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dJ The ANCHOR Vol. 20, No. 12-Fall River, Mass., Thurs., March 18, 1976

An Anchor of the Soul, Sure and Firm-St. Paul

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Monsignori To Confinn Page 3

The Irish Alive, Talking Page 4

Abandoned Waif Now Bishop Page 7

Diocesan Delegation at Eucharist Study Page 10

Apostolic Delegate On US Hierarchy Page 13

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What's

IN THE WORLD

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ITEMS FROM NATIONAL CATHOILIC NEWS SERVICE----entering a week of retreat to prepare for Easter and "for death, which for us cannot be far off."

Pizza Profits

National Polonia Patriarch PANNA MARIA, TEX.-A monument to Father Leopold Moczygemba, known as the "Patriarch of American Polonia," is to be erected here during the bicentennial year. Father Moczygemba founded Panna Maria, America's oldest Polish settlement, in 1854.

Not Political BROOKLYN, N. Y.-The chancellor of the Brooklyn diocese denied that a pastoral letter on sex by Bishop Francis Mugavero of Brooklyn was a "political statement" on the rights of homosexuals, saying that there is "no contradiction" between it and the Vatican document on the subject. Citing what he called "a few confusing notions" about the letter in the general press, Father Anthony J. Bevilacqua said that it "confirms and supports the teaching of the Holy See" on the subject of human sexuality.

Equal Votes WASHINGTON-For the first time in American Catholic history, when some 1,200.bishops, priests, religious and laypersons meet for a national conference this fall, each will have an equal vote on a national Church program. To be held in Detroit, the meeting will cap an 18month study on the Church's role in a~hieving liberty and justice for all Americans. Its findings will be the basis of a five-year social action plan to be presented to the National Conference of Catholic Bishops.

MINNEAPOLIS-A 'Catholic high school here is $1 million richer because of- a gift from a man who spent 24 years making and selling pizzas after he dropped out of school. James Totino is ·the man who gave the $1 million to Grace High School, a diocesan institution in suburban Fridley. Totino and his wife Rose are the former owners of Totino's Frozen Foods, Inc. a frozen pizza company which they sold last November to Pillsbury Co. for about $22 million in Pillsbury stock.

Asks Investigation RICHMOND, Va.-Bishop Walter L. Sullivan of Richmond asked his Commission on Christian Education to investigate alleged links of the National Foundation-March of Dimes with abortion. Msgr. James T. McHugh, director of the Committee for Population and Pro-Life· Activities of the National'Conference of Catholic Bishops, has in the past said that the foundation supports numerous valuable activities, and its policies relating to areas of concern such as genetic counseling were morally acceptable.

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'Be Defenders' VATICAN CITY-Speaking to members of the foreign press corps in Rome, Pope Paul VI has urged them to be astute defenders of true rights and freedoms.

"Do not remain mute when the dignity and honor of the human person are threatened by violence, by economic ex~loitation,. by a slackening of behavior exemplified very well by our permissive society," said the Pontiff. In a lighter vein, he added that some people "see the dome of St. Peter's and some Swiss Guards and conclude that this is all there is to Rome. You must read us, you must delve into this unknown alphabet."

Sign of Unity

Pontiff Not III VATICAN CITY-A Vatican spokesman has "categorically denied" that Pope Paul' VI has any serious health problems. Pope Paul himself raised the question when he told crowds at his weekly Sunday Angelus talk that he was

VATICAN CITY-Leaders of the largest missionary order of priests in South Africa have taken steps to make the Church "become a visible sign of unity in an apartheid society." Provincials and other high officials of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate recently called on Oblates to serve, to listen to and to learn from black African people more than they have in the past.

Necrology MAR. 27 Rev. James W. Conlin, 1918, Pastor, St. Patrick, Somerset Rev. Msgr. Antonio P. Vieira, 1964, Pastor, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, New Bedford MAR. 28 Rev. Alfred J. Levesque, 1960, Pastor, St. James, Taunton Rev. Bernard A. Lavoie, 1972, Catholic Memorial Home, Fall River MAR. 29 Rev. Msgr. Edward J. Moriarty, 1951, Pastor, St. Patrick, Fall River Rev. James H. Carr; S.T.L., 1923, Assistant, St. Patrick, Fall River MAR. 30 Rev. Aime Barre, 1963, Sick Leave, Fall River MAR. 31 Rev. Msgr. George C. Maxwell, 1953, Pastor, SS. Peter and Paul, Fall River APR. 1 Rev. George A. Lewin, 1958, Pastor, St. Mary, Hebronville Rev. Edwin J. Loew, 1974, Pastor, St. Joseph, Woods Hole

Programs For The Third Week· of Lent

Our Lady of the Cape, Brewster: Saturday: Benediction following 5 p.m. Mass and Exposition throughout the night until 8 a.m. Mass Sunday. Sunday: Exposition following 11 :30 a.m.

Mass until 5 p.m.

Gabriel Healey, SS.CC. as homilist. Adoration after Mass until 10 p.m. Saturday: Adoration, beginning after 9 a.m. Mass with area parishes responsible for each hour of the day and Spl~· cial devotions planned for each time period. Penitential service and confessions from 3 to 4 p.m.

Mass, 4 p.m.; adoration, 8 to 10 p.m. Sunday: 8 a.m. to noon, Masses, with Exposition between each Mass. At 9:30 a.m. a special children's Mass. Adoration hours recommence at 1 p.m. for assigned parish groups, concluding at 5 p.m. with a concelebrated Mass and Rev. Robert Nee, SS.CC. as homilist.

St. Joseph, Fairhaven: Friday: Opening program at 7 p.m. in church hall with a film presentation on the Eucharist, followed at 7:30 p.m. in the church by a concelebrated Mass with Rev.

Sacred Heart, Taunton: Saturday: 5 p.m. Mass, followed by a Eucharistic procession and Exposition until 8 p.m. Sunday: 11 a.m. Mass followed by pro-

Eucharistic Weekend SATURDAY AND SUNDAY Match 20 and 21 St. Theresa, South Attleboro: Sunday: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament following 11 a.m.

Mass until 4 p.m. when a prayer service, Benediction and Reposition will take place.

cession and Exposition until 4 Lenten P'rogram p.m., at which time a prayer service and Benediction are sched"What's Happening uled, foHowed at 5 p.m. by a to Confession?" closing Mass.

To be held from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in all locations St. Stanislaus, Fall River: Friday, March 19: St. Anthony Saturday: Solemn concelebrated of Padua parish hall, Nye Street, Mass at 9 a.m. followed by pri- New Bedford. vate adoration qntil 3:30 p.m., Monday, March 22: St. Louis when a public Holy Hour will take place. Confessions from de France Convent, 66 Buffington .

11 a.m. to noon and from 3 to St., Swansea.

Tuesday, March 23: St. Mark's 4 p.m. Regular Saturday Masses at 4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. with ad- parish haH, Stanley Street, At· oration in the intervening period. t1eboro Falls; St. John Baptist All night vigil from 8 p.m. to parish hall, Wing Street, New 7:30 a.m., with a solemn Holy Bedford; St. Patrick parish cenHour of reparation from 11:30 ter, East Main St., Falmoqth. p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Sunday: RegWednesday, March 24: Holy ular morning Masses, with Ex- Name School, Pearce Street, Fall position following from 11:30 River; St. William's Center, Stafa.m. to 3:30 p.m., when a con- ford Road, Fall ~iver; Coylecluding Holy Hour and Eucha- Cassidy Library, Adams and ristic procession will be held.

Hamilton Streets, Taunton.

Diocesan Bicentennial Observance Scheduled ARCHBISHOP SHEEN TO PREACH 'Participation of the Fall River diocese in observance of the nation's Bicentennial will take the form of a solemn liturgical cel-

ebration, to be held at 4 p.m.

Monday, May 31 on the grounds of Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth. Thousands are expected to attend the unprecedented event, representing every parish in the diocese.

Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen of television fame, retired Bishop of Rochester, N. Y., world famous for his many books and his long leadership of the National Society for t}le Propagation of the Faith, will be homilist for the Memorial Day Mass, which will have as its theme "America: Past, Present, Future."

Planning Committee A special committee has been formed to make arrangements for the historic event. Its membership includes: Budget: Rev. James F. Lyons, pastor of St. Mary's Parish, Taunton and Rev. Peter N. Graziano, diocesan director of the Department of Social Services and Special Apostolates.

Music: Rev. William G. Campbell, assistant pastor of Holy Name Parish, Fall River, and Sister Evangela, RS.M. of Bishop Feehan High School.

Liturgy: Rev. John J. Oliveira, vice-chancellor.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Mar. 18, 1976

Two Monsignori Will Aid

In C'onfirmation Rites Bishop Cronin today announced that an indult has been received from the Holy See designating Msgr. Liiiz G. Mendonca, Vicar General and Pastor of Mount Carmel Parish in New Bedford, and Msgr. Henry T. Munroe, Episcopal Vicar and Pastor of Saint Pius Tenth Parish in South Yarmouth, as extraordinary ministers for Confirmation.

The indult, an official document issued by the Sacred Congregation for Sacraments and

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ARCHBISHOP SHEEN

Saint Anne1s Hospital "Since I became the Bishop of Fall River over five years ago, I have followed with great interest and support one of the most precious apostolates in the Diocese, namely, Saint Anne's Hospital in Fall River.

"This wonderful Hospital, noble in its care for the sick, proud in its long tradition of service to the Diocese and to this immediate area, the City of Fall River, now finds itself confronted with severe obstacles to its desire for improvement and modernization.

"I fully support the request of Saint Anne's Hospital for the required Certificate of Need. In doing so, I praise the good Dominican Sisters of the Presentation and the devoted medical and nursing staff, and I invite all who love Saint Anne's Hospital to encourage a reconsideration of the Staff Report of the Department of Public Health of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in order that the one Catholic hospital in the Diocese of Fall River may continue and prosper in the future as a valuable witness to the virtue of the care of the sick.

-I- ~~v~La.~ Bishop of Fall River

Collection The 1976 American Catholic Overseas Aid Collection will be taken up in all parishes and missions of the diocese on the Fourth Sunday of Lent, the weekend of March 27 and 28.

A letter from Bishop Cronin explaining the annual appeal is on page 4.

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Legion Slates Annual Acies The annual diocesan-wide Acies or reconsecration ceremony of the Legion of Mary will take place at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 21 at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River. Active and auxiliary Legionaries, their families, friends and the general public are invited to attend.

Msgr. Thomas J. Harrington, Diocesan Chancellor and Legion spiritual director, will preside and Rev. Kenneth Delano will speak. The Cathedral Choristers will provide music and the ceremony will close with Benediction.

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MONSIGNOR MENDONCA

Divine Worship, the Vatican office which, under direction of the Holy Father, supervises the discipline of administering the Sacraments in the Universal Church, was recently sought by Bishop Cronin, who explained that Msgr. Mendonca and Msgr. Munroe would now be qualified to assist him in administering the Sacrament of Confirmation to candidates in diocesan parishes.

"I welcome the assistance of these two exemplary priests," said Bishop Cronin. "With nearly 70 parishes scheduled to have the Sacrament of Confirmation celebrated during the coming spring season, it was apparent that some sharing of the ministry would be most helpful."

Both prelates are expected to administer Confirmation in a number of diocesan parishes.

The Chancery Office indicated that a schedule路 was in process of preparation. .

The administration of Confirmation in parish celebrations is ordinarily restricted to bishops. There are exceptional circumstances when a priest may administer Confirmation; the hospital chaplain, for example, may do so when a patient is in danger of dying without the sacrament, and a priest receiving a convert into the Church is, un-

der recent ecclesiastical iegislation, authorized to confirm the new Catholic. Ordinarily, however" administration of the Sacrament of Confirmation is quite strictly reserved to those in the episcopal office.

However, the Holy See, recognizing practical circumstances of pastoral need which can exist, has entertained requests from bishops for special authorization to be given to priests to serve as extraordinary ministers of Turn to Page Five

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The dedicated apostolate to the sick of the Dominican Sisters of the Presentation in Fall River, assisted by the See City's medical community of doctors, nurses and allied medical professionals, is threatened.

In a letter to be read at all Masses this weekend, Bishop Cronin asks for a generous response to the annual American Catholic Overseas Aid Appeal.

Its text follows:

Oh, they have not been ordered to close their doors only to keep the door uncomfortably and partially closed.

The Sisters have been told that not to modernize "would not adversely effect patient morbidity or mortality." A tiny minimum indeed for a zealous public servant to aim at!

Dearly beloved in Christ, In the Solemn Blessing which concludes Mass today, the Church prays in this ,manner:

Such a gauge of satisfaction is not. worthy of any Catholic endeavor. The aim of the Catholic hospital is not to shave the least endeavor near the line of death but to promote health, to bring joy to a renewed possible productivity after a health crisis has been met and conquered.

The Father of mercies has . given us an example of unselfish love in the sufferings of his only Son. Through your service of God and neighbor may you receive his countless blessings.

Realizing the earnest interest exhibited by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to the plight of the poor and those in need of social services, the "near morbidity-mortality" gauge seems to be a socially acceptable barometer.

As this prayer of blessing reminds us, the holy. season of Lent calls us to greater imitation of Christ through renewed service of God and neighbor.

It seems that the State is saying that since it cannot seem to be able to serve its citizens in the social and health field, no one else will be permitted to.

For several weeks now, Catholics throughout the nation have been participating in a special Lenten program. I refer to Operation Rice Bowl-a program of prayer, sacrifice and almsgiving.

It is intended to alert us to the hungry of the world and to enable us to help our starving brothers and sisters in a con:' crete way-:

The needs of citizens and the need for the Church to efficiently express her apostolate are real values. Slavish and blinder-aided use of statistics without reference to actual population increases and immigrant arrivals and an apparent insistence on someone's dream for one single medical center for the Greater Fall River Area are practically telling the Sisters to go practice their apostolate elsewhere.

No doubt there are needs for good medical apostolates elsewhere. There are probably' places where medical needs are even more critical than the Fall River area and where St. Anne's would be better appreciated. But the Diocese does need the living example and activity of St. Anne's and an awakened awareness among the citi:z;ens of the area seem ready to say loudly to the Public Health Council that they need the facility too.

The Fall River Area Council, Comprehensive Health Planning, Inc., after long protracted studies, has recommended that St. Anne's be allowed to modernize. The hospital has been willing to temper its requests, to compete realistically with other medical centers and even to aid state-sponsored emergency medical endeavors with important but costly experiments.

But since the hospital will not be willing to accept State Statistics, State values and State ways of doing things, it will have to do as best it can with heroically built 1903 facilities or tear down the well-used facility and cramp a little tighter in already busy quarters and still be expected to achieve the best care.

The State knows well' how to demand the greatest ideals while at the same time not appropriating - or in this case, allowing the means.

A mid-Atlantic state bishop recently observed that if the Church abandoned its religion and instead aligned its schools to some terrorist, militant "philosophy" it would surely get a hearing and it would be shown to be constitutional. Just what does St. Anne's have to sacrifice to be allowed to make the best medical facilities available?

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Bishop Asks Aid For World Needy

REV. JOHN F. MOORE

St. William's Church

Alive (lnd Still Talking

Next Sunday, we shall have the annual American Catholic Overseas Aid Appeal. This special Lenten collection provides the major financing for the ongoing programs of Catholic Relief Services of the United States Catholic Conference.

For the past few years it has been fashionable to think that the Irish in America have a fading and passing influence on the present sociological life of this country.

There are those still in our midst who would like this myth Last year alone, more than to be certitude because of . twenty million poverty-stricken their personal bias or basic much the Irish love it, is not people without regard to race, their sole claim to fame. They social insecurity. To be sure, are visible and active in numer- color or creed in some eightythere are many Irish in this ous fields from George Meaney's six countries around the world

country who, rather than preserving their own ethnic identity, have become more "Yankee than the Yankees."

In addition, since the Irish were one of the nation's earliest immigrant groups with the advantarge of speaking their own unique version of the English language, their pace of assimilation over the years has been rel~ atively successful.

We must also consider the fact that the immigration reform law of 1965 has dramatically reduced the admission of Irish to this country. Immigration at one time averaging about 15,000 persons annually has now fallen below the 2,000 mark.

The new requirements of the law have also altered the character of immigration. Newcomers are no longer from the farm but rather from professional backgrounds. As a result, today's immigrant rapidly assimilates into the cosmopolitan American life stream.

Still in Headlines Yet, for all of this, the Irish in America are alive and still talking. From the delightful glibness of Daniel :Patrick Moynihan to the stoic urbanity of Jerry Brown, the Irish are stilt making headlines. The governor of New York, Hugh Carey, cannot be overlooked along with other national figures from Mike Mansfield to Ted Kennedy.

But politics, no matter how

union activities to Edward Gallagher's Western Union. In almost every field of endeavor the Irish are stilI active in our American life.

U. S. Census Bureau studies have shown that the Irish as a group are among the" most successful in the nation. About 30 percent of all Irish hold highlevel white colljlr jobs, compared to only 19 percent of the adult population as a whole. Another recent poll has shown that Irish Catholic families were second only to Jewish families in average income and educational activities. Not a bad record for a people from such a poor little land.

• For centuries there have been those who have tried to rid themselves of the Irish both here and in Europe. Yet when all is said and done, they are still with- us, not only in mere presence but in power and position.

Like all other ethnic groups, they have their unique failures and faults. However, let no 'man take them for granted.

The Irish in America are American Irish. They are still contributing their own gifts and gab to the life of our country and we are the better for them.

As one American Irishman recently remarked, "We. have come a long way from the bog but fortunately we stilI remember it."

were aided through Catholic Relief Services.

The Migration and Refugee Services of the United States Catholic Conference resettled more than fifty thousand Vietnamese refugees, an estimated forty-two percent of all the Vietnamese refugees who sought a home in this country.

I beg your generosity to this very important Appeal. "The Father of mercies has," indeed, "given us an example of the~un­ selfish love in the SUfferings of his only Son." May we imitate the love of God by showing that same love for our brothers and sisters in need throughout the world.

Faithfully yours in Christ, ~

DANIEL A. CRONIN Bishop of Fall River

Camp Reunion Counselors of Our Lady of the Lake and Cathedral camps will hold a reunion. at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 20 at the Gondola restaurant, Bay Street, Taunton.

Announcement will be made of the appointment of head counselors at both camps and new camp brochures will be distributed. Plans for the coming season, to begin Monday, July 5 at both camps, will also be made.

All counselors are invited to he present.

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Monsignori to Aid in Confirmations

BICENTENNIAL FLAGS: On display in electric light company window on Attleboro's Main Street are bicentennial flag reproductions by students at that community's Nazareth Hall.

Ordinary Principal Celebrant At Cape Day of Recollection With the them£! of the Eucharist, Cape and Islands District Five of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women will hold its annual day of recollection Saturday, March 27 at St. Pius X Church, South Yarmouth. Bishop Cronin will be principal celebrant of the Mass for the Feast of Corpus Christi and the day's theme will be further carried' out by Rev. John J. Oliveira, diocesan coordinator for the Eucharistic Congress who will present a slide program on congress preparations.

The day will begin at 9 a.m.

Bicentennial Continued from Page Three Publicity: Rev. John R. FoIster, acting editor of The Anchor, and Rev. Ronald A. Tosti, assistant pastor of SS. Peter and Paul Parish, Fall River.

Transportation: Rev. John F. Hogan, pastor of St. Julie Parish, No. Dartmouth.

Decorations: Robert Coggeshall of the Cathedral Parish and Mrs. Stanley Janick of SS. Peter and Paul Parish, Fall River.

Ushers: Rev. John J. Steakem of Bishop Stang High School and Rev. Maurice R. Jeffrey of Bishop Gerrard High School.

Ground Crew: Mr. George Milot, Principal of Bishop Stang High School.

Youth: Sister Theresa Sparrow, R.S.M. and Sister Rita Pelletier, S.S.J., both of the Diocesan Department of Education.

Knights of Columbus: Rev. Ernest E. Blais, pastor of Sacred Heart Parish, New Bedford.

Continued from Page Three School in that city in 1937 and Confirmation, and it was such a request which Bishop Cronin transmitted to the authorities of the Sacred Congregation. The Bishop expressed his delight that his petition had been favorably and promptly processed, in timely conjunction with the beginning of the "Confirmation season" in diocesan parishes.

When exercising their extraordinary ministry, Msgr. Mendonca and Msgr. Munroe will assume the roles ordinarily reserved to the confirming bishop.

They will act as principal concelebrants at the parish Masses when Oonfirmation is celebrated and will deliver the homily. They will recite the sacramental prayers which invoke the Holy Spirit upon the candidates and will seal the foreheads of confirmands with the Holy Chrism.

Msgr. Mendonca Msgr. Mendonca, born in New Bedford Sept. 26, 1919, grad· uated from Holy Family High

with registration. A coffee hour, business session and a conference on the Eucharist by Rev. Francis B. Connors, district moderator; will follow. After a penance service at 11 :30, the Mass will take place at noon with Cape and Islands clergy concelebrating with the Bishop.

Father Oliveira's presentation will follow luncheon. Reservations for the meal will· close Monday, March 22 and may be made with area coordinators, Mrs. Gilbert Noonan for the upper Cape, Miss Esther M. Turnbull for the mid-Cape and Mrs. Richard J. Filliman for the lower Cape.

then entered the Seminary of Angra, Terceira, Azores. He was ordained June 10, 1944 by the late Bishop James E. Cassidy at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, New Bedford, where he is now pastor.

His parish assignments as an assistant included Santo Christo, Fall River; Immaculate Conception, New Bedford; and Our Lady of Mount Carmel, New Bedford.

In 1962 the prelate was named administrator of Our Lady of Health parish, Fall River and in 1964 pastor of St. Anthony's parish, East Falmouth, where he served until 1966. He then became pastor of St. Michael, Fall River, for three years, then of St. John of God, Somerset, for five years until his present appointment at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel.

In 1967 Msgr. Mendonca was appointed to the Board of Examiners of the Clergy and in 1971 was named Vicar General.

He became a Domestic Prelate in 1974 and also in that year received the Military' Order of Christ of Portugal for his service to the Portuguese community.

Msgr. Munroe Msgr. Munroe was born in Fall River in 1928 and graduated from the former Coyle High School, Taunton, in 1946. After two years at Providence College he entered St. John's Seminary, Brighton, for his philosophical and theological training. He was ordained in 1953 at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, by Bishop James L. Connolly.

He served as an assistant at Holy Name parish, New Bedford, from his ordination until' 1972 when he was named administrator of St. John the Evangelist parish, Attleboro. In 1975 he was made pastor of St. Pius X ·parish.

The new extraordinary minister has served the Diocesan Tribunal in various capacities since 1959, and is now its Offi· cialis. He was raised to the rank of Domestic Prelate in 1974.

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Senate Delays Pension Vote The Priests' Senate, meeting last week, postponed voting on a proposed pension plan in aid of retired and disabled diocesan priests. Rev. Robert Kaszynski, senate president, stated that the priests are basically in favor of the proposal but seek clarification of certain of its aspects.

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'Rice Bowl' Menus

Fr·om Ford To Area Folk, All In Kids' Clo'okbolok

By Joseph and Marilyn Roderick Today was the first day we ventured outside to our rock garden to begin some weeding and cleaning up. The rock garden is on a bank which faces east beneath two large old, oak trees which cover the plants in the fall with leaves.

These we allow to remain until mid-March or until the cause many of our recipes were ethnic dishes the homemade crocus bloom, when we re- cookbook became a collector's move them to allow the sun item, and to this day I meet to do its work. mothers and grandmothers who I really enjoy working in my garden. It is now about eight years old and each year we add to it. Originally it was an undeveloped lot belonging to an uncle. At first we considered planting a lawn on the site but this meant upkeep and the tedious job of grading and cutting so we began a rock garden with a two foot strip of plants and rocks. Now it measures approximately 20 by 20 feet.

Scree Needed It is not a true rock garden, however. We merely placed rocks in the slope to cut down on erosion and planted rock garden plants. A true rock garden should be developed with a scree and rocks placed in such a way as to imitate the natural outgrowth of rocks found in nature.

We started with perennials we had in the main garden; alyssum (basket of gold), ajuga, violas, pinks and whatever lent itself to a rock garden. Since then we put aside $30 to $40 a year for plants and have gradually weeded out the ajuga and periwinkle used initially for ground cover.

Last year we added some new sedurns and sempervirums, a couple of helianthums, about four new potentillas and a few other odds and ends. Now I am buying plants which will give me some late bloom. One of the problems with alpines and other rock garden plants is that they tend to be Spring bloomers so that the garden is at its best in the early spring, but as the summer comes has less and less in bloom and tends to look weedy.

In The Kitchen One of the most rewarding experiences I had as a teacher was when my class published a cookbook with their mothers' and teachers' favorite recipes.

We had great fun in both gathering the recipes and printing them in book form and some of the mothers were even kind enough to send in samples. Be·

are still using it.

AI Saulino of Holy Rosary parish in Fall River and a fifth grade teacher at the Jerome Dwelly School in that city did a similar project recently but went a step farther when his class wrote to city, state and federal officials requesting their favorite recipes.

The project grew out of a lesson in fractions and their use in cooking. When the idea carne of making a collection of recipes, the class' study of local, state, and national government led to Saulino's suggesting that his pupils ask officials at these three levels to respond. Response was overwhelming and the resulting cookbook has just arrived at my house "hot off the press." ·President Ford sent a recipe for a baked turkey casserole, Congresswoman Heckler sent one of her family's favorites, Shrimp Florentine, and Senator Edward Brooke offered an interesting Italian recipe, Capanato, that uses eggplant, zuccini and fresh string beans as its main ingredients.

Governor Mike Dukakis' wife Kitty responded to the written request with a favorite recipe for her own clam chowder and the Mayor of Fall River, every city councillor, the state representatives and State Senator Mary L. Fonseca are all represented in "What's Cooking in America," published by the fifth grade students.

While I'm committed this week to print a chocolate pudding recipe to go along with our Rice Bowl menus, I promise that as soon as I try some of the recipes in "What's Cooking," I will print them.

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Wednesday, March 24 Tuna Fish Salad Chocolate Pudding Wednesday, March 31 Spaghetti & Tomato Sauce Gelatin Dessert Wednesday, April 7 Creamed Peas on Toast Rice Pudding Wednesday, April 14 Tomato Soup Two Cracker:1

Trinity Honors Diocesan Girls Two diocesan students have been admitted to Trinity College, Washington, D. C. as Presidential Scholars. The program, instituted as part of the observance of the 75th anniversary of the Catholic women's college, recognizes outstanding academic and co-curricular achievement.

The diocesan honorees are Mary Gorman, Seekonk, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Gorman, a Seekonk High School senior; and Eileen Smith, Centerville, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Smith, a Barnstable High School senior.

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Christ D,eni1ed, Forsaken, Ou,r M,od:el for Lent

The Parish Parade Publicity chairmen of Darish orlanlzatlool Ire ISked to SUbmit news Items for this colun:n to The Anchor, P. O. Box 7, Fall River, 02722. Name of city or town should be It.cluded, IS well as full dates of 111 Ictivltlel. Plelse send news of future rlther than past events.

I was comfortable with the old Lenten fast. I was comfortable spiritually . . . physically I was miserable. But it made me feel good. I was working so hard observing the fast. It made me feel good because it was easy. It required no decision on my part. The the spiritual benefit you first rules and regulations were ing anticipated. Again, it's a defeat. imposed by the Church. I You made a bad choice. You didn't make a choice. They didn't analyze your spiritual told me what to do.

If we choose to fast now, it has to be a deliberate action related to our growth spiritually.

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MARY CARSON To fast now requires our choice rather than the Church's.

And it's much more difficult to make your own choice.

At the beginning of Lent we must evaluate our lives, determine what is needed, and make a deliberate decision what to do. If that decision, deep down, offers no spiritual significance, the Lenten sacrifice is a cop-out.

It's like giving up movies ... when you never went to the movies anyway.

But once a decision is made on what to do for Lent, then the difficulty comes in following it.

Personal Thing When it's your own choice you don't have the fear of committing sin if you fail. If you fail it's a personal thing. It's a blow to your ego. You must admit defeat to yourself. You have to recognize that you set out to do something ... and didn't.

And that is far more difficult than not eating between meals!

Suppose you stick to your plans for Lent, but as the weeks progress realize that it isn't hav-

For Sisters Campion Renewal Center, a Jesuit facility recently opened in Weston to meet the needs of today's Church, will offer a retreat for Sisters during the Easter school vacation Sunday through Saturday, April 18 through 24. The program will be directed by Harry Cain, S.J., Rose Marie Coderre, S.S.A., Ed-. ward Hallen, S.J., and Bob Padberg, S.J. and will include: one or two conferences daily, private and communal prayer, and the opportunity for spiritual direction. Further information is available from Rev. Edward F. Hallen, S.J., Director, Campion Renewal Center, Weston, MA 02193.

needs accurately. Again, it forces you to face your human weakness.

That can be eroding. It can cause you to want to give up. It can discourage you from trying again.

And that is the time for a meditation on the Passion ... and Christ's humanity, Christ's weakness, Christ's defeat.

And Christ's getting up and trying again!

If Christ were only God, His Passion would have meant nothing. God doesn't get scared; God doesn't worry; God doesn't falter or fail.

But it was Christ, the Man, who faced that Passion. As a man, He knew His time was running out. The establishment would get Him. Why did He stay? Why not take off and hide, or go to another country?

Because He was showing that men should not always seek the easy way out. He could have avoided it ... But He stayed of His own choice.

There was no Church law that said He had to go through with it.

So, today, Lent without all the old laws on fast and abstinence, gives us the opportunity of freely choosing ... as Christ did.

Christ the Man On the way to Calvary, when He fell, it wasn't God lying in the dirt. God doesn't get tired.

It was Christ, the Man, the human we can relate to.

He didn't fall just from physical exhaustion. Mental, emotional and spiritual exhaustion are far more debilitating.

Within the last few hours He had asked His father for help ... and got none. One friend betrayed Him; another friend denied Him; and the rest of His friends disappeared. And His enemies were about to kill Him. His mission to bring peace to the world was ending in His own violent death. His message of love had fallen on deaf ears.

What made Him get up? All the goals, ideals, and ambitions of His life had failed!

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When you have trouble trying again during Lent, talk to the beaten, discouraged, despairing Christ ... crushed into the dirt, under the Cross.

Rescued Waif Now Bishop There's a new bishop in the diocese of Unhambane, Mozambique who's very much in the loving prayers of Sister Maria Branco of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary at St. Anthony's Convent, Fall River.

Sister Maria, a native of Santo Christo parish, Fall River, returned last July from 42 years at various posts in the East African nation. One of her assignments was the care of babies at a creche where the future bishop was brought as a homeless waif. She tells his story: .

"Our children were out for a walk one Sunday when they met two little boys wandering aimlessly around. One child was about three, the other five.

When questioned, they said that their mother was dead and that their father had gone to Johannesburg to work in the mines. Such work often resulted in the premature death of ~e miner.

The youngsters were brought to the creche until someone would claim them. Since this never happened, the two little boys were cared for and educated by the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary.

From the beginning, Pedro was interested in religious education. He became an altar boy, then expressed his desire to become a priest. He was sent to Portugal for studies and ordination. When he returned to Mozambique, he came at once to visit the Sisters who had cared for him.

'Father' Pedro is now the new Bishop of the Diocese of Unhambane, Mozambique. During these troubled times under a communistic regime, he needs the prayerful support of Christians everywhere."

Sister Maria, now assigned to St. Anthony's Convent, welcomes the opportunity to renew old friendships and may be contacted at 621 Second St., Fall River, telephone 673-2892. She notes that the Franciscan Missionaries have recently produced a film about the work in Ghana and that it is available for showing to area groups.

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OUR LADY OF ANGELS, FALL RIVER Altar boys of the parish will sponsor a cake sale at all Masses the weekend of March 27 and 28.

An initial planning meeting for the Espirito Santo Feast celebration will take place at 7 p.m.

Sunday, April 4.

ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN The annual Sisters' Tea of the Association of the Sacred Hearts will take place in the school hall at 6 p.m. Sunday, April 4. Members are asked to bring prizes for bingo and a pot luck supper will be served with Mrs. Irene Mandeville as chairlady.

The Association's annual banquet is set for 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 5 at Western Steakhouse in Fairhaven. Mrs. Nora Sylvia is chairlady. New officers to be installed are Mrs. Eileen Elliott, president; Mrs. Helen Sullivan, vice-president; Mrs. Imelda Sylvia, secretary; Mrs. Mary Blanchard, treasurer.

OUR LADY OF MT. CARMEL, SEEKONK In place of a regular meeting, the Women's Guild will hold an evening of recollection Thursday, March 25, with members meeting in the parking lot on Route 44 at 6:30 p.m. to travel to La Salette Shrine. Refreshments will be served.

ST. JOHN BAPTIST, CENTRAL VILLAGE "Put on your jeans, grab your partner and come to a 'Good Old Country Barn Dance'" say members of the parish Couples' Club. Preceded by a ham and bean supper at 7:30 p.m., the dance will continue until midnight Saturday, March 27 at the parish hall on Main Road. Western music will be by the Drifters.

Reservations, which are limited, may be made with Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Kelly, Mr. and Mrs. Alston Potter or Mr. and Mrs. Russell Tripp.

SACRED HEART, NEW BEDFORD During Lent homilies by Rev. Ernest E. Blais at the 11 a.m.

Sunday Mass will discuss preparations for the new Rite of Penance.

The CYO will sponsor a Bicentennial dance for adults with the Art Perry Orchestra from 8 p.m. to midnight Saturday, April 3. Refreshments will be served during the evening and a continental breakfast at midnight. Tickets are available at the rectory.

ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA The. Men's Club will sponsor a "Good Olde Times Dance" from 8 to midnight Saturday, March 20 in the parish center.

Foxtrots, waltzes and various line dances will be featured, and music will be by the Hi-Hatters, appearing at the parish for the first time. Tickets are available at the rectory, the parish credit union or from club members and will also be sold at the door.

Pretzels will be provided at each table and other refreshments will include chourico sandwiches and meat pies.

The next Men's Club dance is scheduled for May.

SS. PETER AND PAUL, FALL RIVER Mrs. Margaret O'Neil is in charge of reservations for a fashion show planned for Wednesday, April 7 at White's restaurant and for a theatre party Wednesday, May 5 at Chateau de Ville, Warwick.

ST. MARY, NEW BEDFORD Parish programs for the remainder of Lent, each starting at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the church with a liturgy and guest speaker and continuing with a discussion and question period, will include for March 24 "Women in the Church - We Need Them," presented by Sister Prudence Croke, RSM; for March ST. THERESA, 31 "The Hunger Issue-We Can NEW BEDFORD The Couples Club will sponsor Help" by Jessie du Mont and a spring style show from 2 to 4 Butch and Anne Lavois.

For April 7 "A Tour of the p.m. Sunday, March 28. JeanHoly Land: We Walk in the nette Tetreault, chairperson, anFootstep of Jesus" by Rev. Wil- nounces that tickets are availliam W. Norton; and for April able from any club member.

14 "The Forgiveness of Jesus: HOLY TRINI1Y, We Receive It," a penance ser- WEST HARWICH vice offered by five priests.

The third lecture in an enrichHOLY NAME, ment series on the new rite of FALL RIVER Penance will be offered from Women's Guild members who 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, have not paid dues are asked March 24 at the church hall by to place them in the collection Rev. Francis J. McManus, S.J. of basket next Sunday. the faculty of Bishop Connolly First Penance Service for chil- High Sch{)ol, Fall River. dren will take place at 7 tonight. Parents are urged to attend and receive the sacrament WHISPERING rRUMPET OF with their children. First Gommunion will be received at 9 Lincoln Park a.m. Mass Saturday, May 22.

Ballroom 路Pro.ject Leisure will meet in the school hall at 2 p.m. ThursEvery Fri. Old Timers day, March 25. Rev. John J. Oli8 to 1 veira will speak on the Eucharistic Congress and asocial hour Sun. Wed. 12-5 will follow.

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'Our Hearts Are Restless'

By PAT McGOWAN St. Augustine said it best: "Thou hast made us for thyself, 0 God, and our hearts are restless till they rest in thee." But although God is the only final and complete answer to loneliness, there are partial answers, many being given here and now in the Fall River diocese.

One is the Widows' Exchange of Fall River, organized by Mrs. Edna Dube of Notre Dame parish, a founder of its Women's Guild, and a recipient of the diocesan Marian Award and twice the president of the Fall River Catholic Nurses Guild.

When she was widowed severa! years ago, she said, the bottom dropped out of life. "I really ,did not know what loneliness was, however, until I came home after my husband died and looked up to the window as I drove into the driveway. He had always seemed to be there in his big red chair; now, tlie chair was empty."

Loneliness Eases Gradually, though, her loneliness eased, helped, she said, by attending daily Mass at Notre Dame. As time went on. she realized that most widows shared her initial feelings of loss.

As one said to her, "It's like reaching out for help and finding there is nothing there."

Not only was there little emotional support available to widows, Mrs. Dube discovered, but there were few practical helps with insurance, social security, legal problems and even household matters such as repairs or improvements.

Women whose husbands had always handled such affairs found themselves floundering.

Something must be done for such women, Mrs. Dube decided. She discussed the problem with officials at the Women's Center of Bristol Community College in Fall River, who offered her facilities and encouragement in calling a meeting of widows.

From that beginning the Widows' Exchange developed, offering members not only a "shoul-

der to cry on," 'but a wealth of practical assist,ance in coping with everyday living.

From her experiences Mrs. Dube has written a book, "Widows Can Cope," available from her at Madonna House, 44 Norwood St., Fall River, 02723.

And she has done her share to ease the pain of one of the most difficult forms of loneliness.

Students Help At high schools of the diocese, too, students are concerned for the lonely. They are channeling their energies into SIGN (Service in God's Name), a national program that asks "youths living the Eucharist" to give 100 million hours of service to others in honor of the Eucharistic Congress.

Area teenagers are responding generously, said teachers. At Bishop Feehan High School in Attleboro, for instance, the staff at Nazareth Hall School for Exceptional Children, located on the Feehan campus, says "we couldn't survive without them. They give hours and hours of time to us each week." Feehanites are also' teaching CCO classes in their parishes, coaching underprivileged children in various sports programs and acting as aides at hospitals and nursing homes.

At Bishop Connolly High School in Fall River officials said that SIGN wasn't needed to prod boys into action. "Through our humanawareness program, students are already working at the Fall River Nazareth, in homes for the aged and at the Corrigan Mental Health Center."

Not to be forgotten as an aid in easing loneliness is the newly revised rite of penance, which will emphasize pastoral concern and individualized spiritual instruction, designed to remind penitents of the compassion of Christ who, in the ultimate insurance against loneliness, has promised his people, "I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you."

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How to Ease Loneliness of Dying ST. LOUIS (NC) - A Jesuit priest-physician who is an associate professor of psychiatry at the Harvard Medical School and has done extensive work on the emotional impact of terminal diseases has given St. Louis area medical personnel and chaplains some guidelines on treating terminally ill patients.

The priest, Father Edwin Cassem, said his experience in treating terminally ill patients had taught him that there are several things that they seek from those around them.

"At the Massachusetts General Hospital for the terminally ill, where I hold seminars with terminally ill patients, most of the patients are dying quickly and others are dying slowly. We conduct the seminars with them to find out what they want from the people who are there to serve them. From hundreds of talks with such patients there are some things that I can suggest that virtually 'all terminally ill patients need."

These are, he said: some show of concern; aid in finding physical and mental comfort; communication; visitation by children and grandchild to show continuity of life; some sign of family cohesion; preservance of the fa-

mily to the end; cheerfulness; 'relaxed manner on the part of visitors, and competence on the part of those who serve the patient.

"On the matter of showing some concern for the patient," Father Cassem said, "the concern can he non-verbal and frequently it is. But it must be real.

If the patient says something ahout his illness and you pause hefore answer-ing, it can show the patient that you have feelings about his or her illness. One doctor was examining a patient and came to a dead spot which indicated that cancer had spread and the doctor said, 'Damn!'

Then the doctor said, 'Excuse me' 路and the patient told the doctor it was all right. 'As a matter of fact it's nice to know that you care,' the patient said. This can Ibe the kind of reaction that the patient appreciates."

Death is admittedly a "morbid subject" and communication about the patient's condition should be carried on with great care, Father Cassem said. "路Communicating with the patient is not easy," he said.

"Some people do not want to talk about their condition. It is not nearly so important what you tell the patient as it is what the patient tells you that is im-

portant. That is one of the most important things I have learned in working with the sick."

"Patients like oheerful people," he said. "They don't want you to act as if you were at a wake.

One right a patient has is to be treated as one of the living. Patients do not mind if you show emotion. If your eyes fill with tears for a moment, tha.t's fine.

But they don't like someone who is uptight all the time. Patients also have a right to competence.

They do not mind a doctor who is gruff hut good at this job as much as one who does not seem to know what he is doing."

In addition to the points that .the patients made, Fatt.er Cassem said, he has discovered two points of his own.

"And the first one I discovered is that the patient wants you at some time to respond to how had the situation is for him or her.

It's fine to be cheerful and the patient wants that, but they also want a sign that the person serving them or visiting them has an understanding of what they are going through."

The second discovery Father Cassem made was that "you have to appreciate the good that you come across and the good is the patient."

LONELY: The Attleboro teen whose parents are making her a state ward so she won't corrupt the little kids at home.

LONELY: The New color TV,' but no love.

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LONELY: The Taunton mother' .home so much with only the kids.

By STAN KOMA

OTTAWA, Canada (NC) - Loneliness is among the most serious maladies afflicting Canadians, a national survey conducted by the Canadian Catholic Conference (CCC) has indicated.

Grant Maxwell, director of the CCC's Social Action Office, said in his report, entitled "Assessing Everyday Life," that loneliness pervades all income and age groups.

"Witness the tragic stories of lonely students who 'shoot up' their classrooms, single parents driven to despair and pensioners who die alone," he said.

"Loneliness is a countrywide problem that is both personal and social in its causes and in its effects," he continued. "People in all walks of life are calling out for help, for evidence that 'somebody cares' in an increasingly mechanized and depersonalized society."

While acknowledging that ministering to the lonely has always been a pastoral concern, he said: "Grassroots evidence shows that this ministry should receive top priority in pastoral programs."

He called the ministry to elderly people "perhaps the least glamorous and probably the most needed service of neighborly caring."

During his eight-month study, Maxwell had conversations with about 750 respondents.

Conversations were held with individuals, couples and small groups. Respondents ranged from school students to retired couples, from fishermen to city planners, from poor to rich, from committed believers to avowed atheists.

Among those interviewed were local religious leaders, civil leaders and men and women in the news media.

In his report, Maxwell described the "prevalence of loneliness" as one of the clearest signs of the times.

Here ~re a few examples of what some of the respondents said:

"Loneliness permeates us all," a social analyst acknowledged. "We're fragmented people with unloved hearts."

A civil servant felt "people are craving for deeper relationships, which' aren't possible in our working life."

A young reporter said many single women of her generation were "afraid to be alone so they go out for a good time and often have a rotten time."

A community worker said that some poorer families "don't know what it's like to live in a loving way because the parents never experienced it themselves as kids."

'Give Me Some Sign' Here is another example, from a middleaged woman in a rehabilitation center for alcohol and drug addiction: "About midnight I was so depressed I was going to try suicide again. I knew I'd really do it up this time. I started praying and I said to God: 'Just give me some sign, kick me in the head now, show me there is some reason for me to live.' Just then my son knocked on the door. He had a nightmare that I was taking an overdose so he came right over to my apartment. It was as if the whole world lifted off me.

Somebody cared!"

Maxwell did note that not all those he interviewed expressed feelings of loneliness.

However, there was a strong underlying current throughout Canadian society which revealed a breakdown in community living, he said.

Nowhere is this being more painfully felt than within the very heart of community life, the family, he said.

In the report's chapter dealing with marriage and family life, Maxwell described the present state of family life in Canada as "a crisis situation." He appealed for pastoral programs, ,to help strengthen the family. He also suggested that such programs take into account the serious search for viable alternatives to the two-generation, nuclear family model.

'Some Take Nerve Pills: I Pray' LONELY: The Fall River husband and father who wouldn't retreat behind the paper if there were someone who'd listen.

LONELY: The solitary crowd at any Sunday Mass.

BRADENTON, Fla. (NC) Rosemarie Kenney has had her share of misfortune. Within three years she has suffered hospitalization for a gall bladder attack, appendicitis, emergency delivery of a child by Caesarean section, radical surgery removing a malignancy on her leg, and removal of two benign tumors.

Her husband, Jim, has been hospitalized during the same time for a torn cartilage and pneumonia.

The Kenneys have five children, one adopted from Catholic Social Services. Their older son is hyperkinetic, 'has a blood dis· order and fructose (sugar) in· tolerance. Their four-month-old daughter, Teresa Maria, spent the first 17 days of her life in an intensive care ward for a respiratory disorder. Twice doctors said she would die. Teresa Marie has a lump growing under her left eye which doctors say must be removed.

While driving 40 miles to be with their daughter in the hospital, the Kenneys disabled one car in a minor accident and their other car broke down. Lightning struck their home while the Kenneys were at the hospital,

-causing smoke <:lamage, but no fire.

Teresa Marie's birth alone cost the Kenneys $11.000. They need ex~ensive medical services regularly. This Christmas they had to accept food from charitable organizations, even though Mr. Kenney has a job as mana· ger trainee with Rinker Materials Corporation in Bradenton.

How does Mrs. Kenney handle it? "Some people drink or take nerve pills," she said. "I pray."

The Kenneys are members of Sacred Heart parish and of a prayer group which meets there each week.

"I just put my trust in God," she said. "If this is the way He wants things to be, what can 1 say? Maybe this is my penance."

Mrs. Kenney said she reads the Bible, says the Rosary and prays especially to the Holy Spirit.

She does more than pray.

While with Teresa Marie in the hospital, she met a young couple with a sick baby who had no food, no car, no money. She collected infant clothing, kitchen utensils, food, and toys for them.

Shortly after her cancer oper· ation, she started volunteer work for the Mothers' March of

Dimes, and eventually was awarded a plaque of appreciation from the organization. She grows and cans her own vegetables.

The Kenneys still owe $4,000 for Teresa Marie's initial medical expenses, and more for her continuing care. How will they pay these expenses? "I just put my trust in God," Mrs. Kenney said.

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Providence diocese, asked the Bishops to engage in prayerful refll~ction, and to petition Rome for an extension of women's ministerial role in the Eucharist.

She said she did not expect immed.iate action but noted that the real need for a stronger role in the Eucharist was in the missionary field.

Also discussed was a request by members of the Manchester, N. H. delegation for the Bishops to approve reception of Holy Communion in the hand, a proposal earlier defeated at a national Bishops' meeting.

Revive Benediction Delegates and Bishops agreed that. Eucharistic devotions such as Benediction should be revived in a contemporary context, such as use in paraliturgies.

It was recommended that the Church remain strong in its role as ;a community of conscience,

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exposing its members to social concerns through education and increasing public awareness.

Intercommunion with other denominations was noted to be a matter of concern, especially at such events as weddings and funerals. It was recommended that the Bishops permit intercommunion whenever possible, within Vatican guidelines.

The New England Bishop said input from the area meeting would be made available to other American Bishops at a forthcoming general meeting and also said results would be valuable in making plans for the Eucharistic Congress.

Indispensable ,"The prophet who dares to speak out against public opinion is indispensable to the church."

-Francis J. McConnell

NOBODY LOSES MONEY AT CONVOCATION: Members of diocesan delegation to Fourth Annual Conference of New England Bishops gather with Bishop Cronin, Seated, left to right, the Bishop, Sister Rita Pelletier, SSJ, Sister Mary Evangela, RSM, Sister Mary Felicita, CSSF; standing, George Milot, Rev. Charles Soto, OFM, Rev. John J. Oliveira, Rev. William Campbell, Mrs. Jeannette LeBoeuf, Thomas Murach, Mrs. Emma Andrade, Rev. James F. Lyons, John Finni.

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Bishops Study Role of Eucharist A broad spectrum of recommendations regarding the role of the Eucharist in the contemporary Church resulted from the Fourth Annual Convocation of the New England Bishops, held last weekend at Mont Marie, Holyoke, and attended by 13 delegates from the Fall River diocese, led by Bishop Cronin.

At a wrap-up session, delegates told the assembled bishops they felt action should be taken in several areas to strengthen attendance at Sunday Mass. Included were such ideas as more careful planning of liturgies to take in needs of families, youth, aged, and incapacitated Catholics.

Also, several delegates recommended a "sincere missionary .effort" to search out Catholics not regularly attending Church services, and help them return to the community of Faith.

Despite strong discussion on

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the subject of divorced and remarried Catholics and their denial of admission to the sacraments by Church law, delegates and Bishops could not make any single recommendation on the subject.

No Action Although it was agreed that compassion was due victims of broken marriages, little has been done to readmit divorced, remarried Catholics to the Eucharist.

Several discussion groups recommended a strengthening of marriage preparation programs, and more efforts in the area of marital counseling by the Church in an effort to prevent breakups.

Regarding the role of women in the Eucharist, delegates and Bishops agreed that women's role in the Mass has increased in the last few years. Women are now special ministers of the Eucharist and lectors at Mass, but it was felt unlikely that

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High Construction Wages Not Really That High

Says Catholic Research Being Done by Others

It has been my experience that the average man in the street is convinced that building tradesmen - carpenters, bricklayers, electricians, plumbers, et al - are gross~y overpaid by comparison with workers of comparable SkIll in other industries. To the contrary, while it is true that portion of workers with 1,400 hours of work. When workers hourly earnings in the organ- with less than 700 hours of work ized' sector of th~ construc- in the industry were removed

Some people have been moaning that I want to take away the freedom of Catholic university scholars. b~ su~­ gesting that Catholic universities ought to specIal~ze In scholarly research on things like the history and SOCIology of American Catholicism. I don't think so. Scholars can didn't know till very recently. research anything they want But a pragmatic compromise! was worked out in the early to. But all universities, ex- decades of this century which

tion industry (and a' large part of the industry is not organized) tend to be higher than in many other industries, the year-

from the sample, the median number of hours reported for all crafts in all areas was 1,535.

Modest Earnings Even if one employs the higher figure of 1,535 hours, the average yearly earnings of the various 'crafts are, by today's stanBy dards, rather modest. The average for all trades was $10,716 MSGR. for . those who worked 1,200 GEORGE G. hours, $12,502 for those who worked 1400 hours, and $13,708 HIGGINS for those who worked 1,535 hours.

Construction workers have round earnings of workers are also been criticized on the not out of line with those skilled grounds that the average annual in other segments of the econ- rate of contract gains as negoomy. tiated in collective bargaining At the present time, far from, agreements has been excessively being the pampered darlings of high. In point of fact, however, our economy, construction work- the wage gains in the building ers are being hit harder by the industry have not only failed to recession than almost any other keep pace with the cost of living single group of blue-collar but in three of the past four workers. In a 41-city random years have lagged behind those sample conducted by the AF of a number of other sectors.

CIO Building and Construction I hold no special brief for the Trades Department, the average rate of unemployment for con- construction unions. Like any struction workers was found to other organization, they have made their share of mistakes be 27.2 percent. and are subject to legitimate Unemployment in some crafts criticism. On the other hand, in some cities ran as high as they have a right to expect that 90 percent and in many crafts criticism directed against them in a number of communities be based on the facts and that across the nation it averaged be- they not be blamed for things tween 50 and 75 percent. In for which they are not solely or short, unemployment in the con- principally responsible. struction industry has reached In summary, then, as Henry crisis proportions. It will be the Ford II emphasized in his bicenprincipal item on the agenda t~nnial essay referred to in last of an emergency conference of week's column, "We should stop 3,500 delegates to be held in thinking that our problems are Washington on April 5. caused by the bad intentions of Critics of the construction un- other people" (in this case by ions will say, of course, that they the alleged greed of the construchave priced themselves out of tion unions). Problems, Mr. Ford the market and that they them- emphasized, get solved by lookselves are principally responsible ing for solutions, not scapegoats. for the alarmingly high rate of unemployment in their industry.

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Wher'e Is Joy,

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University of Chicago, for example, does not have a school of journalism and will shortly no longer have a school of education; Northwestern, on the other hand, has both.) My point was rather that it would be appropriate for Catholic universities to focus pragmatic energies on areas of research in which they can either most readily make a special contribution or in which they might most properly have a special interest.

For example, the wise men who preside over the destinies of "The Critic" have in their courageous wisdom asked me to do a long interpretative essay on the state of American Catholicism. Without tipping too much of our hand, I became convinced that most Catholic history ends in 1895, and most of the things which shape the Church today began after that.

Thus, if we follow the books of the Ellis school of institutional history, we see that with the battle against the Germans before the beginning of the century, the Irish-dominated hierarchy had soundly beaten those who wanted ethnic enclaves in the American Church - and there were lot~ of signs of relief about this till Coleman Barry came along and rehabilitated Peter Paul Cahensley and his American allies.

But in either interpretation the ethnic enclaves matter had been settled against the ethnics.

Yet, it always seemed strange to me that in fact we find a church at the present time which does indeed have ethnic en· claves. Somehow or the other, between the Americanization controversy and 1940 when I began readling Catholic history books, the tide had turned.

And if the ethnics didn't have separate dioceses of their own, as the Cahnesleytes wanted, they had at least powerful sectors within the large diocese, not infrequently headed by an auxiliary bishop of their own nationality. How had this come to be?

Now (would wager gentle reader, that you don't know.

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may have been the most important event in the whole history of Catholic pluralism in the United States.

And no one knows about it.

As far as I can figure out, there are no scholars at Catholic universities even lookjng at the question-or who are even aware that it is a question. You try to persuade someone who specializes in the history of the Eastern and Southern European Catholic ethnics and he'll tell you, "We already have a man in Catholic history. The Catholic university's obligation to selfunderstanding is discharged by hiring one man ...

The - research being done on the twentieth-century Catholic immigrant (close to half the Catholic families in the United States came in THIS century) is being done at the University of Chicago, the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, and the Center for Migration Studies on Staten Island. And the men who are doing the research-Victor Greene, the Tomasis, Joseph Parrot, Richard Linkh, Edward Kantowiscz, Charles Shanabruchare not hired by Catholic schools and are unknown in the Catholic community. The amateurs, of course, are then perfectly free to pontificate about ethnicity in the Americain church. Men like Novak and Gambino, not without insight, surely, but lacking the research evidence of the professional scholars, fill the vacuum.

So be it, if that's the way the Catholic universities want it. But then they will forgive us if we laugh when they have solemn high conferences in the shadow of the Golden Dome to talk about the "evangelization of American Catholics," They simply. and quite literally do not know what they are talking about-and are too dumb even to know that they don't know.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Mar. 18, 1976

KNOW YOUR FAITH Hidden Riches

BY ANGELA M. SCHREIBER "I baptize thee Yvonne Marie in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit."

The moment was one of joythe joy of witnessing the entrance of my infant daughter into the Christian community. But it was coupled with acute painpain because I feared she would never develop the ability to really know anything about God. Each child whom I had borne, I considered as a special, temporary gift from the Lord. And five of my gifts were without a flaw. But this little one, lovely as she was, had what the world considers to be a major flaw -a flaw that cannot be healed -she was a mongoloid.

"How could You have not made her perfect, God?" I asked. And in the next breath, "Help me accept," followed by "I can't accept what You have done." And finally; "God, please make it not so. Make her whole.

'Faith,' You said 'could move a mountain.' I have the faith." So I took her in my arms on her christening day and resolved the problem. It would not be so.

Time passed and I finally had to admit that it was so. God had

BY not granted by request. Realizing that He had said no was REV. JOHN J. CASTELOT, S.S. appalling., It's all very well to Jesus was born into a trousay, "Everything is f.or the best bled world. He started his public even though you don't know ministry in an even more trouwhy," but believing is a differ- bled world. His people were ent thing. And the remark that chafing under the rule of pagan some well-meaning friends made: foreigners. True, they themselves "You must be especially blessed had asked the Romans to step to have a child like this.' God in and take over Judea, but they knows you can cope with it. One made their request out of desis never asked to do more than peration; they simply could not he is able," was irritating. It endure the misconduct of the was irritating because I did not Herodians. Herod the Great had want to accept God's will. been bad enough; his son, ArBut time has a way of paving cheluaus was impossible. The the way for many things. Yvonne - Roman procurators were a mixed was the most loveable of all our lot, some good, some bad, some children. And God, in His infi- unbearably oppressive. Good or nite wisdom, had not deprived bad they were a constant thorn her of response. I have, since in the side of the Jews, an everYvonne's birth, realized that it present reminder of the low 'esis indeed seldom that a child has tate to which they, the people no response at all. of God, had fallen. One dream, ,She seemed to blossom with one sometimes fantastic desire each passing week. We watched possessed them: to be rid of the other children grow more alien domination and come into considerate; we watched them their own once more. Their learn to love more deeply. And dreams, their hopes were centhe day came, I'm not sure ex- tered on the coming of the one actly when, that I realized she of whom the prophets had is perfect. I finally understood spoken, the one whom they now that God never makes a faulty called the Messiah, the "anointhuman being. Each of God's ed one."

There was no agreement on Turn to Page Thirteen when or where or how he would appear. The prophets had been far from clear on de~ails; rather, they had given so many details that it was hard, if not imposhis letter to prayer groups we 'sible, to blend them all into a reasonable composite. Some of mentioned last week.

Jesus' contemporaries stressed - On this subject of healing, one aspect of the messianic piche wrote: "The 'release of the Spirit' ture which had been sketched should not be presented to peo- in the past, others stressed anple as a 'cure-all.' In fact, for other. Most popular was the people with serious problems it idea of a brilliant descendant can be dangerous. Often profes- of the royal line of David, a sional psychiatric help would be conquering hero who would lead the forces of Israel to a crushthe best advice. ing victory over the pagans and "In some ways there are in raise Israel to the status of numsome areas - especially funda- ber one world power. mentalist ones-an exaggeration A strong minority emphasized of 'claiming healing' or 'claiming our victory.' There is danger the spiritual qualities of the of the pendulum swinging to the Messiah and of his rule. He other extreme that everyone would be kind and generoils, should be healed, which only just and merciful, completely brings guilt and hurt. Whine and sincerely devoted to Yah,God's general will is for our weh. Still others gave up trying wholeness, His will is obvious- to reconcile the apparently contradictory elements of the prophly not done perfectly on earth. ets' picture and looked for at "We need to remember that least two Messiahs, one an inJesus learned obedience through invincible warrior and king, suffering. So must we, even if the other a saintly man of God. God allows evil in our lives."

The Qumran sectaries, for in- On the subject of "Baptism stance, about whom they called in the Spirit," Fr. Chachere urges simply "the prophet." his people not to use the term.

One day a young man from With Cardinal Suenens, he notes Gallilee turned up in the audiwe do not maintain a duality of ence of a man who was creating Baptisms, one in water and one quite a stir, John the Baptist; in the Spirit. There is but one. and submitted to his Baptism.

"The term 'release of the Spir- His name was Jesus,and He it' seems more appropriate. It came from an insignificant vilwould clarify the fact that we lage called Nazareth. He has firmly believe Catholics receive spent a very uneventful youth the Spirit at Baptism and Con- there and was now in his 30th firmation. The emphasis would year. He could trace His ancesthen be on the power of the try back to the great king, Holy Spirit becoming a matter David, but the royal line had of personal conscious experi- never rallied from the fall of ence."

Jerusalem back in 587 B.C. All Turn to Page Thirteen the house of David now had to

IA Modern St. Paul Writes to His Flock "Why don't you bring yourfriend John to our prayer group -We will pray over him, lay hands upon the poor man and he will be healed. Just like that. No problem."

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FR. JOSEPH M. CHAMPLIN Just like that. No problem.

This promise of instant, easy healing came from a very sincere, enthusiastic, well intentioned charismatic priest of a southern diocese. He commented in response to my description of a pastoral incident involving an individual we called John who struggles with severe family, physical and emotional $lifficulties.

The ailing man has received medical treatment and psychiatric care with some success, but many of his troubles continue.

Suppose he does go to that prayer group and is not healed?

What then? Will he now also feel guilty, believe he lacks faith, think God is punishing him by the sickness?

That is one of the problems connected with the charismatic movement, tendencies which Fr. Richard Chachere, the Lafayette, La. Diocesan Director of Charismatic Renewal, confronted in

ATime of Great Expectations ~l;_ .-.,,

"ONE DAY a young man from Galilee turned up in the audience of a man who was creating quite a stir, John the Baptist" (From article by Father John J. Castelot). The Baptism of Jesus is shown in this 1886 woodcut by Paul Gustave Dore. (NC sketch) show for its presetige and glory the long awaited Messiah. If He was its family tree. Little did was asked point-blank, He usuthe crowds who pressed about ally managed to avoid giving a the Baptist realize that there direct answer. Even after Peter's stood in their midst the One for acknowledgement at Caesarea whose coming they yearned so Philippi, "You are the Messiah," ardently, the One who would .Jesus told him to be quiet and raise the royal house of Judah to went on immediately to predict undreamed of glory and would His passion and death. He did establish an everlasting kingdom. not deny the truth of Peter's But it was to be a kingdom of a confession, but it was going to far different sort from the one take some time for the disciples which the popular ~magination to realize just what kind of had fashioned-and so no one Messiah He was and how He too::!: much notice of Him that was going to work out His misday. sion.

It was not long, however, before He drew a great deal of attention and attracted a fair number of followers. With messianic expectations running so high, it was only natural that many should at least entertain the hope that He might be "the one who was to come." Still, prudence dictated that He make no public, overt claim to being

It is significant that Peter reacted rather violently to the prediction of the passion and death and Jesus had to reprimand him sharply. From this point on, especially in the Gospel ot' Mark.

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By Michael Newman SAN DIEGO (NC) _ Pope Paul's representative in the United States said here he is impressed by the leadership given by the U. S. bishops and by the renewal of interest in the spiritual life among the country's priests.

Archbishop John JadQt said, however, that he finds the bishops' leadership hampered by faults in the line of communications, and that organization and management are given too much emphasis.

He called the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB), "a very strong organization, helping to give strong leadership."

But, he added that the leadership of the bishops "does not CQme through everywhere because of lack of communication."

The Belgian-born apostolic delegate continued: "I do not mean only the technical aspects, but the need to be aware of the need for presence, for dialogue, to meet with the people. Some cases are very good, but this is a problem here."

Archbishop Jadot said he was also concerned about the way "the American way of life gives so much prominence to management, to organization and to money."

"Perhaps we still place too much emphasis on these," he said, "and too many people are spending too lJluch time on them.

Perhaps we place too much emphasis on management and organization, and see them as an end in themselves.

"Bishops, priests and laity involved in the work of the Church have to think about getting a good organization, but we have to make sure it is not more 'inside-looking' than 'outside-looking.' "

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Thurs. March 18, 1976

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A slide lecture on the death and resurrection of Jesus will be given at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 23, in St. Louis Church Hall, Eagle St., Fall River. The public is invited and there will be no admission charge.

Presenting the slides will be Father Antonine DeGuglielmo, a Franciscan binblical scholar who holds a doctorate in theology from the Pontifical University of St. Anthony in Rome; alectorate in scripture from the Franciscan biblical scholar who Jerusalem; and a licentiate in sacred scripture from the Pon· tifical Biblical Institute in Rome.

He is among translators and editors of the New American Bible, has taught intermittently for 18 years and served for 10 years as councilor and secretary of studies for the entire Franciscan Order. He was also secretary or vice-secretary of two worldwide gatherings of Franciscan major superiors, one in Mendellin, Colombia, in 1971, and the other at Madrid in 1973.

By Rev. John P. Foley How do we get to become members of God's family?

In one sense, all human beings "SUPPOSE AN AILING MAN does go to a prayer are members of God's family, group and is not healed? Will he now feel guilty, believe he because all human beings are children of God. Since aU of us lacks faith, think God is punishing him?" (From article by have' the same Father, we are Father Joseph M. Champlin). Hands have become symbolic all brothers and sisters - all of charismatic movement as this draWing by Floyd Sonnier members of the same human .depicts. (NC sketch courtesy of Lafayette, La. Morning Star) family.

In another sense, however, members of the human family hunger for a deeper relationship Continued from Page Twelve Father Chacherae recognized with God and with one anothe"r - On losing contact with for- he was writing at length, and by - and God has made such a relationship possible by giving to mer or non-charismatic friends: . necessity and purpose in rather "We should be very careful negative fashion. His phrases, human beings a created share in His own inner life. Since God is not to segregate ourselves from however, were not chosen lightvastly sU'1erior to human beings our non-charismatic friends and ly or "without much prayer and who are, after aU, only His crea· be highly sensitive to the work- reflection and consultation."

He concluded: "So in the tures while He is their Creator, ing of the Holy Spirit in every strength of My Lord I write to individual; discernment largely the inner life of God is really . you in great confidence that Continued from Page Twelve something beyond human co~­ consists in discerning good, not you will receive these words evil in people!" prehension or capacity. Thus, it children is unique and we each - On using Charismatic jar- with the love with which you come into the world as a perfect is only by a special gift of God - a gratuitous gift - that hu- gon: "People should be in- have always received me. You sreation. man ,beings receive a specially structed not to use phrases like are so dear to me and together Thinking about what I exwe share an eagerness for created-share in God's inner life; "the Lord told me" as that is spreading His Kingdom. May this pected my child to be like when offensive to others and implies a new type of life which enables help to bring us closer together she was born brings me to rethem to live in the company of an 'in-group' mentality and flecting upon what people ex" test blocks Paul's admonition 'to God and to appreciate. the comThat reminds me of St. Paul pected their Messiah to be like. all things.' " pany of God forever. That specFor similar reasons he feels communicating to the Christians Many though that surely He ial gift of new life is called would rule the world, that their phrases like 'Praise the Lord' at Corinth, Ephesus or Rome. grace. lives would be made easy, that Because grace is a created should be avoided in the presexistence would perhaps parallel share in God's own life and be- ence of those not involved in the the Garden of Eden. What a movement. cause Jesus Christ wac; not only shock it was when they real· Continued from Page Twelve On competing with parish man but God. the grace we reized that His was not a kingdom activities: notions in the minds of His conceive as a gift from God is truly of this world but of the next!

"Give the priest his appropri- temporaries. The title, Son of the life of Christ. "Of his fullTheir reaction was somewhat ate place as leader and spiritual Man, was mysterious, but it ness," St. Paul said, "we have like mine. My daughter was not Something Deeper counsellor and let the sacrasuited his purposes.

It had taken all received." And we receive Commenting on renewal of in- the fullness of Christ in the Eu- ments have their central place; on certain messianic connota- like I had expected her to be. terest in a spiritual life in the charist, in Holy Communion, the try communal Penance services tions since its introduction in The Messiah was not like they United States, the archbishop sacrament or outward sip,n in for healing of dissension. Try the Book of Daniel. But the expected Him to be. They were said: "I am very impressed par- which we receive the Body and not to regularly have a separate phrase itself, in its literal sense, disappointed. Like me, they reticularly by the priests. Not all BlOOd of Christ Himself "under charismatic Eucharistic celebra- suggested also authentic human- belled. It took time to accept His of them, of course, but we have the appearances of bread and tion which might take people ity, humility, lowliness, and message and longer still to unaway from their professional or served as a corrective to popular derstand it. In fact, 2,000 years so many, particularly the young- wine. later, we do not understand His parish setting." er priests who are really praying messianic ideas.

Introduction Needed On loyalty to the' Church, men, alone and together."

Throughout His public minis- message fully. We're continuing Jesus Himself has said: "Un· try He remained ultimately a to grow in our Christianity.

Sisters, the archbishop said, less you eat the flesh of the Son he urged: "A willingess to submit to mystery, even for His disciples.

It's human, of course, to build "search also for a strong spir- of Man and drink His blood, you itual life. And the laity, too, shall not have life in you." He legitimate Church authority, lo- It was only in the light of their images of things to come. It's show a great prayerfulness." also said: "He who eats My cally represented by Bishop resurrection experience and with human, too, to be disappointed the aid of the Holy Spirit that when they don't match our pre· .

Such movements as the char- flesh and drinks Mv blood abid~s Frey." they began to realize just who conceived ideas. But if we're paismatic renewal, Marriage En- in Me and I in him." _ ",,,,,.,, ,,.,,.,,.,,••-., ,.,,,,* , _ He was. By that time, of course, tient enough to watch, wait, counter, and cursillos or miniBefore we can feast at the table retreats, help the growth of the of the Lord. however, we must sential prerequisite for nourish- the real nature of His messianic a'cld try to understand, we're apt identity and mission was clear to discover hidden riches. A spiritual life, Archbishop Jadot- be introduced to it. ment with natural food. said, adding: "There is someBut Baptism is a lot more than and not open to misunderstand- couple of Sundays ago, after Just as food has no effect if thing much deeper than all the it is fed to a dead body, so the a prerequisite for the reception ing. And so the apostolic Church Mass was over, Yvonne ran.movements, which is growing." spiritual nourishment of the of the Body and Blood of Jesus had no hesitation about calling down the center aisle to the He said he considers the Body and Hlood Qf Christ in the in the Eucharist as spiritual food Him· the Christ (Messiah) and in- altar. I reached her just in time Church to be now in the "second Eucharist have no effect unless for our journey to an eternal terpret His career eventually in to hear her say, "Hello, God. I love you!" this li~ht. in the four Gospels. stage" of the post-Second Vat- they are received by one. who is home. ican Council period. spiritually alive, one who has Baptism is an initiation into . "The first period was one of received the gift of grace, the a community - the community adjustment, changes in our in- gift of God's own life, one who of all those who are not only stitutions," he said. "We had to has been born again. our brothers and sisters in the work very hard to get our new SPONSOR· Our Lord has also said: "Un- human family but are also our structures."

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This, Baptism - the sacra- table of the Lord in a commuGames • Refreshments • Food Baskets • Stuffed Animals On sensitive national issues ment or outward sign by which ity truly Christian as we satisfy such as abortion, Archbishop we are introduced to grace, to the human family's most pro·ST. JOSEPH'S CHURCH HALL said it is necessary "to have God's own life - is an essential found hunger for nourishment MAPLE STREET - ATTLEBORO communion of thought." prerequisite for reception of the which is everlasting in receiving "Fun For The Whole Family" "We are speaking of collegi- Eucharist, just as life is an es- Jesus who is the Bread of Life.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Mar. 18, 1976

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By Cecelia Belanger Ever since Watergate young people have been grabbed by a deep interest in alleged abuse and wrongdoing in government agencies, notably the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). I have had several requests to write about.this agency and the following is an objecSecrecy Needed tive report of my findings.

"The experience of every naThe CIA itself was most cotion on earth has. demonstrated operative in supplying me that emergencies may arise in with material, as were several people quite knowledgeable in this area.

The 'intelligence profession itself can be traced at least to Moses, who sent a man from each tribe to "spy out" the land of Canaan, and it has a long tradition in America. One of our earliest heroes, Nathan Hale, was an intelligence agent and George Washington was an assiduous di~ . rector and user of intelligence.

In a recent speech, William Colby, outgoing director of the CIA, said, "lnteUigence has changed in recent years. Today its reality is different from its traditional meeting. In the common understanding, intelligence is still linked with secrecy and spying. We in America have changed the scope of the word· so that it has come to mean something different from that old-fashioned perception. These changes have stemmed from characteristics peculiar to America and from the nature of our society."

His comments are illuminated by excerpts from the writings of various presidents, beginnin.~ with a message from President Polk to the House of Representatives in 1846:

which it becomes absolutely necessary for the public safety or the public good to make expenditures the very object of which would be defeated by publicity. ... 'In no nation is the application of such sums ever made public. In time of war or im'lending danger the situation of the country may make it necessary to employ individuals for the purpose of obtaining information or rendering other important ser· vices who could never ,be prevailed upon to act ,if they entertained the least apprehension that their names or their agency would in any contingency be divulged.

"So it may often become necessary to incur an expen~iture. for an object highl" useful to the countrv; . . . . But this object might be altogether defeated bv the intrigues of other powers if our Pourposes were to be made known by the exhibition of the original papers and vouchers to the accounting officers of the Treasury."

The most dramatic change in today's meaning of the word "intelligence" stems from the technological genius of Americans.

We have applied to intelligence Turn to Page Fifteen

S'et 'Godspell'

At Stang High The Gateway Players of Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth, will present the rock musical "GodspeU" tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday at 7:30 p.m. in the school auditorium, with tickets available at the door.

"Godspell," an adaptation of the Gospel of St. Matthew to contemporary feelings, is described by its author, JohnMichael Tebelak, as "free form theatrical work. I would like to revitalize people's interest in religion. I want to bring more celebration into religion."

Directed by Gerald Morrissey and John Martin, the Stang cast has been in rehearsal since midJanuary to present a musical with the message that "man's clouded sun shall brightly rise and songs be' heard instead of sighs."

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FEET FEAT: After 12 hours of basketball, the feet of Ann Covery (left) and Lisa Charbeneau deserve a soaking.

The eighth graders from St. Mary's School, Mt. Clemens, Mieh. played in a marathon basketball game to raise $800 for Korean deaf-mute child. The score: 858 to 846.

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By Rita Jasinski School Correspondent St. Anthony High, New Bedford "Weather changes hour by hour, minute by minute," remarks Michael Cejka, St. Anthony's private weatherman.

Presently a junior, Mike has been interested in meteorology since his grammar school days.

In 1971 he began recording daily weather observations and recently bought himself a five foot high radio typing unit, which keeps him constantly sup-

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~Classmates plied with weather observations and bulletins. Also among his wea.ther predicting tools are a hygrometer, barometer, anemometer, thermometer and wind vane, as well as several reference books.

Mike. is generous in sharing his meteorological talents with St. Anthony students and faculty, pos:~ing a weather report on his homeroom bulletin board daily and maintaining an excellent average of accuracy in his predictions.

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Life In Music

By The Dameans BREAKING UP IS HARD TQ DO You tell me that you're leaving, I can't believe it's true Girl, there's just no living without you..

Don't take your love away from me Don't you leave my heart in misery 'Cause if you go, then rll be blue Breaking up is hard to do.

Remember when And you kissed me Think of aU that Breaking up

you held me tight all through the night we've been through is hard to do.

They say that breaking up is hard to do And I know, I know that it's true.

Don't say-that this is the end Instead of breaking up, I wish that we were makisg up again.

I beg of you, don't say good-by Can't we give our love just one more try .

Come on baby, let's start anew Breaking up is hard to do Breaking up is so, so hard to do.

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Written by: Sedaka, Greenfield Performed by: Neil Sedaka

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"Breaking Up Is Hard to Do," currently a Billboard top 100 number, is a re-recording of an old song by the same artist, Neil Sedaka. But this version is much more sensitive and sincere. In many ways, this tells us that life runs in cycles, with the pendulum swinging back and forth. Are we returning to the "good old days"? Is popularity of "oldies" an indication that old days are returning, not only in music but in other areas of life?

We saw a great deal of change in the 1960s. Many external expressions and structures were torn down. In fact, the climate during that decade was so unnerving that one book described the period as that of "Future Shock." The author, Alvin Toffler, stated that "to survive ... the individual must become infinitely more adaptah::e and capable than ever before." Precisely this type of statement made us aware that many of our securities were being swept away and the fright of the hurricans force of the changes rocked many to the very root of existence. We were challenged to rethink concepts and attempt new modes of expression.

But things are settling a bit. People have found new perspecHves, become more comfortable with change, and more insightful about analyzing the situation. Today a number of things are being revived - songs, religion, religious practices, education theories, and certain family life practices. Does this say that we are actually returning to the "good old days"?

That is impossible; events leave an indelible mark. If practices externally look the same, the intemal feelings must give a different "soul" to it. Christ told us that we cannot put new wines in old wine skins, or else the skins will burst. This same advice holds true today. Again" the song "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" 'looks the same in terms of the words, but it has renewed life and a different "souI."

In his spare time, Mike writes a weather column for "CB Whaler." a communications magazine, and he is secretary of the Southeastern Massachusetts Skywatch Assn., a group of about 30 observers who record weather conditions at 7 p.m. daily.

He's also an associate member of the American Meteorological Society and the Smithsonian Society.

His comment on the field in which he hopes to make his career: "Meteorology is a captivating subject for anyone interested in the sciences," Didn't Help Despite Mike's influence, however, it proved to be a misty, grey and wet morning that junior English students chose for a recent bus trip to Salem. But the weather wasn't inappropriate, since investigation of Salem's famous witch haunts was the order of the day.

First on the agenda was inspection of the House of Seven Gables, immortalized by Nathaniel Hawthorne. An interesting feature of the house, which was owned by Hawthorne's cousin, a shipmaster, is that -its doors are constructed ship-style so that they close automatically.

Also drawing attention was a winding trap staircase leading to a bedroom and entered through a closet at the back of a chimney, revealed by pressing a sprin~ 'in the fireplace.

It is thought the staircase might have been used' to hide suspected witches or, more probably, the shipmaster's treasures.

Following lunch, the St. Anthony students visited the Pickman House, oldest in Salem. It was obvious from looking at it, that people from long ago were much shorter than our present generation.

Visits to the Witch Museum with its wax figures and to the Peabody Museum concluded the day.

SCHOOLBOY SPORTS IN THE DIOCESE

By PETER J. BARTEK Norton High Coach

Schoolboys Commence Drills For Active Spring Campaign Baseball players, trackmen, golfers and tennis players all have reported for practice. The busiest of the schoolboy sports seasons is officially underway. If the New England weather cooperates everything will run smoothly while the athletes train vigorously for the season open- uled for April 6, in all three divisions. ers slated for early April.

The circuit has aligned schools A farewell blast by Winter into divisions strictly according will cause athletic directors to have nightmares.

Every moment of available gymnasium time will be aIlocated to the individual teams as they all try to get a jump on the season. Each coach will barter for more time, substantiating why it is necessary. Chaos will reign until each team is able to move outside and remain there.

In the multi-team Southeastern Massachusetts Conference, tennis will be the first sport to commence league competition.

Opening day matches are sched-

to geographical boundaries for tennis. In Division I (Cape) Barnstable is at Bourne, Falmouth at Wareham and Old Rochester Regional of Mattapoisett at DennisYarmouth for the curtain raisers.

Fairhaven is idle.

Schools located in the New Bedford-FaIl River areas will compete for the Division II crown. In first round action Bishop Connolly High is at Bishop Stang in Dartmouth, Durfee travels from Fall River to meet New Bedford and Dartmouth hosts Holy Family High.

New Bedford Vocational draws a bye.

Track Season Begins With Falmouth Relays Division III is comprised of schools in the Taunton and Attleboro areas. Opening day Case High of Swansea is at Norton, Taunton hosts Attleboro and Dighton - Rehoboth entertains Msgr. Coyle-Bishop Cassidy of Tau?ton. Somerset opens on Apnl 8 at Attleboro.

The coaches in the remaining three Spring sports will have, at least, an additional week of preparation before opening their seasons.

In track, where the schools are aligned competitively, Division I begins its dual meet sea· son on April 12. Most schools, however, will compete in the Falmouth Relays slated for the third of April. The Division II campaign commences on April 19, and Division III gets underway on April 26. .Each le~gue sancti?ned meets w1ll cons1st of 7 f1eld events

and 9 running events. In all meets the field events will be staged simultaneously and will be completed before the running events start.

The 7 field events include the shot put, discus, high jump, long jump, pole vault, triple jump and javelin. The 9' mandatory running events in order of events are the two mile run 120 low hurdles, 100 yard dash: 880 yard dash, 440 yard dash, 120 high hurdles, 220 yard dash, 1 mile run and 880 yard relay.

The 180 yard low hurdles are optional and will only be con. tested by mutual agreement of the coaches.

While most area basebaIl teams will open their season in approximately two weeks, all games played before April 19, will be non-league contests. AIl three divisions open the loop campaign on the 19th.

Football Back in Conference Spotlight The non-league games are important and do count in the final season record, but coaches are aIlowed the luxury of experimenting during those contests.

Unlike basketball, the overaIl won-loss record of a team is not a criteria for qualification in the post season state championship playoffs. Only league titIists and runner-ups qualify.

Division IV will open the golf season on April 12 with a com· plete schedule of matches. Division III starts on the 15th, I and II on the 26th.

Although the footbaIl season is six months away, the grid sport is back in the Conference limelight. As is usual, at this time of the year, the reason for the discussion regarding football centers around realignment of

schools for the 1976 campaign. .

A few months .back, 1t was thought that the 1ssue was r~­ solve~ w~en the Conf~rence s athletic d1rectors. subm1tted a proposal for reahgnment. Howev~r, tha.t recommendation was rejected 10 some quarters and a ~ovement to ne~ate the adoption of that ahgnment com· menced.

Recently a new proposal has been submitted that reportedly will garner the support necessary for passage. Under the new version Fairhaven moves from Division II to I and Somerset drops from the large school bracket into II, while Case High of Swansea moves from III to II and Dennis-Yarmouth falls back into the scmaIl school division.

Attleboro Sets Scouter Day

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The Catholic Scouting Committee for the Attleboro-Taunton area will sponsor a Scouter Development Program open to all adults involved in Cub and Boy SCout activities in the Annawon Scout Council. To take place Saturday, March 27 at St. Joseph SChool, Attleboro, the program will begin at 1 p.m. and conclude with a Mass at 6:30 p.m., followed by a banquet.

Scouter Development, say organizers, "aims to form in Scout· ers a truly Christ-ian approach and motivation to their apostolic work. It will help those involved to dedicate themselves to the task of developing their personal leadership and sanctification and thereby enhance their sacramental life and service to the people of God." Reg,istration for the program closes Thursday, March 19. Further information is available from Rev. Normand Boulet, St. Joseph Rectory Attleboro, Mass., telephone 226-0197.

focus on youth Continued from Page Fourteen the talents of our inventors, of our engineers, and of our sCoientists.

In the past we had to deduce from circumstantial evidence how many missiles the Soviets had; today we see and count them. We used to wonder what new missiies the Soviets might be developing; today we follow their tests and determine their range, size and effectiveness.

A memo from President Roose· velt to Strategic Services Director William J. Donovan, written one week before Roosevelt's death in 1945, authorizes Donovan to plan for a post-war intelligence service, and in his memoirs Harry Truman wrote: "I consid· ered it very important to this country to have a sound, weIlorganized ,intelligence system, 'both in the present and in the future. Properly developed, such a service would require new con· cepts as well as hetter-trained and more competent personnel . . . it was imperative that we refrain from rushing into some· thing that would produce harmful and unnecessary rivalries among the' various intelligence agencies. I told Smith (then Director of the Bureau of the Budget) that one thing was certain - this country wanted no Gestapo under any guise of for any reason.

(This study of the CIA will be continued next week.)

THEY'RE TOPS: Cheerleaders at St. Francis Xavier School, Acushnet, are diocesan CYO junior division champs, will continue in spring to New England regional contest.

Front, left to right, Karin Goulart, Sandy Durocher; Standing, Margaret O'Toole, head cheerleader, Lisa Moniz, Ann Duggan, Kathy Hudon; Second row, Karen Govoni, assisant head, Karen Makuch, Charlene Govoni, Lori Girard; Top, Lisa Bergeron, Laurie Vieira. Placing second for juniors was St. Mary's New Bedford; third, St. Joseph, New Bedford. In high school competition, Bishop Connolly, Fall River, was first; St. Anthony's, New Bedford, second; Bishop Gerrard, Fall River, third. Contests were held at Kennedy Center, New Bedford.

Bishop To Present Medals To Adult Youth Leaders The 17th annual presentation of medals to qualified adults active in Boy Scout, Girl Scout and Camp Fire Girl programs will take place at a Mass a 7:30 p.m. Friday April 2 at St. Joseph Church, Attleboro.

Bishop Daniel A. Cronin will be principal concelebrant and present the awards. The Bicentennial Mass will be sung and patriotic church decorations will be arranged by members of the parish Boy Scout troop. Music will be by the senior choir, directed by Miss JoAnn Valente.

Chaplains' aides of the Annawon Council and Boy Scout

members of St. Joseph's Knights of the Altar will serve the Bishop, while other Scouts will be ushers for the service.

A buffet in the parish hall will follow the ceremony.

Irish Consul Sean McDonald, vice consulgeneral of Ireland, will be guest of honor at the annual St. Patrick's dinner dance of the Coyle and Cassidy High School Monogram Club, to be held Saturday night, March 20. The event will benefit the athletic program of the Taunton school.

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The Parish Parade ST. JOSEPH, ATTLEBORO Knights of the Altar will sponsor a flea market and bargain table from 4 to 9 p.m. tomorrow night in the parish hall and will also make路 preparations for a penny sale and raffle planned for 8 p.m. Saturday, March 20.

Cub Scouts will hold a pack meeting at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 21 in the parish hall.

Junior Corps members will attend a Boston Celtics game tomorrow night, leaving Attleboro at 6 p.m.

ST. BERNARD, ASSONET The Women's Guild will conduct a public whist party 'Wednesday night, March 31 at the parish hall. on South \ Main Street. Refreshments will be served and prizes will include a food basket and plants. Door prizes will also be awarded.

ST. MARY, NORTON The annual pancake and sausage breakfast of the Catholic Women's Club will be served from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, March 21 at the parish center.

ST. CASIMIR, NEW BEDFORD St. Casimir Circle will sponsor a whist party at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 27 at the parish hall, 2056 Acushnet Ave.

Knights of Columbus To Hold Irish Night

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Fall River Councpl 86 of the Knights of Columbus will hold an Irish Night Saturday, March 27 at the Council Home, 1492 Columbus Dr., Fall River. A corned beef and cabbage dinner will be served at 7 p.m., followed by dancing until midnight. In charge of arrangements are William Whalen and John Trainor.

Tickets are available from Bill Nunn, ticket chairman, telephone 676-9819 or from any council member.

Also on the March agenda at the Council Home are a meeting of the Bishop Stang Assembly at 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 17 and a social meeting of Council 86 at 8 p.m. Monday, March 22 at which time a Mass for Vocations will be celebrated.

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ST. STANISLAUS, FALL RIVER The Women's Guild will hold a buffet supper and family fashion show Sunday, March 21 in the school hall. The supper will be served at 5 p.m., followed at 6:30 p.m. by the style show, featuring modes for every member of the family.

Chairperson is Mrs. Robert Polak, aided by Mrs. Robert Astle, with Mrs. Everett Simcock in charge of tickets and Mrs. Scott Sokoll decorations chairman. Door prizes will be awarded. Tickets are available from any committee member.

SSe PETER AND PAUL, FALL RIVER The Home and School Organization will hold a corned beef and cabbage dinner dance from 7:30p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Saturday, March 27. Tickets are obtainable from Joyce Dalton, telephone 679-5376 or Louis Farias, 6728935.

U.5. Bishops

BISHOP'S NIGHT: Bishop Cronin is honored at annual Bishop's Night of Fall River Catholic Woman's Club, at which organization went on record as supporting St. Anne's Hospital application for cert~ficatE! of need to expand, modernize patient facilities. From left, Rev. William F. O'Connell, club moderator; Miss Loretta Fillion, president; Bishop Cronin, Miss Claire O'Toole, vice-president. .

THE R,ED CROSS IS PEOPLE GI'VING THEIR TIME TO HELP OTHERS ,

Continued from Pa~e Thirteen aspects of national problems," he said. "Weare all novices at collegiality and ought to try to work together. We may not always agree, but we have to work together."

On the question of the tenure of bishops in dioceses, he said that Pope Paul "does not like to transfer a bishop from one diocese to another if it can be avoided." He also said there is no trend to making dioceses smaller.

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