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THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1978
Loving Concern For Humanity Is Urged Loving concern for human needs was urged upon members of the Fall River diocese by Bishop Daniel A. Cronin in a letter read at all Masses last weekend, preparatory to this Sunday's parish phase of the annual Catholic Charities Appeal. From noon to 3 p.m. 17,500 volunteers will call on some 104,750 homes of the diocese seeking contributions for maintenance and expansion of the works of charity, mercy, education, social services and health Turn to Page Seven
John T. Crowley, The Anchorman Last week The Anchor lost a friend. He was John T. Crowley of Fall River, who was with us from our second issue in 1957 and who never really retired from our staff, although in the last few months ill health, a stranger to him for most of his 77 years, got the better 'Jf him. While with us he was' our walking reference on style and usage and was fondly described as our Anchorman. His job included selecting and editing copy, writing headlines and proofreading, tasks he accomplished with elegance and precision, no matter how tight the deadline. Turn to Page Seven
A REMINDER Today is Ascension Thursday, a holy day of obligation, marking the ascension of the risen Christ to heaven.
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Talk Back 10 Media Pope Tells Church VATICAN CITY (NC) - In his message for World CommunicatIons Day this Su.nday, Pope Pope VI has asked the world's media viewers, listeners and readers to "talk back" in a constructive way to communicators. Pope Paul asked media audiences to prevent mass communi• cations from falling into the control of "non-representative groups who would thus impose only a point of view favorable to their own vested interest." The papal message reminded media consumers that their choice of books, newspapers, films or programs is "a vote cast for the encouragement and support - even actual economic support - of the publication or ~ program you favor, and at the BISHOP DOM PAULINO LIVRAMENTO EVORA, first same time a vote to reject and native Cape Verdean to become a Catholic bishop, steals discourage those which meet a moment from his busy schedule to meet, from left, Mi- with your disfavor." The 12th World Communicachelle and Hector Barros and Davana Rose of Our Lady of the Assumption Cape Verdean parish, New Bedford. tions Day, an annual observance instituted by Pope Paul, will be He will be at Holy Trinity Church, West Harwich, tonight celebrated May 7 with the theme: and at St. Anthony, East Falmouth, tomorrow. In both "The Receiver in Social Complaces he will celebrate a 7 p.m. Mass and a reception will munications - His Expectations, his Rights, his Duties." follow. "We make an appeal to the Catholic Press, and to the other media which are available to diSister Barbara, a native of oceses, parishes and religious Sister 'Barbara McCarthy, OP, from 1970 to 1977 schools co- North Bangor, N.Y., entered the families, to give their space genordinator for the Diocesan De- Dominican community in 1948, erously to information on social partment of Education, has been making her final vows in 1953. communications programs, recnamed prioress general of her From the time of her entrance ommending or advising against community, the Dominican Sis- until 1965 she was on the fac- them, and explaining the reasons ters of St. Catherine of Siena, ulty of Dominican Academy in why they are doing "so," wrote succeeding Sister Anita Pauline, Fall River, first in its elemen- the pope. To achieve the best from OP. Turn to Page Seven
Dominican Sisters Elect
IT WAS SISTERS AS FAR AS THE EYE COULD SEE last Sunday as Religious of Jesus and Mary -processed into Notre Dame Church, Fall River, for jubilee Mass marking the lOOth anniversary of the community's service in the United States. Bishop Cronin was principal celebrant and
mass media, said the pope, "responsible collaboration is required from the 'recipient' himself, who ought to take an activ,~ part in the formation proce~ s of communications." The pope said he was not advoeating formation of "pressure groups" which, he said, "would merely aggravate the tensions and confrontations of the present time." "But it could happen," he said, "that instead of a 'round-table of society' to which all would ha'fe access by right according to their individual competence Turn to Page Seven
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Educators Me·et A~t F'eehan High The annual Catholic Education Convention of the diocese is being held today and tomorrow at Bishop Feehan High _ School, Attleboro. Father George W. Coleman, diocesan director of education, celebrated this morning's opening liturgy and was followed by keynote sp,~aker Dr. Randolph W. Bromery, chancellor of the University of Ma. <;achusetts at Amherst, whose topic was "Glimpse:; of Heaven." A variety of workshops are s6eduled this afternoon and tomorrow morning, exhibitors will diBplay school and religious education materials and a continuo Turn' to Page Seven
homilist, joined by four other bishops and many priests. Over 1000 attended the Mass and a following banquet at which Dr. Ellen Mary Roderick, an alumna of the community's schools, was principal speaker. A reception at the Jesus-Mary convent concluded t~le celebration.
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,CATHOLIC CHARITIES APPEAL
SPECIAL GIFTS National $600. Rev. Msgr. Joseph C. Canty $500. Taunton Greyhound Assn., Inc. $400. Rev. Walter J. Buckley, Rev. Msgr. John F. Denehy $300. Rev. Lorenzo H. Morais, Rev. Msgr. George E. Sullivan, Rev. Msgr. Thomas F. Walsh, Rev. James F. Kelley, La Salette Fathers and Brothers, Attleboro $250. Rev. Maurice H. Lamontagne, Rev. Thomas L. Rita, J. L. Marshall & Sons, Inc., Seekonk $216. Massachusetts State Council, Knights of Columbus $200. Rev. William E. Collard $100. Rev. Msgr. Hugh A. Gallagher, Permanent Diaconate Class of the Diocese of Fall River $50. Holmes & Edwards, Inc., Boston, Walsh Bros., Inc., Boston, R. J. Toomey Co., Worcester
Cape and Islands Area $1600. St. Francis Xavier Bingo, Hyannis $1000. Peckham & Sons Electrical, Inc., Hyannis, Our Lady of the Cape Bingo, Brewster, Our Lady of Assumption Conference, OsterviIle, Saint Margaret Bingo, Buzzards Bay
$800. St. Francis Xav,er Conference, Hyannis ~500.
Association of t/";e Sacred Hearts, Holy Trinity, West Hamich, Holy Tr,inity Conference, West Harwich $300. St. Mary Conference, Nantucket, Our Lady of the Cape Conference, Brewster $250. St. Elizabeth Seton Conference, No. Falmouth $150. Sacred Heart Fa'~hers, West Harwich $100. St. Francis Xavier Guild, Hyannis, St. Elizabeth Guild, Ed;~artown, St. Elizabeth Seton Guild, No. Falmouth $50. Mary & George :::ravenho, West Dennis, Fern Engineerhlg Co., Inc., Buzzards Bay, Carreiro, Florist, Hyannis $25. St. Augustine Conference, 'vIneyard Haven, Conrad Kurth & Sons, Chilmark, Puritan Clothing 00. of Cape Cod, Inc., Hyannis, Bradford Hardware, Hyannis, Delsie's Mobile Service Station, Buzzards Bay, Canal Electrical, Buzzards Bay, Quintal's Restauran':, Buzzards Bay, Cape Cod Playland, Inc., Buzzards Bay, Travel By Betty Doherty, Inc., Buzzards Bay
Fall River Area $1000. Charlie's Oil Company, Inc. $500. Mr. & Mrs. John R. McGinn - Leary Press
$450. Dr. & Mrs. Francis M. James $350. Union Savings Bank $200. St. Anne Credit Union, Mooney & Co., Inc., AC Lumber Co., Valcourt Industrial Supply $150. Ashworth Bros., Inc. $125. Dr. Paul P. Dunn $100. Lecomte's Dairy, Fall River Diocesan Council of Catholic Women, The Rustic Pub, Franconia Sportswear Co., Colonial Wholesale Beverage Corp. $75. Holy Name Women's Guild, Corcoran Supply Co., Mr. & Mrs. Paul HorowitzTrends, Inc. $60. John F. McMahon & Son $50. Mrs. Edward Brayton, Attys. O'Donoghue & O'Neil, Nebel Heating Corp., Atty. & Mrs. John B. Cummings, Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America No. 177, Dr. & Mrs. Joseph V. Medeiros, Simon's Supply Co., Inc., River Textile Printers, Travis Furniture Co. $40. Poirier American $35. Atty. RolandG. Desmarais $30. F. W. Woolworth Co.
$25. Henry Jacobson, Dr. Benjamin Leavitt, Mrs. Harold S. R. Buffinton, Dr. Frank L. Collins, Atty. Philip S. Brayton, Atty. James Seligman, Catholic Association of Foresters-Our Lady of Fatima Court, Catholic Association of Foresters-Our Lady of Victory Court, John P. Slade & Son, Dr. David Prial, Fall River Luggage & Novelty Workers Local No. 65, Dr. N. Kenneth Shand, New England Poultry Co., Inc., Our Lady of Angels Credit Union, Grand Central Market, Carousel Mfg. Corp., Fall River Fireplace, Inc., National Glass Co., Jodi Sue Mfg. Corp., East Main Hardware, Fall River News Co., Inc., H. Schwartz & Sons, Inc.
New Bedford Area $1000. First National Bank of New Bedford $200. Alden Charities $150. National Bank of Fairhaven $100. In Memory of Dr. Albert Hamel, Calvin Clothing -Corp., Potter Funeral Home $75. Stay Lastic-Smith, Inc. $50. Coater's Inc., Cyclone Cleaning Co. $25. Brockton Public Markets, Fairhaven Corp., Fibre Leather Mfg. Co., Mr. & Mrs. Davis C. Howes, Johnathan Handy Co., Inc., Paragon Tours & Travels, Ryan & Scully, Inc.
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Salvadorean Violence
Thorman Honored
HERSHEY, Pa.~Cardinal John Krol of Philadelphia told delegates to a pro-life seminar that abortion is not just a Catholic concern, saying that respect for life "is not an invention of the Catholic Church or the Catholic hierarchy." He urged Catholics, however, to speak out against abortion.
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador~on足 tradicting Salvadorean government re.leases, a c;1urch agency investigating rural violence during Holy Week has concluded that farmwcrkers were attacked by pro-government paramilitary bands and further repres~ ed by the National Guard.
SAN DIEGO-The Catholic Press Association has given its highest honor, the St. Francis de Sales Award, to Donald J. Thorman, the editor and publisher of the National Catholic Reporter who died last November.
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ROME-Rebel traditionalist Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre plans to ordain 16 men to the priesthood, two of them Americans, on Thursday, June 29, the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, according to Father Richard Williamson, an English priest contacted at the archbishop's headquarters in Econe, Switzerland.
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Catholic Conference has urged President Jimmy Carter to attend the opening days of the United Nations Special Session on Disarmament (May 23-June 28) and speak on the importance of the conference. The usec also outlined a series of initiatives it said Carter could offer.
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WASHINGTON - Pope Paul V.I has named Msgr. Roland DuMaine, 46, and Msgr. Francis Quinn, 56, as auxiliary bishops to Archbishop John Quinn of San Francisco.
ROME (NC)-In c. pastoral letter sent out to be read at ail Masses throughout Poland, the Polish b.shops recalled years of church pe:,secution and lamented that Poland still suffers from "imposed atheization and secularization."
Ordinat~ons Continue
Stra"tge Bedfellows WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Catholic Conference a:1d the American Federation of Teachers - traditionally opponents in the legislative ring - are now in the same corner fightin~; a proposal to create a separate, cabb1et-level department of education.
German Birthrate HANOVER, West Germany-A Lutheran Church commission has warned about the consequences of the drop in the birthrate in West Germany. A study on "Population Policy and the Burden of Pen-
sions" by the Commission on Social Order of the Evangelical (Lutheran) Church in Germany pointed out that the population decrease caused by the persistent low birthrate will have serious effects on the pension and sickness insurance system.
Food Outlook Not Good ROME-The present world food situation is not as good as it looks and "must not instill a false sense of security," Director General Edouard Saouma of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization has warned.
Pleads for Buddhists SIOUX CITY, Iowa - Father Joseph Spae, a Belgian priest who serves as a consultor to the Vatican Secretariat for Non-Christian Religions, has appealed to Christians, "and we Catholics in particular who know what persecution means." to come to the aid of Buddhists being persecuted in Southeast Asia.
Cardinal Humberto Medeiros of 'Boston, a former priest and monsignor in the Fall River diocese, is visiting his native village of Arrifes on the island of St. Michael, Azores, where last weekend he presided at festivities honoring Santo Christo, patron of the Azores. On Monday the cardinal participated in ordination ceremonies for a nephew, Nemesio Manuel de Sousa Medeiros at the Arrifes parish of Our Lady of Health, where the cardinal was baptized. Yesterday he was among cele'brants of the 25th anniversary of consecration of Bishop Manuel Alfonso de. Carvalho of the diocese of Angra, which includes all the Azorean islands. He was accompanied by Father Francis J. Rimkus, managing editor of The Pilot, Boston's archdiocesan newspaper.
Bishop T~ Visit First f'ridians Bishop Cronin will make his annual visit to the Fall River First Friday Club, tomorrow night. He will be principal celebrant at 6 p.m. Mass in Sacred Heart Church, Fall River, which is open to parishioners and the public. Concelebrants路 .. will be Rev. James F. McCarthy, pastor, and Rev. Joseph Viveiros, assistant pastor. Msgr. John J. Oliveira, secretary to the bishop, will be master of ceremonies; and the Sacred Heart choir,. directed by Edward A. Peters, will sing. Past presidents' of the club will be honored at the supper meeting to follow in the parish hall. They include Clement J. Dowling, Dennis C. Hurley, John Morgan,Fred R. Dolan, John Hrinko, Paul Dumais, John Maher. Also William B. Norton, Raymond Medeiros, Frank Feitelberg, Edward C. Berube, Thomas W. Newbury and James J. Harrington. Supper reservations, limited to 100, must be made by tonight with Kenneth Leger (8-6675) or John Morgan (4-3008).
Five-Hour Vigil At Holy Cross A five-hour First Friday vigil of reparation to the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary will take place beginning at 8 p.m. tomorrow at Holy Cross Church on Pulaski Street, Fall River. Opening and concluding Masses will be celebrated in Portuguese by Father Fernando Veiga, C.M. and the program will also include a holy hour and recitation of the rosary. There will be a coffee break at 10 p.m. All are invited to attend for all or any part of the vigil, which is held monthly at various churches in, the diocese. THE ANCHOR Second Class Postage Paid at Fall River, Mass. P4blished every Thursday at 410 Highland Avenue, Fall River, Mass. 02722 by the Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River. Su~scrlption price by mall, postpaid
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Stonehill Head To Be Installed
CATHOUC CHARITIES WALKATHON sponsored last Saturday by CCD of Our Lady of Health parish, Fall River, passes Bishop Cronin's residence on route that extended from Social Services office in south end of city to S1. Vincent's Home in north. Walkers were accompanied by Father Joseph Costa, associate pastor, and checkpoints were set up by Janice and Michael Arruda and Mary Oliveira, parish CCD instructors. Proceeds benefited the Charities Appeal.
Worcester Choir at Cathedral Saturday The Men and Boys' Choir of St. Peter's Church, Worcester, will be heard in concert and liturgy Saturday afternoon at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River. The musical program will begin at
Avoid Pol itics, Religious Told VATICAN CITY (NC) - The Vatican Congregation for Religious has d~ided that as a general rule Religious should not take the lead in social and political action, according to a member of the congregation. Archbishop James J. Byrne of Dubuque, Iowa, said in an interview with NC News that congregation members at their plenary assembly had agreed that "only infrequently should Religious take the lead, so to speak, in the social and especially in the political fields." Archbishop Byrne is one of 26 members of the congregation, which met April 25-28 in Rome to discuss the specific role of religious institutes in 'lhe church's mission to promote the common good of all peoples, esepecially in socio-political issues. Among those consulted on the question were the world's bishops, religious superiors and various Vatican congregations. According to Archbishop Byrne, congregation members agreed that "Religious should mainly prepare laity to work in the social and political fields" by offering them "guidance, help and encouragemeht." , In a report to the meeting on Religious in North America, the archbishop said that "direct, immediate participation in路 politics is not something which Religious in North America accept' as a general norm. " The congregation's prefect, Cardinal Eduardo Pironio, said in an interview with Vatican Radio after the meeting that religious priests, brothers and sisters can, .best contribute to human development by living out their religious vows.
3:30 and the liturgy will follow at 4 o'clock. The St. Peter's Choir has performed extensively in the northeast and Canada with performances including appearances at the National ShI'ine, Washing. ton, D.C., St. Joseph's Oratory, Montreal, and St. Patrick's Cathedral and the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. The 40-member group is .directed by Louis Curran, in 1956 and 1957 director of music for St. Mary's Cathedral. Saturday's concert will offer movements from Haydn's Mass in Time of War and Lord Nelson; Handel's Zadok the Priest; and Mathews' The Lord Is My Shepherd. The Kyrie, Gloria and Sanctus of the Mass will be from the contemporary Marianmesse for organ, brass and choir by Alfred Barner. Christ Our Passover by Alec Wyton will be sung at the
DENVER (NC) - Three Catholic bishops from Colorado sent messages of support as 6,000 people gathered to protest the nuclear arms race at a nuclear weapons plant in Rocky Flats, Colo., about 16 miles outside of Denver. "A welcome suprise" was one protester's response to a statement issued by Archbishop James B. Casey of Denver bttacking nuclear warfare. And Dominican Brother Jerry Stookey, introducing a speaker, drew applause when he pointed to support from Auxiliary lJishop George R. Evans of Denver and Bishop Charles Busweli of Pueblo as well as from Arch.. bishop Casey. The rally drew many veteran protesters, including Daniel Ell<;berg, who divulged the classified documents known as the Pentagon Papers to the press during the Vietnam War, and black activist Stokely Carmichael, Rep. Patricia Schroeder (D-Colo.) also spoke to. the gathering.
offertory and Ave Regina Caelorum at the communion. The recessional will ,be the Hallelujah Chorus. The prelude and postlude will be by a brass group directed by Ralph Metcalf. Organist for the occasion will be John Minasian. Curran has studied at the University of Oklahoma, New England Conservatory, Yale and Oxford University, the latter on a Fulbright scholarship. He is at present a faculty member of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Welcome Babbitt Welcome Babbitt, father of Father William T. Babbitt, associate pastor at St. Mary's Church, Taunton, died last week in Connecticut. His son was principal celebrant at a funeral Mass at SS. Peter and Paul Church in Norwich.
Some Catholics opposed the protest. A group calling itself Rocky Flats Catholics for the National Defense called on Archbishop Casey h an open letter to retract what it termed his "ill-advised statement in support of the demonstration." One of the speakers was a nun-physician, Dr. Rosalie Bertell, who warned the crowd not to allow "another holocaust" such as the Nazis' campaign against the Jews. "Are we doing a comparable thing now?" she asked. "Are we so pressured by national security that we have lost all sense of the value of human life and health, all concern for the future of life on this planet? Do we condone the exporting of nuclear weapons and technology on the hasis of achieving balance in trade, curbing dollar outflow and preserving our affluent way of life?" asked Dr. Bertell, a Grey Nun of the Sacred Heart who is chief radiation researcher at the Roswell Memorial Institute in Buffalo, N.Y.
Father ,Bertley MacPhaidin, CSC will be inaugurated as the eighth president of Stonehill College, North 'Easton, at 4 p.m. Sunday, May 21. A presidential reception and dinner will follow. The ceremony ~ill take place in the commencement tent on the Stonehill campus, following traditional commencement observances at 10 that morning. At the commencement, 439 baccalaureate and five honorary degrees will be awarded. Professor Paul A. 路Freund, jurist and Harvard Law School professor, will speak and will receive an honorary doctor of humanities degree. Other honoraray' degree recipients will be Joseph N. Malone, director general of the Irish Tourist Board; Professor Emeritus Paul A. Samuelson, Massachusetts 'Institute of Technology economist; Rev. Richard H. Sullivan, esc, a former Stonehill president now at Moreau Seminary at the Universary of Notre Dame; and David M. Tracy, president of the Fieldcrest Division of Fieldcrest Mills. Bishop Daniel A. Cronin will be homilist and a concelebrant at a baccalaureate Mass at 4 p.m. Saturday, May 20.
As Jews Did VATICAN CITY (NC) - In a message for World Vocation Day, Pope Paul VI said that perhaps youth are not choosing a religious vocation because they really do not know enough about the priesthood and religious life. Pope Paul urged church personnel to transmit information on religious vocations in an "easy to understand, stimulating and attractive" way as Jesus did.
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themoorin~ Evangelical Broadcasting on the Move In a story on the recent annual convention of the National Religious Broadcasters Associations, NBC Evening News reported that evangelical broadcasters spend $150 million annually on their broadcasting apostolates. The Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) is now forming an intemational news network, challenging the three existing commercial networks. CBN already owns four television stations and provides its religious programming to another 130 stations in the United States and abroad. The news r:etwork, expected to be operational by this summer, will carry a 30-minute daily TV newscast via satellite. Using RCA's Satcom and Western Union's Western satelites, CBN plans an'international organization of 200 news correspondents. By fall CBN is also planning to feed its own station3 and affiliates with public affairs programs, sitcoms, variety shows, sporting and national events. In addition CBN'3 Continental Satellite Corp. subsidiary has contracted with Scientific Atlanta Inc. for thirty lO-meter earth stations. Projected costs for these stations will be about $12 million. Th~ talent, money and indllstry involved in such an outstanding use of the modern media must be applauded. It is indeed sad that the Catholic Church in this country just can't pull together and make equally effective use of the communications media at our disposal in today's market. To be sure, some efforts have been made to achieve this goal at the national bishops' meetings. Yet: these efforts have been doomed from the start. The Catholic Press Association notwithstanding, various groups have opposed a national communications collection because they have been dissatisfied with their projected slice of the pie. With such infighting based on narrow vision and selfish interest, it seems a pity that the dynamic work 0:: the Church in today's world is thwarted by senile and senseless attitudes. The American Church caooot afford to ignore today's media potentialities especially when the cause of this ignorance is in-house fighting. Some say that the Church is now beginning to take a long hard look at its evangelical goals. If this is the case, those who have the responsibility of implementing this work must begin to take the message seriously. Ref:aining from mere tokenism, they should be willing to lear::l from evangelical broadcast operations such as CBN and benefit from their example. The Gospel gives us the motivation. The exhortations of the Holy Father have provided the necessary encouragement. Now/perhaps the bishops of the country will give us the unifying leadership needed to take the message tc the media.
Quiet Dedicatron It would be unthinkable if mention were not made in this issue of The Anchor of John Crowley, who died last week. For 20 selfless years John served on The Anchor staff in so many ways that he was affectionately referred to as the Anchorman. A keen observer of the daily life of the Church and a mftn of deep and abiding faith, he gave this paper his unique gifts of learning and scholarship. In good humor, he also gave the author of the Mooring many a good lecture on his inability to spell. We know that the God whom he served so very wen will indeed give John the eternal reward he truly deserves.
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Who can Explain the Holocaust? By Father John B. Sheerin
"Holocaust," the NBC-TV series on the slaughter of six million Jews under Hitler, is an overpowering study in unrelieved horror. Only "Roots" had a similiar impact, but it was without the dramatic and demonic intensity of "Holocaust." The reviewers have been generous with their superlatives. Tom Shales echoed them in the Washington Post, saying: "Ironically, cons:dering its subject, 'Holocaust' is a moment of glory." With all due deference to Elie Wiessei, I feel that his hypercritical-review in the New York Times was regrettable. Let's hOj:e the impact of "Holocaust" will be as lasting as it is profound, and that the vast TV audience will never forget its scenes of coldblooded butchery. Anti-Semitism must never again 路be allowed to prowl the world. The question that occurs to many of us is; Why did it happen? It was utterly senseless and self-defeating in that it impeded Hitler's war effort. Christians can be of little help in puzzling out the significance of the holocaust. German Christians on the scene generally preferred not to become involved. But the Jewish survivors and the descendants of the victims have never ceased to be psychologically involved. Some of them
still live it day after day in memory. What significance do they see in the slaughter of a third of the world's Jews? Probably the greatest name in holocaust literature is that of Rabbi Emil Fackenheim, a Jewish philosopher in Toronto. He is well known for his 11 th Commandment, "Jews must not grant posthumous victories to Hitler," and has written many extraordinarily perceptive articles and books on the problem presented by the holocaust. Hew rites: "Historians see a casual connection between the holocaust and the foundation of the state of Israel." "They interpret the holocaust," declares Frickenheim, "as the event that paved the way . for the creation of the Jewish state in 1948, assuming that all the centuries of religious longing for Zion would have been futile had it not been for the impact of the European Jewish catastrophe." But Frackenheim dismisses this line of reasoning as an explanation that does not explain. Why would the survivors have wanted to go to Palestine? To flee from their Jewishness would have been "natural" after such a terrible bloodbath. And why did not the Zionist leadership simply disintegrate? Fackenheim says that no man can find the meaning or purpose in God's ways, that the goal is
not to "explain" God but to live with Him. What is possible and necessary, however, according to Fackenheim, is to find a response to the holocaust. And the response he discerns among Jews is a firm commitment to the. security of Israel. He quotes as typical the response of one of the Warsaw ghetto fighters during the holocaust; "We knew that Israel would continue to live, and that for the sake of all Jews everywhere and for Jewish existence and dignity - even for future generations - only one thing would do: Revolt!" Many Jews in a &,ort of passive piety submitted to butchery, but there were those in the later part of the holocaust who abandoned their powerlessness and fought the Nazis for the sake of future generations and Jewish dignity. Rabbi Seymour Siegel, professor of Jewish theology at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, 路agrees with Fackenheim that the longing for the messianic vision is the central notion around which Jews should marshal their thoughts, but the Jews did not wait for God to free them. Dispirited and dispersed, they were yet inspired to return to their ancient land in spite of fierce opposition. The holocaust did not create Zionism, it simply confirmed the insights of Zionism.
THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Foil River-Thurs., May 4, 1978'
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the \'atican has submitted a statement on disarmament, as haw other nations represrnted at the U;'\l. In connection with the special tion of that universal brotheris planned May 25 and 26, preceded bv a national petition driw asking the U.S. to join in disarmament steps. and followed bv a mass demonstration of surp~rt for the session goals. Father Bob :\ee. SS.Cc. Office of justice and Peace Sacred Hearts Community Further information on the topics covered in the letter above is available from Father Nee at P.O. Box Ill, Fairhaven 02719,
nl'ar Editor: Anyone watching "Holocaust'· could not help but be saddened and horrified by the outrageous killings of so many innocent people. simply because they were .h'wish. \\'e arl' not speaking of l'l'nturies ago. but a mere 40 years. Today we ha\ e our own holocaust: abortion, the killing of the unborn innocent. \,"hen will man learn that he is the most sublime of God's creatures? That the unborn are not simply to be snuffed out by terrible abortion procedures, truly as gruesome as some of Dear Editor: Hitler's methods. In a recent issue of The Anchor I read your editorial about When will the silent majority the Congressman from New Bedtake a stand? Let your voices ford and his lack of sympathy be heard! Will you simply turn your . in regard to reducing the postal rates. heads a~d shield your eyes from Keep up the good work! Posthe h6rror around you? tal rates are too high. Here I ~1rs. Maryell£'n Kozar write occasionally to the SenaSagamore tors and Congressmen from this area urging that they roll back the prices. The best defense is an offense. Dear Editor: Msgr. Francis J. Gilligan, PA ":\0 more war. War never Director of the Society again," said the little man. Pope for the Propagation of the Paul set foot on American soil Faith, Archdiocese of St. Paul C'ver 10 years ago to bring a message of peace to the assembled nations at the UN. Did we listen to the man? Business as usual, the message was lost. The nation not only IVERNESS, Fla. (NC) did not drop the weapons of Members of the Marian Movewar but even increased its capament of Priests and laypersons bility to root up, destroy and from throughout the country tear down in the service of huwill meet here May 12-14 to man suicide. honor Mary. Mayor Elfred LassiThe consistent message of the ter of Iverness has declared the pope is that each person images city "Mariapolis," City of God and no person deserves to Mary - for the three days. be eliminated in any way. The Priests, brothers, deacons, Church . . . looks toward the bishops, and seminarians from dissolution of poverty, not the the United States, Mexico and people; it looks toward developCanada will camp in cabins and ment made possible by reducarmy tents to study the mestion of resources expended for sages of Our Lady of Fatima the continued escalation of the under the direction of Father arms race; it looks toward deStefano Gobbi, international divelopment of true international rector of the Marian Movement systems of law and order. of Priests. A special UN session from Movement members will be May 23 to June 28 will attempt complemented by a contingent to develop a worldwide disarmof laypersons who will convene ament strategy. In preparation, at a nearby campsite and join the men for liturgical rites and a candlelight procession.
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Members Sought By Third Order New members are sought by the Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Chapter of the Third Order of St Dominic, which meets regularly at the Rose 'Hawthorne Lathrop Home, 1600 Bay St., FalI River. The next meeting will take place at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 12 and will begin with Mass. Explaining the program of the Third Order, also known as Dominican Tertiaries or Dominican Laity, Sister M. Margaret, O.P. of the Home staff, said: "We are cordialIy inviting to this meeting any adult Catholic who might be interested in joining our chapter. We are a smalI, devoted group, striving to deepen our love for God and neighbor. At our discussions, we seek to increase our knowledge and love for God and the Church. We therefore choose topics of a spiritual rather than of a controversial nature. "The subject for our next meeting will be 'Mary in our life' and members will be encouraged to share whatever thoughts or experiences they have found helpful. "Tertiaries folIow a rule of life and recite portions of the
liturgy of the hours, the divine office. After Mass, we recitE Evening Prayer together. "The Third Order of St. Dom· inic provides a way of life whici' should enrich the individual anc. also society; for a Tertiary is a person so in love with God and
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Church that other Catholics can look to him or her as an example of how a good Catholic lives and be encouraged to do likewise. For those seeking to deepen their spiritual lives the Tertiary vocation may welI be the answer."
Handicapped Aid Expansion Catholic pro-life teachings in· c1ude not only the rights of the unborn but also those of the human being after birth, delegates to a Project Faith workshop on the handicapped were told in Narragansett, R.I. by keynote speaker Msgr. Elme ~ H. Behrmann, director of tht! department of special education of the Archdiocese of St. Louis. Representing the diocese of FalI River at the workshop wer.! Sister Maureen MitchelI and Sister Patricia Custy, both of Nazareth HalI, 887 Highland Ave., FalI River. In his presentation, Msgr. Behrmann said that every human being "has a right to the dignity of life and to the opportunity to attain his full potentia1." In order to help provide such opportunity, Catholic activity in
this area must be expanded, said Msgr. Behrmann, among pioneers in establishment of Catholic diocesan programs for the handicapped. Delegates to the workshop, held earlier this month under sponsorship of Union St. Jean Baptiste, a fraternal insurance society, were told by Msgr. Behrmann that the American bishops are considering formation of national and diocesan offices to support ministries to the handicapped. Issuance of pastoral letters on the subject is also being studied.
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Necrology May 5 Rev. Leo M. Curry, 1973, Memorial Chaplain, Catholic Home, Fall River
Joao Arruda Father Henry S. Arruda, 3SS0ciate pastor at Immaculate Conception Church, New Bedford, was principal celebrant Monday at the funeral Mass of his father, Joao S. Arruda, who died last week at age 77. The Mass was offered at St. Michael's Church, Fall River, and interment was in St. Patrick's Cemetery, that city. Mr. Arruda was born in Remedios-Bretrana, St. Michael, Azores, and had lived in Fall River nine years. He leaves four daughters and five sons in addition to Father Arruda.
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Phyllis McGinley Had Audacity to Win Pulitzer
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REV. ANDREW M. GREELEY
Even though the' year is scarcely five months old, I am declaring closed the com-
petition for the Arthur Jones Award, which I bestow annually for the most disgraceful tastelessness in the Catholic press. No one in the months ahead could possibly match The Commonweal's "obituary" for Phyllis McGinley. It is disguised as a nostalgic recollection of Ms. McGinley, but in fact it is a vicious and envious attack. The world of Ms. McGinley's poems, we are told, was peopled by "happy kids skipping rope, by dedicated volunteer firemen, by Decoration Day parades, by stolid husbands
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MARY CARSON
For years I've believed that patron saints were specialists . . . St. Christopher for travelers, St. Lucy for eye ailments, St. Anthony to help find something that's been lost. So I decided to find a saint who could help me with my problem of waking up in the morning. I developed my distaste .for get:ing .up during the 'many
arriving home on the 5:32 out of Grand Central . . . " Her surburbia, we are to,d, "was false, and fated to sink in a sea of supermarkets, pizza parlors, Texaco stations a',d superficial values." More th:ln that, Ms. McGinley was the "James Whitcomb Riley of the suburbs, the archetypical suburban houseviife," and though she died in New York, she did not disturb the pluperfect suburban . image she had constructed about herself . . . She died the creature of. what she had surveyed." But there is worse. Not ody was she too conservative for The Commonweal's taste, she was also too radical. In the mid1960s she was on a special New York State panel which modified the abortion laws - her defense being that she didn't believe that fibralization would lead to abuse.
The Commonweal apparently thinks that it did and notes that she probably "regretted her 1960s logic, but if she did, she never went public about it." Not only a suburban housewife but a hypocrite too! The Commonweal's writer then very cleverly used Ms. McGinley's words to damn her .own poetry: "Light verse ... ' which probably didn't deserve a 1961 Pulitzer Prize." Again The Commonweal writer accuses her of "Not~ithstanding, hypocrisy: she esteemed herself greatly." Well, maybe, but she did win a Pulitzer Prize - which is more than anyone on The Commonweal has ever done. She didn't appear very often in The Commonweal - probably, the writer says, because she was uneasy with The Commonweal, which was uneasy with her, of course, because that magazine Duch preferred Doro-
thy Day's world to Ms. McGinley's. Clever, clever, clever to set up Ms. McGinley against Dorothy Day. Guess who's going to look bad. And then, yet another snide comment: She wrote for The New Yorker because "we weren't paying New' Yorker rates." The rates are different, of course, because more people read The New Yorker, and more people read The New Yorker than The Commonweal because it's a hell of a lot better magazine. A bitter, nasty, sour, envious attack on a dead woman who committed the intolerable affront of being a popular poet and winning a Pulitzer Prize. So much for the great liberal Catholic magazine. One reason why there is so much mediocrity in American Catholicism is that we enthusiastically turn against those路 of our number who achieve any
kind of fame or recognition. Tht early immigrant mentality - reo sentment against one of our own who manages to struggle up out of the common masses - is partly Irish. (The only way you could get ahead in the old days was to sell out to the enemy - surely an unadmirable relic of the Celtic heritage.) Anyone who gets a little bit of notice, a little bit of attention, a little bit of reputation, has to be chopped down, cut up and stomped upon. Your excellence doesn't have to be very great, your professional skills don't have to be very well developed, just step out of line and they go after you. Phyllis McGinley, God rest her great soul, stepped out of line too much, she actually liked the suburbs, actually had the audacity to win a Pulitzer Prize. So the Commonweal spits on her grave.
years I woke to the cry of a baby in dr'pping diapers. I got so I could sleep through clock radios, alarm clocks, f,e telephone. ;[ bet if a bomb dropped in the morning I'd say, "Okay . . . I'm awake" . . . and go right back to sleep. I decided to seek the help of a saint specialist when my husband was planning to be away on a business trip. I knew I'd have to get myself up when the alarm went off. I decided the most helpf..11 saint would be Peter. I came ~o this conclusion because he couldn't stay awake even when Christ was sweating blood. I knew he'd :mderstand my pro:)lem. So after a few well chosen prayers to him I went to sleep confident 0::' getting up on time. I was dreaming I was at a
friend's house and she was perking a pot of coffee. I thought her coffee pot must be ill to be making such a terrible noise, but it didn't seem polite to complai:1 about its whining when she was being so gracious making the coffee.
would seem to me that a better saint for prisoners would be St. Paul. He escaped from prison. St. Martha is the patron of cooks. Wouldn't it be better to pray to Mary? She got out of doing the cooking - and was praised for it besides. You'll begin to believe all this if you are praying to St. Christopher for a safe journey and your car quits because the road is flooded and the water has soaked your spark plugs. St. Christopher walked though the storm. In school we always prayed to St. Thomas Aquinas before exams. He had a reputation for being "the dumb ox," but that was oilly because some of his superiors didn't recognize a genius in disguise. My suggestion to less than brilliant scholars is to try St.
Martin de Porres. He flunked. He'll understand if you don't know the answers. The patron of musicians is St. Cecelia. But she's always pictured in rapt serenity at a full pipe organ. If you've got a r<>ck group, maybe the patron of the deaf - St. Francis de Sales would be a better bet. .J wonder how saints got into their specialties anyway. St. Anthony has a marvelous reputation for finding things. But what did he ever find? Wouldn't the woman with the lost coin be a more likely candidate for this job? Nevertheless, possibly I should have tried St. Anthony instead of St. Peter. My waking up in the morning is apparently a lost cause. But there is always St. Jude to fall back on, patron of desperate situations, help of the hopeless.
I listened to that "coffee pot" for 25 mint<tes before I realized it was the alarm. St. Peter blew it. After thinking it through, I realized the mistake was mine. St. Peter apparently knows a lot about failing asleep ... but he's useless for waking up. This started me thinking about other saints who are supposed to be specialists. 'For example, St. Disma~ is always regarded as the patron of prisoners. But St. Dismas wound up being executed. It
Conference on Families Seems Bogged Down By
JIM CASTELLI
President Jimmy Carter has frequently been criticized for mov"ing too fast on issues, but
his administration is now being criticized for moving too slowly on the important White House Conference on Families. Carter first announced n;s plans to hold such a conference in 1976 at the annual convention of the Nati.onal Conference ofCatholic Charities. Its purpose, he said, would be "to examine the strengths cf American families, .t,.he difficu~-
ties they face and the ways in which family life is affected by public policies. The conference will examine the important effects that the world of work, the mass media. the court system, private institutions and other major facts of our society have on American families," The first visible action taken by HEW Secretary Joseph Califano was appointment of Wilbur
Cohen, HEW secretary under Lyndon Johnson, as conference chairman. But Cohen won't become fully involved with the confernce until July. While the Cohen appointment is significant, HEW has still not appointed an executive director and top-level staff who will do the day-to-day work of putting the conference together. Brother Joseph Berg, an associ-
ate director for the National Conference of Catholic Charities who has attended several meet:ings on the Conference ~th HEW staff, says his experiences have been frustrating. But despite -bureaucratic shuffling, activity geared toward the conference is picking ,up throughout the country, particularly among church groups.
Outperform C,ommercial Additives By
JOSEPH RODERICK
As more people, with the emphasis on "organic gardening," become aware of the quality of their soil I am asked more questions compost and manure.
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Every year I get a truck load of manure and spend most of the early spring spreading it among my flowers and vegetables. The worth of manure lies less in its fertilizing value than in the fact' that it adds bulk to soil, provides necessary humis and supplies organic matter for the use of worms, insects and naturd soil constituents. The breakdown of fertilizer is 2-2-2 as compared to some cf the non-organic fertilizers whici range to 10-10-10 or higher. The
figures 2-2-2 represent two parts of nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium each per hundred parts of substance. The -rule of thumb with manure is not to use it while it has . an odor. When thoroughly decomposed it is odorless and will not burn plants. Compost, although richer in nutrients than manure is used in much the same way. It is the perfect soil additive since it is rich in ferti 1izing value, has no
noxious elements and is invaluable for increasing the friability of the soil. In our garden we spread manure on top of the soil, letting it work itself down. Compost is handled the same way.路 I estimate that between manure and compost we add about almost an inch to the soil in the' spring. By mid-summer most of this top dressing has been incorporated! in the soil and is not visible. With both these fertilizers as
our :basic soil additives, we rarely use any others. Our experience with commercial fertilizers is that although they give soil a quick boost, they add little long term value and are very expensive. The emphasis we place on the proper treatment of garden soil can best be illustrated by pointing out that fully 75% of our efforts in the early spring garden are devoted to soil preparation.
THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Ma't 4, 1978
CPA Parley Held In San Diego SAN DIEGO, Calif. (NC) Any authentic preaching of the Gospel today "must entail a confrontation with the consumerish in our midst," the chairman of the Conference of Major Superiors of Men told delegates to the annual convention of the Catholic Press Association, held last week. In the homily at a convention Mass, Franciscan Father Alan McCoy said consumerism "plurges hundreds of millions of people into abject misery in other parts of the world." "It is a materialistic security which would give the lie to Christ's call to learn from the flowers of the field and the birds of the air as to security in the providence of a caring God," Father McCoy said. "Can we, dare we, preach the fullness of the Gospel, calling for a change of the structures of our very way of life?" The Catholic editor "has taken on the task of evangelizing through the printed word," Father McCoy said, and this must include the "promotion of the authentic advancement of mankind." The CPA will hold its 1979 convention in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. It was supposed to have been held with the Associated Church Press, but ACP members pulled out of Florida because the state has not ratified the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The CPA has not taken 'a stand on the amendment. The CPA, whose membership comes from Catholic publications in the United States and Canada, and the ACP, its counterpart for the religious press of other denominations, have held joint conventions several times in recent years. Annual Awards Donald J. Thorman, former editor and publisher of the National Catholic Reporter, who died last November, was named winner of the CPA St. Francis de Sales Award. Other awards at the convention went to the Church World of Portland, Maine, which won four first-place newspaper awards; to the U.S. Catholic and America, each with three firstplace awards in the magazine category; and to Commonweal, which won first place for general excellence as a magazine. The Church World won first place awards for General Excelfence for papers with circulations under 13,000, best editorial, best human interest feature 路story and best campaign in the public interest. Other General Excellence awards went to the National Catholic Reporter, published in Kansas City, Mo., in the national category; The Prairie Messenger of Muenster, Saskatchewan, for diocesan papers with circulations between 13,001 and 34,000, and The Chicago Catholic for diocesan papers with circulation over 34,000. In all 53 awards to newspapers and magazines recognized a wide range of editorial material submitted by U.S. and Canadian publications.
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NEW PRIORESS GENERAL: From left, Father Lucien Jusseaume, episcopal representative for religious for the Fall River diocese; Sister Barbara McCarthy, new prioress general for the Sisters of St. Dominic of St. Catherine of Siena; Bishop Cronin; Sister Anita Pauline, outgoing superior.
Dominican Sisters Continued from Page One tary division and then as teacher and principal of its former high school. She served as a general councillor of her community from 1971 to 1978 and resigned from her diocesan post in 1977 in order to pursue studies towards a master's degree in religion at Fairfield University. She holds a bachelor's degree from Regis College and a master's degree from Boston College, both in the field of English. In her new. post, Sister Barbara will be responsible for the
activities of her 110-member congregation, which has houses in Canada, Plattsburgh, N.Y., New Haven, Conn., and Fall River, North Dartmouth and Acushnet in this diocese. Established in 1891, the community is the only one to have been founded in the Fall River diocese. Sister Ba~ara's term is for four years. Elected with her as general councillors were Sisters Joanne Bonville, Joseph Made Levesque, Ann Mildred Brown, Elizabeth Menard, Donna Brunell and Louise Synan.
John T. Crowley Continued from Page One Last week he died and with him went a lot of memories; recollections of days when The Anchor had no grand teleprinter service from Washington, D.C. but was dependent on mailed copy from National Catholic News Service. At that time weekend trips to the post office to see if "the envelope" had come in were an importan$ part of Anchor routine. So were Saturday morning editorial strategy sessions between John, the late Hughie Golden, our first editor, and Msgr. Daniel F. Shalloo, our founder and for years our general manager. John remembered those mornings with delight the rest of his life. He also relished memories of trips to Catholic Press Association conventions and of the decades during which the Leary Press, which prints The Anchor, was almost his second home. There he not only helped The Anchor go to press for 20 years, but he also shepherded generations of students at Fall River's Durfee High School through the intricacies of publishing the school paper and yearbook. Until 1967, he combined his Anchor duties with his full time occupation of teaching English and journalism at Durfee, where
he was a faculty member for 38 years. Then The Anchor became his chief concern, remaining so until his last days. He never took a vacation from us and until almost the end never missed a day because of sickness. Last Monday Msgr. Shalloo celebrated John's funeral Mass and among concelebrants were Father John FoIster, a former Anchor editor, Father John Driscoll, former assistant manager, and Father John Moore, the present editor. "For 20 years," said Msgr. Shalloo, "John aided in forming people through his work in the Catholic press. He gave of himself to others, he gave of himself to God."
Educators Meet Continued from Page One ous film festival will be offered by Mark IV Productions of Attleboro. Tomorrow's program will begin with a liturgy at which 'Bishop Cronin will be principal celebrant and homilist. The convention will conclude with an afternoon address on Catholic education by Father Joseph L. Lennon, O.P., Providence College vice-president for community affairs.
Continued from Page One media wisely is, in the last and the importance of the sub- analysis, a matter of personal jects under discussion, use of the responsibility. media be restricted to suit the "From the choice they make," purposes of non-representative said the pope, "the holiness of groups who would thus impose ,their lives will depend, as also only a point of view favorable the integrity of their faith and to their own vested interest. the riches of their culture." "This must not be allowed to "The church must instruct happen and it is up to the 're- them and give them every help, cipient' to see to it that it does but it cannot supply any substinot happen," said the pope. tute for their personal consistent The pontiff told communica- decision," said the pope. tors that the time and space now Only "generous collaboration" given to viewers, listeners and with the mass media by the pubreaders to "talk back" still lic, concluded the pope, will "only partly answers this legi- lead the media to offer "abuntimate desire." dant, carefully checked and He urged the media directors truthful" information and "culto enter into a "continuous and turally and spiritually wholestimulating contact" with socisome" programming, he said. ety and involve audiences more He added that only through in their decisions. The pope's message cautioned collaboration will the public that the media "by their nature eradicate "violence, eroticism, and often enough by intent" vulgarity and egoism" from the can make truth look like a lie media. and a lie like the truth. "There is in fact no truth, no sacred thing, no moral Continued from Page One principle, that cannot be directly or indirectly corroded or con- care funded wholly or in part by CCA proceeds. tested" by the media, he said. In his letter to diocesans Bish"You must know how to make a good choice when deciding op Cronin said: "I am privileged what newspaper or book to buy, once again this year to encourwhat film you will see, what age your generous participation programs you will listen to on in the Catholic Charities Appeal. radio or view on television," he I am well aware that none of us has been spared the financial said. He urged consumers to be burdens which these days im"conscious all the time that the pose. Yet, I am keenly aware choice you make is a vote" for that the human needs to which or against a program or publi- our Appeal responds continue to increase. cation. The pope asked society to "We must attempt to alleviate measure mass media products such needs with the love Charwith the "yardstick of genuine acteristic of Christ. I sincerely ethico-religious values." ask that you make every effo;t The message said that audi- to support this year's Appeal ences must learn the language and, if your means permit, to inof the media in order to make crease your generosity toward a meaningful contribution to it. this vital source of funding for "Training of recipients should our various charitable apostobe regarded as a priority both lates." in the sphere of pastoral minisAll parishioners have received try and in educational work genCoCA contribution cards by mail, erally," said the pope. and solicitors are urged to He asked both parents and make returns to parish centers educators to instruct children in on Sunday. Officially the parish how to make wise media choices. phase will end on May 17 and "Christians and especially CCA books will be closed for young people m'.lst bear in mind the 1978 Appeal on Friday, that to use the communications May 26.
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Perhaps you can locate two or three other mothers in a situation simi tar to yours. You might thEn arrange for one mother to babysit all the children. Finandally, it might be as lucrative for her as working. Another possibility is to seek out a mother whose last child is a pre-schooler. When a family has school-age children, the last child often gets bored at home alone. Such a mother might take your children to earn a little extra income and to provide companionship for her own child. You can judge how she will mother your children by the way she mothers her own. Can yot: get by on a parttime job? I: so, you might locate another mother in a situation like yours and try to find two part-time jobs or one shared
job. Each- of you works half the not require extensive training, time on the job and cares for this is not a serious objection. both sets of children the other Fringe benefits such as insurhalf. ance, pensions and vacations are The advantages of such a solu- more difficult to allocate. Here tion are many. Your half-time in- we must ask where our prioricome goes farther because you ties lie. What is more important, pay nothing for babysitting. an employer's record book or the You are able to spend half time welfare of our children? Do jobs with your children. Your baby- exist to benefit people, or do sitter is someone who is just as people exist for jobs? More and concerned as you are about the more parents need extra income welfare of the children. In a and good care for children. shared job, even the employer Shared jobs are a means to probenefits because, in the case of vide both on a personal familysickness, it should be easier to to-family basis. 'If enough parmake arrangements to cover the ents demand such work condijob with two adults than with tions, business will begin to one. listen. (Reader questions on family A shared job is impossible to find, you say? Difficult, yes. Im- living and child care are invited.. possible, no. Employers would Address questions to: The Kenrather train one person than nys c/o The Anchor, P.O. Box two. However, if the job does 7, Fall River, Mass. 02722.)
Racism 'Still with Us' WASHI!\GTOK (NC) - Ten years afte: the Kerner Commission report on urban violence and the U. S. bishops' statement on the natonal race crisis "racism is still with us and he must continue to combat it," said a statement by the National Catholic Confe::ence for Interracial Justice. Entitled "Catholics and the Other America," the NCCIJ statement noted that in 1968 the bishops acknowledged that the church must accept some responsibility for racism and must work, on every level, to eliminate it. But, despite some progress in helping the poor and minorities through the bishop's Campaign for Human Development, the church has "failed to overcome racism in any substantial way," the statement said. "Instead of being a voice of conscience and a catalyst for progress tc,ward social justice, the church the people of God, takes on the image of a reluctant, though occasionally and
fitfully effective, participant in the social action arena," the statement said. According to the NCCIJ, American Catholics can expect "updated guidance" from the bishops who, it said, are expected to issue a pastoral on racism later this year. "Guidance from above has been available for many decades," the statment said. "Popes, bishops and other spiritual leaders have denounced racism unequivocally, and often recommended or even mandated programs planned to overcome racial prejudice and discrimination." But, the statement said, the "progress made has been less than substantial" because "few inquired whether the causes of the unrest, the riots, the marches and demonstrations had really been touched." "Racism may have taken on new guises and varying proportions in different territories," the statement said. "At root, it is the same sin and sinfulness,
at least objectively, reaching out to embrace new generations. Principles and laws have helped; they have not been converted into practices and moral observances." The statement urged religious leaders to call the attention of their congregations to racial injustice through sermons, formal classroom instruction and liturgies. "One would suppose from continuing and concerted efforts, the average Catholic would thus be reached with the essential message, and in turn be, as conscientious Christian and concerned citizen, a formidable factor, in family, church, community, and nation, in counteracting racism in its many forms." It said Catholics should eliminate racism in their institutions, establishing "strong and definite policies . . . to monitor our practices in non-dil'criminatory hiring, assignment and promotions" and to eliminate fast discrimination in departments with few minority employees.
• Vatican Studying U.S. Directory By John Muthig VATICAN CIlY (NC) - The Holy See hopes to finish its examination of the U.S. National Catechetical Directory by this summer, according to Vatican sources. The directory, a set of principles and guidelines for religious education in the United States was approved by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops in November and submitted to the Holy See for approval. An adaptation to U.S. conditions of the Vatican's General Catechetical Directory, it is the first national directory to be completed since the general directory was issued in 1971. The general directory called for such adaptations noting that the Vatican's work could not be too specific since it had to address
itself to all social and cultural situations. Vatican sources said that authorities consulted by the Congregation for the Clergy tended to feel that the American directory presents "no major problems but that it is too long and wordy." "Some felt that it misses a lot of things," said one source, "but they question whether the omissions are serious enough to merit real concern." The Clergy Congregation, whose second section is in charge of catechetical matters, is now carrying out a consultation with other Vatican departments, including the Doctrinal Congregation, and with catechetical experts. . "The Holy See's main concern," said a Vatican official, "is to see that the directory conforms with universal law and
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that it contains no artitrary directives which could infringe on the autonomy of the local bishop. "The purpose of the national directories is to produce a book that is useful for a country, and our view is that no one knows better what will be useful than the experts within the country," said the official. "The last thing we want is a mere translation of the general Catechetical Directory," he said. Vatican experts said that strictly speaking national directories do not have to be produced but that if they are they should have the approval of the Holy See.
But for Scardina - smiling, confident and elated over his calling to such a high ministry - the illness seemed to be but a minor hindrance as he performed for the first time in his new role. The biggest hurdle, according to those who helped him to prepare for it, has been getting others to accept his handicap. He was 27 years old in 1951 when he received his First Communion. If his mother had her way, it would have been much sooner. She died four years ago, and until then had found herself in an uphill struggle to have Jerome not only receive Communion but also participate in other sacraments and church activities.
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By Nancy Frazier WASHINGTON (NC) As the frail white-haired priest approaches the St. Vincent de Paul Center at St. Aloysius church in Northwest Washington, the men standing outside surround him. He quietly assures them that mission . tickets for overnight housing and money for food, transportation or medicine will be distributed at 5 p.m., on schedule. As he enters the two tiny, bare rooms that are his headquarters in s('rvice to the poor, another 10 or so people solicit his aid. He pulls out his wallet and opens it to show that he has no money. But there is some change in his pocket. A young woman dressed in an oversized blue coat gets that. The priest i~ Jesuit Father Horace McKenna, 79, who as moderator of the St. Vincent de Paul Conference at St. Aloysius and inspiration for many other projects daily aids the poor of Washington in an endless number of ways. Washingtonian magazine named him a Washingtonian of the year for 1977, calling him "the closest thing we have to a saint." "All I can do is give It little and hope that it helps with the problems if it doesn't solve them," sighs Father McKenna. But those who know him well will tell you that Father McKenna gives not a little, but a lot. He gives himself daily to the poor of Washington and speaks guiltily of eating "a $4 dinner" at night. Two of the men who are perhaps closest to Father McKenna are Charles Hill and Bob Green, permanent deacon candidates in the Washington archdiocese who
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Despite the fact that Father McKenna has never sought praise for himself, and seems a bit uncomfortable with it, the honors have come. Besides being named a Washingtonian of the year, he can walk down h}s own street in the District of Columbia - McKenna Walk, located in Sursum Corda Village. a lowincome housing project he was instrumental in getting started. The elderly priest is hard to characterize. He is confident that his God will provide for the poor he has served so well when he dies, but sometimes he expresses disappointment at the American system which has created the poor - "There's no excuse for the poor, spawned by a capital-
ist system which sucks everything to the top," he says, a little bitterly and at ihe Church which he believes has often neglected them. He has great hope that the permanent diaconate will fill a gap in the Church's mission of social work. But perhaps the best way to characterize Jesuit Father Horace McKenna is to go back a few months to when the frail priest, almost blind with cataracts, was more tired than usual and his deacons urged him to take a vacation. His reply: "It might be a good idea, but where would I go? 1 am the poor, they are part of me, I cannot escape."
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pursue arms control with new intensity." Father Hemir said some people believe a "counter-force" strategy - a strategy of aiming nuclear weapons at military rather than civilian targets- is morally better than a policy that targets civilian populations. But, he said, in a large ex-. change, a counter-force attack would probably do as much damage to civilians as to military targets. At the same time, he said, "Counter-force strategy is subject to the criticism that it makes nuclear war 'thinkable' and increases the possibility of wars either being started with such weapons, or of such weapons being employed because they are controllable, hut with the temptation on either side or both to escalate the conflict to 'all-out' nuclear exchange."
Aems Ad At Cardinals NEW YORK (NC) The author of a fast-s~l1ing book purporting to" give a preview of the election of the next pope placed an advertisement in The New York Times asking U.S. cardinals to denounce Marxism as incompatible with Christianity and individual freedom. The unusual appeal was made by Malachi B. Martin, author of "The Final Conclave."
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Marriage Should' Comple ment Diaconate, Says Permanent Deacon MALVERN, Pa. (NC) - Ordination to the permanent diaconate does not take away from the deacon's marriage, says Sam Taub, a permanent deacon and associate pastor of St. Ann's parish in Arlington, Va., who believed that marriage can enhance his ministry. "The sacrament of holy orders demolishing the sacrament of matrimony - no way!" said Taub in an interview on the permanent diaconate at St. Joseph-of-the-Hills retreat house in Malvern. Stressing that a man's decision to become a permanent deacon must also take into account his wife's views, Taub said husband and wife must be able to minister to each other - to bring the love of the healing power of Christ - and to the family, before they can be expected to minister to others. The stable marriage of a permanent deacon and his wife is a resource that a couple having marital difficulties could easl1y
tap, said Taub, a former career Marine. People who seek counseling from married deacons know that they are aware of the tensions that can exist in a
marriage or have experience in raising children that can be shared with those having trouble.
Family, job and diaconal service is the order of rank set for duties of the permanent deacon by the U.S. bishops, said Taub, who believes that "the lived experience shows that these priorities have been sound." Cautioning priests and people not to think that permanent deacons are "bionic," he added: "The deacon is human like everybody else. He will stumble and fall, and people will have to pick him up again." He urged priests to span their arms to permanent deacons in an "embrace of encouragement, not a stifling embrace," and cautioned that deacons themselves "must not separate themselves from the ranks of the laity from which they came." The need for the permanent diaconate arose out of the pastoral needs of the people they are to serve, Taub said. "The challenge to the first operation of deacons will be to make service their sign," he added. "The sign of my diaconate has to be my service, not something I wear."
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a neighborhod group might be a way to involve them." Aside from concern on their children, the divorced should be sought out for their own sake, Father Young noted. "Many haven't been going to church and they've missed any new messages we've been sending. They're out because somebody told them they were out,
in a sort of creeping excommunication that held back from the sacraments those who were divorced and not remarried as well as those who had." Don't overlook the need for ministry to the families of the divorcing couple, either. "Brothers and sisters, parents, can be as affected as the couple with the trouble," he observed.
Nuncio Berated In EI Salvador SAN SALVADOR, EI" Salvador (NC) - In an open letter more than 300 priests have accused Archbishop Emanuelle Gerada, the papal nuncio to EI Salvador, of siding with its military government and fostering division in the church. Upon learning of the letter, Bishop Pedro Arnoldo Aparicio of San Vicente suspended 10 of the priests and apologized to the nuncio. The priests had told the nuncio that his actions "mean a serious scandal for the people of God and . . . destroy the church and its evangelization." Among their complaints were: - "Your manifest dissent from the prophetic stand taken by Archbishop Oscar Romero of San Salvador, his clergy and all the lay movements," in the defense of the poor. -:- "Your public support of the repressive and unjust government which is responsible for the constant persecution of campesinos (peasants), workers and every independent, organized group; and especially of the Catholic people, their catechists and even our brothers in the priesthood." - "Your lack of sensitivity to the sorrow of the persecuted peasants for the dead and the missing, to their hunger for bread and truth."
The apology, signed by Bishops Aparicio and Alvarez and by Bishop Benjamin Barrera of Santa Ana, said the priests' letter had made "arbitrary charges" against the nuncio, forgetting his diplomatic duties with the government, and even charging him with "collaborating in the persecution of the church." A papal nuncio is both the Vatican ambassador to the host country and the Vatican liaison with the church in that country. The Federation of Catholic Schools also wrote to Archbishop Gerada saying some of his activities were hard to explain to students in Christian terms. Its letter said it was impossible to explain why the nuncio "abstained from attending" ceremonies in February in which Archbishop Romero was honored for his defense of human rights. It also recalled a series of government attacks on bishops, priests and lay leaders, "and in some cases, martyrdom itself." "You have not come to the defense of the church, of the archbishop, of the persecuted priests and lay catechists, much less of the poor peasants . . . On the other hand, you have appeared in publications side b) side with the agents of repress· ion."
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Yesterday a married man in his 30s preached at our parish. The father of three and an executi've, he is at the midpoint of training for the permanent diaconate. At each weekend Mass he outlined the recent restoration of permanent deacons in the Church as well as the details of his own decision to seek that office. He delivered a. fine homily. The content was excellent, the word choice supeJrior, the delivery above average. Afterwards I told him that h~ would be welcome as a regular preacher in the parish after ordination and should oonsider this a part of his future ministry. Not every pemlanent deacon, however, will or should be a homilist although this candidate could become an exceptional preacher of the word. That prospect raises some interesting questions: would his preaching be more effective in our own parish, among his neighbors, relatives and friends or in some other church? Would he be a prophet without honor in his native land or particularly powerful simply because he lives and works and plays among the laity? Permanent deacons represent an attempt to build a bridge between the institutional church and the workaday world. How well they will do it remains to be seen. Some African bishops apparently fear that the permanent diaconate may diminish the laity's role in the church, "because it will reinforce the conviction already eJdsting that to work for the church you must be ordained." The signers of the 1977 Chicago Declaration of .Christian Concern share similar fears. 'They caution lest: the surge of permanent deacons create an impression "that one can work for justice and peace only by stepping outside of these ordinary roles as a businessman, as a mayor, as a f,llctory worker, as a professional in the State Department, or as an active union member and thus that one can change the system only as an 'outsider' to the society and the system." On the contrary, the Chicago Declaration argues such a trend clearly departs "from the mainstream of Ca.tholic social thought which l'E!gards the advance of social justice as essentially the service 'perfon,ned within one's professional and occupational milieu." The signers, as I read thedeclaration, would thus argue against quite specific, pragmatic social action steps being promoted in the pulpit by either permal}ent deacons or priests and bishops.
Cardinal Raul Silva of Santiago, Chile, once said his episcopal motto is 'based on charity, his politics on the common good, -and his solution to problems on common sense. After finishing 'high school in Santiago, he decided to become a lawyer. But after earning his law degree, he changed his mind and in 1930 joined the Salesian Fathers. He was ordained in 1938. He taught canon law and moral theology at the Salesian Seminary in Santiago and from 1941 to 1959 was director of the Salesian Theologate at Chile. He attracted national attention in 1956 when he became the first president of Caritas, Chile's Catholic charities organization, and was subsequently elected 'vke-president of Caritas internationalis for all of Latin America. Ordained bishop of Valparaiso in 1959, he chose as his episcopal motto "The Charity of Christ Impels Us." â&#x20AC;˘ He ~aid at a luncheon for newspaper reporters, " I know that you are asking yourselves what is the political line of the new bishop of Valparaiso, and I will tell you. My politics is only the common good, and I will be on the side of every party and every person who has the same goal." In May, 1960, when earthquakes and tidal waves devastated Chile, the nation's bishops chose him to seek the assistance of the world for the Chilean people. On May 14, 1961, he was appointed archbishop of Santiago. A year later he became the second cardinal in Chile's history. One of his most far-reaching moves was his involvement in 1962, along with Bishop Manuel Larrain of Talea, in a land reform program using church properties. This successful pilot project led to government initiatives to increase redistribution of land to landless peasants. Cardinal Silva is famous for his clear, decisive stands on freedom to preach the Gospel, church unity, domestic peace, social justice and human solidarity. In his private life he has been described as reserved, at times remote, even to his close colleagues. But he becomes vibrant with compassion where he talks to crowds. People feel he is close to their needs and hopes. On more than one occasion tears have been seen on his face. as he addressed his people. The cardinal has been bitterly attacked from both left and right, from the right when he refused to tell Chilean Catholics they could not vote for the Marxist government of Salvador Allenda. "The Chilean bishops chose to follow Vatican Council diTurn to Page Thirteen
"LAW AND MORALITY are not coextensive." Roman women demonstrate in favor of pro-abortion bill before Italian parliament. (NC Photo)
The Difference Between Law and Morality By Father John R. Connery The Church says abortion is wrong. The U.S. Supreme Cou:~t says it is permissable. These contradictory positions illustrate the importance of distinguishing carefully between law and morality. The law can affirm an already existing moral prohibition~ as in homicide legislation, or it can within reason even create moral obligations, as in contract legislation, where the good of the community demands it. But law and morality are not coextensive. Law often plays a diectic role in relation to morality. When it reinforces moral norms by attaching civil penalties to immoral conduct. this role is a healthy one. But it can also be unhealthy. When some action or practice is legalized, or a legal prohibition removed, it can be overinterpreted and thus affect the moral conscience as well. But l~galization does not make an act moral. Nor is the church in speaking out going beyond its competence or interfering in the civil sphere. It is pointing to the limits of civil authority and law, and trying to counteract an unwarranted impact on morality. But the church goes farther than clarifying the distinction between law and morality. Currently it is working for a restoration of previous legislation against abortion. It is also interested in preventing legalization of so-called mercy killing. Is the church transcending its rights when it tries to influence legislation, especially in a society where church and state are separated? This might be true if the church were trying to impose some peculiar religious belief o'n society. An example
might be an attempt. to impose on society a prohibition of blood transfusions. Because such a prohibition would be based on a peculiar interpretation of the Bible, it would' involve a religious belief. But religion and morality are not the same, however intimately they may be united. All modern societies, for instance, ai-
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The Church and Secularism By Father Alfred McBride .. Ever since the days of Constantine, the control of Europe lay between throne and altar. This 1,500-year stormy marriage between the church and state dissolved if} acrimonius "divorce proceedings" in the 19th century. With Robespierre in France, Garibaldi in Italy and Bismarck in Germany, the thrones collapsed and the new secular states were born. The French Revolution, the unification of Italy and the creation of a united Germany toppled the kings and princes and the whole monarchial system, replacing it with varying forms of liberal democracy. The ideas that led to the new politics were born in the 16th century Renaissance and matured in the 18th century Enlightenment. The major elements included a strong respect for the powers of reason, the growth of the scientific mind, a¡ high regard for personal freedom and conscience and a new-found love for self-determination. At the same time, this produced a critical attitude toward faith, a rank dislike for compulsory forms of authority and inherited privilege, a preference
for the rights of the individual against the imperiousness of the rulers and a rebellion against all forms of forced belief. The list of thinkers laying the groundwork for these approaches included Erasmus, Galileo, Descartes, Voltaire, Pascal, Locke, to mention a fe~. The slogan of the French Revolution - Liberty, Fraternity, Equality - flew in the face of the old, values of caste systems and the principle of external compulsion. The political upheilval was precisely that. The cool language of an Erasmus or Pascal turned into the hot wars that created the contemporary secular states. The church lost its privileges in France in 1789. The pope lost the papal states in 1870. By 1$78, Bismarck's Kulturkampf left the church in a virtual state of war with Germany. We have already seen that the church felt a state of siege due to the attacks of the Protestants and the Rationalists. Now she must cope with the secularists in politics. Nowhere was this more dramatically brought to her attention than in the fall of the papal states. Ever since the time of CharTurn to Page Thirteen
Law and Morality Continued from Page Twelve cieties with members of different religious beliefs have had such legislation in the past. There is no reason, then, why churchmen should be disqualified from promoting such legislation. In fact they would be derelict in their duty as citizens if they failed to encourage and promote legislation geared to sound morality. The only requirement is that the welfare of the community be at stake, since this is where law and morality meet. It would indeed be ironical if those most interested
Secularism Continued from Page Twelve lemagne, the popes had controlled the territory of central Italy. The day Garibaldi marched into Rome that old order pressed away. That shock, plus the French one that preceded it, and the German one that would follow it, stunned the papacy, so much so, that the popes from Pius IX up to Pius XI remained within the Vatican, calling themselves "prisoners." They did this as a protest, not just against the theft of the papal states, but as a condemnation of the secular states and their ideals. If the spark of liberalism had any hope of influencing the papacy (as indeed it had for a while in the case of Pius IX,) it lost all credibility in papal minds the day Rome fell.
In restrospect, we might partially sympathize with the reactionary attitude of the church. Rulers of institutions are usually conservative. And when they have had a good thing going, it is not surprising they will only yield to the new order with great hesitation.
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Cardinal Silva Continued from Page Twelverectives," Cardinal Silva commented at the time. "Catholics may vote according to their own consciences for whomever they think is worthy. The church does not take political sides." He was again criticized in Septmber, 1973, when he was present at religious ceremony of thanksgiving on Chile's national holiday, attended by the military junta that overthrew Allende. The cardinal pointed out that for the first time he had refused to intone the Te Deum, as is normal, as a public manifestation that he was 'not aligning himself with the new government. ",I only agreed to celebrate Mass in memory of all those who have fallen in these·· days of violence." He also noted that two days after the coup the Chilean bishops attempted to publish a statement that did not please the new government and that was, in fact, blocked by the junta. The archbishop of Santiago remains calm amidst the storms. "Every pastor must follow the only path possible," he said, "up to the cross of Jesus."
'Where We Belong' NEW YORK (NC)-The leadership role the Catholic Church has played since Vatican Council II in Christian-Jewishrelations is "where we belong," according to David Hyatt, 61, president of the National Conference of Christians and Jews. Hyatt, a Catholic, has been with the organization for 24 of its 50 years.
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Nossa Senhora e 0 Rosario sao ja inseparaveis na devosao do novo de Deus, noroue o s~o tambem, certamente, nos olanos do Salvador. Ja nao se concebe a verdadeira devo)~o a Maria sem a devo~ao do Ter~o que Ela ensinou e tanto recomendou. ~ais ainda: como diz Paulo VI, a pratica da devo~ao a Maria, recomendada nelo Concllio e nelo Maqisterio da Iqre.ia atraves dos seculos, c Santo Rosario. Chamem-lhe "Coroa da Rainha" ou "Colar da Senhora" ou "Salterio da Virqem" ... 0 Rosario e, sobretudo, a qrande ora~o Mariana e a Escola Maternal de Maria onde os filhos podem aorender as qrandes li)oes da Mae e go Filho, nara saberem orar e saberem viver. E urn orecioso dom da ~ae, que tern de ser mais aoroveitado. E nao 0 sera enouanto nao for mais conhecido na sua realidade, oor dentro. A resoefto do Terso, erra-se mais nor defeito que oor excesso. Alquns sacerdotes, quando apresentam aos fieis esta sublime Devosao, usam exoressoes demasiado oobres, chamando orata ou cobre aquilo que e aura maci)0: assim fica tao escurecido e alterado 0 Duro fino! E isto, oor falta de luz: qUem a n~o tern n~o Dade alumiar os outros. . Notemos desde .ia, uma dessas exoressoes muito oobre, ou Dele menos, incomnleta: ~uitos veem 0 Ter~o aoenas como ora~ao a Nossa Senhora, quando nao a qualquer santo. Muito mais do que isso, Paulo VI ve af uma Devo)ao "profundamente cristo16gica"; e ate a Ave-Maria encontra "um louvor incessante a Cristo". Realmente 0 Salvador e 0 centro da Ora~ao Rosariana, como 0 simboliza 0 crucifixo no meio das contas do Terso. Sim, porque "0 Rosario qravita em redor do mist~riode Cristo, pois tern oor objecto os eventos salvadores realizados por Jesus"; e tambem oorque as ora~oes que al rezamos a visam a' Ele: ou como destinatario com 0 Pai ou como intermediario junto do Pai. A Mae, inseoaravel do Filho, tambem la esta, mas em sequndo olano~ e nada oerde com isso, como a Lua ao receber a luz do Sol. No Rosario a Santlssma Virqem esta como Porteira do Salvador e nossa ~edianeira junto d'Ele; oor isso que nos diriqimos a Ela tantas vezes, na Ave-Maria e outras tantas a Jesus por meio d'Ela. Pois e verdade, a ora~ao do Ter~o nao termina em Maria Santlssima, 0 que :j<f seria excelente; mas vai muit~ mais atto: vai por Maria a Jesus e nor Jesus ao Pai celeste. Assim a esta luz real, v~-se que 0 Terso ~ uma ora~ao muito mais excelente e valiosa do que se terminasse na Virqem Maria. o supremo Destinatario da Ora~ao Rosariana e a Santlssima Trindade, nosso Pai celeste; os Mist~rios sao a homenaqem de Jesus ao Pai; as orasoes vocais orirciniam e terminam diriqindo-se tambem ao Pai.· Tudo no Rosario, vai orientado atraves d'Aque, . la que e "Cheia de qra~a" para 0 bendito fruto do seu ventre e'finalmente, para a Gloria do Pai e do Filho e do Esplrito Santo. Todavi a, Nossa Senhora apareceu::.em Fatima com 0 Ter~o e disse que era a "Sen hora do Rosario". Ate a Iqre.ia, na Liturqia, A invoca sob esse titulo e 0 de Rainha do Santlssimo Rosario; oorciue 0 Rosario e. de Nossa Senhora. Oual e, entao, 0 verdadeiro luqar que Maria ocupa no Ter)o? Oue tern Ela a ver com essa "Devosao Mariana"? Veremos aue tern muito na oroxima publica)ao deste jornal.
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By Cecilia Belanger I received a letter fmm a young girl who told me she was "hooked" on wine. She said she needs help but does not want to "go to a placE~ where they help you." Why? "Because I'am disgusted with myself and hope I can lick the problem without anything to do with AA even though I know they've helped a lot of people." She has asked that she be helped through Jesus. She has taken the first step and the right step. There are far too many who read the Bible who like to defend the "water into wine" episode, as if that were the main reason Jesus came on earth. You could eliminate that entire scene and' Jesus would still be the Lord. Were Jesus here now, in the flesh, seeing the havoc that drinking brings to lives, the tragedy and tortured existences, and were he at some of the weddings where people act disgracefully because of drinks, would He, if the liquor ran out, turn water into wine, water into whiskey, water into scotch, or would He insist that water be the liquid of the day? Wouldn't it be just as much a miracle to turn wine into water?
the identity crisis have a big problem, bu' none more thaI' those who are adopted and ofter. know little or nothing about their backgrounds. The trend seems to be for these teens to try to learn a~ much as they can about their natural parents. Their efforts often lead to conflict in thE. home as well as individual personality disorders. Their first questions are ofter; quite simple: What did my Mom and Dad look like? Do Ire· semble them? Were they nice people, or not? Then the questions go deeper: How could my mother give me up? They do not always express anger because their natural mothers put them up for adop. tion because they are well aware of the serious problems faced by young unmarried mothers. However, they would like specific answers about why they themselves were given up. ,For example, an adopted teenager said, "] was never mad at my mother. Even though I don't know who she is or what she'" like, I love \.ler because, to me,
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Bishop Gerrard The Chorus of Bishop Gerrard High School, Fall River, will present a spring concert at 8 p.m. Thursday, May 11 at the Central 100 Congregational Church, Rock St., Fall River. The 60member group, conducted by George Carrpeau, will feature songs by Alexander Peloquin, who will be present for the occasion. Selections by the New England composer will include Gloria of the Bells, I Believe That My Redeemer Lives, Rejoice in Hope and A Psalm for Pentecost. A brass ensemble, harp, bass, percussion, organ and piano will supply accompaniment. Also on the program will be compositions by Handel, Bach, Faure and Mozart. Tickets are available at Bishop Gerrard or at the door.
Beautiful Noise What a beautiful noise, coming up from the street Got a beautiful noise, got a beautiful beat It's a beautiful noise, going on everywhere Like a clickity-clack of a train on a track, it's got rhythm to spare Well it's, a beautiful noise, and it's a sound that I love And it makes me feel good, just like a hand In a glove Yes it does, yes it does What a beautiful noise - coming up from the' park It's the song of the kids, and it plays until dark And it's the sound of the cars, of their furious flights There's even romance in the way they dance to the beat of the lights And it makes me feel good, just like a hand in a glove Yes it does, Yes it does - what a beautiful noise It's a beautiful noise, made of joy and strife Like the symphony played by the passing parade, it's the music of life It's a beautiful noise, it's a sound that I love And it makes me feel good, just like a hand in a glove Yes it does, Yes it does, what a beautiful noise Coming into my room, and it's beggin' for me Just to give it a tune
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The !Booster Club of Holy Family Higr. School, New Bedford, recently sponsored a supper with pr·cceeds benefiting the school athletics. Mrs. Viva Beausoleil was l:hairman and many HF students helped with serving. As if to show appreciation, sophomore Gary Cathcart was star pitcher for a baseball game with Old Rochester, from which the Blue Waves emerged with a score of 6-1. Plans are under way for a Gong Show to be held Friday, May 19 at 7:30 p.m. If talent scouts missed any budding thespians at the recent HF presentation of "Lizzie Borden of Fall River," here's their second chance.
For the past 15 years, Neil Diamond has been a leading vocalist and composer. His vocals are alive, rich and vibrant, while his writing refines contemporary themes, filling them with his own meaning and interpretation. "Beautiful Noise" is a reflection on the sounds of life, sounds of people, of a city, of ongoing activity. It is children in a park, cars zooming by - indeed, it is a parade orchestrated by life itself. Its beat is diverse and most captivating, a beautiful noise that reaches out to include each of us. We are both conductor and performer in creating this beautiful sound, and even when we are in the audience for life's sound, we are never left with. a passive role. This song easily. leads the listener to more thoughts and questions about the gift of life. Who and what are creating the sounds that encircle your existence? What kind of song is playing in your heart? Is' it an alive melody, a quiet sonata of reflection, or perhaps a dirge of emptiness? The sounds of life are all around and within us, but even a beautiful noise can go unappreciated when lost in hectic din. We need to listen for the sounds of people who interact with us. Some of these sounds are soft, perhaps even fearful, and need a gently listening ear. Sometimes we need to listen for what is not being said verbally. Its sounds can be alive and beautiful too. Long ago, the writer of the biblical book Dueteronomy reflected on our invitation to participate fully in life's richness. His words are equally challenging today: "I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Choose life then, that you and your descendants may live."
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"Knowledge is the wing whereby we fly ta heaven." - William Shakespeare
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STUDENTS at Connolly High, Fall River, get graphic lesson in inequity as they partiticipated in Hunger Awareness Day. Michael L'Archevesque, left, is served Third World ration of bread and water, while Gary Getchell, second left, and John Luddy, right, get Second World repast of chop suey and Steven Tavares is top man on totem pole with steak, baked potato and pie, typical First World meal.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (NC) - Recently confirmed Catholics will affirm their blessing by the Holy Spirit in an outdoor Pentecost celebration at which Bishop Joseph M. Breitenbeck of Grand Rapids will be host. It will be a picnic with the Lord around His table," said Auxiliary Bishop Joseph C. McKinney of Grand Rapids, copfanner of the event. "Pentecost is the greatest feast in the church year, but it seldom gets the full expression it deserves," the bishop said. "I suspect our young people will . show us how to celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit." Rodeo grounds have been booked for the occasion, a lively music group will be on hand and an afternoon field Mass will highlight the day's activities. Since October, more than 2,500 diocesan teenagers have been
confirmed. Each has received an invitation to join the Spirit of Confirmation Pageant. Bishop McKinney said many of the young people come from small parishes and have not previously experienced a big religious celebration. "When I saw what happened at the eucharistic congresses in Austra'lia and Philadelphia, I wished that everyone could have such an experience of the church."
Medical School Probe WASHINGTON (NC) - The general secretary of the U.S. Catholic Conference, Bishop Thomas C. Kelly, has asked the country's Catholic bishops to -cooperate in a government investigation into charges of discrimination by medical schools against those who oppose abortion.
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Hendriken High At Durfee Saturday Most baseball action tomorrow and Saturday involves nonleague or interdivisional games. A high point of weekend baseball is an exhibition game between Bishop Hendriken High of Warwick and Durfee at 11 a.m. Saturday at Alumni Field, Fall River. Tomorrow's non-league schedule includes Westport at Old Colony Regional, Dartmouth at Case, Holy Family at New Bedford, Cohasset at Middleboro, and Sacred Heart at Apponequet, ... all at 3:15 p.m. Saturday nonleague games, in addition to Hendriken-Durfee. have Bishop Connolly High at New Bedford, 2 p.m.; Fairhaven at DightonRehoboth, 10:30 a.m. When conference play resumes Monday, Division One games will have New Bedford at Bishop Stang High, Taunton at Dennis-Yarmouth, Somerset at
Durfee,' Barnstable at Attleboro. Wednesday's games list New Bedford at Taunton, Somerset at Stang, Dennis-Yarmouth at Barnstable, Attleboro at Durfee. In Division Two West, Seekonk is at Bishop Feehan High, Dighton-Rehoboth at Coyle-Cassidy, Case at Diman Yoke, and Connolly at Westport on Monday with Diman at Connolly, Westport at Case, Feehan at Dighton-Rehoboth, and CoyleCassidy at Seekonk. Saturday Old Rochester will host New Bedford Yoke-Tech at 1 p.m. in a Division Two East game at 1:15 p.m. Holy Family at Bourne, Falmouth at Fairhaven, Dartmouth at Wareham is the Two East offering for Monday. On Wednesday it will be Bourne at New Bedford Yoke, Old Rochester at Fairhaven, Wareham at Holy Family,. St. Anthony at Falmouth.
Tight Race in Hockomock League North Attleboro and King Philip are running a tight race for the Hockomock Baseball League crown with Oliver Ames and Sharon within reaching distance. Beginning tomorrow Hockomock baseball games will be nine innings instead of the seven that have prevailed in earlier games. Tomorrow's schedule lists Franklin at Canton, Mansfield at Foxboro, Sharon at Stoughton, Oliver Ames at North Attleboro. The league has full cards scheduled for Monday and Wednesday. Monday's games have King "l>hilip at Franklin, Foxboro at Oliver Ames, Sharon at Mansfield, Stoughton at Can-. ton while on Wednesday iit will be North Attleboro at Foxboro, Stoughton at King Philip, Oliver Ames at Sharon, Canton at Mansfield. Sophomore Tom Messier's onehitter in North Attleboro's 6-1 victory over Franklin last Friday will go down as a major highlight of the season. Messier, a southpaw, struck out 14 batters in only his second start of the season. In one stretch, from the second to the sixth inning, he fanned 12 of the 13 batters he faced. Although the baseball schedules for the remainder of this
week are slim, there is plenty of action in other sports. Among tennis matches today are Somerset at Holy Family, Barnstable at Wareham, Old Rochester at Fairhaven, Stang at New Bedford Yoke-Tech. Girls' tennis matches have Wareham at Barnstable, Fairhaven at Old Rochester. Track meets list Fairhaven at Yoke-Tech today, Wareham at Bourne, Old Rochester at Dartmouth, Stoughton at Sharon, Canton at Oliver Ames, North Attleboro at Foxboro, Franklin at Mansfield tomorrow.
usee To Develop Language Guides WASHINGTON (NC) -- The U.S. Catholic Conference's Education Department is developing guidelines to purge sexist language and role stereotyping from religious education materials. The guidelines, to be ready in October, are being developed at the request of religious textbook publishers and will also be available to diocesan directors of religious' education. .-Before writing them, the education department consulted with 25 religious educators at a· conference on "Images of Women in Religious Education Materials."
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LONDON (NC)-For the next several years at least, the recent Salisbury agreement between the white minority government and black moderates in Rhodesia will probably lead to more intense civil warfare "and the brink of economic collapse" in that country, according to an analysis by the Catholic Institute for International Relations.
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Southeastern Mass. Conference schools won two championships in state relay meets last Saturday. Dartmouth High compiled 70 points to outdistance runnerup North Quincy, 46, and third-place Westwood, 40, in the boys' Class C State Relays in Lawrence. Falmouth posted 48Y2 points to win the girls' Division Two State Relays in Falmouth. In that division Somerset had
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AMONG STARS in"Sea Gypsies," a new family movie, are, from left, Mikki Jamison-Olsen, Shannon Saylor, Robert Logan, Heather Rattray, Cjon Damitri Patterson. (NC Photo)
DALLAS (NC)-The Catholic Church needs both the discipline of its structures and the spontaneity of the charismatic renewal Father John Bertolucci· told some 10,000 persons gathered in Dallas for a regional conference of Catholic charismatics.
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• tv, movie news New Film "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" (Universal) is set in 1964 on the day that the Beatles appear on the Ed Sullivan Show. Three New Jersey girls enact an elaborate scheme to see their heroes, including persuading an undertaker's son to borrow a funeral limousine. Two other participants are a Beatle-hating boy and girl who come along for reasons too improbable to go into. Although action and dialogue are mainly innocent, there are unfortunate lapses. Some language is rough and there is a tasteless scene with a prostitute, as well as a meantto-be-funny sequence in which one of the girls is alone in her idal's motel suite. These considerations make an adult rating necessary: Morally unobjectionable for adults. On Television For those unable to see it when originally broadcast last December the religious special "Francis of Assisi - A Search for the Man and His Meaning" is being rebroadcast Sunday, May 7, at 1-2 P.M. on NBC-TV. Because of scheduling problems, the original broadcast received disappointing station acceptance. However, in the 71 markets in which ,it aired audience response was exceptional. "The finest hour of my entire life" wrote one viewer. Sunday, May 7, 12:30-1 P.M. (ABC) "B'riha - Flight to SecuritY," Documentary about the underground organization which smuggled 250,000 survivors of the Nazi death camps into British-occupied Palestine. Monday, May 8, 10-10:30 P.M. (PBS) "The Originals; The Writer in America," Eudora Welty, the celebrated Mississippi novelist and master of the short story, is the final writer to be profiled on this series. Tuesday, May 9, 9:30-10 P.M. (PBS) "I Am A Man." Documentary account of the 1968 sanita-
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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., May 4,1978
The Parish' Parade Publicity chairman of, parish organizations are asked to submit news items for this column to The Anchor, P. O. Box 7, Fall River, 02722. Name of city Jr town should be included, as well as full dates of all activities. Please send news of future rather than past events. Note: We do not carry news of fundraising activities such as bingos, whists, dances, sUPlle's and bazaars. We are happy to carry notices of spiritual programs, club meetinRs, youth projects and similar nonprofit activities. Fundraising projects may be advertised at our regular rates, obtainable from The Anchor business office, telllp.10ne 675路7151.
ST. MARY, SEEKONK Sister Constance Kozel, RSM, associated with the Spiritual Life Center of the Providence diocese, will speak Elt the Women's Guild meeting to foIlow 7:30 p.m. Mass Monday, May 15. Members have been invited to join women of the parish guild of Our Lady of ~"'It. Carmel Church, also in Seeke'nk, for an evening of recoIlection to be held from 7 to 10 p.m. Thursday, May 18 at La Salette Shrine, Attleboro. Reservations may be made with Jean Brackett, 761-8603.' ST. PIUS X, SOUTH YARMOUTH A day of recollection will be sponsored . by the Women's Guild from '10 a,m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, May 9', in the parish hall. Father William M. CosteIlo will direct the program. Participants are asked to bring a sandwich. Dessert and coffee will be served.
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ST. JOSEPH, AITLEBORO Father Donald PeIletier, MS will speak at a Women's Guild meeting slated for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 9 in the parish hall. Parishioners are asked to visit the church dL-ring exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, to take place from 8 p.m. to midnight tomorrow. Cub Scouts will hold graduation ceremonies to the Webelos and Boy Scouts at 7:30 Sunday night in the hall. ST. JOHN OF GOD, SOMERSET A prayer meeting will be held tonight, startiEg with a 7 o'clock Mass. The Brayto'1 Club will meet Sunday foIlowin'g 9:45 a.m. Mass. The Holy Ghost Rosary will be recited at 8 tomorrow night at the home of the Sixth Dominga, Joseph C. Silva, 891 Chace St., Sor:1erset. HOLY NAME, FALL RIVER Practices for First Communion, to be received at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 20, will be held Tuesday and Thursday, May 16 and 18, from 2:30 to 3:45 p.m. Parents of comm'lnicants will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 9 in the school hall. .~_
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Vincentians will meet at 7:30 tonight. Junior eyO cheerleaders are in need of a coach. Volunteers may call the rectory. CCD certificates will be presented to pupils at 9:30 a.m. Mass Sunday and classes will be in recess until September. First penance for second graders will take place at 7 p.m. Monday. Following attendance at 6 p.m. Mass Tuesday, Women's Club
"Cons'tant Concern For Those In Need"
"Every Year Caring, Sharing, Giving"
CATHOLIC CHARITIES APPEAL Diocese of Fall River 1942 -
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.Thirty-Seventh Annual Call For Help
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New officers of the Women's Guild will b'e instaIled at novena services Monday, June 5 and a banquet will be held the following day at the Coachmen restaurant, Tiverton. To be seated are Mrs. Edna Cook,
SSt PETER AND PAUL, FALL RIVER
members will install officers at a banquet at Sunderland's restaurant. Reservations may be made with Inez Pacheco, 6737449, or Mary Walmsley, 6757547. SACRED HEART, FALL RIVER Mass at 8 a.m. Sunday will be offered for deceased members of the Women's Guild. The unit's annual communion breakfast will follow, with Mrs. Jacqueline Serra as chairperson. Folk singers and instrumentalists are needed for a projected parish folk group. ST. ANNE, FALL RIVER An organizational meeting for the parish junior baseball league will be held at 7 p.m. tomorrow in the school recreation room. First communion will take place at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 14.
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The above photo shows Mrs. Barbara Sande,en, a teacher's aide, helping out in one of the many classrooms at St. Vincent's Home in Fall River. The Home is a recipient of funds .from the Annual Catholic Charities Appeal.
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president; Mrs. Margaret Charbonneau, vice-president; Mrs. Margaret Wiles, 'secretary; Mrs. Jeannine Albernaz, treas. Closing date for banquet reservations is Wednesday, May 31 and they may be made with Mrs. Ann Turner, 674-3961, or Mrs. Dorothy Sliwa, 672-5961.
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ST. STANISLAUS, FALL RIVER A communion breakfast for members of the Holy Rosary Sodality will follow 9 a.m. Mass Sunday. The Men's ,Club will meet at 7 p.m. Sunday in the school haIl. Slides of thc! recent Holy Land pilgrimage made by parishioners will be shown at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, May 14 :n the school haIl. Initial plans are being made for a second Holy Land pilgrimage in April. 1979.
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路For ,the Works of Charity, Mercy, Social Service and Education to All People in Southeastern Area of Massachusetts ... The Appeal provides Care for All regardless of Race, Color and Creed ... The Appeal is supported by Fraternal, Professional, Business and IndlJstrial Organizations. The Appeal Provides Care for the Unwanted Baby, Youth, Engaged Couples, the Sick, the Poor, the Elderly, Family Life and Other People in Need.
Specicd Gifts Phase April 24 to May 6 Parish Appeal May 7 to May 17
Honorary Chairman
SundClY, May 7 12 Noon to'3 P.M.
Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D. Bishop of Fall River
17,500 Volunteer Solicitors will visit 104,750 Homes in the Areas of Fall River, New 'Bedford, Taunton, Attlebortl, Cape Cod and the Islands.
Diocesan Lay Chairman Edward S. Machado, of Somerset
This Message Sponsored by the Following Business Concerns in the Diocese of Fall River BUILDING MATERIALS, INC. DURO FINISHING CORP. THE EXTERMINATOR CD.
FALL RIVER TRAVEL BUREAU GLOBE MANUFACTURING CD.
GILBERT C. OLIVEIRA, INS. AGENCY