Diocesan Pastoral Council Formation Is Announced Bishop .Cronin announced to- ed by Bishop Cronin as a furday the establishment of a Dio- ther significant step in the oncesan Pastoral Council, a con- . going local diocesan program sultative body composed of for implementation of pastoral priests, religious sisters and rep- measures suggested by the Secresentative lay persons from all ond Vatican Council and proareas of the Diocese of Fall posed in post-Conciliar directives River. The Bishop indicated that promulgated by the Holy See. Laymen and women reprehe was calling this advisory group into being after careful senting the five Deaneries or study and consultation. Forma- geographic subdivisions of the tion of the council was d~scrib- diocese will constitute the majority of members of the council. It is anticipated that the 15 member body will meet with the Bishop, its ex officio chairman, to consider and discuss matters WASHINGTON (NC) - Bis- which bear on pastoral activity hop Joseph L. Howze, 53, named in the Diocese. Bishop Cronin by Pope Paul V:I to head the expressed confidence that the newly established diocese of advisory body would be of conBiloxi, Miss., has become the first black Ordinary, or head of the diocese, appointed in the 20th century in the United States. Bishop James A. Healy, the son of an Irish father and a By Rev. John F. Moore black mother, who served as For so very many of us, the bishop of Portland, Me., from 1875 to 1900, was the first black world in which we live is the narrow vision of our own minds. Catholic Ordinary in the United Now and then, events, places States. or persons take us beyond the The Pope also named Bishop what we think is real scope of Warren L. Boudreaux of Beauand make us aware of what Turn to Page Seven is going on in the world in
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Set Registration At Bp. Gerra rd . Sunday, March 20 is registration day at Bishop Gerrard High School, Fall River. Prospective students will be welcomed at the school from 2 until 4 p.m., both to formally register for next year's programs and to be given directives on school rules. When the budget presentation was made for the 1977-1978 school year, the staff of the Diocesan Department of Education, Turn to Page Seven
Evangelical Renewal Focus 'Of Bishops' Convocation
It's the day of the shamrock, the day of the green, A day to rejoice every lad and colleen, And away down in Gotham, we're happy to say, The Shamrocks from Feehan are touring today. Meanwhile at home we're not idle at all: With dances and banquets, we're having a ball, While in music and song the Foresters greet St. Pat's with a program you'd find hard to be~t, And shamrocks are swirling wherever you look To list all the action, 'tw~uld take a whole book But corned beef and cabbage are what you should swallow, With maybe a drop of the craythur to follow; And as for Dame Fashion, 'tis plain to be seen Anything goes as long as irs green. Leprechauns leap and pots 0' gold shine And even our Andrew is feeling benign, As you will discover if you look on page three Where he has decided that women can be Priests, saints preserve us, but somewhat restrained, Since only the Irish want them ordained.
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which we say we live. To a great extent such awakening was the purpose of two very important addresses given this past weekend at the New England Bishops' Convocation at Mont Marie, Holyoke. Keynote speaker was Bishop Turn to Page Nine
Fr. Graziano Discuss'es CHD Considerable discussion has recently arisen over programs within Massachusetts and the Fall River diocese that have received funding from the Campaign for Human Development (CHD). In the following statement, Father Peter N. Graziano, Diocesan Director of Social Services, comments on the matter: In 1969 the American Bishops bemoaned the fact that for Turn to Page Seven
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AT HOLYOKE: Members of Fall River delegation to Holyoke meeting, seated from left, Ms. Suzanne Mis, Sister Rose deLima, RSM, Ms. Susan Perreira, Mrs. Charles Fuller; standing, front, Rev. John F. Moore, Sister Rita Pelletier, SSJ, Bishop Cronin, Stephen Avila, James David, Rev. John Perry; rear, Robert Coache, David Fortin, Edward Smith, Rev. John Steakem, delegation chairman.
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The Bleeding of the Green
Ultreya Schedules for CursiUistas
You're Helping To Fill Their Empty Tummies
Bishop Visits Coyle-Cassidy High School
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I_P_e_o_p_le_-_P~la_c_e_s _-_E_y_en_t_s___N_C_N_e_w_s_B_ri_e_fs-l1 Asks Pardon, Peace VATICAN CITY - In the wake of student protests which left 15 persons in Rome seriously wounded and littered Italian cities with fire-bomb' damages, Pope Paul VI made a poetic appeal for "peace and parlon" in Italy. The Pope, whose shaky voice reflected his week-long bout with flu, told thousands of pilgrims and tourists in riottorn Rome that "violence is not progress, revenge is not justice and is not civil."
Not Prepared COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. More than half the Catholic pastors serving rural Midwestern areas consider themselves inadequately prepared to meet the specific demands of a rural pastorat~. a survey published by St. John's University here found. The survey, begun in 1975 by the university and its School of Divinity, also found that most pastors believe they were well-prepared for ministry generally.
General Absolut'ion MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Bishop Carroll T. Dozier of Memphis said on a filmed segment of the NBC television "Today Show" that he expects mass reconciliation services such as he conducted here last December to come into general use throughout, the Church - including the granting of general absolution. Asked during the filmed interview if he felt the use of "mass reconciliation services may go beyond the diocese of Memphis," the bishop replied: "I think there has been a tremendous reflection on it and I have an idea that in the future it will be used quite regularly."
The review issued by the USCC's Office of Film and Broadwasting said the film, "Mohammad, Messenger of God," should be of i.nterest to all except the very young. That evaluation was not shared by a New York Times movie critic, who called . the film "achingly dull." Hamaas Abdul Khaalis, head of the small Hanafi Moslem sect, denounced the movie as his group held over 100 hostages here, saying, "We want the picture out of the country."
Church p'ersists LONDON - The persistence of an .underground Ukrainian-rite Catholic Church in the Soviet Union has been reported here. The report by Bobdan R. Bociurkiw appeared in the spring 1977 issue of Religion in Communist Lands, quarterly published by Keston C"lIege, the center for the study of religion fmd Communism near here. There is also a growing number of Ukrainian-rite Catholics in the traditionally Orthodox areas of the eastern Ukraine as a result of deport路 ation and migration from the we~tern Ukraine, he noted.
Pope Shendouda TORONTO - Pope Shenouda III, the spiritual leader of the world's non-Catholic Coptic Christians, will visit here late in April to break ground for North America's first Coptic church. Although the Coptic leader's first trip to Canada will be primarily pastoral, he is expected to meet with political leaders in an effort to give his Church more visibility in a society which knows little about it.
Vermont Cathedral PARIS - Television authorities here have blocked transmission of a Catholic broadcast that was to deal with allegations of torture of political prisoners in some Mrican countries. Father Pierre Abeberry, in charge of the weekly Sunday Catholic program, "Jour du Seigneur" (Day of the Lord), said that at issue was what sort of material could be accepted as "religious" for the program.
Mohammad Film WASHINGTON - The movie which helped push members of the Hanafi Moslem sect into a murderous ra~e was given high marks by the U.S. Catholic Conference's Film and Broadcasting Review for its "sincerity."
BURlJINGTON, Vt. - New England's newest cathedral will be dedicated here May 26. The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception replaces what was the region's oldest cathedral until it was destroyed by an arsonist five years ago. The new $1.8 million structure will accommodate 600 worshippers at a time.
Episcopal Ordination MANCHESTER, N.H. - Bishops from 11 New England dioceses led by Cardinal Humberto Medeiros of Boston, will officiate at the ordination of Msgr. Robert Mulvee as auxiliary of Manchester, April 14. The 47-year-old Boston native is currently chancellor of the Manchester diocese, which encompasses the entire state of New Hampshire.
Join The Club LONDON - After the Westminister archdiocese makes its debt payments this year, it expects to have only eight percent of its income left over for everything else. This was the bottom line of a bleak financial picture outlined by Cardinal George 'Basil Hume in a letter urging all the people in his See t-o help him work out. a new financial strategy to overcome the crisis.
Stevens Demonstration NEW YORK - Catholic and Protestant clergymen joined Mrs. Coretta Scott King and nearly 2,000 supporters of the textile workers' union at a demonstration here against the J. P. Stevens Company, the nations second largest textile firm. The demonstration, organized by the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union, coincided with 'a March 1 stockholders meeting dominated by debate on Stevens' labor relations and equal employment policies.
Munich Center MUNICH Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, rebel traditionalist prciate, said in a television interview here th~.t he has decided to establish a traditionalist foundation in this city. The prp.late, suspended last summer from priestly activities by Pope Paul VI, has already set up institutions in England, France, Italy and the United States, as well as a seminary in his Econe, Switze~land, headquarters.
Kill Death' Bill WASHINGTON - Nine states had withdrawn or defeated proposed death with dignity bills by March 1 of this year, according to a survey by the U.S. bishops Committee for Pro-Life Activities. One death-with-dignity bill has passed the New Mexico Senate and the California bill passed last year has been amended, the report said. Msgr. James McHugh, the committee's executive director, said 49 deathwith-dignity bills have been introduced in 36 states this year.
chased for full page advertisements in the March 11 issue of the National Cath路 olic Reporter and the March 13 edition of the New York Times. The advertisements provide readers with "An Invitation to Respond" to a recent Vatican document which repeats the traditional exclusion of women from the priesthood. Petition forms will appear with the ads, which are being paid for. by the Adrian Dominican Congregation.
Not The Same, Father ST. LOUIS - About 40 person,;;, in路 c1uding nuns, marched briefly outside the offices of the St. Louis Review, arch~ diocesan newspaper here, protesting an editorial they claim unfairly lumped supporters of the Equal Rights Amendment with supporters of abortion. The demonstrators called on Father Edward J. O'Donnell, editor and writer of the editorial, "to retratt" his "outrageous" opinion. Father O'Donnell denied unfairly categorizing supporters of the Equal Rights Amendment, and said before the demonstration that he had no intention of retracting the editorial.
Teamsters-U FW Accord WASHINGTON Church officials active in the labor movement have welcomed an agreement signing by the United Farm Workers of America (UFW A) and the Teamsters Union as a breakthrough in the protection of farm workers' rights. The pact, signed by the rival unions March 10, gives the UFWA the right to rganize field workers and the Teamsters jurisdiction over cannery workers and other non-field hands. It ends 10 years of often violent union warfare which has hampered the organization of farm workers into the union of their choice.
Increase in Abortion
Women's Ordinat'ion
HARTFORD, Conn. (NC) More than a quarter of all pregnancies in Connecticut end in abortion, and the rate is increasing, according to preliminary figures from 1976. According to the state's Department of Health, there were 6,604 abortions in Connecticut during the first six months of 1976, 20 percent more than there were during the same period in 1975.
ADRIAN, Mich. - Leaders of the 1,800-member Adrian Dominican Congregation of Sisters have launched a nationwide petition drive to place the question of women's ordination on the agenda of the 1980 world Synod of Bishops. L<:!tters have been mailed to members of the congregation and space has .been pur-
BOYS TOWN, Neb. (NC) Boys' Town will begin observances of its 60th anniversary by dedicating a shrine to its founder, Father Edward J. Flanagan, according to Father Robert P. Hupp, director of the world famous youth care home.
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Necrology March 27 Rev. James W. Conlin, 1918, Pastor, St. Patrick, Somerset. Rev. Msgr. Antonio P. Vieira, 1964, Pastor, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, New Bedford. . March 28 Rev. Alfred J. Levesque, 1960, Pastor, St. James, Taunton. Rev. Bernard A. Lavoie, 1972, Catholic Memorial Home, Fall River. March 29 Rev. Msgr. Edward J, Moriarty, 1951, Pastor, St. Patrick, Fall River. Rev. James H. Carr, S.T.L., 1923, A!lsistant, St. Patrick, Fa~l River. March 31 Rev. Aime Barre, 1963, Sick Leave, Fall River.
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AITLEBORO AREA MEMBERS of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul meet with Bishop Cronin at Madonna Man-
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Priests to Meet In Louisville
ANGLICAN ST. PATRICK'S: Church of Ireland Archbishop George O. Simms stands by the signboard at Anglican Cathedral of St. Patrick in Armagh, Northern Ireland. Archbishop Simms has the title Primate of All Ireland as does his counterpart, Cardinal William John Conway. Armagh, where St. Patrick made his headquarters, has been Ireland's ecclesiastical capital since the fifth century. (NC Photo)
Sure, Blarney's Thick As Shamrocks By Sister Betty Lamb, O.P.
ity in favor of the ordination of University of Chicago's Nationto the priesthood was al Opinion Research Center women NEW YORK (NC) - The only Irish males over 45 years of age, (NORC) said here. Catholic demographic group in '. . In the survey made in 1974 the United States with a major- Father Andrew Greeley of the for the NORC study "Catholic Schools in Ii Declining Church," published last year, there were data on the subject of women Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, laney, Taunton area Appeal as- priests, Father Greeley said. diocesan director of the Catholic sistant director, discussing dio- "We did some cross-tabulation Charities Appeal, has announced cesan social services; April 17, to see which demographic television and radio coverage Rev. Manuel Ferreira, New Bed- groups in the country would be plans for the 1977 Appeal, ford area director, the Spanish most likely to support women which will be the 36th annual apostolate; April 24, Rev. Wal- priests," he said during a talk fundraising drive sponsored by ter Sullivan, Taunton area direc- on the occasion of receiving the the diocese in support of apost- tor, homes for the elderly; May Brooklyn diocesan Home School olates of charity, mercy, educa- 1, Bishop Cronin, general aims Association's St. Elizabeth Seton tion and social service. of the Appeal. award. Bishop Daniel A. Cronin is Appearing' on the Channel 6 . The survey found that only honorary Appeal chairman and Community Program at 6:30 30 percent of the U.S. Catholic Joseph C. Rayball of Attleboro a.m. will be Rev. Charles Soto, population favored ordaining is this year's diocesan lay chair- OFM, April 12, the Spanish women - 32 percent of the men man. apostolate; Bishop Cronin and and 28 percent of the women. The WTEV Channel 6 tele- Joseph Rayball, April 19; Sister But Father Greeley hypothevision Mass, regularly heard at Thomas More, director of Ma- sized that "given the role of 8:45 a.m. each Sunday, will fea- donna Manor, Attleboro, April women in the Irish family, the ture various aspects of diocesan 26, homes for the elderly. Irish would be most likely to services during Aprii and May, In addition, Channel 6 will approve of the idea, and because according to the following sche- carry spot announcements and of a similar family structure, dule: radio messages will be broadcast Italians would be second." April 3, Rev. Leonard Mul- by all stations in the diocese. The computer proved him right on both counts, he said, I with 38 percent of Irish agreeing and 35 percent of the Italians. Hazarding another educated guess, Father Greeley said that Irish males would turn up a higher correlation of agreement, "and sure enough, 45 percent of the males sampled said there would be nothing wrong with having a woman priest." Deciding to "push my luck to the ultimate," Father Greeley said he estimated that men over 45 would be most likely to support ordination of women. Asked why he hit on those over 45, he declared, tongue firmly in check, "Well, for Irish males, by the time you're LOOKING OVER procedures and mechanics of the over 45 you have at least three 1977 Catholic Charities Appeal are, from left, Bishop Cronin; sacred women in your life your mother, your wife and your Rev. Manuel P. Ferreira,New Bedford area Appeal director; daughter - and so, why not orRev. George F. Almeida, New Bedford area assistant di- dain them, they have enough rector. power as it is."
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Representing the Fall River Council of Priests at the National Federation of Priests' Councils meeting in Louisville Ky. Sunday, March 20 through Thursday, March 24 will be Rev. Michel Methot, director of adult education for the Diocesan Department of Education, and Rev. Thomas Lopes of St.. John the Baptist parish, New Bedford. The meeting will have as its theme "Priests/USA: Serving in a Ministerial Church" and particular attention will be given to the roles of non-ordained ministers in the Catholic Church. The keynote speaker will be Dr. David O'Brien of the faculty of Holy Cross College,· Worcester, who was chairperson of the writing committee of the "Call to Action" program held last October in Detroit. Also present at the meeting will be 11 "models for effective ministry," emphasizing the team approach to ministry and the empowerment of others than the ordained priest to minister. The models will include a college campus "peer ministry," a parochial ministry team, ministry to the aging, a town and country ministry from rural and mission areas of the nation, and many other approaches .to the team concept.
'Joshua' at SMU "Joshua," a group of Christian believers conveying the Gospel message by means of music, songs and skits, will perform at 8 p.m. Friday, April 1 at Southeastern Massachusetts University auditorium in North Dartmouth under sponsorship of the SMU Christian Fellowship. Tickets will be available at the door.
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The Bleeding of the Green Once more this St. Patrick's Day the green fields of Ireland are stained with the blood of its own people. Once more the shamrock is squashed beneath the soldier's boot. Once more the cry is heard in the land, the wail of the wid. ow, the scream of the child. As St. Patrick's Day comes into our lives again the scene still is the same. When will it ever end? Oh, when will it ever end? For the Irish-American, today is a day for fun, but, really it should be quite different in these days. It should be a time for the real; for the honest;. for the searching. A time for. those who truly appreciate their roots and a time for peace. But the Irish-American has a difficult time in the search for his roots. So very much is lost in the fancy and flight of an escaping people. In the attempt to flee the horrors of poverty and the confinement, of enforced oppression, the Irishman or woman who came here tried to forget the misery of life and the suffering of death. As a result, many handed on to generations of their descendants a heritage filled with an Irishman's dream: a dream of a land that is filled with little people and lucky charms. Typified in the songs of Tin Pan Alley, somehow the reality was buried and the hurt was healed. Yet today, as the Irish seek to bring some peace to their land, the misty tales of the past fade in the face of . the injustice and iniquity that yet keep a people apart and a nation divided. It is well for all of us, Irish Of not, to remember that when the issue of human rights is at stake, it is a challenge to each and every man and woman who loves freedom. . Irelan"d today is not free and human rights do not exist if you are a Catholic living in Ulster. The American government decries the restriction of liberties behind the Iron Curtain but remains silent when a "trusted" ally is doing the same thing. The Irish-American has forgotten his roots and is lost in his dreams of the past. Not a cry • is heard for the people who still live in that land of terrible beauty.
Recommended Reading: Bishop Daniel Reilly of Norwich, in his keynote address to the 5th Annual Convocation of the New England Bishops, mentioned that so very many people in the Church have neglected to give serious consideration to Pope Paul's apostolic exhortation, "On Evangelization in the Modern World." In the Bishop's opinion, this statement was one of the most important documents of faith by the Holy Father in recent years. In a real way, it is sad to see how such a document can be by-passed by the other events that take place in our lives. So often people searching for relevancy in the Church take the glamour road where everything is new, fresh, and visually .appealing. When they come to the end of that road they realize that their journey was a mere flight of fancy and that their travels contributed little of a substantive nature to their lives. In the Church, we must begin to realize this fact, especially when we are faced with the slick attitude of glos. sy productions or the Madison Avenue approach to religion. The fact· that the word "evangelization" is being used by the Church with reference not just to the foreign missions-should clearly indicate that it is not restricted to non-Catholic usage. As time progresses we will be hearing more and more about the role of Catholic evangelization here in our own country. It should make us all realize that that there is a n~w wjnd blowing across this land. Anyone who sincerely wants to be part of this spirit should take a few moments to read "On Evangelization in the Modern World."
emergency requests for food and clothing." Local agencies are helping with budget counseling and in some cases cash to help families pay for unusually high fuel bills, he said. They have also provided child care in areas where schools are closed but workplaces remained open. In Cincinnati, an area hit particularly hard by the cold, Archbishop Joseph Bernardin, president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, urged energy conservation measures. Catholic "schools have closed in many cases, not because they were forced to do so, but because of a sense of moral responsibility toward the rest of the community in our common good." he said. The churches are also involved at the public policy level. One basic issue is the quality and ANIMAL KINGDOM reliability of information the A young girl . . . and a dog . . . almost equal in public has about the real state of energy supplies. There is still size . . . seem engrossed in conversation . . . Their no definitive answer, for exgraceful forms . . . seem to flow into one another . . . ample, to the question of wheas she clasps his raised paw in her hands. ther there is a real natural gas They present an image of. closeness . . . warmth shortage this winter. · . . almost human communication . . . a beautiful. Sister Ann Neale, executive director of the ,Bishops' Comsymbol of the harmony . . . meant to exist between mittee for Human Values, which people ... and the animal world. handles energy matters for the In an age in which extravagant care of household bishops, has asked White House ' pets . . . contrasts sharply with the brutal slaughter energy czar James Schlesinger of endangered species . . . we do well to reflect . . . to support "a survey of natural gas reserves which is independ. on our relationship and responsibility toward animals. ent of the industry." The Book of Genesis portrays God . . . creating A second area of concern to a wild array of animals ... creeping, crawling, swim- the religious community is conming, flying in an effort to provide the first soliservation. ",Energy conservation tary man with companionship ... but no animal is a moral imperative," the Nawas found to share fully ... a human's need for tional Catholic Rural Life Conference (NCRLC) said in a comfriendship and love. prehensive energy policy stateSo God gave humans all the animals He created .. ment issued last November. · .. wild and game ... for people's use ... Adam asArchbishop Bernardin urged sumed responsibility with God ... for the animal kingCatholics during the recent dom ... He gave each animal its name. (Genesis 2) freeze "to continue to make every effort: to conserve energy, The charming Genesis story . . . suggests that to especially natural gas." The entreat animals' as if they were human . . . or to treat ergy crisis "calls for a moral them better than one's fellow human beings . . . is response and spirit of cooperasentimental . . . and can even be sinful if excessive tion on the part of all of us," he · .. yet to treat animals irresponsibly ... with needless said. . President Carter has called for cruelty . . . is brutally inhuman . . . and can be sinful. voluntary energy conservation Animals . . '. gifts to be thankful for ... and to be measures as well as some mantreated responsibly. datory restraints, primarily in automobile fuel economy. Copyright (c) 1977 by NC News SerVice A bipartisan group of congressmen and other public figures have established the Alli· ance to Save Energy to push energy conservation measures. There are both immediate and One area of concern will be efBy Jim Castelli long-range problems. On one efforts to insulate housing t" The "Freeze of '77;" or the level, churches have had to re- prevent wasting energy. One member of the alliance, the spond to people's emergency "Bicentennial Winter" coldest in U.S. history - has needs. Msgr. Lawrence Corcor- Msgr. Geno Baroni, president of given a new sense of urgency an, executive director of the the National Center for Urban to the energy crisis. America's National Conference of Catholic Ethnic Affairs, says a major concern is the "economic crunch churches have been concerned Charities, has some examples. with the energy issue and will For one thing, he said, "the of cost - will the rich be able likely become more involved as first big snow in Buffalo came to afford it (energy) and the .the energy debate, if not the on the day the welfare checks poor suffer more?" Msgr. Baroni and Msgr. 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Results of the Detroit "Call to Action" conference of the American Catholic Church will b~ discussed at the sixth annual meeting of the New England Catholic Peace Fellowship, to be held at Cathedral High School, Springfield, on Saturday, April 16, with registration beginning at 9 a.m. The agenda will include a general meeting and workshops on the day's topic. The program will close with prayer at ·5 p.m. and a potluck supper will follow. Further information is available from Sister Elizabeth Matuszak, Center for Reflective Action, Mont Marie, Holyoke, 01040.
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S:ain't P'atrick By Rev. Barry W. Wall
The first church in the diocese to honor the Apostle of Ireland was a former Protestant church acquired by the Catholics of Wareham in 1865 and dedicated to St. Patrick in 1868. In 1940 it was replaced by the present handsome Georgian colonial church but the original building, long ago enlarged, continues to serve as a parish hall. .In 1821 a small community of Irish Catholics in New Bedford built the first church in what is now the Fall River diocese. In 1886 construction of the present St. Lawrence Church was begun and two years before its completion, on March 17, 1869, its chapel was dedicated to St. Patrick. Over the years baptisms and occasional weddings and funerals have been celebrated in the sacristy-chapel and for two years Maronite Catholics used it for worship until they acquired their own c1lUrch in 1919. For a decade or more members of New Bedford's Italian community gathered here for Mass until St. Francis Church was built in 1928. In 1932 51. Patrick's Chapel was beaUtifully renovated with the installation of an altar, wainscotting and ceiling of cathedral oak and fine stained glass, including a large east window depicting St. Patrick flanked by St. Brigid and St. Catherine. patron saints of the donors. Since 1975 daily Mass has been offered for St. Lawrence parishioners in the chapel. Fall River In May, 1873, St. Patrick's parish, embracing a large portion 'of the south end of Fall River, was established. A temporary wooden church was constructed and in 1881 the cornerstone of the present im-
Attleboro Knights Plan Breakfast St. John's Council 404, Attleboro Knights of Columbus, will hold its annual family communion breakfast following 8:45 a.m. Mass Sunday, March 27 at St. John's Church, Attleboro. Bishop Thomas V. Daily of Boston will be guest speaker and reservations may be made with Edward J. Kelley, telephone 222-37~.
Future council plans include a regular meeting Tuesday, April 12, a social evening Thursday, April 14 and a "30 Week Club" dinner dance Saturday, April 30.
ST. PATRICK CHAPEL pressive granite structure was laid. During the pastorate of Bishop James E. Cassidy (19131934), the interior of the church was beautifully refurbished and the present St. 'Patrick's School was built. For many' years the Irish ,Catholics who had settled in the' village of Somerset were cared for by priests from Fall River, from St. Mary's, Sacred Heart and St. Joseph's parishes. In 1873 St. Patrick's Church was built and 10 years later a resident pastor was appointed. The building's gilded and domed cupola is a familiar landmark on the Somerset skyline. 51. Patrick's Church in the lovely Cape Cod town of Falmouth was built in 1899 and until 1929 was a mission of St. Joseph's parish, Woods Hole. In a major reconstruction project in 1964 the church was expanded to provide for the needs of the rapidly growing parish and its numerous summer residents and visitors.
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Rejoices at End to Serious Misunderstanding By
REV. ANDREW M. GREELEY
Readers of this column will recall the differences that arose between me and some representatives of the American Jewish Committee over a paper I gave at their anriual meeting last year. The conflict arose over my challenege to the Jewish community to be aware of growing anti-Catholicism in its ranks. This battle escalated for some time and was joined by some Catholics who accused me of being dangerously
close to anti-Semitic. I am happy to be able to report that the conflict has come to an end, due to an 'initiative taken by Mr. Bertram Gold, Executive Vice President of the American Jewish Committee. The following correspondence records the end of the battle - and the loud sigh of relief you hear is mine. Dear Andy: H was' good to see you at LaGuardia Airport and to reminisce with you about the work you have done with us over the years - all of which I have always thought to be professionally competent and responsible. It was also good to learn that despite the recent misunderstanding, as a result of your long relationship with us, you still have positive feelings toward AJC.
The public controversy over your paper at our annual meeting reacted affirmatively to your presentation, feeling that it was a ~erious effort to examine a difficult, complex and .challenging issue. I am sure that most of the negative reaction afterward resulted from the reading of incomplete segments of your presentation. Surely no one who is familiar with your work could seriously .question your longstanding friendship with the Jewish community.
As you well know, I believe that in our society we must be able to dialogue honestly and openly with one another, and that on hoth sides we must 'listen carefully to the honest expression of our friends - which
is all the more reason why all of us engaged in public. discourse must be especially sensitive to the realities of intergroup relations. I look forward to further cooperation with you. Bertram H. Gold Father Greeley's Reply Dear Bert: Thank you very much for your recent, gracious letter. I'm glad that the regrettable misunderstandings can be brought to an end. As you remember, I was most reluctant to give the talk in the first place because I feared the reaction, but agreed to do so because I had been told that it could mark the opening of new phase of Catholic-Jewish discussion. Like路 you, I felt that the reaction 'at a meeting, while
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mixed, was basically positive and friendly. In retrospect, it would have been better if I had put more in the paper about what the Jewish community and the AJC have already done to improve Catholic-Jewish relationships though that was not my assignment. I also lament the fact that some of the language in the paper, hardly offensive in itself, could easily be misunderstood when excerpted out of context. I, too, look forward to continued cooperation in the years ahead. Andy There was a nightmare quality for me about the whole interlude. I am glad that Mr. Gold has been able to bring it to a satisfactory ending. I am very grateful for his help.
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As the priest talked about . the rebirth of the Lenten season, I gazed out the church windows at green trees and bushes. Of course, this parish was in North Miami and not in still frigid New England, and the God's spring handiwork was evident much earlier in the season. New England, though, is a good place to celebrate Lent for as the joy of Easter approaches we can also experience the joys of
the coming spring. Sitting in the congregation in the Florida church, I couldn't help but feel that despite the beautiful setting the drama of Christ's death and resurrection can be more aptly displayed in New England, where spring is always an unbelievable happening. Very often at this time of year I can't help mentioning in this column that every indication of spring, the first green shoots, the early crocus, the forced forsythia, reaffirms our belief in the risen Christ. While I reveled in the beauty and climate of, Florida and truly enjoyed the homily delivered by the eloquent young priest, I couldn't help but feel that the people in the parish
couldn't relate to the transition of winter into spring the way that we in this area can, especially 'after the winter that we have just experienced! While I'm sure Mother Nature has a few more bad days and even weeks in store for us, just the hint of spring is enough to give us hope and restore our faith that once again Easter will come and the voice of the turtle will be hea.once more. While in~ Florida, I met a charming couple, Frank and Theresa Parrotta, who spend the spring and summer tending a tree nursery in New York State and the winter thinking up delightful recipes in sunny Florida. Both declared that this is the
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MSGR. GEORGE G. HIGGINS
Recently the Center for Migration Studies sponsored a national symposium on the illegal alien problem. The purpose was to try to decide what can be done to regularize the ,status of the several million immigrants who have come to the United States in recent years without proper documentation and, as a result, are living in constant dread of being apprehended and deported. Some two or three hundred people from all parts of the country took part. Of tl:te papers presented, the most interesting was Susan Jacoby's critical analysis of the slipshod manner in which the press has covered the illegal alien problem. Ms. Jacoby is a freelance journalist who has researched this problem for several years and will soon publish a book about it.
With a few notable exceptions, who reported, American newspapers have pandered to the prejudices of many readers by grossly exaggerating both the extent of the illegal alien problem and its allegedly adverse impact on our economy and social institutions. Instead of studying the problem in depth, they have carelessly fallen into the trap of relying much too heavily on onesided information provided by the immigration and Naturalization Service, whose law-enforcement approach is extremely narrow. Ms. Jacoby pointed out that the result of this kind of superficial coverage of a complicated human problem is that the socalled illegals are being blamed for the high rate of unemployment and for many other socioeconomic problems confronting our society.' It is little wonder that the public and the Congress are calling for drastic legislative measures路 which, far fmm solving the problem, would probably aggravate it. Even if Congress ,wer~ to impose either criminal or civil penalties on those employers who
knciwingly hire undocumented aliens, however, such penalties would apply only to those who hire workers entering the United States illegally after a suggested amnesty had been granted. Nobody knows how many undocumented ailens are residing here but let us assume that there are eight million. iJf employer sanctions advocated by the Washington Star in a recent
editorial were to be adopted legal aliens - period. without an amnesty provision, I have too much respect for that would mean that the bread- the Star editors to conclude that winners responsible for support- they are as heartless as their ing these eight million human editorial makes them appear to beings would be deprived of be. If they are not heartless, gainful employment. however, they are certainly beThe Star doesn't even suggest ing very superficial and extremewhat ought to be done about ly careless in their handling of a these people if that were to hap- problem for which there is no pen. It simply calls for sanctions easy, simplistic solution. against employers who hire il- ,Copyright (c) 1977 by NC N~ws
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Paul Parish, Fall River, and recently named by Bishop Cronin as Coordinator of the Jubilee Celebration which will mark the '75th Anniversary of the Diocese of Fall River; '-Reverend William McClenahan, SS.CC., a member of the Sacred Hearts Fathers and the Pastor of Saint Anthony's Parish in Mattapoisett; -Sister Rose deLima Clark, R.S.M., a member of the Sisters of Mercy, Superior at Saint Vincent's Home in Fall River; -Sister Mary Thomas More, O.P., a Dominican Sister of the Presentation, Superior at Madonna Manor in North Attleboro. Lay Representatives -From the Attleboro Deanery,
Continued from Page One about apostolic activities conducted in diocesan parishes and ins路titutions. The first formal meeting of the ,Pastoral Council is scheduled for Wednesday, March 30, 1977. Council Members Appointed by Bishop Cronin to council membership were the following: -Very Reverend John J. Smith, Vicar Episcopal in the Vicariate of Attleboro and Taunton, Pastor of Saint John the Evangelist Parish in Attleboro and Diocesan Director of Vocations; -Reverend Ronald A. Tosti, Assistant at Saint Peter and
Raymond E. Lambert, Sr., North Attleboro and Mrs. Francis F. LaPlante, Attleboro, -From the Fall River Deanery, Gilbert C. Oliveira and Mrs. Michael J. McMahon, immediate past President of the Diocesan Council' of Catholic Women both of Fall River; -From the Cape Cod Deanery, Atty. James H. Quirk Jr., South Yarmouth, Mrs. Gilbert J. Noonan, Falmouth; -From the New Bedford Deanery, John J. Finni, Principal of Holy Family High Schoo), and Miss Dorothy A. Curry, both of New Bedford. -From the Taunton Deanery, Atty. Richard K. Martin, and Mrs. Aristides A. Andrade, both of Taunton.
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Father Graziano Discusses CHD Continued from Page One many in our society to live like Dives with Lazarus at the gate is not even perceived as sinful. They began to look at Dives and Lazarus in a 20th century context and noted that acts of justice must not only deal with the effects of poverty and discrimination, but must also strive to correct their causes. Consequently, the Bishops organized the Campaign For Human Development to foster "a greater solidarity among the rich, the marginal, and those still trapped in poverty." It has funded a wide variety of proposals and has also auempted to inform and educate the Catholic community to action on behalf of justice. SEMAC Opposition Presently we find some Catholics maintaining that Massachusetts Fair Share is not a fitting vehicle for fostering justice within the State, especially in the area of utility rates. On a diocesan level, some Catholics are expressing strong negative
Black to Head Continued from Page One mont, Tex., to head the newly established diocese of HoumaThibodaux, La., formed from part of the New Orleans archdiocese. In addition to establishing the two new dioceses and naming bishops to head them, Pope Paul appointed Msgr. Gerald Ryan, pastor of St. Raymond Church, East Rockaway, and Father James Daly, pastor of St. Boniface Church, Elmont, to be auxiliary bishops to Bishop John R. McGann of Rockville Centre,
N.Y. The Pope's decisions were announced here by Archbishop Jean Jadot, apostolic delegate in the United States. The Biloxi diocese was formed from the Diocese of NatchezJackson, which has included the entire state of Mississippi. Alabama-born Bishop Howze, . who converted to Catholicism in 1948 and was ordained a priest in 1959 at the age of 35,. was named auxiliary bishop of Natchez-Jackson in 1972. At that time he was the third black person to become a Catholic bishop in this country. Now there are three black auxiliary bishops who serve in the archdioceses of Newark, New Orleans and Washington, D.C.
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feelings regarding the activities of the Southeastern Massachusetts Advocacy Center in New Bedford (SEMAC). These two CHD-funded organizations within the State and Diocese have been undergohlg sustained attack by Catholic dissenters over the past few months. To categorize their dissent as unwarranted is unjust and unfair. The dissenters have their point of view and are entitled to make their opposition heard and felt. However, it is one matter to attack the ideology and techniques of a funded group, and quite another matter to attack the CHD itself for giving such groups and opportunity to be heard. In establishing the CHD the Bishops made it clear that they wished to fund "organized groups of white and minority poor, so that they might develop economic strength and political power. in their communities." These two organizations, re&ardless of the relative merits or demerits of their various positions, have given a voiceless and powerless segment of the local soc~ iety a vehicle through which it could be heard. Whether we agree or not with what they say, we Catholics should be .proud of the fact that through CHD a minority is able to gain visibility within the community. In many, though not all cases, how strange it is to find among the most vociferous critics of CHD, the entrenched upper echelons in society. . . those with substantial power and clout, claiming they are being unjustly oppressed by the "little people." It does make one wonder! Mark of Maturity The Diocese of Fall River this past year has increased its con-
tributions to the Campaign For Human Development. Our people are to be commended. Our clergy are to be congratulated for their leadership. As a diocese we are saying with our pocketbooks, that while we may not approve of every facet of every program funded by CHD, we want to be fair. We want all voices to be heard, even though they may rise in opposition to what be believe best. To have such a mentality is a high water mark of maturity. Parenthetically, the Bishops this .coming May will be asked to decide whether the CHD program should be continued, in light of the fact that now it has' now reached its goal of $50 million, set in 1970. The decision will be difficult to make, for the Church has many programs ro consider and its financial reo sources are not. unlimited. Hopefully, the -Bishops will find their way out of this dilemma and the CHD will not completely disappear from the Church scene. However, whether the program conti.nues or not, our Catholic people can take pride in' the fact that during most of the 70's poverty was not merely decried by the Church, but something creative and innovative was successfully accomplished to alleviate it.
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Bishop Gerrard Continued from Page One in consultation with Provincial authorities of the - Sisters of Mercy, had to make the decision to close the convent section, known as Mount Saint Mary's Convent, in order to balance the school budget. This means that some of the senior Sisters will move to Mount Saint Rita's Health Center in Cumberland, R.I., a modern health care facility for the Sisters of Mercy, a measure which had been anticipated in 1971 when the Diocese purchased the building from the Sisters of Mercy at the time when Bishop Gerrard High School was established as a diocesan institution. Other ~isters presently residing in the convent section will reside at Saint Patrick's Convent in Fall River and at Bayview in Rhode Island; some of the Sisters will enter "small group living" in the city of Fall River. Education of young women has ¡been a major element of the apostolate of the Sisters of Mercy since their founding in 1831. The staffing of Mount Saint Mary's Academy and then of Bishop Gerrard High School, which resulted from the merging of several smaller secondary schools in Fall River, bas always held a high priority with the Sisters.
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Moral ,'Choices: Political Power Games By Michael Novak One of the ways in which Catholic traditions differ from Protestant traditions in this country lies in the frankness Catholics have generally observed about the use of -power. Catholics are not embarrassed by power. John F. Kennedy wasn't. Nor Robert Kennedy. Nor Richard J. Daley. Nor most bishops. The Irish have presented the American Catholic people with more political leadership than any other group. The Irish do not fear power. For too many generations, they knew what it was like to see power .exercised over them by the British. Indeed, the Irish had this advantage over the other ethnic groups that came to America: They had been struggling against the British for hundreds of years and knew the moves. Other Catholic immigrants have tried to learn from the Irish. Anglo-Saxon politics is different in style from politics in other cultures. The Anglo-Saxon upper class, on the good side, does respect the rule of law and the traditions of civil liberties. These are great human achievements; realized more fully and concretely in AngloSaxon culture than in' any other. On the negative side, the Anglo-Saxon upper class does not always call things by their names. They carefully protect their own moral prestige. When they have to do something ugly, they try to have It done by others and at a distance and they cover it with a moral slogan. For the Anglo-Saxon upper class, power is an extension of morality - of station, of duty, of responsibility, of suerior enlightment. In America, one 'learns, one ought to cloak power in morality. When scholars say that "the ,Puritan tradition" gave politics in America this distinctive moral fervor, they say too little. Not only the Puritans among the Anglo-Saxon upper class in America have long preferred indirect, refined and elevated speech, especially about money,
ambition, control, power. The American style is to sound reluctant about accepting power, and prefer to call it "service." Catholics, by contrast, frankly enjoy a word like "clout." At least those Catholics do who haven't been acculturated to the dominant sensibility. (There are a great many anti- Catholic Catholis today.) In his n&w book about Catholics in Chicago, "The Education of an Urban Minority" (Ox-' ford University Press), James W. Sanders notes that the publice school "functions not merely to provide opportunity for the common man but also to teach him his place." The guardians of American propriety feared contamination from immigrants including Catholics. They sought to maintain control over them and exclude them "from anything but participation as a passive consumer . . . " "The public school, as a symbol of established mores," he goes on," - not merely Protestant in original creation, but Anglo-Saxon and middle class as well - stood to a degree as a truly organized effort by the established to impose their val· ues on those they 'saw as deviant." The guardians, Sanders writes, wanted a "culture factory," designed to teach "the one best way of life," their own. the This vision of life sense that the established are moral and enlightened. and that the great masses of the unwashed need to be reformed still remains powerful in American life. It was still being directed at Richard J. Daley, right up through the news programs and commentaries on his death. Many among the established and the powerful have it; and many of the young, and radical, and the most powerful forces in opinion making have it as well. The upper class Anglo-Saxon moral vision has "Americanized" both right and left. Indeed·, one of the qualities implied by the word "Americanization "is the acquisition of a "higher" morality for dealing with grubby matters like money and power. One should always talk about them in moral
terms. America is an odd society; the most embarrassing thing to talk about is not sex but money. And those who acquire power are somehow supposed to pretend that they don't like it, are embarrassed by it and really don't want to exercise it. They hide behind committees, panels, experts, consultation, etc. The more Americanized one becomes, the more ashamed one should be of ever exercising clout. Mayor Daley was an affront to the value system of the dominant culture. The book by Norman Podhoretz, "Making It," was a direct assault upon one hypocrisy involved in "Americanization." On some matters, Catholics also have got up on their moral high horses: In the past, on anti-Communism, on lasciviousness in the movies, and, most recently, on abortion. There is a Catholic form of moralism too. Here, too, the fault is to overemphasize the moral issue in. volved, and to neglect the other significant issues. Almost every question has many elements and levels. Emphasis on the moral dimension is, in politics, almost always damaging, both to the body politic and to morality itself. The reason is that if an issue becomes polarized along the moral dimension, then those on one side of the issue - one's opponents - must necessarily be regarded as immoral How can an intelligent, practical discussion be conducted in that framework? It is one thing to decide upon an issue in one's conscience, and to take full account of the moral dimension in one's own thought. It is another thing to draw the battle line about the issue on the moral, line. The moral public cannot really argue with the immoral. All they can do is try to overpower them. For many decades, Catholics were systematically put down in public for being less than moral: undemocratic, intolerant, authoritarian, rowdy, prone to alcoholism, crooked, linked to crime and corruption, back-
ward and unenlightened. For years, the Republican party was the party of moralism, and the corruption of the Democrats i. e" (Catholics, Jews and lower-class Protestants) was proverbial. In the Great Debates Nixon even pulled this gambit on Kennedy over the language of Harry Truman. In recent years, the Democratic party, or at least its more highly educated wing, has seized the language of morality and become the dominant source of moralism. Ironically, the first Catholic president established a new ethnic of moralism. Jimmy Carter does not represent the old upper-class moralism. But he does have a disturbing tendency of his own to cloak everything he does - however expedient and carefully calculated - in moral pieties. There is no way of being fully human without taking moral considerations into account, and even without taking moral stands. (Even to criticize moralism, obviously, is a moral act.) But there is a way of taking pains to see that one's opponents are also moral men and women, that they have a moral case, too. And there is also a way of recognizing that in political life the route toward highly moral goals is always by way of ambition, power, and money. The constituency of "opinion makers" - those perhaps 10 million Americans of highest education, affluence, status, and position - has tremendous ambition, power and money, both on the left and on the right. In trying to understand what is going on, it is always useful to cut below the moral language on both sides. And to ask: What's in it for each side? What new distribution of power and money will result? This is the way our grandparents used to think, once they got used to all the high moral rhetoric they heard on these shores. Let us hope that all the wisdom they carried in their bones, learned from a thousandyear oppression, won't be lost through the Americanization of too-innocent descendants.
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Evangelical Renewal Continued from Page One Daniel P. Reilly, of Norwich,' Conn. In a very open and honest manner he came to grips with the main concern of the 'Coi1Vocation, the ~.6 million young U.S. Catholics who receive no religious education. Realizing that there are no simple answers to this situation the Bishop stressed that the aim of all catechesis is to make a person's faith living, conscious and active through the light of instruction. This process is called evangelization. Evangelization is simply an invitation to let Jesus enter our lives; it is an invitation from someone wh already has experienced the Lordship of Jesus. Evangelization is the witnessing by which the Church proclaim$ the Gospel so that personal faith is aroused, unfolds and grows. Bishop Reilly emphasized the basic fact that those who would attempt to instruct youth must first themselves be evangelized. He stated: "The heart of our evangelizing work with the young must be our own personal witness as well as the witness of a believing community. In our ministry to the young we must not be afraid to proclaim the experience of the Good News in our lives. In our ministry to them we must speak boldly, clearly and with convictions about the Spirit of God whom we have experienced. We must get out of ourselves." The Prelate stressed that a true spirit of evangelization will lead us away from pettiness, hostility and negativism in our call to mission: a true spirit of evangelization he said can be a healing counter-balance in our view of the Church, stressing the positive, the Good News, the hope-filled message, the futureoriented direction of God's people on pilgrimage sustained by the Eucharist. To do this, he declared, we must speak out of our own e'Qierience of Jesus and His Spirit, not out of a textbook version. Father Potivin To support the basic need of
a new evangelical approach to religious education, Father Raymond Potvin, a sociologist from the Catholic University of America, clearly indicated the scope of the problem and underlined the need for a more personally motivated direction in religious education programs for young people. Father Potvin offered the thought that religious instruction increases tremendously when it is seen as more than a simple mental process. The catechist is a witness, not HANIFY LECTURE: Hon. simply an instructor; a witness George W. Ball, former Unto the faith of the church. Thus, der-Secretary of State and religious instruction should aim to transform the mind a~d the US Ambassador to the UN, heart; it should aim to influence will deliver the ,annual Hanithe whole of a person's being fy Lecture, open to the puband actions. As such, instruction is more lic without charge, at 8 p.m. than imparting knowledge; it Thursday, March 24 at Holy has to be, especially consider- Cross College, Worcester. ing today's social problems, an His topic will be "Problems experimental interaction. . Facing America." The lecTo achieve this end, religious ture honors the late Edward educators must realize that reF. Hanify, Fall River native ligious identity cannot be established through intellectual and Massachusetts superior communication alone. Religious _court justice for 25 years. instruction classes, said Father Potvin are more effective when small enough to encourage intense interaction with the "adult witness of faith." The educator elaborated on his findings by stating: "ReliLetters are welcomed, but should be no gious education cannot deal only more than 200 words. The editor reserves the right to condense or edit, if deemed with abstract formulas but with necessary. All letters must be signed and the gospel, the traditions of the include a home or business address. community of faith, its worship and the trnscendent meaning of its contemporary experience. Today's youth want to share; they Dear Editor: 'It is interesting to note that tend not to accept indoctrination. A mature faith mut be de- the statement "one issue" Cathveloped; it cannot be imposed. olic has not been seen lately. In concluding, Father Potvin But I wish to bring it up again made the point that religious in order to pay tribute. Sin may have been the excuse educators must be aware of the fact that societies change and but "one issue" was the reason force change on religious insti- the Father sent His Son to us. tutions. If religious educators The value placed on all of God's try to understand the new so- children is the "one issue" of cial context and路 discern how to Christ. Christ overcomes sin in be creative within it, he said, us by our effectual knowledge then the majority of youth will of the "one issue." This, the "one issue," makes remain faithful to' their 'Christian heritage - perhaps in ways the child in the mother's womb different from the past - but shine ever bright. I thank those of you who speak out ,and act nonetheless authentic. all over the world for reminding us that we are as Catholics, in- . deed, a "one issue" people. Lee E. Bourgoin French authority on adolescent Falmouth psychology and audiovisual techniques; Dr. William Coleman, author of several catechetical programs, including "Mine Is the Morning," and consultant to Dear Editor: the Eucharistic Congress and I always enjoy reading the the National Conference of Dio- Anchor when it comes on cesan Religious Education Direc- Thursday. The paper is very intors; formative and we look forward Mary Reed Newland, author, to receiving it. Keep up the good lecturer and chairman of the work. Committee on Adult and, Home Jim Barton Education for the Albany, N.Y. New Bedford diocese; Anthony Silvestre, a member of two Pennsylvania task forces on gay concerns and a candidate for a doctoral degree in sociology at Pennsylvania State College. . Information and registration forms for the institute are available from Brother Joseph at 360 Washington St., North Easton 02356.
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What 'Is Freedom? By John C. O'Brien
Of course there is. Take a look at the people on the skid Freedom. What is it? row of any big city. They have Webster's dictionary says it's somehow put all those family "the ability or capacity to act and job obligations aside. They without undue hindrance or , have given up on God. Obviousconstraint." ly, they are desperately unhapYet, there doesn't seem to be py. They have lost purpose any way of getting away from they have lost hope. some constraints. For example, What Happens? most people work for someone And what about those who else. That means they are responsible to either several peo- feel only an obligation towards ple or at 'least one person. Al- other people? What happens if most everyone has a mother, all the people in their lives fail father, sister, brother, spouse, them? If they deny God's existchild, friend, or a combination ence, there is no plac'e to turn. of these people to whom he or They, too, are lost, for without she has some responsibility. som~one, hope is dead. And there is God. If one believes Today we are witnessing a in Him, one is responsible for movement away from God, a one's own actions. All this im- movement that stresses self fulplies obligation. filment: "Do your own thing"; Obligation implies considera- "deny your~elf nothing that will tion. And if you have to {:on- give you pleasure"; "it's importsider someone else people ant tei have your own individuaand/or God - then you can't lity regardless of anything or say that you can always "act anyone else"; "fulfill yourself!" IBut there are other forces at without any constraint." But what if you could get work too. Many people are workaway from all "hindrances. and ing to wipe out the great inconstraints"? What if there was justices in' our world - the no one or nothing to consider? "have nots" in our own counIs there actually anyone who try, those in other lands who fails in that category? Turn to Page Thirteen
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Are We Free to Choose? By Father John J. Castelot
In an age which pays at least lip service to the dignity of the human person, there are many who consider belief in an allpowerful God an affront to one of the most precious elements of that dignity: freedom. A person, it is said, must choose between being really free and being a dumb puppet on a string, subject to every strange whim of the divine Puppeteer. And they can point to many biblical passages which seem to indicate a complete disregard' for human freedom on God's part. In the Exodus, for instance, we read more than once that Moses' efforts to get his people out of Egypt failed repeatedly because "the LORD made Pharaoh obstinate" (EX 9,12; 10,20, 27).
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The more one studies the Bible, even in a moderately serious way, the more one realizes that its authors lived and worked in a world of thought and expression far different from our own. One characteristic of their psychology was a tendency to attribute all effects directly to the primary Cause. It didn't simply rain; God made it rain, and the thunder was His 'voice.' . In a pre-scientific age, they were indifferent to secondary causes like meteorological factors. According to these same thought-patterns, it embarrassed them not a bit to say interchangeably that the pharaoh was stubborn and that God hardened his heart.
Living in an age that was ,also pre-'theological: they didn't make precise distinctions about divine causality; they made reference to it, rather, with a childlike simplicity. Among the Jrtany examples of this trait, the statement about King Saul's fits of melancholy is especially interesting. We read in 1 Sm. 16, 14 the following explanation: "The spirit of the LORD had departed from Saul, and he was tormented by an evil spirit sent by the LORD:' They knew nothing of neuroses as such; if Saul was increasingly neurotic, as he evidently was, then this, could have been expressed only in terms of an evil spirit sent by God. ' One can discern, however, the growth of a certain reluctance to attribute evil effects to God. In 2 Sm. 24, for instance, God is said to have become angry with the Israelites and, in His wrath, to have incited David to take a census of the people, an act which, in turn, brings down terrible punishment on king and people alike. The story assumes that since the people belonged to the Lord, only He should know their exact number. But in any event, He is presented as acting strangely. And so, when a later historian retold this story in the' period after the Exile, he put it this way: "A satan rose up against Israel, and he enticed David into taking a ce:.1SUS of Israel" (1 Chr. 21,1). Turn to Page Thirteen
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Does Belief Really Free MQn? By Father Alfred McBride
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Freud taught a similar doctrine. In his mind, religious' belief frightened people to the point where they were too scared to act. As far as he was concerned, such belief, by inducing excessive guilt, was responsible for the multitude of neurotic obsessions he found in his patients. These criticisms of religious belief by Marx and Freud possess some validity. They were observing an approach to religious belief that was misguided, divorced from the loving call' asked for by Jesus. They witnessed a religious belief that was wedded to the false idea of an angry God who was presum. ably loathe t\} forgiv" and apparently not interested in the earthly happiness and fulfillment of p~ople. It is for these reasons, among many others, that it was thought by some' that religious belief could not help people to move toward personal freedom and fulfillment. According to this view, God wanted to keep people as children - and naughty ones at that. It was thought that God had no interest in the maturing of human beings. He was supposed to exact fearsome obedience which allowed for no individual thinking.
Without a doubt this view of God' and religious belief was used to keep people immature, to prevent them from breaking out of the limits of their class or from taking a wholesome, critical view of life. Jesus had said that one must become again as a little child to enter the kingdom of heaven. The false view of religious belief misinterpreted this to mean that people ought to be childish. Belief Means Freedom In actuality, religious belief means freedom for the human person. When God made the first man and woman, He put them in the garden of happiness and fulfillment. He asked Adam and Eve to trust Him so that their fulfillment and hopes would expand and grow. It was their inability to believe in Him that brought about their loss of earthly happiness. It was God who planted in' the human heart the desire for personal flowering and growth.
FATHER McBRIDE WRITES, "When Jesus came, He preached that belief in Him would bring one to enter the kingdom of God. He came to liberate captives, give sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf and mobility to the crippled." (NC Sketch) It was God who said that we are made in His image, one of beauty, hope, love and freedom. It is unbelief, expressed in sin, that produces the loss of earthly happiness here and hereafter.
When Jesus came, He preached that belief in Him would bring one to enter the kingdom of God. He brought the Good News-Gospel to the poor, the lonely, the oppressed. He came to liberate captives, console the l'Onely; give sight to the blina, hearing to the deaf and mobility
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to the crippled. Belief in Him caused freedom in the believer. Jesus treated people like adults and expected them to act that way. He, the Son of God, reverenced the image of God in all those whom He me!. He gave people space in which to move and grow. He knew how to make them understand that God's main interest in them was in their personal good and happiness. Real religious believers know this. They are the truly free.
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By Msgr. Joseph M. Champlin As a youngster I remember jumping up from the table after dinner, eager to run off and play with friends. A stern parental voice quickly ordered me back down in the chair and suggested that I first ask to be excused. Only then was I permitted to leave. Leaving Mass early without cause bears a resemblance to the rude, self-centered action of an immature child. The liturgy's concluding rite, extremely brief and to the p.oint, serves as our formal "leavetaking:' so to' speak, in which we thank our host, the Lord, re-
ceive God's blessing and are sent forth with a particular task or mission to accomplish. "The Lord be with you," the priest's greeting, at the start of this, section of Mass, has a multiple meaning. It indicates this is a distinct portion of the celebration and remidds us, as it did when Mass began, that we have God within us through grace. However, it also recalls that we now have the additional presence of Christ's Word and 'Body in our hearts because of the liturgy. The priests' blessing dates back to the 12th or 13th centuries. It reads "May almighty Turn to Page Thirteen
Go In Peace Continued from Page Twelve present. The liturgy should flow over God bless you," not us, which seems to have developed recent- into our lives afterwards. "To ly among some celebrants. This love and serve the Lord" cerinvocation by the leader of wor- tainly means to love and serve ship who formally asks the Christ in our neighbor. Lord's benediction upon the The celebrant can make a fine congregation before him may start in that direction by standnow be expanded by one of 20 ing at the main entrance of the solemn blessings or 26 prayers church after Mass and greeting over the people. Our experiellce his people as they file out. shows that the priest's proper A coffee, cookie and converinflection and suitable pause sation hour in an adjoining give the community sufficient awareness of when to respond, church or school hall also helps link Sunday worship with the "Amen." congregation's personal worlds. 'Ite, Missa Est' The three possible dismissals Finally, in what I predict will include the double notion of end . become standard practice and beginning. "The Mass is throughout the United States ended," but now we "go in within a decade, designated lay peace," set forth "in the peace persons, after Mass, could carry of Christ," and seek "to love the Eucharist to those confined and serve the Lord." at home. Sharing the scriptural Our term Mass, of course, readings, homily and parish bulcomes from the Latin, "lte, letin with those sick persons, missa est": "Go, it is over or praying by their side, distributcompleted or finished." That lit- ing the sacred host to them, and eral translation, nevertheless, visiting with such often unvisitdoes not quite convey the full ed people surely is a perfect meaning. The elements of dis- way "to love and serve the missal and even mission are also Lord."
Free to Choose Continued from Page Twelve Central Truth When we take into account the peculiarities of Semitic thought and expression in individual passages, and when we read the whole record of God's dealings with humanity, a central truth stands out sharply - God's supreme respect for human freedom. At the beginning of that record, the story of the Temptation and Fall presumes necessarily that human beings are free to accept or reject God's blessings. When salvation history neared its climax, the actual working out of God's plan hinged on the consent of a young Jewish maiden, who said with consummate freedom: "1 am the servant of the Lord. Let it be done to me as you say" (Lk. 1,38).
And the Agony in the Garden is a dramatic illustration of the freedom with which Jesus accepted His demanding role in the divine plan. Had He not been free, there would have been no struggle, no agony, no acceptance. One could hardly ask for a more explicit statement of what His free acceptance accomplished for us than these words of Paul: "It was for liberty that Christ freed us. So stand firm, and do not take on yourselves the yoke of slavery a second time" (Gal. 5,1).
Shaken Loose "All the way through the Book the movement is away from the crowd and the group to this stark figure or that, daring to get to his feet, shaken loose before the Eternal." - P. Scherer
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A three-hour program on the life and works of Padre Pio, thp. only stigmatized priest in the history of the Church, whose cause for beatification was introduced shortly after his death in 1968, will be presented Friday, March 25 in the church hall. It will follow a 7 p.m. Mass i!1 the church and will include a talk, film and the opportunity to view some of the priest's per路 sonal belongings. Confirmation candidates will be presented to the pastor and accepted by the parish community at a ceremony schedued for . 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 30.
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Freedom? Continued from Page Twelve are hungry, ill clothed and HI housed. And when a natural catastrophe (earthquake, tornado, etc.) occurs, there is great compassion accompanied by meaningful action. There's a new awakening with regard to meditation, a longing to find peace in a busy, technological, fast-moving world. Many seek God. Consistently, throughout every age, man has recognized a need for God. For without God, the purpose of life at best is cloudy, and injustices are totally without meaning. Yet, from the beginning, God has made Himself known to man. And His message has always been filled with hope. The pages of Scripture from begin. ning to end give purpose to life. It is here that real freedom is defined-freedom that can only be complete when we have found our union with God. -But God does not give us everything on a silver platter. We have free will and we must use it. And He has given us rules to live by. It is up to us to choose whether or not we will live by His rules.
When we do not live by his rules, there are consequences. In Old Testament times, we are told that 10 righteous men could not be found in the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. But God kept faith with the righteous Lot when He rescued him and his family from the fire and brimstone which destroyed those citadels of degradation and evil. This is just one of many incidents that tell of God's mercy. And it is one of many stories pointing to a necessity to obey Him. God's love for us culminated in His sending His. Son to live among us and share in our humanity. A Son who felt pain and joy. A Son who knew temptation and had to exercise His free will. A Son both divine and human. A Son who showed us how to live and how to die so that we, too, might choose eternal life free of. sin - the ultimate freedom we seek -throughout a lifetime on earth.
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By The Dameans DON'T GIVE UP ON US
Don't give up on us baby Don't make them all seem right The future isn't just one night It's written in the moonlight Painted on the stars, we can't change ours. We're still worth one more try Don't give up on us baby I know it would've at last gone by Just for a rainy evening When maybe stars are few Don't give up on us, I know We can still come through. Don't give up on us baby Lord knows, we'v~ come this far Can't we stay the way we are The angel and the dreamer who sometimes plays the fool Don't give up on us, I know We can still come through (c) 1976 Private Stock Records, Ltd. Written by Tony Macaulay; Performed by David Soul This theme fits many songs: the lover seeks forgiveness and one more chance. In simply looking at the words, one doesn't know exactly what is behind the relationship. It seems it has been going on for a while and that the singer feels there is ; 1mething left for the future. He does remind her that the 'iuture isn't just one night." This last line is probably the best one in the song. Some people love as if all is wrapped up in a one-night affair. Others use a line like this to keep , stringing a person on and on. In this relationship of the "angel and the dreamer," there just might be enough love left to give it "one more try." If so, then the story can be a beautiful one of two persons working through their differences to get to a love more deeply and rooted. Often, we see people baH out of a marriage or love as soon as the water gets to their _ankles. They really don't give it a chance to grow through the problems and difficulties. However, there is also the realistic case of people who have stuck with a relationship, trying again and again. It is difficult to know when to let go, when not to give "one more try." It is difficult to decide what action will best help a person mature and wake up to what is happening to himself as well as others. Christ often forgave and urges us to offer the same "seven times 70 times." Yet Christ was stern and uncompromising with the Pharisees and the people blinded to reality, Whichever the action, the song does offer the final :hope of "not giving up."
St. Anthony Style Show "Rainbow Fashions", for both men and women will be the theme of a style show to be presented by the Booster Club of St. Anthony High School, New ,Bedford, at 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 22 in the high school auditorium on Ashley Boulevard. Cocktails will be avaH-
able and refreshments will be served. Mrs. Leon Poyant and Mrs. Hector Richard are in charge of arrangements for the event; for which tickets may be reserved by calling Mrs. Poyant at 9955437 or Mrs. Rene Davignon at 995-1493. Proceeds will benefit the school.
. The Parish Parade SACRED HEART, TAUNTON The third annual parish ;>enny sale will take place Tuesday evening, March 29, in the" newly renovated church basement. Co-chairladies are Mrs. Jean Nunes and Prudence Smith, past Women's Club presidents, who head a large committee. Decorlltions will have a spring theme ~nd attractions will indude four tables of prizes, a special table, door prizes and additional awards.
ST. MARY, NORTON The Catholic Women's Club will meet at 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 22 at the parish center following attendance at a 7 p.m. Mass for Rev. Thomas F. Daley, former pastor. All parish women are invited.
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, ACTIVE IN BOTH crew and cast of "Fiddler on the Roof," to be presented tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday nights at 7:30 p.m. at Bishop StangHigh School, North Dartmouth, is Steven Brabant. Not only has he a leading role in the popular musical depicting Jewish peasant life on the eve of the Russian Revolution, but with his hammer and nails he has starred in set construction.
'Live in Christ Jesus,' Pontiff Tells You'th By Cathy Garber NEW ORLEANS (NC) - In a message delivered from the huge' television screen suspended above the Louisiana Superdome, Pope Paul VI urged participants in a youth rally here "to live in Christ Jesus." videotap~d
In his message, prepared specially for the archdiocesansponsored youth rally which drew about 40,000 people, the Pope said, "the very purpose of your existence is to live in Christ Jesus, to get to know Jesus and to believe in His love; to listen to His words and in the Gospels and to follow His teachings; to accept His commandment of prayer and love, opening your hearts in fraternal service to the needs of your brethren, and giving witness to the Lord Jesus by the authenticity of your deeds." Young people, their parents and teachers came from as far away as Illinois and Pennsylvania as well as from Louisiana and neighboring states. The rally was the largest religious event ever held for youth in' state's history. The rally theme, "Speak, Lord, I'm Listening," from the Old Testament Book of Samuel, was repeated throughout the after-
noon in songs, readings and prayers. Archbishop Philip M. Hannan of New Orleans ,was principal celebrant for a specially prepared liturgy, with some 150 bishops and priests as concelebrants. Divine Word Father Thaddeus 'Boucrea was homilist. "We are all getting better all the time" he said. "Sins are temporary interruptions . . . When we repent, Jesus takes those sins away and the interruption in our spiritual growth ends." In dosing remarks, Archbishop Hannan asked youth to "remember always that each one of you is unique. Christ has giv~ en ea~h of you special talents and today you have committed those talents to Christ." He added, "Youth is a spirit, not an age. You have a permanent place in my heart. . . I love you all in Him."
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by Cecelia Belanger How often have I sat and listened to youth discuss the merits of this or that college professor or high school principal, college or high school coach, who, in their opinion best qualified for some political office. They'd throw in the names of a few authors and newspaper men. Why aren't these people running the country, they would ask. Since it was often a class in religion I would be thrown back upon the Bible. And so we'd read the words of the ancient prophets - words from the prophets, counsel from the sage, and Torah from the priest. In those days the word of God came down to the human race through three religious functionaries: the prophet, the sage and the priest. The prophet spoke for the evolving consciousness of the people, their concern with social issues and with the correction of the evils of the times. And the word came down through the priests who were concerned with the maintenance of the ancient ritual and the he"ritage of the people. Next the sages represented international wisdom in ancient times. Now the three were constantly debating one another. The Bible tells us of many occasions when the prophets were against the priests, and we know that s'ages are always a world unto themselves. nehold the sages of our own times! These men and women were always detached from society, as they should be. The Biblical ideal was not to have philosophers as kings, but to have philosophers counsel the king, rebuke the king, criticize the Idng. And philosophers are not a class unto themselves. but they are themselves divided into prophets that are philosophers. So the word of God comes down stained through the colored glass that it passes through, divided into many different ways, and creating, therefore, a society that is permanently restless; the very opposite of the ideal of Plato. The Biblical ideal is this dynamic society with its tensions. Walk before me under the criticism of God that will make you restless, criticism that will make you concerned and anxious and discontented with the present. This is what God tells us.
Once again, the Connolly Christian Life Community is We need two parties who will spear-heading the school's Lenten activities. Daily collections oppose one another. We need are taken up for Operation Rice the路 various denominations. The Bowl, for foreign missions, and many differences bring richness to buy Easter food baskets for , wisdom, and understan4ing. We needy area families. Hopefully, can all be moved by visions of a goal of $1,000 will be reached. perfection.
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Stars Shine in Scholastic Sports Firmament The winter sports season is now a matter of history and the all-star selections are beginning to make their appearances. The Southeastern Mass. Conferences Division One Boys' Basketball 1977 All-Star team is made up of Ken Fiola and Kevin Whiting, both of Durfee High, newly-crowned Eastern Mass. Division One champion; Greg Pomeroy of Barnstable; Tom Michaud of Bishop Stang; and Mike Fields of New Bedford High with Carlos DiPina, also of New Bedford High, as the utility man. Fiola is of course the all-time scoring ace at Durfee. Not ineluding last night's playoff game against Fitchburg, Ken has scored a career 1,064 points and is the only Durfee player ever to pass the 1,000 point mark. Only two other Hilltoppers Jim Mercer and Al Attar have career point totals of more than 900. Mercer had 984, Attar, a former All-American, 928. The Division II girls' basketball all-star team has JoAnn Medeiros and Joan Coogan, both of Durfee; Maryellen Langfield of Somerset; Carol Johnson of Taunton and Kathy Lanagan of Coyle-eassidy. Durfee's Carol
Lynch and Westport's Bonny' Morse are the utility players. All are seniors except junior Coogan and sophomore Langfield. The Conference's Division II boys' Hockey all-star team lists as goalie, Charles Ripley, Dartmouth; first-line defense David Mazzarella, Durfee, and John Goward, Bourne, Second-line defense Mark Ward, New Bedford Voke, and Mark Westfield, Seekonk; first-line forwards Robert Fountain, Bourne, Gary Lee, Seekonk, Mark Fitzsimmons, New Bedford Voke; second-line forwards John Forni, Bourne, Richard Silva, Seekonk; and Scott Stubbs, Dartmouth, Alternate goalie John Viena, AttIe-' boro. The Division One hockey allstar team lists goalies Bobby Allen; New Bedford and Fred Sullivan, Barnstable; defensemen Mark Bono, New Bedford; Jim Espes, Chris McEvoy and Greg White, all of Falmouth. The forwards are Bob Fitzsimmons, New Bedford; Tim DeMello, Falmouth; Bill Sullivan, Barnstable; Bob Marcellus, Somerset; Eric Oman, Dennis Yarmouth; and John Viveiros, Bishop Connolly High.
Mayflower Loop Names Its Stars Bristol-Plymouth has placed two players on the Mayflower League's All-Star Basketball team, and Darragh Harlow, Bristol-Plymouth coach, has been named "Coach of the Year." . Lou Borges and Mike Peters are the Bristol-Plymouth players named to the team. Both are seniors. The 12-player squad also includes senior Glen Greenwalt of Apponequet, junior Paul Girard of Bristol Aggies, and senior Roy Allen of Avon.
Allen, who averaged 16.1 points per game, is the first Avon player to captain a Nayflower LeLague all-star team. The other seven players on the stellar combine are Garrett Riley, Bill Hurley and Bob Scannell, all of Kingston's Sacred Heart team; Ken Doucette and Dave Chuba of Southeastern Regional; Paul Armstrong of Avon; and Paul Farish, of South Shore Vocational.
More Hockomock Stars Selected Senior center Kevin Laporte of Stoughton has been named captain of the 1977 Hockomock League hockey all-star team. He was the league's leading scorer with 16 goals and 12 assists for 28 points. Others on the 12-player allstar team are senior right winger Mike Kelleher, Canton; senior center Steve McNeil, Canton; senior center John Lavoie, Franklin; senior defenseman Bill Flaherty, Canton; sophomore de-
fenseman Joe Lyons, Canton; senior defenseman Kevin Kennedy, Franklin; junior defenseman Andy Hansen, Franklin; junior goalie Bobby Holmes, King Philip; and, senior goalie Chris Cullen, North Attleboro. The Hockomock all-star boys' and girls' basketball teams were published in last week's Anchor. All-star selections from other leagues and conference division will be published' as they are submitted to us.
VOCATIONS MASS: Students at Coyle and Cassidy High School, Taunton, meet Bishop Cronin as he visits school to celebrate a Mass for vocations. From left, Jay Ferreira, Trudi Silva, the Bishop, Ellen Valentine, Billy Ventura.
Bishop Visits C-C High By James Hoye Last week the Most Reverend Daniel A. Cronin, Bishop of the Fall River Diocese, visited Coyle and Cassidy High School, Taunton. The occasion was marked by a Mass for Vocations, at which Bishop Cronin was principal celebrant, and 18 priests of the Taunton area were concelebrants. Also present were members of the Taunton Serra Club and Joseph C. Murray of the Taunton Co-operative' Bank, club president, participated in the 'liturgy. The Serra Club is an organization of Taunton area businessmen who meet monthly to pray for vocations and expand their own knowledge of the ministry. The prayer of the faithful was offered by Sister Mary Ellen Mahan, the Vocation Director of the Holy Union Sisters. Students participating in the Mass were Peter Faidell, Trudi
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Silva, and the Coyle-eassidy Folk Group, led by David Costa. Offertory gifts were presented by students, faculty, and Serrans. After Mass a luncheon was served in the school library for Bishop Cronin, Sister Mary Ellen, the Serrans, school administrators and senior class officers. The Mass was also an opportunity for a pastoral visit for the Bishop, who enjoyed meeting faculty .and students as he toured the school and visited various classrooms.
SACRED HEART, FALL RIVER Former students and friends of the parochial school, which will close in June, are asked to reserve Saturday, June 4 for "an evening of dining, dancing and remembering" in the school hall. HOLY NAME, FALL RIVER A practice for confirmation candidates and sponsors will take place at 2 p.m.. Sunday, March 20 in the church. Pat McGowan of The Anchor staff will speak to members of the Leisure Group at' 2 p.m. Thursday, March 24 on Easter customs around the world. The meeting will be held in the school hall.
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ST. JOSEPH, ATTLEBORO Webelo Scouts will meet 7 to 8:30 tonight in the school building. The drop-in center will be open from 7 to 9 tomorrow night and the senior citizens will play cards at 1:30 p.m. in the parish hall. Cub Scouts will meet at 7:15 p.m. Sunday in the hall. ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA The Women's Guild will present an afternoon of spring fashions and entertainment at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 27 in the parish center. Door prizes wili be awarded and international desserts will be served. Tickets may be reserved at telephone 3790922 (after 5 p.m.) and will also be available at the door.
Coffee and doughnuts are served in the church hall each second Sunday of the month and parishioners are invited to take this opportunity of meeting one another. A meeting of those interested in forming a parish council will take place at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 20 in the church hll. A ham and bean supper will be served from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, March 26. Tickets are available at' the rectory and in the rear of the church, with a special price for children.
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ST. ANNE, FALL RIVER Continuing a Lenten program which opened with a talk on parish spiritual renewal by Robert Kaszynski, Rev. Joseph Maguire, Rev. Michel Methot and Rev. Ciro Iodice, OFM, will address parishioners or.: March 21, March 28 and April 4 respectively.
ST. MARGARET, ST. MICHAEL, BUZZARDS BAY SWANSEA A meat pie supper will be ST. MARY, sponsored by the Catholic Wo- ONSET men's Club from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Parishioners have unanimousSaturday, March 26 in the parish ly elected Virginia and Ralph hall. Mrs. John Lafrance, chair-· Briggs, catechumens, to recepST. STANISLAUS, Parochial school children will man, will be aided by Mrs. Dan- tion of the sacraments at Easter FALL RIVER present a musical program at 2 iel Tremblay and Mrs. Joseph VigH services. Church members Faria. Ticket deadline is Sun- also undertook prayer and fastA raffle will mark the 10th p.m. Sunday, March 20. anniversary of the parish school, day, March 20. ing for the couple through the The Home and School Assn. ST. MARK, with a prize of $2,500. Proceeds Lenten season. will help underwrite the salary will meet at 7:15 p.m. Thurs- ATTLEBORO FALLS Construction of a reconciliaof a lay teacher who will join day, March 24 in the school A Mass at 7:30 p.m. for dethe faculty in September, and auditorium. A speaker from the ceased member Hazel Robillard tion room at St. Margaret's is the drawing will take place Sun- Community Development Serv- will precede the Monday, March complete and work on a facility day, May 22 at a 10th Anniver- ice center will explain services 21 meeting of the Women's at St. Mary's will begin in the sary Concert. of the agency. Guild at which Rev. Roger L. near future. Gagne will show slides of a trip A Lenten program on penance ~"""""""""-"""""""""""""'~to Spain. and reconciliation will be offerST. ROCH, ed at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesdays, FAL RIVER March 23 and 30 and April 6 at A workshop in preparation St. Margaret's Church by Rev. for a holiday fair will be held Francis McManus, SJ Thursday, March 24 in the parA family program will take ish center by the Council of place Sunday, March 20 at St. of Catholic Women. Donations : The Post Office has increased from 13 to 25 : used eyeglasses and frames, Margaret's parish center. : cents its charge to THE ANCHOR for notification : . precious metal scraps, old jewParishioners are urged to par: of a subscriber's change of address. Please : elry, stamps and coupons are ticipate in a Good Friday walk needed by the council and may : help us reduce this expense by notifying us : be left in the rear of the church. for hunger. Information is available from Tom and Sara McDaA cake decorating demonstra- vitt, telephone 888-3600. : ; immediately when you plan to move. tion will highlight the next reThompson, parish histor: Please Print Your New Address Below : gular meeting, set for Monday, . ian,Allen is gathering clippings and April 4. A cake sale will follow all Masses the weekend of April photographs on parish history. : NAME : : 16 and 17 and a living rosary Contributions to the collection service is scheduled for Friday, may be left for him in the sac: STREET ADDRESS...................................................................... : May 13. ,i,'y of eithe< cl,.",h.
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ST. THOMAS MORE, SOMERSET Members of the Clover Club Choir will sing at 5:15 p.m. Mass Saturday. March 19, the feast of St. Joseph. The 1000 Club will hold a dinner dance Friday, April 1 at Venus de Milo restaurant, Swansea. A social hour will begin fit 6:30 p.m. with dinner and the dancing following until 12:30· a.m. HEART, a youth group sponsored by the parish for all area junior high and high school students, will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 22 in the church hall. Dawn Cabral is president and Rev. Ralph Tetrault is moderator. The unit will conduct a cake sale following all Masses the weekend of March 26 and 27. Members of Bishop Cassidy Council, Knights of Columbus, will attend 7:30 a,m. Mass Sunday, March 20. ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN Five Cub 'Scouts received Parvuli Dei religious awards at a Boy Scout Sunday Mass. Also a new troop flag donated by Mrs. Lucinda Rogers of East Fairhaven was blessed and presented to Louis Cardoza, Troop 56 Scoutmaster. HOLY CROSS, SOUTH EASTON Joey Lomangino will speak and show slides and a film on Padre Pio, the apparitions of Fatima and occurrences at Garabandal, Spain, at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 20 in the church hall, below the church at 225 Purchase St. Admission will be free. The speaker, who is blind, has lectured throughout the world. He attributes his conversion to fervent Christianity to the influence of Padre Pio. In charge of arrangem.ents. for Sunday's program is Frank MoCabe. ST JOHN OF GOD, SOMERSET Adults wishing to be confirmed are asked to attend special classes, to begin in the rectory" at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 25. A roast beef dinner dance sponsored by the Holy Ghost committee will begin at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 26, in the church hall. Tickets are available at the rectory or from committee membe".
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