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Report For 1975 Counseling services and programs for Spanish-speaking people are among Catholic Charities projects either greatly expanded during the past year or marked for development in months to come, said Bishop Daniel A. Cronin at the kick-off meeting of the 1976 Catholic Charities Appeal, held April 21 at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River. Nearly 1000 priests, religious and laity representing every
parish and apostolic work of the diocese were present to hear the Bishop, who.. declared that the Appeal "is, indeed, the Lord's work. The things that we do, the apostolates that we conduct as the direct result of the Appeal are precisely those works which the Savior himself did during his earthly mission." Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, diocesan Appeal director, called on Bishop James J. Gerrard, retired auxiliary bishop of Fall
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River, for an opening. prayer at the meeting and Mrs. Albert Petit led singing of the national anthem. Summer Camps Rev. Edmond R. Levesque, pastor of Our Lady of Grace Church, Westport, and director
of St. Vincent de Paul Camp, Naz'areth Day Camp and Catholic Boys' Day Camp in Westport, spoke on the apostolate of the camps to underprivileged and exceptional youngsters. He noted that St. Vincent de Paul Camp, in particular, "receives no interference or subsidy fwm governmental agencies. It is a true act of charity as exemplified by 81. Vincent de Paul himself." The camp served more than 500 boys last year, said
Father Levesque, providing them with "nourishing food, excellent care and spiritual guidance." He paid tribute to the seminarians who serve as camp counselors, declaring, "They taught these boys the true meaning of Christian love and understand路 ing, by giving entirely of them路 selves." Lay Chairman Pointing out the qualities possessed by the founding fathers Tum to Page Eight
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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Apr; 22, 1976
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National Most Influential WASHINGTON-The president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB), the president of Notre Dame University and Pope Paul VI are the first, third and fifth most influential persons in the field of religion, according to a poll conducted by U.S. News and World Report. Archbishop Joseph Bernardin of Cincinnati, NCCB president, was chosen as the most influen~ tial religious leader by his peers who participated in the magazine's annual survey of national leadership.
-For Young Adults WASHINGTON-A national young adult ministry board - the first ever for the American Catholic Church - .has been formed by the department of education, U.S. Catholic Conference. Aipled at the 18 to 35 age bracket, the board consists of 16 members who will formulate new and identify existing programs to meet the needs of American Catholics in this age group.
Study Urban Church CHICAGO-Affirming that the Church's ur-. ban mission "is too good to let die now," an official of the National Federation of Priests' Councils (NFPC) has announced preparations for a major pastoral letter on the Church in urban areas. Maryknoll Father Thomas A. Peyton, head of
the NFPC's ministry for justice and peace, said the proposed pastoral letter is designed to reaffirm the Church's commitment to urban areas, which are rapidly becoming "'unchurched' and 'no priest land.' "
Statistical Profile WASHINGTON-Two per cent of America's Catholics are black. Four per cent of America's blacks are Catholic. The figures can be viewed as discouraging or as a challenge, according to a new study prepared by the Josephite Pastoral Center here. The study, "Statistical Profile of Black Catholics," examines regional and diocesan incidence of blacks and black Catholics in the United States, and traces the migratory trends of both groups.
World Clashes With Pope WOLVERHAMPTON, England-A Ukrainianrite church here has been closed as a result of the controversy among Ukrainian-rite Catholics over whether Cardinal Josip Slipyi should be considered their patriarch. The 84-year-old cardinal, exiled major archbishop of Lvov, U.S.S.R., has had repeated clashes with Pope Paul VI in recent years over his cont~ntion that the Ukrainian rite ought to be raised to the level of a patriarchate with himself as patriarch.
Center for Unity LONDON-Cardinal Leon Joseph Suenens of
Malines-Brussels, Belgium, will use the 40,000pound (about $75,000) Templeton Foundation Prize for Progress in Religion to support a center for unity and spiritual renewal in his own city of Brussels. The Belgian cardinal announced his plans for the award ata ceremony in his honor here.
For Relig'ious Freedom VATICAN CITY-Pope Paul VI has received a top Spanish dignitary, reviving speculation that a revision of the concordat between Spain and the Vatican is under way. The 78-year-old Pope received Jose Maria de Areilza, Count of Motrico and Spain's minister for foreign affairs, in a private audience on April 12. The Vatican's main aim is to obtain greater religious freedom in Spain and to persuade the government to renounce its privilege of designating bishops.
Inhuman Conditions HAMBURG-Some 300 experts on mental illness, endorsing a report by Amnesty International on cruelty to political and religious prisoners in the Soviet Union, have petitioned Soviet leaders to stop confining dissidents in mental institutions. The report by Amnesty Interna~ tional, a London-based organization. concerned with the fate of prisoners and others suffering political persecution, said that some 10,000 persons suffer under inhuman conditions in prisons and mental institutions in the Soviet Union "as a direct consequence of their political or religious stand."
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Rev. David F. Sheedy, 1930, Pastor, St. John Evangelist, Attleboro APR.
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Rev. John A. Hurley, 1900, Pastor, St. Mary, North Attleboro
DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER
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Rev. Francis J. Quinn, 1882, Founder, Immaculate Conception, North Easton; Founder, Sacred Heart, Fall River
OFFICIAL Bishop Cronin announces the following assignments: Reverend Roland Bousquet to Pastor of Saint Stephen's Parish, Attleboro. , Reverend Lucien Jusseaume to Pastor of Saint Roch's Parish, Fall River. Reverend Hugh J. Munro to Assistant, Saint Mary's Parish, North Seekonk-Attleboro. Bishop Cronin also announces the following appointments: Reverend Roland Bousquet as a Defender of the Bond in the Tribunal of the Diocese of Fall River Reverend Raymond P. Monty as Secretary of the Tribunal of the Diocese of Fall River .
. MAY 2 Rev. Msgr. M. P. Leonidas Lariviere, 1963, Pastor, St. Jean . Baptiste, Fall River MAY 5
Rev. Leo M. Curry, 1973, Chaplain, Catholic Memorial Home MAY 6 Rev. Thomas P. Elliott, 1905, Founder, St. Mary, Mansfield IIIIIIlU/lIUI1lIll11lllWllIlltlmmIllIIllUllllllllllIIllIlIllIllIllIIllIlIIIIIIlIII1IIIIlIUlUlllllurn,
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REPRESENTING DIOCESE: From left, behind "Fall River" sign, Rev. Richard Beaulieu and Rev. Thomas Lopes participate in House of De.legates session of National Federation of Priests' Councils, meeting in Houston. Four-day program considered priestly ministry. Story on page 4.
Assignments and Appointments were effective Wednesday, April 21, 1976
Bishop of Fall River
Urges Teachers Recruit, Pair Suburbs,'Cities CHICAGO (NC) - The chairman of the U.S. Catholic Conference's (USCC) education committee appealed here to every Catholic schoOlteacher to recruit two new pupils eac;h by next September. To aid in maintaining the Church's educational mission in the inner city, Bishop McManus also urged all teachers in "well off and relatively affluent Catholic school and CCD (Confraternity of Christian Doctrine) programs to pair up with inner city Catholic schoolteachers. • "'Pair up'," he continued, "means that comfortably situated teachers one by one will take a personal interest in an
individual colleague in an innercity school. Paired teachers will form a partnership, including communication of needs, sharing of resources, and other kinds of mutual helpfulness. Paired teachers will move forward in faith together." Representing the Fall River diocese at the convention, which concludes today, are Msgr. Patrick J. O'Neill, Department of Education director; Rev. Michel G. Methot, adult education director; Sister Marion Geddes, RSM, school supervisor; and Sister Rita Pelletier, SSJ, religious education supervisor.
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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Apr. 22, 1976
Bishop Cronin Defends Rights, Demands Freedom For Church The awarding of the Lantern Award by the Massachusetts Knights of Columbus to Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D. was the setting for the Diocesan Ordinary to speak on the roles of Catholic bishops and laity in these United States. The Boston banquet attracted a crowd of some 1200 as many Knights and clergy paid honor to the !Bishop of Fall River. In a'ccepting the high honor, Bishop Cronin emphasized that it was rather a challenge he ac-
cepted "as a Roman Catholic Bishop, to proclaim Christian truth to a nation that is very much in need of ·it. To do this is the best way ,I know to show my patriotism and ardent love for my country," . The Bishop paid tribute to the unswerving loyalty the Knights of Columbus have shown their bishops in this country and throughout the world. "This loyalty has always found its supreme expression in their filial devotion to the Vicar of Christ on earth with whom the bishops
are in collegial unity, the Pope in Rome," the bishop stated. He hailed the Knights for having "with an instinct of Faith understood that: lit is the duty of bishops to teach the word of God with authority and bear witness to it, to faithfully guard and to authentically interpret it.' " (Directory on the Pastoral Ministry of Bishops, Vatican II.) The Vatican Council permitted the bishops from throughout the world to do this by helping them to read the signs of the Turn to Page Six
Clergy Changes Are Announced Two pastors have been reassigned and an assistant pastor took up a new post yesterday in clergy reassignments announced by the Chancery. Rev. Roland Bousquet, pastor of St. Roch Parish, Fall River, will take up the pastorate of St. Stephen Parish, AftIeboro, succeeding Rev. Donald Belanger who died unexpectedly a few weeks ago. He is also the Defender of the Bond in the Diocesan Matrimonial Tribunal.Rev. LUcien Jusseaume, Diocesan Vicar for Religious, will be the new pastor of St. Roch Parish, Fall River. Rev. Hugh J. Munro, Assistant Pastor of St. Thomas More Parish, Somerset, will serve in a similar capacity at St. Mary Parish, North Seekonk-Attleboro. Rev. Raymond P. Monty, now assistant pastor at St. Roch Parish, Fall River, will also serve as Secretary of the Tribunal of the Diocese of Fall River. Turn to Page Five
DCCW to Hear George Wells George Wells, editor, writer, public official and director of community affairs for the Massachusetts Department of the Disabled American Veterans, will ,be the featured speaker at the afternoon session of the annual convention of the Fall River Diocesan Council of Catholic Women (DCCW), to be held Saturday, May 1 at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River. His ,topic will he "Have We Forgotten the Spirit of '76?" and he will bring to it his background as a leading figure ,in Turn to Page Five
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Person to Person The prayerful and resolute re-commitment to the service of the people of God, as voiced during the Chrism Mass of Holy Week, was a valuable personal rededication by Bishop and priests, an encouraging example to all diocesans and, as time would have it, a very fitting introduction to the 1976 Catholic Charities Appeal. If there is one most important factor in the Appeal it is that we Christians of the Fall River Diocese, by means of the Appeal, dedicate ourselves to a person to person service to one another. The Appeal is an enlightening lesson to all of the earnestness of our Faith, the practicality of our Creed, the accepted service to one another as Christ so clearly pleaded for during those emotional hours following the Last Supper. In years past, the material structures had to be provided. It was fashionable to "buy bricks" so that our fellow men could find needed shelter, equipment for health care, gyms and classes, dormitories and well-provided camps. True, it is not a once provided, all need is gone affair. These facilities must be maintained, repaired, improved. But the emphasis of the new Catholic Charities Appeal is person-to-person service. Adequately prepared clergy, Religious and laity must be readied for the social service counseling service's, the legally and emotionally complicated adoption services, the urgent refugee placements. There is added training needed for the hospital pastoral services that wilJ clearly bring to the sick and their distraught families the aids of the concerned Church. Long hours of meetings, months of learning so as to give example and learn from one another are drains on personnel and budgets. . We cannot relax in our person to person concerns after a quick glance seems to show available buildings, neat schedules and careful programs. The needs of the apostolate of the Church, so practically reflected by the Catholic Charities Appeal, are no less than in the past. The same crunches that have had us more carefully arrange our budgets also bring unbelievable pressures on the homes for the elderly, child care programs, educational endeavors. The needs to be faced do not lessen proportionately; they increase because the needy are not路 able to compensate for the economic pressures. The Church thus faces an apostolate that finds people in ever more distressing needs; in coming into contact with these helpless, she feels and understands ever more deeply the love that the Lord asked us to always bear. Then, she finds the resources available to put into practice her Christian love always themselves threatened and hard to come by. . Let each one of us look carefully at .the talents that God has blessed us with, in the measure that He has. Then, let us look around and into the faces of the needy and realize why God has blessed us with these talents. Our ancestors did not hesitate to pledge their lives, their fortune, their honor to bring freedom alive on these blessed shores. Let us, in the spirit of '76, also pledge our best so that our brothers and sisters may be free of threats, anXieties and pain. Yes, give to the Catholic Charities Appeal of '76. in the spirit of '76.
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tion of continuing for life if desired. Father Jusseaume commented that in the past the work of vicars, who serve communities of Sisters and Brothers within a diocese has heen primarily legalistic, including processing requests for dispensations, leaves of absence from religious life, and so forth. Now, he Isaid, holders of the office wish to emphasize the pastoral dimension of their role. Largest Meeting
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A young mother smiles lovingly on her infant daughter . . . as her husband signs the baby with the sign of the cross . . . Relatives and friends surround the baptismal font . . . thoughtful or smiling . . . or captivated like the little girl behind the font. The signing by the parents ... suggests that it is their faith ... symbolized by the sign of the cross ... that their daughter will grow up into and share. That same faith is shared by the larger community of believers . . . relatives, friends, fellow parishioners ... old and young. Baptism is this infant's formal initiation into the community of believers in Jesus . . . which is the Church . . . The people gathered around the font . . . are as much a part of the sacramental symbolism . . . as is the pouring of the water by the priest. The flowing water symbolizes new life in union but that life flourishes only in union with with God 路others who share the same faith ... Baptism symbolizes entry into that community of believers.
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Vicars for Religious Planning for Year 2000 Meeting at Brownsville, Tex. for their 10th annual assembly, members of the National Conference of Vicars for Religious looked ahead to the next quarter century, said Rev. Lucien Jusseaume, Fall River Vicar for Religious and newly appointed pastor of St. Roch parish, Fall River, who was -among delegates to the gathering. He said the vicars, while feel-
ing that recent attrition rates among religious are leveling off, forecast changes in their own roles and in those of the communities they serve. They anticipate new forms of religious life, including development of "spiritual institutes" functioning in Peace Corps fashion, offering volunteers the opportunity of dedicating one or two years to a particular service, with the op-
Diocesan Priests Attend NFPC Houston Meeting Rev. (Thomas Lopes of St. John's Church, New Bedford, and Rev. Richard Beaulieu of St. Jacques, Taunton, represented the priests of the Diocese of Fall River at the annual House of Delegates meeting of the Na-. tional Federation of Priests' Councils (NFPC) in Houston. Father Lopes is NFPC representative for the New England Re: gion and Father Beaulieu is vicepresident of the Diocesan Senate of Priests. Both took part in four days of discussion and study on "Priests, U.S.A.; Serving in a Ministerial Church.
The convention was attended by more than 200 priests representing 45 states. Deliberations resulted in a working paper on priestly life and ministry, soon to be channeled to priests' senates across the U. S. The convention also recommended several action steps which will be considered by the senate of our diocese. Key to Improvement Archbishop Jean Jadot, Apostolic Delegate to the United States, addressed the convocation at a Eucharistic liturgy, focusing his remarks on the varying effectiveness of priests'
The Brownsville meeting, said Father Jusseaume, was the largest in the 10 year history of the conference and was notable for the number of women vicars in attendance. Appointment of Sisters as Vicars for Religious is a growing trend,' he commented, adding that 134 of the 166 U.S. dioceses have at least one vicar. Vicars "are at the center of change in religious life," observed Rev. William F. Hughes of Rockville Center, N.Y. in calling the meeting to order. He said that the present is a critical time, not in the sense of a threat "but a turning point of heightened vulnerability and potential." In workshoo sessions conference goals were developed, including setting up communication channels on national, regional and local levels; identifying a corps of resource persons such as canon lawyers and medical personnel to whom vicars might turn for speciali7.ed advice; coalescing relationshios with other groups; revitalizing regional meetings; and fostering pastoral relationships with one another and those served by members. A summary statement declared: "In the context of the ministrv of the church. the Conference of Vicars for Religious sees itself as an enabling supportive group to foster education of Vicars for Religious in the service of stimulating the prophetic vocation of religious life." New president of the conference is Rev. Joseph A. Galante of the Philadelphia archdiocese. He will preside at the 1977 national meeting, to be held in New Orleans. A regional meeting will be held this fall in Providence.
Diocesan Choir The Diocesan Choir will rehearse at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, April 25 at Holy Name School, Fall River, for ordination ceremonies Saturday, May 8.
senates but noting that "closer cooperation between bishops and senates is the key to improving human relationships throughout the diocese." Rev. Reid Mayo, outgoing federation president, said priests and bishops are becoming more aware of the value of a priests' senate in developing understanding of priestly ministry. Father Mayo also congratulated Rev. James Ratigan, Joliet, Ill., new president of the Federation. The site of next year's House of Delegates meeting is the diocese of Louisville, Ky.' Delegates will again study ministry, focusing on its contemporary forms in the Church.
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SAN DIEGO (NC)-Pastors in the San Diego diocese will serve a maximum of nine years as a result of a new tenure policy approve<! by Bishop Leo T. Maher. Pastors will be appointed for a minimum three-year term. The burden will then be on the bishop and the personnel board to show Fr. Bousquet Fr. Jusseaume Fr. Monty Fr. Munro why the pastor should not be kept at his post an additional , Continued from Page Three 1927, Father Bousquet is the son three years. After six years, the pastor also serve as Secretary of the of Ephraim and Lillian (Bourque) will have to indicate why he Tribunal of the Diocese of Fall Bousquet. He graduate<! from Blessed Sacrament School, Fall should remain at the post. He River. All assignments and appoint- River, and attende<! Prevost High may then request renewal on an annual basis for the next three ments were effective yesterday, School for three years before April 21. entering La Salett~ Minor Sem· years. inary. He continued his educaAssociate pastors will receive Father Jusseaume at Seminaire de Philosophie tion initial appointments of two Father Jusseaume was previyears, after which the bishop ously pastor of St. George, and Grand Seminaire de Monand personnel board will have to - Westport, and administrator of treal, being ordained May 22, "show cause" why a change St. Mathieu's, Fall River. In 1954 by Bisho;> James L. Conshould be made. The normal two separate appointments he nolly. maximum for associates will be served Sacred Heart parish, New He has been assistant pastor four years in a single parish. Bedford, a total of 24 years and at Notre Dame parish, Fall he was also a curate at St. Ste- River; St. Joseph, New Bedford; phen's Dodgeville, and St. Hy· St. Jacques, Taunton; and St. acinthe, New Bedford. He served Louis de France, Swansea. AddiContinued from Page Three veterans' and patriotic affairs. He for many years as Diocesan tionally, he previously serve<! as . has twice been mayor of Wor- Vicar for Religious. Advocate and Procurator of the Born in Fall River in 1915, Diocesan Tribunal, and was a cester and has serve<! since 1947 on the Worcester city council. he is the son of Clabience (Gre· member of the Pre-Cana Board He was also for two terms a goire) and the late Octave Jus- of New Be<!ford and the Board member of the governor's execu- seaume. He attended B1essed of Examiners of the Clergy. tive council and has held posts Sacrament School, Fall River, as deputy commissioner of com- St. Hyacinthe and St. Alexandre Father Monty merce for the commonwealth Colleges, Quebec, and St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore. He was orFather Monty, son of Mrs. and public relations director for the Massachusetts Department dained June 7, 1941 in St. Rita (St. Laurent) Monty, is a of Commerce and Development. Mary's Cathedral by the late New Bedford native. He graduated from Prevost High School, The convention speaker has Bishop James E. Cassidy. Father Bousquet Fall River, in 1962 and attended been heard in all parts of the Born in Fall River Nov. 8, Resurrection College, Kitchener, nation and has contribute<! to many national magazines. Morning Session A patriotic theme will run throughout the convention, with the morning session including a program on "Bicentennial Americans," presenting representatives of eight national groups, Celebrate the Bicentennial with a return to 'old fashioned value" and opening with singing of the you11 have to experience to believe' National Anthem by Mrs. CharYourS Day, 2 Nt.h, Weekend Include. Ellery,hlng' les Franco, Holy Name parish, Room, Dlnne,.., Break/.g, Taxe., n".. Fall River. * Excellent Accommodations, T.V., phones * 2 full breakfasts in our Heri.tage Room * 2 full course dinners in our new Granada Red, white and blue decoraRestaurant, featuring char broiled lib. stl'aks, baked stuffed tions will carry out the bicenshrimp. Complimentary carafe of wine for 2. * Umque BYO_B. tennial spirit of ,the day. 10lL"lge - complimenlary set·ups. * Beautiful indoor pool. _
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The Sister was moving among the -slums of a city in India. Unbelievably, she heard sobbing coming from a trash barrel. Brushing aside the flies and the vermin, she looked. Beneath the filth and debris was an old lady crying from tearless eyes as her life slowly ebbed away. Tenderly the Sister lifted her, placed her on her shoulders and took her to the Hospice for the Dying. Before she died, ·the old lady told the Sister, "I'm not crying because I was in the garbage. I'm crying because my son put me there. He had to. There was not enough food for the family." ... Tragically, this scene will be replayed many more times. But you can help to lessen it. Will you? Here is how ... In the hands of our native Sisters your gilt in any amount ($100, $75, $50, $25, $10, $5, $2, $1) will fill empty stomachs with rice, fish, milk, vegetables. Our priests can start a model farm for their parishioners and teach them how to increase their crop production for only $975. We will tell you where it is located. $15 a month will enable an aged person to spend his or her declining years with simple dignity cared for by our Sisters.
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Wh,at Happens to Summ,er CI·othles DUlring Wint1er? Today is one of those days when all you can think about is dressing cool. This generally isn't an overwhelming problem in July or August, when at least your wardrobe is geared for the job, but in April it's a bit difficult. As we scan our last summer's wardrobe in the mid- gen to this year's, we then have dle of an early spring heat to decide how to manage looking fashionable on a very, very wave, we can't help but won- limited budget. der why we put away some of the clothes that we did. For some unexplained reason these clothes never look as good as
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A lot depends upon life-style. The gal who lives in jeans around the house and wears a uniform to work can really splurge when it comes to -better clothes, because she has few to buy. On the other hand, the gal who wears a different outfit to the office every day must really think how she's spending her clothing dollar and make it stretch as far as possible.
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The latter is a girl or woman who must stick with the basics and count on her accessories to change her look. If she's clever she can come up with many different looks, using interchangeable pieces that mix and match.
they did last September when you put them away. And there is 'always the sense of wonder as to what you wore for a coat, or a little topper and even as to what shoes you wore. I mean, really how could shoes wear out only having gone through a Iitte over two months of active wear and 10 months of being in a closet. Yet::I defy anyone to bring out a pair of summer shoes, especially white ones, the next year and find them wearable. Mine always look as if they belonged to the 12 dancing princesses. When we finally come to the realization that last year's wardrobe is only going to add a smid-
Know the life you lead and buy accordingly, and this spring and summer's purchases may just last right through .intonext fall if they are not gimmicky, high, high style or bought because you had an impUlse to do so. Impulses cost money when you find out the first time that you wear an outfit that it isn't really you and you don't want to wear it again!
More Than Golden First to respond to The Anchor's wish to recognize diocesan couples married 50 years or more are Mr. and Mrs. John J. Keane of St. Theresa parish, South Attleboro, who will have been married 52 years June 10 of this year. Their golden anniversary was observed with a Mass at St. Theresa's, followed by a family celebration.
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Lantern Award Continued from Page Three times and interpreting them in the light of the Gospel. "The Church Universal has been the beneficiary of the inspired work of the Bishops of the Second Vatican Council. But, no one has benefited more than we 'have in the United States," the Bishop explained. "I am acutely aware of the painful difficulties whioh the institutional Church has encountered in the post-conciliar age," the Bishop went on. "I certainly would hope to be honest enough to admit them and even assume some responsibility for them. Nonetheless, let not unwanted results cause rejection of the inspired process that occasioned them." The Church's witness is not frozen to a particular age or manner. Thanks to the Second Vatican Council, the Bishop said, "the Church could not stand idly by while men progressed in their earthly lives." The Church "gathered up her Sacred Scriptures and her Tradition and proudly proclaimed that she was and is ready and able to lead
Golden Wedding The golden wedding anniver_ .gary of Mr. and Mrs. Osman Crotty was observed last Sunday at a special Mass celebrated at St. Joseph's Church, North Dighton, where ·the couple was married 50 years ago.
and shepherd the men of the year 2000 and beyond, just as she has done for the past 20 centuries." Hopeful signs for the present and future, the Bishop pointed out, were: * the commissioned writing of the National Catechetical Directory, where pure doctrine of the Catholic Church will be brought to youth and adults in a language intelligible to modern man and with methods consonant with current pedagogical techniques; * the issued document entitled "Political Responsibiity: Reflections on an Election Year" which includes (a) educating in regard to the teaching of the Church and the responsibilities of the faithful, (b) analysing issues for their social and moral dimensions, (c) measuring public policy against Gospel values, (d) participating with other concerned parties in debate over public policy, (e) speaking out with courage, skill and concern on public issues involving human rights, social justice and the life of the Church in society; * the Church has a right to be heard in public affairs, the Bishop insisted. "The Bishops are quick to point out that these are not just the concerns of the Catholic Church, but issues which the Church has advocated with other interested parties. "They include the right to life and the means of overcoming
the horrendous effects of the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States regarding abortion. "Permit me to say - and here I raise another lantern of warn· ing it is logical to assume that with the crass disregard that has heen shown for human life in the abortion issue, euthanasia and various forms of mercy killings are just around the corner. "Will we hear once again the facile slogan of "quality of life" used to justify ter.mination of worn-out, non-productive, helpless old people? It would be the irony of history if we, who have been so forceful in the fight to protect innocent, helpless unborn human life, should be the only ones who will 'be protecting from unwanted death by euthanasia the helpless, worn-out lives of the very ones who in the prime of their lives were the vociferous advocates of abortion. And it may come to pass." Other Issues "The economy, education, food policy, housing, human rights and U. S. foreign policy, mass media andniilitary expenditures are other areas of concern which should be on the minds of voters when they measure the qualities of candidates for public office. "It is important for American Catholics to insure by active participation in the political process the legitimate rights of the Church. We have a right to run our schools, our hospitals and our nursing homes and we, as Catholics, are entitled to the same courtesies and respect that are accorded to all citizens of the nation. Let not the Constitution of the United States which was drafted to protect the liberty and freedom of the citizens of this nation be used to stifle our freedom as Catholics." "Let no master scheme of planning, devised, on appearances, to facilitate services to citizens, be used in effect to disenfranchise a large number of citizens. Planners should never forget that Catholics prize their aoostolates. We have particular pride in our hospitals and other institutions that care for the sick. We are not impressed with any over-all scheme on the part of government to control these institutions, even when the announced motivation is fiscal responsibility on the part of government. "In fact, the Church's interest in the poor, the needy, broken families, unemployed and the downcast in general prompts it to decry any attempt on the part of government to impede its care of those who need assistance." Bishop Cronin insisted that there was no group more strenuously encouraged to concern themselves in the political process "with the rights of our fellow citizens, the moral and social evils of -our time, and the rights of the Catholic Church," than-the Knights of Columbus. "It is precisely in this concern for the needs of your brother citizens and the rights of Catholics that your organization was founded." The Bishop found "no better way to follow the spirit of Father McGivney than, once again, to make the united voice of so many committed Catholic gentlemen felt in this beloved nation of ours,"
THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fan River-Thurs. Apr. 22, 1976
Greelius Prediction Based On Unreriable Statistic's
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The earliest known scientific tabulation of data on the Ghurch was begun by the scribe Greelius in the year~32 A.D. The learned scribe was the only man in the Holy Land who had traveled far enough to the east to become familiar with the abacus. He was so adept noted, "did not take into account with the beads he could the possibility of such a phemake lightning fast mathe- nomenon. matical calculations. Adjusting out forecast to alThe scribe interviewed representative members of the Christian sect, especially the twelve ,...ho called themselves the first bishops.
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CARSON Greelius observed that these bishops did considerable arguing among themselves as to which was the greatest. Greelius said they were "morally baJ!krupt." He predicted their internal squabbles would more t!Ian offset the good done by their Leader. When' Greelius interviewed the average follower regarding contributions, . 9 out of 10 resPonded, "So, what's the matter with the bishops? We give our two pigeons every week. But, if the bishops. would show some leadership, we probably could make it three." Greelius noted that the bishops' indifference was . very expensive indeed and his abacus predicted that the Church would collapse. Now most of the twelve did not understand the abacus, and said those beads meant nothing, the numbers were lies. A few, nevertheless, .recog" nized that Greelius might be right. They commented, "We knew it all. the time." Greelius' predictions seemed to be coming to pass. The Leader of the Christians was put to death one Friday. On Saturday Greelius did a survey. The路 bishop who' appartly had been the senior man denied he ever knew the Leader. (fhere was no mistake in this data. The bishop had reiterated his stand three times.) Another. bishop had committed suicide. Nine others (75%) couldn't be reached for comment. Skeptical Bishops Calculating that there once had been more than seventy followers, and now there were just the youngest bishop, the mother of the dead Leaders, and a handful of women, Greelius' abacus showed only one possibility. "Church activity is approaching the vanishing point." Since women had no influence in the Church, and it was unlikely the one green bishop could revive any of the enthusiasm evidenced earlier, ,Greelius noted, "Statistically, this' is the end of the Church." Two days later, on learning the Leader of the Christians had risen from the dead, scribe Greelius immediately revised his predictions for the future of the new sect. "Our earlier models," he
low for an extraordinary event like the Resurrection, however, still does not provide us with sufficient positive data to justify an 'optimistic analysis for the future of the Church. "Even now, the only ones who believe in the Resurrection are the women. At best, the bishops are skeptical, ~nd one of them absolutely disbelieves it," Greelius continued. "My "least gloomy scenario says the Church will last only 40 days." Angry Romans Greelius' new prediction also came to pass. 4"0 days" later the Risen -r.eader 'had disappeared, and all confidence was - gone. The bishops. were hiding out in the "upper room." The only one left ~ith faith in the project was the mother of the absent Leader. Greelius then made the long, arduous journey to Rome, a trip which took many months. When he arrived he was confronted by a group of angry Roman senators and centurions, all out for" the scribe's skin. It seemed the Romans had placed heavy wagers that the Christian sect would go 'defunct, based on Greelius' statistics. They had lost their tunics because now there were Christians all over the place. Greelius protested the fault was not his. He said the error was caused by the Holy Spirit. "The Spitit," Greelius lamented, "did not return my questionnaire!"
Fall River Caravan Sets Supper, Dance Fall River Caravan 122 of the Order of the Alhambra will hold a commupion supper and dance following 6:30 p.m. Mass Saturday, Aoril 24 at St. Louis de France Church, Swansea. Dinner and the dance, to the music of the Casino Royales, wnl take place in the parish hall with Norman~路Turcotte as chairman; The event}s open to the public and tickets are available -from all Caravan members. The organization s"ecializes in providing scholarships for students in the field of special education and the local Caravan awarded 13 such grants last year.
"We . have so much talent here," said Rev. Normand Boulet of St. Joseph's parish, Attleboro, as he proudly introduced two parishioners. They" are Mrs. Rene Soulard, who provided a red-letter dllY for the entire parish last Sunday, when her bicentennial banner was used at the Old North Church in Boston, and Miss Bernadette Proulx, 83, who for years has been responsible for keeping St. Joseph's statuary in -tiptop condition. Mrs. Soulard's banner led a televised procession during a ceremonial re-enactment of lighting the lanterns used to signal Paul Revere at the beginning of the Revolu~ion.'It will also be on display at the Old North Church museum during the summer and will be seen at various diocesan bicentennial events. Its loan came about after Rev:' Robert W. Golledge, vicar of the hist0ric Boston church, spied it in January while partici"ating in an Attleboro ecumenical service during Christian Unity' Week. When planning -the Patriots' Day' program for his own church, he asked to use the banner, which combines religious and patriotic themes. .Mrs. Soulard, who with Father Boulet and Supreme Grand Knight David Bowlin of St. Joseph's Knights of the Altar orga,nization, was present at Sunday's service, was surprised at "all this hullabaloo." She has made many banners for路 the parish and said the bicentennial one "came very easily. I made it in about tl week. Many others have taken me a very long .time to work out." She credited members of a parish discussion group to which she belongs for suggesting its wording: "In God We 1hlst: Peace and Justice for All." She said she regards the banTALENTED PARlS8I0Nners, vestments and altar fron-
ERS: Members -of St. Joseph's Church, Attleboro, make artistic contributions to parish, life. Top, Rev. Robert Golledge, Mrs. Carol Adams at ecumenical service with banner- made by Mrs. Rene Soulard, standing in middle picture with Mrs. Ethel Hartman, participant in occupational therapy program at Madonna Manor. Bottom, Miss Bernadette Proulx with" statue of St. Joseph she has repainted for parish.
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Care and' Care For The Elderly The various homes" in Fair" peal, the' s11m of $150,000 has The Diocese of Fall River maintains a complex of Facil- haven, Taunton, Fall River, and been allocated to the Office' for ities for the Elderly, under the North Attleboro, are monuments Diocesan Facilities. It is .anticdirection of Monsignor Raymond to the generosity of the res- ipated that at least a similar T. Considine. Staffed by Carmel- idents of the Diocese. Recently, amount must be designa~ from ' ite Sisters for the Aged and In- because of increased cost of op- the 1976 Appeal for these 'purfirm and by Dominican Sisters erating these facilities, an in- poses. This can be done only if of the Presentation,these insti- debtedness has been incurred. ~ response to the current Ap'tutions, located throughout the Beyond the indebtedness, it is (peal is commensurate with exDiocese, are the tangible man- foreseen that in order to make isting and anticipllted needs. A most extraordinary hospice ifestation of a long-hallowed structural modifications required , tradition in the Diocese of ex, by the life-safety code, capital of care and, consolation exists in, traordinary devotion to the apos- expenditures must be under- Fall River, the Rose Hawthorne tolate of caring for the aged taken. Thus, of the proceeds of Lathrop Home,' staffed by the . the 1975 Catholic Charities Ap- Dominican Sisters of the Con'and infirm.
gregation of Saint Rose of Lima. The sum of $25,000 has' been, allocated from the 1975 Catholic Charities i\ Appeal to' this facility. HEALm CARE AND CARE FOR THE ELDERLY Dioscesan Facilities for the Elderly $150,000. Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Home 25,000. $175,000.
CCA Kickoff Continued from Page Ont! of the nation, Richard C. Fontaine, diocesan lay chairman for the Appeal, said "on the threJlhold of our nation's 200th birthday and on the eve of our 35th Catholic Charities Appeal, I think it is time for us to reflect on the condition of the great estate which we have inherited." The chairman warned that "too many have allowed great barriers to develop between ourselves and those in our society whom Christ had in mind when he said, 'Amen I say to you, as long as you did it for one of these ,.the least of my brethren you did if for me.' " He said that many have lost "the spirit of '76, the spirit of' sacrifice." and declared "If each of us shared our daily bread with the qungry in the spirit of '76, the changes in our society would be astounding." He called for the "true spirit of '76, the spirit of true giving" to be manitested during the weeks of the Appeal. Bishop Cronin Following musical selections by the orchestra of Bisho" Stang High School, North Dartmouth, Bishop Cronin delivered the keynote ,address of the' evening, stressing the needs of the "least brothers" served by Appeal agencies. He said that the Appeal financial report (published in this issue of The Anchor) show~ ed allocations of last year'!} funds and projections for the coming year, and stressed that agency hudgets are carefufly scrutinized and trimmed where possiQle. "My messllge comes back to this," ,he concluded. ''We urgently need your total cooperation in making the 1976 Catholic Charities Appeal a resounding success. I urge you to return to your parishes and excite your fellow workers and' your fellow parishioners in participating in this work of the Lord, for such indeed it is. May God richly bless you. I thank you profoundly, and my thanks are echoed by countless of our 'lea~t brothers.''' Msgr. Luiz G. Mendonca, vicar general of the diocese, offered a closing prayer and Kenneth Leger of Fall River led the audience in "America the Beautiful." Catholic Charities lapel· pins were distributed to those in attendance and a coffee hour followed the ·formal program.
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Pastoral Activities During 1975, Bishop Cronin an- during the past fiscal year. The nounced a dramatic expansion of popUlar "Television Mass" on the Apostolate to SplUlish- WTEV, Channel 6, each Sunday Speaking residents of the Diocese mQrning is presented as a pubof Fall River, when a community lic service 'by the station; howof Sisters of Our Lady of Gua- ever Goordinator Father John F. dalupe arrived to assist and bot- Hogan requires "seed money" of ster-Jhe 'complement of those $2,500 to meet various incidenlaboring' in this area, Under the tal expenses in presenting the genera}. direction of FatberPeter program for elderly and infirm N. Graziano, in collaboration vi:e.wers. Thousands of dollars with Father James E. Murphy are expended annually for Diocand Father Charles Soto, O.F.M., esan participation in regional acand the lay and religious staff tivities such as the Convocation of the Regina Pacis Center in held each year in Holyoke. The New Bedford and in other arreas, Campus Ministry at SMU, under the apostolate to the Spanish- the direction of Father John A. speaking provides a variety of Perry receives, lin annual grant, needed services to thou.sands of as does the ApOstolate for the Blind,directed by Father Brian residents of the Diocese. To date, $45,825 has been al- J. Harrington. Speci,al activities located to this activity. Quarter- at Diocesan headquarters, develly subsidies of $12,500 are opment of the Bicentem\\~~b tJ;'ansmitted to the central office servance, for example,or the for'disbursement in local areas. work .of Fathfu' Lucien JusEpiscopal Representait will be difficult to hold the seaume, tive for Religious, are funded budget for the coming fiSlcal yeAr to the $50,000 level if good through the Catholic Charities and useful programs are to be Appeal. The DiOCesan Liturgical continued, and the ultimate Commission prepared, printed booklet this maintenance of this needed and distributed area of Diocesan activity must year with suggestions for music lie in the generous response of people of good will to the 1976 Catholic Charities Appeal. A myriad of activities of a "pastoral" nature are funded through the Charities Appeal. Participation of the Diocese of Fall River in national and state Modest ,9utlays are made from conferences costs over $30,000. Enrollment in such ecumenical the proceeds of' the Catholic, aSSOCiations as the Massachu- Charities Appeal each year for setts Commission for Christian a subsidiary to thL" Senate of Unity and the New England Con- Priests and for undertvf'!tMg the sultation of Church Leadel"s. cost of participation by Djocesan' along with funding the Diocesan priests in programs of pastoral Ecumenical Commission has fre- 'enrichment and education. Durquired expenditures of $1,650 ing the' fiscal year 1975-1976,
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Offices for Social Services Under the leadership and direction of Bishop' Cronin, the Diocese of Fall River enJMeS in a wide range of social service, pastoral, educationaL. ~nd health care activities. Thousands of residents, y01lRg and old, in southeastern Massachusetts, Catholic audl, non-Catholic alike, bertefit from the apostolic endeavors Df the Diocese and its many agencies and institutions. The Annual Catholic Charities Appeal supports these agNities. Good "stewardship·",and prudent administration d'emand careful disbursement.« the proceeds of the Appeal to areas where the most poSl:liWe good can be done. Major diocesan apostolates are noW' .organized on a "fiscal year" which runs from July 1st tIi'ough June 30th. Allocations of funds from the Annual 'Catholic Charities Appeal are / mades for the most part, in' accurd with budgets prepared in the various Diocesan offi~ in the spring of each year. There are always unforeseen expenses which must be met from Charities Appeal fund~, ·but every effort is made to budget allocations in accord with anticipated needs. The 1976 Catholic Charities Appeal will be the source for funding the social serviee, educational, pastoral and health care works during the ·fiscal year which will begin July I, 1976. - The Charities ,Appeal during 1975 concluded with total proceeds of $964,565, a record sum. After expenses were deducted a net total of $942,080 was available lor allocation to the various apostolates. Ttis sum has been used and is being used to support a.ctivitu,s during a "fiscal year" which concludes on June 30th of thill,year. There is some funding of capital expenditures undertaken each year; the major portion of the disbursement&. made go directly to operational expenses."ln the prese",fHreal year, monies available from the HJ7fi Ap~gl bvo M.a diGDuro~d,ln the:: tulluwlllg mannner: ' Net Proceeds'of the 1~75J\ppeal' $942,080 Social Service andChiil Care 410,000. Education 221,000. Health Care 175,000. Pastoral Activities 98,487. Development of Persosnel 10,360. Expenditures to Date, ' Available' for distribution
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Saint Vincent's Camp in Catholic Officesff;)r Social Courts throughout the Diocese Service are located in the prin- has been given new impetus. Westport is actually a complex cipal, aities of' the Diocese, with The adoptive services and con.. of three camps. Of these, two, outreach to all, areas. During cerned care for the unw~ the "overnight" camp, for boys ,1975, the Diocesan Apostolate mother continue in this apos- from all areas of the Diocese, for Social Service was reorgan- tolate. Local coordination of the and the Nazareth Camp which ized by Bishop Cronin, who ap- ,Campaign for Human Develop- serves retarded and exceptional pointed Father Peter N. Grazi- ment is conducted by staff mem- youngsters, are funded totally by the Catholic Charities Ap' ano, M.S.W.,' as Diocesan Direc- bers. peal. Under the direction of tor. Associated with Father GraTo date, the sum of '$78,000 Father Edmund R. Levesque, ziano in this apostolate is Father Thomas L. Rita. Immedi- has been disbursed to the Cath- these facilities offer fresh air, ate benefits from the reorgan- olic Offices for Social Service sunshine and directed activities ization of the Social Service since July I, 1975. Quarterly al- to hundreds of boys and girls. apostolate were noted: a "pilot" locations are presently made in program'in counseling, was initi- the amount of $21,000. The imated and, after, study and anal- plementation of the full counCatholic Youth Organization ysis of this program, the deci- seling service envisioned for the sion has recently been made by coming fiscal year is expected programs, under the direction of the Bishop to launch a full and to increase annual cost of ser- Father Paul F. McCarrick, Diocprofessional program of counsel- vice in this area by $23,000. esan Coordinator, and regional ing, to assist troubled marital Capital' expenditures for expan- coordinators in all areas of the partners, parents and young sion of facilities have been post- piocese, enlist thousands of people who are confused and poned for the current year, how- young men and women in athalienated, and many others who ever they must be carefully' con- letic, cultural and social activ\ labor under agonies of mind and sidered for the coming year, heart which can be fully as pain- and only a generous response ful as physical illness and dis- to the 1976 Charities Appeal ease. The system whereb.y chap- will assure the capacity to unSaint Vincent's l:Jome in Fall lains serve in the Juvenile dertake needed expansion. ,River conducts a sophisticated
$27,233.
In this, special section of The Anchor, there will be found particular information, and specific breakdowns of expenditures in the various areas of endeavor in the Diocese of Fall River supported by the Annual Catholic Charities Appeal.
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To date, the sum of $45,000 has been disbursed to. Saint Vincent's Camp from the 1975 Catholic Charities Appeal. It is foreseen that a further $5,000 will be necessary before funds generated in the 1976 Appeal can be - allocated to the camp complex. No decrease in the cost of maintaining the camp program is anticipated, and thus' we must turn to the current Appeal for $50,000 necessary to continue this worthy apostolate.
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Catholic Youth Organization ities The sum of $45,000 has been allocated, from the 1975 Appeal to the CYO. This represents a 10% decrease from funding levels of the prior year, one area where good service could be maintained in apostolic endeavor with a modest economy.
St. Vincent's Home
914,847. 914,847.
$ 98,487
$10,000 was allocated and expended in these activities. A similar expense is anticipated for the coming fiscal year, to be fun<ied through the 1976 Appeal. • .. DEVELOPMENT OF RELIGIOUS PERSONNEL Total $ 10,360.
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BISHOP GERRARD IDGH SCHOOL, FALL RIVER
Education Apostolate EDUCATION The Nazareth Apostolate is the Diocesan aCtivity in the area of education which is most clQsely identified in the mind of the parishioners' and friends of the Catholic Charities Appeal, who contribute each spring to the Appeal. In two facilities in Fall River and in one institution In :tIyanms and one in Attleboro, Sisters of Mercy. engage in the special apostolate of teaching boys and girls with the extraordinary handicap of mental retardation. The Nazareth schools and vocational center are widely recognized as places not simply of professional competence, but as loving centers of care and concern. Hundreds of boys and girls from areas served by the Nazareth Apostolate benefit from the program; thousands of parentsand relatives of students have the extraordinary consolation of seeing severely impeded youngsters grow, in the words of Scripture, in wisdom, age and grace before God and man at
the Nazareths in the Fall River Diocese. To date, the sum of $41,000 has been allocated ,from the 1975 Catholic Charities Appeal to the Nazareth Apostolate. Quarterly budgetary subsidies of $11,500 are now transmitted. No decrease is foreseen in the need: In tact, the necessity of providing additional personnel to the program will very likely mean an increased budget for the coming fiscal year. This can be assured only by a successful campaign in 1976! The Diocesan Education Center, under the direction of Monsignor Patrick J. O'Neill, is central coordinating office for educational activities ranging from Catholic schools through pro, grams of reIjgious education for youngsters to adult education. To date this year, $60,000 has been disbursed for the operation of this "power plant" for educational programs. Quarterly subsidies of $15,000 are transmitted.
Bishop Gerrard High School in Fall River was purchased by the Diocese of Fall River in 1971 from the Sisters of Mercy. This year, again, the sum of $100,000 has been allocated from the proceeds of the Catholic Charities Appeal to capitalize the cost of acquisitlbn of" this institution.
program of care, education and therapy for youngsters with problems on a magnificent "campus" in the far north end of f,1l River. Under the direction of Father Armando Annunziato and the Sisters of Mercy, a professionally-competent staff serves the extraordinaTY needll of troubled boys and girls with compassion and concern. Annually from the Catholic Charities Ap{)eal, a substantial capital funding is needed to gradually reduce the high interest and principal cost at this facility. The sum of $212,000 has been disbursed from the 1975 Appeal, and at least a similar amount must be allocated from the current Appeal. Without this sum, despite substantial funding itom extra-diocesan sources, St. Vincent's Home would operate at a severe deficit. . Social Service and Child Care Catholic Offices for Social Service $ 78,000. Saint Vincent's Camp Disbursed 45,000 Allocated 5,000 50,ooq. Catholic Youth Organization _ 45,000. Saint Vincent.'s Home 212,000 Catholic Charities Office 25,000. $410,000.
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bur~e the sum of $15,000 to date
in special subsidies for secondary education; a further allocation of $5,000 has been designated 'from the 1975 Appeal for this work.
Pro-Life Units Plan Meeting
Pro-Life units from all parts _of the natran will meet in Boston Wednesday through Sunday, EDUCATION June 23 to 27 for a National Nazareth Apostolates $ 41,000. Right to Life convention. The program will include simuDiocesan Education ' Center 60,000. lated congres5ional and state legislative hearings, conducted Debt Service, Bishop Gerrard High School 100,000. by U. S. and state senators and representatives. Special Subsidy Registration is open to indiSecondary Schools viduaisas well as to pro-life Disbursed 15,000. Allocated 5,000. 20,000. group members and further information is available from NRL $221,000. Convention '76, Box 76, Back Bay Annex, Boston, 02117.
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THE ANCHOR:-Oiocese of Fall River-Thurs. Apr. 22, 1976
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ST. STANISLAUS, FALL RIVER. All in,terested in aiding preparations for the annual summer festival will meet in the school hall at 7 p.m. Sunday, April 25. ',,-- Parish Polish dancers, directed by Phylis Babiarz, will participate in a Pollsh Bicentennial Day Sunday, May 16 at Lincoln Park. Scheduled for Sunday, May 23 is a flea market, to be held in the schoolyard from noon to 6 p.m. Donations may be left at the rectory or convent, or the rectory may be called to make pick-up arrangements. A demonstration of the making of Polish folk Christmas decorations will take place at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 26 in the lower church hall, with Alfred Ferry as instructor. A seminar for parish musicians and singers will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 24 in the school hall under direction of Rev. Robert Kaszynski, pastor. ST. MARGARET, BUZZARDS BAY SS. Margaret-Mary Guild will hold a food sale from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday in the. parish center. OUR LADY OF LOURDES, TAUNTON The parish will hold a penny sale Saturday, April 24 in the school gym, with doorS opening at' 6 p.m. Groceries, white elephant items and handmade articles will be featured, and refreshments will be served.
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ST. JOSEPH, ATTLEBORO· The senior choir will rehearse at 7 p.m. tomorrow in the chureh. Also tomorrow, a line 'dancing class will take place from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the hal). All are welcome to attend. The parish is organizing a slimmer bowling team for high School students. Further infOrniatian is available at the rectory. Boy Scouts of the parish will be represented at' a Scout-aRama to be held this weekend at Rehoboth Fair Grounds. SANTO CHRISTO, FALL RIVER A smorgasbord and dance will be sponsored by the Santo Christo Feast Committee Satufday. April 24 in the church hall at the corner of Columbia and Canal Streets. The meal will be served from 6 to 8 p.m. with dancing to the music of Charles and Company following until 10 p.m. Ticket reservations may be made with Arthur Silvia Jr., telephone 672-7872 or Lorraine, Lima, 676-0076. A gigantic penny sale to benefit the feast committee, is planned for 1:30 p.m. Sunday, May 16 at the hall by the Council of Catholic Women. ST. KIUAN, NEW BEDFORD
The Women's Guild will sponsor a whist party at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 24.in the church hall at Ashley Boulevard and Davis Street. Proceeds will benefit the parish. SACRED 'HEART, FALL RIVER An international var!ety show under' the direction of Mrs. Florence Labecki will be presented by parishioners at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and'Sunday, April 24 and 25 in the school hall. Tickets will be available at the door..
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APPOINTED: Rev. John F. Moore, assistant pastor at St. William's Parish, Fall River, has been named Moderator of- the Catholic Women's Club' of Fall River;' Rev. Richard M. Roy, assistant pastor at St. Theresa Parish, So~ Attleboro, has been appointed Chaplain to the Juvenile Court in Attleboro. ST.WUlS. FALL RIVER The annual W,omen's Guild penny sale, open to the public, will take place at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 25 in the church auditorium, with Mrs. Wilfred St. Michel' as chairman. Refreshinepts will be. available. Guild members will attend an open dialog Mass and district meeting at 7:45 p.m. Wednesday, April 28 at St. WiIliam's Church, Fall River. Those needing transporta.tlon or wishing information about the Di~es8n Council convention Saturday, May 1 may contact Mrs. St. Michel.
Pl:anned to follow 10:30 a.m. Mass Sunday, May 16 is the annual guild communion ,breakfast. It will be served in the hall and Miss ~rion Fahey, chairman, will be aided by Miss Agnes Murphy, co-chairman. SS. PETER AND PAUL I
FALL RIVER The Women's Club wiIl sponsor a whist party at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, April 25 in the Father Coady Center. Mrs. Norman Hathaway, chairperson, will be assisted by Mrs. Thomas Reise.
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Ordain Centerville Man As Salesian Saturday Rev. Mr. James Hurley, S.D.B., son of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Hur~ ley of Our Lady of Victory parish,. CenterviIle, wiIl be ordained a Salesian priest this Saturday in Westerville, O. He will concelebrate his first Mass in Our Lady of Victory Church at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 16, joined by Rev. Francis B. Connors, pastor, other Salesian priests, his family and friends. Parishioners are invited to attend. Formerly a resident of West Hartford, Conn., Rev. Mr. Hurley graduated in 1964 from the Salesian preparatory seminary at West Haverstraw and Goshen, N. Y. In 1965 he joined the SaleSian Society, an order dedicated to religious education and care of the young, and began studies at Don Bosco College in Newton, N. J., where he graduated in 1969. In 1972 he earned a Master of Arts degree in English from Tulane University, New Orleans. Rev. Mr. Hurley taught English and classical languages at the Salesians' Archbishop Show
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H0LY NAME, FALL1UVER Rev. Peter N. Graziano, chairman of the diocesan Bicentennial Commission, will discuss diocesan participation in bicentennial observances at a Project Leisure meeting set for 2 this afternoon in the school hall. A social hour will follow. Kits for Catholic Charities campaign solicitors will be available in the church vestibule after all Masses on Sunday. SS. PETER AND PAUL, FALL RIVER A First Anniversary dedication banquet' will be held in Father Coady Center Saturday, April 24, under sponsorship of the Women's Club. Mrs. Helen Ozug is chairperson and tickets are available from Miss Barbara Lee and' Mrs. WiIliam Hyland Jr. Mrs. Ozug is also in charge of arrangements for the club's annual communion breakfast, set for Sunday, May 16. Mrs. Mary Walmsley and Mrs. Inez Pacheco are making' preparations for an installation banquet Wednesday, May 19.
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Education THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Apr. 22, 1976 11 Ethnicity Leaders Should Demand Law Enforcement Convention Former Giant of Catholic On April 5, a new drama on the life of Martin Luther Sociology Breaks Silence King, Jr. "I Have A Dream," had its world premiere at the
There are some light moments in publishing a research report on American Catholicism. Nowadays one takes one's laughs where one can get them. The three sputtering Mouseketeers of the Catholic press-Francis, Hallett and Morissfuming with rage: NORC does surveys to make uate school in sociological methknows that you can't money. Just because every- odology study' the ,effect of Catholic one thinks something is schools unless you compare
Ford Theater in Washington, D.C.-the theater in which President Lincoln was assassinated. "Dream" f-ollows King's career from the Montgomery, Ala. bus boycott in 1955 others have publicly opposed it must also be taken into account -the incident .that cata- in discussingthe pros and cons pulted him into national of this highly controversial issue. . prominence - to his assassination eight years ago on the balcony of a Memphis motel. The Washington Post's drama
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MSGR. GEORGE G. HIGGINS critic, Jacqueline Prescott, reports that there was hardly a dry eye in the house. Out in the audience," she wrote, "were men and women to whom Martin Luther King Jr.'s words were too fresh .. and the King legacy too much an inseparable part of their lives to hear his thoughts in any detached way." At the end of the play, Coretta King fought back tears, "taking deep breaths with her eyes halfclosed as the audience sang the civil rights anthem, 'We Shall Overcome.' " What Mrs. King and the audience at the Ford Theater did not know was that, earlier that day, a group of 200 anti-busing demonstrators went on a violent rampage in downtown Boston, as though to prove that Martin Luther King, Jr. had died in vain. Theodore Landmark, a 29-yearold black who serves as Executive Director of the Boston Contractors' Association, was brutally kicked and hit in the face near City Hall, where he was headed for a meeting. The Deputy Mayor of Boston, Clarence Jones, barely escaped the same fate. Boston police rescued Landmark and eventually quelled the riot but, according to the Post, made no arrests. I find it incredible that the Boston police should have let the culprits escape with immunity. There was no problem in identifying them. In the photos which appeared in the Boston papers and were reproduced in the Washington Post, you can see them gleefully assaulting Landmark and attempting to assault the Deputy Mayor. They should have been arrested on the spot and punished to the limit of the law.
Whatever of that, however, dissident whites cannot be .permitted to take the law into their own hands. The kind of violence which erupted in the recent Boston riot was criminal in nature. Those responsible for it must be held accountable under the law. I might add that, in my opinion, the time has come for the leaders of the ethnic movement in the United States to stand up and be counted on this issue. Many ~pokesmen for this movement have taken a strong stand against busing for reasons which I find rather convincing. I have the uneasy feeling, however, that in putting forth their reasoned arguments against busing, they may unwittingily be providing aid and comfort to some of their more rabid followers who are determined to take the law into their own hands and apparently have decided that they can get away with almost any degree of violence short of murder. In short, I think the leaders of the ethnic movement have a duty to clarify their position on this matter by publiciy condemning what happened in Boston on April 5 and by demanding that the police enforce the law without regard to the racial or ethnic background of those who violate it.
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FR. PATRICK FARRELL, U. S. Catholic Conference Representative for Catholic Schools, will keynote diocesan Catholic Education Conf~rence at Feehan High School, Attleboro, Thursday, May 6, with address on "Educating for the 21st Century."
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right doesn't make it right. It's all August Comte anyhow. Greeley is another Luther, another Calvin. Poor Mouseketeers - if
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REV. ANDREW M. GREELEY the Vatican Council is not to blame for the decline in the Church, what do they have left? And Msgr. Owen Murdick, secretary of the USCC Department of Education, wandered through a maze of distracted syntax while he attacked a study which makes Catholic schools look good. The bishops are in favor of consulting with parents about schools, he mutters; why haven't I done research on the problem of institutional life and shared responsibility? And there's nothing wrong with CCD either, he announces. It's not a waste of time, effort and money. Why haven't I done more research on
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Most Pathetic Msgr. Murdick knows why there is no research either on shared responsibility or on CCD; the Church won't sponsor research on anything. Presiding over an office which has never funded research, Msgr. Murdic~ wonders why I haven't done research. And I wonder how someone so eager to please bishops at any cost to the schools he is supposed to represent ever managed to get assigned to such a position of responsibility. Shared responsibility, Monsignor? Ever hear of Chicago? But the most hilarious of all was the most pathetic. John Thomas, once the giant of American Catholic sociology, breaks it silence of many years to attack a study of Catholic education because it iSll't restricted just to those who went to Catholic schools. "Only a limited number of Catholics are exposed to Catholic scho<is," he said. "The study would have been better if it had focused only on those who had attended Catholic schools." Not Worth the Pain Leave aside the non sequitur. Leave aside the additional fact that about half the Catholic adults in the country have had some kind of Catholic education (hardly a limited number). Even a "B" student in an undergrad-
those who went to them with those who didn't. You feel sad that a fading sociologist is so eager to get back into public attention by attacking the work of a colleague and admirer and (I thought)路 a friend_ that he would make such a fool of him~ self. And you feel even sadder that a man whose questions about the birth control stand were well-known at every CANA cocktail party for 20 years resorts to epistemological mumbojumbo about "links" and "casualogy" to defend an encyclical you know that he does not like and to attack a Council that you know he does like. You wonder how many times he attacked the birth-control teaching at Bob McCready's house when Bill was growing up; and now he's joining the hierarchy in its well-orchestrated attack on a major report concerning that teaching written in part by the old ally's son. And that makes you feel very bad indeed. Nothing is! worth such pain. You Wonder You wonder why a路man whose own published work does not reveal competency beyond the most simple cross-tabulations will dismiss out of hand a complex analytic model developed by some of the finest sociologists in the country. You wonder if he really read Professor J ames Davis' papers on "D System" longitudinal analysis. You wonder if 路he can possibly reject with a simple declarative sentence or to a closely-reasoned argument that runs 51 pages and uses 19 tables and five flow charts. You wonder 'why the six specialists in social change analysis who reviewed the chapter before publication agreed that there was no reasonable doubt that it was birth control and not the Council which caused the decline in Catholicism. And John Thomas thinks exactly the opposite. You wonder about that and you think about what it means to grow old and lonely and you wonder why you bother at all with sociology. It accomplishes nothing. It changes no minds. And it only loses you friends. American Catholicism is destroying itself and sociology is certainly not going to change the process. So it's not very funny after all. There are no light moments at a wake. (Andrew Greeley, priest and sociologist. is Program Director of the National Opinion Research Center of the University of Chicago.)
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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Apr. 22, 1976
KNOW YOUR FAITH Matthew: IRS Man
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Traditionally, 'tax men do not have the most popular jobs in society. The biblical record shows that the tax collectors of those days were held in low esteem. Often with good reason. In Palestine the Jewish c6mmunity hated tax people because they sold out to a pagan government that had deprived them of their political freedom~
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Three Common Questions About Reconciliation
in the internal revenue service of his day. His office was on the north-south highway along the Sea of Gallilee near the city of Capernaum. It was here that Jesus met him and called him to be an Apostle. Jesus refused to treat anyone as a pariah or outcast. He ate openly with the "sinners" of society, not because He approved of their sins, but because He had come to offer them the gift of forgiveness and In His parable of the Pharisee and the Publican, Jesus contrasts the arrogance of a religious servant of God with the humility of a secular servant of the State. Thus He reminded His listeners to look beyond the office to the quality of the person. Power of God's Reign It is Matthew, an "IRS" man who is said to be the author of the first Gospel. Scholarship shows he may not have written the final text as we have it, but he is most likely the spirit behind it as well as the collector of the major materials that went into it. Matthew's work in a tax office would have given him a sense for the need for organization and accountability. He knows the value of institutions. Perhaps this is why Matthew's Turn to Page Thirteen
Three questions about the new Rite of Penance keep coming to the- surface as I speak on this topic around the country: Is private confession going to disappear? Will all our confessional boxes be removed?
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CHURCHES, SUCH AS THIS ONE in Baltimore, will Can we expect general or group absolution without individ- eventually phase out the old "confessional boxes" and reual confession to become the place them with reconciliation rooms Father Joseph M. They also dislike them for incommon or ordinary practice for Champlin writes. The new rite of reconciliation will offer a timidating the citizens, squeezthe United States? ing all they could from their inI think we can safely respond choice of the traditional screen to separate the confessor and come and creaming off a suspithe penitent or face-to -face communication. "no" to all three inquiries. ciously high percentage for themThe Disappearance of selves before turning the funds The National Conference of will certainly remain. But even Private Confession over to Rome. These "publicans" in those forward moving congre- Catholic Bishops in the United as they were called, erected toll Far fro~ disappearing, I look gations which swiftly develop States through a recent decision gates on roads and at bridges for a resurgence of interest in handsome rooms for this sacra- both encouraged the construction and harbors. They collected duty individual, auricular confession ment, penitents should have the of reconciliation chapels while on goods carried to market, on with an accompanying rise in Turn to Page Thirteen option of anonymity. merchandise transported from the number of persons finding city to city. They even imposed this sacramental experience a a sales tax on salt. . source of spiritual healing and The Apostle Matthew served growth. Certainly that is the mind of the Church and the intention of elation.. He is the link that joins By STEVE LANDREGAN the revised ritual. promise to fulfillment. That link In the musical "Godspell" the Paragraph 7 of the text's in" is forged by John's Baptism of show begins with the appearance troduction thus reads: Jesus in which Christ is mantype. That is, He did not kill BY MARY E MAHER "Moreover, frequent and care- of the solitary figure of John the ifested as Messiah and the New Baptist, and the sounding of the Deitrich Bonhoeffer, the great His opposition at their least ful celebration of this sacrament Israel. Lutheran theologian, named Je- provocation. He dealt with is also very useful as a remedy shofar's (ram's horn) clarion call Baptist's Role sus "Ule man for others." His others who disagreed with Him. for venial sins. This is not a to repentance. John's recognition of Jesus as The Gospel is drama, with its language seems obscure until That sort of dealing was costly mere ritual repetition or psycho"a man who ranks ahead of me vivid characterizations, conflicts, we experience the Christian and risky. It meant suffering logical exercise, but a serious because he was before me" emotional impact, and powerful mystery of giving of self for He did not destroy. His opposi- striving to perfect the grace of (John 1:30) is the beginning of .climax. And the character who and death. It remains clear that tion; for that matter, neither did Baptism so that, as we bear in the increase of Jesus and the deto give bits and pieces of self for He canonize or romanticize His our body the death of Jesus sets the stage in this Divine crease of John (John 3:30). drama is the mysterious comothers. A whole life itself is the followers. He did not engage in Christ, His life may be seen in Scholars also see in the Gospelling John the Baptist. the pattern of behavior of avoid-' journey into learning how to us ever more clearly. In confespel of John an effort to deal There are other personalities give. ourselves to others while, ing conflict which many psy- sion of this kind, penitents who with the view of a few that whose relationship to Jesus help at the same time, learning to re- chologists say that many of us accuse themselves of venial both the Baptist and Jesus were spond to the invitation of the do: fight and then flight. faults should try to conform define the conflicts, frustrations messianic prophets and teachers First Commandment: Love Thymore closely to Christ and to and compassion that were part .Earlier spirtuality, such as that follow the voice of the Spirit of His .public life. The pharisees of equal stature.- There is evself. who challenged Him at every idence in the Gospels of disIt is mysterious and exciting of Saint Francis of Assisi, ap- more attentively. proached faith in the style of turn, the women who ministered ciples of the Baptist who questo think of Jesus' relationshp "In order that this sacrament tioned the role of Jesus (Mt. with others. It is cleansing and imitation. Sometimes that seems of healing may truly achieve its to Him and to whom He showed 9: 14ff). terribly ajar with how we can understanding and tenderness, healing to try to see how He purpose among Christ's faithful, John the Evangelist puts great might respond to segments of live. We would want to accept it must take root in their whole and finally the Twelve, that unTurn to Page Thirteen and imitate' Jesus' posture of likely collection of men who our society today. Was Jesus lives and move them to more such an either/or person as letting others contradict us and frequent service of God and abandoned the world to follow Him and ultimately to die for many of us are? Where would of responding with meekness. neighbor." He stand in relation to today's For we all have our pharisees; In addition, the actual Rite for Him. Fatter•• Uotne There are more, but for now split in Ireland, on the Catholic that is, the opposition. Their Reconciliation in individual pen~ 550 Locust Street difference from us does not let us consider the Baptist and or Protestant side? Would he itents contains various possibilFaD River, Mass. dialogue with Castro, knowing make them bad. Jesus respected ities, including a variety of the women, then in our next as He would that the Marxist differences to the very point prayers and Scriptural readings, article the Pharisees and the 672-2391 critique excluded mention of his . of giving up His life to affirm· designed to make so-called "pri- Twelve. Rose E. SuUivan John the Baptist's place in Father? Would He be silent or them. He argued with His en- vate" confessions richer and William J. Sullivan the prophetic tradition is firmly vocal at the United Nations re- emies, angered at them, dealt more effective. Margaret M. Sullivan fixed by the announcement of cent statement that Zionism is with what He called their "blindThe Removal of Familiar his birth in Luke which echoes racism? How would He relate ness." Yet He did not destroy Confessional 'Boxes' the Biblical narratives of Isaac, to Mr. Moon and the Unification His enemies. They destroyed REBELLO'S These traditional spaces for Samson and Samuel, all of whom Church which so attracts the Him. Sometimes I think that unNURSERY INC. young disillusioned of the formal til we have faced that fact about individual confession of sins will were born of aged parents churches? How would He re- Him we have not known the in- probably give way in time to through divine intervention. His / "On The Cape" reconciliation rooms. However, garb and desert ministry recall ''WE BEAUTIFY OUTDOORS" spond to Mr. Moon's belief that ner essence of His life. Evergreens, Flowering Shrubs, Trees in the immediate future for most the life and appearance of Elijah. His (Jesus') ministry was inlawn Fertilizer - loam - Annuals The pattern of imitating Jesus' churches and for years to come at the end of an John stands complete because He needed a landscape Design response to those who opposed in some parishes, the one or era and his mission is to anfemale counterpart? 442 MAIN ST., EAST FALMOUTH Historically we know that Him may come hard for us. We two penitent areas normally nounce the approaching reign of 548-4842 built into the side or near walls God, the fullness of God's revJesus was not the John Wayne Turn to Page Thirteen
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John The Baptist and Women Continued from Page Twelve emphasis on the Baptist's role as witness to Jesus. In the prologue to his Gospel, John the Evangelist proclaims "There was a man named John sent by God, who came as a witness to testify to the light, so that through him all men might believe-but only to testify to the light, for he himself was not the light" (John 1:6-8). In John's Gospel, the Baptist points out Jesus as "the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world" (John 1:29), an act· that causes two of John's disciples to leave him to follow Christ (John 1:35-39). The other Gospel accounts relate how John's <iisciples, sent by the imprisoned Baptist to confirm that Jesus is indeed "He who is to come," (Luke 7:18-23) are answered in Old Testament terms (Is 35:5f) that clearly identify Christ with Isaiah's Servant of Yahweh. With John the Baptist's death, the transition from promise to fulfillment is completed. The reign of God which he heralded has begun. Jesus told His disciples, "the law and the prophets were in force until John. From his time on, the goodness of God's kingdom has been proclaimed, and people of every sort are forcing their way in" (Luke 16:16). Jesus' attitude toward women was revolutionary for the time. While there were many heroines of the Old Testament, Deborah, Ruth, Judith, Esther, and others, the role of the woman, though honored, was centered on the home and family and not on the affairs of God (Prov~ 31:10-31). New Dignity, Role It is not surprising that Luke, the only non-Jewish evangelist, is the one who provides the greatest insights into Jesus' relationships with women. There are the women, whom Jesus had cured, who followed him on his journeys and ministered to him (Luke 8:1-3). Father Carroll Stuhlmueller, C.P., in his article on Luke in the Jerome
Biblical Commentary observes that "Jesus imparts a new dignity and role to woman in granting her a right not only to learn the 'good news of the kingdom of God, but even to participate in the ministry.''' Father Stuhlmueller points out that in Jesus' time some rabbis even doubted the ability of women to learn the "Torah," something required of every pious male. Luke also relates Jesus' compassion toward the penitent woman (7:36-50) and the widow of Naim (7:11-17), and his commendation of Mary for not letting her household duties so preoccupy her that she has no time for the things of the Spirit (10:38-42), an incident that is in stark contrast to the description of the good wife in Proverbs 31 where the only spiritual reference is that the wife is "blessed." There are many other incidents where Jesus demonstrated an openness and respect for women -incidents which were uncommon in His time. He'deferred to the perseverance of the SyroPhoenician woman (Matt 15: 21-28), He refused to let the ancient taboo against a menstruating woman keep Him from extending His healing love to the woman with a hemorrhage (Luke 8:40-48), nor would He permit Pharisaic legalism prevent Him from healing the woman with a deformed back on the Sabbath (Luke 13:10-17). In a man's world, Jesus used women and their work to teach the mystery of the kingdom in the parable of the heaven (Mt 13-13) and the love of God for . the lost sinner in the parable of the lost coin (Luke 15:8-10). Jesus accepted anointing from a woman (Mark 14:6) and women were the first witnesses to the Resurrection (Luke 24:1-12). There is no better illustration of Jesus' attitude toward wom· en than this ... theirs was the privilege of being the first proclaimers of the Good News. He is risen!
Continued from Page Twelve live in an ecumenical age when it is intellectually stylish to affirm the rightness of all differences. We have coffees and musical gatherings to demonstrate how unified we seem to be. We know that religious politeness may not really mean failing to make distinctions. Yet differences and distinctions can be messy and indeed, our culture's capital sins. So often we claim no enemies. The error is that the impotence we deal everyone by our failure to struggle and suffer at others' hands and to know that they indeed suffer at ours. It is very hard to accept that others suffer because of what and how we believe and live out our beliefs. Without that acceptance, the joy of differing remains shallow. Jesus must have known the suffering which he caused the pharisees, those religious giants of Jewish monotheism. He was radical enough to see the position of His opponents and, unlike pseudo-radicals. He did not wipe out His opposition. After all, these were the people His Father
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THE APOSTLE MATTHEW served in the Internal Revenue Service of his day, Father Alfred McBride writes. "Perhaps this is why Matthew's Gospel lays the groundwork for understanding the Church in institutional terms," Father McBride suggests. Matthew is depicted writing his Gospel in this 14th-century painting by Simone Martini.
Matthew: IRS Man
Continued f~om Page Twelve Gospel lays the groundwork for understanding the Church in institutional terms, though he clearly places the religious concept of the Church as a spiritual kingdom in the foreground He sees the Church as a community of faith that witnesses the power of God's reign in the world. He outlines this. vision in orderly - even institutionalterms. One way to see this aspect is to read his Gospel as a five-point plan for faith commuhad first claimed as His own! nity and institutional develop· I feel often as I see older ca- ment, a pllin prefaced by Christtechetical audio-visual materials mas stories and concluded with how unlike the Gospel some of the stirring sweep of the Pasthese presentations of the phar- sion-Resurrection narratives. isees are. They are anti-Semitic What is the plan? to the bone. Faces long and sin1. Begin with a spiritual charister with evil eyes and condemn- ter. Sermon on the Mount. ing gestures are how the phar2. Inculcate a sense of world isees are often presented. Their mission and train the missioncorresponding voices rage and aries. utter cynicism and hardness. 3. Describe the nature of the Surely Jesus could not have re- community in parables of the duced His own to such stereo- kingdom. type! 4. Call the comunity to a We enjoy sports most where healing ministry as illustrated strength takes on strength. The by the miracles. Olympics were great viewing, 5. Insist on responsible behavfor we saw beautiful strength ior and .accountability as depitted against its own kind of scribed in the parables of judgbeauty.- We love to see football ment and the sermon on Last where strength and not simply Judgment. finding the opposition's weakness This orderly approach to is most evident. Church community and organIf Jesus is the man for others ization reflects the mind of an by being (Himself) that Bon- administrator, but Matthew is hoeffer claimed He was, His life no mere bureaucrat. He is also was indeed a growth in· deep a philosopher whose vision of love of Himself with assurance how a group takes shape may to His opposition. He had no be compared to a person like need to pitch His curve ball at Benjamin Franklin struggling to the weak angle of His opposi- give an enduring existence to tion's posture. the infant American republic.
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Matthew's Gospel deftly weaves a path between spiritual ideals and practical structures to maintain them. He notes that the Apostles are not just filled with the excitment of becoming missionaries. He recalls the Lord's precise instructions on how to do it. "Provide yourselves with neither gold nor silver nor copper in your belts; no traveling bag, no change of shirt, no sandals, no walking staff... Look for a worthy person in every town or village you come to and stay with him until you leave" (Mt 10, 9ff). Matthew retains long memories of Christ's judgment sayings, because he had spent most of his life in the business of being accountable. He saw clearly that religious responsibility is just as important. Lastly, it is Matthew who recalls that Jesus wanted a Church built on a rock, a firm foundation of faith community and institutional practicality (Mt. 16, 13). The tax man's vision has worn very well.
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Continued from Page Twelve insisting that the freedom of a person to confess anonymously be preserved. They decreed: "It be considered desirable that small chapels or rooms of reconciliation be provided in which penitents might choose to confess their sins and seek sacramental reconciliation through an informal face-to-face exchange with the priest, with the opportunity for appropriate spiritual counsel. It would also be regarded as de- I sirable that such chapels or rooms be designed to afford the option of the penitent's kneeling at the fixed confessional grill in the usual way, but in every case the freedom of the penitent is to be respected." General Absolution The new ritual includes a liturgy for general absolution without individual confession of sins and sets guidelines when this procedure is to be allowed. Nevertheless, it states: "Individual, integral confession and absolution remain the only or· dinary way for the faithful to reconcile themselves wiQi God and the Church, unless physical or moral impossibility excuses from this kind of confession." (Article 31). Moreover, even when the local bishop approves of this for a specific situation, those "who receive pardon for grave sins by a common absolution should go to individual confession before they receive this kind of absolution again, unless they are impeded by a just reason." (Art. 34). While general absolution without individual confession may become a more common way of reconciling persons with persons and persons with God than it has in the past century, the Church does not envision this as the ordinary procedure nor one which will replace individual telling of sins to the priest.
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BY CECILIA BELANGER Q. I often think of Jesus and
all he went through, but the world seems constantly to impinge and I cannot sustain such thoughts for long. Are we all doomed as human beings to inconsistencies or is there a way of overcoming this fickleness? Jim J. A. That's a tough question, Jim, but from all I've read it is not in most humans to maintain themselves for long at the rare height of their noblest hours or thoughts. So don't feel badly, but continue to strive for all that's best in you. Don't-as you grow' older - relinquish those fine feelings and aspirations-for cynicism and 'bitterness. Any time is a good time to speak of Jesus and particularly at this period. Your question brings to mind Mount Hermon and what transpired there. It was written, "He brought them up into a high mountain apart, and was transfigured before them." It was toward evening when Jesus approached the mount and St. Luke tells us that he went tMi'e to pray. We imagine Jesus and the disciples ascending until sleep falls upon the followers and Jesus goes on alone. Then, we are told, the disciples suddenly awake and are startled with a sense of joy mingled with terror. They behold Jesus clothed with the glory of moonlight, so that his face shines, and "his raiment is white as the light." They have seen him in his incredible divinity, which later they are to broadcast to the world. Turn to Page Fifteen
This is the time of year when high school seniors begin making their filial plans for the future. Many seniors are anxiously awaiting news of acceptance to the college of their' choice. At Holy Family High School in New Bedford, seniors have been hearing regularly since January and the list of acceptances grows longer every day. Of special interest and pride to all are the scholarship winners. To date, nine seniors from Holy Family High School have been offered scholarships which total over $27,000 from colleges in the area. This is a very impressive total from such a small school. The following students are the recipients of financial scholarship assistance: Jane Gonsalves, a full tuition of scholarship financial aid totalling $3,200 per year from Providence College, $3,200 per year from Holy Cross College, and $1,500 per year from Boston College. Carol Hathaway, scholarship financial aid totalling $3,200 per year from Providence College and $1,500 per year from Stonehill College. Cynthia Borowiec, $850 per year from Our Lady of the Elms College. John Glenn, $2,500 per year from Providence College. Gerard Hebert, $1,300 per year from Bryant College. Michael Costa, $1,400 per' year from Bryant College. Joel Quinones, a full tuition of $2,410 per year from Bentley College and $500 from Franklin Pierce College. Joseph Gaudreau, $2,600 from Assumption College and Patricia Kennedy, $3,400 from St. Joseph's College. Our congratulations to the
above students and our best wishes to all seniors in their future plans.
Boy Scouts Ea rn Highest Award The rank of Eagle Scout, attained by only one percent of boys entering the Scouting organization, has been merited by Paul Mello and Kyle Medeiros of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel parish, New Bedford, and by Timothy J. Kelly 3rd, a member of St. Mary's Cathedral Troop 35, Fall ' River. Paul, a Scout since fifth grade, is now a student at New Bedford High School. In parish life, the new Eagle Scout has taught CCD classes Turn to Page Sixteen
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Doctor, my woman is coming back home late today Could you maybe give me something, .Cause the feelin' is gone and I must get it back right away Before she sees that I've been up, down, Trying' to get the f~eling again, all around Trying' to get the feeling again The one that made me shiver, made my knees start to quiver Everytime she walked in. And I've been high, low, everywhere I possibly can, But there's no tryin' to get the feeling 'again It seemed to disappear as fast as it came. Where did it run to, I thought I'd done all that I could Just to keep the love light burning But whatever I've done, I guess I just ha'm't done too good Cause all that's left is yearning. Written by: David Pomeranz ...:... Performed by: Barry Manilow (c) 1975 Arista Records, Inc. . In looking at the words to "Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again," one thing is obvious: the emphasis on the one aspect of love-feelings. The questions that immediately arise are: Is there an over-emphasis? Is he so concerned about trying to get the feeling again that other aspects of love are overlooked? Just as in the example of nature, is there such an imbalance that harm can be done instead of growth? What aFe the aspects of love that could provide a better balance? With love, it seems that the ideal would be the balance between knowing the goodness and the quality of the relationship and then feeling the exhilaration of the experience. As we meet someone and we begin to talk, to communicate ourselves with them, laugh with them, and be attracted to them, it is very human to have the feeling that "makes you shiver, and make the knees start to quiver." However, what happens, as in song, when that "feeling is gone"? First there is feeling of panic: "I must get it back right away." There is the questioning: "Where did it run to?" There is the doubting: "I thought I'd done all that I could." There is the searching: "I've been up, down . . . " It is certain that getting the feeling again is not going to be an easy task. It would be nice if we could just call the "doctor" and havea quicl~ remedy prescribed. The problem is that if he is looking for real love, the depth of the love is going to re:Juire a longer and, in many ways, a more painful process. Now is the time that the challenge of the proper balance will be presented. Not Simple What is impressive in this song is the sincerity with which he is searching and the willingness to admit that "I guess I just haven't done too good." With this admission, there is hope that something better will be done and that the something better might require some hurt, some sacrifices, and a dying to self that makes the opening for love. Work will be necessary and the feeling will be balanced with these other dimensions of love. All of a sudden the rain will have meaning and will begin to mingle with the sunshine to give a depth and new life. Certainly. all of this is not simple and his search might continue to lead him down some dead-ends, through the "ups, downs, and the highs and lows." If he hangs in there and continues to be sincere and honest about his search, the ohances of his finding an inner peace and solid expression of love are good.
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Continued from Page Fourteen Always. There These disciples were most fortunate. They were able to sustain that image all through their lives. He was always there before them, his voice ringing in their ears. Perhaps 'we all need our Mount Hermon-a place where we can,
By PETER J. BARTEK Norton High Coach
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Division III of the Southeastern Massachusetts Conference will open its track season Monday with a full complement of dual meets. The relatively short, seven week, campaign will reach a climax with the league meet May 22. According to pre-season Diman's athletic fortune preprognostications Diman Re- sents an interesting picture. If gional Technical· of Fall one were to char;t that fate, the River is. the decided favorite graph would resemble an electo win both the dual meet and league meet championships. Coach John Cantwell's club has gotten off to an excellent start in non-league meets. The Bengals are unbeaten in four starts to date, and have not been seriously challenged. The Fall Riverites will, however, face one of their strongest 'Opponents Monday when they tangle with rival New Bedford Vocational in the Whaling City. If they are able to pass that test, they should have clear sailing until they meet Norton later in the campaign.
trocardiogram. The peaks depicting the success of the crosscountry and track teams, and the valleys the misfortunes of the football club. Somewhere in between lie the baseball, ba~ket ball and soccer teams. Since the formation of the Conference Diman has been forced to withdraw from competition on the gridiron due to its inability to field competitive teams. In basketball and baseball the Bengals are definitely a match for league opponents. Only New Bedford regularly outmans them in soccer.
Schoolboy Baseball Tournament Format But, in cross-country and track Diman is the team to beat. The Bengals annually have outstanding individual performers and excellent team depth. If the forecast for this Spring holds true another championship trophy will be added to the collection. Division III meets slated for Monday, in addition to the Diman-Voke meet, include Wareham at Old Rochester in Mattapoisett, Norton is at Bishop Connolly High in Fall River and Case. High of Swansea is at Bourne. Prior to the opening of the baseball season a discussion in this article centered around the criteria for qualifying for the State schoolboy baseball championship tournament. Unbeknown to this writer there had been a change in the tourney format. We thank Carlin Lynch, Director of Athletics at Dartmouth High School and a member of the Tournament Committee for bringing the error to our attention. In order to qualify for the tournament a team must either
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win its league champiponship, or co-championship if there are six or more teams in the circuit. In addition, any team that has a winning percentage of at least 65% of scheduled games with Massachusetts Secondary School Principal Association member teams automatically qualifies. For tournament play schools are divided into three divisions- . I, II, and III, based on enrollment of boys in Grades 10, 11 and 12. Schools with erirollments of 550 boys and over will play in Division I, from 275-549 in Division II and those with enrollments from 1 to 274 in Division III. All tournament games are nine inning games in contrast to the seven inning games played by most leagues. Seeding for the tourney is accomplished by the percentage method. In opening round action the team with the highest winning percentage will 1. A thrown ball remains in play the club with the lowest play when it touches a coach. qualifying percentage in that 2. If the left fielder comes Division. The second highest into the game to pitch he may will play the second lowest, etc. take as many warm-up pitches as he wants. Conference Season Commences With Upset 3. When a foul tip on a third Teams with the best winning lihood there will be more than strike rebounds off the catcher's percentage will also have the ad- one qualifier from each division protector and is caught by the vantage of selecting the playing based upon the 65% winning catcher, the batter is out. site through the quarter-finals, percentage. 4. Batter hits ground ball to it shall be the home team and Tournament time is a long deep short, he beats the throw to have its choice of bench. way away. Judging from the The tournament calendar lists first league game this could be first base, but he misses the bag. preliminary action for June 4, the year of the upset. In last Umpire calls batter out without first round for the 5th, and the Saturday's opening Conference an appeal. 5. The manager can make quarterfinals for June 8. The game Somerset toppled defendsemis will be staged on the 10th ing champion and pre-season fa- two trips to the mound while and finals on the 12th. Playing vorite Durfee High of Fall River the same batter is ,at the plate, and remove the pitcher from the dates are the same for all divi- in Division I action. game. sions. Durfee wilI bounce back. But, The 26-team S.E. Mass. ConLAST WEEK'S ANSWERS ference wilI send a minimum of . now all of Division I knows the 1. True three representatives to the HilItoppers are not invincible. It 2. True tournament, its three divisional should make for an interesting 3. False, batter need not rechampions. However, in all like- campaign.
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for an instant, enter into that spiritual world which lies out· side earthly life. Since we are spirits such an experience, at least in some rare and singular instance should not be impossible. Jesus had long overpassed the boundaries of the human and knew what it meant to live habitually in the unseen. He had merged His will completely in the Divine will. As man "dies not wholly but by the death of the will," so he lives not as a spirit save by the death of the will. To know those heights that you were talking about, Jim, is to subdue your will perfectly to God's. This moment Jesus knew ' on Mount Hermon. He had become pure spirit, for whom earth was no more a prison; that moment when St. Paul knew not whether he was in the body or out of the body. Yes, these are the days in which we should be enveloped with the spirit of Jesus-his suffering, his selflessness, his courage. .In our prayers we must dwell awhile on his reconciliation to a sacrificial death and thus the emancipation from the tyranny of death. This emancipation is the door to spiritual life. The spirit is released, no longer is the body able to contain it. Hundreds of thousands of books have been written of people who felt somewhat akin to this feeling. This is part of the great promise. These are the moments that make mere flesh tremble but the spirit soar onward and upward to its rightful home. . Take it from St. John: "Let .not your heart be troubled." (Letters to Cecilia Belanger may be sent c/o The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, Fall River 02722)
Twenty-two students from Nazareth Hall School, Fall River, participated in the South Bristol County Olympics swim meet held recently in Taunton. All qualified advancement to county and state meets. The state tourney will take place Sunday, April 25 at Keith Vocational High School, Framingham. Events and winners in finishing order in the South Bristol County meet were: 25 yard free style, ages 12, 13, girls, Christine Jupin, Beth Ainsworth, April Enos; ages 14, IS, boys, Steven Pitts; girls, Marilyn Maurer, Mary Garro, Jennifer Demers; ages 16, 17, boys, Tim Paul, Steve· Vieira; girls, Carolyn Coons, Pamela Deda, Deborah Caisse; ages 20-29, girls, Deborah Davis, Kathy Leary. Fifty yard free style: ages 12, 13, girls, Sandra Kryla, Christine Jupin; ages 14, 15, girls, Madeleine Charron; ages 16, 17, girls, Carmel Rosa, Carolyn Coons, Linda Carreira; boys, Christopher Byrnes, Tim Paul, Steve Vieira; ages 20-29, girls, Jessica pozzi, Priscilla Shea, Kathy Leary; boys, Paul Sullivan. Ba~kstroke Winners Twenty-five yard backstroke: ages 12, 13, girls, Sandra Kryla, April Enos; ages 14, 15, girls,' Marry Garro, Madeleine Charron, Marilyn Maurer; ages 16, 17, girls, Carmel Rosa, Linda Carreiro, Pamela Deda; boys, Christopher Byrnes; ages 20-29,! Turn to Page Sixteen'
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resident, now lives in Dart· mouth and attends Dartmouth High School, although maintaining membership in Our Lady of Mt. Carmel parish.
Continued from Page Fourteen for three years, is a lector every Sunday and .is president of Teens With Action, Mt. Carmel youth group. He has received the Ad Altare Dei and Pope Pius XII awards for Catholic Scouts. Kyle Medeiros Kyle, a former New Bedford
He has played the organ for parish events for many years and was named junior organist in 1974. He sings in the parish choir and is also active in school choirs. Like Paul, he is a recipient of the Ad Altare Dei and Pope Pius }{III awards.
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Timothy Kelly Timothy, in Scouting since 1968, is a junior at Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School. He holds. 12 skill awards and 38 merit badges in Boy Scouting.
Only Faith "Only faith in a life after death in a brighter world where dear ones will meet again-only that and the measured tramp of time can give consolation."
Swim Meet Continued from Page Fifteen girls, Jessica Pozzi, Priscilla Shea, Deborah Davis; boys, Paul Sullivan. Hundred yard relay: first place, girls 15 and under, Mary Garro, Sandra Kryla, Christine Jupin, Madeleine Charron; first place, girls 16 and over, Carmel Rosa, Deborah Davis, Priscilla Shea, Jessica Pozzi; third place, boys 16 and over, Steve Vieira,
Steve Pitts, Paul Sullivan, Christopher Byrnes. Nazareth Hall students train at the Fall River Boys' Club swimming pool under direction of William Hawkins and his staff. Nazareth volunteers and staff members involved in the swimming program are Marydeane Malloy, Pat Moponald, Donna Wahl, Anne McCann, Sister Roger Mills, Eileen Plichta, Harold Mosher and Paul Lapointe.
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An authentic reproduction of an . Early American Original in Solid Hard Rock Maple in a rich, hand rubbed heirloom finish - and you save $270 while our present supply lasts.
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Handsome brass hardware; decorative detailing; Guild craftsmanship throughout. Here is the elegance and charm of fine Colonial furniture at an exceptional saving. The Cabinet Nite Stand is Available at a Comparable Saving
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