, taught catechism and recalled many people from vice to virtue. But his lifestyle and activity attracted adverse attention, and he and three companions moved to Salamanca, where again he became the object of dark suspicion and decided to leave Spain. In Paris his conduct and the reaction to it were much the same, but he persevered. In 1534, he received his master's degree. Six like-minded fellow students joined him in the Spiritual Exercises. They took private vows of poverty and chastity and offered their services to the pope in any capacity he might deem fit. Thwarted in their attempts to go to Palestine, they met, two years later, in Venice. Eleven in number, they went to Rome, where Pope Paul III welcomed them and gave permission for ordination. It was clear that they had a future in the Church and would need structure as a group. They added a third vow of obedience to whomever would be their general. He in turn would be subject to the Holy See. This gave rise to a fourth vow, that of going wherever the pope sent them. Unlike existing orders, they chose not to recite the Office in common, but to leave themselves free for the practical exercise of charity, with education as top priority. The order was approved on Sept. 27, 1540, and Ignatius was

elected superior general. In this capacity he spent the rest of his life in Rome, directing the affairs of his amazingly active organization. One of St. Ignatius' most" farreaching contributions was his Spiritual Exercises, published in Rome in 1548. This prayer method has served ever since as a model for both private devotion and formal retreats. The quasimilitary structure of the Jesuits can be misleading. It is not a cold machine, and Ignatius was not a stony general. He was a man who deeply loved his "army." His concern for the sick was especially touching; he could not do enough for them. When his subjects were right and he was wrong, he submitted with a charming humility, even cheerfulness. Still, he could be firm, and he reacted strongly to those whom learning had made conceited or negligent of true religion. As with all saints, his crowning virtue was the prime Christian virtue: love.

Have We Time? Continued from Page Twelve is never a moment when He is not present to us, even though we are but rarely present to Him. We would actually not be in prayer at all if prayer came from ourselves. Prayer is with Someone Else. "Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, spending the night in communion with God." (Lk 12, 6). The prayer of Jesus is prayer in spirit and truth. His prayer enters into our time. It is total, infinite, eternal. We are all included in the prayer of Jesus. We pray because Jesus prays. We 'pray because we are being called by His prayer, led by His presence. When His prayer enters into me, it is no longer I who pray but Jesus who prays in me. As long as it takes to give myself to God, it takes me to pray.

FATHER BERNARD BASSET.

A Verdade E A Vida Dirigida pelo Rev. Edmond Rego DnMINr,n DE RA~nS E DA PAIXAn A entrada solene de ,lesus em ,Jerusalem constitui 0 Donto culminante da Sua vida terrena. E ali, no centro da na~]'o .iudaica, que 0 novo 0 reconhece como Messias, cujo reino come~a aqora. Os seus inimiqos concebern contra Ele urn furor tal que 0 levara a morte. S. Lucas recorda a multidao que corre. pressurosa a receber Jesus qritando: Bendito o que vern em nome do Senhor. Paz no ceu e q16ria nas alturas. Alquns fariseus ali nre· sentes acudiram indiqnados: Mestre, ~enreen de os teus disclPulos. Jesus, porem, pos ponto final na cena com esta frase tremenda: Eu vos diao: se estes se calarem, qritarao as pedras. Ouer dizer, aprovou esta manifesta~ao que tinha rec~sado, mais de uma vez, esquivando~se quando pretenderam faze-110 rei. Aqora, DOUCOS dias antes da Sua morte, nao ve qualquer inconveniente em semelhante manifesta~ao. Delo contrario, quer qJe se saiba que Ele fi 0 Messias, 0 Salvador, 0 Profeta por exceleneia. E necessario Que Eu hoje, amanha e no dia sequinte caminhe, porque nao con vern que urn nrofeta morra fora de Jerusalem, esclarece. Etal a como~aa aue dlEle se apodera, que chora sabre a cidade deicida. Assim e cumore aouilo aue tinha sido anunciado pelo profeta Zacarias: Eis que o teu rei vern a ti: ele ~ justo e vitorioso, humilde, montando num jumento, sobre urn jumentinho, filho de uma jumenta ... proclamara a paz para a nasoes; 0 seu imperio ira de urn mar a outro mar e do Rio as extremidades da terra. " Nesta cena tudo nos fala da paz. A oropria palavra Jerusal~m siqnifica vis'ao de paz. De paz nos falam os ramos, a lembrar a pomba que reqressa a arca de Noe com urn ramo de oliveira, slmbolo da paz. Jesus e Rei pacffico. 0 seu reino e reino de justi~a, de amor, e de paz. ~ons. Escriva de Balaquer diz num comentario; Pax in coelo, paz no ceu. Mas olhemos tambern 0 mundo: porque e que nao ha paz na terra? Nao, nao ha paz. Ha somente aoarencias de paz, eauillbrio de meao, compromissos prec&rios. Nao ha seauer paz na Iqreja, salpicada por tensoes que retalham a branca tunica da Esposa de Cristo. Nao ha paz em mui tos corayoes aue tentam em vao'. compensar a intranauilidade da alma com 0 esvaiamento cont{nuo, com a pequena satisfa~ao dos bens que nao saciam, ~oraue deixam sempre 0 travo amarqo da tristeza. No dia do juizo havemos de dar contas a Deus de toda a oalavra ociosa, dita sem necessidade. Contudo, iqualmente daremos conta de todo 0 mutismo. Ha circunstancias em que temos de falar, deixando de parte os silencios de caes mudos, situa~aes nas auai~ se deve actuar com enerqia contra auaisauer comoromissos cobardes. E sem demora~ Vamos esperar qUe as nedras dos caminhos qritem a qloria de Deus? Vamos aquardar aue elas facam eSDirrar 0 amor de Deus dos corasoes dos homens? Nao teremos a ousadia de exercer 0 anostolado, de falar de Deus aos nossos conhecidos e ate a desconhecidos? sio horas de desoertar do sono Que padecemos. Os ultrajes aue tern side oerpetrados contra a Iqreja e contra Deus pedem Que ecoe por todo 0 mundo urn qrito de horror e se promovam actos de raparasao. Nao basta conservar a fe; e preciso defende-la quando tantos a nossa volta a perdem e a atacam. Lutemos com coraqem e confianca. Deus nao perde batalhas. A vitoria ser~ nossa. Cristo promete urn premio eterno.

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focus on youth • • • By Cecilia Belanger This morning I received a letter from a young girl who doesn't want her name used. So we'll call her Anne. Anne is one confused yo.ung lady. The new morality has thrown her for a loop. She is unhappy, alone, and aoesn't know where she is heading. Anne is surrounded by other young people who are "trying out a lot of things," as she describes it. She is frightened and says that unless things are written down in black and white for her, she fears the "grey flrea" is going to engulf her. Anne's case is not unusual. Situation ethics has fouled up the lives of many people, both young and old. Its major weakness is the absence of God. It fails to recognize men and women as the created-by-Him in the presence of their Creator. The situationist sees man as the originator and definer of love, instead of God as the revealer of love. And speaking of "love" - it is such a relative word. We talk about loving strawberries, children, a particular color, a place, a thing, a moment. I've heard so many young people say, "I don't really know what love is!" I don't think ."knowing" has anything to do with one's age. Love is beautiful and what Anne was trying to tell me is that it has been cheapened and she doesn't know where to go from there. Young people tell me that they are often treated "as a thing" in their relationships. Someone to be used. It is wrong to use hu-

bell Business School in New Bedford; a scholarship valued at $1800.00. Leo received the top score on a competitive examination administered to seniors from area high schools. This marks the third consecutive year ":hat a St. Anthony student has placed either first or second in this examination. Both first and second place winners receive full tuition scholarships. Last year the award for second place went to Shawnee Souza, and in 1976, the first place winner was Paula Desruisseau. Sr. Charlotte Burleigh, CSC, the busimss department head at St. Anthony, has spent many hours preparing her students for su.ch challenges, and much of the credit for their success goes to her abUty to motivate people to be the best that they can be. She gal'e Leo one. of her famous hUg:l when she learned of his success and remarked, "I almost crushed him to death, I was so happy." As this year 'is St. Anthony's last, it seems only fitting that our students continue to s 10W to the community that his is a great school to be a part of, and that quality education takes patience, understanding, dedic:ltion and, most of all, people who care about each other.

Bisl1lop Feehan Feehan music students have the opportunity during this semester to attend a performance of the R.I. Philharmonic Orchestra at the Veterans' Memorial Stadium in Providence. Ten morning performances are planned and Feeh:lnites will attend in small groups with James Dillon, music director. Students at the Attleboro' high school saw a performance of "Cross Piece: a Dramatic Interchange," the Dramatic Club entry in the Southeastern Massachmetts Regional Drama Festival. Three Feehan actresses were named to the festival's "All-Star Cast:" Monique Lareau, Cindy Sandland and Patricia Kirby. Last Monday new members of the National Honor Society were inducted at a ceremony directed by Sister Carolanne and Sister Suzanne. The traditional Easter celebration of the Eucharist will be held on Wednesday, March 22. Rev. Bria:1 Harrington will be the celebrant and members of the folk group will provide music.

man beings, then. cast them aside and say "no one was hurt." People who have been used and cast aside are never the same again: their inner characters have been involved and life has been degraded for a time. Girls write me that they are merely exploited. My answer to them is: Stop letting yourself get exploited! Respect your bodies. There is a degenerative effect on the young when mutual exploitation takes place. Young girls like Anne are confused by the lies that are woven· into the fabric of truth, as so often happens today. Because it is true that love should be the major ingredient in making decisions, it is here that the word "love" needs to be looked at more closely. I don't believe that anyone on this earth was created to be used for the sake of someone else. Jesus r.ever used people in the sense we are talking about. When you use someone you depersonalize that individual and that is always wrong. Christ spoke of laws as things to be used; people are to be loved and The annual Father-Daughter not used. Dance is to be held at 7:30 p.m. The situationist exploits tomorrow at Bishop Gerrard people; legalism stones them. High School, Fall River. The problem with "let it all The event enables the school's hang out" is that it is too weak Living Community to contribto meet the enemy, so it sur- .ute to the development of renders. Anything short of the people committed to the sermoral ethic revealed in Jesus vice of the Church and world. Christ will simply not suffice. On Sunday students of both This is what I wrote to Anne. Bishop Gerrard and Bishop Connolly high schools will observe World CLC Day by taking part in a Hunger Walk. This will be By Calvert E. Mills Jr. a day of personal prayer and reGuidance Counselor flection, designed to aid World Leo Desrosiers, a senior at St. CLC efforts to insure human Anthony High School, New Bed- rights for mankind. ford has won a full-tuition Following the walk, the stuscholarship to Kinyon-Camp- dents will return to Gerrard,

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Sometimes When We Touch You ask me if I love you, and I choke on my reply I would rather hurt you honestly than mislead you with

a lie And who am I to judge you, in what you say or do A moment just to gain - to see the real you. And sometimes when we touch, the honesty's too much And I have to close my eyes and hide I want to hold you till I die, till we both break down and cry I want to hold you till the fear in me subsides. Romance and all the strategy, leaves me battling with my pride. But through the years, a journey, some tenderness survives I'm just another writer, still trapped within my truth A hesitant prize fighter, still trapped within my youth At times I'd like to break you, and drive you to your knees At times I'd like to break through, and hold you endlessly.. Written by Dan Hill and Barry Mann; sung by Dan Hill (c) 1977, GRT of Canada, Ltd. Honesty is part of our Christian tradition. Dan Hill's new song speaks of the importance of honest communications betw.een two people building a love relationship. The song is rich in content, raising questions about this type of communication. There are many discoveries in loving another person. When we discover real love, it brings us to needs, feelings, and ideas that we may have been unaware of previously. We realize when we say, "I love you," we imply a willingness '0 face those needs and feelings in ,both ourselves and another. The opening line of the song brings out this point. It is easy to say, "I love you," but the singer knows the implications in these words. ~-Ie would rather remain silent than to betray the richness of meaning in these wordso Further, there are many levels of love, honesty and communica'ion in relationships. In a day when we have instant coffee, instant ,oup, and instant entertainment, there are still no instant relationships. Certainly there may be spontaneous attraction between people. Yet growing in loving implies growing 'in trust. It means the sharing of weaknesses and failings as well as personal strengths. This song talks about touch, the physical sharing of love. Within all its forms, from a hug to the total sexual sharing of oneself in a permanently committed love relationship, we communicate levels of trust in physical expression. As the song says, our inner sense of honesty will tell us if our physical expression of love is in harmony with the emotional commitment of the relationship. Again, this takes time, sharing and honest discernment by the people involved. ....Sometimes When We Touch" depicts a realistic view of loving. It is a risk to give our imperfect selves to reaffirm the goodness we find ojn another. Within this remaining balance certitude and un°eflected risk, we discover and grow in our real ability to love.

where a Eucharistic Liturgy will be- celebrated by Father Pierre Lachance, D.P. and a "hunger meal" will be served. The walk will start from Connolly at 9 a.m. Parents are invited to share in the liturgy and meal.

monies at which they received certificates and miniture French flags. Singing of the Marseillaise followed. The event was sponsored by the French Club and French II students.

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Conference Schools Dominate Playoffs Teams representing schools in the Southeastern Mass. Conference captured two of the three Eastern Mass. south sectional basketball championships. Fall River's Durfee High' Hilltoppers "demolished" PlymouthCarver and Silver Lake in the Division One quarter-finals and semi-finals, ,respectively, and then defeated highly-touted and top-rated Framingham South in the final. The Fairhaven Blue Devils disposed of Hyde Park in the first round, ousted Burke in the quarter-finals, nipped Seekonk in the semi-finals, and defeated Rockland in the Division Two

final. Durfee thus captured its second divisional crown in as many years, and last night started defense of its state crown against Springfield Tech at Assumption College, Worcester, in the state semifinals. Fairhaven was scheduled to meet Marblehead last night in the Division Two semifinals in Brockton High School. Roxbury's defeat of CoyleCassidy shut the door on a possible clean sweep of all fhree sectional crowns. However, it says something for the caliber of conference basketball when conference schools gain the finals in all three divisions.

Hockomock All Stars Announced Stephen Moriarty, a forward for Stoughton High, has been named captain of the Hockomock League varsity all-star basketball team. His selection testifies to his ability. On a team that finished fifth with an 8-8 record, he averaged 17.2 points, 13 rebounds and six assists. He is the only Stoughton player on the stellar combine. Others on the all-star team are senior guard Robert Wooster and senior forw~rd Ray Nichols, Oliver Ames; senior forward John Shea, Canton; senior center Ed Cataldo, King Philip;

junior forward-center Paul Souza, Mansfield; senior center John Walls and senior guard Peter Bucchanio, both of champion Franklin. The league's all-star girls' basketball team is comprised of senior guard Linda Neilson and junior guard Amy Richman, both of Sharon; senior forward Lori Harmon, King Philip; junior guard Stephanie Rioux and senior, center Kay Gallotta, both of North Attleboro; Junior Jackie Lincoln, Franklin; and junior forward-guard J an Prendergast, Foxboro.

Diocesan Playoffs Start Sunday The playoffs for the junior and senior diocesan basketball championships open Sunday afternoon. In junior action, Taunton will be at Attleboro and Fall River at New Bedford. Senior play has Taunton at Fall River. All games are scheduled for two o'clock. Action continues Tuesday

night with Attleboro at Taunton, New Bedford at Fall River in seven o'clock junior games and Fall River at Taunton at eight o'clock in the senior playoffs. If third gllmes are needed they will be played Wednesday at sites to be ,decided by a coin toss at Sunday's games.

Hockey All-Star Team Named John Carey, director of the Bristol County Catholic Hockey League, has announced the roster of the Schoolboy Senior team that will oppose the leag~1 ue's all-star team in the annual Father Donovan Scholarship hockey game in the Driscoll Rink, Fall River, next Thursday. Chosen are goalies Bob Hathaway, Mike Freeman and Charley Ripley; defensemen Dave Mazzarella, Carl Dias, Kevin Snyder, Steve Pontes, Mike Greene and Frank Sternick; wingmen and centers Nick Caras, Jose Shaker, Tom Stone, Tim O'Brien, Barry Goulet, Tom Rodrigues, Dave Cohelho, Joe Custer and Tim Smith. The league's playoff semi-finals open Sunday n'ight with champion Fall River South opposing Taunton at nine o'clock and, runnerup New Bedford tangling with Somerset at 10:15. The best-of-three semi-finals will continue on March 26.

Somerset defeated Taunton, 5-1, and Taunton topped West-

port-Dartmouth, 5-2, last Sunday to complete sweeps of the quarter-finals. South and New Bedford had byes in that round.

Negative Censorship MILWAUKEE (NC)-An official of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights has accused NBC News of censoring coverage of the January March for Life in Washington. Michael Schwartz, associate executive director of the Catholic league, said NBC censored the march by not covering it.

Opera Condemned ROME (NC) - Cardinal Ugo Poletti, papal vicar for the diocese of Rome, deplored and condemned the performance in Rome of the late Paul Hindemith's opera, "Sancta Susanna," about a nun's erotic fantasies before a crucifix.

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OUR LADY OF THE CAPE, BREWSTER Father Andre Patenaude, MS will lead a Lenten mission SErvice of scripture and song at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 19 in thechurch. Coffee will follow in the parish hall. All are invited. ST. ANNE, FALL RIVER

OUR LADY OF ANGELS, FALL RIVER Holy Name Society members will attend a breakfast meeting following 8 a.m. Mass Sunday, April 2. Stations of the cross are recited at 3:45 p.m. each Friday of Lent. ST. MARGARET, BUZZARDS BAY ST. MARY, ONSET

The parish board of education will meet at 7:30 tonight in the rectory. A day of recollection for confirmation candidates will begin at 12:30 p.m. Saturday in the school lunchroom. Also on Saturday, a penance service will be held in the lower church for all parishioners from 3 to 4 p.m. Male voices are needed for a folk group directed by Sister Lucille. Anyone interested may contact her at telephone 67i2556.

A prayer group meets at 7:30 p.m. each Wednesday at St. Margaret's parish center. A Seder Meal will be' held at the center from 5:15 to 6:45 p.m. Holy Thursday, March 23. The Mass of the Lord's Supper will follow at 7 p.m. at both churches and the Blessed Sacrament will be exposed from 8 p.m. to midnight at St. Margaret's. A Walk for Hunger will begin at 8 a.m. Good Friday, March 24, from the parish center.

HOLY NAME, FALL RIVER A penance service is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Monday, :Vlarch 20.

SS. PETER AND PAUL, FALL RM:R There is a vacancy on the parish council and anyone interested in serving or in nominating a parishioner for membership is asked to contact Helen Ozug, pres ident or one of the priests. Current council discussion topics are parish priorities, the possibility of a family education program, <lctivities for young children ard encouragement of Scouting. School and CCD students are invited to participate in the processions to be held at 4 p.m. Mass Saturday and 9:30 a.m. Mass Sunday. Those with names beginning with the letters A to M are asked to attend on Saturday and those in the N to Z group on Sunday, meeting in the parish center 15 minutes before Mass:

ST. JOSEPH, ATTLEBORO Cub Scouts will hold a sleepover in the school building beginning at 7 tomorrow night. The patronal feast of the parish will be celebrated on Saturday at 9 a.m. Mass. A Lenten penance service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, with third graders receiving their First Penance at that time. Also on Sunday, the Recreation Committee will hold its monthly coffee hour following 9: 15 and 10:30 a.m. Masses. SACRED HEART, FALL RIVER A special children's celebration of Palm Sunday will take place at 10 a.m. Mass on Sunday. Children in the CGD program are asked to meet in the school hall at 9:30 a.m.. Clean nylon stockings are requested by the Sacred Heart Mission Fathers for use in making bandages for lepers. They may be left at the back of the church or at the rectory.

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, NORm EASTON In preparation for Holy Week, altar boys wil1 meet at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 18 in the church. Choir mE:mbers will meet at 7 tonight in the church.

ST. STANISLAUS, FALL RIVER The Men's Club will meet Sunday in the school following 6:30 p.m. services. Tapestry sewing sen-ices w;iI be held today and tomorrow and the completed Easter hanging will·.be put in place on Hojy Saturday and blessed at 10:30 a.m. Mass on Easter Sunday.

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