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Most Reverend Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River, called upon campaign workers of the 1975 Fall River Diocesan Charities A"'peal for a cooperative effort of the vast numbers of appeal workers who, "fired with a desire to help us, will enthusiastically labor to make the results of this year of the Appeal the best ever." Bishop Cronin said: "Once again we assemble for what is affectionately known as the "kick-off" of the annual Catholic Charities Appeal. Representa-

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Education Parley Set for May 1, 2 On Thursday, May 1 and Friday, May 2 the annual Catholic Education Convention will be held at Bishop Feehan High School in Attleboro. Most Reverend Daniel A. Cronin, Bishop of Fall River, will be the chief celebrant of the opening Mass at 9:30 a.m. The Theme of the convention is Justice, Peace and Reconciliation. Dr. Eleanor McMahon, Dean of Educational Studies at Rhode

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Island College i!> the keynote speaker on Thursday. Dr. McMahon will discuss Religious Education and Moral Development. Bicentennial observance will be in the limelight when Sister Ann Nelson of Salve Regina College outlines some specific and practical bicentennial programs which could be implemented at all levels. Si!>ter Ma'rianne Postiglione, a Fall River native and a faculty member of Salve Regina College, will give the highlights of her TV program, Marianne's Greenhouse, which has been featured on WJAR Channel 10 during the past year. Father William Campbell of Holy Name Parish, Sister Felicita of St. Stanislaus School, and Father Francis McManus of Bishop Connolly High School will address group!> of educators on various topics. ISister Marie Andre Guay, Principal of St. Xavier's Academy, Providence will describe how this school moved from a traditional center to a model of independent study. The handicapped, adult educaTurn to Page Three

Special Gifts April 21 - May 3

serve as Master of Ceremonies. He will be assisted by the Rev. Edmund J. Fitzgerald, Rev. John F. Moore and Rev. Barry W. Wall. The parish choir, the folk group and a brass ensemble will provide the musical program for the liturgy. Gift bearers will be: Mrs. Eva

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nearly $25,000 had to be spent to remedy the situation for the September opening of school. "We had, by way of further example, anticipated the expenditure of the sum of $60,000 to maintain our Catholic Welfare Bureau Offices in the principal cities of the Diocese. "Midway through the .fi!">Cal year - and I am partially to 'blame'- for this, because during last year I initiated a reorganiz'ation of our Diocesan Department of Social Services to provide even better and more effective 'outreach' to needy persons -it became apparent that costs were outrunnning budgets, and we are now operating at an expenditure of $72,000 per year, hoping to hold the line at that figure, but frankly anticipating at least modest additional expense in maintaining our programs and improving them." The Bishop then went on to plead: "Consequently, this year, we look forward to the goal which up to now ha!> eluded us, namely one million dollars! I .Turn to Page Two

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Diocesan Women Special Gills Convene May 3 May 4- 14

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Phase The first phase-Special Gifts -of the annual Catholic Charities Appeal of the diocese of Fall River, now in its thirtyfourth year of service to the community, begins Moniday, April 21. 850 volunteer special gift solicitors will make over 4,225 calls on profes!>ional, fraternal, business and industrial organizations throughout the southeastern area of Massachusetts. The solicitors have received special invitations from the Mo!>t Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River. They have responded 'affirmatively of their wi'llingness to serve. Rev. Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, diocesan director of the Turn to Page Ten

New SSe Peter and Paul On Sunday, April 27, 1975, the Most Reverend Daniel A. Cronin, D.D., Bishop of Fall River, will officiate at the Dedication Ceremonies of the new SS. Peter and Paul Church and Parish Cen· ter in Fall River. The Mass and dedication ceremonies will begin at four o'clock in the afternoon. Bishop Cronin will be assisted by the Rev. Francis M. Coady, Pastor of SS. Peter and Paul Parish and the Rev. Ronald A. To!>ti, Associate ·Pastor. Many priests of the Diocese are expected to join the Prelate in the Concelebration of the Eucharist. HomiUst will be Bishop Cronin. Mr. John C. Ozug, a seminari· an from the parish will be a lector as will be Mrs. Alice Marum. The Reverend John Oliveira will

tives of the faithful laity, together with their priests, come together to manifest by their presence the solidarity of more than 17,000 workers who will labor in these coming weeks in our 113 parishes to solicit offerings of the faithful of the Diocese and the contributions of friends in the various communi· ties to our Catholic Charities AppeaL" There were more than 900 people at the meeting, held Tuesday night at Bishop Connolly High School in Fall River. "The Diocese and its Bishop confronted during this past year many of the difficultie!> which you have all faced," Bishop Cronin explained. "Thanks to the marvelous generosity of res. idents of the Diocese a year ago, I was able to respond to such demands. "Let me iIIu!>trate: in the Educational Apostolate, we budgeted the customary expenditures, exceeding $150,000 for expenses foreseen. Then news came of a grave structural condition in Bishop Gerrard High School, and

Lawlor, Mrs. Jeanette Forgette, Mr. Robert Latinville, Mrs. Margaret Hyland, Sr. Anne Marie McTague, RSM, Mr. David Forgette, Mr. and Mrs. George Bradbury, Miss Susan Kilroy and Mr. John Tansey. Ushers for the celebration include Mr. Albert Durand, Mr. Thomas Slater, Mr. Vincent Feijo, Mr. Robert Frederick and Mr. Fred Dolan. Following the blessing of the Church itself, the procession will go to the second floor for the simple blessing of the school and then to the hasement for the blessing of the parish hall. Following the dedication ceremonies, a banquet will be held at the Coachmen Restaurant in TuI'p to Page Ten

Fall River Diocesan President, Mrs. Richard Paulson announced that the Fall River Diocesan Convention of the National Council of Catholic Women will have -Rev. Richard H. Sullivan, C.S.C. as their guest speaker on Saturday, May 3, at the Taunton Catholic Middle School, 61 Summer Street, Taunton. Rev. Sullivan is a native of Indianapolis, Indiana and was ordained at Notre Dame, Indi· ana in 1938, a priest in the Congregation of Holy Cross. He has studied philosophy at the Gregorian University in Rome, Theology at Holy Cross College in Washington, D.C., and received a Doctorate in Philoso')hy at Laval University in Quebec, Canada. Father Sullivan was formerly assigned as a faculty member of Philosophy at Notre Dame University from 1939 to 1942. Master of Novices at HolyCross Novitiate, North Dartmouth, from 1942 to 1949, member of the faculty of Philosophy at Stone-

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hill· College from 1951 to 1958 and President of Stonehill College from 1958 to 1964. Rev. Sullivan was then made provincial of the Eastern Province of the Holy Cross Fathers Retreat House in North Easton. Father Sullivan will have an interesting and enlightening message for the women attending the convention in conjunction Turn to'"'Page Three

Dioceses Rejoice In New England Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River, and Most Rev. James J. Gerrard, D.D., Auxiliary Bishop, will bring t;.he greetings of all dioceses as they participate in anniversary celebrations in the Archdiocese of Boston and the Diocese of Worcester this weekend. On Saturday afternoon, the Diocese of Worcester will celebrate the 25th Anniversary of its Founding. John Cardinal Wright, the first Bishop of Worcester and presently the Prefect of the Vatican Congregation for the Clergy will be present. Bishop Cronin and Bishop Gerrard will concelebrate the Silver Anniversary Mass. On Sunday afternoon, Humberto Cardinal Medeiros, t"e Archbishop of Boston, will be host for the celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the dedication of the Cathedral of Holy Cross in Boston, and of the Raising of Boston to the Eccleiastical Status of Archdiocese. Here Cardinal Wright will give the homily. Bi.shop Cronin will concelebrate in the Cathedral where he was ordained a bishop by Richard Cardinal Cushing in September 1968. Bishop Gerrard will also concelebrate.

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THE ANCHOHThurs., April 17, 1975

Fall River Native Marks Jubilee

Rev~ Lionel A. Bourque, chaplain at Cardinal Cushing Hospital, Brockton, and a native of Fall River, marked his silver jubilee of ordination yesterday. Because be is recovering from surgery a formal celebration of the event has been postponed until fall. The son of Mrs. Regina (Teasdale) Bourque of 183 Lowell St.. Fall River, and the late Arthur R. Bourque, Father Bourque was horn Dec. 17, 1923. He attended Notre Dame elementary school and Prevost High School, then entered LaSalette Minor Seminary, Enfield, N.H., graduating from the Minor Seminary of Amos, Quebec and completing theological studies at St. Augustine's Major Seminary, Toronto. The jubilarian was ordained in 1950 in St. Felix de Valois Church, Cornwall, Ont., and celebrated his first solemn Mass at Notre Dame Church, Fall River, on April 23 of that year. His deacon and subdeacon were Rev. Donald E. Belanger, now pastor of St. Stepben's Church, Attleboro, and Rev. Joseph Martineau, now pastor of St. Michael's ChW"ch, Ocean Grove, both cousins. Father Bourque served in the Province of Ontario for 19 years as a high school teacher, curate and pastor, eventually resigning from the pastorate of St. James parish, Maxville, Onto due to ill health. While in' that parish his mother served as his housekeeper. Since 1969 Father Bourque has served as chaplain of Cardinal Cushing Hospital. He was appointed to his post by the late Cardinal Cushing of Boston with the approval of his Ordinary, the Bishop of Alexandria, Ontario.

DIOCESAN DELEGATES AT BISHOP'S MEETING: Left to right, Msgr. Patrick O'Neill, Diocesan Director of Education; Mr. John J. Finni, Principal of Holy Family High School, New Bedford; Sister Cora Marie, CCD Coordinator in Hyannis; Miss Manuella Carvalho, Sophomore at S.M.V. - C.C.D. Teacher; Sister Theresa Sparrow, Coordinator for Religious Education; Miss Denise Robistow, St. Mary-Sacred Heart - Religion and English Teacher; Rev. Michael Methot, Association Director for Adult Education; Bishop Cronin; Rev. John J. Oliveira, Chancery Office; Miss Patricia Leduc, Holy Family-Holy Name, Religion and Math teacher; Sister Barbara McCarthy, O.P., Coordinator for Schools; Rev. Raymond Robillard, Assistant Pastor, St. Jacques, Taunton; Rev. Peter Graziano, Diocesan Director of Social Services Apostolate.

Bishop Cronin Pleads for One Million Continued from Page 01lE' cherish the thought that this Holy Year of 1975 may be the very year that we will receive one million in our appeal. "I earnestly request the pr·iests and the faithful in our parishes to engage enthusiastically in making the appeal this year an overwhelming success. Ninety per cent of the appeal (unds come from offerings realized in the parish. "If every parish could set its goal at ten per cent above last year's results, we would raise the one million dollars that we seek." (Last year the Catholic Charities Appeal realized the sum of $953,000.)

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From St. Pius X Miss Joanne Quirk. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Quirk of St. Pius X parish, South Yarmouth, has been received as a novice of the Missionary Servants of the Most Blessed Trinity. The ceremony was held at the community's motherhouse in Philadelphia.

Rev. Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, Diocesan Director of the Appeal, master of ceremonies for the evening, called upon the 'Most Rev. James J. Gerrard, auxiliary bishop of the diocese and vicar general, for the opening prayer. Msgr. Gomes explained the theme, techniques and mechanics of the Appeal. Rev. Armando A. Annunziato, director of St. Vincent's Home, Fall River, gave a splendid resume of the work at the Home, one of the many beneficiaries of the Appeal.

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Edwar4 F. Kennedy, this year's diocesan lay chairman from Taunton, asked his fellow workers to work harder this year, being the 1975 Holy Year. "The theme of renewal and reconciliation of the Holy Year," Kennedy said, "should be at the heart of what we are doing in

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this Appeal. Our Holy Father has told us that we need to re-establish a genuine, vital and happy relationship with God, to be reeonciled with God in humility and love. What better way' is there to acquire this theme than by supporting the Catholic Charities Appeal?" Kennedy called upon the laity and priests to support Bishop Cronin in his endeavors for the good of the Diocese. Bishop Feehan High School Band provided musical selections prior to the meeting and also during and after the meeting. Rev. Msgr. Luiz G. Mendonca, vicar general of the diocese. offered the closing prayer. A coffee hour in the high school cafeteria for the 900 persons attendgin the meeting closed one of the best "kick-off" meetings in the thirty-four years of the Appeal which started in 1942.

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cial strain with which many are burdened, our faithful will give generously to the Catholic Charities Appeal of 1975. The need is great if we are to meet the demands that will be made upon the diocese by those who require assistance. We want to be able to meet those needs, to carryon our programs in spite of increased costs and to improve our existing apostolates and to encourage new endeavors where possible." The Bishop's words were received with great enthusiasm by the large gathering from all sections of the Diocese.

Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin presided and gave the final commendation at the conclusion of the concelebrated Mass of Christian Burial offered on Tuesday morning in St. Mary's Church, Taunton for the late Dr. Charles E. Hoye, the father of Rev. Daniel F. Hoye of the School of Canon Law, Catholic University, Washington. Father Hoye was the principal concelebrant. Numerous members of the clergy from within the Diocese and outsid~ concelebrated. Most Rev. James J. Gerrard was seated in the sanctuary. Dr. Hoye, the husband of Virginia Cleary Hoye, died on Saturday. 'In addition to Father Hoye, he is survived by seven sons and one daughter. They are: Dr. Charles E., Thomas C. Stephen R., and James P. of Taunton, Dr. William J. of Mattapoisett, Dr. David of Sutton,Robert P. of Arlington, Va. and Sara Ann Hoye of Taunton. Also surviving are 10 grandchildren and several nieces an:! nephews. Interment took place in St. Francis Cemetery, Taunton.

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THE ANCHORThurs., April 17, 1975

Catholic Women

The Provincial Study Week for Spring 1975 dealing with "Ministry to the Sick, the Elderly and the Dying," is taking place this week, April 14-18, at the Pastoral Institute, Boston. Sponsored by the Bishops of the Boston Province, including all Dioceses in Massachusetts and Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, the Study Week brings to~ gether six priests from each Diocese to study and reflect upon a major pastoral, theological and spiritual concern. The faculty for the Study Week includes noted members of hospital and university staffs. Among the speakers is Dr. Peter Beis!-~:~, a professor at Stonehill Colle!:e, and a visiting professor at the University of San Francisco; Dr. Robert Kastenbaum, a distinguished author and professor at the University of Massachusetts; and Rev. Charles Gusmer, professor of Sacramental Theology at Darlington, New Jersey.

Also included on the program will be a panel addressing the practical questions of State and Federal programs for the elderly and some suggested programs for parishes. The delegates from the Diocese of Fall River at the Provincial Study Week are Rev. Marc H. Bergeron of St. Joseph Church, New Bedford; Rev. Robert C. Donovan of St. John the Evangelist, Attleboro; Rev. George Dube, M.S. of Our Lady of the Cape, Brewster; Rev. Leonard M. Mullaney, Immaculate Conception Church, Taunton; Rev. Raymond A. Robillard, St. Jacques, Taunton and Rev. Ralph D. Tetrault, Sacred Heart, Fall River.

PRINCIPALS AT BISHOP'S CONVOCATION: Most Rev. Christopher Weldon, Bishop of Springfield; His Eminence, Humberto Cardinal Medeiros, Archbishop of Boston; Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, Bishop of Fall River; Msgr. Wilfred Paradis, National Director of the Catechetical Directory.

Convocation Discusses Catechetica'i Directory Each year for some years now, the Bishops of New England have met with clergy, religious, and laity from each Diocese in New England. This has come to be called the Spring Convocation. This year the Convocation was held at Mont Marie Holyoke. As the motherhouse of the Sisters of Saint Joseph, the new complex provides ample facilities and accommodations for the more than 250 delegates and special groups represented. An important event for the Church in New England, the an-

Conventi~n Continued from Paae One .tion programs and value education will be explored by outstanding speakers. Mark IV of' La Salette Center will provide a FHm Festival during both days of the Convention. Exhibits Over 100 companies with textbooks, visual aids and educational devices will exhibit in the gymnasium and student art work

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will be displayed in the cafeteria and lobby areas. A record crowd is expected as teachers from the Diocese of Providence have been invited 'to attend. This year a special Pot Pourri for Elementary Schools will be held as six schools display materials and have teachers on hand to answer inquiries on some of the projects that their students' have found exciting and interesting.

nual meeting provides the setting for interaction between all members of the Church with one another, providing input to the Bishops of New England for their assistance in preparing for the annual Bishops' Conference in Washington. This year the Convocation concentrated on the first draft of the National Catechetical Directory. Each delegate had received a copy of the draft. Our own Diocesan delegation had a preliminary meeting of all the delegates, during which each had an opportunity to prepare for the Convocation by studying and evaluating the document and adding their own reflections and observation.. The 12 delegates representing the Fall River Diocese were led by Bishop Cro,nin., The first evening was devoted to a general introduction to the convocation and a report by Msgr. Wilfred Paradis, the National Director for the Directory. He discussed the status of the document and the task expected of each delegate. ,Participants were then assigned to groups for individual dialogue and study. Each group consisted of about twelve delegates, with one appointed leader and one secretary. Bishop Cronin and other members of the New England hierarchy participated in discussion groups for the entire weekend, listening to comments 'and offering observations.

Msgr. Patrick O'Neill served as a leader for his discussion group. These groups provided a variety of opinions and reflections since each group was structured to include a Bishop, a person from administration in Religious Education, teachers of religion both in Catholic Schools and Parish Religion Programs.

Continued from Page One with the convention theme "Reconciliation and Renewal." Bishop Cronin Mrs. Paulson of Taunton further announced that his Excellency, Bishop Daniel F. Cronin, will be the principal concelebrant of the 4 o'clock Mass concluding the convention. Msgr. Gerald Chabot, N.C.C.W. diocesan moderator, will assist with several other priests. Mrs. Aristides Andrade asked that women planning to attend the convention contact their parish guild president as soon as possible due to the limited number of luncheon tickets available. Deadline for tickets is Saturday, April 26. Guild presidents are also urged to send the names of the delegates and alternates to Mrs. Elmer Paull, 11 Collins Street, New Bedford, Mass. 02740. A coffee hour at 9:00 a.m. will precede the official opening of the convention at 10 o'clock. The luncheon will be served at 12:30 p.m. and the afternoon session will begin at 2 o'clock.

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There were clergy, religious, laity, and parents in each group, each bringing to the discussion nuances from their own experience and prayerful reflection. The large group present was quickly formed into a community especially through the liturgical and para-liturgical ceremonies celebrated together. On Saturday evening Vespers was celebrated in the. 路Byzantine tradition. Father Raymond Robillard was our prayer leader on Sunday morning and Sister Theresa Sparrow was a reader at one of the liturgies. The highlight of the prayer experience was the Liturgy of the Mass. On Saturday, Bishop Weldon, the Bishop of Springfield, was the main concelebrant with 24 bishops and over 40 priests. The occasion served as a special celebration of Bishop Weldon's 25th anniversary of Episcopal Consecration. The closing Mass on Sunday was celebrated by the Bishops and priests in attendance with Humberto Cardinal Medeiros as principal concelebrant and homilist.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Apr. 17,1975

Senate Votes Ten Meetings

As the Appeal Opens At the beginning of every Catholic Charities Appeal, there are two elements that must be kept in mind: the purpose of the drive, a basic reaching out of person to person in the name of Christ; and the willingness to take each step of the appeal and work it through so that the charity involved might be as widespread as possible. There is really no magic involved in this significant work of charity; it is a matter of many volunteers receiving good leadership and motivated to do something in the name of Christ and for the benefit of those who look to this appeal for their support. All the good will and noble purpose are thus translated into a careful census of business and professional and parish contacts, many volunteer workers so that too few do not bear too heavy a burden, and the inspiration and leadership that provide the ongoing thrust to make available the opportunity of charity to as many people as possible for the benefit of as many people as possible. Once again, the appeal will take place against a frightening economic background. But experience proves that when the cause is worthy and the preliminary work is done and the motive is the one' of the charity of Christ, then people will open their hearts and do what they can in a financial way. And that is all that is required.

The April meeting of the Senate of Priests of the Diocese of Fall River was held on Friday, April 11, at the Catholic Memorial Home. The meeting was opened with a prayer by Rev. George W. Coleman and the good report of Rev. Cornelius J. O'Neill, Vice-President路 of the Senate, that Rev. Walter A. Sullivan, President of the Senate, was doing very well following recent hospitalization. Rev. John J. Murphy, Chairman of the Constitution Committee, petitioned that further proceedings of the meeting be suspended so as to allow sufficient time to discuss changes in the Senate Constitution. A letter was ,received from His Excellency, Most Reverened Daniel A. Cronin, Bishop of Fall River, relative to these changes. Following some discussion for clarification the Senate voted to accept the changes as proposed by the Committee, in particular, to hold elections for office in November instead of August, al路 lowing for the seating of new senators in January, following tbe calendar rather than scholastic year.

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Bicentennial Beginning Tomorrow the nation in general and Massachusetts in particular observe the anniversary of the famed Paul Revere ride of two hundred years ago and, in effect, inaugurate the country's bicentennial observances. The next year and more will see many events taking place of a commemorative and historical nature. Perhaps the greatest service that people with religious convictions can do the nation is to stress the spiritual values upon which the nation was deliberately and consciously founded. Of recent years there has been such a stress upon freedom that the impression has been fostered of a freedom from the basic principles of the nation's founding. Any appeal to moral values and spiritual principles has been met with the cry that these must not be forced upon those who do 'not subscribe to them. The effect has been t9 force an atmosphere of irreligion upon everyone arid to give the advantage to the athiest, the unbeliever, the one believing in nothing. The fact is that the founding fathers of this nation established the country upon belief in God and certain God-given rights. Their appeal was not to humanism, not to reason alone, but to God. They certainly intended to give God a place of pre-eminence in the national consciousness and caused both the declaration of revolution from Great Britain and the building up of a new nation to be rooted in the concept of God and the rights of men given by God and the working together of men in a common purpose and according to the laws of God. This nation is a nation of pluralism, of men and women of varied and differing religious persuasions and of no religious beliefs. But to water down or to eliminate the spiritual basis of its founding, to make Americans of religious beliefs second-class citizens in favor of those of no beliefs, to pretend that God and His law have no place in the nation's life-all this is to ignore the historical facts and to overlook the spiritual beginnings of the United States of America.

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Pope Paul Officiates Stresses Value of Christian Marriage At Unprecedented Ceremony VATICAN CITY (NC)-Pope Paul V;I officiated at the marriage of 13 couples at St. Peter's Basilica in a special Holy Year ceremony accenting the value of Christian marriage. Pope Paul, who flashed a broad smile throughout the unprecedented ceremony April 13, told the couples: "Christ accompanies you on the road of life ... To .you, to all young couples and to. all Christian families, to all those who with a love elevated and transformed by the virtue of the sacrament are the presence and the symbol in the world of the reciprocal love of Christ and the 'Church, we say tod'ay: Do not fear. Christ is with you."

ciprocal abandonment of one to another for all your life: near you to support you in the midst of the contradictions, tests, and crises which are certainly always part of the human reality but which are surely not unconquerable, not fatal, not destructive of the love which is 'strong as death,' love which lasts and survives with its overwhelming ability to recreate itself every day, intact and .immaculate." The couples, many of whom wore traditional regional Italian costumes, were chosen from many applicants. The Vatican explained that fewer non-Italians were represented because of the expense of having family and friends come to Rome for the ceremony.

As the couples -10 Italian, two Maltese and one Irish-sat behind kneelers, near the Tomb of St. Peter, the Pope said that the nearness of Christ to them would "transform your love, enMembers of Fall River Carrich its already great and noble . avan No. 122 of the International worth of His even more marvelOrder of the Alhambra will atous grace. tend their annual Communion "Christ it near you to make Mass at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, strong, stable and indissoluble April 19 at St. Louis de France the tie that unites you in the re- Church, Swansea. Immediately afterwards, dinner will be served Alt the parish hall, after which Villagers Restore the Hi Liters will play for Bamboo Organ dancing. LAS PINAS (NC)-ParishioThe main purpose of the Alners in this FHipino fishing vil- hambra organization is the aslage collected $50,000 through sistance of retarded children by raffles and benefit shows to re- providing scholarships for those pair the church organ built of working in the field of mental bamboo pipes by their ancestors retardation, or training as spe157 years ago. cial education teachers A total Organist Anastacio Cristobal, of 10 scholarships have already 24, said the organ has been re- been -awarded in this area for paired by the Kleis Organ Co. in 1974 and 1975 and assistance West Germany and is on its way has also been provided to Nazback to the church, also restored areth Hall, St. Vincent's Home by the villagers for the occasion. and St. Vincent's Day Camp. Chairman for the communion Much of the initiative came from the pastor, Belgian Father supper is Normand Turcotte. He Mark Lesage. The organ was in announces that tickets will be poor condition after hurricanes, available at the door, or may be obtained from any member. earth tr~mors and termites.

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Extra Meeting It was also moved to add an extra regular monthly meeting to the Senate calendar. The Senate passed unanimously to meet for 10 months of the year instead of nine. The minutes of the March meeting were 'then accepted and correspondence was read relative to NFPC, Cathedral Camp, Gallo Wine, the Bicentennial and Due Process. Following the Treasurer's report which indicated an appreciable increase in individual NFPC dues, Rev. Marcel H. Bouchard, the Senate's delegate to the NFPC National House of Delegates meeting last month, made his report. Working at tbe meeting in the area of Youth Ministry, as selected hy a vote of the Fall River senate, Father Bouchard concluded that working papers that were presented and discussed were concrete and practical. The dialogue was, he felt, valuable and productive.

Bicentennial Rev. Peter N. Graziano, Director of the Department of Social Services and Special Apostolates, reported on the development of plans for Diocesan participation in the Bicentennial. He also reported on Diocesan concern for the adoption of Vietnamese orphans and the intricacies of this international effort. A statistical report on geographical representation at Cathedral Camp was prepared by Rev. Leonard M. Mullaney and presented by Rev. Thomas L. Rita. In the absence of Father Mullaney, Director of the Diocesan camp, discussion centered on the merits of a resiQential summer camp and the consultative process involved in its being terminated. The meeting adjourned at 1:50 p.m. with a prayer by Rev. Edward Correia. The next meeting will be held at tile Memorial Home on Friday, May 9, 1975, at 11 a.m.

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5 Name Coordinators for Bicentennial Butler said that a major part of the "Liberty and Justice for All" program calls - for discussion of the bicentennial themes in Catholic parishes next faU and winter. In addition, "hearings" are being held in various parts of the country in 1975. Ideas and recommendations from parish consultations and the "hearings" will be fed into a national conference on "liberty and Justice for AU," to be held in Detroit Oct. 20-23, 1976. The conference will seek to de· velop a five-year program of social action for the Catholic Church in the United States.

WASHtINGTON (NC) - More than 120 Catholic dioceses throughout the country have named coordinators for activities related to the U. S. bicentennial, according to .Dr. Francis J. Butler, executive director of the secretariat of the National Con· ference of Catholic Bishops' Committee for the Bicentennial.

The diocesan coordinators, I3utler said, will direct local planning for diocesan bicentennial activities and coordinate diocesan participation in the U. S. bishops' bicentennial program, "Liberty and Justice for All."

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Grey Nuns Will Mark 91 Years of Service To Aged of Sacred Heart Home Two Sisters of Charity of Quebec who have given a total of 110 years of service to their community, 91 of those years at Sacred Heart Home in New Bedford, will be honored Saturday,

Union for Sick Invites New M'embership For 25 years Mrs. Joseph Teixeira of New Bedford has been a member of the Catholic Union of the Sick in America and notes that the organization "was a great help spiritually at the time I was recuperating from a prolonged illness." Now she wishes to share knowledge of this nationwide organization with oth· ers who may be invalids. Rev. Joseph Lamontagne, administrative leader of the Catholic Union, notes that it has 1,200 members, divided into correspondence groups of eight. "It was organized," he says, "to give the physically handicapped an opportunity to realize that their sufferings can be spiritually meritorious. Illness, frustration, loneliness and other trials can he transformed into merits for heaven by a filial acceptance of God's holy will. Family Spirit "In a short period of time a real family spirit arises as each member pens a message about events, spiritual thoughts and conditions of one's life. This group letter circulates once a month, with three days given for the reading of the messages. and the writing of one's own. "As many members have said in tbe past: 'The Catholic Union has changed my life for the better.' It can change yours also, in bringing you into a family-like group and in gradually bringing about an inner feeling of peace and comfort." Further information on the Catholic Union is available from , Miss Anna Marie Sopko, 176 W. 8th St., Bayonne, N.J. 07002.

May 3 at a banquet and concelebrated Mass at the Home. They are Sister Benedicta, the former Evelyn Coady, who will mark her golden jubilee, and Sister Claire O'Brien, a diamond jubilarian. Tbeir festive day will begin at 1 p.m. with a banquet, followed at 4 p.m. by Mass, attended by family members, clergy, friends, fellow religious and representatives of the Knights of Columbus. Music will be provided by the Sacred Heart Church choir, directed by Joseph Scammons with Mrs. Martha Jenkins as organist and Mrs. Elda Poitras as soloist. Sister Beatrice Duchesne, Home administrator, will be lector for the Mass and Gerard E. Gagnon will be master of ceremonies for the banquet. Sister Evelyn Sister Evelyn, one of 10 children of Michael and Elizabeth (McElmeel) Coady, was born in the Prince Edward Islands in 1898. After graduating from nursing school in 1923 she entered the novitiate of the Sisters of Charity, remaining at the community's motherhouse until 1926. The Grey Nun then served at Rimouski Hospital in Quebec until 1929, then was assigned to several other hospitals in the province. In 1934 she was transferred to the United States as a pharmacist at Sacred Heart Home and later returned to nursing.

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Among family members are two sisters, Marguerine Martin and Mrs. Melvin Clarkin of Watertown, and two brothers, Michael Coady of Calgary, Alberta and William Coady of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Sister Claire The daughter of John and Bridget (Angers) O'Brien, Sister Claire was one of 12 children. She was born in 1895 in Maple Grove, Quebec and attended school in St. Ferdinand, entering religious life in 1913. After two years in her community's novitiate, the religious served at missions in the Province of Quebec for 10 years. In 1925 she came to Sacred Heart Home, where she has s'ince remained with the exception of temporary assignments at children's homes in LoweU and FaU River. Sister Claire has one surviving sister, Miss Emma O'Brien of Black Lake, Quebec.

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W orki,ng Mom's Dictio1na,ry Of Va,catio,n Terms Practically all the mothers on my block also have part-time jobs. Several of us got together the other day with the travel and leisure section of the Sunday paper. Here is our translation of the glowing terms that are sprinkled throughout the vaa step-ladder you can reach the cation ads. top of the pile of laundry to be Travel The car-pool to folded. work. Nature trails One of these Breath-taking View Your house when you haven't been able to keep up with the cleaning for a few weeks.

Iy MARY CARSON Explore untouched caverns Clean a kid's oIoset. Excitement Empty your son's jeans' pockets. Sun-filled days If you can get around to washing the windows, it's out there.. It just takes a bit of imagination jf you are cleaning them at midnight. ~ Quiet Seclusion Try getting your shower at 4:00 a.m. MayJ:>e no one will be knocking ,on the door then. Budget-minded Your pay check. Leisure - wear recommended That's aH you had anyway. Hospitality Coffee~breaks at the office. Wide-variety menu There are 37 ways you can fix peanut butter sandwiches. Rest - relax - sleep like a baby You'll do that after you get home from work, exhausted. You m,ilY find you cry a lot in the middle of the night, too. Gourmet Buffet Put paprika on the tuna, and parsley on the hamburger. Tuna, Hamburger ... Tranquility The doctor may have to prescribe it. Activity-filled days And nights and days and nights, and days ... Shuffleboard Which bills are you going to pay this month? Ping-Pong Tuna tonight, hamburger tomorrow night, tuna the next,' hamburger after that ... Basketball Two points every time the dirty sox hit the hamper. Horseback Riding Try piggybacking a toddler up to bed. Scuba diving Don't forget your snorkel when you empty the gym bag. Antique-hunter's Par a dis e Checked under your kids' beds lately? Mountain climbing Maybe with

Bishop's Ordination NASHVILLE (NC)-Archbishop Jean Jadot, apostolic delegate in the United States, will preside at ceremonies here May 20 when Msgr. James D. Niedergeses will be ordained a bishop and installed as the ninth bishop of Nashville. Archbishop Thomas J. McDonough of Louisville, Ky., will be the principal consecrator. He will be assisted by retiring Bishop Joseph A. Dur.Jck of Nashville and by Bishop Francis R. Shea of Evansville, Ind.

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Vietnam Effort Had Value MONTCLAIR (NC) - A former hero-chaplain said here that he did not think the American effort in South Vietnam had been wasted even though much of the territory defended by U.S. troops has now fallen to the communists. At the same time, Father Kenneth Herbster, ,who won the Silver Star for bravery in 1968, said that he is certain that the United States "should not go back there." Now a campus chaplain at Montclair State College, Father Herbster added that "in terms of a moral commitment, we should move the people who wish to be moved." Father Herbster, interviewed by The Advocate, newspaper of the Newark archdiocese, said he personally did not think "I wasted the time and energy I spent in Vietnam." But he also noted that "I didn't die there. I am not the parent of a man who died there." He also said that "we learned a lesson from our Vietnam involvement: this is not the way to do something." Many of the veterans he comes in conta'ct with at Montclair share his views, he said. "They say we got out and we should stay out. We did what we could. A few say we ought to go back and hit them again. But most have had a belly full." Father Herbster won the Silver Star for his actions during an amphibious operation near Hue in December, 1967, when he exposed himself to heavy tire with disregard for his own safety to help the wounded during a six-hour period.

BISHOP PRESIDES AT VOW CEREMONIES: Bishop Cronin presides at the Solemn Profession and Veiling ceremony of Sr. Maria Bernarda of the Holy Spirit, kneeling, in the presence of Mother Superio~ Maria of Jesus Christ, OCD, center, rear, in the Carmelite Monastery, So. Dartmouth. Bishop Cronin was also principal concelebrant of the Mass and homilist.

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By Joseph and Marilyn Roderick If you haven't started your seeds yet, now is as good a time as any. The problem with starting plants from seed is not so much getting them to germinate, which is fairly simple, but in keeping them healthy after they begin to grow. First, sew your seed in damp peat moss which has One title could be "How to keep temper in the express been shredded, or spagnum your check-out line when the custommoss or a mixture of potting er in front of you has 20 items

soil and vermiculite, or an)' other combination that will remain friable and, reasonably damp without having to be saturated every day. 'f.he point is that whatever soil mixture you use should be loose enough so that the seedUngs will have an opportunity to pentrate the soil and take root. It should retain moisture well enough so that it does not remain sopping wet and yet does not need watering repeat路 edly. Many seeds need bottom heat to help them germinate. For this purpose I use a heating cable but any source of reasonable bottom heat will do, such as the top of an oil furnace. Seeds do not need light so in the germinating process there is little need to concern yourself with this. Thinning Needed Once germinated, seeds should be thinned so that the little seedrings that remain have a reasonable chance to spread their root systems. Leave plenty of room between seedlings. Once they sprout they should be given slightly less water (but do not let them dry out) and be placed in a sunny location where they can begin to grow. In my case I place them under lights where they make very quick progress. When seedlings develop four leaves they ,are ready for transplanting. From here on, most people have difficulty for a number of reasons: the novelty has worn off, the plants seem to be on their way, and the transplanting process is done incorre::tly. When transplanting, be sure the container used is of sufficient depth to allow the plant to develop a good roo1 system before it is planted outside. Three inch peat pots are excellent for this purpose and any good deep flat at least three inches deep. Choose your soil mixture carefully (I use a mixture of one part peat, one part garden soil and one part sand which I dampen slightly before I transplant the seedlings). After transplanting be sure the little plants are given sufficient light and water to survive. In The Kitchen Someone should write a book, or a doctoral dissertation, on ways to act in a supermarket.

Plan to Consecrate Uganda Martyr's Shrine VATICAN CITY (NC)-Pope Paul VI has named Cardinal Sergio Pignedoli, president of the Vatican's Secretariat for NonChristians, as his special envoy to ceremonies consecrating the shrine of the Ugandlln Martyrs on June 3 at Manugongo, Uganda. During his 1969 visit to Uganda, Pope Paul personally consecrated the shrine's attar. The shrine was erected in memory of the 22 Ugandan martyrs whom he had canonized ip. 1004.

instead of the nine specified on the sign." I suppose 10 cans of peas could be counted as one if you're not fussy, or in a rush as most people who head for thiS line are. Another topic could be a short list of "don'ts" when faced with 20 minutes in a check-out line, and then a sudden disapearance of baggers. The don'ts could include such neat' advice as "Don't cry" (never show weakness) and "Don't lose your cool" (the thought of leaving your order there and departing, may cross your mind but remember your family, unfortunately, will expect you home with food). No, I suppose those books will never be written but it's a thought. We could use one o'n supermarket courtesy, ways to make it Jess of an ordeal and more of a pleasure and even perhaps one on how to do your shopping without visiting one at all. While I'm sure none will take up the challenge to expound further on this subject, perhaps someone could write about the vanishing breed-the neighborhood grocer-where the individual touch was always present. This recipe for Spumoni Cake is a favorite for showers, birthdays or other special events where a very spectacular dessert is called for. It was sent in by one of my mother's friend, Mrs. Beatrice Rebello of 51. Louis' Women's Guild, Fall River. Spumoni Cake Yz pound butter or margarine 2 cups sugar 4 cups unsifted flour Yz cup chopped walnuts 2 Yz teaspoons almond extract 1 jar (8 oz.) cherries drained and chopped 2 teaspoons vanilla 4 eggs 4 teaspoons baking powder 1 (13 oz.) can evaporated mil\< 2to 4 drops green food coloring 2 to 4 drops red food coloring 2 oz. unsweetened chocolate, melted. 1) Cream together the butter or margarine and sugar until fluffy. 2) Add the eggs and vanilla and cream again. 3) Add the flour and baking powder alternately with the evaporated milk to the creamed mixture and beat until well mixed. 4) Divide the mixture into three bowls. To bowl one add the walnuts, green coloring and almond extract. To bowl two add the cherries' and red coloring and to bowl three add the melted, cool chocolate. 5) Layer the batters into a well-greased. tube or Bundt pan -first green, second red, third chocolate. 6) Bake in a 350' oven for 60 to 75 minutes or until cake tests done,'

NUNS' DAY OF RECOLLECTION: Among the members of religious orders attending Saturday's Day of Recollection at Sacred Hearts Academy, Fairhaven, were: Sr. Emma Guenette, SSJ, Sr. Marlene Lewis, SUSC and Sr. Rosellen Gallogly, RSM, secretary, vicepresident and president, respectively, of the Sisters' Senate.

Priests, Bishops Discuss Caflechetical Directory 'SEATTLE (NC) - About 100 bishops, priests, Religious and laypersons from the Northwest met here April 4-6 to discuss the National Catechetical Directory (NCD), and recommended several major revisions be made in it. The group came from 11 dioceses in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washingtonthe area that makes up Region

XII of the 12 geographical regions into which the National Conference of Catholic Bishops NCCB is divided. The priests, Religious and laypersons were there at the request of the bishops to help them discuss the NeD, which is now in its first draft stage and awaiting the results of a national consultation.

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SSe Peter and Paul to Dedicate New Church and Parish Center

Fall River-Thurs. Apr. "17, 1975

. NAVE OF NEW SSe PETER AND PAUL CHURCH REV. FRANCIS M. COADY Pastor

REV. RONALD A. TOSTI Associate Pastor

The following is a description' of the new Church facility taken from the history of the Dedication Book: The exterior of the building was resurfaced and finally the red-brick east wall was stucBISHOP CRONIN'S coed. A lovely ,courtyard was added to the f.ront of the school comes in, one feels an atmosbuilding in order to set it apart phere of quiet and peacefulness. as a sacred place and to reem- The carpeting adds not merely a phasize the Spanish lines of the practical floor covering but a entire building. It is a place of sense of serenity. The pews in gathering before and after serdark oak seat 600 people as they vices. The statue of the Blessed come to worship their God toMother that the people presented gether. The confessional area to Father O'Brien on his fortieth has incorporated the latest Htue, anniversary as a priest is located gical regulations and one of the in this quiet place. Opposite the confessionals has an adjoining statue, the famuus bell that nevReconciliation Room to enable er was placed in the old church .penitants to have more personal has been erected and its long contact with their ,confessor in silent ring will announce events a spirit of penitence and reconin the church. The bell has been ciliation. Following the latest in the cellar of the rectory for regUlations imposed by the State many, many years. Its history is of Massachusetts, the church is nebulous but the story goes that entirely equipped for handiit came from Spain by way of capped persons. Secluded but acthe missions in California >lnd is cessible are bathroom facilities of solid bronze. It was intended in the church that will accomofor the bell tower that was never date wheel chairs. Safety railbuilt in the old chUl'Ch. So, we ings are in evidence throughout I-,路ave a clear-cut tie with the past the building. From a technkal as we look to the future. point of view, the building is The interior of the church is equipped with air conditioning, done in shades of blue and gold direct fire alarm system with with touches of red. As one

American to be canonized. At the entrance of the Church two windows commemorate the time of this renovation. On the left is a dear porttrait of His Holiness Pope Paul VI during whose Pontificate the project was undertaken and completed. On the right is a window depicting the Coat of Arms of Bishop Cronin and the Diocese of Fall River. Finally, in the shrine area is a glorious window portraying Christ in Triumph and thus as one leaves the Church, one can look to the future, to the glori. ous goal which gives purpose and meaning to all of our undertakings. (21) The stations -of the cross, interspersed among the windows are silhouettes cast in gilded bronze and each have colored enamel inserts bringing all who see them against the white textured walls to a deeper awareness of the mystery of our Redemption. Sanctuary The Sanctuary area is spadous and beautifUlly appointed. The large table altar is of solid oak and embellished with red inserts. The Blessed Sacrament altar is of matching design and Turn to Page Ten

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DEDICATION CHAIRMEN OF COMMITTEES: Seated, left to right: Mrs. Mary Janick, Dedication Book; Rev. Ronald A. Tosti, Associate Pastor and Rev. Francis M. Coady, Pastor and general chairmen; Mrs. Margaret Hyland, co-chairperson of the Dedication banquet. Standing, left to

COAT OF ARMS sprinklers and heat sensors as well as burglar alarms. Shrine Area The shrine area of the Church, near its entrance, is greatly enhanced by a wooden grill of Spanish design. The background for both the statue of-the Virgin and St. Joseph which are the only remnants from the fire, i., done in flocked ruby covering and the ceiling in gold. The stained glass windows throughout the Church bring out in leaded glass the entire History of Salvation. Beginning in the rear of the Sanctuary area, the windows begin with Creation and carry us through the Old Testament until one reaches the Sanctuary area with the portrayal of the Annunciation and then the central mysteries of the Faith. In the nave, the windows bring us through the glorious history of the church through images of Saints even to St. Elizabeth Seton, the first native

right: Mrs. Patricia Bell, Alumnae; Mr. William Tansey, Historical Coordinator; Mr. Edward Tyrrell, parish trustee and co-chairman of the banquet; Mr. William Hyland, Parish trustee and co-chairman of the banquet; Mr. Fred Dolan, publicity; Mrs. Thomas Slater, chairman of parish contacts.

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Continued from Page One Tiverton. After a welcome by Father Coady, Bishop Cronin' will give the invocation. Mrs. Rita Provost will lead the Star Spangled Banner and Mr. Edward Tyrrell will propoSe the toast. Father Tosti will serve as Master of Ceremonies for the event and the Rev. Msgr. Thomas J. Harrington, Chancellor of the Diocese will give the Benediction. Dancing will follow the banquet.

Longford1s Life of Christ Brings Jesus Into Focus Lord Longford's "Jesus: A Life of Christ" (Doubleday, 245 Park Ave., New York, N.Y. 10017.184 pages. Illustrated. $5.95) comes as something of a novelty. Until a few years ago, retellings of the life of Christ appeared rather frequently. Some were scholarly, others were in popular style. • in the wilderness, and links this with Peter's remonstrance when Some were so lengthy as to Jesus tells of His imminent sufrequire publication in two fering and death. Peter, by the volumes, others were brief. Why did this type of book become a rarity? Did writers or readers lose interest in the sub-

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ject? Did people deci~e to go directly to the New Testament instead of loking to accounts based on it? There was, one recalls, an argument to the effect that a biography of Jesus -was, strictly speaking, impossible, because much about Him lay beyond the biographer's reach. In any case, the genre lapsed. Now Lord Longford has revived it. At first 'glance, his book may seem a neglible effort He has no claim to special competence in the field. And much of the work consists of either quotation or paraphrase of the Gospels. He offers relatively few fresh insights. Yet the book has value. It is simple, and it is fluent. Many a person knows only isolated Gospel episodes, with no overview. There are also' those who go through the Gospels consecutively, without ever piecing all their contents together. Concise .Summary Moreover, one who is much more familiar with the material can still find himself caught up in this narrative and beginning to marvel anew at the beauty and force of a life surpassing all others. Lord Longford begins with a concise summary of the sacred history ,recorded in the Old Testament. This, if only the barest of sketches, has the virtue of clarity. The scene is set for Jesus' coming; the Herods are sorted out; scribes, Pharisees, and Saducees are identified; the divisions of the Holy Land are defined. There is quite a bit of homely, practical information. Thus, the distance which Mary and Joseph had to travel in their journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem is established as 75 miles, and the distance of the famous trip from Jerusalem to Jericho is established as 33 miles. Lord Longford is a CathoHc. His strong faith IS everywhere evident. Draws Ohe to Him He has his own thoughtful, legitimate, and appealing interpretation of Jesus' temptations

way, is given a character analysis which is plausible, and several others of the Apostles get the same (Thomas is said to be pessimistic rather than skeptical). . Lord Longford makes the point that Jesus introduced "values of a different order ...the only values that would mean something to the Father in heaven." He ~t "a standard higher than any previously held out to us, capable of endless study and deeper comprehension, and, ,in its underlying principles, binding forever." , It is said that much Christian teaching today fails because it does not bring Jesus into focus and keep Him there. It is found not to be centered in Him personally. A reading of Lord Longford's book can do much to correct such a faHure in emphasis and proportioning. It concentrates on Jesus as He was and is and draws one to Him, rather than to a set of abstract propositions and rules. Enter Miss Read It is curious to pass from the Longford book to the latest novel of the Englishwoman who writes under the pseudonym of "Miss Read." It is called "Father Afield" (Houghton Mifflin, 2 Park St., Boston, Mass. 02107. 224 pages. Hlustrated. $6.95). Readers of previous books by this author will be familiar with the village of Fairacre, where the narrator teaches school. It is small and quiet, in a beautiful rural setting. There are several minor characters deserving attention. The seasonal changes in the village are fondly observed, as are the Cretan scene 'and antiquities. And scattered through the book are perceptive comments of the kind which "Miss Read" always deftly dispenses. As usual, this author gives us a literate fiction which is pleasant but no! frivolous.

Cardinal Defends Health, Education SAN JUAN (NC)-Cardinal Luis Aponte of San Juan told a Good Friday raHy in front of the capitol here that the government budget cuts must not endanger education and health services. He repeated his warning in a 'letter to Gov. Rafael Hernandez Colon after budget officials said the 1975-1976 expenditures have to be cut by $144 million in order to avoid inflationary deficits., "We must be concerned parl1:iculal"ly about the education and health care of the young," Cardinal Aponte said. He joined other groups in asking Gov. Hernandez to maintain the statesponsored educational television and radio services.,

HONOR EDUCATION: Sister Mary Sylvia Rice, RSM, retiring principal of Bishop Gerrard High School, Fall River, acknowledges tribute of 250 persons attending appreciation dinner held in her honot. At right is Bishop James J. Gerrard, also among speakers. -

New Church and Center Continued from Page Nine is the pedestal for the beautiful gilded bronze Tabernacle that has a clear red enamel Cross on its face. The imposing Sanctuary lamp brings out again the bronze effect of the appointments. The lecturn is balanced with the baptismal font and along with the presiding chairs and the sanctuary kneelers and chairs the overall atmosphere is one of quiet elegance. Wood-carved plaques depicting the symbols of SS. Peter and Paul add a further dimension of beauty to the sanctuary area. The background of the presidential chair is done in gold and black, thereby blending with the gold carpet of the sanctuary area that is enhanced greatly by the wooden grille that separates the choir area of the sanctuary. To the right of the sanctuary is the choir room that houses comfortably a large group of people and the beautiful computerized organ that is a source of pride to the parish. To the rear of the sanctuary are the rooms that are used as the sacristy area, one for priests and one for the altar boys. Closets are dispersed throughout the church thereby giving ample space for the storage of all of the necessary items for proper worship. Coat of Arms As one leaves the nave of the Church, the beautifully carved Coat of Arms of the Most Reverend Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of the Diocese, is prominent to the exiting worshipper. A personal gift of the Bishop to the people of SS. Peter and Paul, it will always remain as a sign of his love and devotion to the flock he shepherds. Educational Center Although the Church is the central part of the building and its main purpose, it is by no means the only part of it. The entire second floor is its education center. There are eight classrooms, each individually appointed with all of the latest and finest of equipment for educational needs in our times. Soft carpeting is throughout the building and the movable furniture allows for innovative ,and creative learning experiences. As one enters the school, the brightly colored lockers and carpet-

ing meet the eye with pleasure. The principal's office to the right is balanced with the teachers' lounge to the left. The aU-pur,pose office follows and the softness of decor throughout lends itself to quiet purpose. Each of the rooms is equipped with individual sinks and bubblers and the classrooms have movable dividers thus enabling the building to have multiple use with either four large rooms or eight smaller ones. The lavatory facilities are more than adequate and most colorful. Storage areas are ample and convenient. Th,e third floor room is the now large and pleasant library for the school and religious education program. Each of the rooms is enhanced greatly by a cross with a figure of the Resurrected Christ done in sliver on bla'ck 'as well as with a Florentine framed reproduction of the Ma-' donna of the Streets, both reminders of the purpose of the educational center. Parish Hall Going to the basement room, one is delightfUlly surprised to find a most spacious parish hall. Done in tones of orange and yellow with white background, the room is pleasant as well as functional. The floor is carpeted except for the spacious parquet dance floor which has a small stage area to its right. The Basement Hall has convenient bathroom facilities as well as a coat r,oom and large kitchen. Adjacent to the latter is an all purpose room that serves for smaller meetings and functions. The ample boiler room and storage rooms -bring out even further the unique use of space that could never have been duplicated if a new structure had been attempted. All in all, it is 'a beautiful building that reflects an even more beautiful- faith and spirit of a good people. It is not an attempt to recapture past grandeur but rather to present the accomplishment of this generation to generations to come.

Shadow The only shadow that the Cross casts over history is one of shelter and asylum. ......Amos. Wilder

For this special event, a Dedication Book has been prepared. It includes the Memorial listings as well as many photographs of, the parish organizations, events past and present. The main thrust of the book is a historical reflection of the parish from its beginnings in 1882 to the present written by Father Tosti.

SpeciaI ~ifts Continued from Page One Appeal, said that "In behalf of the many people in need receiving help from the many services and institutions of the Appeal, I earnestly urge the professional, fraternal, business, and industrial groups to continue their generosity in an increased measure this year. The needs are greater this year. Hence, the response to these needs by those who are able to give becomes greater. These services are given to aU peoples, regardless of race, color and creed, throughout the southeastern area of Massachusetts." Edward F. Kennedy of Taunton, this' year's diocesan lay chairman, said today: "Our five area 'lay directors and I thank our special gift solicitors for their willingness to launch this year's Appeal. We ask that all contacts be made now. The best guarantee of success in 1975 rests with the increased giving in the special gift phase. Parishes will receive full credit for all donations made by these groups which belong to parishes. Therefore, there is no better way for a parish to go "over the top" than for special gift solicitors to make their returns directly to their area headquarters. Proper parish credit will be recorded."

All five area headquarters in Fall River, New Bedford, Taunton, Attleboro and the Cape will be open to record returns from special gift solicitors. This phase of the Appeal closes officially on May 3.

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OUR LADY OF THE CAPE, BREWSTER The Women's GuHd will sponsor a "peachy time" card party on Tuesday, April 29, at 1 p.m. in the church hall. Dessert and coffee will be served, with table and door prizes given. Reservations must be made by Saturday, April 26, with Mrs. Wagda, telephone 385-3913 or Mrs. Grenier, 896-3685. ST. STANISLAUS, FALL RIVER Solemn investiture ceremonies for the Acolyte Guild will take place at 11:15 a.m. Mass Sunday, April 20. The Men's Club Patriots' Day dance and buffet will take place Sunday, April 20 in the school hall, with the meal served from 6:30 to 8 p.m. and dancing to the music of the Pawtucket HiHatters following until midnight. The parish will sponsor a bicentennial performance of Polish folk dancers at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 27 in the auditorium of Bishop Connolly High School. A final planning meeting for this event will take place Monday, April 21 in the church hall. Mrs. Helena Boyko is chairman, aided hy Miss Jean Drzal, co-chairman. A flea market is planned for Sunday, May 25 in the schoolyard in preparation for the annual parish festival. OUR LADY OF PURGATORY, NEW BEDFORD Parishioners and friends will hold the 21 st St. Maron Social at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 19 at Kennedy Center on County Street. Lebanese and American foods and pastry will be available and music will be by Fowzi Assaf and the Phoenicians. Tickets wHi be available at the door and the public is invited. ST. JOSEPH, ATTLEBORO Cub Pack 37 will sponsor a ham, bean and macaroni supper from 5 to 8 P.M. Saturday, April 19 in the parish hall. Proceeds will benefit pack activities, and tickets are available at the rectory. ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL, FALL RIVER The parish activities committee will sponsor a dinner dance at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 26 at the school hall, with music by the Nite Club Entertainers. Roger Vezina is general chairman. Tickets are avaHable from members of his commilttee or at the rectory. The public is invited. ST. PATRICK, FALMOUTH All parishioners are invited to attend a special program sponsored by the Women's Gui;J Monday night, April 21. Rev. William Petrie, SS.CC. will speak on the work of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, to which he has dedicated his life. Mrs. Harris Auerbach is hospitality chairman for the evening.

OUR LADY OF ANGELS, FALL RIVER IParishioners wishing to aid in planning the Espirito Santo feast are asked to meet at the church hall at 7 p.m., Sunday, April 20. The Council of Catholic Women will sponsor a mother-daughter communion breakfast Sunday, May 4. A cake sale is scheduled for the weekend of May 17 and 18. Holy Rosary Sodalists will attend 8 a.m. Mass Sunday, May 25. A breakfast meeting will follow. SANTO CHRISTO, FALL RIVER The Santo Christo feast fund win benefit from a penny sale to be sponsored at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 20 in the church hall hy the Council of Catholic Women. Mrs. Helen Oliveira, council president, is chairman. ST. ROCH, FALL RIVER The Council of Catholic Women will sponsor a tour of Newport .mansions on Sunday, May 18. Members and their guests are asked to make reservations with Joan Snyder, president, or Laura Francoeur, secretary. _ The next regular council meeting will take place at 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 5 in the parish convent. ST. WILLIAM, FALL RIVER New Women's Guild offjccr~ are Mrs. Raymond Gagnon, presdent; Mrs. Louis Castanza, vicepresident; Miss Irene Boodry, secretary; Mrs. Michael Biszko, treasurer. They will be installed at Oak Manor Monday night, June. Members will attend a communion breakfast following 8 a.m. Mass Sunday, May 4. . Chairmen for the event, to be held in the parish all-purpose room, are Mrs. Mary Williams and Mrs. Genevieve Granito. The annual parish Guildola is slated for 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 23. Gifts and returns may be brought to the rectory. SACRED HEART, FALL RIVER Rev. Andre Patenaude of La Salette Shrine, Attleboro, will speak at a communion supper to be held in the school hall by the Women's Guild following 6:30 p.m. Mass Monday, May 5. All women of the parish and their .friends are invited and tickets are available from ail guild members. Co-chairmen for the affair are Ms. Madeline McDermott and Ms. Mary Jenkins. HOLY NAME, FALL RIVER Sister Theresa Sparrow, RSM, coordinator for Religious Education in the Diocese of Fall River will address the Project Leisure Group at 2 o'clock on Thursday afternoon in the school hall. The topic of the address will be "The Growth of the Child Through Penance and the Eucharist." A social hour will follow.

Cardinal Recalls Start of Diocese WORCESTER (NC)-Qn what he called "frankly a love letter" to readers of the Catholic Free Press, the Worcester diocesan weekly, Cardinal John Wright recalled the "tearful moment" when he arrived in Worcester after being named the new diocese's first bishop 25 years ago. 0"1 especially remember," he wrote, "the 'Wright to Worcester' photo that appeared in the paper the day the diocese was announced. It was one of those steamrollered faces I frequently leave on a news film so that all my chins get full treatment and the face achieves a one-dimensional blandness that only a mother would 'look at twice-and then reluctantly/'

Cardinal Wright is now prefect of the Vatican Congregation for the Clergy. His letter appeared in a special supplement to the Catholic Free Press marking the 25th anniversary of the Worcester diocese. The cardinal recalled other things of that day of his arrival: -The anonymous gift to his automobile of a bell and fire

Contrition There is no moral awakening, no humility without a deep contrition, and thus it is likewise impossible to aspire to this awakening by means of sinning. -Von Hilderbrand

siren "(usuaHy used by the C.Y.O. kids, I'm afraid), but permitted by a now dead (R.I.P.) public official so I could get all over the place in no time for anything and everything;" The mahogany coat-of-arms in place over the door of the cathedral "as soon as that gentlest of woodcarvers, our Protestant neighbor, Gregory Wiggin, finished it for Jimmy Knowles so St. ,Paul's would .be a 'full and proper cathedral;' " -"The crowds of children, always and every place ... the children, the children" "What a place and mood in which to start a diocese. Breathes there the man with soul so dead ...?"

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Radicalism's Scapegoats Include 'Battered' Irish Remember the good old days when the men would talk in the living room and the women in the kitchen? Then we become middle class and there was CFM and the men and women talked together in the same room. Now that we've entered the feminist era, the women are in the man, he), in a recent brilliant study of the response of the living room (though we don't Archdiocese of Chicago to immicall it that any more) and gration, concludes that, while the men are in the kitchen. That, dear friends, is what we call progress. I realize, of course, that the

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the protests of the other groups were understandable, by and large, the Irish leadership of the Archdiocese did not seek to oppress the newcomers. On the contrary, he argues, the political skills with which the leadership responded to pressures from the new groups, the older groups, and the hostile American society were extraordinary. The surprising phenomenon is not that there were complaints but that the enterprise held together at all.

Fr. Flannery Abets Israel's Rights WASHINGTON (NC)-"Israel is to the Jews what Jesus is to the Christians," a top official told a. select in.terfaith group at Adas Israel Synagogue here. The official, Father Edward Flannery, executive director of the Secretariat for Catholic路 Jewish Relations of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB),called on Christians to "stand firm ... for the right of Israel to exist within secure boundaries." Today the attitude of Christians toward the state of Israel is the "litmus test" of anti-Semitism, he said. The gathering in the synagogue in Washington was sponsored by a Washington-area interfaith organization, the Metropolitan Ecumenical Training

Center. About 50 persons, mostly Catholics and Jews, attended the day-long invitation-only meeting April 8. Among the ways that Christians show varying degrees of anti-Semitism, Father Flannery said, are by a low interest or complete apathy toward Christian-Jewish dialogue and by attempts to minimize the full nature of Hitler's attempt to exterminate the Jews. But, he said, "the primary question today is the right of Israel to exist-that is most in jeopardy today." Need for Tolerance Since Christians make up the majority in the United States today, .he said, it is up to the Christian body in this country

to "see to it that the United States remains firm" on Israel's right to "survive as a land and a state." Rabbi Marc Tanenbaum, director of Interreligious Affairs for the New York-based' American Jewish Committee, spoke after Father Flannery. "He makes the Jewish speech and I end up with the Christian speech," the Rabbi said. He warned that Arab dollars are financing a campaign in the sub-Sahara region of Africa to turn black Africa into an Islamic people dedicated to the theology that "there is only oneJrue faith ,and this is the faith dedicated to Allah and his followers, and all others are second class citizens."

Another Form most thoughtful people in tne "movement" don't want that at all. They view equality between men and women not as a means of setting people aga'inst one . another but of bringing them together in' a more free and open unity; they seek not to separate but to unite. But the "movement" just now is dominated by the man-haters (all movements end up in the hands of kooks-that's why I want no part of any movement) whose aim is permanent conflict hetween .men and women. Only when feminism exorcises the man-haters will it appeal to that 95 per cent of American womankind who are between Mary Daly and "The Total Woman." Most women don't hate men. And vice versa. Natural Target

In a romantic age like thc present one, careful scholarship like Dr. Shanabruch's will be ignored, but the Irish-baiters should take seriously the possibility that they have missed the whole point of the ,American CathoHc immigration experience. Maybe the Irish got them more than anyone else could. From a 'completely different quarter, Rosemary (La Furiosa) has recently engaged in another form of Irish-baiting. Attempting a public psychoanalysis of your reluctant columnist, she announced that I was anti-left because I suffered from the guilt feelings of an "Irish poor boy" who had become affluent. Granted that even for La Furiosa this is a bit much, th~ re~l point is not my family's income or my own (about which Ms. R. knows nothing and which in any case ,is none of her business-or anyone else's), but the use of the extra adjective.

Similarly, the temptation of some Catholics in the so-called "ethnic movement" (I'm not part of that either) is to turn the Ethnic Bigotry movement into an Irish-baiting phenomenon. The poor micks If I were a guilt-ridden parare a natural target for everyone venu Wm not either, incidentalon the right and on the left. ly), how does it 'improve the Thus, Michael Novak cel- brilliance of La Furiosa's descripebrated St. Patrick's day by tion to add the ethnic adjective caHing on the Irish to share -unless, of course, that makes power according to a quota sys- me even worse. And Irish tem with the other ethnic groups "nouveau, riche" apparently is in the Church. I'm all for it. The worse than any other kind. Can American hierarchy has had you imagine Ms. R. speaking three presidents and three sec- about a "black poor boy" or a retarie34general sinoe the Council "Jewish poor boy" or a "Chi(five men since one lucky prel- cano poor boy"? Of course not. ate has had both jobs). The way In fact, she was engaging in I count them, there have been ethnic bigotry. Perhaps one two Germans, one Welshman, ought not to be surprised. Mrs. one Italian and one Pole. Reuther's folk hero, Daniel Bel" What about getting us an rigan, recently turned antiIrish officer of the hierar,chy, Jewish in his attack on Israel. 'Mike? Bigotry now seems to be in 'Part of the mythology of some fashion with the New Left. of the "ethnics" is that the Irish -It is built into the structure have oppressed the other groups. of romantic radicaHsm to have Doubtless there is some ground scapegoat groups-whites, men, for reasonable complaints, but 'older people, middle-Americans, Charles Shanabruch (no Irishehtnics. Now add the battered and bedraggled Irish. Divine Listening Still, I -imagine, we might sur"For God does not hear us as vive. (Andrew Greeley, priest and man hears. Unless you shout路 with your lungs and chest and sociologist, is Program Director lips, a mere man does not hear; of the National Opinion Rewhereas to God your very search Center of the University of Chicago.) thoughts shout." -St. Augustine 漏 1975, Universal Press Synd'c'te

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KNOW YOUR FAITH ITwo •In One Fleshl By WILLIAM E. MAY A popular song years ago expressed the sentiment that "love and marriage go together like a horse and carriage," and hardly anyone would disagree with this. By its very nature marriage implies a deep and abiding love between a man and a woman, a willingness to grow together in love and understanding. A love for the other rooted in the willingness to share and communi· cate life is at the heart of the marriage covenant. It is this union of wills that makes them to be "two in one flesh," that brings them into communion with one another. It can also be truthfully said that "marriage and the family go together like a horse and carriage," although today many people would probably disagree. This is why it is important to reflect seriously on the relationship between marriage and the family and to accept the challenge given by the Fathers of Vatican II: "It has always been the duty of Christian couples, but today it is the supreme task of their apostolate, to manifest and prove by their own way of life the unbreakable and sacred character of the marriage bond, to affirm vigorously the right and duty of parents and guardians to educate children in a

Christian manner, and to defend the dignity and lawful independence of the family" ("Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity," par. 11). Childless Marriages Many married couples, do not have families, in the sense that they do not have children of their own. For some this is tragic, for they desperately would like to have children. if not their own biologically then their own by adoption. Still others may not have children because of a conscious ch-oice, and this choice can be and certainly is, in many instances, a good and praiseworthy choice, for there can be morally compelling reasons for a particular couple NOT to have children of their own (for example, if they learn that they are carriers of a particularly crippling genetic defect and that there is a very high risk of having a child who will himself be crippled terribly by this defect). Thus childless couples do ex· ist, there are marriages without "families"; and these may well be marriages wherein love and a deep commitment to Christ and to our brothers and sisters in Christ are found. Communication of Love Yet this fact in no way severs Turn to Page Fourteen

Commitment to Family Living By REV. A. P. HENNESSY, C.P. John the Baptist emerges from the pages of Sacred Scripture as a rugged man. He was tough, not a man clothed in soft garments. He was fierce in condemning evil, not a reed shaken by the wind. He was not afraid to denounce a king yet he was always deferential to the meek and gentle Jesus. To me, never is he so beautiful as when he refers to Jesus as the bridegroom and to himself as the bridegroom's friend. "He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices exceedingly at the voice of the bridegroom. This my joy, therefore, is made full." (John 3:29) Jesus accepted the image of Himself as a bridegroom. He told His critics that He would not allow His disciples to be sad or gloomy as long as the bridegroom was with them. He explained His presence among men as one who came that we might have life and have it more abun· dantly. He sealed a covenant of love with redeemed mankind by an outpouring of His own life on Calvary. Then His Spirit inspired Paul to tell us the meaning of it all in unforgettable words: "Christ loved the Church. He gave Himself up for her to make her holy purifying her in the bath of water by the power of the word, to present to Himself a glorious churCh, holy and

immaculate, without stain or wrinkle or anything of that sort." (Ephesians 5:25-27) Christ, the bridegroom, is always intent upon fashioning a flawless mystic bride for Himself and He lifted up human love into the world of sacramental reality so that men and women all over the earth might join Him in the work of transforming humanity into this one timeless bride.

Family Living So wben a man and a woman pledge themselves to covenanted love in Christian marriage, they are implicitly saying to each other what Jesus has said to all mankind: "I have come that you might have life and have it more abundantly." They are making a commitment to family living. And the increase of life that they promise to each other will normally reach its fulfillment within the framework of family love. When a young couple get married in Christ, they should expect an enlargement of life from their commitment to each other. They rightly expect to help each other achieve an increase of spiritual, psychical, and pbysical life. And this expectation 'is founded on three basic needs of the human hea,rt. All of us bring to any commitment to friendship a need to be healed by love. Unless we are marvels of God's merciful grace Turn to Page Fourteen

Marriage: A Family Commitment Marriage begins as a community of two, but it is not meant to be a "solitude for two." Marriage may well begin with "tea for two," but if love is open to life, the marriage community will expand to three or four, or even more. In the words of Vatican II, marriage is "an intimate community of life and love . . . which is brought into being by the marriage covenant of irrevocable personal consent."

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Marriage is God's kindly strategy for educating people to a love that is ecstatic, a love that goes outside oneself, a giving of oneself so completely to the other that lover and beloved beEXPANSIVE HEARTS: Where possible, the love of come one flesh, one being. But like the love of the Triune God, husband and wife will build itself a home that is full of married love is meant to break children, and yet large enough for the neighbors' children. out of the fastness of a commu- Two homes full of children were brought together when nity of two and to create with God the larger community of their widowed parents married in Annunciation Church, Minneapolis, Minn. Gathered for this unusual wedding the family. For this reason, the Fathers photo are the 10 children of Mary Larson and the four of Vatican II could not speak of children of Larry Marble along with their parents. NC Photo. marriage without discussing the complement and the comnliment ally opens to new life, most to cultivate love is coming to to marriage which is children, be regarded by many theologians husbands and wives find themthe "crowning achievement of and canon lawyers as an obsta- selves in conditions that make marital love," Thus, "ma.rriage cle or impediment to marriage. more and more demands on their and marital love are ordered by Similarly, the refusal to have selflessness. their very nature to the procreaany children has. long been reSome years ago, an eminent tion and education of the child" . garded by the Church as a con- Catholic anthropologist rightly ("On Fostering the Nobility of dition or proviso which can innoted that "a good 90 per cent Marriage and the Family," No. validate a marriage. of the deeds of justice and char50). Although cbildren are "the ity of fulf.iUment of the comRefinement of Values supreme gift of marriage and mandments and the works of mercy, carried out in this human True, the Fathers of Vatican contribute very substantially to Turn to Page Fourteen II do not speak of children as the the welfare of their parents," the primary purpose of marriage. To Fathers of Vatican II are aware do so would imply that love is that a marriage can be childless ELECTRICAL a secondary value. In the early -"despite, rather often, the inbooks of the Old Testament fe- tense desire of the couple." And Contradors cundity or fertility was the over- yet such a marriage continues as riding concern of the Patriarchs; a "community of life and mainso much so, that the sterile wife tains its value and indissolubilhad to share her husband. with ity" (No. 50). Initial Demand other wives, concubines and ser· vant maids. In discussing marriage as a Instead love and new life are graced covenant or sacrament, regarded as complementary val- we emphasized the tremendous 944 County St. ues. Children are not the pur- faith in God and trust in one's New Bedford ~ pose of any kind of marriage! partner that is initially demand· 992-0560 they are to be the fruit of mari- ed. But when marital love actutal love. This. refinement of Vatican II is of utmost importance if we are to understand the Church's teaching on marriage and responsible parenthood. The Church does not demand that affective love be present at the time of marriage. In some ROUTE 6--between fall River and New Bedford cultures, bride and groom meet for the first time at the altar. One of Sout~ern New England's Finest Facilities But the Church or, better, God demands that covenant marriage be open to love, that love be not for excluded. In the same way the Church does not demand that marriage should be fruitful, but that married love should be o:,en fOR DETAILS CALL MANAGER-636-2744 or 999-6984 to new life, that children not be excluded. To refuse to, love or

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Continued from Page Thirteen from our infancy, most of us are plagued throughout life by a hard-shelled, sturdy egotism. It is a self-centeredness which surrounds itself with ramparts of defense and wants to go on asserting itself until we die. And it imperils our spiritual growth in Christ. Commitment to family living is a willingness to let ourselves be healed of this sickness of .spirit. The presence of a spouse and the imperious demands of little children ani constant incentives toward achieving some growth in other-centered love. Marriage makes this a holy adventure because all the while a man and woman are growing in other-centeredness, they are two in one flesh and thereby loving themselves. Literally, they are loving themselves into an increase of divine life through spiro itual growth. . Aloneness Almost on the first page of Sacred Scripture, God revealed a disability of the human heart. Aloneness. There is a nagging loneliness so intrinsic to creaturehood that nobody was ever designed by God to bear it without sharing the burden. Not all of us may be called to receive this surcease from pain within the bonds of marital friendship but no man or woman is called to meet it and wrestle with it in isolation. Psychic complementa-

tion is as great a need of the human spirit as food for the human body. God" knew that it was not good for man or woman to be alone, and commitment to family living is an expectation on the part of husband and wife to give and to receive an enlargement of psychic life. Fear of Extinction There is a fear that has haunted men and women as long as the human heart has been beating on this earth. It is the fear of extinction. The terrifying fear that one's own life will be snuffed out in a meaningless universe. The longing to extend oneself in a child gives impetus to much of the sacrificial love ever witnessed on this earth. The child becomes the visible embodiment of meaning. The child is a reassuring presence whose very vitality is the prom- . ise of a better world to come. So commitment to family living with its promise of an increase COMMUNICATION OF LOVE: Children are meant to of physical life 'is the normal environment wherein a haunting be the living symbols of the love that exists between their human fear is laid to rest. parents. They are meant to deepen the love that their "It was on the tree of the mothers and fathers have for one another. Elaine and Mike Cross," wrote Pope Pius XII, Voorheis of Rochester, N.Y., dress their new baby, Amanda, "that Christ entered into posses: sion of His Church." The bride- and then head home to the rest of the family. NC Photo. groom gave life to His mystic bride through a gift of sacrificial love. And sacrif.icial love is still a means of "post conceptive Continued from Page Thirteen the gift that gives life and gives it more abundantly when a man the bond between marriage and birth control." The Church, by and a woman commit themselves the family. A family is the nat- teaching us that marriage into family living. ural and divinely intended devel- volves a family commitment, is opment of married life and love, teaching us that we ought rather and the one is meant for an- to say "no child, no human being other. To see the truth of this in fact, ought to be unwanted," wife in love-will become fruit- statement consider the follow- And the way to make sure that cbildren will be wanted and that ing.ful in children. Each of us was once a helpless all human beings will become Where possible, the love of husband and wife will build it- infant. To grow into the human, wanted is to see how deeply self a home that is full of chil- to become consciously aware of marriage and family life are indren, and yet large enough for ourselves as personal subjects, terrelated. The love that a man and a the neighbors' children. Married and to become aware of our love will build itself a table, dignity and sanctity as living woman bear for one another and but never too small for an extra images of the one and only God, that is sealed in the covenant plate. It will build itself a ,door we need help. And that help was of marriage is a love that will that is wide enough for the poor first given to us by our parents. make children wanted. It is a and the stranger to enter in. Our life itself was a gift that love that will be willing to share But more important" married they gave to us. Ultimately, of life with a new generation of love will fashion within the hus- course, our life was a gift from human beings and give to them band and wife hearts expansive the wonderful and loving God the root room they need to grow enough to embrace the world who made uS for Himself, but and develop as God wants them and ultimately God Himself. this was a life that He gave to. Children, in turn, are meant to be the living symbols of the us through our parents. A man and woman joined to love that exists between their Priest Reported one another in the loving union parents. They are meant to deepthat we call marriage are capa- en the love that their mothers With Guerillas and fathers have for one an· 'BOGOTA (NC) Another ble of 'communieating the life other. And they will do this if they sbare and the love they Colombian priest is reported to they are wanted, if their parents have joined a guerrilla group in have for one another to a new are really ready to communicate generation of human beings, and the Santander mountains, where and share the life and love they Father Camilo Torres was am- they can communicate this love have for one another with a in the very act in which they bushed and killed by the army new generation of human beings. while fighting the government express most intimatelv their own love for one an,other. That Even those couples who are, nine years ago. Father Luis Zabala Herrera is .why the act of begetting new for good reasons, childless, are had been with the guerrillas pre- human life is truthfully called to show that they love the "proviously. He has been missing the "procreative" act. Sometimes. creative good." For the procresince early March, and friends we speak of human "reproduc- ative good is, 'in the concrete, a said he rejoined the National tion," but. when we do we miss new human being, a new generLiberation Army headed by the meaning of marital. conjugal ation of men and women who intercourse. The making of new are in truth children of God. And Fabio Vasquez Castano. 'Father Torres, a graduate of human beings is not like the every human being, in particular Louvain Unliversity in Belgium, production of automobiles or tel- every Christian, is called upon had worked as a chaplain among evision sets. It is an activity in to minister to the needs of these university students and had which the Lord of life and a children, to help them in whatdone social work in the slums man and woman act together in ever way is open to them, to of Bogota before joining the bringing into existence a being become aware of who they are guerrillas of Santander ·in 1965. of priceless worth, a human child and to be able to DO what they He was killed in February of who is summoned to share in must do if they are to be faiththe life of God Himself. ful images of the loving God. 1966 by an army patrol. Like the God for whom we are Family Commitment During his earlier experience made and whom we are to imFrequently today we hear it with the guerrillas, Father Zabala had been captured at a said that "no unwanted child age, we must exist WITH and guerrilla stronghold. He was re- ought ever to be born." This is FOR our fellow men, and perhaps leased in an amnesty. He then a slogan adopted by many who nowhere is this more clearly necworked among the poor in a advocate the widespread use of essary and manifested than in contraceptives and abortion as family life. Bos0ta suburb.

Marriage: A Family Commitment Continued from Page Thirteen world of ours, is carried out within the family and kinship circle" (Rev. J. M. Cooper, in "The Family Today," NeWC, 1944). After all, who feeds the hungry, gives drink to the thirsty, clothes the naked? And all this as so much a matter of course, that mother and father will definitely be surprised when they hear the Lord say: "As often as you did it for the least of my brethren, you did it for me" (Mat. 24:40).

Expansive Hearts Love is by definition diffusive of self. Married love, unless nature intervenes-and this is the great tragedy of a husband and

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Model Letter On Bicentennial S'ent to Bishops' WASHINGTON (NC)-A model letter to help familarize Catholics with the U.S. Bishops' bicentennial program has been sent to all bishops in the United States. The letter was prepared by the Catholic Bishops' Committee for the Bicentennial. In a covering letter," Cardinal John Dearden of Detroit, chairman of the Bishops' Committee for the Bicentennial, said that the model letter can be adapted and issued by the bishops in their respective dioceses. He asked the bishops to consider its use as a means of introducing the program to the clergy and laity in their areas. The model letter states that the nation's bicentennial is an opportunity for "thoughtful discussion of Amerca's past, present and future. As a Catholic ,community we can contribute special insights and distinctive values, derived from our religious heritage, to this national dialogue." Issue of Justice The letter notes the bishops' bicentennial program includes liturgical and historical elements and focuses in a special way on the issue of justice in this nation and the world today. While noting that "some may be surprised that the Church is giving this emphasis to social justice in its observance to the bicentennial," the model letter says that efforts to achieve liberty and justice are central to the work of the Church. "Pope Paul and the 1974 Synod (of Bisbops) affirmed that, 'while the truths about human dignity and rights are accessible to all, it is in the gospel that we find their fullest expression and our strongest motive for commitment to their preservation and promotion:"

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SCHOOLBOY SPORTS

Honor Teacher for 50 Years Service

IN THE DIOCESE

Miss Cabral Half Century in Espirito Santo School By PETER J. BARTEK Norton High Coach

Weather Cool, Competition Hot In S.E. Mass. Baseball League The "warm" Spring weather is finally upon us and with it the start of the schoolboy baseball season. The local nines opened a week ago under rather frigid conditions,. but the competition was anything but cold. In the multI-school, three division Southeastern then trounced the Falmouth Massachusetts Conference a Clippers. Somerset kept pace by full slate of games is sched- notching three victories for the uled for this week. Keeping week. The two will collide in toup with the results will be like trying to figure out the National Hockey League playoff schedule. Conference teams will play 28 games this week. Games will be ctaged Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. While it is much too early to predict a trend, the die has already been cast in each of the three brackets. In the eight team Division I race, Durfee High is off to its usual excellent start. Coach Joe Lewis's combine edged out an opening game victory over a strong New Bedford club and

morrow's feature Division I game. Durfee and Somerset both arc highly respected baseball schools. Over the years they have turned out some of the best teams from within diocesan territorial limits Each contributes players to the college and professional ranks almost on a yearly basis. Most noteworthy of recent grads inc1ude Durfee's Mark Bomback who many observers feel will be pitching for the Red Sox before long, and Somerset's Jerry Remey who is playing second base for the Los Angeles Angels.

Cause for Re-evaluation in Division III Ooach Lewis and Somerset's Jim Sullivan are regarded as two of the most outstanding mentors in the State. When their clubs meet you expect a great game. Tomorrow's contest should be a thriller as the powerhouses battle for large school supremacy. Elsewhere on Friday's Division I docket Dennis-Yarmouth will be in Dartmouth to play Bishop Stang High, New Bedford is at Falmouth and Taunton is at Barnstable. Attleboro has the day off. New Bedford area fans will have the opportunity to view an intra-city Division III clash on Friday and then take in a doubleheader on Saturday. St. Anthony's will meet Holy Family High in a Conference contest that could forecast St. Anthony's chances in the pennant race. The lightly regarded Saints came from behind to defeat Diman Regional of Fall River last week to cause Division III followers to sit-up 'and take notice. Diman has been one of the small school division powers in the

past and was expected to be representative again this Spring. Holy Family dropped its opener to Bourne 8-7. Bourne and Wareham had been tabbed the pre-season favorites. Bourne's close call and the Vikings loss on opening day are cause for re-evaluation._ Westport and St. Anthony's now appear to rate with the pre-season choices; but, New Bedford Vocational is the team to watch. The Artisans shut out Wareham 6-0 last week and may be the team to beat enroute to the pennant. When action resumes tomorrow Diman will be at Westport, St. Anthony's at Holy Family, Bourne in Mattapoisett to meet Old Rochester and Norton will host New Bedford Vocational. An interesting doubleheader is scheduled to be played by New Bedford High Saturday. At 10:00 Saturday morning Coach John Pacheco's Whalers will be in Dartmouth to meet the Indians and at 2:00 P.M. they'll be back -in the city to host the Case High Cardinals from Swansea.

Race to the Wire Probable in Division II Parents and fans should try to take in one of the games. Dartmouth is highly rated in -Division II and should give the Red and White plenty of competition. Case is the Division II defending titlist. Case is off to a poor start in defense of the crown and will have to come on strong if it hopes to repeat. The Cardinals lost to Bishop Feehan High last week by a 7-5 count. Feehan coulc\ surprise, but from. all accounts the Diocesans were not considereC: Division I: contenci .. ers. However, Case beat NeVi j}edford eariiel' this seaS0l1 ::;-<3:. Sat:.2rday's rema',~j: shcuIc; be interesting. The eight team Division n title race predictably will be a nip ::,nd tuck affair going right riown

to the wire. Division II seemingIy is the best balanced of the Conference's three brackets. If all holds true to form, Division II teams will take turns beating each other and settle the issue on the final day of the campaign. Dartmouth, Seelmnk, and Msgr. Coyle-Bishop Cassidy High of Taunton received the preseason fayorites billing. Fairhaven, Case and DightonRehoboth were all listed as contenders. Feehan has already beaten Case which. destroys most of the prognosticators' theories. Division 7.. gC'.mes listed fo;:?:-idar find Dal-:mouth at Feehan, Fairhaven at Seekonk, ':Dighton-Rehoboth at Case ana Bishop Connolly Eigh of Fall .River at Coyle.

"It is not I who lives now, but Christ who lives in me . . ." Such can be said about Miss Mary E. S. Cabral, a pre-primary teacher at Espirito Santo School in Fall River, who was honored April 6 at a jubilee mass and dinner. . Seven hundred parishioners, former pupils, family and friends, expressed pride in, and appreciation of Miss Cabral by their. presence at the dinner at White's, which followed a concelebrated mass at Espirito Santo Church.

The Master of Ceremonies, Octave Leite introduced the guest speakers, who emphasized the quality and care which Miss Cabral has given to education

Deny Catholic Plane Permission to Land PARIS (NC)-The first aircraft carrying medical supplies to South Vietnamese areas recently captured by the North Vietnamese and Vietcong was denied permission to land there, a Catholic priest told a press conference here. The priest, Father Nguyen Dinh Thi, head of the S.O.S. Fraternity Aid Group, a French religious aid organization, said the 'Provisional Revolutionary Government (PRG) the political arm of the South Vietnamese communists, welcomed the aid but insisted that the plane land outside the areas they controlled. The PRG told him, the priest said, that "problems created by conditions of traffic" made a landing at Danang impossible. Father Thi said he believes there was no qualified traffic controllers left at Danang, which fell into North Vietnamese and Vietcong control at the end of March. The plane, an Air France :eoeing 707, after the PRG refusal, was to land at Vientiane, Laos, with 15 tons of medical supplies collected in France and destined for' people in the Danang area. Father Thi said the supplies would be sent into PRG-controlled zones from Vientiane.

Coadjutor Bishop VATICAN CITY (NC)-Pope Paul VI has named Father Joseph Chhmar Salas coadjutor bishop with right of succession to Bishop Yves-Georges-Rene Ramousse, who heads the apostolic vicariate of Phnom Penh, the beseiged capital of Cambodia.

TESTIMONIAL TO TEACHER: Congratulating Miss Cabral, center, the honored guest, were two of her former pupils, left, Mr. Joseph Costa, a seminarian at .St. .Joh?'s Seminary, Brighton and John Leonard Pontes, nght, pnncipal of the Davol School and chairman for the testimonial. and to children for fifty years. Citations from the city and state government were read and given, and gifts were presented on behalf of the parish and school, the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary who staff it, and the Diocesan school office. But perha!'s the true Christlikeness of Miss Cabral can best be expressed by some of those who didn't sit on the dias to give public testimony to her, but have been and are, grateful for the touch of her genuine love for them: "It is her humbleness that makes her so great ..."

"Miss Cabral is the best teacher I ever had . . ." "Her keen sense of humor can only come from wisdom . . ." "She loved me ..." "God must be proud of her!" "I hope when I have kids they bave Miss Cabral for a teacher . . ." "She has been a gift to us, one that will never be replaced, and she doesn't even know itl" "All I remember is the sun shining through the window warming my back, while we listened to Miss Cabral's soothing voice reading a story, ieeling happy, comforted, and loved ..."

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College Students Attend Liturgy, .Discuss Religion

DAYTONA BEACH (NC)-At a time when the Church has listed ministry to youth as one of its major concerns, many of the thousands of college students visiting the Dayton:l Beach area attended an Easter morning liturgy on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean here. College students, who visit Daytona Beach in huge numbers every Easter season, predominated in the crowd of 3,000 persons that fiHed the Daytona Beach bandshell beyond capacity. Sunburned youths lined the stone wall surrounding the seating are'a of the bandshell. Youths attending the liturgy, which began at 9 a.m., were reluctant to categorize the attitudes of their age group toward religion, observing that as many young people were taking religion "to the street" as were apathetic about religion. Many also noted 'much religious activity among themselves outside church structures. Some students were aware of the Holy Year effort to reconcile alienated youths to the Church. "-But aUenation from the Church is largely an -individual decision," said Grahame Donlon Of Boston State University. "There's little the Church can do about it." . Although students who were disenchanted with the Church recognized a: degree of personal responsibility in forming their attitudes, most cited circumstances within the institutional Church that 'had contributed to their decisions. Cites 'Hypocrisy' "I don't believe in Catholicism at all," said Maureen Roden, a student at Niagara University, a Catholic institution at Buffalo, N. Y. Miss Roden said she was discouraged by the hypocrisy she had witnessed as a student in the Catholic girls' school she had attended, and suggested that the Church "clean up its act" to demonstrate sincerity within itself. Some students, such as Ed Spiegel of East Carolina University, reported that they attended the services of many denominations, considering them more fulfilling than Catholic celebmtions. "I've decided to exclude myself from the Catholic Church," Spiegel said, "since my parents are excluded because they are divorced and remarried." A common criticism of the Church was that its celebrations are boring and meaningless, and that private prayer, reading, and group discussions s!:!emed more beneficial to the students than the Church's public worship as now celebrated.

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