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Door-to-Door . Appeal Begins Sunday Dootb~lIs will ring from noon to 3 P.M. this Sunday when 16,800 volunteer Catholic Charities Appeal parish solicitors of the Fall River diocese calI on fel-

low parishioners and friends for donations and pledges in the 32nd year of the Appeal. Some 104,500 homes representing more than 300,000 people will be

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visited in the diocese's 115 parishes. The appeal provides funds for maintenance and expansion of social service projects and other apostolic works of the Diocese, which are available to all peoples in the southeastern area of Massachusetts. Most Rev. Daniel A Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of the diocese, in his third year of the Appeal, is honorary chairman. Bishop Cronin said: "For 32 years now, a notable expression of the commonconcern of the clergy, religious and laity of the Diocese of Fall River for the mission of the Church has been manifest in the Catholic Charities Appeal. A wonderful tradition of generosity, rooted in faith, has developed.

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"Your generosity in past years to the Appeal has produced much tangible fruit. Perhaps you have read the report published this year which indicates the various . works which your support of last year's Appeal enabled us to undertake. We have been blessed with generous support in the Catholic Charities Appeal. I have every confidence, then, that , our needs, and the needs of those who turn to us for assistance, can once again be provided in this year's Appeal." Rev. Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, diocesan director of the Appeal, in releasing first donations from the Special Gifts phase, said today that early returns have been quick in .coming and are encouraging. He points to one gift that was raised substantially. The letter aocompanying this donation

read: "We are pleased to enclose our check for $2,000. This contribution is approximately a 43 per· cent increase over our last year's gift. This increase is being made to help perpetuate the good works of charity towards both our young and elderly throughout the diocese." The Special Gift Phase will officially end on Saturday, May 5 and solicitors are requested to make their final returns by that date. The parish house-to-house Appeal beginning Sunday will officially end on Wednesday, May 16. Parish solicitors are asked to make their returns to their parish report centers on Sunday immediately. Parishioners are requested to beat home at the designated hour· 01\. Sunday to receive the solicitors.

Saturday, May 12

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Teachers' Convene Today, Tomorrow As the first major thrust in the reorganization of the education apostolate in the Diocese of Fall River, teachers and the many others participating in the total education of diocesans will meet in convention today and tomorrow. The 18th Annual Catholic Education Convention will be held at Bishop Feehan High School in Attleboro, beginning at 1:30 this afternoon. Most Rev. Daniel A Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River, will attend the opening of the convention and will concelebrate Mass with the assembled priests at 5 o'clock. '. Following light , meals available , .~

in the cafeteria, the sessions will again get underway with a final 8:15 program in the evening. Tomorrow, Friday, the sessions will begin at 10 in the morning. Lunch will· be served at noon and Msgr. Henri Hamel, President of the Diocesan Board of Education, will be the chief celebrant of a concelebrated Mass at 2:30 in the afternoon, closing the convention. The convention will gather all . educators from the field of parochial and diocesan schools and REV. MR. FURTADO that of the CCD apostolate in diocese and parishes. , Lectures, discussions and a Most Rev. Daniel A Cronin, film festival will join the many S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River, will . ordain three deacons to the . Turn to Page Four ·priesthood for servic'e in the Dio.cese of Fall River, on Saturday, May 13, at 11 o'clock. The cathedral ceremony will bring into the priesthood Rev. Mr. Steven R. Furtado of Fall River; Rev. Mr. Philip J. Higgins vicar for Catholic personnel in of Wilmigton, Mass; and Rev. Mr. Horace Travassos· of Fall the U. S. Armed Forces. ' .Msgr. Denehy was elected by River. The three deacons of the Diohis fellow chaplains on the Cardinal's Advisory Council of the cese of Fall River have prepared , Military Ordinari-ate at its April for the, priesthood at St. John's Seminary in Brighton and have meeting in New York. In his new position, he will served as deacons in various parbe responsible for coordinating ishesin the diocese and in the the activities of the council with Archdiocese of Boston. Rev. Mr. Furtado Cardinal Cooke. The council is made up of Rev. Mr. Steven R. Furtado is chaplain representatives from all the son of Jesse and Mary of the Armed Forces and the (Lopes) Furtado of Alden Street, Fall River. Veterans Administration. Following his years at BMC "The Council serves as a two way channel of communication Durfee High School in Fall River, between the military chaplains he attended St. Thomas Semand the military vicar," Chaplain Denehy said. Chaplain Denehy, a native of Fall River, received his AB. deSpeciGI gree ,from Holy Cross College in 1941. He then 'attended St. Mary Gifts Seminary in Baltimore and Theological College, Catholic UniverPAGE THREE Turn to Page Six

Elect Msgr. (Col.) Denehy Advisory Council Chairman Col. John F. Denehy, command chapJoain, has been elected chairman of a counc,i1 of advisors to Terence Cardinal Cooke, military

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inary in Bloomfield, Conn'. and Rev. Mr. Philip Joseph Higgins St. John's Seminary in Brighton. is the son of James L and Hulda He holds a B.A degree and a (Anderson) Higgins. A teacher in the Norton and Master of Divinity Degree. He has served as a deacon at Mansfield Public Schools for St. John the Baptist Parish, New nine years, he was educated at Bedford, and St. Michael Parish, Randall G. Moriss School, West Avon. Turn to Page Twenty The new priest will celebrate his first solemn Mass at Espirito Santo Church, Fall River, on Sunday, May 13, at 11 o'clock. Concelebrating with the new priest will be: Rev. John Myers, OSB and Rev. Nicholas Morcone, OSB, of Glastonbury Abbey, The Most Rev. Daniel A CroHingham; Rev. Edward Correia of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Par- nin,' S.T.D., Bishop of the Dio,ish, New ,Bedford; Rev. John cese of Fal1 River, will be honSmith of St. James Parish, New ored by the Fall River Area Bedford; Rev. Manuel Andrade Alumni Club of Providence Colof Our Lady of Healtl1 Parish, lege as the first recipi~nt of the Fall River, who will also deliver Club's "Veritas Award." The Award was established to the homily of t!te Mass. Also, Rev. Ronald Sylvia honor individuals within the and Rev. Jose Dos Santos of St. Diocese of Fall River for outJohn the Baptist Parish, New standing service to the Catholic Bed(ord; Rev. Luiz Cardosa of Church and to the Community. Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River; Bishop Cronin wiU receive the Rev. A Paul Gallivan and Rev. distlinction at a special dinner Joseph F. Donovan of St. Michael on Sunday evening, May 20th at Parish, Avon. the Coaohmen Restaurant in A reception for Rev. Mr. Fur- Tiverton. tado will be held in the Espirito A cocktail reception is slated Santo Parish Hall immediately for 7 P.M., .and dinner will be following the Mass. served at 8 P.M. with the Awards Ceremony to follow. Rev. Mr. Higgins A native of Wilmington, Mass., Turn to Page Six

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For thirty-two years now, a notable expression of the common concern of the clergy, religious and laity of the Diocese of Fall River for the mission of the Church has been manifest in the Catholic Charities Appeal. A wonderful tradition of generosity, rooted in faith, has developed. The mission of the Church is varied: God's people must. be formed by Word and by Sacrament; apostolic endeavors must be undertaken; faithful witness to the Gospel must be provided. aere in the portion of the Lord's vineyard which is the Diocese of Fall River, an impressive network of institutiolls anq apostolates exists for the precise purpose of carrying on the mrlssion of the Church. YouI' generosity in past years to the' Charities Appeal has produced much tangible fruit. Perhaps YOlll have read . the report" published this year which indicates the various works which your support of last year's Appeal enabled us to undertake. You know, then, of the care provided for the sick, the elderly, the retarded, the homeless and the emotionally disturbed. You know of our apostolate to Spanish-speaking residents of our cities. You know of the schools, organizations and camps, where our youth are educated and formed. You know of our concern to encC'urage and maintain vocations. Works such as these must continuel and expand. Such pastoral and charitable) endeavors, however, cost money. We have always been blessed with gEmerous support in the Catholic Charities Appeal, and I have noted great interest and enthusiasm in the local and diocesan preparatory meetings this year. I have every" confidence, then, that our needs, and the needs of those who turn to' us for assistance, can once again be provided. To do so, however,. I turn once again to you, faithful residents of the parishes of the Diocese. .The greatest ,.strength of our annuall Appeal has always been in the parishes. I urge you to r€\spond to your local, parish program with the same generosity, indeed, wherever possible, with increased generosity. In doing so, you wiIn maintain the magnifi~ent tradition of charity and service which has characterized the history of the Diocese of Fall River. You will be participating intimately in the mission of the Church of Jesus Christ. I know that you will instinctively recognize and accept both the challenge and the privilege of this charitable participation, so important for the life and ministry of the I . Diocese of Fall River. With profound gratit1;lde, I beg all'ofGod's choicest blessings and heavenly favors for you a.ll.

REV. MR. TEIXEIRA

Schedule Marian. Day at LaSalette

The Most Rev. Edward T. O'Mear·a, auxiliary bishop of St. Louis and National Director of the Society for the Propagation " Traditionally May is the month of the Faith, will be the principal when Americans honor their speaker at the Departure Ceremothers. This year LaSalette mony. The, Very Rev. Raym'ond Shrine and Prayer Center in At- A. Hill, .M.M., recently elected tleboro will hold a Special Day Superior General of Maryknoll, of Prayer in honor of Mary, the. will present each missioner with Mother of the Lord, at the re- his crucifix. quest of many people who feel Father Teixeira was born in that Marian devotjon is being Np.w Bedford August 2, 1946. He neglected. received his' early education in On Sunday, May 6th, at:3 public schools there and at the P.M. a special Marian prayer Mary.knoll Minor Seminary in service . will be held at the Clarks Summit, Pa., He was Shrine's Outdoor grotto altar. "awarded a bachelor of arts deThe guest speaker will be Rev. gree from Maryknoll College in John Randall, assistant pastor of Glen Ellyn, Ill., in 1968 and is St. Patrick's Church, Providence, currently completing work for' R.L and a team member of the a master of divinity at MaryWord of God Comm~nity. Shrine knoll Seminary. officials expect to attract charFather Teixeira's first Mass ismatic prayer groups from the will be offered at 3 o'clock SunNew England States. day afternoon, June 3 in Immaculate Con'ception church, 136 Elm Street, New Bedford. The Liturgical Dance church's pastor, Rev. A. C. BranCongregational singing will be co, will be one of the conceleunder the direction of Fr. Andre brants. Following a brief vacation at Patenaude. shrine's music director, and will feature one of his home Father Teixeira will attend own compositions, "Mary, Moth· the Maryknoll Language School er of the Lord," and another in Cochabamba, Bolivia, where "Come Nearer," written jointly he will study the language and with Alexander Peloquin, noted culture of the people he will serve. He will then take up his composer of church music. mission assignment in Central A liturgical dance will be pre· America. s~nted by Sheila Masse of Pawtucket, R.I.

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New Jersey Bishops Issue Guidelines NEWARK (NC) - Declaring that "from the moment of conception, life is present and de· veloping to a recognizable humanness," the bishops of New Jersey have told- Catholics here that they are to "refuse to obey laws which are contrary to the law of God." (, The bishops made that statement in issuing abortion guidelines for hospitals and medical personnel modeled on guidelines

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Rev. Mr. Charles Teixeira of New Bedford will be ordained to the missionary priesthood Saturday morning, May 19, at the Maryknoll Seminary, Maryknoll, N. Y. His Eminence, Terence Cardinal Cooke, Archbishop of New York, will be the ordaining prelate. Father Teixeira, son of Mrs. Dolor'es Teixeira of 69 Stanley Street, New Bedford, and the l'ate Charles Teixeira, has been assigned to mission work in Central America. Op the ,afternoon of his ordination he will participate in Maryknoll's 56th annual Departure Ceremony, during which the departing missioners officially receive their overseas assignments and mission crucifixes, symbols of their ".missionary vocations.

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Scout Jamboree Boy Scout Troop 24 of St. Joseph's Church, New Bedford, will participate in the 1973 Scout Jamboree at Moraine State Park, Pa.in August. Among leaders of the' New Bedford boys will be Frank Jason. Sc:outs are presently participating in prejambOree trailing "for the week-long encampment.

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Series of Choir Rehearsals Set For Four Areas The Diocesan Choir Directors' Guild announces today that there will be a series of choir rehearsals being held in 4 areas of the Diocese during the next two weeks. In preparation for the May 20th Choir Festival to be held at Saint Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, music which will be used at the concelebrated Mass and workshop will be rehearsed. The dates and places for the rehearsals are: Fall River Area Holy Name Church, Thursday, May 10 at 7:30 P.M. St. Mary's Cathedral Chapel, Monday, May 14 at 7:30 P.M. Rehearsals will be conducted by Rev. William G. Campbell and Rev. Joaquim Da Silva. New Bedford Area St. Jarpes Church, Wednesday, May 9th. Rev. Henry Arruda and Rev. James McLellan will conduct the rehearsal. St. Joseph's Church, Monday, May 14th. John Danis will conduct the rehearsal. Taunton Area Sacred Heart Church, Monday, May 14th and Thursday, May 17th. Johanna Alden will conduct both rehearsals. Cape Area St. Francis Xavier Church, Thursday, May 10th. Geraldine Boles will conduct the rehearsal. It is expected that choir members planning to attend the Festival will take advantage of one of the two rehearsals in their area. Those wishing to attend both rehearsals are invited to do so. Sessions To date, 35 churches have reported over 400 choir members will participate in the choir festival. It is anticipated that many more churches will participate in the festival in oreler to study. church music, and to sing God's praises at the concelebrated ' Mass. A detailed account of the Choir Festival will be printed in a special article in The Anchor preceeding the May 20th Fes'. tival: In addition to::~he choral workshop, directed by J. Gerald Phillips, of Worcest~r, there will be a session. for c!lntors and song leaders given by Rev. Robert Gratt~rati, pastor of St. Anthony's Church, ~itchburg, and a session devoted:'to folk singers and guitarists given by Rene LePage ofSt. Patrick's Church, Somerset. " David R. Cat!ier, Cathedral organist and choirmaster, will hold .a group organ lesson for organists interested in perfecting their technique in choral and cantorial accompaniment.

Necrology MAY 12 Rev. John F. da Valles, 1920, Chaplain, United States Army. MAY 13 Rt. Rev. Osias Boucher, 1955, Pastor, Blessed Sacrament, Fall River. MAY 16 Rev. William McDonald, S.S., 1941, St. Patrick, Falmouth. Rt. Rev.- J. Joseph, Sullivan, P.R., 1960, Pastor, Sacred Heart, . Fall River. MAY 17 Most Rev. James E. Cassidy, D.D., 1951, 3rd Bishop of Fall River, 1934-51.

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Name Treasurer Of Mercy Nuns Sister Therese Antone, principal of Bishop Feehan High School in Attleboro, has been named a member of the Executive Team of the Sisters of Mercy, Province of Providence. Her resignation from Bishop Feehan will be effective in June. Her four year principalship has been characterized by innovative development, particularly in the areas of curriculum, trusteeship and financial planninng. The school became accredited by the New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools during her term and is currently anticipating the largest freshman class in its 12-year history. To Be Treasurer

ST. JOSEPH'S CENTENNIAL: Among the many priests present at the Mass of Thanksgiving offered Sunday in St. Josephs Church, in commemoration of a century of service to the Catholics of the North End of Fall River were: Rev. David A. O'Brien, a native son and retired pastor of SS. Peter and Paul Church, Fall River;· Rev. Msgr. Thomas F. ·Walsh, a native son and retired pastor. of St. John's Parish, Attleboro; Rev. Msgr. George E. Sullivan, St. Joseph's pastor, Bishop Cronin, principal celebrant and homilist; Rev. John E. Morris, M.M., 84-year-old Maryknoller who served as an assistant pastor at St. Joseph's, Fall River before entering the foreign mission service; Rev. Msgr. John A. Chippendale, a native son and retired pastor of St. Patrick's Wareham.

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Father Larkin Will Speak Rev. Francis Larkin, SS.CC. of Sacred Hearts Monastery, Fairhaven, will be among speakers at an international Marian conl.. gress to be held Saturday and Sunday, May 19 and 20, at Immaculate €onception Church, 761 Harrison Ave., Boston. Father Larkin will discuss Enthronement of the Sacred Heart in the home. Other speakers will consider the True Devotion to Mary of St. Grignion de Montfort, devotion to Our Lady of Fatima, .activities of the Legion of Mary and various other devotions to the Blessed Virgin. Films, slides and exhibits will suppleme,nt the speaking program. Further information and tickets are available from Mrs. Barbara Keville, congress coordinator, 38 Harvard St., Lowell, Mass.

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Sister Therese's new responsibilities will include planning, development and evaluation of spiritual renewal, social action, educational objectives and expanded ministerial services of the Sisters of Mercy. Her special competency is in the area of financial development and she will 'also serve as treasurer of the province. The religious is a native of Cumberland, R.I. and a graduate of Salve Regina College. She holds a master's degree in mathematics from Villanova University. She has. served at Bishop Feehan for 11 years and formerly was a junior high school teacher at St. John's School, New Bedford. She is a· member of the accrediting team of the New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. The Fall River Diocesan Education Office, in cooperation with the Sisters of Mercy, is expected to annonunce Sister Therese's successor at Bishop Feehan within the next few weeks.

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'Scores Teamsters' Effort To Destroy Chavez Un·ion April 15, 1973 will be recorded as one of the darkest and most shameful ds\ys in American labor history. A major battIe in California's vineyards was triggered that day when the Teamsters Union announced it had signed contracts with some 30 grape growers in the Make no mistake about it-the Coachella Valley who had Farm Workers Union is engaged been under contract for three in a desperate struggle for its years with Cesar Chavez' very ekistence. The Federation United Farm Workers Union, AFL-CIO. What's wrong with that, the reader may ask. The aniiwer is

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that everything-everything conceivable-is wrong with it. It means that the Teamsters-in a moment of sheer madness which they will most certainly I ive to regret-have decided, in (lagrant violation of trade union ,ethics, to destroy the United Farm Workers whiCh alone can legitimately claim to represent thp workers in the field. . The Farm Workers have known for a long time that they were headed for serious trouble with the Teamsters. The die was finally cast several months ago when the Teamsters secretly ne, gotiated contracts with 175 lettuce growers in California without even claiming to represent the workers involved. Charges Strike-Breaking "

AFL-CIO President Meany bluntly stated' at a press conference ! that that was tantamount to strike-breaking - the ugliest charge that one labor leader can make against another. Later on in the same 'press conference, to make sure that his point was clearly understp.od, l\1eany said 'that "the Teamsters' action in signing those. Sback-door contracts with the;'growers in Cali.fornia in order~, to destroy the Farm Workers; Union ... was, from a trade ::'Union point of view, absolutelY'disgraceful.;' George Meany enjoys the reputation of bei~g a' very . outspoken curmudgeon, but I have seldom if ever, 'heard him castigate another union quite that bluntly. As a man of conscience, however, he had no choice in the matter. With brazen contempt for trade union princ;iples and, for public opinion, the Teamsters had asked for it - and, to his credit, Meany gave it, to them straight from the shoulder. By the time this appears in print, Meany probably will hwe made another statement criticizing the Teamsters even more severely for invading the hard-won jurisdiction of the Farm Workers Union in the'table grape industry. I feel certain that he will also couple his indictment of the Teamsters with a firm commitment on the part of the AFL-CIO and its affillilites to support 1he Farm Workers Union-and to, support jt all the way-with personnel and with adequate financial assistance.

owes it to this fledgling unionand owes it to itself-to take the Teamsters on, come what may,and force them at any cost to respect the right of farm workers to be represented by a union of their own choice: Sheer Propaganda The farm workers have already made their choice in this regard. Over the past eight years, through thick and thin, they have demonstrated beyond the shadow of dou~bt that they want to be represented by the United Farm Workers Union. The Teamsters deny this, of . course. They claim that they represent the majority of the .workers, not only in lettuce, but also in grapes; That's sheer propaganda on their p:lrt, and I suspect they know it is. If not, they have completely lost touch with reality and are living in a dream world. Majority Want UFWU On April 10 I went to the Coachella Valley' with a group of 25 religious and 'civic leaders to determine which union the field workers wante<;l to represent them. We found that, by a majority of almost ten to one, they wanted to' be represented by the United Farm Workers Union. A few days later, on less than two t\ours notice, approximately 1,500 members of the Farm Workers Union (well over half of the current labor force in the Coachella' Valley) attended a mammoth UFWU rally in the Coachella public high school auditorium and unanimously voted to go 'on strike if the growers signed with the Teamsters. The Coachella strike is now in full force and effect, and the overwhelming majority of the workers have rallied to the cause. At great personal sacr'ifice they are demonstrating once again that their loyality is to the United Farm Workers Union and not to 'the Teamsters. Power Corrupts TlJe fact that the Teamsters are unable or unwilling to admit this and have recklessly decided to destroy the Farm Workers Union is, to me, further 'proof of the old adage that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Fortunately, ' hqwever, the Teamster!?' power, great as it .is, is far from being absolute. In the long run, unless I am badly mistaken, they will learn to their sorrow that, for all of their money and so-called muscle, they, are no match for the poverty-stricken but highly motivated and completely selfless officers and members of the Farm Workers Union. In this connection, X assume that the Teamsters also knowif not, they will have to learn by bitter experience.- that the Farm Workers Union has public opinion solidly on its side (remember the grape boycott) and

SECOND CENTURY: Four brand-new parishioners help St. Patrick's Church, Fall River, begin its second century, as they are baptized at ceremonies 100 years to the day from first baptisms in parish.' From left, Mrs. Mary Olsen, holding Michael William; Mrs.. Margaret' Oliveira with Todd Michael; Mrs. Colleen Surette with Jennifer; and Mrs. Shirley 'Cartin with George. Officiating' is Msgr. John E. Boyd, pastor, aided by altar boys Richard Levesque and Paul St. Pierre.

Martyrs' Example' Inspires Pries,t' WASHINGTON (NC) - The has 46 patients now. and also example of the 22 martyrs of cares for 126 outpatients: EsUganda, killed during a late 19th tablished in Kampal,a about 10 century persecution of Christ- years ago; the home is a family ians, dominates the thinking of a enterprise, staffed by 10 meml:gandan priest who' has estab- bers of Father Kibuka's family. lished a home for the disabled-at His father, a successful farmer, Kampala. has given him 20 acres of land Father Matiak Kibuka, of the on which to build a larger home. Kampala diocese, .said that on his The property includes the site of ,fund-raising trip to the United Gonzaga's martyrdom. The patients the home cares States he hopes to raise $22,000 as the first step toward building . for include some permanently a home that will care for thous- disabled persons and range in ands of disabled persons. age from the very young to the The home, now called the very old. Gonzaga Home for the Disabled "We try to find jobs for outpatients when they are able to in honor of one of the martyrs, work," Father Kibuka said. He

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Continued from Page One national exhibitors who demonstrate their many aids to educators. Many national figures in' the educational field will visit Attleboro to participate in the convention. Among them are officials of the NCEA; Parents for Nonpublic Education, Inc., national education centers, universities and colleges; re~igious education apostolates of the Archdioceses of Chicago and Boston, the Dioceses of Dubuque and Worcester.

said that the larger home he hopes to establish is to include , industries and a school for the disabled. So far, funds fer operating the home have been suppiied mostly by his family, the priest said, and the government has given some aid. During the four months he plans to spend in the United States, Father Kibuka is traveling as a guest of Father Stephen F. Lackovic, pastor of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart of Jesus parish in Lackawanna, N.Y., who met the Uganda priest in Rome in 1964 at the canonization of the 22 Uganda martyrs.

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6% ANNUAL CONVENTION OF DCCW: Top photo: Principals at the 20th annual meeting of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women held at So. Dennis were: Mrs. James H. Quirk of So. Yarmouth, outgoing president;Bishop Cronin, principal celebrant· at concelebra~ed Mass' and guest speaker at the convention; Mrs. Jean Paulson of Taunton, president-elect. Center: Rev. Msgr. James T. McHugh of Washington, keynoter; Mrs. John J. Haust of So. Yarmouth, convention chairman; Rev. Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, panel discussion moderator. Bottom: Miss Lydia Pacheco of No. Dartmouth, treasurer; Mrs. Rodney Blythe of Attleboro, Family Affairs Chairman; Mrs. James Leith of New Bedford, registrar and Mrs. M. Lillian Johnson of West Dennis,' host president.

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.The Patricians, Q. discussion group sponsored by Our Lady of Good Counsel Praesidium of St. Joseph's parish Legion of Mary, Fall River, will hold its first meeting at 7 P.M. Tuesday, Mav 15 at St. V,incent's Home, 2425 Highland Avenue, Fall River. Organized to increas~ knowled-ge of faith and help members to express their convictions to others, the group will be open to all. Discussion topics will be decided upon at the initial meet· ang, at which Rev. Kenneth Delano will be chaplain.

The Annual Catholic Charities Appeal cannot and should not be confused 'with just another gift-giving to the needy. It is'far'more than that-to the giver and the recipient. It is nothing less than faith in aetion.

It is the fulfilling of the admonition of Jesus Christ for men to love one another as He has loved us. It is the realization-on the part of the giver--that one has stewardship only over the possessions that he calls' his own. It is not absolute ownership since Almighty God is the Owner of all things. IBut it is stewardship and this implies not only possession but a sense of responsibility for the possessions that one has, and-more-·a matter of accountability for their use.

For the recipient, the Catholic Charities Appeal is the revelation in a here and now way that Christ is still in our ,midst, impelling men and women to be concerned about their neighbors in a manner that counts~oncerned about the needy and the poor, the sick and the helpless, the troubled and the developing, those who are all brothers and sisters of the one family of God, bearing within themselves the mark of the Creator that makes them worthy and deserving of reverence and respect and assistance. ,This is the Catholic Charities Appeal. The measure of giving, then, is for a person to give not just a donation-that can be done at any time to any of the many worthy calls for help-but to give of oneself: to give a sacrifice, to give an effort, to give in a spirit of Christ-like charity, to give as one would give to the Lord Jesus Himself. This is qui~e a different thing from any other kind of giving-different for the giver, different for the beneficiary. Arid that is the way.God sees it, too~

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MEXICO CITY (NC)-Although leaders of the Christian Family Hea(thy Movement (CFM), gave quali· fied support to a· government There has been an increase in private gift-giving to program for family planning, a both colleges-universities and to elementary-secondary group of doctors opposed it as "undermining .the moral values schools. in the United States during this past year. of marriage." Colleges and universities report that private sources Luis Guzman Garcia and his donated a record total of $2.02 billion dollars, an 8.6' per- wife Luisa, the couple -which heads the CFM in Mexico, said cent increase over the previous yeai'. . a nationwide educational cam· Private elementary and secondary schools, after re- paign and medical services of the porting decreases two years in a row, have indicated that government "cannot be called birth control." giving has in~reased to $98 million Jast year. "The adult eduoation program Presidenf;bf the Council for Financial Aid to Education of the health ministry reflects . for the freedom of has hailed this. increase in private gifts, mostly to private respect· couples to choose the number of. schools,' as a; "real vote of confidence in our American their ch!ildren. System of higher education." It is certainly a vote of con"Our overall view is that this fidence also ifr'.private education and shows that the Amer- is a step forward in fostering the ican people dE»" not favor a monolithic educational system idea of responsible parenthood," the Guzmans ,added. throughout the land. Low-Income The very, pluralism of educational systems-public, But Drs. Julio Chavez, Rogelio private, church-related--is a guarantee of scholastic com- Hernandez and Mario Salazar, petition as well as of t he exercise. of the right of choice. prominent physioians of the NaAnd it is an' even healthier sign that so many persons tional Academy of Medicine, said that very few low-income are willing to give so much money to strengthen and to level Mexican couples underfurther this educational pluralism. ' stand what "family planning is all about." Mexico has an illiteracy rate of 22 per cent, with higher figures among the Indians and people of mixed race who make up two-thirds of the population. "Our main objective, however, is that after the onslaught of divor$:e laws,. the family planOFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER , ning pr<?gram is bound to further Published weekly by The Catholic Press of the Diocese o'F Fall River undermine the moral and ethical values of marriage," the doctors A10 Highland Avenue' said. Fall River, Mass. 02722 6:75·7151 The government of President PUBLISHER Luis Echeverria launched a 1973 campaign for responsible parentMost Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, D.O., S.T.D. hood to curh what it calls .the GENERAL MANAGER 'ASST. GENERAL MANAGER rapid population growth, and the high number 'of illegitimate chilRev. Msgr. Daniel F. Shalloo, M.A. ~ev. John P. Driscoll . . . . Leary Press-Fall River dren and of abortions.

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Students Support Lettuce Boycott NOTRE DAME (NC)-University of Notre Dame students voted overwhelmingly to support the lettuce boycott called by the United Farm Workers Union (UFW). Seventy-eight per cent of the 2,400 students voting in a refer· endumagreed that the only iceberg lettuce served in campus dining hatls should be that which carries the UFW label, the Aztec black eagle. Dr. Philip -Faccenda, Notre Dame's vice-president of student affairs, said that the university would abide by the decision of the students. Since last August the university has supported the boycott of buying only. UFW lettuce when it was available: When it was not available the university bought other kinds. But now, because of the student referendum, the university will serVe no lettuce when union-picked lettuce I is not· available, Faccenda' said.

sity of America and was ordained in 1945. In the Diocese of Fall River, Msgr. Denehy served at St. Mary Parish, Nantucket, Sacred Heart Parish, Oak Bluffs; St. Elizabeth Parish, Edgartown;. St. Augustine Parish, Vineyard Haven. The prelate was commissioned a First Lieutenant in the Air Force in November 1950 and has served as chaplain at Selfridge AFB, Mich.; L'Ockbourne AFB, Ohio; Travjs AFB, Calif.; Otis AFB, Mass.; McGuire AFB, N. J.; IYIaxwell AFB, Ala. Overseas' duty took him to Germany, Japan, Bermuda and Spain. His assignments have included a four-year tour in the Office, Chief of Air Force Chaplains, Washington, D. C., and a three-year tour as Commandant of Air Force Ohaplain School, Maxwell AFB, Alii. On Dec. 10, 1964, Pope Paul VI named Chaplain Denehy a Domestic Prelate with the title of Right Reverend Monsignor. His service decorations include the Air Force Commendation Medal with cluster; _the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with cluster; the Army of Occupation Medal; the National De,fense Servke Medal with bronze star, and the Legion of Merit.

P. C. Medal Cqntinued from Page One Proceeds from the dinner will be added to a scholarship fund to assist needy students from the Diocese who wish to attend Providence College. The award· ing of the f.jrst scholarship will take place that evening. Very Reverend James M. Murphy, O.P., Prior of the Dominican Community at P. C., the largest Dominican Community in the United States, will represent the College along with several members of the P. C;. faculty and participate in the speaking program. A Committee comprised of 'prominent P. C. Alumni from the Diocese is handLing arrangements for the event. The general chairman is Francis Devjne, and committee memo bers are E. James Mulcahey, Charles Roberts, Dr. Paul DeVillers, William KaYlor, James Rogers, and Attorney John O'Neill. The dinner is open to the public. Tickets cost $10 per person, and may be purchased at Rogers Cigar Store, North Main Street, F~ll River; or by mail from the P. C. Alumni Office.

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FIRST YEAR FOR CONFIRMATION DURING MASS: Bishop Cronin, principal celebrant, during the Canon of the Confirmation Mass at St. William's Church, Fall River with Rev. Msgr. Raymond T. Considine, left,

Bishop Prefers Closing Hospitals To Abortion BONN (NC)-Bishop Heinrich Tenhumberg of Muenster told more than 10,000 Catholics at an anti-abortion rally here that he would rather see Catholic hospitals closed than have' nurses and doctors compelled 'by law to participate in abortions. The rally 'was held to 'protest a bjll in the West German parliament that would allow a pregnant woman in the first three months of her pregnancy, after consultation with a physician, to , decide, .without any restrictions, whether or not to have an abortion. The ,bill would also allow voluntary steriliz'ation without any restrictions. I.t has b.e~n propose.:! by the rulmg coalItIOn of SOCIal Democrats and Free Democrats. Bishop Te~umberg expressed the solidarity of the whole diocese with nurses and doctors who object to the proposed legislation. A few days ,before the rally here, about 12,000 persons from all over West Germany staged a similar demonstration in Hanover during the Social Democratic party congress. Brandt's Position Posters referring to the reCeption of the 1971 Nobel Peace Prize by West German Chancellor Willy Brandt, chairman of the Social Democrats, asked: "Peace Prize for the War against children?" At the Social Democratic party convention in Hanover, Brandt, defending the proposed legislation, said: "Our society will be the more humane the fewer the women who will feel compe'lled to resort to abortion." Although his party favors the measure, he said, "Everyone must fdHow his conscience in matters of this kind." He also stressed that "the government does not want to issue orders either to women or to physicians to resort to abortion or to force Christian believers to go counter to their, moral laws."

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By JERRY FILTEAU "Thirty nuns apply for welfare." "Diocese to aid Sisters' retirement found." ' "Nuns struggling to make ends meet." Headlines like this, which have appeared with increasing frequencyover the: last few years, tell a story of a new phenomenon in the U. S. Catholic Church. Religious orders of women in the United States, which prospered and grew during the great "vocations boom" from the 1930s to the early 1960s, are now feeling the delayed effects of the boom. Coupled with other factors th~ decline in new vocations has created a severe financial crisi.s. among ma~y religi.ous cOmmUD1tl~s, centermg mamly around retIrement costs. Some' of the factors that have created the crisis are: Increased medical costs. While general medical costs have been rising rapidly, nuns are receiving '8 double dosage as fewer and fewer communities receive free care or reduced rates. Earlier retirement ages. In the past, as one nun put it, "Sisters just never retired." In recent years, howev~r, most Gatholic schools and hospitals-the major employers of nuns-have instituted mandatory retirement ages of 65 or have exte'nded their retirement policies to include the Sisters. ' Average Age Increases Inc'reased life expectancy. Medicatstudies have consistently shown that nuns as a group are healthier and live longer than other women. In the past 70 years the 'average life expectancy of the American nun' has increased 14 years, and on the average a nun will live four years longer than other white American women. A tremendous increase in the average age in religious communitie~. As nuns live longer and vocations drop from their peak in the early 1960s, the average age of the American nun has increased steadily. The large numbers of Sisters leaving their orders since about 1965 has also contributed signifi-

cantly to this increase in average age. In a recent survey conducted by the 'Lep.dership Con,ference of Women Religious, about.half of the orders responding said that five to nine per cent of their members had left the order since January, 1970. Most of those who leave are under 35 years of age. Grossly' Underpaid In 1905 only 7.7 per cent of all U. S. nuns were over 60 years old. A recent study encompassing 110,000 nuns in the country showed that 33.2 per cent of them were over 60 years old during the 1964-68 period-and the ratio has increased significantly' since then. Finally, it is almost axiomatic that nuns, particularly school teachers, are grossly underpaid. A recent study of 1,400 School Sisters of St. Francis in the United States showed that in the "current fiscal year they gave $7.7-million in "contributed services." Contributed services are determined by adding up the salaries and value of all fringe benefits (housing, car allowances, and other special benefits) received . by the nuns, and subtracting that amount from the salary that a lay person with similar training and experience would receive for the same job. For the School Sisters of St. Francis, the difference came out to $5,500 per nun. As the financial pinch increases, the communities of nuns are caught in the bind between allocating funds to build for the future-a necessity for continuing their apostolates-and fulfilling their obligations to women who have faithfully served their communities, the Church and society for 30, 40, or 50 years.

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Active-Retired Ratio MUEHLDORF (NC) - Blessed Traditionally the religious orConrad, a patron of Bavaria, ders of women have taken care of their sick and elderly mem- may have helped stop a thief bers out of the salaries earned who broke into the church in by the working Sisters. But as' this village and tried to open the the ratio between active and re- collection box. Police said a statue of the tired Sisters decreases, the abilin a niche over the collecsaint ity to pay these costs decreases tion box fell and crashed on the as well. man's head. His cry af pain was A statewide study of nuns was heard by a priest who called the conducted last year by the Wis- police. consin region of the Leacfership Brother Conr,ad, the son of Conference of Women Religious Henry the Black, a duke of Ba(LCWR). In a report summariz- varia, was born early in the 12th ing its findings, the LCWR said: century. "Of their expenses, the most He went to Cologne to study drastically increasing costs for but then became a Cistercian at the Sisters are retirement costs. Clairvaux, France. Later, with In 1970, there were 3.3 active the permission of St. Bernard, he Sisters for each retired Sister. went to the Holy Land to live as By 1972, the average ratio had a hermit. His poor health and the decreased to 2.4 to 1. . . '. The political disturbances of the area, LCWR study projects that for however forced him to return the 1973-74 (school) year, there to Europe. will be 1.8 active Sisters for He died in March 1154, his each retired Sister." sanctity, according to Butler's Statistics like these paint a Olives of the Saints, "being revery gloomy picture on the sur- vealed 'by the marvels which ocface, but the Catholic Sisters are curred at his tomb." • facing. the situation with hope Among other things, it says, ,apd confidence. They are com· "Iambs used to pay him revering up with hard-headed, crea- ence by coming to kneel beside tive solution.s his grave." '~I1I1I11I11I11II11I11II11I11I1I1I11I1I1I11I11I11II11I11I1I1I1I1I11I11I11I1I11II11I11I11I11I11I1I1I11I11I11I11I11I1I1I11I1I11~1II1II1I1111~

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Summe1r May Sle,em Remote Bu,tTogs Must B,e: R,ea,di,ed It won't b~ long \before our thoughts will be turning

toward the beaches of the area and what we plan to wear on them this Summer. While the young are warm-blooded and hearty enough to put on a bikini and'stay in it from dawn to dusk, those of us on I have treasured but that the other side of the genera- that now looks as if it should be niletion gap like to be prepared gated to the rag-bag. for the changes in tenllperaIn its prime it not only looked ture that very often ,accompany a day at a New England beach. If terrycloth appeals to you you'll find many long robes com-'

DULUTH (NC)...,..ln an effort to draw the Catholics of this city closer together, a single Easter vigil service was .held here, and more than 5,500 persons attended. In addition to the usual elements of the service, the congre. gation which represented about one quarter of the city's Catholic population, saw a Baptism and Confirmation rites, performed by Bishop Paul F. Anderson. The ceremony in the Duluth Arena marked the second suc,cessive year that the city had only one Easter vigil, Ii service normally' held in all parishes. "Parishes in this city and this diocese," Bishop Anderson said, "must not think of themselves as being in competition with one another, but should express their unity-their willingness to work together-the mind of the risen Christ who called all to be one in Him." Following the arena service all parishes scheduled other Masses to serve the rest of the city's Catholics. Since no vigil services were held in parishes, a simplified blessing of the new Easter candle was used in the' parish liturgies. More than 30 priests from the city participated in the first part of the service along with their congregations. The priests joined Bishop Anderson in concelebrating the Eucharist at the altar in the center of the arena. The priests then gave Holy Communion to their own parishioners in the arena.

good -but it felt good. It was dress length and made of cotton velour, done up in black, gold and other dark shades. It didn't show every mark (from misplaced chocolate bars, etc., etc.) yet it always looked good. Complete with hood and long sleeves it By kept you comfy 'and warm on even the dreariest beach day. MARILYN Now of course to find a dupliBLESSING FOR P.O.W.: Papal Blessing for returned cate. P.O.W. Air Force Colonel Lawrence Guarino was preRODERICK Sew Beach Togs sented to him and his wife, Evelyn, by Archbishop Thomas While most of us can't afford A. Boland of Newark at a special Mass, in Sacred' Heart an extensive beach wardrobe.. we can buy some of the fabrics Cathedral, Newark, where Col. Guarino grew up. The plete with hoods (these are a that are being featured for sum- Colonel survived seven years of captivity. 'NC Photo. delight after a cool dip). mer togs, find an easy an:rl q~ick The only thing wrong with pattern (these are very CJ.sy to this particular beach cover-up' find now) and'sew up some sumis its price. Robes run anywhere mer fashions before the first from $25 up so even one would heat. Those 'gals who managed State Says Birth Control Information put a goodly dent in your sum- a trip to warmer climates during mer clothing allotment. . ,the winter months have a head Illegal for Mortgages Year of Caftan, start on those of us who have to TRENTON (NC)-Birth con- ministration and Federal HousThis is the year O'f the caftan' wait for the cool' north Atlanand many ,of these loose, Orien- tic to get wanri, but just a few trol information cannot be used 'ing Administration mortgages. tal-inspired garments will find nights spent at that trusty old as a basis for granting or with"We feel confident these regutheir place in beach wardrobes. sewing ma(:hine and your last holding mortgages in New Jerlations will eliminate this pracI just finished (well, almost fin- year's beach wardrobe may not sey, a state official ruled here: tice in New Jersey," Kerner sa,id. ished, I should get around to look so outmoded with a few · There were also some indications · that the state ruling may affect "However, we are also bringing hemming it' by July) a cotton extras added. practices elsewhere in the coun- this issue to the a,ttention of the one in a very pretty yellow and VA and FHA in Washingtop. and One of this month's women;s white print, however, the, only try. CHAS. F. requesting that this practice be magazines even has some covertrouble is I can't quite envision In directives sent to state stopped on a nationwide basis." -to make without patterns ups myself engulfed, in all these chartered banks and lending inyards of material packed into the and while these look very inter- stitutions, New Jersey's commisIn February tl1e VA. sent .a esting I still need the security car with kids, beach equipment, newsletter to its participating sioner of banking, Richard F. kids, lunches, and more kids. All found in that good old stamped Schaub, said: institutions stating that the VA that glamour at least deserves a tissue 'paper and the 'directions "does not require or condonc" that tell me just how many yards "No state-chartered bank, sav- the inclu'sion of birth control inpool. ings and loan association or sec- formation in mortgage applica254 ROCKDALE AVENUE If you still have swimming to buy. While' summer may still seem ondary mortgage 'oan licensee lessons for the youngsters as NEW BEDFORD, MASS. tions. It asked lending institupart of your summer schedule, eons away, if you're going to may require, accept, or consider, tions not to forwar~ such inforthen you know that neither rain, sew for it, now is the time to directly or indirectly, informa- mation, even if the in,stitution retion as to a mortgage applicant's ceived such information volunnor sleet, nor hail cancel these begin. birth control practices or infor- tarily from a mortgage appliout, 'so you find yourself on mation otherwise bearing on cant. HEATING OILS many a chilly summer morning Diocese Signs Contract such applicant's credit worthistanding on -the beach shivering. COMPLETE ness or eligibility for a mortgage, A few years ago I picked up a ·With Lay Teachers Stamps Needed or in computing the amount· of HEATING SYSTEMS beach dress type of coveK'-Up CLEVE~AND (NC) The such mortgage." Retired Sisters of Mercy at INSTALLED . Cleveland High School and AcadSees Ban on, "'Bingo emy Lay Teachers Association An investigative report in the Mt. St. Rita Health Center, (CHALTA) and' the Board' of 24 HOUR OIL BURNER Catholic Star Herald, Catholic Cumberland, R.I. have organized Threat to Schools Catholic Education have signed newspaper of the Camden dio- a Cancelled Stamp Apostolate BROWNSVILLE (NC) - BishSERVICE op ~ohn J. ,Fitzpatrick of Browns- a contract forthe 1973-74 school cese, had revealed last fall that and request donations of such BUDGET PLANS ville, one of the poorest dioceses year, after negotiations during many banks and lending institu- stamps from individuals and busin the country, has said tha.t a which teachers staged a three- tions in the state ,were demand- iness organizations. Stamps need The Vargas Oil Co. protects state court ruling that a bill to day walkout. ing documented information on not be removed from envelopes your family's heating comfort The contract calls for a begin- the use of contraceptives by and the Sisters will make arlegalize bingo is unconstitutional all year round. may force some Catholic schools ning salary of $6,800 for a cer- mortgage applicants before con- rangements to pick' up contributions. They may be reached tified teacher with a bachelor's sidering loans ,to them. to close. TRY US FIRST at the center, R.D. No.3, Cum"The decision of the State degree and $'1,480 for a certified , Commisisoner Schaub said he berland, R.I. 02864, telephone master's degree. Criminal Court of Appeals de- teacher with claring bingo unconstitutional The yearly ,increments on the was sure the practice was illegal 401-333-6352. will seriously affect the abiaity bachelor's scale are five percent and began an investigation folof some of our parishes to meet and on the master's scale six lowing the Star Herald's expose. operating costs and to pay the percent. Mter 16 years' in the In his new directives Schaub indebtedness on their buildings," system a teacher with a master's said his office had consulted with degree receives $13,600. the bishop said in a statement. · the state attorney general and "At the same time," he con- , This is the first raise in base had "determined that such a tinued, "the ability of some of salary' in three years. The pre- practice, in addition to being unour schools to remain open a,nd vious base foK' beginners with a conscionable, is also illegal." to continue their superb edUlca- bachelor's degree was $6,425and " In a letter to the Star Herald tional program will be jeopard- for those with a master's degree ized." $7,067. commending 'its staff for uncovBishop Fitzpatrick said that . CHALTA members ratified the ering the illegal practice, Philip parishioners must recognize that contract by a slim margin of 56 A. Kerner, deputy director of the Attention School Groups "sacrificial giving to their par- percent, Rogel' Abood, the Asso- New Jersey mortgage finance ishes on a week-to-week basis ciation president said. 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preach love don't seem to practice it. As a teen-age college student in Paris in the early 1830's, Ozanam found himself going through the same turmoil about his faith. He became disillusioned by the way "Christians" failed to practice charity. Some lived in luxury whil~ their fellow men starved. Cathedrals were magnificent while poor peop!e existed in hovels. He met with a few of his college friends, they took some of their own personal finances, coli· ected more, and began helping the ppor.

talking with them, listening to them, counseling them to help solve their problems, treating them with dignity and genuine concern. At first Ozanam wanted his group to remain just a few friends working together anonymously. But God has a way of taking the "one little candle" ahd using it to start a big fire. Word of the work spread. Other young men wanted to get in on it. New groups sprang up. .Within 20 years, there were 500 groups in France, and the project was spreading to other parts of the world. Thus began the Soc.iety of St. Vincent de Paul. Today's teenagers need a saint like Frederic Ozanam. Good Parent

My second reason for being interested in Ozanam is that he too was a parent. For an idea of the kind of parent he was, here i3 a quote from a letter he wrote to a friend shortly after the birth. of his daughter. "There is nothing more delicious on this earth, than on coming home to find my, beloved wife with her little baby in her . arms. I then make a third figure in the group, and 1 would willingly lose myself for whole hours in admiring it, if presently a little cry did not come to warn me that poor human nature is Bishop James J. Gerrard, rep· very fragile, that many perils are resenting Bishop Daniel A. Cro- suspended over that tiny head, nin, will be guest of honor at th~ and that the joys of fatherhood annual banquet and Bishop's' are only given us to sweeten' its Night program of the Fall River duties." Today's parents need a saint Catholic Woman's Club, to be held at 6:30 P.M., Tuesday, May like Frederic Ozanam. 8 at the Coachmen restaurant, My third reason for being inTiverton. terested in Ozanam is the fact Substituting for singer Mar· that miracles are needed to adgallite Lahey .Massouda, whose vance his cause and I'm a believperformance has 'been cancelled er in miracles. Regular readers due to illness in her family, will of this colurn know that I've been be musical comedy performers blessed with more than my Judy Schroeder and Eleanor share. Some' months ago 1 asked Mayhew, both members of the Barrington P.layers,"and active in readers who needed a miracle to other Rhode Island theatrical write to me and tell me about it. organizations. Mrs. Lyn Moden I 'would pray for their intentions. I received over 500 letters from will be piano accompanist. . Also on the evening's agenda people facing very difficult sitwill be presentation of scho'lar- uations. ships awarded annually by the I am praying for these intenclub and election and seating of tions, but I have also enlisted officers for the coming year. the assistance of Frederic Ozanam by placing them under his protection. He liked to help peoBlack Bishop Banned pIe and I have ev~ry confidence From Entering Kenya that he will intercede for people NAIROBI (NC) - Auxiliary overwhelmed by today's proBishop Patrick Chakaipa of blems. If you would' like more inforSalisbury, Rhodesia - his country's first black Catholic bishop mation about Frederic Ozanam, - was banned from entering write to me in care of The AnchKenya with four other Rhode- or. Please enclose a stamped, selfsian Catholic priests to attend a addressed envelope and I'll send catechetical congress sponsored you some literature about him. by the Association of Members If you have a problem that reof Episcopal Conferences in East- quires a miracle, tell me about it ann I'll pray to Ozanam for ern Africa. The congress discussed prep- you. If you receive a favor as a aration of a new catechism for result of Ozanam's intercession, the area, and such topics as please let me know about it so I youth, marriage, catechetical can foward the information to training centers and the forma- those responible for advancing his cause for sainthood. tion of Christian communities.

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PITTSBURGH (NC) - This city's first abortion clinic opened during Holy Week to the accompaniment of a demonstration by more than 200 protestors The downtown clinic expects to perform 600 abortions per month at $150 each. Leaders of Women Concerned for the Unborn Child (WCUC), organizers of the protest, distributed copies of petitions urging city officials -to investigate the clinic.

MOTHER TERESA AND PRINCE: Mother Teresa of Calcutta shakes hands with Britain's j=)rince Philip in London after she received the $85,000 Templeton Foundation Prize for Progress in Religion. It was the first time since the Reformation that a Catholic nun was honored by a member of the royal family. The foundress of the Missiori~ aries of Charity was honored for her work among the poor of India and other countries. NC Photo.

Nuns Asked to Insure Thqt. Poor Don't Suffer Under Federal Revenue Sharing DETROIT (NC)-Nuns around the country were urged to insure that the poor do not suffer as the federal revenue sharing program replaces many federally social programs. Sisters Uniting, a group which includes representatives of naional organizations of Sisters; also ·asked .nuns to work for: peace and prison n;form. Sisters Uniting, which met here, asked nuns to learn more about revenue sharing and to seek ways in which the new program "can include the continuation of vital programs dealing with the human needs of the community - day care, health, education, welfare and the aging." Nuns were asked to write to their congressmen and state officials for information on revenue sharing and to visit mayors to discuss revenue sharing. "The current national crisis over domestic issues which finds the poor of all races and faiths suffering, frustrated and angry, presented a challenging opportunity for corporate action to the members of Sisters Uniting," a spokesman said. She said the group urges that "the independence of programs be preserved and that they be kept free from political patronage controls." "True Christian responsibility requires more than talk and prayer, if the rebuilding of not only the bombed-out cities of Hanoi hut the bombed-out ghettoes, barrios and hollows of America, is to be accomplished," the spokeswomen said. Sisters Uniting also discussed the need for prayer for peace in Northern Ireland and called for weekly local prayer meetings with Protestants. Sister Catherine PinkertoQ of

Mrs. Mary' Winter, WCUC president, expressed the sentiments of many of the marchers -women of all ages, some carrying infants' or accompanied by small children, nurses, a number of men and priests-when she said, "We are outraged over the opening of this downtown human extermination business, especially at this time of Passover and Holy Week." A representative of Birthright, an organization which seeks to offer women an alternative to abortion, hit out at the counselling provided at the clinic. Mrs. Mary Kambic, who demonstrated with her young daughter, Deirdre, 15 months, explained that the announced counselling periods of "10 minutes before and 10 minutes after" the operation is "really ridiculous."

the National Assembly' of Women Religious told the group that "many areas are open to Sisters in prison apostolates" and recommended that nuns par· ticipate in "Adopt a Prisoner" programs. The program, now used in Cleveland, offers opportunities to help a prisoner or his family for a few hours a month by visiting, writing or performing small services. Groups of \ Sisters also pray with prisoners. Religious communities were also asked by Sisters Uniting to release one Sister to work full time in education for peace. The group said this would help "the vital continuing apostolate of peace in today's world, will demonstrate this priority of Pope Paul's Justice and Peace Commission." Groups represented at the meeting were: Leadership Conference of Women Religious, National Coalition of American Nuns, National Assembly of Women Religious, National Sisters Formation Conference, Association of Contemplative Sisters, Sisters for Christian Community.

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Fire -Eilting Jesuit Heads Royal- Circus As Pre-Evangelical Preaching of Word

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CHICAGO (NC)-A Protestant theologian who once supported ALBANY (NC) - "The Royal 1?2' what he called a "laissez-faire" LitchEmstein %-Rin'g Circus. approach to abortion said he has The World's Smallest Circus changed his mind after having SPOKANE (NC) - Fifty-five from the World's Smallest Na- . some second thoughts on the Catholic missionaries and Indian tion Performed by the World's matter. leaders have met here to discuss Smallest Minds." Dr. C. Eric Lincoln, professor The trio ringmasters shout the future directions for Indian of sociology and religion at Untribes, and Catholic missions in those words at the opening of ion Theological Se-minary, New what also must be the world's the Northwest. York. explained in an article in The first meetings were at- most unusual circus. What other the ecumenical weekly Christian tended by Bishop Bernard Topel show boasts a fire-eating Jesuit. Century that he had not been of Spokane. and Bishop Ray- a business student who wants to prepared for the bloodletting of mond Hunthausen of Helena. dance. and a psychology major widespread abortion. Mont., along with repre!lenta- who imitates stormclouds? The small-top that encloses all "I took the position that in tives' from Washington. Idaho this is the brainchild of Father America, at least. the notion of and Montana. a woman's complete personal auIridian leaders told of the ef- Nick Weber. a Jesuit who teaches tonomy over her body is, or forts they have been making to liturgy - celebration at Santa should be so elementary as to change the directions of their Clara University in California. preclude debate ...... Dr. Lincoln With two friends he brings his tribes ,by developing local houswrote. mini-circus to shopping centers, ing. employment and educational Dr. Lincoln said these were opportunities for their people- Indian reservations, college camhis feelings in 1967 when he was to develop their resources with- puses and church parking lots invited to Washingon to join in out diluting the "Indian-ness" of across the country. By the end an international discussion on of their tour. the company will the reservations. the abortion issue. Tribal councilmen callell on have played over 300 performances in more than 100 cities in He said at that time he felt the missionaries to recognize the' that "to require a woman to be difficulties they have competing 40 states The hour··long show is an aman incubator for a child she does with the non-Indian public agennot want is barbaric and tyr~n cies and private citizens to keep algam of magic tricks, juggling, poetry, mime, one-liners, animals nical and in violation of the most control over their resources. and fire-eating. but the purpose basic expectations of a civilized Prejudice Against Studelllts is more than entertainment. society." Discussions highlighted areas Example of Retreat "I used to think the stories where missions and mission- told in the mime were the reason Since that time. Dr. Lincoln related institutions are moving for doing the show," Father Web. said. he has come to realize' that in their own' directions rather er admitted. "Then I found that abortion "is but one more exthan supporting the efforts of the circus showing tip where ample of the I retreat from retribes to take control' of their people least expect it has its sponsibility which seems charown destinies. especially through theological overtones in that it acteristic of the times," educational and cultural pro- asks people to accept surprise, Dr. Lincoln explained that' he grams. to sit down and stretch and never has' been an advocate of Prejudice against Indian stu- grow and wonder. abortion on demand. "But as dents in schools that are con"It is a sort of pre-eval!gelical PRIEST-CLOWN: California Jesuit Father Nick Weber" things have turned out, the fact trolled by non-Indian teachers, preparation for the preaching of together with two other performers, all from Santa, Clara that I am somewhere on record schools and school boards were the Word. If people are not ready University, play all the parts in "the world's smallest cir~ as' standing for what could be incited by Indian educators as a for surprise they will kill the te11preted as a lassez·faire apprimary cause- of high drop-out prophets. They will not be ready .eus." The mini-circus is presented in shopping centers, proach to the issue humbles my rates of Indian children. They to accept someone standing up parking lots and other informal "pitches," on a tour of 100 self-esteem. and roils my concalled for Indian-controlled in the muck and saying 'God is cities in 40 states. NC Ph~to. science as well." ' schools on reservations for all present,' .. Dr. Lincoln said that originally Besides Father Weber. the so I collected everything under munity. "We like to think it is his vision of abortion was "of an their Indian children. for Indian control over state and fedleral Royal Lichtenstein Circus is the rubric of circus." good for people who don't know occasional individual caught up funds used for Indian programs made, up of Carl Pellegrini and each other to be close." Father in circumstances so devastating • Pacificist in public schools, and for Indian John MacConaghy. in potential as to warrant so Weber said. history and culture course!) to It is not accidental that Father drastic ' a procedure as the inGoes To Marketplace "The circus to me is a shape. terruption of life," help students achieve a posLtive Weber links a liturgical term like Indian identity. Pellegrin~ was a business ma"rubric" with his circus. He be- a' circle, defined by how the' Sick of Bloodletting jor who took an acting workship lieves the show and theology are people sit. It harkens anthroHe said he had considered 'Never Been Leaders t from Father Weber. Then he' de- not separate. "Historic~lly, the pologically back t:p th'e days abortion as a measure of last reNorthern Cheyenne represen- cided to drop his plans for a church and theatre are the same when people gathered around a sort for a limited class of peo~ tatives spoke of a new research business career in favor of the thing"" he noted, adding that fire to dance their evil spirits pIe who would 'seek abortions and development corporation dance, a career he plans to pur- theatre began as religious drama, away." only after "having considered which is bringing Indian concepts sue once the tour is completed. such as the mystery plays of the the vast implications of what the show, Father WebDuring and Indian controls into their He agreed to travel with. th«; Middle Ages. they were about to do." er will shout to. people in the schools. circus "'one night while juggling Although he defends the con- back of the room: "Come in "I was riot prepared for the A resolution passed at the with Nick," nection of the circus and theol- closer., This isn't a church, you bloodletting which has.' in fact, ' conference called on the Adminis- ' MacConaghy, a junior psychology, he says it is "a distraction ensued." he said. tration to release $18 million, ogy major at the University of if the audience knows I am a know." , "I for one. am sick of blood appropriated by Congress to !IUP- California at Berkeley. took time priest. There is nothing explicitand bloodletting-in the streets. port· similar Indian education out from school because "to be ly religious in the show." Sculptures Stolen on the battlefields and in the programs. President Nixon has- a clown is the ideal thing. I He also refuses to defend himsafe aseptic privacy of a doctor's POPAYAN (NC)-While Easfrozen these funds. bring joy to people," One of his self against those who think a ter Sunday worshippers watched. office. In our continuing retreat Educators from Montana most flamboyant skits is the role priest should not dress as a thi~ves posing as repairmen from responsibility. we are too praised a recent state law reof a raincloud 'in a pantomime clown and appear in shopping walked away from Santo Domin- ready to wipe out the consequiring all teachers ·in pu1>lic called "The Stonecutter." malls. "I don't say anything to go church here in Colombia with quences of our private and pubschools on Indian reservation!: to The circus began when Father that. I don't have, the' time or six religious sculptures regarded lic acts with a shrug and a resort complete courses in Indian cul- Weber, who holds a master's de- energy." he explained. "It' takes as historic art treasures. to blood," he said. ture. They called on Catholic gree in theatre. decided that con- a lot of en~rgy to be a· clown. I universities to help implement ventional theatre only reached don't pick fights with people," such teacher training programs "culturally screened people," Messages for those who teach Indian chil"I wanted to go into 'the mardren. While the circus has its moYear Books Color Process ketplace' where there where alments of sheer entertainment. "The communities we live in ready people, such as shopping Brochures Booklets are all dominated by non- centers and campuses," he said. such as the magic. there is also . Indians." said Mrs. 'Margaret He began by taking satirical re- a blend of serious comment. The Friedlander from the Kooten~i views into the parks in Santa pantomimes-The Stonecutter, community at Elmo. Montana. Clara. but "became disenchanted the Frogs. The Giving Tree- ex"We've never been leaders. so with satire and couldn't live with press the futility of pride. the waste of war. the effect,of love now we think that we, can't be it," LETTERPRESS OFFSET So his next step was to "put and the failure of communicaPRINTERS leaders. It's going to be an uphill drive for Indians to get into together a form that would at- tion-aIl dressed up in outlanPhone 997-9421 .1-17 COFFIN AVENUE the drivei·s'seat." she said. "and tract people rather than repel dish costumes and acted out in we will depend upon people l1ke them. 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70-Year-Old Mother of Missioner Works Mill to Earn Fare to Africa

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Seventy-year-old Mrs. Albina ~' Thibault of St. Joseph's parish, '" ", New Bedford, has just returned ; ", ,. to work in a mill. Her purpose? ,i To earn the fare for her third trip to Africa. When she gets there, she doesn't plan a luxurious tourist-type "safari.'" Instead, she'll plunge'into the bush, country of Zambia, in hot central Africa, where she'll be 450 miles from the closest town of any size. There'll she'll cook, wash, and mend clothes for her son and his confreres, Sacred Heart Brothers Who operate a boys' high school serving 465 youngsters from all parts of Zambia. "We call her Mother Superior," . chuckled her son, Brother Raymond Thibault, S.C., who is presently in New Bedford on home leave from his assignment as a teacher of mathematics and ; agricultural science at St. Fran- leis Secondary School in Zambia. CLAN MEMBER: Brother Raymond Thibault, S.C. "She really doesn't have to go shows elephant hair bracelets, symbolic of his membership to work to earn her fare," expla'ined Dr. Doris Thibault of the in three African~ clans, to his sister, Dr. Doris Thibault of faculty of Southeastern Mass'a- faculty of Southeastern Massachusetts University, and his chusetts University, another of 70-year-old mother, Mrs. Albina Thibault, who is busy the dauntless Mrs. Thibault's working to save money for her third trip to his missionary six living children, "but we can't station in Zambia. hold her down." Previously the lively lady had worked 18 years manent camp will serve as a sity career. "We have a univerfulltime at the mill where she's sity very much like SMU at now a part-timer, and she was headquarters for this work." Lusaka, our capital city," he When not teaching or directemployed for eight years in the said. Over 105 dialects are ing Boy Scout activities, Brother rectory of St. Mathieu's parish, Raymond runs a small dispen- spoken in Zambia, he said, but F'all River. sary. "It's not our line, but you there are four main languages. Mrs. T)1ibault's last trip to can't turn people away," he He is profident in Chibemba, the Zambia was in the Fall. She was said, and he ministers daily to .tongue chiefly used' in his area. present at a huge Eucharistic A Brother since 1946, the reCongress at her son's mission of a long line of patients. His skills, ligious served in Rhode Island, all self-taught, include treating Malole, the first such celebration wounds, pulling teeth and deliv- Maine and Massachusetts houses ever held in Zambia. "Eleven of his community before his asthousand people attended from ering babies. signment to' Africa, .where he "I've delivered 31 babies, inall over the country," she s·aid. hopes to spend the remainder cluding a set of twins," he said, "Many walked from as far as 85 of his active life, and to which miles away." The event com- "and I haven't lost a mother or he expects to return in July. a baby.·1 learned how to do it memoratedthe ,50th anniversary Needs Stamps of the mission, which is the cen- from a book." Largely because of such serter of a community of 20,000 Brother Raymond has a re, catechumens and 28 out-stations. vices,' Brother Raymond has been ques,t to make of area wellThe "community" however, is made an honorary member of wishers. "We're still working on very scattered, poirtted out three AfrIcan clans and he that Boy Scout camp," he said, Brother Raymond, consisting of 'proudly wears elephant hair "and the S&H Green Stamps, scores of small villages number- bracelets in token of his mem- Gold Bond and Red Scissors ing from 25 to 100 inhabitants. bership. Each bracelet is differ- companies have agreed to rePointing out that a newspaper In fact, so remote is Malole, that ent "so clan members can recog- deem stamps for cash for us. So is not a scholarly journal and there was initial doubt that a nize each other," but each is any contributions will be very "must treat of theological devel- large congress could be held fashioned from incredibly tough welcome," They can be sent to elephant hair, resembling black Broher Raymond at 99 Hatch opments in an, 'accessible and there. plastic wire. non-technical vi'ay," the editors Street, New Bedford 02745. Many Activities maintained that such treatment Direets Kitchen In connection with the conWhile at home the Brother has "is not thereby inaccurate, much gress. he said, the President of Normally the religious also di- given talks on Africa to various less abusive." '; Zambia dedicated a Boy Scout rects the kitchen activities for groups and he made a special The editors rejected as "false camp at the mission. Boy his community but this is a task visit to Fall Ri'9'er to present a and irresponsible" Father Scouting is a major interest of he is glad to turn over to his pectoral cross to Bishop Cronin. Brown's charge that ultra-con- the New Bedford religious and . mother when she's in Africa. Made by 'boys at the mission servatice Catholics "do not re- he serves on the National Train- Facilities at the mission are far high school, the cross is of copspect the positions of the Popes ing Team for Zambia as well as from up to.date, she commented. per set with malchite. It was or the bishops who have permit- an 'area commissioner. Electricity, supplied by the mis- received on behalf of the Fall ted modern biblical and theologHe said his interest in Scout- sion generator, is available from River Bishop by Msgr. Raymond ical advances." ing started when he was a mem- 5 P.M. to 10 P.M. nightly, while T. Considine, director of the Di"On the contrary," they said, ber of Boy Scout Troop 24 in running water is produced with ocesan office of the Society for , "we have repeatedly hailed these St. Joseph's parish, a troop that the aid of a gasoline pump. the Propagation of the Faith. teachings as the authentic path is still active. "I was working Roads are more like washboards, for future theological and doc- for the Eagle rank when I en- she said, recalling that during trinal development. But this is tered religion," h,e recalled. her last trip she was "stuck in not to say that biblical scholars the bush for five hours when our In Zambia Brother Raymond and theologians have always sees the Boy Scouts as a potent truck ran out of gas." used their freedlom wisely or in force for spreading literacy in But her son rejoined that for accordance with the papal teach- rural 'areas and also for demon- his part he didn't dare drive ings which grant (and condition) strating modern agricultural when in the States. "I'm used to this freedom," driving on the left and not used techniques to natives. 273 CENTRAL AVE. "The government -is attempt- to so many other drivers on the Haste ing to regroup the many small road." 992-6216 'He noted that boys at his high Allow time and moderate de- villages into small towns in lay; haste manages all things order 'to use schools, health ser- school can all speak at least a NEW BEDFORD vices and so forth more efficient- little English before entering badly. -Statius ly," he said. "Our Boy Scout per- and that many go on to univer-

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Msg'r. Corcoran Scores Minimum Wage Proposal WASHINGTON (NC) - The Nixon administration's latest federal minimum wage proposal will continue to condemn millions of workers to sub-poverty levels, the head of the National Conference of Catholic Charities has charged. Msgr. Lawrence J. Corcoran's statement came after Secretary of Labor Peter Brennan testified before the House Labor SubCommittee and asked for a miniinurn wage of $1.90 an hour this year. Other proposed increases . would bring the minimum up to $2.30 in 1976. Calling the proposal "a serious blow to the working poor," Msgr. Corcoran' said the increases will hardly keep up with the accelerated cost of liViing. Msgr. Corcoran also accused the administration of failJng to extend equitable wage increases to farm laborers, service workers and the nation's large youth work for,ce. "Secretary Brennan has ·indicated that he personally does not agree with the proposals advanced," said Msgr. Corcoran. "It is unfortunate that the administration places Mr. Brennan . in this position, especially in his first approach to Congress since his confirmation by the Senate. "Coming from the labor background of well-paid tradesmen, it is understandable that he would feel uncomfortable in proposing such meagre remuneration for his fellows in the labor~ lng world." Msgr. Corcoran suggested that "one of the quickest and surest ways to lift the worImng poor out of poverty is to raise the minimum wage." "We b'ust that the administration will adjust its proposal upward immediately. We urge Congress to do so, even in spite 'of ,the position of the admillJistration," Msgr. Corcoran said. The proposed $1..90 minimum wage foJ' this year provides an annual income of $3,952 on the basis of a standard work week. Msgr. Corcoran said this is approximately $200 under the most conseravtive poverty-level standand.

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TV Commentatc)rs IProbe Empty Tomb Mystery We interrupt this program to bring you some special coverage on the Man who has reportedly risen from death. Jesus Christ, the Nazarene, crucified Friday on Mt: Olivet for claiming divinity is missing from his heavily guarded tomb. Bystanders have re-· "Yes, yes, but we are being ported seeing the Man walkjostled and tossed by this ing toward town. As of yet, crowd. I've never seen anything no word has been received lik'e it. It's not the usual souvenir-

by his followers whom we have hunting mob. These people are been unable to lo~ate to verify . singing and clapping, you could the story. It is likely the Risen almost call them joyous. Not the Christ is with them. We have usual Growd one finds at things 1ike this. Wait If minute-there's a man carving a wish on the side of the tomb. Let's see if I can get to him. Sir? Sir? By "Hey, watch it. Or, TV ... am DOLORES I on TV?" Yes, you are, Sir. Can you tell CURRANme why you're carving a fish on the tomb? Does it have some signific:ance? "Sure does. It's the sigri of the Nazarenes. You know, the group dispatched our pri.:e-winning behind this guy." news team, Aquilla and Caras, .' Are you a Nazarene, Sir? to the scene with comeramen "No, I just heard about the and should be able to bring you resurrection and came out to see live coverage from the tomb area what was going on." any moment. Why are you carving the fish Meanwhile, stay on VIII because we have here in our stu- if you're not a follower of the dios one of the tribunes whose alleged Savior? job it was to guard the grave. "Well, I figure it won't do any Tell us, Tribune, when did this harm, you k!1ow. I mean, if alleged resurrection take place? this fellow is 'for real, really real, "Uhhh ... I don't know. SQme- then I want to be on his side. I time in the night, I guess, or this just figured he was some kind of morning. Hard to tell, you know, nut until this. I mean, how many what with the dark and the sun people get up o.ut of the tomb and walk around. He's got to be dial and all ..." Did any of you soldiers see something." the ghost or man of god exit Political Reasons? . the tomb? "Errr, not exactly." Some observers are speculating that his body was stolen for Did You See:' political reasons. How do you But there was a heavy react to that charge? boulder in front of th€!opening. "Where's the body? And what And it was moved. 'Did any of about the soldiers guarding this you see it being moved? place? No that doesn't rack up. "No, uh-uh, I don't remember Besides, I know a guy who knew seeing it move. You know, it was pretty dar~.and the captain -knows-this Christ and he said he told them he was going didn't tell us tQ'.·~atch the boulto ,do this." der and ,wel'l, ydu know ..."· He did? Specifically? That he No, we don't know. It was our understan'ding t6'at YOUt tribunes would rise from the dead? "Well, sorta. He said somewere stationed iii the tomb pre· cisely because there was a rumor thing like,' 'A little while and that this allegedij~od would rise you won't see me and a little from the dead.·Could it have while and you will see me'... been that you were sleeping, all something like that." -ExGuse me, Sir. We have to . of you-just a moment-we are switching now to the switch back to our studios now. tombsite where': thouflands of Thank you for your information. curious onlookers are watching Well, there you have it, folks. the tribunes comb the area for While nobody -seems to know clues. Are you there, Aquil'la? what, really happened, the general consensus of the people Mother Teresa Sends here is that something extrao • ordinary happened. here, someS.sters to Cam'bodia thing that might change the NEW YORK (NC) __ Mother - course of history. Teresa of Calcutta, will send six Of course,' others believe les Sisters from her Missionaries of - just a cheap maneuver to get Charity to help with Catholic publicity but there are no folRelief Services (CRS) programs lowers of the Na.zarene around. If they wanted publicity, they in Cambodia. CRS will work to improve are doing their best to shun it. . services dealing with the care So it seems there are· only two and resettlement of ~n estimat- possible answers. Either they ed 700,000 Cambodian re(ugees. are afraid of a' like fate that beThe Missionaries of Charity, fell the alleged King or they are founded by Mother Teresa in with him. If that's the case, we'll 1950 now have more than 7,000 have the mystery of the tomb members. Their work in the slum "with us for a long time, perhaps areas of India and other coun. even for eternity,' This is Aquilla of Channel VIII tries has received woddwide acc!~i~: . , _.. _., _.s.i~i~~ _~f! .. _. ~ __ .

SCOUTING AWARDS: Rev. Marc H. Bergeron of St. Joseph's Church, New Bedford bestows Cub Scout Religious Awards on 'Richard Theg, a member of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, New Bedford and David Dufresne of St. Joseph'S, New Bedford.

Church Membership Remains Steady NEW YORK (NC) - Church and synagogue membership in the United States has remained almost constant for the second year in a row, the 1973 Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches has disclosed. The Yearbook, published by the National Council of Churches .(NCC), said 223 Christian and Jewish bodies reported having a membership of 131,389,642, an increase of 343,689 from the previous year. However, the Yearbook noted that 62.4 percent of the American people were reported to be members of churches as opposed to 63.2 percent in the previous year. The NCC publication said the percentage of membership decreased while the number of members increased because the numeral increase was not "keeping pace" with the. country's population growth. Catholic Church Largest

Indiana (a gain of 2,589 to 152,787). . Southern Baptist Gain Among the large Protestant Churches showing losses, the United Methodist .Church lost 162,576 members (leaving a membership of 10,671,774), the United Church of Christ lost 31,934 (leaving a 1,928,624 membership), and the United Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A. (northern) lost 73,405 (resUlting' in a 3,013,808 membersh,ip). However, the S,outhern Bap· . tist Conve,ntion showed a gain of 196,644 members, producing a new membership of 11,824,676. The convention is the second

Cardinal Suggests Limited Amne'sty .. . NEW YORK (NC) - Cardinal Terence Cooke urged in his Easter pastoral message that am· nesty with substitute service be granted those who "for sincere reasons". refused to serve in the armed forces during the Viet· nam war. In a letter read at Masses throughout the New York archdiocese, Cardinal Cooke also hoped, that "the move toward reconciliation in South Vietnam" will mark the start of a year' of reconciliation which would spread to Northern Ireland and the Middle 'East.

largest individual church in the country. The Yearbook said total membership in 180 Protestant bodies was 71,865,190. It put membership in Jewish congregations in the U.S. - including Orthodox, Conservative and Reformed branches-at 5,870,000. Membership in other religious groups (such as the Eastern Orthodox churches, Buddhist, and ethical and' spiritual groups) was 5,263,462.

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The 1973 Yearbook r~orted slight gains and losses among the churches for which statistics were available. The gains occurred in the Catholic Church and among seyeral conservative Protestant sects. The 1972 Yearhook, similarly, reported gains for the Catholic MEMBER F 0 I C Church and conservative Protestant churches and losses for some large Protestant bodies. Aocording to the 1973 Yearbook, the Catholic Church has 48,390,990 . members, a gain of 176,261 over the previous year. The Catholic Church thus is the DISPENSING OPTICIAN· largest individual church in the nation. . Complete Optical Service Protestant churches showing 450 HIGH STREET gains, generally regarded as conFALL RIVER servative, included the Refor-med For Appointments Church in America (an increase of 2,345 to 369,951) and the Call 678-0412 ~~~r~.~.. ~f God .<?f ....~~de!~J},_ ......-------;,;,;;;,;,;;~;";o,,,;;;,;,;,;

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NEW CONFIRMATION RITE DURING MASS: Bishop Cronin questions Carlena Wampler,a confirmant, during the Bishop's customary interrogatory period at the confirmation ceremony at Sacred Heart Church, Fall River. The Ordinary of the Diocese receives the ciborium from James

Priests Support Farah Boycott NEW YORK (NC)-The executive committee of the priests' senate of the New York archdiocese voted to support a boycott of clothing produced at the Farah Manufacturing Co. The committee accepted a resolution that the senate join five southwestern bishops in supporting a strike by the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America against Farah. The committee resolved to refuse to purchase any clothing made by Farah 'and to urge New York priests to do so too. They also pledged to make the strikers' position known to others, particularly the official archdiocesan purchasing group and members of the central archdiocesan administration. Earlier five southwestern bishops said they supported the· boycott against Farah "so that the basic human rights of collective bargaining and unionization might be recogqized and allowed to become realities for the workers and the strikers of the company."

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ROME (NC) - Persecution of the Church and of Christians in Communist-dominated lands has not ended and it is an error to believe so, 'according to an art: icle in the Rome Jesuit magazine Civilta Cattolica. In a recent article entitled "Let Us Not Forget the Martyr Church," the magazine gave as an example of the continuing persecution some details of the execution of an Albanian Catholic priest for having baptized a baby in a prison camp. According to an eyewitness to the trial of Father Shtjefen Kurti, the Albanian priest w'as brought to the people's court at Milot, Albania, in December, 1971, The witness,' a woman, identified only by her initials, G.T., recently escaped from Albania to Austria. According to the woman, the people's court was held in a former chu'rch. She described the scene as follows:

Lib Amendment Fails in Florida TALLAHASSEE (NC) ~ The proposed Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was killed for the 1973 session of the Florida Legislature when the House of Representatives defeated it by a vote of 64-54. Defeat of the amendment followed months of debates throughout tpe state on radio and TV and at various civic groups by opponents and' proponents. Opposing the ERA were affiliations of the Miami Archdiocesan Council Of Catholic Women, the Florida Federation of Women's Clubs, and members of Women for Responsible Legislation. , Rep. John Thomas, House majOrity leader, said that telegrams and mail were almost equally divided. '

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The Farah Manufacturing Co. operates nine clothing plants in Texas and New Mexico. About 3,000 workers, most of them Mexican-Americans, have been on strike for nearly a year. The workers charge the firm with trying to prevent unionization. An Amalgamated Clothing Workers spokesman said the strike was due to the firing of about 250 workers since union organizing activities began among the workers in 1969. On March 29, the National Labor Relations Board ruled that the firm had violated federal regulations by its actions and ordered it to reinstate 19 worker~ it. ~ad fire? .f?r engaging in ~nlonlzmg actIvIties.

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Kurti, the Jesuit magazine declared: "The agony of Christ is in the agony of the Church; this is the' deep meaning of what is happening in Albania and in other countries where for whatever reason the Church is persecuted." In Lithuania The article also cited the situation of Catholics in Lithuania, recalling the memorandum protesting religious, persecution signed by 18,000 Lithuanian Catholics and sent to Sov:iet premier Leonid Breshnev and the United Nations. Similar situations are to be found in other Communist countries, the magazine declared. "Undoubtedly," it admitted, "the situation is improved as compared to the first years of power when the communists came in, even if every once in a while violence of the past repeats itself." But, the magazine concluded, "it would 'be an error to believe that the oppression of the Church in these countries has ended. It continues, whether under more refined systems or not, but systems which are nonetheless efficient."

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HARTFORD (NC)-The governing body of the Connecticut State Medical Society has recommended that a person be entitled to sign a "bill of rights" asking not to be kept alive by "artificial means or heroic measures" if he contracts a fatal illness. Such a statement would be signed ·by the healthy person in the event he contracted a terminal "physical; mental or spiritual" disease and was unahle to make decisions about his own future. The resolution will be offered for approval by the American Medical Association at the A.M.A. ,national convention in June. Dr. William R. Richards, executive director of the society, said that such a signed statement would not legally bind the doctor or the family to act in accordance with its provisions. It also, would not shield the doctor from a malpractice suit, he said. He said, however, that the document co'uld aid as a general guide to physicians and family members in dealing with a ter· minally ill person.

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Publicity chairmen of parish organizations are asked to sUb'mit news' items for this column to The Anchor, P. O. Box 7, Fall River 02722. Name of city or town shOUld be Included, as well as full dates of all actiVities. Please send news of future rather t~an past events. •

By JiO. and Marilyn Roderick

ST. ROCH, FALL RIVER The Council of Catholic Women will hold' a Communion supper • Saturday, May 26, following 4 P.M. Mass. Tickets are available from Mrs. Angelina Guertin, chairman, and Mrs. Ame.lia Dwyer, co-chairman. Following the unit's business meeting Monday, May 7, Alfred DiPippo will show slides and speak on the life of Padre Pio, stigmatized Franciscan monk of Italy. Guests are invited to attend the presentation.

We have been setting out a little garden by the side of the house to serve as, a pleasant, cool retreat in the hot da'ys ahead. This garden will be made up mostly of, greens, around covers b , and :;tone. With this itn mind we, have , been S pen din g a con:;iderable . amount of money purchasing been very springliRe (right at the moment we are experiencing small trees and evergreens. ' what they are ,claiming as a three Costs for garden plants have day north-east rainstorm, but risen at a pace equal to the that's New England) and the economy, of course, so that one other day, the temperatures has to rethink the eventual cost climbed into the high' seventies.. of what one does in the garden. April and May 'are the months Nursery products represent a when most thoughts turn to the tremendous investment in labor garden and some of our happiest and losses and therefor although moments are spent buying new our first reaction is one of alarm plants and visiting area garden at the high prices of gI,eens and 'shops. All this enthusiasm will shrubs, we have to realize that wane when our usual summer labor costs have risen dramat- heat waves hit and the 'beach ically for the producers of beckons but presently we're canplants and their high prices are tent to ,"stay in our own backYal'd." ':.eally justified. , In the Kitchen High Mortalit3' Every year we start new shrubs in the garden frrom cuttings and shoots so we realize full well the amount of time necessary to grow a saleable plant. We must have at least 30 baby evergreens growing in different parts of the garden. A few of these started at least five years ago have now grown to the stage where' they are large enough to be respectable. However, those that remain represent only about 50 per cent of the number we started with. There has 'been that much loss in our original successful cuttings due to dogs, chilllr"E!n, and the weather. I am glad not to be dependent upon my effectiveness with these e~perimenta:; cuttin'gs to make a living! If I were, I'm a.fraid that i would have to get .a phenomenal figure fol' my successful maturing plants. With costs as they are, the potential buyer can fall into the trap of trying to look for bargains. They are available but not economically sound. Mass producers of lo.w-phced bushes are making second-l'ate products available but they are to be viewed with considerable caution. I would suggest that reputable dealers still offer the best buys even though you may have to cut your purchases to suit your pocketbook as I am doing myself. The weather up to this point has

The joys of a garden vary from p{~rson to person. I love the unusual, the exotic, the uncommon. Joe's taste runs more to the perfect tiny plant or the good rose. My father~in-law, who has that· .fabled 'green thumb, loves just about everything that grows and no seedling is too small or insignificant for him to be concerned about. Obviously, there is: a place for every interested gardener. Garden Joys If you would like to read about the JOYs of a garden, even a "small one," check your local public library for a book published in the early sixties, "The Joy of a Small Garden," by Janet Gillespie who now resides In Westport, !\tass. Mrs. Gillespie' has recently published a book about her summers as a young girl in Westport but, the book that·I truly loved and still do is that early book about her years of pleas.ure in working with just a small patch of soil. - For the person who, would rather experience than. read, do as our Melissa is doing this year -buy a few packs of seeds, follow, the directions on the pack-' age,and wait. Either way, gar~eningcan be fun. This is one of my favorite .ways of' usjng the fresh rhubarb that is just about ready in the garden. '

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3 Tablespoons melted butter Yz cup sugar red food coloring 2 cups finely diced rhubarb JULI (NC)-The remains of a 1 package loaf size white cak~ Kentucky-born missionary bishop were 'buried in the crypt of mix. heavy cream,whipped St. Peter's Church here in Peru 1) Combine the butter, sugar where he died of a heart attack and a .few drops of the red food while saying Mass. coloring. Bishop Edward Feddtrs of , 2) Add the rhubarb and toss Juli, a native of Covington, Ky., lightly. 'had headed this prelature' of 3) _Spread, in 8-inch round 400,000 Catholics since Hl63. As cake pan. a Maryknoll Missionary he came 4) Prepare cake according to to know the territ6ryaround package directions. Pour batter Lake Titicaca high in the Andes over fruit mixture and bake in and the Aymara Indians he 375 degree oven 35 minutes. served as pastor. 5) Loosen edges and invert His last will was that his re- on plate. Let stand without remains stay with them. Earlier moving baking dish about 5 minplans by friends were to fly the-"" utes. Serve warm with whipped cream. body to Kentucky. 0

ST. GEORGE, WESTPORT The Women's Guild will hold a Maybasket whist at 8 P.M. Saturday, May 5 at the school hall on Route 177. Proceeds will benefit the school. Members will receive corporate Communion at 9 AM. Mass Sunday, May 6. Friends are invited 'and the Mass will be offered for deceased members. Bingo is played every Wednes, day in the school hall, with an early bird game at 7 o'clock and regular play commencing at 7j30.

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HOLY TRINITY, WEST HARWICH A flea market will be held in the church hall from lOAM. to 2:30 P.M. Saturday, May' 12. Sandwiches and' beverages will be available and a baked goods sale will be conducted in conjunction with the flea market.

NAMED: Msgr. Ernest J. Fiedler, 47, director of the ST. JOHN BAPTIST, CENTRAL VILLAGE permanent deacon program A public whist party will be for Kansas City-St. Joseph, ' sponsored by the Ladies' Guild ·SACRED HEART, Mo., has been named execu- at 8 P.M. Tuesday, May 8 in the FALL RIVER Women's Guild members will tive director of the Commit- parish hall. Refreshments will be attend Mass and corporate Comserved. tee on the Permanent Diamunion at 7 P.M. Monday, May conate of the National Con- ST. THERESA, 7, followed by refr'eshments and a showing of slides by Rev. Robference of Cataolic Bishops. SOUTH ATTLEBORO

. The annual Mother-Daughter ert J. Carter of his trip to the IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, Communion breakfast will take recent Consistory in Rome. FALL RIVER place following 7 AM. Mass ST. JOSEPH, The monthly meeting of the Sunday, May 6. Guest speaker , ATTLEBORO "Sentimental Journey," the Women's Guild will be held will be Rev. John Lennon', O.P. parish minstrel and variety show Monday evening,' May 14 at 8 of Providence College. o'cloCk. The program will feaNew officers will be installed will be offered on the weekend ture "Cooking with Cordials. The at the May meeting of the Wom- of May 12-13. Members of the Women's Guild committtee for this meeting is en's Confraternity, .at which headed by Mrs. Anne Fleming; time new members will also be will attend the 6:30 Mass on Tuesday night, May 8. Follqwing assisted by Mrs. Mary Pontes, received. Miss Margaret Duggan and Mrs. The unit's annual fashion the business meeting, ,a dessert Pat Charette. show and card party is slated card party will be held. It is Officers will be installed June for 7:30 P.j\'I. Friday, May 18, in open to all ladies of the parish. 4 at 8 P.M. in the church. the parish hall. Bonnie North ST. ~TANISLAUS, On June 5 a banquet will be held will be com'mentator. FALL RIVER at Chateau de Ville, Warwick. Charities Appeal collectors The stage play that evening will ST. MARY,' will report to the parish headbe "Barefoot in the Park." Tick- NEW BEDFORD quarters at 7 P.M. Sunday or ets for this' function have been The Women's Guild will spon- a-fter 7 P.M. Mass Tuesday. sold oul. Registrars request an sor a rummage sail'! from 10 Holy Rosary Sodalists will atearly return of receipts. AM. to 8 P.M. today and Friday tend a Communion, breakfast A picnic will 'be held Aug. 12 in the parish school on Illinois following 8 AM. Mass Sunday. at Our Lady of the Lake, Free- Street. Members will assemble in the town. Mrs. Florence Lavoie, chair- church hall prior to Mass. ST. LOUIS DE FRANCE, man, has announced that the afA parish Diamond Jubilee proSWANSEA, fair is open to the public. gram will take place at 8 P.M. The monthly meeting of St. Sunday, May 20 at Bishop ConAnne's Sodality will be held on ST.' MARGARET, nolly High School. Parishioners Wednesday, May 16. Officers. BUZZARDS BAY unable to attend are requested to will :be installed fa'llowing the St. Margaret Mary Guild will return their tickets to the rectory 7:30 P.M. Mass. Rev. John Fol- conduct .a rummage sale from for the use of others. ster will show slides of Rome at 9 AM. to 1 P.M. on Saturday in ,Bingo is played at 7 every . the open meeting iii. the parish the parish center. Tuesday night, with doors openhall where ,a buffet will be ing at 5 o'clock. Refreshments served. Chairman for this meet- HOLY ROSARY, are served. FALL RIVER ing is Claudette Armstrong. ST. ANN, , A Mass in Italian will be teleST. PATRICK" RAYNHAM bratedat 8:30 on Sunday mornSOMERSET The Ladies' Guild will sponsor Somerset Catholic Women's ing, May 6. a whist party at 8 tomorrow Mrs. Anthony -Pannoni, chair'Club members will attend 9 AM. man urges ,all members of the night in the chureh hall. RefreshMass Sunday, May 6. ments will be served and Mrs. Women's Guild members are Women's Guild to attend the Eileen Alden is chairman for the final meeting of the year schedreminded that their bus for the evening. Chateau de Ville theatre party uled for 7:30 on Monday evening, A Living Rosary ceremony May 7. Following the business will leave the church parking lot will take place in the church at meeting, a calendar party will be promptly at 6:30 tonight. 8 P.M. Wednesday, May 9. Miss Final registration for the held. Bernice Fountain is chairman, First Communion will be disSchool of Religion will take with Mrs. Joan Frost in charge place at 7:30 P.M. Monday, May . tributed at the 8:30 Mass on of refreshments. Sunday morning, May 13' and it 7. All families must re-register' will be followed by the crowning each year. f The 'teenage coffeehouse will \ of the statue of the Bles~d Virbe open at 8 tomorrow night in gin. Mrs. Albert J. Roy is in charge the Fisher House. All area high of the Communion Supper and inschool students are invited. OUR LADY OF MT. CARMEL, staUation of officers for the Women's Guild scheduled for SEEKONK The Women's Guild will meet May 20. The Mass will be ofat 8 P.M. Wednesday, May 9. fered at 5 o'clock. Mrs. August Petruc,ci, presA cake walk has been planned' by Mrs. Agnes Rose, progra", ident of the guild, has announced chairman. Officers for the com- that a supper and theater night ing year will be nominated and will be held on Sunday night, the social hour will be in charge May 27 at the Chateau de Ville, FALL RIVER of Mrs. Beverly Ferreira. Warwick. """"'111111111111"""1111"""""""",.,1"'111""IIIIIIIIIIII'"'11l1\1111111"""",.",,"I";"11,"

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Church Is Not Democracy, But Dialogue Needed The Church is not and cannot be a "democratic" society in the modern sense. In a democracy, the government exists to serve as best it can the infinitely plural, important, unimportant and changeable needs and desires of the people. A shifting consenusu tends to deter- science, above all, in holy mine what is vital and wisdom. Does Not Change what is not. The Church's basis is not a shifting consensus but the teaching of Christ. No member of the Church can seek a major-

By BARBARA WARD

In the age of nuclear fission as in the age of wind and water power, the fundamental message of Christianity does not change. We must love God and our neighbor. But with the scientific knowledge contemporary with windmjlls and sailboats men can easily conclude that the earth is the center of God's creation and even make a "truth" of it. Hence, the Church''S hostile reaction to Galileo when he pointed out that the earth really moves around the sun. Today, we know from our radio-telescopes that 100 million other galaxies contain 1000 mmion other "suns." The discovery is a breath-taking extension of the glory of the Creator-"how unsearchable are his ways" - but also a warning against the risk of extending the certainties of the Church too much beyond the fundamental propositions of the Creed. However, the warning is much too general to be of much use in the daily struggle of the Church's guides, teachers and members to determine what is and what is not part of the irreducible "deposit of the Faith." As one of the greatest converts and apologists of the 19th century, Cardinal Newman, argued, men are all prone to error, to the pull of innovation, to downright folly.

ity in order to put to the vote the issue whether Christ is the Risen Lord. He either believes it or ceases to be a Christian. AT CELEBRITY BANQUET: Princess Grace of Monaco joined Father Roland Melody Nor is there any doubt that at a celebrity banuet in Washington, D.C., for the benefit of the Catholic Office for the Church as a community exists to carry on the teaching of Drug Education (CODE), which Fr. Melody directs. NC Photo by Mary Forbes. the Lord from generation to generation. In human affairs, no way has been found of achieving continuity over the cultures except by maintaining a continuWASHINGTON (NC) - From be shown that our society, ous Drugs; French Ambassador ous body or institution to do so. 650 to 700 persons attended a though not admittedly perfect, Jacques Kosciusko-Morizet; and $50-a-plate banquet at the Shore- strives for justice and excel- Venezuelan Ambassador Andres So there are two facts about Aguilar· M. ham Hotel here in honor ot' lence." the Catholic faith - a doctrine Princess Grace of Monoco for Father Roland Melody, CODE's and an institution to care for Among those attending were the benefit of the Catholic Office Arlene Dahl, Johnny Weismuller, national coordinator, who, along that doctrine. But difficulties of Drug Education. (CODE). can arise, as the Bishops' Synod'Julie Newmar, Joan Fontaine, with the Variety Club of Washal Document makes very clear, Vice-President Spiro T. Agnew, Mercedes McCambridge, Jennifer ington, hosted the banquet, also both about the development of a special guest, told those at- O'Neill, Vera Maxwell, Melba spoke. Art Linkletter, whose daughter the doctrine and the day-to-daytending "This administration is Moore, Father Gilbert Hartke, died as a result of drug abuse, management of the institution. concerned about the unrealistic chairman of the speech and attitude of those who sanction drama department of the Cath- was the master of ceremonies. The teaching of Christ is not a Ceaseless Winnowing CODE, a year-old office within dead letter but a living spirit. It . the use of drugs for an unreal- olic University of America; Fr. the U.S. Catholic Conference's istic lifestyle . . . Youth must is capable of enlargement and Stephen Quinn, superior general Christ founded a Church preenrichment as humanity goes cisely because he knew how useof the Missionary Servants of Health Affairs Division, will use proceeds from the banquet to on its pilgrim way and new in- ful sustained tradition and guidthe Most Holy Trinity; Miles AmNewa,k Priest Seeks its drug abuse programs. sights into our earthly condition ance would be. When he gave St. brose, special attorney general expand . . come in from all manner of dis- Peter his charge of leadership, County Board P'ost for drug abuse law enforcement; coveries-in culture, in art, in he said, most significantly, that SOUTH ORANGE (NC) - Fr. J:ohn Ingersoll, director of the ST. ANNE "Satan hath desired thee so that James A. Binder, director of Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerand television for the NewCREDIT UN·ION Brooklyn Al;'lnounces he might sift thee as chaff." It radio is a wonderful .image-the cease- ark archdiocese, has become a 43 RODNEY fRENCH BLVD. Collection Campaign less winnowing of our ideas and candidate for the Essex County· NEAR COVE RD. NEW BEDFORD All Your Money Insured Against Loss BROOKLYN (NC) - Citing a beliefs by change, by fashion, Board of Chosen Freehold~rs, PLUMBING & HEATING, INC. All Personal Loans LIfe Insured . "critical" decline· ~n parish col- by the itch of nO.velty, by the the main governmental organiHome Mortgages on Easy Terms zation of the county. Sales and Service lection income, Bishop Francis fear of being out of date. Again No Penalty Clauses . for Domestic ~ Father Pinder, .who will run J. Mugavero of 'arooklyn an- the image of the rock recursBank In Person or by Mall and Industrial ~ on the regular Republican slate Welcome Into Our Credit Union Family nounced an intent!{ve program the institution capable of outOil Burner~ to increase Sunday collections facing time and preserving its in the June 5 primary, is the Open Daily 9 am·2 pm FrJ.. 8·8 pm 995-1631 throughout -the 229-parish dio- precious "deposit" against all the 'first priest of the Newark arch-Parlllnl2283 ACUSHNET AVENUE diocese to run for elective ofcese. winds of change. NEW BEDFORD CLOSED SATURDAYS fice. Speaking to two' meetings of Yet the doctrine is alive. It the diocese's priests, the bishop can be deepened, seen from new said the basic purpose of the perspectives, developed, if not program is to "increase givJng in changed. Here is the dilemma. Protect your home while away ! the Sunday collections so that If nothing is ever debated, how the parishes fightil)g a losing are the new insights to be battle against rising costs may achieved? If no new suggestions again operate on a stable budget- are ever entertained, may not ary basis." partial visions take on the rigidA review of parish financial ity of fossil thinking? What are reports in the Brooklyn diocese for enlargements of understandshowed that almost three-fourths ing, for completely proper adapo~ the parishes were in fiscal tations to new knowledge and danger. Parish collections in the to new phases in man's earthly ~:-=-.,~- diocese have declined steadily journey? over the past six years, and the Prayer, love and sacrifice Sentry -- Timer decline from 1967 to 1971 was make a saint. today just a'S when estimated at about $2 million. St. Simon Stylites stood on his • Turns lights on and off automatically "The decline in parish income pillar. But we may suspect that is even more critical when It is he thought the earth was flat. • Discourages burglary and vandalism' realized that the .inflationary It was not part of his holiness, spiral of the economy has re- hut it d.id creep into official forsulted in a consistent annual in- mulations of dogma. This is why crease in the cost of Hving, as the Bishops call for a "spirit of high as 30 per cent in the past dialogue" and "legitimate diversix years," Bishop Mugavero said. sity within the Church."

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KNOW YOUR FAITH Jesus -- Man of Reverence, Good Shepherd "If ,a man loses revel'ence for Jesus refers to himself as the any part of his life, he will lose Good Shepherd......,showing toward his reverence for all lifo." These each person similar qualities of words of Albert Schweitzer strike me as particularly relevant today. In many areas of our culture there is an unl'ortunate lack of respect and rev(~rence.. Albert Schweitzer's life as well as his teachings center on reverence. As a profound theologian he respected ideas, tradition, hooks. As a skilled musician and composer he knew the value of beauty, art, rel'axation. care,. concern, and love. As a physician he showod a senThrough the centuries, particsitive reverence for the human ularly in the first centuries of body, for suffering persons. A dedicated Christian missionary, he recognized the value of the deepest realities 01' human life, now and hereafter. Throu'gh his varied and remarkable expeFathel' Robert Vogt wears his riences he developed a deep reverence for God, present in all hair and sideburns moderately long.. Not down to the shoulders that is. At the 'same time I came but not in an old-fashioned across Schweitzer's statement on crewcut style either. That modreverence I also noticed several . eration in appearance characterpaintings of the Good Shepherd. izes the moderation of approach An early Christian artist: painted he takes to liturgy after 11 years Jesus carrying 'a iamb on his in the priesthood. His attempts are progressive, but preserve sho~lders. A contemporary Indian artist portrayed Jesus trying to free a lamb from a bramblebush. An Indian weaver ('reated a carpet depicting Jesus catching sight of a lost lamb wandering FR. JOSEPH far from the flock. , The three artists were atCHAMPLIN .tempting to convey in their own style Jesus' stories about himself a's the Good Shepherd (In. 10:1-18; Mt. 18-14). A good shepherd, Jesus says, knows and good elements from earlier days. loves each lamb in his flock. Contemporary, yet careful to' Early Christians keep a link with the past, they , He will go off in search of one strive to create a celebrating ef, that may wander away and get fect, but with an element of lost. Happily h,e carries hack the prayerfulness, faith and reverlost lamb on his own shoulders. ence.

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the Church's history, Christians frequently recalled with devotion the image of Jesus as Good Shepherd. That image sums up the role of Jesus as savior and redeemer of mankind. It also focuses attention on the humanness of his 'love for each individual. The accident of reading Schweitzer's statement about reverenc~. and seeing the three art representations of Jesus as Good Shepherd helped me realize in a fresh way how reverent and respectful Jesus is. The Good Turn to Page Eighteen

Progress In Parish Worship

The ~hepherd _Guides His Flock

We stumble around in our naming of God, piling one image on top of another. EX'3ct and scientific terms say a little. Some picture-words say more. But all human words in all languages together would be' far from enough.

protection. It comes to us in love. It is a power we feel in strong

arms that lift us up, embrace us, carry us gently forward. It is true that God is the mighty "rock" on whom we stand and can build secure. But we don't have to search out that rock, go into the desert to' ~ind it, approach it on our own. He comes to us, no matter how far By we have wandered. He takes us to where we will be safe, where he can take care of our' needs, FR. ,QUENTIN and stand guard over us. QUESNELL, S.J. The biblical' word that tries to express some of these other qualities of our God.is "shepherd." "He led forth' his people like sheep and guided them in It is true to say that God is "the holy one," and so exalted the wilderness like a flock; he we cannot speak his name. But led them in safety, so that they it is even truer to say that he is - were not afraid, and he brought very, very close, and路 that he, them to his holy land ..." (Psalm 78). calls each one of us by name. It is true that we cannot help Shepherd Who Cares recognizing his atmighty power "Shepherd" speaks of concern. as "the Lord." But it is even more important to appreciate the The shepherd is the God who fact that his power is always be- really cares. He will' -go to any ing used for our advantage and Turn to Page Seventeen

His pastor, Msgr. Patrick Woods, founded St. E-~mund's parish eight years ago in Tonawanda,a suburb of Buffalo. Together they serve the spiritual needs of, approximately 1,400 families and the following :list of special worship celebrations should indicate what fine progress has been made there in liturgical I'enewal. ' Weekday Mass An 11 A.M. weekday Mass for "housewives and little children." This Eucharist, obviously for others as well, takes place in a temporary downstairs chapel with chairs situated near and around the altar. The hour and location makes it possible for 25-30 to gather daily and worship well in a space Which fosters an intimate, community spirit. Baptism Baptisms at the '4:30 Saturday 'afternoon Mass. Announced in advance through the bulletin, it attracts a larger tlum usual congregation, 'with many approaching the proud parents afterwards , and congratulating them. Personal st-oles for the baptized child. These vestments bearing "Welcome to Jesus" with the infant's name on ~hem are a joint venture of adult women' and high school girl-sat St. Ed路mund's. The parents learn who made the stole and frequently invite them home for the family celebration after the baptismal liturgy. Weddings Couple-prepared weddings. The priests stress that this is their day, their ceremony and emphasize the importance of planning an event which will be a moving experience for all the guests in , attendance. Father Vogt also encourages bride and groom to keep the booklet used for preparation of the nuptial service in their wedding album as a later reminder of how they personally developed this liturgy. 'Communal Penance Communal celebrations of Penance for families. The first of these drew 30 participants; the second nearly 400. It follows the structural pattern (readings, songs, prayers, reconcilation acTurn to Page Eighteen

GOD - SHEPHERD: "AU- the rustic simplicity and beauty of the image of the shepherd and his flock come to mind ..." A shepherd in Galilee tends his flock much like his predecessors have done for thousands of years. One of the most striking features of the inspired literature of the Bible is the language and images used to describe God. Unlike the precision and conciseness of more technical catechisms and theological manuals, the Bible's approach is drawn more from men's ordinary experiences and the ways of describ-

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ing these. It is, however, no less theological, for its purpose is to communicate God's saving truths about' himself and his creation. In its use of the language and methods of the storyteller, poet, songwriter, prophet and preacher, Scripture, - like every other theological undertaking, has its own advantages and limita,tions.. This can be seen in the choice of the shepherd as one of the ways of portraying our God. All the rustic simplicity and beauty of the image of the shepherd and' his flock come to mind-even jf one's only contact has been with the many artistic representations of ~he Good Shepherd. And yet the full richness of such a picture can easily be missed' because shepherds and flocks are somewhat remote for modern citydwellers. It can all seem to belong to another time_and place. Yet the shepherd-like character of our God speaks to many of our modern needs. Technological, bureaucratic society has been blamed for creating feelings

of alienation among its members. Governments, corporations, agencies are faceless and impersonal. Search Anonymity is escaped for many only because each person has a social security number. A man's or a woman's value rests more on productivity and conformity than on his or her unique personality and needs. Even in those places wher!;l care and concern路 could once be counted on with certainty - the family, neighborhood, par,ish - there exists an , insensitivity; a businesslike air that only accentuates people's yearning for love. The efforts to satisfy this want take many forms - not all of them constructive and rewarding. The nonconformist and criminal may hope to have at least their names recognized and remembered. Some hope to receive some love and care from sexual involvements that may or may not express real personal commitment. Still others seek to find" identity and concern by generously giving themselves to family, to their civic and church groups, to those who are victimized and discriminated against. In the midst_of this search for personal recognition and compassion, what does the image 'of the shepherd tell us about God? First of all, despite all his maj" esty and power, God is sincerely 'concerned about his creatures, especially men. And his concern is not selfish. Quite the contrary, his -solicitude and gUidance exist for the good of his flock. God as Shepherd But our Shepherd-God is much more than a master and guide. He, knows each of us by name and he 'addresses ,each one as Turn to Page Seventeen

Nuns' Newsletter Falsifies Opinion of Catholic School

THE ANCHORThurs., May 3, 1973

Some Catholic psychologist of the twenty-first century may well want to do a Ph.D. dissertation linking psychology and history in which he will try to explain the militant self-hatred of the American Catholic elites in the years after the. Vatican Council. S u c h a psycho-historian other paragraph out of context could argue that triumph- to prove that Catholic schools make any difference. alism generates self-hatred. don't What Rossi and I really say, of

Continued from Page Sixteen an individual. In turn, and just as striking, he listens to his sheep. His concern goes beyond those who are his own to those sheep that are not within the flock. In the final analysis, God as shepherd is at the service of his creatures.

We pretend for many decades to be slightly better than perfect, but then admit grudgingly to oIJr own publicitY,and then' we

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turn vehemently on ourselves and castigate ourselves for our failures. The self-hatred of the 1960s and 1970s is but the other side of the triumphalistic coin. The standards haven't changed any; we've simply become more realistic about performance. How powerful the self-hatred can be was brought home forcefully to me in recent weeks. Someone sent me a copy of the ~'new nun" newsletter Prob~ in which I was informed that I had said with conviction that the "Catholic school makes no significant differences in the lives of young Catholics." I confess to being intrigued by such a quotation because while I can't, remember everything that I've said in a long career of shooting off my loud Irish mouth, I was pretty sure I had never said anything like that. Indeed, the research I've done on t\1e subject leads me to believe exactly the opposite and I've said so on so many occasions that it has long since become tiresome.

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AU of these ideas we may have become accustomed to, so much so that we miss the amazing revelation of God contained in the title of shepherd. The loss can only distort the true character of our God and deprive modern man of one antidote to his feelings of alienation and loneliness.

course, is that under some circumstances . Catholic: schools make a difference and under other circumst'ances they don't, and in some circumstances the influence is slight, in some circumstances moderate, and in some circumstances very considerable. Everything I've ever written on Catholic education has made these points repeated· Iy but the Probe "group" doesn't care. They know what my position is better than I know myself. . Of course, most of the sisters in the United States still teach in parochial schools, and I suppose most of the readers of Probe do, too. Why would they be so interested in denying evidence that is favorabie to their work and in falsifying my position so that their work would look unsuccessful escapes me completely. But the demands of self-hatred are such that reasonable evi,dence to the contrary simply' has to be rejected.

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REALLY CARES: "His power ... comes to us in love. It is power we feel in strong arms that lift us, embrace us,

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The Sheperd Guides His Flock

Continued from Page Sixteen lengths, put forth any effort, to If the "new nuns" who are re- find and help and heal, to nourish sponsible for Probe could find and warm and love. ')-1 myself anything in their own past or in will be the shepherd of my their own work or in the history sheep, and -I will make them lie of the American Church or the, down, says the Lord God. I will work of the American Church seek the ~ost, and I will bring that had in any slight way been back the strayed, ,and I wiU bind successful then they would lose up the crippled and I will caste and not be "new nuns" strengthen the weak; and the fat anymore. The only ones who are and'the strong I will watch over. I not haters of themselves or their will feed them in righteousness" work and their tradition are (Ezekiel 34,15ff.). ",conservatives," and if you're a "Shepherd" speaks of guidconservative you certainly can't ance. "The .sheep hear his voice, be a "new nun." and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. ThenNo Rights he goes before them, and the Still Checking sheep follow him, for they know Besides, nuns have been opSo I wrote to, the editors of his voice." We may not know pressed by man and 'particularly Probe asking for a; correction. In where we are going, or where response I received a letter say- by priests (never mind that we' should go, or even where we ing that the "group" responsible .women have more administrative really want to go. But God for the article was checking to' and check-signing power in the knows. And through all the see if I had really 'said what they American Catholic Church than events of ·a lifetime, he is leading had claimed I had said. I respon- in virtually any other corporate us there. institution' in this country). ed by observing that I ought to ,know what my oWn position was Greeley is a man and a priest "The. Lord is my shepherd, I and that I thought ,an immediate and, what's more, he even likes shall not want; he makes me lie being a priest. Therefore, he is correction would be appropriate. down in green pastures. He leads I was then favored with a par- an oppressor, so he has no rights, me beside still waters; he reticularly nasty phone cail from a and there's nothing at all wrong stores my soul" (Psalm 23). nun who clearly hated all men with falsifying his position. In in general, priests in particular, fact, he should rejoice that he's , '. In the New Testament, Jesus a"nd me in even more particular, given 'a chance to do penance for shows how all the bibUcal riches' saying that "the group" was still his sins By having his position of this image come alive in himfalsified. checking the quote. self. He adds one note that God -I finally received a letter from O.K., sisers. Your work 'is all could not show or explain about the sister who was apparently worthless and a waste of time. himself in the Old Testament. . the chairman of the group. She The parochial schools never ac- . For us it is the most important expressed some surprise that I complish anything. Drive. taxi- of all, and the one that gives the would be upset by the misquote cabs. Work in Marshall Field's because, -after all, in the intro- basement: Sell fabrics. Be inte'Walk for Life' duction to The Education of .rior decorators. March on picket CINCINNATI (Nq-More than Catholic Americans Peter Rossi '\ines. Denounce bishops. Plot and I pad predicted th~t we kidnappings. Dance in bikinis at 10,000 persons are expected to would be quoted out of context. offertory processions. Do some- "walk for life" in a silent pro-, cession through downtown CinIt seemed to me that that was· thing really apostolic. ' cinnati streets Sunday, May 6, an interesting sort of ethical arAnd as for those black parents as a memorial to the innocent gument. Because somebody expects to be quoted out of con- who so enthusiastically support ' unborn babies killed by abortion. text it is therefore all right for the Catholic schools in the inner- The demonstration will include those who are responsible for cities of the. country-well, they a talk by Mrs. Jill Knight, a the distortion. probably don't read Probe. They British member of Parliament. probably never even heard of it. She will speak on the effects of 'New' or 'Conservative' legalized abortion-on-demand in She then went on to lift -anher own country. © 1973, Inter/Syndicate

deepest truest meaning to aU the rest: "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep" (John 10:15).

.Ask Bishops to Aid, Political Prisoners PAMPLONA (NC) - A group of priests in Spain's Basque region have aSked their bishops to mediate with prison authorities for humane treatment for' socalled political prisoners. Estimates on those jailed under security laws range from 200 to 500. Many of them are separatists who have called for autonomy for tpe Basque region. A government amnesty in October 1971 released 3,100 persons, including 400 described as politicalprisoners and about. 30 priests. Copies of the appeal for humane treatment of prisoners signed by 352 priests in five dioceses of the Basque provinces in northern Spain also went to the Vatican, to the Spanish Bishops' Conference and to the Pontifical Commission for Justice and Peace. The priests said they recognize that because of censorship in Spain it is difficult to obtain 'reliable and complete information on the condition of the prisoners, but added that enough evidence has been gathered to justify Church concern and efforts, "even if the repressive power of the state is exercised against our voice on behalf of the weak."

WASHINGTON (NC)-A workshop' on federal government aid to nonpublic schools is scheduled to be held at the Catholic University here June 11-15.

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The workshop, co-sponsored by the university's education schools and the U. S. Ca,tholic Conference's Elementary and Secondary Education Division, will feature several ,lecturers , from the U. S. Office of Education: Among the federal officials expected to address the meeting are Dwight Drum, coordinator of nonpublic educational services in the bureau of elementary and , secondary education; Herman Goldberg, associate commissioner in the office of equal educational opportunity; and Joseph Vopelak, and education program specialist in the division for compensatory education. The chief topics of the workshop will be how the government makes its annual allocations for education and how the government has thus far provided funds to nonpublic schools legislatively, constitutional1y and poHtically.

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Lauds Volume of Hallinan Writings and Speeches Paul J. Hallinan's tenure as Archbishop of Atlanta was brief. It began on March 29, 1962, and ended with his death on March 27, 1968. Atlanta enjoyed no special prestige as a metropolitan see; in' fact, Hallinan was the first archbishop there. It waH, then, his own personal qualities cerned about discerning and dethe role' of" the Christian and activities which made fining in modern society, American sohim a leader in the American ciety, and Southern society. To Church, and which guarantee him a place in the' text, rather than in the footnotes, of its history.

RT. REV. -MSGR. JOHN S. KE~NEDY

this he addressed himself studiously, and what he discovered he set forth cogently .and coura'geously. The reader's heart does not al-, ways leap in exultation when he is confronted with 'a collection of occasional speeches and writings. But here is the exceptional instance in which remnants of the past have not lost color, or savor, but still 'have vitality' and perti, nence. One reads with admiration, 'and also with regret that we shall have no more from the voice and pen of an outstanding American churchman.

PRO-LIFE PETITIONS: Mrs. Carol Shively of Our Sunday Visitor tabulates some of the more than 100,000 petitions calling for a constitutional amendment to protect the unborn. The petition form was printed in the March ~ issue of OSV. Th~ signed petitions are being forwarded to Life for presentation to legislators. the U. S. Coalition for , "

Something of these qualities Apostles of Light and activities is conveyed by Two problems now confronting Days of Hope and Promise: The America are depicted in a pair of Writings and Speeches of Paul J. new novels. The .first of ,these Continued from Page Sixteen Hallinan (Liturgical Press, Col- books i:; Apostle'S of Light 'by (Houghton Mifflin, legeville, Mi,nn. 56321. $6,95. mus- Ellen Douglas ' Boston, Mass.'02 10 7. tion) now ratlier standard 2 Park ~)t., t rated). This containB three' $6 95) throughout the United States, .. but accentuates attendance by dozen pieces of various lengths. This deals with unwanted old The collection has been edited, · · . . the entire family. Good, healing and is introduced by, Monsignor peop1e III a fiver town m Missis. . Th . . things have happened in homes Vincent A. Yzermans. There is a SIppi. ,e scene IS a gracIOus d ' h h' h . h as a result of these liturgies. , ' emoir by Archbishop Joseph L. an spacIOus ouse w IC , Wit m Penance service for Shrove Bernardin, as well as II tribute its gardens, is m:llch the worse. ' Tuesday. "Are you Crazy?", by Monsignor John Tra<:ey Ellis, f or neg1ec t . Th e owners are two . t M th' Cl k' d Father Vogt obJ'ected, when a both close friends of Archbishop age,d SIS ers, ar, a ar e an 'd dEl' b th Cl k th e WI owe Iza e all e parish worship team first sugHallinan. The memoir and the' tribute Griswold. The latter has a son' gested the idea. "Mardi Gra~and tell us more of the man himself and a daughter, bQth of whom last minute before Lent parties · a t a grea t d'IS t'ance. Suppos- leave little ~room for desire for a than we would gather from his 1Ive h Id 1adi es ' ,Penance liturgy." But the com· 'f a ter teo, own words, and each ha!) its own e dl Y 100k mg . t t th merits. One wishes, however, In eres s on e spa t are t wo mittee voted him down (10-2), . h 'h t e ' planned the ceremony, then' that a, chronological outline, at Cl ark e neph ews, Ii1ong Wit Of I f f smiled at its success. least, of the late Archbishop's' WI e ane son 0 . one 0 these.' life had been supplied. Better Elizabeth dies. Martha is left ,Holy Thursday still would have been a biograph- alone. The local relatives are "tous f or h erweIfare, th ey- Holy Thursday adoration'hours. iCfll essay. s ol ICI The volume's title is well cho- , ,say, and to safeguard it, bring After the evening Mass of the sen. Archbishop Hallinan's into the household one Howie Lord's Supper (7:30), 300 kept der, who ma'ke sa'b'Ig thOmg vigil ,before the Blessed Sacra. thought and utterance were con- Sny sistently hopeful, and he always of his benevolence' and of quot- ment. from 9:00 to 10:00; 150 saw promise for the future in ing Scripture.' were there fro~ 10:00 to 11:00; times and circumstances which Howie soon cOlnes up with a around 70 prayed during the might strike, others as doubtful wonderful idea to' which Mar- concluding 11 :00 to 12:00 slot. at best. When it is remembered tha's relatives agree. Why not A priest and two lectors con~ that some parts of this book use all the space in the house by ducted this devotional hour were composed when projects of taking in old peopie who are an marked by songs, readings, his were in jeopardy and his own inconvenience to their families? prayers and moments for perhealth was on the downward In that way, a splehdid Christian sonal reflection. slide, his unflagging spirit is the service can be done, and, quite Why did so many come? Fammore remarkable. incidentally of course, money ilies in the parish were assigned can be made. a given hour for adoration. Did Varied Interests Another Game this cut into attendance at the, Archbishop Hallinan's interests More blatant crime is featured Mass itself? That remains an unwere many: among others, the in The Digger's GaIlle ,by George answered question. of the V. Higgins (Knopf, 501 Madison nature and mission' , First Friday Church, the liturgy, peace, jus- Ave., New York, N. Y. 10022. tice and charity in a mb'ed soci- $5.95). Laid in and around BosFirst Friday Mass'es for chilety, ecumenism, Christian educa- ton, this is the story of Digger dren. Grades one to eight of the tion, the Christian vocation in Doherty, 'saloon keeper and mid- Catholic school participate in the contemporary world. dIe echelon criminal who gets these monthly celebrations with To' ,discussion of these he caught up in the toils of the big brought an acute and richly time operators. stored mind. Here are no pious He is flattered to be included which they undoubtedly use but vaporings, no shuffling of stale in a mob-promoted gambling which, spilled out on page after ideas. The Archbishop Vias hon- junket to Las Vegas, soon blows page, may begin by being shockest and trenchant. He e1<pressed the thousand dollars he has ing but soon becomes boring. himself clearly. He drew' upon brought along, continues to play The extent and the operations' history and literature, of which and signs IOU's for his losings, of organized crime have not heen he seems to have extensive and, returning home, is con- of suf;ifcient concern to Amerknowled~e, but most of all he fronted, with a demand for pay- icans, even to those in responsidrew on a penetrating: under- ment of the $18,000 he oWes the ble public office. This novel, standing of the Church,' human mob. which, except at the' close, lacks He devises a scheme to save the pace and the bite of Mr. Hignature, and'the present age. And he leaven~ even the most seri- ,',himself. Its working an'd its out- gins' earlier, best selling' The ous matter with humor. come constitute the climax of a Friends of Eddie Coyle, lets us ,He was no original like Su- novel about rough people written see, through the lens of fiCtion, hllrd, but he was profmmdly ~on- in the very rough language Ii factual enormity. ,

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Continued from Page Sixteen Shepherd symbol beautifully suggests his reverence for all thatlives, for all that exists. The image connotes his particular re-. spect for those who are often not treated with respect, the lonely, the lost, those who may not fit, into the crowd. Sensitive Respect Further :reflection on the Gospels shows many examples' of Jesus' reverent dealings with , people of all kinds-wealthy and poor, influential and powerless, happy and sad, sick and well, saint and sinner. His sensitive respect for all is poetically captured by St. Matthew when he says of Jesus: "The bruised reed he will not crush" (Mt. 12:20). Reverence is one of the 'most obvious, yet often unnoticed, marks of Jesus' life. It seems that in an age characterized in many ways by a lack of respect for things, by a lack of reverence for life, a failure to appreciate the value of the individual person, religious education might pay special attention to ways of fostering an attitude of reverence. Parents, perhaps more than any others, have the opportunity to encourage reverence-most of all by themselves being reverent and showing respect. The image of the Good Shepherds can help us remember Jesus' own sensitive reverence as a call .to live reverent lives ourselv,es. "If a man loses reverence for any part of his life, he will lose his reverence for all

'active involvement by many of the students (gift bearers, readings,etc.) The 270 on hand naturally would not fit into the" sanctuary. However, several members of, each grode, representing their brothers and sisters in that class, do come forward and stand, around the altar. life.!' Those so' designated, I am told, consider it a great, honor and Play for Charity others look forward to their SPEYER (NC) - Priest soccer turn. teams of this German city raised Sunday Liturgy about $5,000 'for charitable purDiversified Sunday schedule. poses in 13 games in 1972. Since There is fuirly widespread agree- the teams were first, organized ment today among those engaged in 1964 they have raised about in the pastoral ministry that a $30,000 for charity. This year parish of substantial size should they plan to play 15 games. seek to offer a varied fare of Sunday Masses. This would mean eucharistic liturgies with and without singing, featuring guitar or organ, "modern" and ONE STOP "traditional" (vague, elusive SHOPPING CENTER terms) designed to suit in an' • Television ,. Grocery acceptable, authorized manner • Appliances • Furniture the different tastes of parishioners. St. Edmund's has that 104 Allen St., New Bedford type of arrangement. 997-9354 , Every now and then we need to look back,' to note where and how far we have come. These practices in a suburban Buffalo parish, while not in truth that novel or extraordinary, do demonstrate what has and can be done with the liturgy. There has indeed been progress-remarkable progress in a brief period . of time.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., May 3, 1973

'SCHOOLBOY SPORTS IN THE DIOCESE By PETER 1. BARTEK

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Franklin Holds Slim Lead In Hockomock Pennant Race The scramble is on in the ten team Hockomock League. With less than three weeks gone in the campaign there is no undefeated club in the circuit, and, at least, five ballteams are battling for first place. The diocese's three representatives are all withThe Red Rocketeers have been in striking distance of leader enjoy,ing banner athletic year Franklin and are expected to and appeara to have the firepower continue challenging. As the on the diamond to stay with the

loop enters its third week of action surprising Franklin holds a slim half game margin over King Philip High of Wrentham and Stoughton. The remaining schools are all within a game or two of the pacesetters in what has the makings of one of the olosest races staged in many years. North Attleboro, Oliver Ames High of Easton and Mansfield are the three local contingents playing in the 'loop. The former probably rates the best chance of overhauling first place Franklin.

best the league has to offer. Whille it is true North has already dropped two contests, a few timely hits will thrust it rig~t back into contention. Mansfield and Oliver Ames likewise, are still in the race; however, both must play more consistently. Neither has a veteran club, but the nucleus for a pennant contender is still present at both schools. If either is able to come up with the big upset it could provide the spark necessary to produce a serious challenger.

New Bedford Looks for Ninth Straight The big news on the local diamond scene thus far is the performance of Coach 'John Pacheco's New Bedford High. The Whalers who have rolled to eight straight victories will attempt to make Attleboro number nine today. Pitching is the name of the game and New Bedford forte is its strong mound staff. Dave Grimes has been the number one man earning five victories in as many outings. The hard throwing r-ight hander also has a no-hitter to his credit, a 1-0 win over Lawrence High of F'a,lmouth. : ": In that contest Grimes only allowed one runner to reach base that on a .base-on-balls. He struck out 10 men. Randy Clarkson has three triumphs and h~ll' given Coach Pacheco a scifid performance eaoh time out. .The pair have carried the load..in the early season and will !>e expected to

sl10ulder most of the pitching responsibilities for the duration of the campaign. Not al'l of New Bedford's wins have been easy ones. In its two games with Falmouth the Crimson triumphed by 1-0 and 3-0 margins. The Whalers edged Tabor Academy by a 3-2 count. A good team is to demonstrate the ability to win the close games. New Bedford has shown it can. The question, at this time, is can anyone beat New Bedford? Attleboro will have the first crack at the Whalers today. The Hlue Bombardiers entered play this week in a first place tie with Somerset in Division A of the Southeastern Mass. Conference. However, Coach Chet Hanew.ich's nine has been the viWm of some loose play against nonleague opponents. They will have to come up with a good effort to throttle New Bedford.

Durfee Strong Candidate for Tourney The Pachecomen will be back in action again on Saturctay for another doubleheader. In the morning they will travel to Fair, haven to tangle wioth the Blue Devils and then return to nome territory for another engagement with Falmouth. New Bedford, while not a member of any league, can qual,ify for the State baseball championship tournament. However, with no league ohampionship possibility, the Whalers must play every game as though a title were on the 'line for their final record will determine whether or not they qualify. Durfee High of Fall River is in the same tournament position as New Bedforo. It appears as though the Whalers will have

Httle trouble making the playoffs. Durfee may encounter a few difficulties along the way, but don't be surprised to see the Hilltoppers qualify. Coach Joe Lewis' club is 3-1 going into action this week. The big gun for the Red and Black has been John Morris who lost his first decision of the campaign, but has rebounded to win his next two outings. Morris combines wioth Steve Camara to give the Hilltoppers a formidable one-two pitching punch. Both wiN be in action this week when the Fall Riverites attempt to extend their three game winning streak at the expense of New Bedford ,vocational today and Milford Saturday.

NEW BEDFORD eyO GIRLS' BASKETBALL LEADERS: Beatrice Guilmette, directress of the Whaling City Girls' Basketball League presents trophies at annual awards night to Debbie Ruscik of 51. Mary's Parish, league champions; Fernanda Macedo of Mt. Carmel, second place in competition; Melany Martin of 51. John's, outstanding player award.

Score Experiments on Aborted Fetuse$ WASHINGTON (NC) - dardina,1 John Krol, president of the United States Catholic Conferenee, has called experiments on living aborted fetuses, "a more . h b' k bl ~nspe,~ a e cnme t an a orbon Itself. Simultaneously, the U. S. bishops' ad hoc Committee on Population and Pro-tife AffaIrs re-

leased a statement calling such experiments "immoral and totalIy objectionable." Both responses came after it was learned that for the past 13 months the National Institutes of Health has been considering whether live fetuses resuIting from abortion should be used in medical experiments.

"If there is a more unspeakBolivia Rulers Seek able crime than abortion itself," said Cardinal 'Krol, "it is using Peace With Church the victims of abortion as living, LA PAZ (NC)-High officials ; human guinea pigs for medical in the rightist government of research. Neither science nor Col. Hugo Banzer are trying to morality is well served by labforestall further friction with oratory experimentation on Bolivia's bishops on the issue of human beings." social action by priests and Reli, gious. Cardinal Krol, releasing his Two foreign priests active in statement from Philadelphia, helping the poor have been al- urged government officials to act lowed to stay in the fountry promptly in halting such experafter threats of expulsion. They iments where they might exist. are Fathers Gregorio Iriarte and Gerardo Leclerc, both Oblates.

The bishops had protested the threats and met with authorities to seek clarification of the policies o! the Banzer regime. After Col. Banzer and his rightist followers overthrew a leftist regime in 1971, many priests, Religious and laymen were caught in an "anti-subversive" drive. Some 18 priests and four nuns, as well as three Protestant pastors, left the country because of threats to their lives and freedom. Government police and soldiers raided 15 convents, and twice the residen~e of Bishop Jesus Lopez de Lama of Corocoro was searched without a warrant.

The Committtee on Population and Pro-Life Affairs, chaired by Cardinal John Cody of Chicago, termed the matter "cause for moral outrage." "It is no more justifiable to experrment with a fetus than to experiment with the life of the sick or terminaIly ill patients," the committee stated. "We believe that physicians should be encouraged to do ali that is possible to preserve human life at every stage of its existence."

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Ordain Three to Priesthood Continued from Page One Roxbury; Boston Technical High School and Boston College where he received a B.S. in Education. Rev. Mr. Higgins prepared for the priesthood at St. John's Seminary in Brighton and served as a deacon at Holy Name Parish in Fall River. He will celebrate his first solemn Mass at St. Dorothy Parish, Wilmington, on Sunday, May 13 at 11:45. Concelebrating with the new priest will be Rev. Lawrence Drennan, Rev. John D'Arcy, Rev. Joseph Leahy and Rev. Jean Alves, all of Boston. A reception will follow in the parish hall. Rev. Mr. Travassos . Son of Horace and Veronica (Carey) Travassos of Tower Street in Fall River, Rev. Mr. Horace Joseph Tra\tass.os is an educator in his own right. After receiving' a B.A. and .• .• '. M.A. in English from Providence .' College in 1961, he has also added a Master of Divinity from ,,.. St. John's Seminary in Brighton. '. From 1965 to 1967 he served as a member of the 'faculty of Bishop Stang High School in No. Dartmouth. He also served as choirmaster at 51. Patrick Parish, Fall River, from 1961 to 1968. Since his ordination to the diaconate for the Diocese of Fall River, he has served at 51. Theresa Parish, So.. Attleboro, and St. Denis Parish, Islington. Rev. Mr. Travassos will celebrate his first solemn Mass in conjunction with the centenary celebrations of St. Patrick Par-

Lin'ks Glory of God With Joy of Man . VATICAN CITY (NC)-Pope Paul VI, linking the glory of God to the joy of man, called religious joy the antidote to inferior concepts of religion that in'elude notions- such as "remote· ness, obscurity, fear,. terror." The Pope, speaking at'a gen· eral audience April 25, began his brief address with the Easter greeting "Alleluia," explaining that it began as a "cry of praise to God" and had b~come "a cry of joy f()r us." . The word Alleluia, therefore, teaches us "that God's glory is our joy," he said. . "How often," he observed, "are we not put off from the study of religion and from the practice of religion simply because we have failed to understand and to savor that God is our happiness."

ish in Fall River on Sunday, May 13, at5 o'elock in the aHernoon. Concelebrating with the new priest will be Rev. Msgr. John E. Boyd, Rev. Maurice Jeffrey, Rev. Harold J. Wilson, and Rev. Paul F. McCarrick, all of St. Patrick Parish. . Rev. James P. Dalzell, pastor of Our Lady Of the Isle Parish, Nantucket, will preach the homily and concelebrate. . Other concelebrants include: Rev. Robert S. Kaszynski of St. Stanislaus Parish, Fall River; Rev. Edward J. Burns of Our Lady of Fatima Parish, Swansea; Rev. Michel Methot of St. Lawrence Parish, New Bedford; Rev. Wmiam C. Carroll and Rev. Roger C. Cormier of St. Denis Parish, Islington. Rev. Richard O. Matte, Chaplain of the Xaverian Brothers High School, Westwood; Rev. FranCis V. Strahan of St. John's Seminary, Brighton;.Rev. George C. Bellenoit of St. Mary .Parish, Mansfield; Rev. Edward Correia of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish, New Bedford, Rev. Daniel F. Hoye and Rev. Robert Donovan of St. John the Evangeli-st Parish, Attleboro.

Questions Kindle POW's Faith HAWTHORNE (NC)-As his North Vietnamese interrogators shouted "Tell the truth, tell the truth," Lt. Col. Robert W. Barnett found hi~self thinking, "God is truth." . "I decided when I found truth, I would find God. A weight fell from my shoulders," Barnett said in an interview with The Tidings, the Los Angeles archdiocesan newspaper. Although he was raised as a' Congregationalist, Barnet admitted that he had not been very religious-until he found him· self a prisoner of war in Hanoi. There he found a faith that sustained him through more than six years of captivity and which has now moved him to think about becoming a Catholic. . "After I developed this faith, nothing bothered me any more," Barnett said. "And after that I never was physically tortured. I was pressured to make. statements. I always refused, but I was not tortured again. "I decided, if anything comes out of this, it depends on God." Barnett was released by the Communists March 14. Eleven days later he saw his daughter, Lori, confirmed in St. Joseph's Oatholic Church here.

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SHOUT HOSANNA: It was ~ wet weekend but that didn't keep New Bedford area Boy Scouts from enjoying a camping retreat at Camp Noquochoke, led by Rev. Roger ~eDuc, area. Scou.t chaplain. Top, boys prepare for "God Is Love" game; center, fite is lIghted despIte ram; bottom, Scouts gather in dining hall for retreat conference. Theme of weekend was "Shout Hosanna" and activities included Stations of the Cross, viewing of vocations film, living rosary, campfire program and closing Mass and presentation of awards.

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