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Catholic Charities Appeal Su rpassesAl1 Records The Most Reverend Daniel A. Cronin, Bishop of Fall River, expressed . sentiments of joy and gratitude at the news that the 1979 Catholic Charities Appeal of the Diocese of Fall River had exceeded the 1978 amount by a healthy margin, attaining a. record-setting sum of $1,119,483.

48. The Bishop acknowlledged the generous response of residents of SoutQeastern Massachusetts to the appeal for support

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Pilgrim Virgin To Arrive In Diocese Tomorrow The Pilgrim Virgin statue of Our Lady of Fatima, which has been traveling around the world, will come to the diocese of Fall River tomorrow as, part of the year long celebration of the 75th anniversery of the foundation of the diocese. The statue will visit many parishes and institutions in all areas of the diocese during June.

The full schedule of visitations is listed in this edition of The Anchor. It will begin tomorrow at Holy Cross Church, Fall River.

TIie Fatima devotion recalls the appearance of the Virgin Mary to three children in Fatima, Portugal, in 1917.

The International Pilgrim Virgin Statue was blessed by Pope Pius XII and has since then traveled around the world, as a symbol of peace, the essential theme of the message of Fatima.

Arrangements for the diocesan visit have been made by the Jubilee Committee, with the assistance of Msgr. Thomas J. Harrington, Diocesan Chancellor and several groups within the Diocese, foremost among them membeq; of the Blue Army of - Our La4y of Fatima.

In ~ticipation of the visit, faithful ! in the diocese have made tljousands of rosaries and scapula~s, which will be distrib-

uted to those participating in devotions at the parishes and institutions which the statue will visit.

The full-time custodian of the statue, Louis Kaczmarek, will accompany the Pilgrim Virgin and tell of the message of Fatima. General programs at the individual churches may vary, but will usually include exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and 'Eucharistic adoration, access to the Sacrament of Reconciliation, recitation of the Rosary and Marion devotions, prayTurn to Page Seven

Charismatics Set Sunday Service Charismatic prayer groups from all parts of the diocese will celebrate Pentecost and the diocesan jubilee with a prayer meeting from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River.

The call to worship and introductory remarks will be by Father Robert S. Kaszynski, diocesan liaison with charismatic groups.

A regular prayer meeting format will be followed, with 'Father Richard Roy of St. Theresa parish, South Attleboro, givTum to Page Seven

VAnCAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paul II will elevate 14 bishops to the College of Cardinals on June 30. He illso named another prelate a cardinal "in pectore" -that is, secretly.

The name, which mayor may not he made public at the time of the consistory, is believed to be that of an East European prelate, possibly Lithuanian BIsh op Julijonas Steponavicius, apostolic administrator of Vilna, Soviet Union. ' Also among the neWly named was Most Rev. Wladislaw Rubin, 61, auxiliary of Gniezno, Poland and general secretary of the Synod of BIshops at the Vatican. He visited Fall River in July, 1960 when he was rector of the Polish Pontifical College in Rome, joining in celebration of the millennium of Polish Christianity and taking the opportunity to visit a seminary classmate, the late Father Adalbert A. Szklanny, who was associate pastor of St. Patrick's parish, Fall River, at the- time of his death.

BIshop Rubin's reception of the red hat increases speculation that Pope John Paul is grooming him eventually to succeed strong but aging Cardinal Stephan Wyszynski of Warsaw primate of Poland. The bishop's synod post has brought him into personal contact with an international range of bishops scarcely matched by any other Vatican official, and this would be an invaluahle asset for anyone called t9 fill Cardinal Wyszynski's shoes.

This is the complete list of the new cardinals except for the unnamed prelate: - nalian Archbishop Agostino Casaroli, 64, recently named to head the papal Secretariat of State and the Council for the Public Affairs of the Church.

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of Diocesan apostolic endeavors in pastoral, educational, social service and health care areas in the Jubilee Year of the Diocese.

From Catholic Charities Appeal Headquarters, Reverend Monsignor Anthony M. Gomes, Diocesan Director, announced that an unprecedented sum had been attained in the 1979 Appeal.

Bishop Cronin lauded the efforts of Monsignor Gomes and of Lay Chairman Melvin B. Gonsalves of St. Anthony's Parish East Falmouth. The Diocesan Ordinary noted that the success of the Jubilee Year Catholic Charities Appeal is attributable to the efforts of the vast army of lay volunteers on parish committees in every area of the diocese. The leadership and inspiration provided by Catholic Charities headquarters and the diocesan chairman were instrumental in bringing about the record-' setting results of the Appeal.

Eighty-five parishes were designated as "honor roll" members, surpassing their 1978 level of giving.

Msgr. Gomes expiained that Mount Carmel parish in New Bedford once again led the diocesan units, closely followed by

Holy Name parish of Fall River.

St. Pius X Parish of South Yarmouth and St. Francis Xavier Parish of Hyannis were reported in third and fourth place respectively among the 113 parishes of the Diocese, with St. John the Evangelist Parish of Attleb,oro, registering a healthy increase, in fifth place.

Bishop Cronin expressed particular satisfaction with the record-shattering results of the Appeal, given the fact that the 1979 Catholic Charities Appeal coincided路 with the observance of the 75th Jubilee Year of the Diocese of Fall River. The Bishop noted that the unprecedented generosity of the faithful throughout the Diocese during the Jubilee Year was, in fact, quite necessary.

Preliminary budgetary consultations with the various beneficiaries of the Appeal in the areas of social service, child care, education and health care, to say nothing of pastoral endeavors, indicate that the impact of inflation and the anticipated expansion of certain endeavors clearly require a greater level of funding.

Happily, the Bishop noted, the Tum' to Page Five

Ordination Is Scheduled Fo~ Saturday Morning Rev. Mr. Bruce W. Cwiekowski and Rev. Mr. Raul H. Lagoa will be ordained priests for the Fall River diocese by Bishop Daniel A. Cronin in ceremonies at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Mary's Cathedral.

Rev. Mr. Cwiekowski, a native of Meriden, Conn. and the son of John W. and Adeline (Baigert) Cwiekowski, is a member of Holy Family parish, Taunton.

His father is a member of the Tum to Page Five

REV. MR. CWIEKOWSKI

REV. MR. LAGOA

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catholic charities appeal Leading Parishes ATILEBORO AREA $23,950.50 St. John 16,292.00 St. Mary-Mansfield 15,453.17 St. Mark-Attleboro Falls 14,045.00 Mt. Carmel-Seekonk 13,246.00 St. Mary-Seekonk CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS AREA $27,210.00 St. Pius X-So. Yarmouth 25,126.00 St. Francis Xavier-Hyannis 19,079.00 Corpus Christi-Sandwich 16,732.00 St. Patrick-Falmouth Our Lady of Victory16,327.00 Centerville FALL RIVER AREA $29,019.00 Holy Name 16,092.00 St. Mary's Cathedral 15,688.50 Our Lady of the Angels 12,830.00 St. Thomas More-Somerset 10,380.00 St. Patrick-Fall River NEW BEDFORD AREA $29,644.20 Mt. Carmel 16,749.80 Immaculate Conception 16,176.85 St. Lawrence 1~,099.20 St. Joseph-Fairhaven 11,833.50 St. John the Baptist TAUNTON AREA , $12,351.00 St. Mary 9,918.69 Sacred Heart 9,639.00 St. Ann-Raynham Immaculate Conception9,401.50 N.'Easton 8,480.00 St. Joseph

Parish Totals Parishes that have exceeded their 1978 final totals are designated with an asterisk.

FALL RIVER AREA Fall River St. Mary's Cathedral *$16,092.00 Blessed Sacrament *2,414.00

Espirito Santo Holy Cross Holy Name Notre Dame Our Lady of the Angels Our Lady of Health Holy Rosary Immaculate Conception Sacred Heart St. Anne St. Anthony of Padua St. Elizabeth St. John the Baptist St. Joseph St. Louis St. Matthew St. Michael St. Patrick SS. Peter & Paul St. Roch St. Stanislaus St. William Santo Christo Assonet-St. Bernard Central Village-St. John North WestportOur Lady of Grace Somerset St. John of God St. Patrick St. Thomas More Swansea Our Lady of Fatima St. Dominic St. Louis of France St. Michael

*8,328.50 *2,515.00 29,019.00 6,843.00 *15,688.50 *5,703.50' *5,550.00 6,006.00 *9,255.25 *7,729.83 3,400.10 *2,209.00 *4,330.00 *7,383.85 *3,462.00 2,165.00 7,861,00 *10,380.00 7,471.00 2,258.00 *10,350.50 *6,203.00 *10,223.50 *5,309.50 *4,976.00 *7,999.95 *8,383.00 *9,754.00 *12,830.00 *9,023.50 *7,421.00 *9,341.00 *5,886.00

CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS Brewster-our Lady of the Cape Buzzards Bay-St. Margaret Centerville-Qur Lady of Victory;, Chatham-Holy Redeemer East Falmouth-St. Anthony

*$9,019.50 *12,046.00 *16,327.00 *10,720.00 *12,376.10

Edgartown-St. Elizabeth Falmouth-St. Patrick Hyannis-St. Francis Xavier Nantucket-our Lady of the Isle North FalmouthSt. Elizabeth Seton Oak Bluffs-Sacred Heart Orleans-St. Joan of Arc Osterville-Assumption Pocasset-St. John Provincetown-St. Peter Sandwich-Corpus Christi South Yarmouth-St. Pius X Vineyard HavenSt. Augustine Wellfleet-our Lady of Lourdes West Harwich-Holy Trinity Woods Hole-St. Joseph

*2,822.00 *16,732.00 *25,126.00 *7,852.10 *7,133.00 *3,183.00 5,771,00 *12,014.00 *8,202.00 *5,154.00 *19,079.00 *27,210.00 3,211.00~

*3,930.00 *15,682.00 *3,300.00

AITLEBORO AREA Attleboro Holy Ghost *$12,785.33 St. John *23,950.50 St. Joseph *6,636.00 St. Mark *15,543.17 St. Stephen 5,999.00 St. Theresa 10,787.00 Mansfield-St. Mary *16,292.00 North Attleboro Sacred Heart 5,146.00 St. Mary 11,836.00 Norton-St. Mary 7,174.00 Seekonk Mt. Carmel *14,045.00 St. Mary *13,246.00 NEW BEDFORD AREA New Bedford Holy Name $10,543.00 Assumption *2,893.50 Immaculate Conception *16,749.80 Mt. Carmel 29,644.20 Our Lady of Fatima *6,576.50 Our Lady of Perpetual Help *3,271.50

Sacred Heart '~4,900.00 St. Anne *2,506.QP. St. Anthony of Padua *4,741.00 St. 'Boniface *828.00 St. Casimir 2,343.25 St. Francis of Assisi *3,806.00 St. Hedwig *2,064.00 St. James 10,771.50 St. John the Baptist *11,833.50 St. Joseph 9,353.00 St. Kilian *2,378.00 St. Lawrence 16,176.85 St. Mary 10,018.00 St. Theresa *4,260.50 Acushnet-St. Francis Xavier *4,122.50 Fairhaven St. Joseph *13,099.20 St. Mary *4,347.00 Sacred Hearts *1,490.00 Marion-St. Rita *3,500.00 Mattapoisett-St. Anthony *7,963.00 North DartmouthSt. Julie Billiart *9,834.50 South Dartmouth-St. Mary *10,845.00 Wareham-St. Patrick 9,108.50 Westport-St. George *6,996.00 TAUNTON AREA Taunton *$8,157.00 Holy Family *3,017.00 Holy Rosary 6,515.00 Immaculate Conception 3,298.00 Our Lady of Lourdes *9,918.69 Sacred Heart 6,111.00 St. Anthony *5,189.00 St. James *8,480.00 St. Joseph 12,351.00 St. Mary *7,974.00 St. Paul 2,549.00 Dighton-St. Peter *5,621.00 North Dighton-8t. Joseph North Easton *9,401.50 Immaculate ~onception *9,639.00 Raynham-St. Ann South Easton-Holy Cross *7,947.50

DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER 75th JUBILEE YEAR

Visit Of The International Pilgrim Virgin Friday, June 1st Holy Cross Parish -Fall River Saturday, June 2nd Holy Cross Parish Fall River Sunday, June 3rd St. Elizabeth Parish Fall River Monday, June 4th St. Anthony of Padua Fall River Tuesday, June 5th St. John's Parish,Attleboro with visit to Madonna Manor Wednesday, June 6th St. Jch.n's Parish Attleboro Thursd4Y, June 7th La Sal~tte, Attleboro (handicapped program) Friday, June 8th St. Anne's Parish Fall River

Saturday, June 9th St. Anne's Parish 'Fall River, departing in afternoon for Rose Hawthorne Home, thence to St. Mary's Cathedral Sunday, June lOth St. Mary's Cathedral (handicapped program) and afternoon visit to Catholic Memorial Home Monday, June 11th St. John of God Parish Somerset

Friday, June 15th Our Lady of Fatima New Bedford Saturday, June 16th St. Joan of Arc Parish Orleans (handicapped program) Sunday, June 17th Assumption Parish )sterville (handicapped program) Monday, June 18th St. Augustine's Parish Vineyard Haven

Tuesday, June 12th Our Lady of Health Parish Fan River

Tuesday, June 19th St. Augustine's Parish Vineyard Haven

Wednesday, June 13th Assumption Parish New Bedford

Wednesday, June 20th Our Lady of Lourdes Taunton

Thursday, June 14th Our Lady of 路Fatima New Bedford

Thursday, June 21st Our Lady of Lourdes Taunton

Friday, June 22nd Sacred Hearts Parish Fairhaven Saturday, June 23rd Sacred Hearts Parish Fairhaven, with afternoon visit to Our Lady's Haven Sunday, June 24th St. Mary's Parish -Fairhaven (handicapped program) Monday, June 25th St. Mary's Parish Taunton (handicapped program) Tuesday, June 26th St. Mary's Parish Taunton, with afternoon visit to Marian Manor prior to statue's departure.

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FIDDUNG CARDINAL: Cardinal John J. Carberry of St. Louis joins strolling musicians at a banquet for visiting bishops and other guests marking his golden anniversary of ordination. Among the cardinal's renditions were "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" and "Meet Me in St.Louis."

Vocations Sunday Dearly beloved in Christ, Today we here in the Diocese of Fall River keep our Annual Day of Prayer for Vocations to the priesthood and the religious life. And what an appropriate feast for this year's vocations observance: The Solemnity of Pentecost, the "Birthday of the Church."

"The Acts of the Apostles" tell us that" ... when the day of Pentecost came, it found the brethren gathered in one place." They had been in "constant prayer" in the company of Mary,the mother of Jesus.

"All were filled with the Holy Spirit." And the power which the Spirit brought strengthened the apostles for the mission which the Lord had entrusted to them.

They were to be路 his witnesses " . . . in Jerusalem, throughout Judea and Samaria, yes, even to the ends of the earth." And they were. The apostles proclaimed to all the world "the marvels God has accomplished."

The evangelizing mission of the apostles extends to our own day. The spread of the Good News of Christ continues to be the mission of the Church. And the world continues to be in need of hearing of "the marvels God has accomplished." Yet, as Saint Paul asks, "How are they to hear unless someone is sent to them?" (Romans 10:14) This is precisely the reason for the Day of Prayer for Vocations which we observe today.

This Pentecost, in particular, should find us in constant prayer, like Mary and the apostles on the first Pentecost. I ask your good prayers today that those whom the Lord calls to the service of the Gospel will have the courage to respond with generosity.

I likewise encourage your continued remembrance of this intention in your daily prayers. Certainly, the unified and constant prayers of clergy, religious and faithful can only bring to the Diocese the blessing of many vocations.

Extending to all, on this beautiful Pentecost Feast, the prayerful wish that from the good families of the Diocese the Lord will give the Church a generous increase of priestly and religious vocations, I have the pleasure to remain Faithfully yours in Christ,

WASHINGTON (NC) - Pope John Paul II has issued new norms for Catholic ecclesiastical universities and facilities which encourage greater contact by theologians with non-believing scholars of other academic disciplines.

The greater contact should be part of efforts to evaluate new information and see if it can be helpful in communicating doctrine to contemporary people, said the pope in an apostolic constitution called "Sapientia Christiana" (Christian Wisdom).

"New sciences and new discoveries pose new problems that involve the sacred disciplines and demand an answer," said the constitution.

"Those engaged in sacred sciences should therefore maintain contact with scholars of other disciplines, whether these be believers or not, and should try to evaluate and interpret the latter's affirmations and judge them in the light of revealed truth," it added.

The document is accompanied by a set of norms for application issued by the Vatican's Congregation for Catholic Education.

Ecclesiastical universities and路 faculties are defined as "those which have been canonically erected or approved by the Apostolic See, which foster and teach sacred doctrine and the sciences connected therewith, and which have the right to confer academic degrees by the authority of the Holy see.

The norms directly pertain to eight institutions in the United

States, said a statement issued by the U.S. Catholic Conference.

They are St. Mary's Seminary and University School of Theology, Baltimore, the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, Calif., Weston College School of Theology, Cambridge, Mass.; the Jesuit School of Theology in Chicago; .St. Mary of the Lake Faculty of Theology at St. Mary Turn to Page Seven

Pontiff Lauds Faith, Zeal Of Portuguese People ROME (NC) - .Preaching in Portuguese in the church of Saint Antonio dei Portoghesi, Pope John Paul II praised the Portuguese people for their fidelity to the church and their missionary spirit.

The pope's visit to the small, baroque 17th-century reconstruction of an earlier church marked the SOOth anniversary of the papal bull issued by Pope Alexander III reorganizing the kingdom of Portugal.

In welcoming the pope, Cardinal Antonio Ribeiro, patriarch of Lisbon, called his country's

work in spreading the Christian faith "one of its greatest titles to glory."

Relations between the Holy See and Portugal over the past eight centuries, the pope said in his sermon in Portuguese, have been characterized by "fidelity to the church, mother and teacher of peoples, on the part of Portugal, from the time when its first king offered the Portuguese land to the Roman Church, and good will, on the part of the Holy See, which came to grant to Portugal the title of "most Turn to Page Seven

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Vocation Difficulties This weeekend two young men will be ordained to the priesthood for service in the diocese. Certainly thoughts of gratitude and thanksgiving fill the hearts and souls of all who truly care about the mission of the priest in our journey of faith. Yet in many areas of our life this event will remain unnoticed and even in some circles purposely ignored. Such is the condition: that exists not only in our secular society but woefully even in areas of church life.

As a result of this mentality, fewer and fewer young men and women choose to listen to the call of God to the priesthood or religious life. Even Catholic schools and universities which at one time encouraged and nurtured this call now seem to have little interest in being instrumental in sending harvesters into the fields. More time and energy are spent in attempting to get students into the "best" undergraduate or graduate schools. The paying not pray. ing profession is the rule of the day.

Some of the blame for this situation does indeed rest with the restlessness that has permeated various areas of American church life. It is difficult to list the multi- factors of discontent and disturbance that affected our total lives in th垄 late sixties and early seventies but there can be little doubt that they have been a deterrent to helping young people hear the voice of the Lord. The l.ament of Rachel is being drowned in the beat of disco and the fever of rock as Americans eat, drink and seek to be merry.

However, of all the social upheavals that have had a direct and determined role to play in emptying seminaries and novitiates none has had such a disastrous effect as the creeping dissolution and destruction of American family life.

The age of the single parent; the avoidance of marriage as sacrament and pagan family survival attitudes: all have contributed to the serious situation that now faces American Catholics.

What makes the路 situation even more aggravating is that many so-called "good" Catholic parents just do not want their children to pursue a religious vocation. Medicine, law and other professional pursuits are actively promoted; the priesthood and sisterhood are discouraged.

If there is to be a tum around in the vocational problems that we face in this country, might it be suggested that we try to realize that there must be a corresponding change in Catholic family living.

Vocations are fostered at the table of the Lord and at the kitchen table. No amount of slick Madison Avenue promotion work will substitute for this. Only a loving mother and father faithfully living their own vocation will be a source of inspiration for future generations to answer the call of Christ.路 Perhaps if Catholic families begin to tum off the noise of their lives, His voice will be heard.

Letters Welcome Letters to the editor are welcomed. All letters should be brief and the editor reserves the right to condense any letters if deemed necessary. All letters must be signed and contain a home or business address.

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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER Published weekly by The Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River 410 Highland Avenue Fall River, Mass. 02722 675-7151 PUBLISHER Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, D.O., S,lD.

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'She hath opened her hand to the needy, cmd stretched out her hands to the poor.' Provo 31 :20

An Interview with Jesus VATICAN cny (NC) - Vatican Radio may have scored the greatest scoop in religious broadcasting history: an "interview" with Jesus.

That is what the Vatican station called a recent questionand-answer sessian in which Jesuit Father Jean Galot, a theology professor at the Gregorian University and author of the book, "Who Are You, 0 Christ?" took part. . To questions asked of Jesus, Father Galot, a specialist in Christology, replied with answers from the Gospels.

Here is the make-believe interview.

Q. Jesus, you never have withdrawn from anyone asking you questions. You answered every. one, except Herod, if I recall correctly. I'd therefore like to .be bold enough to ask you something myself. To begin with: Do you like your name Jesus?

A: I like the meaning of this name, which signifies "God saves."

Q: How does it affect you to see it printed on sweaters, on jeans?

A: I said one day: "When I shaH be lifted up from the earth I will draw everyone to me."

Q: What about the people going wearing the words "Jesus loves you."

A: By this shall all men know that you are my disciples: If you love one another.

Q: Then, too" are you in favor of "Make love, not war?"

A: No one has greater 10ve than this: to give his life for his friends.

Q: And who are your friends?

A: You are my friends if you do what I command you.

Q: And do you have enemies?

A: Satan, but 1 have seen him like lightning falling from heaven.

Q: What is your idea of happiness?

A: Happy is the one who listens to the word of God and puts it in practice.

Q: What do you think human alienation is, about which so many people are talking?

A: Whoever commits sin becomes a slave.

Q: What would you say to a young person who was "shooting up?"

A: Whoever drinks of this water wiU be thirsty again, but the one who drinks of the water I will give him will not thirst forever.

Q: And what would you say to the fans of the 38 (pistol) and the Molotov (bomb)?

A: All those who take the sword wiH perish by the sword.

Q: What's your idea of freedom?

A: If the Son frees you, you will be truly free.

Q: What is the greatest risk that democracy runs today?

A: Every kingdom divided against itself 'goes to ruin and one house crumbles on another.

Pursuing the political angle, the interviewer asked: What do

you think of struggle elevated into a system?

A: Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shaH be called the children of God. Q: What is your opinion of the political situation?

A: Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's and to God the things that are God's.

Necrology June 8 Very Rev. John S. Czerwonka; Assistant, St. Stanislaus, Fall River June 9

Rev. Timothy J. Calnen, 1945, Pastor, St. Joseph, Woods Hole Rev. Joseph S. Larue, 1966, Pastor, Sacred Heart, North Attleboro June 10 Rev. William H. Curley, 1915, Pastor, SS. Peter & Paul, Fall River Rev. George A. Meade, 1949, Caplain, St. Mary's Home, New Bedford June 11 Rev. Msgr. Augusto L. Furtado, 1973, Pastor Emeritus, St. John of God, Somerset June 12 Rev. Thomas H. Taylor, 1966, Pastor, Immaculate Conception, Taunton June 13 Rev. Edward F. Donahue, S.J., 1974, B. C. High School, Dorchcster

THE ANCHORThurs., May 31

Letters to the Editor

New Bedfordites To Mark Jubilee

Letters are welcomed, but should be no more than 200 words. The editor reserves the right to condense or edit, If deemed necessary. All lelters must be signed and include a home or business address.

The New Bedford area celebration of the 75th anniversary of the diocese will take place at a Mass of thanksgiving at 4 p.m.

Saturday, June 9 at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, New Bedford. ,Bishop Daniel A. Cronin will be principal celebrant and all area priests are invited to join him as concelebrants.

A banquet and dance will follow at White's restaurant, North. Westport.

Nobel Candidate Dear Editor: The recent announcement by Mr. Menachem Begin of Israel, nominating President Carter for the Nobel Peace Prize, surprised us and causes us consternation.

Because for the last six months now, our Committee and others around the world have labored to nominate Bishop Oscar Romero of the San Salvador diocese in Central America. We consider this action by Mr. Begin as one more instance where those who follow the little way of Jesus, humbly proclaiming the peace by change of the human heart, are thrown into unfair competition with those who have at their command, not only the centilrs of world economic and political power, but also ready access to the media to promote their causes.

Living in a country with only one third the population of Massachusetts, we know how it feels to have to survive in a world of superpowers that manipulate noble projects like the Nobel Peace Prize.

Therefore, we appeal to those who also feel overwhelmed by the dominance of a system that pays scant attention to the outof-the-way Christian, to send their letters nominating BISHOP OSCAR ARNULFO ROMERO to: The Nobel Peace Prize Committee, Drammensevien 19, Oslo, Norway. Get friends to do the same. Alone, we have little impact, but together we are many.

For more information about the bishop write to: Interfaith Committee on Latin America, 110 Maryland Ave., NE, Washington, D.C. 20002 (send a selfaddressed, stamped envelope.)

Arnoldo Mora President, Costa Rican Committee on Solidarity with the Salvadorean People

Sister And rew Funeral rites were held last Thursday in Putnam Conn. for Sister Andrew Joseph, 81, the former Ellen Cox, a native of St. Patrick parish, Fall River.

Entering the Daughters of the Holy Spirit in 1919, she served in Connecticut convents throughout her religious life.

She is survived by a brother, Brother Christopher Cox, SC, of Brother Martin High School, New Orleans, and by several neices and cousins.

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Ordination POPE JOHN PAUL n greets Sister Alma Dufault (left) Franciscan Missionaries of Mary superior general, and Sister Angelica Augusto, Mozambique provincial, during pontiff's visit to Vatican City convent, made during community's recent chapter meeting.

FMM Founder Beatification Cause Opens:!

Community Constitutions Approved' Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, who teach at Espirito Santo School, are involved in religious education in several parishes and staff St. Francis Guild for working women and college students, all in Fall River, have received word that introduction of the cause for beatification of their foundress has been ratified and confirmed by Pope John Paul II. The word came almost simultaneously with news of approval by the Sacred Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples of the community's new constitutions. / The Franciscal) Missionaries of Mary, numbering over 9,000 members representing 45 provinces in 65 countries, updated their spiritual guidlines in response to a 1966 request of Pope Paul VI religious congregations undertake this \ project between 1977 and 1982.

It was thought, said officials, that the task would take about two months, but the 141 chapter members involved in it needed nearly six months for its completion.

Influencing them, they said,

New Dean Dr. Charles R. Ratto, a native of Easton and the former director of counseling at Southeastern Masachusetts University, is the new dean of students at Stonehill College, North Easton. He replaces John A. Gallagher.

Dr. Ratto is a graduate of Holy Cross College and holds his advanced degrees from Boston College. He held guidance positions at two high schools and at Boston College before going to SMU.

Is Moderator Father Albert J. Ryan, SMM, associate pastor at St. Mary's Church, Taunton, has been named moderator of Taunton Queen's Dau/i:hters.

were firsthand reports of missionary life under oppressive governmental structures, lack of human rights and religious freedom, injustice, poverty and physical dangers of warfare and natural hazards. Sisters working in Burma and Vietnam, for instance, were unable to send representatives to the chapter due to political complications.

Addressing the chapter as it completed its assignment, Sister Alma Dufault, superior general, reminded her sisters "that new social, political and cultural situations in different parts of the world may challenge us to live the fundamentals of our life

Meeting Gathers N.E. Sisters Representatives of seven communities of religious women active in the Fall River diocese, as well as several lay women, were among delegates to New England Journey, a convocation for women in ministry held recently at Mont Marie Conference Center, . .

Holyoke.

The gathering was sponsored by the Sisters' Senates of New England and organizers路 said attendance far exceeded expectations.

The keynote address, "Necessary Journeys: A Guide to Pilgrim People," was delivered by Doris Donnelly, Ph.D., of the faculty of Princeton Theological Seminary. Other talks extended the main theme of women in journey.

A highlight of the two-day meeting was a session during which delegates grouped by diocese to share matters of mutual concern.

"The entire convocation was a sign of hope and a source of support for women in ministry in the Church throughout New England," summed up' Sister Elizabeth Menard, O.P. of the Dominican Sisters Novitiate of North Dartmouth.

under difficulties in the future, just as they have for many of our Sisters in the past and present.

"As religious, we have a particular place in this worl~ where ideologies will continue to confront one another, where it will be our role to be instruments of peace, signs of contradiction, perhaps, educators to justice through word and attitude, witnesses to Gospel values, 'yeast in the dough.'''

Appeal Continued from Page One diocese will be able to respond to the existing needs as the consequence of the generosity of the faithful.

The Diocesan Department of Administration and Finance confirmed the Ordinary's observations. Such apostolates as St. Vincent de Paul Camp, which will require a 10 percent increment to operate in the coming fiscal year, and the apostolate of health care, which, too, will require additional funding in the coming year, must continue.Only because of the generosity of the parishioners of the diocese can allocations be made to support the wide variety of admirable diocesan programs.

Again, given the' 'generous response : of diocesan faithful, no cutbacks are路 Perceived as necesary. Bishop Cronin was especially tgratefUl. for this good news.

For Special Ministers Catchesis and training for newly prop.osed extraordinary ministers of the Eucharist will ,be held at Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro, Tuesday, June 5; at Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth, Tuesday, June 12; and at St. 'Pius X parish hall, South Yarmouth, Tuesday, June 19. All sessions will be at 7:30 p.m. Attendance at one of these programs is required of all proposed for this ministry.

Continued from Page One first diocesan class of candidates for the permanent diaconate.

The ordinand graduated from the former Msgr. Coyle High School in Taunton, then entering St. John's Seminary, Brighton.

He served as ~n acolyte at St. Joseph's parish, Fall River, and as a deacon at St. John the Evangelist, Attleboro.

He will offer his first Mass at 2 p.m. Sunday at Holy Family Church, with Rev. Mr. Lawrence Russo as homilist. Organ music will be augmented by guitars and the flute. The choir from St. John the Evangelist will sing and Mrs. Cheryl Walsh will be soloist.

A reception will follow in VFW Hall, 82 Ingell St., Taunton.

Rev. Mr. 'Lagoa was born in Villa da Santa Cruz, Graciosa, Azores, the son of ~varisto and Maria (Dias) Lagoa. The family are members of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel parish, New Bedford.

After graduating from New Bedford High School in 1966 Rev. Mr. Lagoa served in the U.S. Navy until 1968, then entering Johnson and Wales College, Providence, from which he graduated in 1971.

His seminary studies were undertaken at Pope John XIII National Seminary, Weston, and he served as an acolyte and deacon at Espirito Santo parish, Fall River.

Rev. Mr. Lagoa's first Mass will be offered at 5 p.m. Sunday at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church and concelebrants will include Msgr. Luiz G. Mendonca, vicar general, Father Luciano Pereira and Father Edward Correia, who will also be homilist.

A reception at Kennedy Youth Center, New Bedford, will follow the Mass.

Clergy, religious and laity are invited to Saturday's ordination and priests wishing to concelebrate are asked to bring amice, alb, cincture and stole.

Those wishing to participate in the tite of laying on of hands are asked to vest in cassock and surplice.

Adult Confirmation The sacrament of confirmation will be administered to 4ldults by

Bishop Daniel A. Cronin at 10 a.m. Mass Sunday, the 'feast of Pentecost, at SL Mary's Cathedral, Fall River.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur. , May 31, 1979

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AIeIEW GIlBEY.

I've got Irish Catholics falling over one another to get back into the church," said a priest friend. "Some are even offended that we dared to change the church a little while they've been away."

His comments were fascinating because they provided flesh for the statistical .bones analysis has discovered. There were, according to my friend, many reasons for the return of the Irish drifters.

"First of all," he said, "they're getting into. their 30s and need-

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MARY CARSON

I have been thinking about the similarity between black and church history.

In .school, we got a smattering of black history but much of the ugliness and exploitation was minimized. Church history was taught the same way. We accepted it without recognizing that both it and black history had been purified to teach a specific message to a certain

I, JIM

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Most discussion of national health insurance has been dominated by the. possible rivalry of President Carter and Sen. Edward Kennedy for the Democratic presidential nomination; this sometimes obscures broader questions of the need

-Is the Irish Drifter Returning to the Fold? ed some kind of faith to cope with the fact that they're finaUy brushed up against their own mortality.

"They want the whole bay," said my young friend, "parochial schools, teen clubs, parish discussion groups, benediction, stations of the cross, a priest to take care of their teen-agers for them - and they are outraged to find that, because of the vocation shortage, parish priests can't render all the services they used to . . . of course some of them are offended that we've given up the Lntin Mass. I tell them it was their fault for not .being around when the vote was taken."

The phenomenon of the re-

audience.

The recent teledrama, "Roots," showed the hardships imposed on blacks by outside forces.

Certainly the persecutions of early Christians were similar.

Even today there are countries where being a Catholic denies a person certain rights and freedoms.

But one of the greatest difficulties blacks have to overcome is dissension and discrimination amongst themselves. And the most destructive force in the 'church, it seems to me, is divisiveness amongst ourselves, bitter prejudice between conservatives and liberals.

I don't believe every Catholic (nor every black for that matter)

should think, act, and believe they are often betrayed by their the same way. But I do think own. (Have we already forwe lose sight 路of our common gotten the struggle for freedom goal the advancement of of conscience .by Father John Christ's message of love - and , Courtney Murray?) destroy our str,ength and enerSome blacks accepted slavery gies through in-fighting 'over because they never knew anytrivia. thing else. Many Catholics ac"Roots" pointed out the, per- cept the way the Church is topetuation of slavery because of day without ever thinking that some blacks who were content if God created us with free will to leave things us they were be- and intelligence, there must be cause路 "that's the way they have more to Catholicism than blind always been." How many Cath- obedience. olics echo the same creed?

Slaves are offered freedom There were great risks taken with the Emancipation Proclaby any black who dared to ques- mation. Catholics were 路offered tion "white supremacy." Few the same on Calvary.

But some blacks, while putCatholics are willing to take such risks, for when they do ting on a facade of concern for

There are of course, those determined to stop it. I heard a horror story recently about a Newman Club chaplain who refused to marry two Irish Catholic scholars who wanted a church wedding, unless they solemnly promised to resume weekly Mass attendance and, even though they had gone to Catholic colleges, took a sixlesson course on Catholisism from him.

He had absolutely no right of course, to impose such obligations. In many countries, Italy included, there would be no church marriages if such obliga-

tions were enforced. Instead of viewing the sacrament of mar- _ riage as a graced opportunity for this couple, the beginning of a Spirit-inspired return to the church, he wanted to impose on them the rigid, legalistic obligations that had forced them off in the first place. If the couple never set foot in a Catholic church again, it would have been on his conscience. (Fortunately, their faith was stronger than his, but that was not his fault.)

Two priests and two different reactions. Whether we blow this opportunity depends, I think, on whether we have more priests who say, "Too bad you weren't around when we were voting," and gently laugh at and with the returne~s, than we have ~ priests who think they are authorized to impose new obligations.

the betterment of the race, were really concerned more with personal gain. And sometimes Church leaders are more concerned with perpetuating their own authority than with the good of the Church.

In spite of suffering, a few blacks clung to the hope that one day they would be truly free. Part of that hope was attached to finding a link to their days before slavery. And there are those Catholics who continue to struggle, to risk, to search back through the history of the Church. One day they will stand in front of the sealed tomb, and as the stone rolls away they will embrace Christ, sobbing, "I found You!"

National Health Insurance and Political Tactics for such a program and the current political climate in Congress.

Presidential politics also obscures the fact that the KennedyCarter debate on national health insurance is a vivid example of the way people with the same goal can disagree on political tactics.

Both favor a universal, comprehensive national health insurance system with health care reform but Kennedy, and most church groups, argue that the entire program with a phase in

RODERICK

"My husband said he couldn1t believe I had legs," said a woman who has spent the past few years in slacks

Many women have hardly worn a dress since pant suits became popular in the .late sixties. Then it was quite revolutionary to wear a slack suit to the office, or socially, now the

MARILYN

turn of the Irish drifter is too new for us to say that it is a major social trend, but it is one of the most interesting current happenings in American Catholicism.

"Catholicism," said my friend, "seems to them as good as any other faith, and indeed better than any of the others."

Many realize they needed religious faith to hold their marriage together, perhaps even to make it grow richer. The Catholicism of their youth didn't seem to have much to say to that issue but, again, some religion was better than none.

Finally, my friend said, there was a mixture of mellowing and nostalgia in many who w~re stumbling back into the church.

They were no longer angry at the stupidities and repressions. they had encountered from some priests and nuns. On the con-

and slack suits, yet looked lovely in a dress. Although it took a special occasion to get her to make the switch, I'm betting the compliments she received will encourage her to do it again.

I,

trary, they now remembered vividly the good things about parish life. In fnct, they wanted the neighborhood parish of their youth back again so their kids could have. the same "advantages" they had.

schedule, should be spelled out in one comprehensive bill.

Carter - and Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare Joseph Califano - argue, on the other hand, that it is not possible to pass a comprehensive bill in the near future.

Carter, who has seen more than one "comprehensive" proposal picked apart in Congress, believes it is better to try to reach a national health system step by step.

The administration is likely to propose expansion of Medicaid to 'help the poor, expansion of

Medicare to help the elderly and some form of catastrophic insurance to prevent families from being wiped out financially by unusually high medical bills.

But meantime Congress is considering other proposals to revamp the American health system and political tactics are important here as well.

nedy and the administration all oppose this approach.

First, they argue, such a plan would be inflationary because it would direct large sums of money into the most expensive and exotic hospital equipment and hurt other health care reform efforts.

Several congressmen, notably Sen. Russell Long (D-La.), Senate Finance Committee chairman, want to pass only a program to cover catastrophic medical bills. Church groups, Ken-

. Second, on a more practical level, they believe that once Congress passed a catastrophic insurance bill that would help the vocal middle class, it 'would lose the incentive to pass a broader national health plan.

tables are reversed and the in- ed above was the 25th anniverdependent woman may well dis- sary of Holy Rosary Women's cover she enjoys the freedom Guild, iFall River. Past presi.dents attending were asked to and appearance of a skirt. wear shades of pink, and the Just a few years ago it was head table looked like a rose almost impossible to find a dress. garden because of their lovely There were' gowns for very dresses. special events, but a dress was This is the year of the return as rare as 69 cent hamburger.

TQday it is difficult to choose to the dress and with the economy as it is, a wise selection may because of the wide selection.

The special occasion m.ention- very well be a suit with a coor-

dinated dress. Before you gasp at such extravagance, let me explain. Garbardine jackets are being worn over print dresses in place of a sweater. If you invest in one of these jackets and in a skirt to match, you have a suit; add a softly printed skirt and matching blouse and you have infinite possibilities.

Try a dress this season, but make sure it's a dress for all seasons.

THE ANCHORThurs., May 31

Cardinals

1979

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'Continued from Page One - Italian Archbishop Giuseppe Caprio, 54, president of the Continued from Page Three Administration of the Patrimony faithful' in the person of its of the Holy See. sovereigns."

The pope said he wished to - Italian Patriarch Marco Ce, 53, of Venice, named to that See recall "three coordinates in the trajectory of fidelity to God and

by Pope John Paul II after it was to the church in the life and vacated by the election of Carpiety of the Portuguese people." dinal Albino Luciani as Pope These, he said, were: John Paul I. --' "Christ, redeemer and - Italian Archbishop Egano savior, not by chance figuring Righi Lambertini, 73, papal nunin a significant symbol in the cio to France since 1969 and insignia of the country's flag, special papal envoy as permanwhose cross distinguished the ent observer to the Council of 16th-century ships, launched 'on Europe. glorious adventure for reasons of - Italian Archbishop Ernesto 'Christian boldness,' Civardi, 72, secretary of the - The most holy Virgin, Vatican Congregation for Bishmother of God and mother of ops and secretary of the College the church, Our Lady as you prefor the conclaves that elected fer to call her, who in the 'PorPopes John Paul I and John Paul tuguese home' and 'land of holy II. It is a long church tradition Mary,' at a given moment, from that a new pope makes the con'lady' became 'queen of Portuclave secretary a cardinal. gal.'

- Italian Archbishop Anasta- "The practice of that essio Alberto Ballestrero, 65, of sential dimension of the church, Turin,a member of the Discalthat of being by its nature missced Carmelites who wa's recently ionary; the work of evangelizanamed president of the Italian tion carried out constitutes one Bishops' Conference. of the most sublime religious - Polish Bishop iWladislaw glories of Portugal," Rubin.

The pope urged the Portu- Canadian Archbishop G. guese to "cultivate personal digEmmett Carter, 67, of Toronto.

- Mexican Archbishop ErnCARDINAL-ELECT Wladislaw Rubin, left, with the late Father Adalbert Szklanny nity, preserve the good family spirit and respect for the Lord esto Corripio Ahumada, 59, of on the occasion of the former's visit to Fall River in 1960. of life and the Lord of history."

Mexico City, one of the largest archdioceses in the world.

- IFrench Archbishop Roger Etchegaray, 56, of Marseilles, Continued from Page One - Before a teacher is given emic year or of the 1981 acadContinued from Page Three who is also president of the ing the teaching. Music will be reasons for which a teacher can emic year, depending on the _of the Lake Seminary, MundeFrench Bishops' Conference. by representatives of various distart of the school year in each ocesan prayer meeting groups.

- Irish Archbishop Tomas 0' lein, Ill.; the Pontifical Faculty of be suspended or fired.

Fiaich, 55, of Armagh, Northern Philosophy at Mount St. Mich-Teachers, officials, and staff country. Ecclesiastical instituConcluding the service, Bishop Ireland, primatial see of the is- ael's College, Spokane, Wash.; assistants should receive "suit- tions have until Jan. I, 1981, to Cronin will address participants the Catholic University of Am- able _renumeration, taking acland of Ireland. at 4 p.m. and will then celebrate - Vietnamese Archbishop J 0- erica School of Religious Stud- count of the customs in the local present the education congrega- Benediction. tion with revised statutes incorseph-Marie Trinh Van Can, 58, ies and School of Philosophy in area, and also taking into conAll members of the diocese, who has headed the Archdiocese - Washington; and the Pontifical sideration social security and in" porating the new norms, unless whether or not they belong to given an extension by the conof Hanoi for the past six months Faculty of Theology at the Dom- surance protection." a prayer -group, are invited to gregation.

- Japanese Cardinal Joseph inican House of Studies in Washshare the program.

Diocesan and religious Asajiro Satowaki, 75, of Naga- ington. orders' theological study centers saki, president of the Japanese The constitution is an effort are encouraged to become affiBishops' Conference. to adjust Catholic education to liated with sacred theology facThe new names increase the the "great changes" that have ulties. voting weight of the European taken place "not only in civil - Teachers of a sacred or recardinals, whichr ecently has society but also in the church been running neck-aI'\d-nedt itself" in the past 50 years, said lated discipline should have a a permanent post, he must rewith the combined voting weight the document. ceive approval from the Vatiof the rest of the world's carEcumenical questions, relacan. dinals. tions with non-ehristians and .....; The statutes of each instiproblems arising from contem• BANQUETS • WEDDINGS • PARTIES porary atheism "are to be scru- tution must clearly state the gi~ pulously studied," said the con- canonical doctorate. If the doc• COMMUNION BREAKFASTS torate is not canonical, a teachstitution.

Continued from Page One "Fidelity to the magisterium er will usually be required to ers of reparation and Mass.

Programs for handicapped (teaching authority) of the have a canonical licentiate.

The norms take effect on the persons are planned for each church is always to be emphageographic area of the diocese sized" and "hypothetical or per- first day of the 1980-81 acadin churches where wheelchair sonal opinions which come from new research are to be modestaccess is easily afforded.

The Pilgrim Virgin statue will ly presented as such," said the arrive at 10:23 a.m. tomorrow constitution. at Green Airport in Providence Other aspects of the consttuaboard Allegheny flight 228. tion include: When it arrives in Fall River, a - Statutes of ecclesiastical TO SERVE. . .

THROUGH A LIFEmotorcade will form at 11:30 institutions must be approved by the sick STYLE -OF •.. a.m. at Arlan's parking lot and the Vatican Congregation for the poor community-living the statue wi:ll proceed with Catholic Education. the lonely praying police escort to Holy Cross - The bishops' conferences the young loving Church on Pulaski Street. The in each country are responsible pastor, Father Cyprian Sondej, for seeing that the constitution's the elderly sharing O. iF. M. ,Conv. ,will preside at norms are followed. the neglected caring the first devotions, expected to - The rector and president of commence at noon. each institution must be named The statue to visit this diocese or confirmed by the education (GREY NUNS) is the s~e International Pilgrim congregation.

Sisters of -Charity Formation Center Virgin Statue which visited no - In hiring teachers, instituless tllfln 20 countries. during tions should take into account . 249 Cartier Street ,May of 1978, and was welcomed the requirements of other uniManchester, New Hampshire 03102 versities in the area. by milfions of Catholics.

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FALL RIVER St. Willlam $500 Rev. William J. Shovelton; $50 In Memory of Christopher & Marie Lake; $25 M-M Ronald Mardula, Nora M. Sullivan, Mary Regan, M-M Peter D'Arrigo.

St. William $50 M-M Raymond A. Dooley; $25 Rose Lopes, The Kennedy Family.

St. Stanislaus $85 In loving memory of Paul & Frances Drzal; $75 St. Stanislaus Men's Club; $60 A Friend, M-M Charles Carlos; $50 Mrs. Walter Conrad, A Friend; $40 A Friend; $35 M-M Thaddeus Waszkiewicz & Jean; $30 M-M George Wrobel; $25 M-M Walter F. Zda'bosz, M-M .William Crawford, A Friend, M-M Ernest Motta, A Friend, Jan E. Torres, M-M Philip Violette, M-M Joseph Cichon, M-M Thomas Wrobel. $75 St. Stanislaus Women's Guild; $30 M-M Louis Amaral; $25 Antoinette Orzechowski, Mrs. Alexander Kocon, M-M John Luddy.

81. Sta.Dislaus $110 Miss Mary Joy; $50 M-M Francis Cleary; $25 Mrs. Barbara O'Neil, M-M John Polak, In ~emory of William J. Leeming, A Friend (2).

Santo Christo $250 Rev. Daniel Oliveria Reis; $75 M-M Joseph Vieira Medeiros; $50 Mrs. Helen Oliveira, M-M Frank R. Perry, Santo Christo Credit Union; $30 Augustinho Joseph Viveiros; $25 M-M Jose Barbosa, Francisco Brum, M-M Virginio Brum, M-M J oaquim R. Frias & Son, Gualter Lopes, Amando Tavares da Luz,' M-M Carlos Alberto da Luz, M-M John Borges Luz, M-M Ar;hur J. Moura, M-M Francis L. Mullaly, Mr. Maria dos Anjos Pimenta, Miss Eulalia F·atima Sousa, M-M Joao do Rego Sousa, Octavio Manuel Branco Sousa, M-M Antonio Vieira Tavares, Maria Anjos L. Tavares, M-M Benato R. Tavares. $50 Mayor & Mrs. Carlton M. Viveiros; $30 M-M Jose P. Medeiros; $25 Anonymous (2).

Santo Christo $25 Anibal G. Lage Jr., Jose M. A. Pacheco & family.

ASSONET St. Bemard $125 M-M Francis Sullivan; $25 M-M Paul Bernard, Joyce Gilbert.

CENTRAL VILLAGE St. Jo·hn the BaptJst $35 John M. Porter; $25 Irene Caswell, M-M Arthur Lavoie, M-M Tobias Flemming, Olivier T. Barrette, M-M Edward Cloutier, Isa-belle Sandberg, Agnes J. McCloskey, M-M Joseph P. Halloran, Patricia Clancy.

St. John the Baptist $100 St. Vincent de Paul Society; $25 St. John's Ladies Guild.

NORTH WESTPORT Our Lady of Grace $25 M-M 'Donald Bernier, M-M George Carpenter, M-M Donald E. Clements Jr., M-M Manuel R. Farias, Herman Gi'bbons, M-M Joseph Goslin, M-M Robert Labonte, M-M Charles Messier, M-M Donald Nadeau, M-M Lionel Paquette, M-M Daniel 'J;'enchara, M-M Manuel Vale.

Our Lady of Grace $100 Anonymous; $60 M-M Raymond Cambra; $50 St. Vincent de Paul Conference, Anonymous (2); $25 Dr.-Mrs. John S. Cairns, M-M Kenneth Machado, M-M Albert Mendes, Anonymous WESTPORT St. George $150 Rev. Rene R. Levesque; $100 Dr.-Mrs. James Stubbert, Thomas J. Wilcock; $50 St. George St. Vincent de Paul, M-M John Couto; $35 M-M Norman Forand; $25 Alice Harrison, M-M Peter Putis, M-M Stanley Moore, A Parishioner (2), St. George Holy Name Society, St. George Women's Guild, M-M Kenneth Costa, M-M Wilson Tavares.

St. George $25 M-M Stephen Kovar Jr., M-M Gilbert Nogueira.

SWANSEA St. Michael $40 M-M Kenneth Gardiner; $25 M-M Billy Dolin, Leo Hamel, Mrs. Gerard Caouette, Albert - Bolduc, M-M Gerard P. Lamontagne. $25 A Friend (2).

St. Michael $25 M-M Gus Davl.

Our Lady of Fatima $200 M-M Robert P. Laflamme; $40 M-M Andrew Boisvert; $30 Anonymous (2), M-M James Graham; $25 M-M Joseph M. McDonald, M-M Antone Miranda, td-M John J. Sullivan, Charles Chorlton, Anonymous (6).

Our Lady of Fa.tlma $50 M-M Edward Heffernan, M-M Jeremiah Luongo; $25 M-M Keith Kenyon. $75 M-M Normand P. Choquette; $50 Anonymous, Our Lady of Fatima Women's Guild; $25 Anonymous, Our Lady of Fatima C.Y.O. St. Dominic $100 M-M Manuel Travers; $25 M-M Francis Salomon, Mrs. Imelda Bombadier, M-M Barton G. Albert, The Clement Family.

St. DomInic $100 M-M Gerald Morris; $50 M-M John A. Unsworth; $25 Mrs. Edward Perreault, St. Dominic's Women's Guild.

St. Louis de France $40 M-M Normand Fortin; $25 M-M Omer Thibault, M-M RaYmond Boulanger, M-M Emile Boilard. $100 St. Louis de France Bingo Committee; $50 M-M Thomas Butler; $25 Dr.-Mrs. Nagib Giha.

SOMERSET Sl John 0; GOd $150 St. John of God Womens Guild; f120 Judge Milton R. Silva; $50 Holy Rosary Society, Joseph Costa, St. John of God Prayer Group; $30 Robert Paiva; $25 John Oliveira, Joseph Sequeira, Joseph Souza Jr., Zygmunt Ziobro.

• $375 Rev. Daniel L. Freitas; $300 St. Vincent de Paul Confe~nce;'$150 Dr. Americo Almeida, Holy Name Society.

SI. Patrick $50 M-M John M. Canto, Nora Silva; $35, . M.:.M Valentino Palotta; M-M Lawrence E., Mannes; $25 M-M John W. Kinnane, M-M Fr.l!ncis P. McNulty.

SI. Pa.trick $100 M-M Robert Millerick; $25 M-M Peter Bartek.

Sl ThOlDllB Mqre $750 Rev. Msgr. John J. Regan; $125 Henry Gurl; $100 St. Thomas More Women's Guild; $50 In Memory of Arlyne D. Morriss!'!y, M-M John O'Brien, Mary E. Sullivan; $30 Mrs. John H. Johnston, M-M Luke Ur-ban; $26 Benny Paskavitch; $25 M-M Raymond Bibeau, M-M Leonard Burgmyer, M-M Theodore J. Cabral, M-M Edward L. Gazarro, M-M Joseph Iadicola, M-M Edward McCann, M-M Ronald Mandeville, M-M Kenneth Martin, Mrs. William Mannix, M-M Cletus J. Monahan, Mrs. James Pa,ppas, Mrs. Katherine Peirce, Florence M. Sullivan, M-M Donald P. Waring.

St. Thomas More $200 St. Vincent de Paul Society; $125 Henry Gurl; $100 St. Thomas More Women's Guild, A Friend; $50 M-M Frederic Bartek, Atty.

Charles J. Hague, In Memory of Arlyne D. Morrissey, M-M John O'Brien, Mary E. Sullivan; $40 M-M Thomas Garvey; $30 Rosemary Dussault, Mrs. John H.. Johnston, M-M Luke Urban; $26 Benny Paskavitch. " .$25 .M-M Frank J. Boyko Jr., Joseph R. Gagnon, M-M.Raymond Bibeau, M-M Leonard Burgtnyer, M-M Theodore I. Cabral, M-M Edward L. Gazarro, M-M Joseph Iadicala, M-M Edward McCann, M-M Ronald Mandeville, M-M Kenneth Martin, Mrs. William Mannix, M-M Cletus J. Monahan, Mrs. James Pappas, Mrs. Katherine Peirce, Florence M. Sullivan, M-M Donald P. Waring. $35 M-M Gilbert F. Leonard; $25 M-M Walter Prayzner; In Memory of Joseph J. Langfield & M-M B. J. Harrison.

NEW BEDFORD Holy Name $200 St. Vincent de Paul Conference; $25 M-M Arthur Fonseca. .

OUr Lady of Assumption $52 M-M Joseph M. Ramos; $25 M-M Hannibal Fonseca, Ms. Dorothy Lopes.

immaculate Conception $40 A Friend; $25 James Siiveira Our J.ady 01 Mi. Carmel $135 A Friend; $100 Holy Name Society; $75 In memory of my ,parents; $50 M-M David Lopes, M-M Antone B. Santos; $30 M-M Tobias A. Gaspar, M~M Octavio Medeiros Gonsalves. $25 M...MJames Machado, Kyle .Richard Medeiros, M-M·· Joseph H. Peters, M-M Charles Santos, M-M Delfim Cabral, M-M Manuel S. Costa JE., M-M John Fortunato, . M"'M Edward I. Mello, Mary C. Pereira, M-M Mariano Pimental, M-M Manuel F. Rapoza, M-M Jose Julio Amaral do Rego, Mrs. Mariana Salvador, M-M Peter Vincent.

Our Lady of Fatima $75 M-M Paul Pelletier; $25 M-M William Corrado, A Friend, Dr.-Mrs. Sta~I.ley Walsh.

St. Anne $35 M-M Arthur Powell; $25 St. Anne Credit Union, Lemlin Hardware Co. St. Casimir $200 Atty. Ferdinand B. Sowa.

Sl FrancIs of AssIsi $50 St. Vincent de Paul Society; $25 M-M Anthony Armanetti, M-M Joseph Castellina, A Friend, Guilo' Cesare Lodge # 1880.

J~ $200 A Friend; $50 M-M :yvm. Whalen; $30 William O'Malley; $25 John Quinn, Helen A. S. Ross.

St.

st. John the Baptlsi $150 A Friend; $76 St. John the Baptist Walk-a 7 thon; $30 A Friend. $50 A Friend; $30 A Friend; $25 In Memory of Antonio C. D'Andradeand wife, Maria; M-M John Henriques, In Memory of Gabriel V. Medeiros, Carlos . .N. & Albertina A. Soares. st. Joseph $150 In memory of R. Marcel Roy by Mrs. Lorraine Roy; $50 Roger Guay; $25 Anonymous, Lucille Cyr, M-M Raymond Methot.

St. Lawrence $250 Catholic Woman's Club; $200 M-M Edwin Livingstone Jr.; $150 Rev. Thomas E. 'O'Dea; $100 M-M Joseph Harrington, Dr.-Mrs. George Riley, Dr.-Mrs. Robert Small; $75 Ruth B. McFadden; $50 Margaret Austin, Glennoh Roofing Co., Inc.; Hope McFadden, M-M Joseph V. Smith, M-M Robert A. Makin, Helen Stager; $35 M-M Alfred Beauregard, M-M Edward F. Carney. $30 M-M Paul Curry, Mrs. George Breen, Mrs. Florence Brower; $25 Maurice Mahon, Robert Tessier.

Mary Brimley, Mrs. A. B. Crowe, M-M James E. Murphy, M-M Arthur Poitras, Mrs. Blanche Wyer, M-M R~bert Bedard, Mrs. Hazel McCrohan, Richard Porter, Rosemary Porter, Anna Riley, M-M John Whalen. . $50 Dr.-Mrs. William B. Muldoon, Helen & Elizabeth O'Connor; $25 Enos Home Oxygen Therapy Co., Evelyn M. Midura.

NEW BEDFORD St. Theresa. $50 M-M Robert A. Cyr, M-M Roger Renaud; $40 M-M Henri Valois; $30 M-M Daniel Rego, M-M Raoul LeBlanc; $25 M-M Normand A. Brassard, Gerard Richard.

St. Mary $30 Mrs. Mary 'Peters.

MATTAPOISETT St, Anthony' $500 A Parishioner; $300 St. Anthony"s Bingo, Rev. .William McClenahan, SS.CC.; $100 Margaret C. Healy; $60 M-M Frank Cooper; $50 Mrs. Alberta Flood, M-M Donald Landry; $35 M-M Donald l'ancroft; $25 M-M Paul McGowan, M-M Evangelo Vangel, M-M John Duff, Dr.-Mrs. Charles Tavares.

M-M Joseph L. Flynn, M-M Edward Lewis, M-M Real Breton, M-M Charles Kelly, In Memory of Jeannie Price.

ACUSHNET S1. Franels Xavier $50 James F. Blain; $25 A Friend, M-M Wilfred N. Avery. ' FAIRHAVEN St. Joseph $175 M-M William Carey; $100 M-M Joseph Saladino; $50 Arthur Frates; $30 M-M Lewis Mydlack; $25 M-M Edward Costello, Ralph Souza.

SOUTH DARTMOUTH St. Mary $25 M-M John L. Downey.

WAREHAM St. Pa.trick $100 Knights of Columbus, Father Francis Callahan Council; $50 M-M John J. Callahan, M-M Theodore Cass, Mrs. Jean Engle, Marie E. Murphy, M-M Anthony Rollo; $30 'M-M George Ladd; $25 M-M Charles Beckett, M-M George Barrett, Mrs. Antonia Besso, M-M Hildeburto Borges, M-M Edward Bouley. $25 M-M Arthur Collins Jr., Miss Stella Grassi, M-M John Grenda, M-M Henry Horne, Mrs. Edward Keane, Mt:s. R. M. Lackie, M-M Alfred Langdon, Mrs. Mary M. McDevitt, M-M Francis McWilliams Jr., Mrs. Marilyn Marcho, M-M Robert Parece, St. Patrick's Circle, M-M Christopher Sempos, M-M Robert Tassinari.

TAUNTON Holy Family $25 Carlos Mello, M-M George Mastin, Mrs. Mary M. Silvia. $25 John McCarthy, Winifred Buckley.

ATTLEBORO H,oly Ghost $500 M-M Kenneth Murphy; $25 M-M Henry C. Aguiar St. John the Evangelist $200 St. Vincent de Paul-8t.

John the Evangelist Parish; $100 M-M Harry Borden; $75 M-M Donald Des Vergnes; $25 Mrs. Walter Love, Mrs. David Adams, Ellen Loew, M-M Norman Morin, Dr.-Mrs. Bernard Moule, M-M Arthur Nunes.

St. Joseph $25 Mrs. Orner Gaudreau, Edward Courbron, M-M Leonard Pinault, M-M Edward Mellon.

St. Mark $200 Mrs. William Walton; $100 Philip Cronan, M-M George H. Morse Jr.; $50 M-M Joseph .Rezza, Mrs. Eliza'beth Croke, M-M Paul Lizotte; $30 Florence Leary, M-M Robert Gilmore, Dominick LaFratta; $25 M-M Denni,s O'Neil, M-:M Kenneth Custy, M-M Raymond Tharl, M-M Joseph Feeney, M-M Malcolm Fales, M-M Patrick LaFratta, M-M Thomas Brennan Jr., M-M Edmund Rice, M-M'James F. Brennan, M-M Francis Martin, M-M Edward Armon, M-M John McMahon, M-M John Prest. $75 Mrs. Clyde DePriest; $25 M-M Michael Duggan, M-M Thomas Rush.

St. There$lL $100 Dom Berardi; $50 Raymond Bourque; Normand Carrier; $25 Donald Harkins, Robert Joubert, Joseph Soares, Mrs. Marilyn Bazinet, John Case.

MANSFIELD st. Mary $250 S1. Mary's Conference of St. Vincent de Paul Society, Mansfield; $100 M-M B. Cavallo, George C. Shields Council K of C, Mansfield; $60 M-M Kenneth Megan; $50 M-M Francis Baldini, M-M Edward Kane, M-M Orlando Souza, Joseph M. Caplice, M-M G. Dognazzi; $35 M-M Conley Egan; $30 The McGoldrick Family, M-M Alphonse Musto, M-M R. Greenwalt. $25 M-M Edw. Donahue, M-M Frank Nones, M-M Chas. Damato, M-M Robert Lovely, M-M R. Pelrine, M-M R.. Baldini, M-M J. McCormack, M-M John Tod~sco, M-M Joseph Taylor, M-M R. Viviano, M-M William Reynolds, M-M George Figueredo, Margaret Conley, M-M R. Goddard, Mrs. William A. Schmidt, M-M Frank A. Si'gnoriello.

NORTH ATTLEBORO Sacred Heart $50 M-M Joseph Doran; $25 M-M Leo Piette, M-M Emile Seymour, A Friend.

Immaculate CODCeption $60 Joseph Miller; $50 I.C. Beano; $25 M-M Robert Moulding. $25 M-M Jean Cote.

St. Mary $50 Paul J. Roche; $25 Norma McCa1"thy, Anthony Nadeem, M-M William Corrigan, M-M Richard Forbes, M-M. Henry McCarthy, Mrs. Eileen Taylor.

Our La.cIy 01 Lourdes $25 M-M Joseph Cambra, Mrs. Katherine MacDonald.

NORTON St. Mary $25 M-M Joseph S. Jolly, M-M Ernest J. Precourt. $25 Ann's Place Restaurant; $25 M-M John F. Doherty.

Sacred Heart $60 M-M Joseph Kuper; $25 Mrs. Rosemary Allison, M-M Thomas McMorrow, Lillian G. Gallagher, Rosemary S. Monaghan, M-M Arthur Crosby, Mrs. Lydia Moore.

St. AnthoDY $200 Rev. George E. Amaral; $50 John Ferreira; $25 Mrs. Maria Soares, M-M John Silvia.

Sl Jacques $25 Paul Ouillette, Roland Pelletier.

St. Joseph $100 Walter Powers; $25 M-M John Steen. st. Mary $200 Fred George; $100 Dr. J. Nates; $75 W. W.Smith; $50 Dr.-Mrs. William J. Casey; $30 L. Callahan, Mrs. R. Drake; $25 M-M Howard Donahue, William Martin, George Powers, M-M Kenneth Baker, Peter Corr, M-M Thaddeus Figlock, M-M Charles H. Tripp, Gerald Tripp, Mrs. J'ames Vernazza, Joseph E. O'Boy. $35 Mr. William F. Carney.

St. Paul $30 M-M John Schondek DIGHTON St. Peter $100 M-M James Murphy; $50 St. Vincent de Paul Society, M-M John Cassidy, M-M Leo J. Deslauriers; $35 A Friend; $25 Mrs. Carlton Brown, Louis Mendoza, M-M James J. O'Connell, M-M David O'Connor, A Friend (3), St. Peter's Women's Guild, M-M Clinton Rose.

NORTH DIGHTON St. Joseph $30 M-M Robert Dutra; $25 M-M John Burke, Leo Duffy, M-M Bruce Murphy, Leo Pivirotto.

NORTH EASTON Imma.culate Coneeptlon $100 William J. Lahey; $50 Dr.-Mrs. John Connelly, Elizabeth Coughlin, M-M Eugene Gravlin, M-M John B. Parkes, M-M John Sylvia, M-M Patrick E. White; $30 M-M Geol'ge Carter Jr. $25 Anthony Alho, M-M Ross J. Bridge, M-M Ernest Camara, M-M William Cotter, M-M Walter Gallagher, M-M Donald Hildreth, M-M John W. Leahy, M-M George McGarry, Gerard O'Neil, Joseph Pires, M-M James Simonson, Mrs. Mackenzie Smith, M-M Albin A. Urolatis, M-M H. J. Walcott.

RAYNHAM St. Ann $100 Thomas J. Whelan; $25 M-M Leo Maher, M-M Marcel Marotte-.

SOUTH EASTON Holf Cross $25-J. Vincent Hickey.

SEEKONK Our Lady 01 Mt. Carmel $150 Mt. Carmel Women's Guild; $100 Anonymous; $50 M-M Anthony Venditti, Joseph D. Anthony Jr.; $30 Anonymous, M-M Fernando Silva; $25 M-M Antone Alexander, Mrs. Winifred Callahan, M-M Walter Ger~l1a, M-M Gerald J. Lima.

BREWSTER Our Lady of the Cape $100 Mrs. William Creamer, M-M John Mulhern; $50 M-M Stanley Fowler, Dr.-Mrs. Charles Manganelli, Dr.-Mrs. John Sheehan, 114-114 Alfred Baty; $30 Mrs. Dorothy Jameson, M-M Arthur Barnum; $28 M-M John Donovan; $25 Eileen & Anna MacCarthy, M-M Leonard Guertin, M-M John Sullivan, M-M William Butchard, M-M Frank W. Thorp, Thomas J. Croke, M-M H. A. Granelli, M-M Leonard Doherty.

BUZZARDS BAY St. Margaret $150 Mrs. Catherine DeLay; $25 Mrs. Rose M. Umanzio, M-M Walter Eno. $50 M-M John Silva.

OAK BLUFFS Sacred Heart $50 Sacred Heart Guild.

CHATHAM Holy Redeemer $100 M-M Richard L. Mitchell, Dr. Anne Raleigh McCarthy & Miss Helen M-E McCarthy; $50 Mrs. Rolli Campbell, M-M Thomas Whiteley; $25 M-M John A. Loritsch, M-M Charles McHugh, M-M James GriKin. FALMOUTH St. Patrick $200 Anonymous; $100 William Brennan; $35 Philip A. O'Brien; $25 Anonymous, M-M Daniel Bartolomei, M-M John J. Cavanaugh, M-M Chester Frazier, M-M E. J. Hallahan, M-M Lawrence Kavanaugh, M-M Charles O'Hara.

PROVINCETOWN St. Peter the Apostle $200 St. Vincent de Paul CQnference; $50 Arnold's Inc., M-M Edward Carreiro, Tlp for Tops'n Restaurant; $25 A Friend (2), John's l~ Turner's Candy, M-M John W. Downey, M-M John Grace, Brian King, Land's End Marine Supply, M-M Eugene Poyant.

Parish listings will continue to be published each week in supplemeutal form until all names received

by The Anchor from Catholic Charities have been printed.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur. May 31,1979 I

SCHOLARSH IP JAMBOREE 1979 GREATEST BAZAAR

Abortions OK'd In Hawaii

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HONOLULU (NC)-A Circuit Court judge in Honolulu has ruled that the State Department of Social Services and Housing is correct in using state funds for elective abortions by welfare recipients, turning down a request by Hawaii Right to Life to halt the payments.

Judge James S. Bums .said that the department is properly authorized to pay for elective abortions.

Judge Burns is the son of the late Gov. John A. Burns, who had refused to veto the controversial 1970 law that made Hawaii the first state in the nation to legalize elective abortions, despite pressure from church groups and his personal convictions as a Catholic.

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By Father JohnF. Moore Permanent Diaconate Director In our last sharing of some of the realities that will affect the . life of this diocese upon ordination of the first class of the Permanent Diaconate, basic emphasis was placed upon the idea of the deacon and his relationship with the bishop and priests.

This identity cannot be overly stressed. It is so important that all of us, priest and laity, realize from the outset that permanent deacons, even if married, are also ordained clerics of the church.

However, in no way should this mean that the permanent deacons of this diocese will be "clericalized." This would be a disaster. For E!xample, permanent deacons will never be run· ning around the diocese wearing the so-called symbol of the Roman collar. If this were ever allowed to happen, their effectiveness would be terribly undermined.

Mention is made of their clerical canonical state to stress that the ordained permanent deacon is not a mere glorified altar boy and that he really shares in a unique and proper way in the sacrament of Holy Orders. Because of this, he enters into a sacramental world that for many centuries has been dominated by priests and bishops.

Thus the permanent deacon is the new kid on the block and must face all the problems inherent in such a situation. However, once he is known and his works of service become a reality to the priests and people of this diocese such problems will in due course be eliminated. But at present, the reality of the problem is a factor that must be mentioned. The candidates know this and it is well that everyone become aware of it.

In this regard, when diaconal service is mentioned, it must be noted that both the ancient tradition of the church and the directives of today's restored order of the Permanent Diaconate refer to the area of the deacon's work as liturgy, word and charity.

It is necessary for everyone to realize that these are not separate functions to be performed

independently of each other.

Rather, they are merely different reflections of the one Gospel. proclamation that is the deacon's inspiration and motivation. . Paul Hypher, in writing on t"his aspect of the role of the deacon in today's church in "Clergy Review" offered a most interesting reflection in an article entitled "The Restoring of the Diaconate:" "Liturgy without word and charity becomes superaction or escapism; word without liturgy or charity becomes arid intellectual philosophizing; and charity without word and liturgy becomes social work and sheer activism."

It is precisely in this interpersonal relationship of liturgy, charity and word that the deacon will find his reflection of Orders in a manner that none of us at the present time can even begin to foresee. It is in his living of this reflection that the deacon's own ministerial satisfaction will be formed.

His own growth will be reflected in a creative balance of his personal efforts not to separate his efforts to proclaim the Word, live the Word and serve the Word. This indeed is dynamic.

However, in the expression of this dynamic it is always presumed that it is reflected in a church that realizes that this is nothing more than the work of the Spirit. The Spirit inspired the very renewal of the Permanent Diaconate in the church; the Spirit is blessing our diocese with a multitude of men who are following His call; the Spirit is fostering this work in today's church that realizes only too well. that it needs the continual gift of the same spirit lest the Permanent Diaconate become mere formalism dedicated to dead letters and not the living Word.

Outdoor Audiences VA11ICAN CITY - Pope John Paul II has been drawing such large crowds to his weekly general audiences that he has decided to move the event out· doors to the huge St. Peter's Square. The Vatican Press Office said that from now on there will be only one general audience on Wednesdays.

The Honolulu Advertiser, a local daily newspaper, noted in reporting the judge's decision that Bums, the governor's third child, "would not have been born if his parents had followed their doctors' advice about having an abortion." Mrs. Bums, a polio victim, had already suffered one miscarriage before that pregnancy and doctors had urged the couple to abort the pregnancy for health reasons.

VERY REVEREND Marion Tolczyk, OFM Conv. has been re-elected Minister Provincial of the Conventual Franciscan Friars of St. Anthony of Padua Province.

As a major superior of the Order, Father Tolczyk has jurisdiction over 350 Franciscan priests and brothers working in the Eastern United States. They include priests in Holy Cross parish, Fall River; Holy Rosary, Taunton; and Our Lady of Perpetual Help and St. Hedwig, New Bedford.

When elected Minister Provincial in. 1976, Father Tolczyk was the first of the Province to be elected to the position through a universal suffrage vote.

Ordained in 1954, he has served in Massachusetts parishes and taught and was principal at St. Francis High School, Athol Springs, N.Y.

Chaplains Want Cease-Fire WASHINGTON (NC) - The Pennsylvania delegation to Congress has asked President Carter to order a moratorium on the firing of military chaplains "until administrative changes are made to insure that there is a balanced faith representation."

The letter marked the delegation's second attempt to have Carter deal with denominational imbalance in the chaplains -corps. In a May 1978 letter, they criticized the fact that clergymen of already underrepresented faiths were being dismised under the military's "up-or-out" system, in which members of the military must be promoted or fired.

The administration's response was "a defense of the 'up-orout' policy" and "did not address the fact that several faiths are not being adequately repre-sented in the chaplain corps," said the Pennsylvanians.

Another person who has written to Carter about the military chaplains' situation is Father Myron Wagner, provincial director of the Society of the Divine Savior. "As a major supplier of clergymen to the armed forces, our society can rightfully wonder what remedial steps the Office of the Presidency will take," he said. "There can be no effective and positive remedy without your personal involvement."

FATHER PEDRO ARRUPE, Jesuit Superior General, has named Father James C. O'Brien, SJ, acting principal of Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, as assistant to the re~ cently appointed New England regional provincial, Father Edward M. O'Flaherty, SJ. Father O'Brien assume his post in August.

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A native of Nashua, N.H., he was ordained in 1961 and taught and was principal at other Jesuit high schools in Massachusetts before coming to Bishop Connolly High in 1976. He is active in professional associations for teachers of English.

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NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. (NC) A Catholic lay group has urged that Pope Paul VI's Credo of the -People of God be incorporated into the official liturgical year and recited on Trinity Sunday. ') ') In a proposal officially made • • • to the U.S. bishops, Catholics United for Faith said that commarried Catholics to receive the mon recitation of the Credo of sacraments of penance and the the People of God "would be at Eucharist, but the possibility is once a most appropriate liturginot ruled out. cal celebration of the mystery My suggestion is that anyone of the most holy Trinity. and a personally interested in an in- uniquely effective means for dividual case take the American broadening and deepening all bishops' own advice to remar- Catholics' understanding of the ried Catholics: "Take the next faith." step by approaching parish The late Pope Paul issued the priests and diocesan tribuna'ls to Credo of the People of God in see whether their return to full June 1968. CUF said that shortly eucharistic Communion is pos- before his death the pope singsible." led out his credo as the most (Quotes are from the state- significant, far-reaching and ment of the American bishops abiding action of his pontificate. when they petitioned the pope The organization suggested in May 1977 to rescind the ex- Trinity Sunday as the day for communication of divorced and recitation of the credo because remarried Catholics, which had the Gospels for that Sunday in been in force in the United all three cycles "relate to the States since 1884.) supernatural virtue of faith and Questions for this column to the primary object of our should be sent to Father Diet- belief: the most holy Trinity." zen c/o The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, The credo is a profession of Fall River, Mass. 02722. faith, longer than the Nicene Creed normally recited at Sunday Mass, Ibut the proposal suggested that "the time required for this recitation is just about the same as the time requested for the solemn reading of the passion on Palm Sunday." , THIRD ORDER DOMINICANS, The Measure FALL RIVER "We pardon in the degree that Third Order Dominicans will we love." - La Rochefoucauld meet at 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 8 at Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Home, 1600 Bay St., Fall River.

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By Father John Dietzen Q. A few weeks ago you discussed the possibility of divorced and remarried Catholics returning to the sacrament of Communion. I still don't understand a few things about this.

Does the church now consider second or third marriages all right, since these people are no longer excommunicated? If not, how can the church say it is Communion, if they are living in sin? (Mass.)

A. I realize this matter sounds extremely complicated and ,confusing to most Catholics. You express a few misconceptions in your letter, however, which you share with many others, but which need to be cleared up if we are to understand what the church has done, and is doing, in its concern for divorced and remarried members.

First of all, be absolutely clear on one point which I've mentioned every time this subject is dealth with: In lifting the excommunication of divorced and remarried Catholics, the American bishops explicitly stated that their action could in no way indicate acceptance of these second marriages as valid and sacramental. The fact that persons in this situation are no longer excommunicated simply means th~t they remain members of the church, and may share in many ways in its life and worship. (Actually, many remarried Catholics were doing this already, whioh only increased confusion over the-significance of the bishops' action, which they intended as a profound expression of concern and care for these members of our faith.)

To your second question, it is true that divorced and remarried Catholics are living in an objectively sinful situation according to the church's laws, which· reflect its beliefs in the permanence of marriage. For this reason, of course, the general rule of the church is that they cannot receive Communion.

However, whether the individuals involved are, as you put it, "living in sin" as far as their own souls are concerned is something only God can know and judge. It is possible they are, not, if for example, they sincerely wish to do everything necessary to get straight with God, but find it morally impossible to leave the present spouse without proportionately serious emotional, spiritual, or physical. harm to others. Tl:tis is simply good traditional moral theology.

Appiying, then, our traditional theology of the Eucharist, it becomes clear that receiving Communion may be considered in some instances. As the bishops said, the lifting of the excommunication does not "of itself" permit divorced and re-

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The Blind Disciples

point painfully clear by asking them no less than seven insisThere is a fairly large segment tent . questions. He is patient of the Gospel of Mark which with them, but one can sense, has been called the Loaves Sec- too, something close to exaspertion (6, 31-8, 21, with 8, 22-26 ation, as his last question would as an appendix, but a meaningful indicate: "Do you still not underone). The author has gathered stand?" (8,21) together here for catechetical In a sweep of events in Mark's purposes quite a bit of origin- Gospel, there is at this point a ally isolated material. The one definite impression of impendcommon link is the mention of ing tragedy. John the Baptist, "bread" in the several subjec- the personal forecast of Jesus' tions, with the two interpreta- career, has been beheaded. Jetions of the multiplication of sus has been rejected by his loaves as the theme-setters. official adversaries, his relatives, and his own townspeople, and It is this rather loose method of composition that accounts now his disciples fail to recogfor the especial difficulty of 8, nize him.

And before long, these, his 13-21. The second multiplicatiol) account (8, 1-9) was followed - chosen ones, would abandon him immediately by the recrossing in his darkest hour. Only the resof the lake and the aggressive urrection will open their eyes demand of the Pharisees for a to the full truth.

This would seem to be Mark's "sign" (8, 10-12). And now the little group was back in the catechetical point. It is not that boat again, upset because they the disciples were obtuse or iIlhad forgotten to bring bread disposed. It is rather that: they with them. Mark qualifies his simply could not comprehend remark about their not having the mystery of Christ without any bread by adding: "except faith. And neither could - or for the one loaf, they had none can- Mark's Christian readers. with them in .the boat" (8, 14). They must accept and treasure One is tempted to suspect that God's gift of faith and walk he was suggesting that, having bravely in that "dark light."

Jesus with them, they had the one loaf that really matters, the eucharistic Lord.

By Father John J. Castelot

"0 ne does not grow bored with something to which one is committed."

Is Christian Commitment Boring?

By Beryl Newman

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It is laughable to imagine anyone seriously suggesting that Christian commitment might be responsible for boredom. The whole thrust of the Gospel is that commitment to the word of God is precisely the answer to the purposelessness and emptiness in which boredom takes root.

Of course, boredom is the direct opposite of commitment.

Yet we do hear of Christians complaining of being doomed to a boring marriage because of their religious ,belief, for instance or of being trapped in some tedious occupation because of a religious vow, of life becoming joyless because of stricter moral standards than common in our society, of religious observances deteriorating into the humdrum.

But the idea that such boredom could be allied to our commitment indicates not only a confusion of thinking, but a misapprehension of the nature of commitment.

Boredom and commitment are contradictory terms.

One does not grow bored with something to which one is committed. It is possible, on the other hand, to be bored when • we do not believe in, what we are doing or why we are doing it, or see it as something added to our lives that is less important than our real purpose in life.

Students, for instance, may become -bored with classes because tpey are not convinced that thElir subjects bear sufficient relttionship to what they perceive' as their future calling.

Married persons may complain of boredom when they have lost sight of the real meaning of marriage.

We may then speak of commitment when it never really existed. Sometimes people undertake certain tasks, adopt certain lifestyles, less from conviction of their rightness than from the need to adapt to what they believe is expected of them, or what will enhance their prestige.

We are, unfortunately, all vulnerable to the temptation to impress others.

Often we refer.to commitment and sometimes wryly speak of being stuck with it. -But that is not commitment in the religious context. Christian commitment

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cannot be entered into unwillingly. It is the willing bondage of oneself to the way of Christ and the teachings of the Gospels. , It is living with a vision of Christ crucified and resurrected.

If there is not at least a hint of such a vision, there cannot be commitment.

A rather obscure research scientist was once asked if his life long dedication to work where progress was almost imperceptible and failure common, had not been tedious - if, in fact, he had not grown bored with it.

"I have never given boredom a thought," he replied. "There Tum to Page Thirteen

Ramakrishna: AHindu Mystic

By Mary C. Maher

was a character in an old Indian Sanskrit epic who gathered his Ramakrishna (18836-1886) is army to fight a demon from ,perhaps the best known Hindu among the animals of the forest. mystic of modem times. He was "Krishna" is the chief speaker in born of a Brahman couple, the the 'Bhagavad-Gita, the well fourth of five children. Religious known Hindu religious text. lore has it that previous to his From these two characters and birth his mother received a dithe meanings of their lives, vine visitation which told herRamakrishna was well named, of the special character of her as his life brought together the son. love of natun! and inner mystiAs a child (his name was then cism.

Gadadhar), he showed. extraRamakrishna became a priest ordinary artistic taste and was in the Kali temple near Calcutta said to have had mystical ecsta- where he spent 12 years in . sies. prayer and meditation. He married, then began to study VeWhen a teen-ager, he went to danta, a Hindu philosophical Calcutta to a school which his older brother had started. How- system. He experienced what he ever, he sought wisdom more thereafter stressed: the nonin the natural world. He became duality of being. Faith and reaTum to Page Thirteen known as Ramakrishna. "Rama"

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At any rate, their predicament occasioned no little consternation and some bickering among themselves, as is suggested by 8,16, which would follow more logically after 8,14, even though the Greek is none too clear. But between 14 and 16, Mark has put a puzzling remark, which Luke has used in a very different and much more logical context. Jesus instructed them: "Keep your eyes open!

Be on your guard against the yeast of the 'Pharisees and the yeast of Herod" (8,18).

Matthew (16,5) substituted Sadducees for Herod .and explains the yeast as a figure for the teaching of Jesus' adversaries (16,12). Luke (12,1) interprets it as a reference to the hypocrisy of the Pharisee Among the Jews yeast had become a popular symbol for corruption, for corrosive influences: and it is in this general sense that Mark seems to intend it here.

The disciples have just witnessed the multiplication of loaves. Here in the boat with them is the one who performed this marvel, and they are all upset because they've forgotten to bring bread. In other words, they have missed the whole point of the miracle and are just as blind as Jesus' ilIdisposed foes. This is the "yeast" about which he is warning them, and he goes on to make the

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By Janaan Manternach

One day Jesus and his disciples were crossing the Sea of Galilee in a fishing boat. It was soon after Jesus had fed a huge crowd with a few loaves and fishes.

Jesus and his friends had just had an argument with the Pharisees, who were good men, but who felt Jesus was breaking God's law. So they kept asking him for a sign to prove that he was close to God and an orthodox Jew. Jesus grew weary of their demands. He knew no unusual sign would help them. They should be able to tell from¡ what he said and did that God was with him. So he got into a boat with his friends and left the puzzled 'Pharisees standing on the shore.

Jesus was received to be alone with his friends. With them he felt at home and could forget the arguments of the Pharisees.

At quiet times like this, Jesus talked about things that touched him deeply. He shared his deepest thoughts and feelings This time he was warning his friends against the kind of thinking the Pharisees used. They always wanted proofs, signs.

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Sports Expenditure Rules Questioned by Notre Dame BOSTON (NC) - Proposed legislation aimed at compelling colleges to match expenditures on such revenue-producing sports as football and basketball with equal funds for less profitable women's programs is "very unjust, very unreasonable and counterproductive," according to the executive vice president of the University of Notre 'Dame.

Holy Cross Father Edmund P. Joyce expressed his views on proposals which some fear would spell the end of intercollegiate athletics as they now exist.

Father Joyce was in Boston to ,help inaugurate a Notre Dame fund-raising campaign in New England.

He said that Notre Dame fully supports equal opportunities for women in all intercollegiate athletic programs suited to them.

But he added that some proposals put forth ,by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare are self-defeating and unjust.

"It seems quite clear that they are cranking into their computations gross expenditures that a university. would have in its football program," Father Joyce said. "They are really saying that

~f you spend, say, $1 mililon for football and you have the same number of women in your college, then you have to spend $1 million on your women's athletic program.

"The answer of all of us (college administrators) is, 'where is the $1 million going to come from?'" he continued.

He said Notre Dame spends nearly $1 million on football and realizes a return of about $500,000. This, supports practically all of the school's other intercollegiate sports for both men and women.

Deprive Notre Dame of the revenue derived from football, the vice president argued, and it is deprived of the means to finance the rest of its athletic program.

"You have to talk about net," he said. "There is no way you cim talk about gross without taking into consideration revenue."

Father Joyce also said the grants-in-aid to football players do not discriminate against women. They exist, he said, "simply because football is so popular in America. It is a social phenomenon and has nothing to do with discrimination of sex."

Ramakrishna Continued from Page Twelve son were not opposed, nor were the urges of body and soul.

He later studied Islam and had visions of God as Allah; finally he studied Christianity and claimed to have had visions of Jesus. He believed in the central unity of all religions and dedicated himself to the reconciliation of all humankind.

He sought to unify East with West by locating the primeval force he believed at the heart of all religion.

Ramakrishna believed that in all that exists there is one who is a perpetual birth. Religion is therefore never accomplished, but is a ceaseless action and involves the .will to strive - like the outpouring of a spring, never a stagnant pond.

This religious leader was not a social hero like Gandhi and Tagore, but he profoundly influenced religious life in India.

His famous disciple, Swami Vivekananda, said, "It was no new truth that Ramakrishna came to preach, though his advent brought old truths to light. In other words, he was the embodiment of all the past religious thought of India."

The Vatican II document, "Declaration on the Relationship of the Church to NonChristian Religions," states: "From ancient times down to the present, there has existed among dIverse peoples a certain perception of that hidden power which movers over the course of things and over the events of human life, at times, indeed, recognition can be found of a

Commitment Continued from .page Twelve have been times when I have been exhausted. But bored?

Never. ",I may never make a great ,breakthrough," he continued, "but what I do builds toward an end that most of the time is hidden from us."

He lived with and worked toward a vision of the day when man would understand all there is to know of life. Christians, too, are involved in the exciting revelation of the mysteries of life and concerned not only with its visible aspects but its spiritual source and end.

If we are bored in our socalled apostolate, it is not because of commitment but the lack of it.

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Supreme Divinity and of a Supreme Father too. Such a perception and such a recognition instill the lives of these peoples with a profound religious sense.

Religions bound up with cultural advancement have struggled to reply to these same questions with more concepts and in more highly developed language.

"Thus in Hinduism men contemplate the divine mystery and express it through an unspent fruitfulness of myths and -through searching philosophical inquiry. They seek release from the anguish of our condition through ascetical practices or deep meditation or a loving, trusting flight toward God."

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Continued from Page Twelve Jesus hoped his friends would understand, but as he chatted it became clear that even they did not understand who he really was.

Jesus was disappointed and hurt. He asked them, "Do you still not see or understand? Are your minds completely blinded?

Have you eyes but no sight?

Ears but no hearing? Do you remember when I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets of fragments you gathered up?" They answer'ed sheepishly, "Twelve."

Then Jesus said to them with a weary sigh, "Do you still not understand?"

Jesus must have looked back sadly over the past months.

These were the 12 men he had chosen to be his close friends.

They had watched him go out of his way to 'help people who were sick, frightened or poor.

They had heard him speak of God's love and forgiveness. They had seen him go up to lepers, whom everyone else avoided.

They had seen how compassionate he was with anyone who was suffering. They had seen him heal, forgive, comfort, strengthen, encourage, teach.

If anyone was close to God, Jesus certainly was.

But even the disciples did not understand. Like the Pharisees, they, too, wanted more signs.

As they sailed, Jesus and his friends became silent. The disciples knew Jesus was disappointed with them. They wondered about him. Just who was he? What was there about him that they could never quite understand?

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LONDON (NC) - Britain's first woman prime minister has her own brand of Christianitly.

Thatcper placels Margaret greater emphasis on the oldfashioned virtues of self- reliance, self-discipline, and law and order than on the social Christianity preached by most current church leaders.

Mrs. Thatcher, an Anglican, gave her religious views in articles in the Anglican weekly newspaper, Christian World, and the Catholic weekly newspaper, The Universe, just before the election.

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She said ,she thought there were two.broad principles which should supply the framework of a Christian's thinking about politics.

First is "the supreme importance of the individual, of personal moral choice and effort, of freedom seen not as a means of gratifying our own selfish' wishes !but as a condition of responsible living."

The other principle, she said is that "our every action has some effect on our neighbors and we are commanded to love them as ourselves."

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By Cecilia Belanger "Ten me, is prayer any good?

How do you pray, and how do you know if it's doing any good? I just don't understand prayer. Will you please give me your feelings on the subject?"

This a question I was asked this week, but it has also come up in the maill several times since I've been writing this column. The elusiveness of prayer, its possibilities, its positive effects, and so on.

What can one say about prayer that hasn't already been said, including the manner in which we've been instructed to pray by our Lord himself.

Yet there are people who are telling me they pray no more. I doubt that. Perhaps they are not praying. consciously, but I feel they are still praying. People, however, have become cynical about prayer. This may be because of the praying that goes on at football games, at political rallies, before heauty pageants and a!ll the rest of these contests, as if God were on one side or the other.

The psalmists were not always confident of either the nature of God or his commandments, but they knew they were not self-SUfficient and that they were dependent upon powers beyond themselves. They acknowledged that life was essentially a gift and they stood before the Giver of the gift in fear, aw~, and wonder.

For Abraham, Moses and the prophets the primary question about prayer was not, "Doe'5- it work and will I get what I want?"

The first question was whether the power so evident in nature and history was trust worthy.

Prayer is a human response to whatever it is that encompasses our existence and upon which we are finally dependent as iiv-

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ing beings. Jesus never promised I have had this experience with his disciples that if they just particular people. prayed hard enough they would Humans are praying mammals get anything they wanted. He because they are awed by the said that what they prayed for wonder of life, humbled by their within the framework of the own inadequacies, and forever Kingdom they would receive. Of hoping in the name of someone course, the great qualifier was or something for that which will the simple little phrase, "in my transcend the daily l'ound of Name." eating, sleeping and working.

We ought to know what that Because it is true that we do means. If any of us asks, in not iive by bread alone, we do not live simply Iby any or a1'l seeking a recommendation for of these activities, but by a employment or looking for a power that comes to us, by a . favor, "may I use your name" mercy that forgives us, by a we make sure that the request spirit that when least expected to be made will be consistent infuses our lives with fresh purwith the character of the one poses and new courage. whose name we seek to use.

The problem with Jesus has been that we have been guilty of praying for too many things which are inconsistent with his A junior at Bishop Gerrard Name. If we let our lives be High, Fall River, has been chomore fully permeated by his sen to participate in a summer Spirit, we wouldn't have so many science training program at Providp.nce College. She is Kaproblems praying. ren Cobery, who hopes to beBut when we pray for new come an orthodontist. Named hearts, for greater compassion, for the suffering of refugees, for as her alternates were Catherthe hungry of the world, for the ine Rezendes and Claudette Duinsight to see beyond the ob- four.

The six-week PC program invious those things that are hidden and eternal, we are engaged volves study of environmental in a discipline of the spirit by biology and· biological compuwhich our minds are opened to ter simulation. Only 28 "highnew possibi'lities and our hearts ability secondary 'School stuto new and transforming affec- dents" were accepted for the course. tions.

Prayer offered in the Name and Spirit of Jesus changes us.

It is as simple as that. SomeFeehan seniors graduated times our awareness is widened, 'sometimes our pretensions are Tuesday, but festivities aren't humbled, and sometimes we hear over. They'll be honored toin the word uttered by another morrow night at an alumni asnothing less than what for us sociation reception at Stone becomes the word of God, that Bridge Inn; Tiverton. is, an authentic and healing Underclassmen at the Attleword. boro high school had their honSometimes a word in a ser- ors day yesterday and they'll mon or conversation or no word begin exams on Monday. at all, but a singular act, will Other upcoming activities are become for us what the burning a pancake breakfast Sunday and bush in the desert became for a paper drive, for which contri-_ Moses-and we wi1'l know that butions may be brought to the we are standing on holy ground. . school yard, also on Sunday.

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You can play the game, you can act the part Though you know it wasn't written for you Tell me, how can you stand there with your broken heart Ashamed of playing the fool One thing can lead to another, it doesn't take any side to fight Father and mother, sister and brother If it feels nice, don't think twice Shower the people you love with love Show them the way that you feel Things are going to work out fine if you will Do as I say Shower the people you love with love Show them the way that you feel Things are going to be much better if you only will You can run but you cannot hide This is widely known What can you plan to do with your foolish pride When you're all by yourself alone Once you tell somebody the way that you feel You can feel it beginning to heal I think it is true what they say About those squeaky wheels Always getting the grease Written and su~g by James Taylor (c) 1976, Country Road Music, Inc.

"Shower The People" is soft in sound but powerful in mesage.

We are encouarged to "shower upon others" the gift of our love, to move beyond caution and cease sharing love in carefully measured amounts. If we are willing to take this risk, we open our lives to a more plentiful harvest of happiness.

While such a promise is inviting, it also makes us uncomfortable. The idea is easier to say than to act out. We cannot be sure of how much the gift of our love will mean to others. Sometimes • we feel hesitant and even foolish about telling another, "I love you."

We need both to love and be loved. We are often unclear about how best to respond to these needs. A life which has been without love for a long time cannot immediately respond to an unexpected gift of love.

The song develops with attractive lyric simplicity, but taking the message seriously requires a decision. We need to realize the commitment involved when we risk to shower another with our love. To love is to risk openness to uncertainties. But even more, to shower the people we love with love is to dare tQ give life.

When we do, we participate in the mystery of God.

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New student council officers Among upcoming HF events: at Taunton's Coyle-eassidy are an all-sports banquet Saturday; Lisa Conlon, president; Mark uniform measurement and ring Johnson, vice-president; Pauline order day, Tuesday; National Gracia, secretary; Steve Kelliher, Honor Society induction bantreasurer. They will be installed, quet, Wednesday. in September, together with class The annual Mass for deceased officers and other student coun- alumni will be offered at 8:30 cillors. a.m. Sunday, June 10. A communion breakfast will follow.

Graduation ceremonies will take place at 7:30 that night and all Registation for incoming are asked to be HF students freshman was held earlier this present. month, but latecomers are still welcome, according· to officials at the· New Bedford high school.

It's A of Life New officers of the school ATLANTA Social justice Booster Club are John Pacheco, is an area of evangelization in president; Claire Jeronimo, vice- which "collaborative efforts are president; Mary Stone, secre- essential," Archbishop Joseph tary; Theresa LaPerriere, treas- L. Bernardin of Cincinnati told urer. an interfaith aUdience in AtlanAnd the glee club will be ta. We described evangelization headed by Therese Racine, aid- as a Gospel-oriented way of life ed by Debra Machado, secre- rather than a technique or a tary; Pauline LaPerriere, treas- program.

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ball and softball and was named the Spartanette girl athlete of the year in 1970. She is chairperson of the Southern Massachusetts Board of Officials in volleyball and has officiated at games in that sport and in basketball at the high school and college levels.

The Letendres. are the only known such combination in scholastic athletics.

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"The American Game," a feature-length documentary, focuses on two high schol seniors, both basketball stars, deciding what to do after they graduate.

One is black and from Brooklyn.

The other is white and comes from northern Indiana, a state in which basketball is much li~e a religion.

The film is most successful in Hockomock Names All Stars The Hockomock League has fielders Michael Nelson and getting at the human elements released the names of its all Tom McCormick, Sharon; cen-. involved and in. showing how star players in a variety of terfielder Mark Nichols, Oliver the advantages and drawbacks of competitive sports are linked. sports.

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Canton High has the most re- There is an instance of rough King Philip High, Wrentham, has placed four on the varsity presentation - five players - on language by a coach. A2 All-Hockomock' baseball team: the league's all-star girls soft"Dreamer" (Fox): In this first-baseman John Lewicki, ball team. They are outfielders of bowling, a young "Rocky" center-fielder James Amidon, Terry McNeil, and Laurie Leary, designated hitter Joel Poirier, and infielders Dot Curran, Carla unknown wins the national championship. The script, howand senior pitcher Joe Johnson. Fitzgerald, Mary McCa'thy. ever, is padded with incidents of Also on the team are shortFranklin High is represented stop Brenda Corbett, pitcher no great interest, and Tim Matby catcher/utility infielder Lynda -Lyons, Franklin; short- heson is pretty bland as the Tony Carlucci and pitcher Tim stop Natalie Prosser, Foxboro; hero. The result is mediocre enCharest. Other All-Hockomock shortstop Sheila Kane, King entertainment, with an implicastars are catcher Michael Philip; pitcher Rose Provost, tion of premarital sex. 'PG, A3 Moreshead, second - baseman North Attleboro; infielder Terry "Firepower" (ITC EntertainJim Lavery, Foxboro; third base- Bodio, Oliver Ames; infielder ment) A retired hit man (James man Bill Murphy, and short- Sharon Block, infielder Nancy Coburn, is recruited by the govstop Paul Sullo, Canton; out- Craig, Stoughton. ernment to kidnap a wealthy and crooked financier from his State Tourneys Open Next Week The Eastern Mass. schoolboy were New Bedford High, Somer- Caribbean sanctuary so that he baseball playoffs are scheduled set, Case, Old Rochester, Dart- can be brought home to face to open l\ext Tuesday. mouth, Cape Cod Tech, Appon- charges. Sophia Loren is on The seemingly interminable equet and Southeastern Re- hand as a mystery woman. Exrain has raised havoc with gional. Other possible qualifiers pensively produced with lots of scholastic schedules in all out- are Coyle-Cassidy, Dighton-Re- lovely scenery, this is a trite door sports and schools are hoboth, Foxboro, Sharon, Frank- melodrama whjch leans heavily making efforts to catch up on lin, Nauset and Sandwich. The on violence, portrays thugs,' list of possible qualifiers will murderers and assorted criminall the rained-out contests. undoubtedly undergo change as als as really decent chaps when Schools within the diocese rained-out games are made up you get to know them. R, B area that seemed assured of .approaching deadline Saturday "Hanover Street" (Columbia): berths in the baseball playoffs qualifying.

An American bomber pilot (Harrison Ford) has an affair with a English nurse (Lesley-Anne Down). Winding up in Occupied France with her intelligenceagent husband (Christopher ST. TIlERESA, HYACINTH CIRCLE D OF I, NEW BEDFORD Plummer), the American not NEW BEDFORD An 11 a.m. Mass of the Holy only saves him from the Gestapo Hyacinth Circle of the Spirit this Sunday will be follow- but plays a tearful farewell Daughters of Isabella will hold ed by a Pentecost service of peti- scene with Miss Down. An atits annual corporate commun- tion and praise for special in- tempt to make an old-fashioned ion and Mass for deceased mem- tentions and healings. wartime romance, "Hanover bers at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, June Street" is merely silly. Although 10 at St. James Church, New SS. PETER AND PAUL, the illicit love affair is not conBedford. Breakfast will follow FALL RIVER doned its graphic depiction is ofSenior CYO mystery ride has at Thad's restaurant, with Rev. fensive. PG, B Horace Travassos, chaplain, as been postponed until tomorrow Friday night. Cars will leave the speaker.

"Last Cbanee" (United Art· rectory parking lot at 7 o'clock. ists): A government agent (Roy Final meeting for adults to be Scheider) finds no assignment IMMACUlATE CONCEPI1ON, confirmed will be held Saturday waiting for him when he reports FALL RIVER after 7 p.m. Mass in the choir back after recuperating from a The Women's Guild will meet room. The sacrament will be ad- breakdown. As it turns out, there at 7:30 p.m. Monday, June 4 in ministred Sunday in St. Mary's is a rather stiff competition the paril1h hall. The annual ban- Cathedral. underway to do him in, and a quet is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.

Eighth Grade class day will seemingly sweet but mysterious Wednesday, June 6 at the Gang- be held Monday and graduation graduate student (Janet Margoplank restaurant. will take place Tuesday. lin) is somehow involved in ·it.

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General ratings: G-suitable for genBy BILL MORRISSETTE eral viewing; PG-parental guidance sug· gested; R-restricted, unsuitable for children or younger teens.

Connolly Athletics Dominated By A Woman Catholic ratings: "Al-approved for Bishop Connolly High School and for seven months she was . children and adults; A2-approved for set a precedent of sorts last interim women's athletic dir- adults and adolescents; A3-approved for week when it appointed a womector at Southeastern Mass- adults only; B-objectionable in part for en, Mrs. Michelle Letendre, as achusetts University. everyone; A4-separate classification its athletic director, succeeding (given to films not morally offensive Brother Daniel 'Caron, FIC, who At Stang she participated in Which, however, require some analysis has been named principal of a field hockey, basketball, volley- and explanation); C-condemned.

school in Plattsburgh, N. Y. Mrs. Letendre is the wife of Marc Letendr~, who has been the school's baseball coach for several years. They are residents of New Bedford, where he is a public school teacher. She, a gradute of 'Bishop Stang High School, brings broad experience to her new position. She has served as scorer for Cougar basketball and basebaI1 games.

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A wild melodrama with 'a weak plot and too many red herrings, "Last Chance" might nevertheless pass as fair entertainment except for brutality and eroticism that are morally and esthetically indefensible. R, C "The Silent Partner" (£MC): A bank teller (Elliott Gould) takes advantage of a robbery to secrete a large cache of money, knowing that the robber will be blamed for its loss. The robber (Christopher Plummer), however, doesn't like to be made a fool of. There follows a battle of wits between teller and robber which might be diverting except for the cynicism that permeates the film and its sex and violence. R, C "Saint Jack" (New World): American Jack Flowers (Ben Gazzara), makes his way with flamboyant assurance through the underworld of Singapore, Jack's profession, unfortunately, happens to be that of a procurer, Gazzara is excellent and so is Denholm Elliot as a decent accountant with whom Jack strikes up a friendship. The film is marred, however, by its sentimentalizing of if its hero and its benign attitude' toward his line of work, and there is also one rather suggestive sequence.

R, B "Fast Charlie • • • The Moonbeam Rider" (Universal): David Carradine is a returned World War I veteran who enters a transcontinental motorcycle competition for fame, fortune, and honor. Brenda Vaccaro plays a waitress who, with her young son, comes along for the ride. Only mildly funny. There is a suggestion of premarital sex.

PG, A3 "The Fifth Musketeer" (Columbia): This remake of "The Man in the Iron Mask" features Beau Bridges in the double role of Louis XIV and his twin brother. Such veterans as Jose Ferrer, Cornel Wilde, Alan Hale Jr. and Uoyd Bridges play the now-aged musketeers who see to it that. the good twin finally reigns. A dreadfully silly film.

Some adult situations make this mature viewing fare. PG, A3 "The Prisoner of Zenda" (Universal): In this latest remake of an old favorite, Peter Sellers plays the dual role of the foppish King Rudolpij·. and the stout-hearted' EnglisIlln.an who takes his place at great personal risk. The picture has some gorgeous scenery arid, few' amusing moments but is neither romantic nor funny enough and thus only mediocre entertainment.

PG,A2 "Winter KUls" (Avco Embassy): A ~avish melodrama about the brother (Jeff 'Bridges) of a slain president who attempts to unravel a conspiracy that comes to light 19 years after the event. Nothing makes much sense, and the film attempts to hold interest by graphic sex and violence ~nd by the shamefUl and unscrupulous exploitation of memories.

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The solemn Mass of the feast will be celebrated at 12:15 p.m.

Sunday, followed by a street procession and entertainment until 10 p.m. in the church yard and hall. John Costo is chairman for the weekend.

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A meeting of "St. Michael's Follies" troupe members will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 7 in the rectory.

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An all-night vigil beginning and ending with Mass will be held from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. tomorrow at Holy Cross Church, Fall River. The rosary will be recited and a holy hour will be conducted in the course of the evening.

The international statue of the 'Pilgrim Virgin, in the diocese as part of the jubilee year celebration, will be present. There will be a coffee break during the night and all are invited to attend all or any part of the vigil.

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The Holy Ghost feast will be observed Sunday with a procesion forming at 11:30 a.m. at Slades Ferry Avenue, proceeding to the church for a crowning ceremony and "soupas" and a concert in the parish center.

Domingas for next year will be chosen at this time.

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The Women's Guild will sponsor its annual Mass and corporate communion at 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, June 12. Dinner wiIl follow at the Capeway Manor, ,Brockton. Reservations may be made through Tuesday with Mildred Stepanaitis or Ann Gregg.

Girl Scouts of the five parish troops will hold a potIucksupper arid· awards program at 7 tonight.

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