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Hoffer at Stonehill

,Ordinary·Man1s God-Given Talents Make Great ~ationl Better People A dynamic challenge to use their God-given talents to develop a great nation, a "learning nation", was issued Sunday to over 300 graduates of Stonehill College by commencement speaker Eric Hoffer, longshoreo man, philosopher, and educator. " "YOU are full of talents. YOU are the ordinary' people, the descendants of immigrants, and your task in life is to finish their work!" he concluded to a standing ovation from graduates, faculty and guests.

In developing his theme that it is the ordinary people who An Anchor of the Soul, Sure and Firm-St. Paul possess talent and who constitute a great nation, Hoffer, an " entirely self-educated man who is now a full, professor at the University of California at PRICE 10¢ Berkeley, cited examples from ©' 1971 The Anchor $4.00 per year the past.

"In Athens in the space of 50' years there was a whole crop of geniuses," he mentioned, "including Aeschuyles, Euripides, Socrates. Later, during the Renaissance, a similar 3ituation occurred' in Florence. These people didn't come from Heaven!

His Excellency, Most Reverend from St. Thomas More Parish,' They were, the sons of small Daniel A. Cronin, today an- Somerset, to St. Patrick Parish, ,shopkeepers: peasants,' farmers. nounced the transfer of six; as- Fall River, as assistant pastor; "Even .later, in Holland'in the sistant pastors and the first ap-' Rev. Barry W.' Wall, from 17th Century there were a thoupointment of a newly ord~ined Immaculate Conception Parish, ,sand major painters, but in more priest. . .. ':Taun'ton, toSt. Mary's Cathe'recent times .when VanGogh Assigned for the· fir.st time is dral, Fall River, as. ass~stant wanted to 'paint he was forced .

Rev. Richard Beaulieu who will pastor. " to go t6. Paris! The, point is take up his duties at St: Jacques Father Clark . that a nation flourishes when the Parish, Taunton.

Born in New Bedford on Aug. James A. Clark ordinary people have the op11, 1929, Rev. The transfers ,include: the son of Elizabeth' Clark portunity to develop their talis Rev. James A. Clark,from ents.'"

Cflaplain of Bishop Feehan High and the late James Clark~ "No one really maintains o School, Attleboro, to Iminaculate After studies at Holy Name S h I N B 'df d d M that exceptional people are Conception Parish,' Taunton, as c 00, ew e or, an sgr... h t k t l' "H f in Taunton" Y", a ma e. ~rea na .lOns, 0 Coyle High School assistant pastor. 'd C II" 'fer added, cItIng RUSSIa, Germany Rev. Paul F. McCarrick, from h e a tt en d ed P rOVl enee . 9 ege. '" Great BntaIn whIch became e p' nes th 00 d and ' .

St., Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, an d prepare. d f or·th' to Sacred Heart Parish, Taunton, at St., John's Seminary, in great USIng the small people, al. as assistant pastor..

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Rev, Thomas F., McMorrow, Father Clark was ordained to former assistant at Sacred Heart the Priesthood on Feb. 2, 1955 Parish, Taunton, who has been' at St. Mary's Cathedral by Most ." recuperating from illness, to Our Rev. James L. Connolly.

Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, ---- Lady of Victory Parish,- CenterThe new Taunton curate has S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River, has served as assistant pastor ~t ville, as assistant pastor; Rev. Donald E. Messier, from St. Mary Parish, New Bed~ord, announced the Summer placeSt. Patrick Parish, Fall River, to Assistant Director of the Latin ment of deacons of the Diocese.

Rev. Mr. Michael' Nagle has St. Thomas More Parish, Somer- American Burueau, NCWC, set, as assistant pastor; Washington, D. C.; Special As- been assigned to St. John the Baptist Church in New Bedford.

Turn to Page' Ten Rev. Gerald T. Shovelton, He has been in residence there since June 1.

Four other deacons will begin their Summer work on June 15.

Rev. Mr. George C. Bellenoit will serve at Sacred Heart Church in Fall River.

Rev. Mr. Marcel H. Bouchard WEST DE PERE (NC)-Cath- said. "The ..problem is not lack of is assigned to St. Theresa's olic schools belong to the people, money nor lack of ideas."

Church in Attleboro. and· if the people want them Father KOQb said CatholiC Rev. Mr. Timothy J, Goldrick they will survive, the president schools have expanded dramatof the National Catholic Educa- ically over the last 10 years in will work at Holy Name Church tional Association said here in the direction of including lay iri Fall· River: Rev. Mr. Daniel F. Hoy will Wisconsin. people in decision-making. serve at St. Patrick's Church in This marks a shift to partici- Wareham.

Keynoting a workshop on Catholic . boards of education, patory democracy, he told those The deacon Summer program Father C. Albert Koob noted the attending the workshop at St. is under the direction of Rev. mood about Catholic education Norbert's College here.

John J. Smith, Diocesan Director . , across thp. country ranges from Lay men' and women, priests of Vocations. The program is tremendous enthusiasm to des- and Religious who sit on Catho- one in which deacons fulfill their pair and discouragement. lic 'school boards of education work of preaching, baptizing, "The confidence factor is the participated in ~ the day-long administering Holy Communion deciding factor for Catholic edu- workshop, sponsored by the Bay and other parish work according Turn to .Page Two cation," the Norbertine priest to their degree of orders.

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though the former two achieved this without freedom. "The only legitimate purpose of national greatness is that the nation might become a better people."

"A good society is one in which most ot" the people have elbow room and the desire to

learn and to grow," he continued. "A good society is one which produces not learned people but learning people. It is one without a generation gap, because grandparents, parents and children are all students. A Turn to Page Six

Fall River, Mass.,' Thursday, June 3, 1971 Vol. 15, No. 22

Bishop' Releases .New Parish Assignments

Assign Deacons For Summer·'

Survival of Schoo.ls In Hands of People

STONEHILL: Receiving honorary degrees fI:om Stonehill College in North Easton on Sunday were, left, Eric Hoffer, longshoreman, philospher and educator and, center, Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River, shown wit.h Very Rev. John T. Corr, C.S.C., .retiring president of. the college.

Pope Calls Freedom • Church Essential In VATICAN CITY (NC) - The Vatican issued today an unusual 23,OOO-word pastoral instruction on communications that. calls freedom of information and expression "absolutely essential" in the Church, rejects needless secrecy, favors interpretive reporting, and in general contrasts sharply with a past record of news media mistrust by Church officials.

The new document puts clear demands on both bishops and laity to keep themselves informed on what is happening in ,the Church and the world, saying that building a healthy pub'lic opinion requires open and complete news reporting.

The pastoral was given simultaneous worldwide release here and in foreign capitals by na-

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Legion ,of Mary Senatus Head To Speak Rev. John J. McCarthy of Boston, spiritual director of the Senatus of the Archdiocese of Boston, will speak at three Masses in St. Joseph's Church, Fall River' over the weekend of June 5-6.

Father McCarthy will speak at the 4:30 Mass on Saturday afternoon, June 5 and the 9:30 and 11:00 Masses on Sunday morning. June 6.

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Aboye assignment effective Tuesd'ay;, Jun'c I,: 1971. ' I

Rev. Donald E. Messier, assistant at'St.Patrick Parish, Fall River, to St. Thomas More, Parish, ,Somerset, as assistant.

Rev. Geraid T. Sho\'clton,' assistant at St. Thomas More Parish, Somerset, to Sf Patrick Parish, Fall -River, as" assistant. . ,

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School Surviva I Continued from Page One and Marquette dioceses' and ,the St. Norbert's education department. .

-, The late Msgr. O'Neil D'Amour' pioneered the first such boards of education in the country during the late 1950's in the Marquette dio'cese.

"At first a few people, thought 'the idea heretical," Father Koob noted.

'Today there are over 2460 U.S. Catholic school boards of education at ,the 'parish and diocesan level.

ATLANTA (NC)-An :American bishop has receive~ Boy Scouting's highest honor; the Silver Buffalo Award, ata ~ational scout meeting here.

Bishop William G. Conhare of Greensburg, Pa" episcop~1 moderator of the National Catholic Committe~ on Scouting f6reigh"t years, was cited as "a! gifted interpreter of the spirit of Scouting."

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Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, Both • assignments effective S.T.D., Bishop of Fall 'River, ' June I, 197J. has c~mfirmed' the following appointments made by VerY Rev. Necrology sai~, i' Edmund Szymkiewicz, O.F.M. JUNE 4 "Through your efforts,' scoutConv., Minister Provincial of the Rev. Joseph P. d'Amaral, 1949, ,ng is enjoyed by Catholic boys Province of St.' Anthony of PaPastor, Santo Christo, Fall River. in every diocese in America . dua: Rev.. Louis J. Terrien, O.P." Scouting and boyhood iare in ,Rev. Joachim Dembeck, 0.1'.

Domini~alf Priory, Fall your debt." , 1920, M.Conv., 'from assistant at Our ' Bishop Connare and si~ other Lady of Perpetual Help Church, River., JUNE 5 friends of scouting receiyed' the' New Bedford, .to Holy Rosary ,Very Rev. Thomas J. McLean, award at a ceremony conducted Church,' Taunton, as assistant.

Rev. Adolph Szelagow1'ki, 1954, Pastor, St. Francis Xavier" 'by Boy Scouts of Atnerica's 'national court of honor. The cerO.F.M.Conv., who has been Hyannis.

Rev. Msgr. Louis Prevost, emony was part of BSA's 61st stationed outside the Diocese of Fall River, to' assistant at Our 1970, Pastor Emeritus, St. Joseph, annual national. countil tneeting here. '" Lady of Perpe,t~al Help Chu~ch, .' New Bedford., JUNE 8 The award for "distiriguished New 'Bedford.",' Rev. John S. Czerwonka, 1~61, service to ,boyhoo'd" has been Assistant; St. Stanslaus, Fall- pr~sented to 361 individuals, inPentecost 'Message River. 'eluding six former u.s1 PresiVATICAN CITY (NC)-Qn the, dents. '" • . ' JUNE 9 feast of Pentecost Pope Paul Rev. Timqthy J. C,!I!1en, 1945, Bishop Connare also received called upon Catholics, to honor Pastor, St. Joseph, Woods Hole. Scouting's Silver Antelope the Holy Spirit's workings in the ' ,Rev. Joseph S. Larue, 1966, AWard in '1966. priesthood of all Ghristians but' Pastor, Sacred Heart, No. Attle"especially , i~' the ~inisterial boro. ' priesthood."

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Contends China Still Dedicated To Commun,ism VATICAN CITY (NC)-China is dedicated to the "coming of communism" despite all its recent friendly overtures to the free world, a Vatican journalist has declared.

In an editorial in the April 25 edition of L'Osservatore della Domenica, the Vatican weekly, Frederico Alessandrini said that China will borrow strength from any source, "even the United States," to gain its objectives.

The editorial contended that the invitation to a U. S. table tennis team to 'visit Ch-ina, reestablishment of telephone co.mmunications with Great Britain and easing of trede restrictions should not be interpreted as a softenjng of Peking's intentions.

"Mao Tse-Tung's regime allows capitalist trade. only to 'realize' itself in accord with its own ideology and its own plans, that is, to set up a socialist regime-the way to a classless society. In other words, to the coming of communism," Alessandrini said.

Benefit From Trading "It is unthinkable that the Peking government could modify or reverse its directives. It will ccntinue _to fight against 'capitalist imperialism,' to denounce its collusion with the U.S.S.R. and to sustain, if· it should regard it as expedient, the 'movements of liberation' in Asia and elsewhere," the editorial said. ' Alessandrini, who also heads the Vatican Press Office, said that the United States and other industrializeq' powers might benefit from trading with China.

But, he added, the Soviet Union must be uneasy about such economic cooperation, because Soviets themselves, he said, became strong by dealing with strong nations.

'Provocative Answer' This can only hasten the eventual struggle between the Soviet Union and China for leadership of the communist world, Alessandrini warned.

At least one Moscow publication, Literaturnaya Gazeta, has expressed concern over the flirtation of China with the United States.

In its April 21 issue, the publication described the "Ping-pong diplomacy" as a despicable collusion at the expense of the people of Indochina, who are fighting against American imperialism.

Further, it alleged that this Chinese detent was a "provocative answer" to proposals of the recent 24th congress in Moscow favoring improvements of relations between the Soviet Union and China.

Sister' 'Lou;,s 'Marks Religious Golden Jubilee, Silver Jubilee as ~4meri,can Citizeln "I'm always on the streets," says twinkly Sister Louis Gabriel of . the White Sisters of 194 Second St., Fall River. "God only knows how far I walk a day:" The tiny French nun is a familiar sight in the Second St. neighborhood as she carries on her work of nursing the sick in their homes. Up at 5:15 a.m, she attends 7 o'clock Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral, then begins work immediately. By 8:30 the other. morning, she had already seen four patients, climbing tenement stairs and trudging from house to house to reach them.· She 'paused reluctantly for an interview (''I'll be late for some of my calls"), then was off again, to continue her rounds until 5 or 5:30. She sees an average of 12 to 15 patients a day, walking most of. the time, with only an occasional ride from another Sister or a passing motorist. She has been doing this for 44 years, seven days a week.

'Around 70' Last week, as she marked her golden jubilee in the 'religious life-"and my silver jubilee as an American citizen"-she admitted that her" 'age hovers around the 70 mark. "It's a little more or less, let people figure it out."

She casually brushes off comments on her accomplishments, instead relating stories of her patients, including a 96--year-old woman who sweeps the street in front of her hou~e every day, but needs a little assistance. from Sister Louis when it comes to washing herself.

"When she's all washed, I te!l her 'You're nice and Clean-you are a good girl,' and I give her a kiss," said Sister Louis. "I don't think she gets many kissespeople need kindness."

Many of her patients live alone, said Sister Louis, and her visit is high point in their day or week. Sollie patients are seen every day, she explained, others once or twice weekly. Nursing tasks include giving insulin injections, changing dressings for cancer patients, and caring for stroke victims. Some of her cases, she said, are so helpless that when she sees them- they are still in the position in which she left them the previous day.

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Name Winners ~n Essay T'est . The Knights of Columbus, St. John's Council No. 404 sponsored the 22nd annual Thomas E. O'Keefe Essay Contest open to all Attleboro schools.

All essays submitted were judged by members of the University Womens Club, Mrs. Samuel Speers, acting President.

At a banquet at the K. of C. Home, Hodges St., Attleboro, with Mr. Patrick Duffy, Moderator, Mr. JosepQ Bolton, Chairman and Mr. Richard Healy, Grand Knight, the following were the winners; 7th grade topic: "The Responsible Exercises of Student Rights."

Winner - Eileen Stelmack, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Stelmack, St. John's School Prize: $50.00 savings bond.

Second-Wally Niquetta, son of Mr. & Mrs. William Niquette, So. Attleboro Middle School.

Prize: $25.00 savings bond.

Third-Patricia Parker, daughter of Mr. & Mis. Frank Parker, So. Attleboro Middle School.

Prize: $25.00 savings bond.

8th grade topic: "Poverty and Welfare-Solutions for the Seventies."

Winner-Steven Kenton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Kenton, St. John's School.

Prize: $50.00 savings bond.

Second - Elizabeth Antaya, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Antaya, St. John the Evangelist School.

Prize: $25.00 savings bond. , Third-Linda Boucher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Boucher, St. Joseph's School.

Prize: $25.00 savings bond.

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She leaves Fall River tonight for a brief stop at her community's Conn'ecticut provincial house. From there she'll go to France for two months. True to tradition, she's on the road today, seeing her patients for the last time until her return in August. "I don',t want to give the other nursing sister any extra work," she said.

The jubilarian's celebration Born in Brittany, France, near here included a Mass offered by the seaport of Brest, Sister Msgr. Robert L. Stanton, CathLouis nursed in a hospital of her edral rector. Among guests was community for six years before one of Sister Louis' classmates, ,Sister Elizabeth of the Holy coming to the United States in 1927-00. Columbus day, shere- Spirit, stationed in Providence. calls with pride. She did home The two renewed their vows in a nursing in Providence for 26 special ceremony.

Everyone Came Home years before coming -to Fall River Record Number Over the years, said Sister in 1954. "The day after I arrived NEW YORK (NC)-A record in the United States I was out Louis, she has seen many worknumber of Bibles was distributed' nursing," she said, "and I've ings of grace in her patients. "I throughout the world in 1970 by n"ever missed a day since, except always make sure that Protes-. tants have been baptized, and if the United Bible Societies. for vacations."

Worldwide distribution by the Her last vacation came five a clergyman or priest is wanted, fellowship of 50 national Bible years ago, when she returned to I call him . .I have seen .so many Societies reached a total of Brittany to see two married sis- return to the sacraments-there 173,478,568 Scriptures, accord- ters, the last survivors of her 10 has been no one that I took care ing to the annual report released brothers and sisters. "I was the of who didn't get 'fixed up.' ". by the society's board of man- eleventh child, the baby," she In the past, she said, she took agers at its yearly meeting' in said. Her name of Louis was care of many. babies, but now New York. chosen to honor a brother who sick' infants are lIsually taken to hospitals. Many of her patients was killed in World War 1.

Differences "We are allowed to change are elderly, with here and there In the old there is no taste,. back to our own names now, a younger person who is chron. but Louis is the name I'll take to' ically ill. in the young no insight.

"I have been very happy for '~.: -'_~ _ : ~ ·"~T~!'!l~d.::. h~~v~.n~ 'Y.i~lf Il)~,''.:·s.h-e de~lar~d.

44 years in America and in my convent," Sister Louis summed up. "People have been so good to me, and God has given me good health."

"But don't you get tired?" she was asked.

"You don't think of yourself when you know that every day people are waiting for you to come," she said. "I love the work-I love it."

PHILADELPI:IIA (NC) - Father Harry A. Cassel, 47, has been elected religious superior of the Augustinians' province of St. Thomas of Villanova, which encompasses the eastern half of the United States.

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iPriests' Senate Endorses Bishop Election Plan NEW YORK (NC)---:..The New York' Priests' Senate has endorsed a proposal ~alling for the consl!ltation of bishops, priests, Religious and' laity in the election of bishops.

The proposal, recommended by the' Canon Law' Society of - America, . provides: I. A nominating' committee would . be chosen every other year: a special nominating com, inittee, could ,be chosen if a See were to become empty.

2. The members of the com-_ mittee would be chosen by the Diocesan Pastoral Council' from the membership' of the Eriests Senate,. or partially from within itself; if, as 'in New York, there is no Diocesan Pastoral Council" the members would be chosen by the Priests' Senate.

Th~ committee would be required to insure that all parts of the comrriu'nity' and all minority 'groups were heard from; nominations could come from ,anyone in, the 'diocese, and nominees could include Religio.us' as well as diocesan clergy.

Advisory Action Each time a committee was initiated all previous lists would be cancelled;' a candidate 'would have ta be renominated each . time. I ' The nominating committee would send its list of nominees , to the Priests' Senate;, which would 'have to limit it to not more than 10 names, and not less than th'ree.

This list would be submitted to the bishop and made known to the pUblic.

The bishops at their annual prpvinCial meeting should seriously consider the nominations submitted,' in addition to any nominations of their own., While the bishop is not bound to choose from the list submitted, public. knowledge of the lists exerts some pressure on the bishop to fill at least some episcopacies from the list. The action of the ',Priests' Senate in endorsing this proposal is advisory.

NEW YORK (NC)-The president of the Motion Picture Asso_ ciation of America pas dis91aimed charges by Ca1holic and Protestant film offices that it has failed to protect youth from sex and violence through its movie rating system. .

"They are wrong in criticizing standards of ratings without saying whose standards are to be judged as right, and they are wrong in stating that the film ,industry' has riot accepted its' responsibility seriously,", said Jack Valenti, MPAA president.

Valenti said no other commu-' nications media has regulated itself so closely as motion pictures and that the rating system is "a bulwa'rk for artistic freedom by discourag'ing censorship.'"

The National Catholic Office for Motion Pictures and the Na, tional Council of Churches' Broadcasting and Film Co'mmission have withdrawn their sup,peirt from the MPAA rating system. ,which they described as unreliable.

The critics said, however, that they have no plans for instituting their own rating system to replace the MPAA's even though "the public is losing confidence in the rating system."

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MARONITE, ORDINATION: Most Rev. Dani,el A Cronin, S.T.D., center, Bishop of Fall River, attended Maronite Ordination in StMary's Cathedral last Saturday at w,hich Most Rev. ,Fr~ncis M. Zayek, right, Apostolic E~arch of the Maronite Rite in the United States rais'ed Rev. Ronald Beshara, left, of We~tport to the priesthood. ,

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Orthodox ·Rabbis Score Abortion, Divorce Laws MIAMI BEACH (NC)-Permissive abortion laws and proposed measures to ease marriage and divorce, laws in various states were scored by delegates to the 35th' annual' convention of the Rabbinical Council of America here.

Rabbi ' Pesach Levovitz of Lakewood, N. J., past president of the council, sa,id .abortions have "already assumed l;pidemic proportions in. New, York" since legislation in 1970 relaxed the state laws there.

He said the ::l.ction had "opened a Pandora's Box" followed by

tion law, which he said has resulted in 'what a'mounts to genocide.

Rabbi Tiber Stern of Miami "We are reaping ~he moral Beach, a leading opponent of libcorruption implanted I into our eralized abortion laws in Florida, generation by the virulent Nazi ideology which regard~d men as charged that the" Israeii govern9isposable objects, efpendable, ment was threatening to take and exploitable for human ends," . the marriage and divorce laws out of the hands of Israel's relihe told 600 delegates. ! gious authorities and place them In the Rabbi's opirion each under civil law. state should set up s~udy com-, He urged the Orthodox rabmissions representing: medical, binate in the United States to legal and religious authorities to "issue an ultimatum to the govadvise , on questions 011I abortion ernment of Israel" that Amerand euthanasia. He also called on , iqm Jews will no longer recogNew York to reconsid~r its abor- nize the rulings of Israel's rabt>is I 'if the government carries out its plans, moves to permit euthanasia (mercy killing) for the! aged and chronically ill. '

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Chester Bowles' 29 years in public life are recapitulated in Promises to Keep (Harper and Row, 49 East 33rd St., New York, N.Y. 10016. $12.95). Mr. Bowles insists that the book is not an autobiography, and indeed he devotes only 10 pages to the first 40 years of his life. But 581 this history in the making, and pages, plus L5I pages ofap- was privy to all kinds of information to which the average citpendixes, are required to izen has. no access. He has pro-

cover his thre'e decades of public services.

This service began in 1941, when the author was appointed' tire ration administrator for Connecticut.

In short order he headed.the Office of Price Administration in

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He returned to Connecticut in 1946, was elected its Governor in 1948, was defeated for a second term in 1950, and in 1951 began a two-year period as Ambassador to India. In 1958 he was elected to Congress, to represent Connecticilt's second district.

When John F. Kennedy was preparing to run for the Presi, de'ncy, . Mr. Bowles became his adviser on foreign policy. Many expected that Mr. Bowles would be Kennedy's Secretary of State.

But he was given the second place, not the first, in the Department of State. .

After two difficult years in the position, he again became Ambassador to India. continuing in that capacity until 1969. He has now retired from public life.

Mr. Bowles gives us a very full record of his years in various offices. His is not the liveli~ est book of its kind' which one has read, but it is uncommonly solid. Personalities figure only secondarily, but events and decisions are treated thoroughly.

Statesmanlike Quality One quickly realizes that this is an exceptionally honest book.

Mr. Bowles admits to mistakes and is generous with credit to others. There were occasions when he was right and others terribly wrong (as on the Bay of Pigs and the Vietnam war), and he has the letters and memoranda to prove that he spoke his piece (alas,' in vain) at the time.

There is a statesmanlike quality about him. Not that he claims such a distinction, but the range and depth of the knowledge he commands, the critical penetration and the foresight with which the record is replete, and the dispassionate poise which marks his analyses of crucial questions-:..these all indicate a public servant of exceptional quality and stature.

His book can be highly recommended to all who would like a knowk~Jgeable and thoughtful review of American and world history in the past 30 years. Mr. Bowles wiig.,ip,.a position to see

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Says Chester Bowles Book" Work of Enduring Value

duced a serious work of enduring value, one which deserves stiJdy by anyone concerned about the course our nation should pursue in the unpromising days ahead.

Aesthete's Memoirs GLENDA MEDEIROS In quite a different vein is Memoirs of an .Aesthete: 19391969 by Harold Acton (Viking, 625 Madison Ave., New York, N. Y. 10022. $8.95), a sequel to the same author's Memoirs of an Glenda Medeiros, the daughter Aesthete: 1904-1939. of Mr. and Mrs. Manuel MedeiMr. Acton is an Englishman with American and Italian con- ros of 138 Beattie Street, Fall nections, and Italy has beel) his River, and a member of. St. Anbase. His father· and mother thony of Padua Parish has been lived and died in Florence; he selected as a member of the has lived there and in Naples. teaching-performing tour from His travels have taken him to the Catholic University of Amermany parts of the world, and he ica, scheduled to conduct· semi~ nars on American culture in ha~ spent much titne in China.

All the arts interest him, and South ~merica this Summer.

Under the sponsorship of the on some of them he is an expert.

He has written fiction and works U. S. Department of State, the of history. He has had an excep- four-man team will visit Rio de tional array of illustrious friends, Janeiro, Brazil; Asuncion, Paraand has been in the company of guay and Lima, Peru. This is the great numbers of fascinating sixth year that the Speech and people, some famous, some ob- Drama Department of Catholic University has participated in scure. .

He generously shares his var- the State Department program. iegated, colorful experiences with By means of informal semius in. a fastidiously fashioned nars and' musical and dramatic book which brings to life times shows, the students present a .and people'eclipsed by the brutal relaxed picture of American' cul~ rush of the 'late twentieth cen- ture to their audiences. In' the tury. past, the team has performed in Describes Gardens universities, cultural centers, vilOne of his close friends s'ince lage squares and even on South youth was Evelyn Waugh, and American television. here we get marlY a story exemMiss Medeiros attended Acadplifying Waugh's .brilliance and emy of the Sacred Hearts and is eccentricities. Bernard Berenson currently a Junior at Catholic was a friend of an older genera- University of America, majoring tion, and Mr. ,Acton has much in Speech and prama. She has that is illuminating to say' of him. been very active on campus, apOthers shown close up. are the pearing in the Frosh Show, the Sitwells, Norman Douglas, Picas- Soph Show and in the annual so, Sinclair Lewis, Somerset Gilbert V.Hartke Birthday Show.

Maugham,and assorted royalFall River audiences will reties, nobles, and publicity saints. member Miss Medeiros in the An unusual feature of the book role of Rosie Alvaraz in Bye is the gardens with which it Bye Birdie and Hortense, in The abounds. These in places far re- Boyfriend. She received the moved from one another, the Genesian Medal from the Naauthor describes most felicitous- tional Catholic Conference. ly, so that they bloom on the printed page and afford us rcAw~reness' freshment.

Let us not look back in anger Another distinguishing characor forward in fear, but around teristic is the trenchant and gen-Thurber erally unconventional comment .in awareness. on art Which Mr. Acton makes from time to time.

Thus, he takes an unfavorable ish color scheme." The observaview of the work.of the ridicu- tions are unfashionable, but so lously overpraised Diego Rivera. just.

He calls Rivera's ,frescoes "travMr. Acton's book is studded esties of history not nearly so with remarks which intrigue one. well painted as they are reputed For example, "The best writers to be. For once I agreed with ,I have known in French, Italian, D. H. Lawrence: 'They are like and English were monolingual." vulgar abuse, not art at all.' " And this: "He ... looked every inch a colonel, with th~ hearty Air of Nostalgia Of the work of Siqueros he iaugh that denotes a lack of writes, "The ". merely arresting humor." never arrests for long ... and An air of nostalgia hovers over one suspects that his rhetoric is this book, and it often reflects mechanical." And of Orozco, "a a mood of sadness. Much of the hurricane of misguided energy." world in which Mr. Acton moved Also, "I could '_appreciate the so freely and knew such delight, convenience of abstract art for has vanished, never to return. interior deco;ators, since serious It is good to share his recollec, art is rarely adaptable to a wod- tions of it.

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Father Sadler was one of Augustine diocesan priest-seneight priest-senators who voted ators are "generally disappoint- to continue ties with the NFPC, ed" that their bishop dissolved despite a plea from Bishop Tanthe senate, but there is little in- ner who told the senators he dication that the unit will be re- wanted them to withdraw from the federation. The bishop said vived.

Bishop Paul Tanner disband- the NFPC's priest-representation ed the senate "on the spot" claims were "embarrassing" to when it decided at a meeting in him, and that the federation's Tallahassee to remain affiliated conduct was "negative arid proand seemed to with the National Federation of pagandistic" Priests' Councils. "verge on the scandalous."

"The majority of priest-senaFive priest-senatprs voted to tors are generally disappointed," withdraw from the NFPC, 'and said Father Thomas Sadler of the other two senators abstainPensacola, referring to the bish- ed. op's action.

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Contin!-1ed from Page One learning society is one in which people learn as much from' the book of the world as from the world¢of books. And it is especially one in which people learn from. each other."

All these qualities create a milieu for the realization of talent, he said.

"The question is," the speaker continued, "do we have that milieu? Some would say that only the chosen few have, talents. That the rest of us are pigs! But I ~ave lived and worked all my life with ordinary people and I say that talent is not rare."

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Graymor Friar_ Father .Daniel Egan, long known fQr his work with drug addicts, has said that a basic cause Of adddiction is hedonism. He means by this that it is a part of the human condition to feel, at times, pain, loneliness, rejection and J;>oredoITl.. :AII these things go with being .human.· But the modernhedoI).ist fears 'these and tries to drug them away. The m<.>dern response is that un~ - . less one is always feeling pleasQre then something is wrong '. 'and' there .had better be.a pill <.l,r a drug· tp restore the "'. pleasant. feeling right a\\'ay. . .. ./' ,:' YOUI).g people, Father Egan says, must be told~md taught tha~ human nature feels' many press.ures... Onernust' . fac~ and live with the pressure and cope with 'it as a' human· being -and-as Christians-in the spirit of Christ. ." . The alternative is :to accept that everything is' a 'matterof subjective 'feeling, and pleasure becomes im end in itself. Responsibility, duty, sacrifice, the objective good -all these are' subordinated to what the individual feels and to the 'proposition that he should always feel pleasure. .With this approach and attitude, the turning to drugs is just the logical step to reaching for pleasure as the· only goal of meri.

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The' best milieu for the appreciation of talent, Mr. Hoffer suggested, is when there is a churning of the people, such as . there was with all of the immigrant groups coming to this country. "When the immigrants came they had to learn. They had to learn the language. They had to learn how to survive," he explained. "One wonders what would have 'happened if only college graduates had been allowed to come to America. Then there would not have been one nation, but a mosiac of ethnic groups, eacl). perpetuating its own language' and culture . . . each barking, and biting at each other.". .Learning People: ,.•.. ',~'

The Chief Justice of the UriitedStates, Warren E. Burger, gave a talk before the. opening session' of the American Law Institute in which' he said: "With passing time I am developing a deep conviction as' to the necessity for civility if we ~Je to keep the jungle from closin~ in on us, and taking. over all' that' the hand and brain of man has created in thousands of years, by way of 'rational discourse. and in deliberate processes, including the trial of cases in the courts.". " What a precise· and exact way of phrasing "the mat- ' ter!

In the past, talk' of "law and order" has broughf fortn . cries of "rightist reactionary." The words have: 'been so' i • • . . deeply:charge.dwith emotion that they. 'can no longer he I R~v. John F. Moore, B.A., M.A., M.Ed•. used: in,. anyobjeetive sense'... .: , , '5S. Peter" & Paul, Fall River .But every inari"of'C'dmmon sense m'ust see' that civil. ity is and'should be the basic gl,lide of men living among .. ' Mr. 'Hoffer, 'Who 'received a'n -men. 'It l~CthtChief'Justi'ceassert~, the ,lub'ricarit of an ~r­ honorary degree of Doctor' of deI'ly' society. ~n ~ society Wh~ie tiie X rated movie has become the Laws at the commencement, then urged the' graduates, "Let And the only person who would aver ,that· he does weekend entertainment feature and - the pornographic the us become a learning people, ar'd not want an orderly society, thal,fie prefers. disorder, con- weekly reading material, there is a deep and growing aware- all else, including the realizatio.n fusion, .turmoil;' is' the nihilist who seeks' destruction. And ness that this attitude and way of life is not the total goal of all our talents, wi'll' be added common sense would indicate that such 'nihilism is the of human living. There are to us," , ' , enemy of reason/cand that' every elemeri't of society must many people of all a~es who is a possibility. We must never Eric Hoffer was born in 1902, of course to recognize 'the protest, against the'I!:ihi,lisi and, ta~e .steps to prevent him are ,just about fed l;lP' with fail very practical difficulties of the left motherless and: blinded at the age of 7, and recovered his from achieving ·his.. hellish: goal. this growing paganism but problem. ' sight when he was 15. He ad.

Civility demands that change come about by a rea- unfortunately they jUs~ do not There will be Christians who mittedly began reading 8 and soned 'and' reasonable process. Civility demands that only know where to turn. A's an es- will attempt to save the man 10 hours a day for fear he would in the context of' man'~ highest faculties-intellect and c~pe so many have sought anew while there will be others who again lose his sight. After his not just: as ,.run- will try to sacrifice the man to will-~an man live 'in his ~)\yn element. Civility demands life in drugs father's death when Eric was 18, 'aways from, modern' lif~ but jn save the Christian. It should be that debate take the place; of destruction, that reason take a real search for a new 'life, The made very clear that if one is he hoboed to California and be-' the place of shri'eks', that the polite working out of prob~ craze for the occult ~nd [spurious to understand Christian human- came an itinerant· worker, a lems according to basic ground-rules of procedure, while sl,lpernaturalism has nETver had ism there can be no juxtaposition longshoreman, and finally a lecturer and author. tedious and time-con~uming, is 10 be preferred over. the sQ' many followers who-pursue of humanism and of ChristianHis books include "The True ,the unknown with sincerity and ity. There has to be a Christian rapid and sudden exercise of an emoti~:mal. convulsion: .

Believer" in 1951, "rhe PassionI way_ of being human and being all, hope.

-It has been said that many of the "irritations .of the above This c~rtainly is :a ery sad human 'must be seen as a basic ate State of Mind" in 1955, "The. _present age could probably he solved .by a book ofetf- indictment of the . fhristian condition for being Christian.

Ordeal of Change" in 1963, "The quette. That mayor may.not be so, put it is cert~inly true Church. There are millions who Another liurdle that Christian Temper of Our Time" in 1967, who very humanism faces is that it must "Working and Thinking on the that 'a greater measure, ofdvility ~w.l;mld surely f~qi~­ profess a. Christ . , II is unreaL They have separated' be a sane and healthy' humanism. Docks" in 1969, and "First itate the deali,ngs of one person wi~h ;another aI).d js,~, a,s Christ from the world '[ and the Today's world has been condi- Things, Last Things," to be puba matter o~ fact, an extension of the:virtlXe of charity' ,apd world from Christ, Spme-how tioned to the concept that expe- lished this month, Mr. Hoffer a positive a~sertion of the .respect of, one ,person ·fof" an- an'd some-where the. message of rience is' the best teacher, sin still lives in San Francisco's .' . " , Christ has notbe~n brought in induded.. We have 'belm fed Chinatown; near his waterfront other.

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An honorary Doctor of Laws degree' at the commencement was conferred on Most Reverend Daniel A. 'Cronin, Bishop of Fall River, who celebrated the Baccalaureate' Mass in the morning.

Very Reverend John T. Corr, C.S.C., making his final' graduation appearance as presi,dent of ' Stonehil! College, reinforced Mr. Hoffer's t1ieme to the graduates, that of taking their talents, their youth and' excitement, and de-' veloping them. He added" "Do this with love,' but'· remember, love is not self-fulfillinent, but t]1e fulfillment of others."

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THE ANCHORThurs., June 3, 1,97·1

Baptist-Catholic Meeting Held

There is a phrase in the Gospels that seems to me, in an obscure way which I do not understand, to have some immense and immediate significance for our generation at this particular time and in this particular phase of our planet's tortured and' explosive history.

That American numbering ,and say phrase is Our Lord's repeat- that a trillion equals it thousand billion. Today, for instance, tne ed reference to Himself as Ameri<;an economy is a "trillion "the Son of. Man." We know He is, in all His Majesty, and in terms long and lovingly' defined by theologians and biblical scholars, the Second Person of the Trinity, the Messiah promised to the Jews, the "Suffering Ser-

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vant" whom only the most profound and mystical prophets of Israel could foretell. 'But He also kept on saying that He was "the Son of Man." Can we fathom this term for ourselves in some special yet accurate way that illuminates our own efforts to interpret and "redeem the times that are evil?" .

Perhaps we can begin' with a phenomenon which tends, in our own day,' to maim and limit man's sens'e of, his own significance and direction. This is the universe's absolutely fantastic scale and energy which modern astrophysics and the new radio telescopes are demonstrating to us.

Minute Planet (I am indebted for the following facts to a lecture "Man's Understanding Of the Universe," delivered in West Berlin in 1970

by Sir .Bernard . Lovell, the distinguished 'British astronomer).

First, let us ,look at the scale of our still unmapped universe.

Within the range of our present telescopes, there are 10,000 million galaxies each with 100,000 million stars. In our own galaxy, the sun is on~ star arriong the millions of the Milky Way and the earth a minute, wholly subsidiary, dependent, almost overlookable planet tucked away in the unimaginable immensities' of space..

Then we can consider two other fantastic aspects of these infinite galaxies-mass and momentum, weight and energy.

Some of these aspects have only become known in the last two or three years. Astronomers may well feel that they are standing under a pouring Niagara of new facts, which are so vast and yet so contradictory that explanations and theories are drowned in the flood of new"evidence.

Yet some fact~ r,elating to mass and speed are more or less agreed. The part of the universe within reach of our present telescopes is expanding at a rate of 85,000 miles per second. If it has taken you five minutes to read as far as this paragraph, you will now, according to these calculations, be 25 million miles further away from the galaxies that can be photographed by modern telescopes.

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dollar" economy-1,000,000,OOO,000 dollars.

Using "trillion" in this sense, the galaxies our telescopes can see probably weigh a trillion, trillion, trillion, trillion tons. Of this, 4,000 trillion, trillion tons is being consumed every second as the nuclear· fuel which enables the stars to pour out heat and light. One tiny fraction of this energy comes from the su·n.

Every living thing on earth depends for its survival on the three per cent of that energy that our planet is able to use.

At the Origin Within this universal and unimaginable pattern of mass energy, there are obscure and violent changes, convuls}ons, explosions. Only two, years ago, within our own galaxy, the astronomers discovered a new source of energy-the so-called "pulsars"-which they believe are' stars which have violently collapsed in upon themselves. In diameter, they are quite smallonly a few kilometers across. But within that little space matter has become. so dense 1hat a teaspoonful of it would weigh 10 million tons.

These violences. catastrophes, cataclysms are, in the view of some astronomers. at the origin of the universe. A central, primal explosion of inconceivable, energy occurred from which everything had been" as it were, receding ever since. But on these origins there is still no agreement and still no fact in evidence since telescopes do not yet reach that point of recession in space where, in terms of light years, evidence of the primeval cataclysm might be expected to reach us.

In the great Hindu traditions this infinitude of stars and galaxies presents little problem to religious faith. In one of their beautiful legends, the mother of the God Shiva suspected her little son of eating stolen butter and told him to open his mouth.

But within she saw universe upon universe upon .universe stretching on into infinity.

Christiaris, however, are in a sense immensely down to earth.

For centuries they saw our planet and our sun as the center pieces of a limite.d hierarchical cosmic order. They began, very painfully, correcting, this vision after the tragedy of Gallileo. But nonetheless what are they to make of it today ~s it changes again almost' beyond the .limits o,f human imagination?

Chance of Proportion It seems possible to me that in choosing and repeating the name "the Son of Man," Our Lord gives us the chance of some proportion in our bewilderment.

In all our own vast galaxy there is only one plant which contains seeing, exploring, imagining, judging, free and rational man.

God may be infinitely prodigal in His energies. This isa mystery

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DETROIT (NC)-Theology and clergy-laity relations were chief topics discussed at the fifth meeting of American Baptists and Roman Catholics here.

The session were held under the joint chairmanship of Catholic Bishop Joseph Green of Reno, Nev., and Dr. Robert T. Handy of Union Theological Seminary, New York.

Father Robert Trisco of Washington, D. C., read a paper on "The Catholic Theology of the Local Church" and - Dr. Ha,,\dy, a paper on "Toward a Theology of the Local Church."

Cll:irgy·laity relations were discussed by Msgr. John S. Cummins of Sacramento, Calif., and the Rev., L. Doward of Phoenix, Ariz. .

Plans were completed for publication of the conversations, now in the fifth year, in a booklet, "Growing in Understanding," early in the Summer. The next meeting will be held in April, 1972.

100 YEARS: Celebrating Golden Jubilees in religious life are two blood sisters, Sister Marie Louise Paulhus, S.S.J. of. St. Joseph's Convent, New Bedford, left, and Sister Rita Paulhus, S.S.J. of St. Anne's Convent in New Bedford.

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Urgent Need Pope' P'aul Says Priests' Example Be'st Vqcations Spur VATICAN CITY (NC) -Pope Paul VI, prophesying that .today's crisis in priestly voc,!-tions will be overcome, declared that it is "up to priests themselves to make the priesthood shine with a light that renders it attractive."

He told national directors' of vocations from 25 countries: "Where the priest leads a really evangelical life, drawing love and courage and joy from a ministry carried out in deep union with Christ, this witness cannot long remain sterile of vocations."

And, he added: "Every sagging of the priestly ideal" every hesitation about it, Just as all mediocrity of life and all bickering among the clergy, inevitably dries up its source."

He urged the 50 participants in a congress of vocations directors: "It is up to you to study this

Auxiliary Bishop VAnCAN CITY (NC) - Pope Paul VI has named a 57-year-old Capuchin. priest an auxiliary bishop to the. Vicar General of the City of Rome, Cardinal Angelo Dell'Acqua. Bishop-elect Vittorio Terrinoni is pastor of a working class parish in Rome which Pope Paul visited last New Year's Day to say Mass for the parishioners and preach a message of peace.

situation deeply and objectively in order to initiate adequate spiritual and educational remedies.

"It is not enough to say that times have changed, that they demand another form of ministry, another way of integrating the clergy in society, another style of formation of candidates for the priesthood. The forth" coming Synod of Bishops, as you know, ~iIl examine these serious' questions. "

NEW YORK' (NC)-eatholic Relief Services, in a joint venture with the U. S. government, has undertaken a rehabilitation program in the former war areas of Nigeria that will benefit 250,000 refugees from 350 villages.

The projects, concentrated in the South Eastern State around Ikot Ekpene and Abak, include reconstruction and repair of more than 500 buildings including schools; medical facilities and ,other pilblic buildings damaged during the two-and-a-halfyear civil war between the federal government and Biafra, Nigeria's former Eastern Region.

He said "the first urgent need" is to "make the Christian people -families-aware of the grandeur and necessity of vocations, specifically of the priesthood, which is demanded by the blossoming of the 'Baptismal priesthood' of laymen themselves."

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Finds':Little Still We'arableFrom:Last Years' Wardrobe _ ' . I .sweat that there's' a "gremlin;' (remember :.the old World War II word) who hides in my storage boxes'or bags' and 'ages" the' clothes from season to season. Really I'm positiye . about _this because I certainly didn't put those . clothes away at the' end of 'J last Summer looking like I wouldn't mind so much the that. Why would I possibly fact that I went through actual

effort to pack this collection of dust.c1oths away forche long pair of Jason's pajamas th'at Winter but what I do mind is must have fit him when' he was ' that will be left in the the gaps ' six' month's old (with the lack of wahlrol:ies of iny offspring 'by sp\lce in my house I haven't got their absence. room to b~ sentimental) or MelThat bathing suit that must (:\:'\':}'{{:i) }}}'{}:{} ({]l have faded from the strong Winter sunlight filtering into the upstairs (I will not admit that I put it away that way) has got By to be replaced, naturally. Imagine anyone swimming in a faded MARILYN bathing 'suit? . , . Gremlin Again RODERICK Jason's Summ~r pajamas that I counted on his' wearing during the few hot days of Spring, (at least until I ,can think "warm" issa's patchwork bathing suit and pick him up another pair) that is so faded 'eyen the good are nowhere to be found or if will wouldn't accept it with good anything even slightly resemwill. , . bling them is unearthed they are At ,tlie,eri.d of .eacti season I just about big enough' for Melis~ . make an effort 'to .put aside those. sa's doll (that gremlin againitems of clothing that I'm, poS-, I'm. positive' he' shrunk them.) itive the children will be able to He's the same guy that digests DEBATE CHAMPIONS: The. GeorgetownVisitation (Washington) Debating Team came wear next, year. The remainder all those socks and leaves the of thei~ wardrobe I, either thro~ mate untouched: thus causing . in first in the final tournament of the National Catholic Forensic League held in New Oraway or give away. However,' no me to end up with a drawer full leans. Left to right, Margu'erite McGrath, 17, and Joan Darby, 18, comprise. the Visitation matter how careful I try to be of unmatched socks that I can't team which particip~ted in the tournament of more than 90 high school debating teams; the bags .-and boxes that get bear to part yvith because I' still opened the next time this season keep thinking that the mate will bbys and.,gi.,rls, from! Catholic and non-Catholic schools in nearly every state of the' United States.NC PJ;1oto. rolls, aro'und bear no resetn- somehow turn up. blarice to, anything ·wearable.

He takes hair-brushes' from, Whatever possessed me to one end of the, house, to the save that white dress with, the, ot~er and also tucks ballpoint large co,ffee 'stain down, the .front pens that -leak into jacket pockets . " I .

Archdioces~ of Detroit Institutes First that nefther the' cleaner nor I or pant pockets, especially when . Tentative plans are being made could remove' last year, or that said items are going into the by the members of the Diocesan Black Secretariat pair' 'of che~ked' bermJ.ldas . of wash.

Council of Catholic Nurses for a DETROIT (NC)"":"A nJw office diocesan procedure of appointJoe's that he used when he was If a!'!yone has any fool-proof, Pilgrimage to Canada. painting the, house' and which DDT-free spray to gremlin-proof is opening here. to: shve the ments and reassignments of S~rines on the itinerary are SPiritual, material, culti.tral and priests and Religious who serve now sport more, paint than our a house ':'lith 1:\ very busv family, St. Anne de Beaupre, St. Joseph's pblitical needs of th~ 35,000 the needs of the black commushingles. please send, immediately~ther­ black Catholics in the! Detroit nity.

Oratory and the Rosary Shrine :It Then the're's the bottom of wise a huving spree is necessarv Cap de Madeline. al'chdiocese.

Among the many concerns of someone's playsuit, with the top immediately. .For information and reservaCalled the Black Se~retanat, The Black Secretariat one that nowhere in sight. (Here's another ~rye office. is the first of~ its Hnd Sister Smith said is Qf' prime im- tion contact Mrs. Oscar Dube, '''no, no", u'nless you know of 10 t~e U~I.ted St~tes, bur ~umerportance, is the desire to work R.N., 44 Norwood St., Fall Ri~er, some style that's going to call Schedule· Religious ous IOquIrles from other I dIOceses with the vocation office and its tour guide. for half a playsuit, or' the other Retirement Workshop .to Detroit indicate that similar diaconate program. ·half of sOll}eone's two piece suit.

Ret,urns WASHINGTON (NC)-Ret'irc' offices 'are soon to' corne.

The other half .is probably dec'Sister May Ann Smith, of the ' The ministers of service are • Spend, and God will send. ment and its psychological, phy'sorating the sands of Horseneck -English Proverb after, havin'g spent the Winter ical and social implications for Detroit archdiocesan hJman re- already providing a witness in hanging from a nail in our bath- priests, nuns and Brothers will lations staff, is one of about 175 the black community, the Sister ~#################r## be discussed here' in a workshop persons ·who have' been i working said, but "we hope that soon house,) June 28-July 2, sponsored by the for more than a year on the for.- there will be black men ordained Gaps In Wardrobe to the diaconate."

Then to further upset my care: National Conference of Catholic mat of. the Black Secretariat.

She said the new oifice will ful storage plans, there's the Charities 'and Georgetown' Uni. "Eventually we think there '~i\,' . provide "an opportunit~ to give could be' a married priesthood so shocked - exclamation from my versity. , The workshop, toU;j)e held on blae-ks a chance. If the Church that our' spiritual leadership oldest "teener,""MOTHER"! (the latter is definitely in capital'let- the unive'rsity 'campus, will ex-' is to be part of the bl~ck com- could come from our own numters) ;"'y6u can't imagine 1 would plore the options, opportunities munity, it must incorpor~te black bers," ,she added. "Such a priest273 CENTRAL AVE. wear that dress again-why it's , and difficulties facing older Re- t~inking, black administration, . hood would answer' the strong so-so juvenile." And another ligious as they shift from busy the blacks' concerns an~1 recom- and unselfish desire of 'black 992-6216 I work days to part-time activities mendations." good dress bites the dust. men to serve their communities or less active apostolate.

The office, she emhhasized, as leaders in the ordained minisNEW BEDFORD Sister Marie Gaffney of the "-is not designed to diyide the try."

Merger Completed Missionary Servants of the Most blacks from the whites!

This is NOTRE DAME (NG) - The University of -Notre Dame and , Blessed Trinity, who is cons'ul- nQt a separatist group." The nearby St. Mary's 'Colle'ge, ~hich' tant 'on' aging for Cath~lic' Chari- office aims' to help blacks in II11mllil IImilIImllmmII1111111111111111,illllil"::::m,:::::mi have had partial <;Iassroom ex- ties, is coordinating the six-day their development and fLllfillment change . programs for sevez:al workshop. School Sister of'Notre as persons, citizens anel Chrisyears, have cqmpleted a formal Dame Maria Mercedes Hartmann, tians and to help' solve Isome of merger agreement. Notre Dame, professor of social welfare at the tl)e problems blacks encounter, , Booklets Brochures founded in 1842 and conducted College of Notre Dame of Mary~ a~cording to the secretatiat's de, tailed constitution.

I. by the Holy~ Cross Fathers, has , land is workshop director.'

Areas of concern Cited Jor . "Basically it should b~ a valu9,300 men students. St. Mary's, workshop study include pro- able resource for the Iarchdiofound~d in 1844 by, the. Holy Cross' Sisters, has 1,600 women gra'mming in retirement centers, cese," Sister Smith said, "since students. . . preparation for retirement. pos- it will give an unbiased picture O~FSET LETTERPRESS PRINTERS sible living arrangements 'for reo . of what' we a're thin~ing and Happines~ tired Religious, inter-community what's happ~ning in thb parish 1-17 COFFIN AVENUE Phone 997-9421 Happiness is much more-equal- programs, civic community in- ,community." ~ Iy divic;\ed than some of us im- "volverri,ent and diocesan responThe secretariat agine.

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Bishops ,Oppose .Amending Law

Here is my most valuable bit' of household advice, if anyone is interested. It takes a full roll of b~throom tis- ' sue to soak up a half-gallon of' milk. (If yo,u have the kind that lost the "roller derby," jt takes a roll, and a half.) There is nothing so exasperating as opening the over one of them makes a dive -refrigerator door and hav- for the tissue and they all man "mop-up stations." It's being ,a fuiI bottle of milk fall their come a big game.

BOSTON (NC)-The bishops of Massachusetts have charged that inexperienced youth and i~ responsible adults could obtain contraceptives if a proposed amendment to the. state birth control law were passed.

The bishops declared in a statement that the proposed amendment would make birth control information available to the unmarried "regardless of age or maturity." , , "Even the inexperienced young and, the irresponsible adult would have the right under the law to demand the application and use of birth control devices, " the bishops sadi.

The bishops said that dissatisfied as they are over the present birth control law, they arc "strongly and completely opposed" to any further relaxation of it. .

out and crash to the floor, My reflexes are not fast enough to catch it before the firs~ bounce, And after it's broken;' the mess' of shattered glass" and

All this could be avoided if some brilliant young chemist could invent glass that bounces, or a way of packaging milk in something unbreakable. It could also be avoided if'I could teach my kids not to drop, milk bottles.

'Unfortunately, as soon as I '"let the message across to one, By the next younger decides she's ready to handle the milk bottles, MARY which she is)1't..

But there Js 'a period ,when CARSON children mu~£t 'do' things' for MEETING: 'r.articipating in Diocesan Guild for the themselves and irs lo'ng, before Blind meeting wer~,- left to right, Charles Hoffshire of Taunthey are capable of doing them ton, Frank Pached>·."of Ta\lnton,. Mary Lemos of New Bedwell. Unfortunately they aren't' "Premarital chastity remains born "knowing" and the only ford, and ,Most.

Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.:D., Bishop of white rivers running under the way they can learn is by trying the ideal preparation for the Fall RiVer.··· . l'efrigerator and stove seem a married state and for the preserfor themselves. ' worthy cause for tears-I')O matvation of essential family values.

Wanted to Help ter what the old proverb says.

The proposed changes in the law Recently one 9f my little ones would place a significant barrier My original method of cleanwan'ted to help ma'ke lunch. She to the attainment of these valing up spilt milk was using old decided to pour ,milk for every- ' ues," the bishops said.

Lay Oeleg~tes Participate in Cincinnati rags, but I kept cutting my fin.

--, one. Trying to understand that gers on the tiny slivers of shatThey argued against any claim Archdiocesan Synod need to do things on her own, tered glass. Then I switched to that availability of contracep'I didn't try to' stop her.

CINCINNATI (NC)-Delegates so that we may be found individ- tives prevents ,unwanted pregpaper towels; but their "soakIn her enthusiasm, she bolted representing the laity partici- ually and as a Church increasing- nancies. "I)1stead there has been ing up" power isn't what the for the refrig~rator, grabbed a pated actively for the first' time Iy faithful to the gospel of a genuine breakdown in morality TV commercials would lead, you full bottle of milk and it slipped in a synod of the ,150-year-old Christ." in the abhorrent evil of venereal to believe. from her hand.' The crash left One day we' were out of Cincinnati archdiocese at which The Church today more than disease" in areas where contraher stunned. paper towels. One of the kids ' 11 documents,. based on the :ceever, Archbishop Leibold de- ceptives are available, they said.

I couldn't scold her. It was newal program recommended by ciared "needs interior harmony knocked a full bottle of milk an honest accident, alt.hough it from the table and, the . only ,the Second'; Vatican Council, of minds, well ordered fraternity, would have bee.n better ,if she'd Catholic Press Congress thing available was the - bathwere approved. consensus founded on love; she moved a little more slowly.

Archbishop ,P?-ul F. -Leibold needs charity and obedience To' Probe Public Opinion room tissue.

I took her hand, helped her said the synod "fulfilled all of which should safeguard and reinMADRID (NC) -The next Did All the Work through the "shattered glass, and our expectations." He disclosed force her structure by means of world congress of the Catholic led her to her chair.

I told her to Reeled off by the mile, dropconfirmation of the synod rec- which she is built up in unity press will "tackle the problem ped onto the puddles of milk stay there till it was cleaned up ommendations will be completed and properly ordered in her of public opinion in the Church and allowed to soak, the tissue so she wouldn't' get cut. in time for the 150th celebration institutions. ' and the difficulties it causes for She watched in silence as I did all the work. I felt the elaof the founding of the archdio"She must remain attached to Catholic journalists," the, execution of a new discovery. The mopped up all the milk, putting cese on Oct. 23. her true and vital traditions, con- tive secretary of the Internatiny chips of glass all stuck to a half-gallon into the garbage.

It was the sixth synod in the sistent with herself, and recog~ tional Union Of the C,atholic Press 'IMom?" , the wet tissue. The whole big history of the See, which was nize that it is from these tradi- said here.

"What?" soggy mess could be pickeo up founded as a diocese in 1821 and tions that new forms' of her peThe official, Father Jesus Iri"If I don't drink any milk, , and plopped into a plastic bag raised to ar,chdiocesan status in rennial vigor arise like budding barren, told the Catholic magawill there be enough for the othwithout any cut fingers. , 1850. The last synod wa~ held boughs." zine Vida Nueva that the probin 1954. .

It was such a great system; er kids?" lem includes not only the infalliI don't cry over spilled milk, Some 3,000 deiegates took part but then I learned it had its ble authority and the dogmas of but when one' of my little angels in the synod ses~ions - priests, Seek New Interest disadvantages. The kids began the Church ,but also the Holy comes out with something' like In Retreat Movement . to think it was fun to team up, Religious 'as well as lay men and Spirit, who, he said, does not one making. a roller with tWb' that, it's hard to hold back a women. 'The delegates repreCHICAGO (NC) - Creating a necessarily follow public opinsented a half-million Catholics in new interest in the Catholic' of his fingers and the other tear. ion but can very well inspire 259 parishes of the I9-county retreat movement will be a, public' opinion. . stripping off yards and yards of archdiocese. ' tissue, festooning it. all over the major goal of the National Backs Conscientious The congress, to be held in Archbishop Leibold said the Catholic Laymen's Retreat Confloor.

Luxembourg in July, will also Objectors' Rights following goals of the syno'4 ference during their 41st annual' Instead of the shocked silence deal with freedom of the press SAN FRANCISCO (NC)-The were achieved: retreat here. immediately after the crash, under totalitarian regimes, Fr. "T6 intensify our own growth' Department of Theology at· the now, as soon as the milk goes A.J. Bremner, NCLRC regional Irribarren said. ' University of San Francisco has as Catholics in' true' Christian vice-president and convention issued' a strong' statement sup- living; to make more responsive . chairman, said he believes reJewish Youths Lead Smiles porting the right of Christians to the requirements of our times treats are pilrticularly needed' the Church observances which "to be conscientious objectors to Wrinkles 'should merely indiCanada Drug Fight today "with the Church in conare open for adaptation; to nurall wars or to be' selective concate where smiles have been. fusion and the laity in confusion" VANCOUVER (NC)-An Or-Mark Twain thodox Jewish youth group has scientious objectors to a partic- ture whatever can contribute to over theological beliefs. the unity of all who believe in ular war." begun a fight against drug use The U.S. Supreme Court re- Christ; to strengthen those aswhich it intends to wage across Canada with help from ether cently upheld the current draft pects of the Church which help law stipulating that an individ- summon all mankind to the,lovyouth groups and faiths.

The ,anti-drug proj~ct, with ual must be opposed to all war ing embrace of Christ."

Summarizing them, he said: with special emphasis against to qualify for the CO rating.

The-United States Catholic "We now prepare to. go forth use of marihuana, began when young leaders of the National Conference has testified, how- determined to renew ourselves, Conference of Synagogue Youth ever, in favor of gi'ving objector, decided it was Jime to take a status to anyone opposing war Shoes That Fit be it a, specific' war such as in' public stand against the misuse ,'WEAR 'In'dochina or war' in general. of drugs. ' , Attention Schoo/G,oups , "THE, F~MILY SHOE STORE" .

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Seven St~ Louis Schools to Close'

THE ANCHOR- . " " . Thurs"

JUr:le 3, .1971

Dioc:es~"" Holds Pay of "Prayer

ST. LOUIS (NC). - The S1:.

Louis archdiocese has announced that seven elementary schools will 'be closed at ,the end or'this school term and that 18 others are assured of operation for no longpr thlln one more year.

For,Peace.

CHARLESTON (NC)'- Bishop Ernest L. . Unterkoefler of Charlesto.n, '. summoned all the Msgl: . .James T. Curtin, arrhpeople of his diocese .to a day 'of repentance and prayer. lVlay d{ocesan superintendent. of I" stating it ~s time that ."our schools; said t.hat emergency indefiri'ite involyement in Vietsituations created by rising costs' nammust be questioned," and shortages of religious teachHe urged that three hours of ers forced the clo,sings. public p~ayer .be plaimed .in Of the seven schools closing , every church and chapel on that four are in inner city areas with ·date, the feast of St, Joseph the a combined enroillment of some Worker. The South Carolina or500. One of the schools closing, dinary extended a welcome to with an enrollment of 140, is in "our brothers an'd sisters of oththe suburbs and two, with a er religious b'eliefs in, the cause combined enrollment of 120 arc of 'p'eace a'mong all nations." in rural areas.

At - a news conference here, School officials said that. plans "Bishop Unterkoefler explained have been inade for pupils in all whyile 'felt compelled to call a hut' one of the seven schopls day of prayer~ At this moment closing to attend other parish, in history he said, ·"there seems 'or, central Catholic schools. The to be' no other course toward closings will reduce the total. ·peace than the cessati(:m of our active military presence and coSERRA'S BISHOP'S NIGHT: Bishop Cronin pkid his first visit to the Attleboro Dis- number of Catholic elementary. operation in 'Southeast Asia. trict Serra Club and is shown with, lE~ft to right, ortgoing President Atty. Paul M. Roc- schools from 192 to 185.

"If we 'continue on the' course Announcement of the closings kett, outstanding altar boy'in the nation Michael ~ocha, and new president Edward G. of dissipating our national encame a week after the Missouri ergy at. home, for destruction Lambert. '.

I House of Representatives deabroad," he declared, "how will . i feated for the second time a it be possible for us as a nation "purchase of secular services" _ to rise to any new cause for the . bill which would have provided I good which will require the total Continued from Page One' He attended Resurrecfion Col- tolate to the Spanish Speaking ~ome $28 million in public funds dedication· of a· 'free: people who' sistant to the Apostolic Delegate lege, Kitchener, Ontario! and St. in Taunton, and assistant pastor" next year to Missoui'i'snonpubunderstand the objective of Mary's Seminary in Baltimore. at St. Patrick Parish, Fall River; Ijc .schools. ' to Canada. peaceful. living among nations."

Sacred Heart Parish, Oak "Bluffs; , :Ordained' May 2, 19~0 in St. While in New Bedford, he Cathedral ,by Most Rev: St. Mary Parish, Taunton;' St. :'Totally' Confused' served as Boy Scout Regional . Mary's J I Director; Fire Department Chap- James L. Connolly, Father Mc- Thomas More Parish, Somerset. ·Council Gets"Grant , the bishop 'cited w.hat he calllain; Citizens' C.ommittee -fof Mor~ow's first assignmknt was Father Wall To Fight Crime 'ed'valid 'reasons for America's Urban Renewal; Pre-Cana Can" a~ assistant at . Sacred Heart CHICAGO (NC) - A $9,850 original presence in Vietnam, but C~urchin Taunton.: Born in New Bedford, May 24, ference Director. He ill als'o an grant was made to the year'old said that "now, we fac'e the mol', 'For the 'Iast several months he 193(j, the son' of Herbert A.' and Advocate of' the Diocesan Tri" Religio.us: Ecumenical' "Council: 'on al'~iuestion; of .~eighing . the' bunal and Assistant Director of has, been, recupe'rati~g from ill-. Evelyn (Matthews) Wall, Rev. Crime and Definquency to pro-' deaths of' American', men and the Confraternity of Christiarl n~.,ss . . 'Fa'ther 'M'ess••'er',!·" Barry W. Wall was educated' at mote greater clergy iilVolvementVietnamese. people'against " the Doctrine.

Holy Family Parish and High . : and training in prison chaplaincy results of war in Southeast Asia.

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Fat~er McCarrick I Born In Pawtucket,.

I., on After prep'aring for the Priest- work, crime prevention and' re"It appears that we have June 29, 1937, the son of. EI· weakened our., own' future deRev. P~lUl F. McCarrick, the 'p~ege and Leona (Gbilmette) hood at Cardinal O'Connell habilitation efforts. ' fense," he added, "by allowing son of Patrick H. and Mary Ai Messier, the new Sometset c~i-- Seminary and St. John's SemiThe grant was made by the ·the minds of Americans to be- (Kilroy) McCarrick, was born in ate pursued his educati6n. at St. nary in Brighton, he was 01'- Illinois Law Enforcement Comcome totally.,confused about the. Malden on April I, 1931.

Cecilia' Parish, School land St. dained 'on Feb. 2, 1962 by Most.· mission from federal funds made .issues. During this year, the war available by Congress in 1968 for He studied. at Immaculate R~phael Academy in' PaWltucket. ~ev. James L. Connolly. · has 'been extended geographical-. Conception Parish School, Re· local work. Members'. of the , :After preparing for the PriestHe has served at Immaculate ly anc.J thousands 'of combatants . vere; Boston College High School hood at Resurrection C~llege in Conception Parish. as assistant council include Father John Dietand non-combatants are still beand Boston College. He preoared Optario and Our Lady of Angels since ordination. He has also zen of Peoria, who ·is associated ing killed." . for the Priesthoo'd at St. Mary's . in' New. York, he wasbrdained been Assistant Director of the with The Catholic Post, Peoria . The bishop said that "moral- Seminary 'in Baltimore. .o~ Mai.,17, 1968 by: Mbst Rev. CYO in Taunton and the Taun- diocesan newspaper and is direc-' · ity, places Ilmitations on nations • Most Rev. James L. Connolly Ja,mes L. Co~nolly. ton Area Co-Chairman' of the tor of the diocesan marriage and which enter war, and also on the family apostolate. ordained Father McCarrick' to .

Father Messier served as asCGD. manner in which nation~ may the Priesthood on March 17; si~tant pastor at sd Jeanconduct modern warfare." He 1956. ' B\lptiste, 'St. Mathieu land St. quickly added that indiscriminFather McCarrick has served Patrick Parishes in I FaH River ate killing-of non-combatants as assistant pastor at St. William artdOur Lady· of Fatimk Parish can never be "morally justified," and the Cathedral Parishes in in: New Bedford. .

I Fall River, He was also Area rNVITE THEIR FRIENDS TO ATTEND Father Shovelton ' CYO and CYAO Director" Dioc" R.eligious Educators IRev: Gerald T. Shoveiton was esan Director of the CYO. MemSchedule, Meetin'g ber of the Advisory Committee born in Fall .River, Oct. 15, 1930, MIAMI BEACH (NC)-Reli- on Drug Problems, Chaplain of the son of Albert. E. 'and MarAT MT, ST. RITA HEALTH CENTER .". . . gious educators from all over the Fire Deoartment and Chap- ,garet (Meagher) Shoveliton. He I ' the country will meet here next lain of Mt. St. Mary's Academy.' at,tended Saturday"June 12, 1971-3-9 P.M. St. Joseph,I Parish Fall to talk about Christian deSchool in Fall River and Msgr.

Sunday, June 13, 1971-3-9 P.M. ~' Father McMorrow velopment in a changing world.

C6yle High School in Ta'unton. ~ t'.~ That is the theme chos'en for 'He prepared for the Pr!iesthood Rev.. Thomas F. McMorro,w" '~~~~~~~~~4 the 13ili national Congress of son of Joseph C. and Marv at, 5t. Charles College,l CatonsReligious Education, planned for (Grandfield) vipe, . Md. and 5t. John!s, Semi- 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111,11111111111111111111111111111111111 McMor~ow, wa's Oct.' 27 to 30. ' . nary in Brighton. Most Rev. born in Taunton and graduated Purpose_of the congress is to from lVIsgr. Coyle High School. J~mes L. Connolly Ol:daihed him give th.e 5,000 religious educato the Priesthood on Feb.12, 1956. tors expected to attend ."an op. :Father Shovelton hks also Golden Jubilee portunity to meet with ·catechetserved as Director of· tHe Aposical experts in education, social of BRISTOl... COUNlI'Y WASHINGTON (NC)-Cardinal i, I sciences and 'theology; and to Patrick O'Boyle of' Washington I .

I Just because a bank offers you evaluate their programs and m'arked the 50th anniv~rsary o( :Mont~e their plans for the future with his ordination as a priest at a: a Savings Account! · the experts a!1d with their c'oncelebrated Mass, May 21, at peers," according to Father \Vil- St. Matthew's Cathedral here. doesn't mean it can offer you Oyer 35 Yearsl Iiam Tobin, assistant director of Observing their golden anniverof Satisfied Service a checking account the National Center of Religious sary celebration ',With the cardiReg. Master Plumber 17023 Education - Confratern{ty of nal were Msgrs.· Ca'rl F. Hess, JOSEPH RAPOSA, IJR. But Do Chr.istian Doctrine, the ·U, S. Edward Hayes Ro'ach 'and Joseph , ~O~ NO. MAIN' STREET Catholic Conference division John, Deppe, all of the WashingNORTH ATTLEBORO (2) MANSFIELD (2) AlTLEBORO FALLS Fall River 675-7497 which is sponsoring the congress, ton archdiocese.

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AT PARISH RETREAT: In a "first" for La Salette Center of Christian Living, Attleboro, 14 couple's' from same parish make family retreat. At left members of St. Patrick's parish, Somerset, hold discussion session.

From left are Frances and George Lee, David and Mary Dunne, Maureen

Prelate Supports Jesuit Decision To Teach Poor MEXICO CITY (NC)-Cardinal Miguel Dario Miranda y 路Gomez of Mexico City announced his support of a controversial Jesuit plan to close a fashionable private school and open a series of ' schools for the poor.

"As an alumnus of the Jesuits I am heartened by their dedication and' enthusiasm to' help those most in need," Cardinal Miranda said.

The ,plan has been the c,enter of . controversy' since", Ja'nuary, when the Mexican Jesuifs announced that they will close the Instituto Patria by 1973. ' The Instituto Patria' founded in 1949, has 2,150 students, many of whom are the children of prominent government, professional, and business people.

The school's parents' association-headed by Mexico's Foreign Affair.s Minister Fernando Castro y Castro-has vehemently opposed the closing, and is considering starting a school of its own. , Jesuit Father Jose Ortuno, principal of Instituto. Patria, wished the parents' group luck and said the Jesuits :will be glad to provide advice.

'Sever ,Links' "Parents should take a major role in creating .advanced educational conditions for their offspring>; he said.

He said that the Jesuits' decided to close the institute because "in order to place our~ selves at the service of the poor we must sever our links with. the power structure."

By running such a private school, he said, the order has "implicitly furthered individualistic goals and class prejudices."

All religious schools are forbidden by the Mexican constitution, but the law is generally "ignored, and Catholic schools are operated by parent. organizations, although nuns and priests teach in t.hem.

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and Thomas Donahue, Leonard and Dorothy Judge. Right, some of 55 youngsters who accompanied parents participate in game with counselor.

Forty young people gave weekend to care of children, 17 others came to center to aid in serving meals.

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BY PATRICIA McGOWAN Family retreats may be taking on a new look at La Salette Center for Christian Living, Attleboro. It will be due to a highly successful weekend spent there by 14 families from St. Patrick's parish, Somerset. Although family .'etreats are not.hing new at La. Salette, the .idea of a one-parish project was, said priests at the center.

Such a retreat has' built-in advantages. On the averageweek-, end, a significant amount of time is spent in getting participants acquainted with each other and in building up a spirit of community which, pleasant though it is, cannot be retained once the retreat is over. A parish group, on the other hand, is a natural community and retreat follow-ups become easy to arrange. Rev. Robert McGowan, assistant at St. Patrick's, and Sister Claire Goossens. S.U.S.C., coordinator of the parish religious education program, were also participants in the weekend, further strengthening the potential for follow-up.

Two Programs The 14 families included 55 children. ranging in age from six months to 13 years old, said Father McGowan.' For them a seoarate program was conducted by 40 college age voung people who volunteered their helD for the retreat weekend. The' children's schedule included sports,

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games, hikes, a cookout, a hootenanny and an inf9rmally structured worship service. .

Additionally, 17 high school students from St. Patrick's parish came to Attleboro at various ,times during the weekend to . help in serving meals.

Theme for the adult program, conducted by Rev. Arthur Bourgeois and Rev. Richard Delisle, was "I saw yesterday-I am not afraid of tomorrow - because I love today." It emphasized the importance of "living in the present with zest and joy."

Slides, films and music supplemented talks by the retreat directors.

The' weekend began, said Father McGowan, with showing of a film titled "The Weekend," depicting the reactions of a couple forced by circumstances to spend a weekend in a motel with no television or outside diversions. Forced into communication, they achieved many insights into their relationship.

A penance service on Saturday included a half hour walk on the retreat house grounds during which couples reflected together on "the hurt, pain and tension of marriage."

A Saturday night social program was shared, said Father McGowan, by several additional couples from the parish who were not able to make the en-, tire retreat, Retreatants were touched, he said, by the presentation to their group of a colorful banner from Holy Name parish, Fall River. "They were so happy to know that couples from another parish were, thinking about them," Another retreat highlight came when participants were addressed by an elderly couple, both of

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ecumenical milestone here, participating in the" first interfaith retreat program in the U.S. Army Chaplain School's 53-year. history.

The retreat was held at the site of "The Temple," the first chapel founded by the U. S. Army in 1782 by order of Gen. George Washingti:m.

Among those taking part in the retreat included Chaplain (Brig. Gen.) G,erhardt W. Hyatt, now deputy chief of U. S. Army Chaplains, who will become chief of the chaplains when the current chief, Msgr. (Maj.' Gen.) Francis L. Sampson retires next -August.

The original Temple was destroyed by fire in 1783, and the present structure was constructed in the mid-1960s on the original foundation site according to descriptions from surviving documents. ' The chaplains school is located at Fort Hamilron in Brooklyn.

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whom were married for the second time, their first partners having died. "They had seen and experienced so 'much of life, they had much to give the grou(>," commented Father McGowan.

Doing Too Much "Some important things happenedon the weekend," he con.tinued. Some couples came torealize that they were doing too . much outside their families, and not re~llY90mmunicating with . each other. Many people today are living together without any real relationship.

"1 do a fair amount of coun e seling with teenagers and all too often their problems stem from the fact that they don;t have a working relationship with their parents and their parents have little if, any relationship with one another.

"Young people are being forced to search for a substitute for the family. I ,personally believe that the abuse of drugs and alcohol, as well as their heavy sexual involvement, is often an attempt to ,cope with or fill the vacuum that they feel. The present phenomenon of communes stands as a challenge to our entire family and marriage structtire. They are challenging us -to either get these relationships moving or admit that they really have no meaning."

At the clase of the retreat, said Father McGowan, participants were eager for a continuing program. "Some mentioned a day of recollection or regular meetings. I hope we will be able to develop a marriage enrichment program from what we have "started here."

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Friend- of ,Modern City . Willi&ffi R. MacKaye; ~eligion editor of the Washington Post, shares this writer's view that Pope Paul's recent ApostoliC Letter commemorating the 80th anniversary of Leo XIII's great social encyclical, Rerum, Nov~rum, is, for the most ,p~rt; remark.. ably positive iIi tone. By way analyzes this tradition with his usual skill in an article in Comof illustration, Mr. MacKaye, mentary published, by - happy who- is one of the real coincidence, justa .few weeks "pros" in t!1e field of religious journalism in this country" cites wi.th warm approval the. "complete serenity" with whi.ch the Holy Father, in the first part of

before Pope Paul's Apostolic Letter appeared)n' print ("The City in Literature;" Commen-, tary, May, 1971). .

I am in no posItion to 'judge', BISHOP ELECT:, Monsigthe merits of this article from ,nor Edward W~ <D'Rourke, the point of view of literary executive directorll of the' criticism, but I must say that By I was heartened (and J am sure National Catholic ~ural Life . Pope' Paul would also be heart- Conference since 1960, has MSGR.· ened) by Mr. Howe's insistence been appointed Bishop of that the time has come to call Peoria, Ill. He succ~eds Bish(7EORGE G.' into question the anti-city tradi- op John B. Franz,! 74, who tfon associated with what he reHIGGINS fers to as literary modernism. ,has resigned., NC fhoto.

I , . ·"To remain 'faithful to (this) tradition," Mr. Howe concludes, thE! second section of .his Apos- "means to call it sharply into ' Continued froni Page Six . tolic Letter, faces up to the stag- question. Can we not, for examge.ring social problems which the ,..ple, say' yes, the city rem'ains strai~t . ' but neither ca~I he reject the pesthole and madhouse, the and destroy everything in the worldwide and "undoubtedly ... irreversible" process: of urban- pr.ison and setting of spiritual name of Christianity. !

If we really wary.t today's · ization has brought in its wake.. vlj'id that you (the great novel. Mimy of Pope . Paul's contem-. ists and poets of 'the modernist world to-listen to thE[ Christian "A missionary is someone who's taken a chance with a · poraries are· being strongly literary tradition) have shown it message, to discuss and dialogue, lifetime." That's the' way a veteran African missioner recently to be, nevertheless we can no sincerely with us, we I i1'lust first tempted at the present time to described the people. whom you so lovingly support. despair of .the .city: altogether longer be satisfied with this per- of all make it clearly understood.

It's telling it like it is, too. Why? Because 'often where· the even while ~rced' to remain, in ception and' this perception ,that ~e have honestl):I' faced the questIOn 'of the needs of modern Church is' poorest, the personnel of the Church really don't know its clutches or,. as happens more alone."

Mr. Howe's "perception" of man; secondly t1)at i we have if their efforts will be appreciated, whether their basic needs for frequently," are being tempted . h k' studied and asked the. author- . food and shelter and suppliEs will be provided, exactly what kind . . to' run away from its problems h t e city IS very j'nuc a m to I'zed sourc'es' what. m'a'n s'hould of work they will do, what. will happen to them in sickness and by retreating either' physically . that of, Paul VI as expressed, ., , · or psychologically to the never- with such unwontecicon'fiden~e, be; and, thirdly, that ~e propose old. llge.

Missioners traditionally come"from Europe·land: Ame~ica :to never . land ..of rural Arcadia. in his recent' ApostoHc' Letter. means that we sincere!y I believe the needy. areas of the world, but now they are happiiy joined , The Hoi -Father, to the con- . "We may destroy our civiliza- capable of attaining ·Jhe desirea by an increasing number of local priests, sisters, brothers alld trary, as· Mr. Mac'Kaye observes, . tion," says Mr. Howe, '''but we results.· If we 'follow this framework members of the laity. And all of them are taking the same wouid like "to shift the thoughts cannot escape it ... There is no chance with their Bves, the chance of giving everything away · of his followers in the Roman turning back: our only way is a of reference then we Will be able nnd-in the human sense-getting nothing in return.

Catholic Church. and of men of radical struggle for tpe City of' tO,show the world that the Chris. tian idea of man is not backward good will of every persuasion to the Just: Why do' such a thing? It's hard ·to say it in a few words, . Realism Plus Hope looking and the Christian Hu- but let me try. It's partly because some men and women are a. celebration of the city's possi16ve of the bilities."

"The City of the Just ....the manism, a Christian .

I' . called by God to give just this, kind of an answer to Him, and human, really can work :In to- they answer "yes." It's partly because' missioners are so conIn . brief, . says Mr. MacKaye, phrase rings a little hollow r i g h t· I the modern city, with all its now, so far do we seem to be day's world. cerned about the condition of· the world, and the needs of its agonies and its seemingly .insurpeople that faith in"Christ n'lakes 'them want to be the servants from it. Still, ,we shall create Diocesan li'tu'llrgists mountable problems, has found genuine cities, which means vital of the poor, the sick, the oppressed and the unlettered. It's' partly a new' friend in the person. o( civilizations, or We shall perish Schedule Mee:ft'ing because missioners are SG convinced of the whole of Chrisfs Paul .VI.. . ... It is too late for tents and SAN FRANCISCO I (N C) Gospel message that they want to give it to nonbelievers out Tradition of' Despair '. . sheep or lutes, or whatever sur- Members of dioc~sa~ liturgical of love for them and for Christ. commissions from all· over the Missioners can be teachers or social workers or doctors The Pope, MacKaye. points out, rogates we may invent."

This kind of realism-plus-hope country will gather het~ for their and' nurses; or community developers, but they are always someaffirms in his Apostolic Letter thing more. For they serve in the name of Christ and Church; "with a confident serenity that is in" welcome' contrast to the 'annual national meeting Oct. II .! is partiqIiarly n9teworthy among negative determinism, not to say 'to 14'. .they are motivated by the fire of their own Christ-centered lives, The meeting, spons~red by th~ all the viewers-with-alarm of our the despair, of a man like Anand they see Christ in their fellow-men. All of this simply makes them different people! . day, that the City gone wrong drew Hacker, for example, pro- U.S. Bishops' Committee on the can also go right" and that: the fessor of History' at', Cornell Liturgy, the .San Fnin~isco archThere are no people in the world like the apostles of Christ, Christian response' to the phe· University, who, states 'categbr- diocesan Liturgical Commission, there are no people of whom' the world Gtands in greater need than nomeI).on of urbanization' .is one ically in a recent book entitled and th.e Federatioryof Diocesan these twentieth century peace makers, who have taken this total "The End of the America Era" ,Liturgical Commissioris, will be risk with their lives, for Christ, for His Church, for His people, of hope. for y o u ! ' , It· remains to be see'n, of that it's all over for the United three day's of lectutes, workcourse, whether or not the Holy States, that we have had it- shops and liturgical cblehrations Missioners' are worth having, and worth supporting. Please Father's .unexpected . optimism period. '. centered on :,the them~ "Through help! Your sacrifice, be it gifts of old gold, jewelry, a gift an"It is ,too late in our history," Many, We Celebrate ~s One." and ,his message, of Christian nuity, life insurance, a remembrance in your Will, or your cash pope will have any measurable says Professor Hacker, "to re- ."""""""""",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,;,,,,,,,,,,,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,""",,"" or check enclosed with the, coupon below, is so valuable for effect' -in reversing tn~ present store order or re-establish au- if I have read themj correctly, the life of the mission-Church and so expressive of your love. mood of despair'about the ftiture thority: :the American ·,'tempera- "would agree that ~e have a Please send a contribution today: of the city. At best, it's going to ment_has passed the point where problem of staggering proporbe' an uphi!1 fight all' the way. self-interest can subordinate it- - Hons, but, in contdst to Mr. """""""""""""""""-,--,-------,, SALVATION AND SERVICE are the work of The Society : Cleariy aside from the fact that self to citizen~hip. Calls, for en- Hacke!:, would argue !that there ~ for the Propagation of the, Faith. Please cut out this column : many,' if not most, of,Jhe' major lightened attitudes and cOllcerfed is indeed much that we can do : and send your offering to Reverend Monsignor Edward T. , cities in the world-as: the ·Holy aetiQn will continue, but with about it . if we are '!willing to , : O'Meara, National Director, Dept.

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Glenmary, . Ho~e Missioners Plan Lay Apostolate WASHINGTON (NC)-A new effort to attract and train Catholic lay persons to live and work among the poverty-r:idden people .of Appalachia, the middle and deep South has begun.

The Glenmary Home Missioners, a society .of priests who work in the areas of the United States where there are no· resident priests, is organizing the effort, Glenmary Father John McNearney said here.

The embryonic organization is called Group Seven, a name inspired by a passage in the Acts of the Apostles which tells of the Apostles' directives to the Christian community of Jerusalem: ". . . select from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, that we may put them in charge" of ministering to the material needs of the community.

"The main mission of the members of Group Seven," Father McNearney said~ "will be to be Christian in their family life, their jobs and their comniunity activities."

Social Ills "Membership," he said, "is open to any Catholic man or woman, 21 years of age or more, willing to commit himself for two years or a lifetime to living and working in America's home missions."

The home mission areas in-c1ude all or part of 17 states in Appalachia, the South and· the Southeast, Father McNearney said. "Parts of these a~eas' are no more than one per cent Catholic and the Christianity of the a~eas frequently tends to be mor~ of a comfort than a challenge, more a sect than a community.

"The unchurched are growing in number and, as often as not, there is no sustained effort to reach them in ,a meaningful way. In some areas, the social ills are either considered to be of no coricern to ,religion or as something to be oassively borne as the will of God." Among Poorest Recalling the distinction bet\'{een spiritual and corporal works of mercy, Father McNearncy said the priest's work is pr!marily spiritual and that the lay persons of Group Seven would be more concerned with the corporal works of mercy.

"The people of these regions, when priests, Brothers and Sisters give Christian witness by helping them out, say 'So what?

That's what they get paid for,' " Father McNearney said.

"The people we ·serve," he said, "both black and white, are among the poorest in the country." He said that the Glenmary missioners seek to find out what people really need and get them involved in helping themselves.

"We don't want industrial exploitation," he said, "but planned development. " "Our job is not alienation, but reconciliation," he said. "We're looking for people with a wide range of .tolerance, not at the extreme right saying 'No change,' nor at the extreme left saying 'Burn it all down and start ,i:;;ain.' ..

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TEACHER AND STUDENTS: Mrs~ Eugene J. Dionne is surrounded by prizewinning French students at St. Mathieu's School. Standing, from left, Paulette Berube, Joan Boutin,' Jeffrey Ledoux, Lorraine Poisson; seated, Brenda· Silva, Mrs. Dionne, Valerie Bartlett.

Dedi,cated Tea.cher Finds Rewa.rd in Seeing Pupils 'Grow a.nd Blossom,' ests in science and scholarship titled ·"The New Politics and the have borne fruit. "The auxiliary Real Majority; A Case Study "I couldn't have done it with- has granted six one-year college (Fall River, Mass,)," Doubtless, out her." That was the comO)ent scholarships in the 'past four said his mother, the thesis will of 13-year-old Paulette Berube of years;" she said, draw on his experience.s in the St. Mathieu School, Fall River, Reflecting the fact that Dr. Yaffe campaign. after making a· clean sweep of Dionne was for 20 years chief A native of St. Jacques parish, awards at the 40th annual prizeof staff of the dental department Taunton, Mrs. Dionne is now a giving night sponsored by the of Fall River's Union Hospital member of St. Mathieu's. Her city's Society of French Contests. is his wife's involvement as cor- brother, Henry L. Galipeau, she She referred to St. Mathieu's responding secretary for the hos- noted, has been the Taunton city longtinie volunteer French coach pital's Women's Board.

"I clerk for 33 years: and now faculty member, Mrs. worked on the book cart at St. Eugene J. Dionne, A project dear to the· heart of Anne's Hospital for five years, Mrs. Dionne began coaching too," she said, That service was energetic Lucie Dionne is develF'fench contest entrants at St. as a member of the· Friends of opment of a French program in Mathieu's when her daughter, St. Anne's, Although her teach- parochial schools of the diocese, Lucie-Anne, was an eighth grad- ing has forced her to cut down "Teachers of French in our er at the North End school. Now on hours at St. Anne's Mrs, Di· schools have already met with Lucie-Anne is a teacher in the onne still handles publicity for the sanction of School Superingifted child program of the Fall the annual Candlelight Ball spon- tendent Father O'Neill to work River school system and her. sored by the Friends, out a syllabus for the elemenmother teaches on a regular tary grades. We would like to There's more. For eight years basis at St. Mathieu's, resuming dovetail programs with the high she. has served as a trustee of the academic career' she interschools to the end that an elethe Fall River Public Library rupted for marriage and children. mentary school student could and she's among its ardent boostTeaching, however, is but one of start with sophomore French 'and ers. "The library staff· is very her many activities. Through her a high school student could step receptive to new ideas for servlate husband, for 35 years a city il1 to second year college French." ing the public," she declared. dentist, She' became involved in She sees it as an encouraging "And I get impatient when I the annual Regional Science Fair sign that French will be offered hear people say they can't find open to all Greater Fall River in the new Taunton middle such and such a book there. If seventh through 12th graders. schooL they request the book, it will be "I've been chairman of the purchased if at all possible."

Over all, what most delights hospitality committee for years the heart of this born teacher is Although a "dyed-in-the-wool and years," she said. Her interest the encouragement of good stuin the project goes beyond that Republican," Mrs. Dionne was dents, "I love to see'them realize task,- however. As was her hus- last Summer an active worker that it's fun to work .hard and band, she is vitally concerned 'for the Congressional campaign -do well, that you can't learn by with encouraging young scien-· of Democrat Bertram A. Yaffe. osmosis," she declared. "To see tists. . them grow and blossom, that's Son's Influence my reward," To Be at Ease "My son got me interested

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"I think an important value for science fair winners is that if their projects are significant; top faculty members at such schools as MIT take a personal interest in them," she said.

Mrs. Dionne is chairman of ·Lhe scholarship committee of the Women's Auxiliary ofche Southeastern Maassachusetts Dental Society and here too her inter-

in Yaffe's campaign," she said, "I had known him for some time and felt he had a great deal to contribute to his fellowman-so 1 supported him." She would support Yaffe in another dection bid, she said.

Her son, Eugene junior, is an advanced placement. program student at Harvard. This Summer he will work on an honors thesis

MINNEAPOLIS (NC) - What will Catholic schools be like in 1984? At a panel discussion held here during the 68th Annual Convention of the National Catholic Educational Association, there were varied opinions expressed bl,lt agreement on several points: Catholic schools will enjoy .1 greater degree of governmental support; . a high percentage Gf the teachers in Catholic schools will be lay people; the term "Catholic education will include a wide variety of activities, particularly adult educa~ion programs, providing a "womb-totomb" continuing learning experience; flexibility and response to the needs of the community will be keynotes of Catholic ed_ ucational programs, The sharpest disagreement in the two-hour. dialogue came in an exchange between Sister M. Thomas Aquinas Carroll, acting chairman, of the Conference of Major Superiors of Women, and Auxiliary Bishop Willliam E. McManus, director of education for the Chicago archdiocese.

Sister Carroll insisted that a religious congregation "is not primarili a purveyor of personnel" for schools and said that issues related to the present. schools are a "disruptive" factor in the Church. "I would like to see the institutional,. hierarchical Church get out of the school business," she said.

In response, Bishop McManus noted that the median age of members of religious orders and congregations ,is 55. "I wonder how we're going to dispose of a lot of people if, as suggested, we get out of the school business,". he said-interrupted by loud applause.

Suggests Counter To Child Abuse ATLANTIC CITY (NC)-The director of the Camden diocese's family life office advocated ,~stab­ Iishment of "woithwhile and acceptable" programs of sex education and pre-ma'rriage instruction plus increased personal and marriage counseling facilities,at a state government hearing on child -abuse, Father Felix M. O'Neill suggested the programs as a counter to child abuse, which he said is not mainly a rejection of the child, but a consequence of the adult's personal inabilities to cope with other ·problems.

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Grandmother' Finds It' Har.d T~' Accept Chgnged Worl'd 1 spent a whole, day with' Laura recen,tly and came away saddened. This -is a woman, once so tolerant, goodnatured. and, optiinistic, now growri critical, bitter, and . pessimistic. When ,1 used· to know"Laura (not her, real, 'name) she' was a woman , " ' , , who faced: life with zest. Her you called.' Not many people,' 1 take the time to drop by any children, then teenage as more." I could understand why. was, gave her r.outine parNev~r Alone,

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failings and never pitted one child against another. That was' one reason we all liked her so much. But who was this wilman I lunched with recently? The hypercritical, frowning woman, constantly searching for faults in / her family, friends,' church and world? ,And finding them. , It is sad to see the deterioration of a human. Yet, there is no real reason for Laura's bitter outlook. She, is 70 years old but so are' a lOt of other women.

She is, widowed but so an~ . others. Her ,children, iive in far away towns but 'so do others' ,children.' Her health is good, she has a loving family and enoughmoney Jo live modestly in today's society. Why, then, her anguish?

Feels Cheated Laura 'is one of our oldsters who feels cheated today because the world she lives in has changed from what it was when she 'was younger. Rather than' riding with' change, she fights it and loses. Each loss increases her bitterness.' She dwells on what she calls the "gqod old days" (this woman came through the depression and agonized her way through World War -n with , a fighting son in the Pacific) but she ,also resents those people who accept the changes.

"I don't understand Veronica," she said of heI: old friend. "She acts like she',s 3D-goes to home Masses, wears pants :suits, flies off any time her children ask her to ..."

"Have you been to a home Mass?" I asked as politely' as I could, ' "N9, arid' I don't intend to go."

Her mouth became taut and she added with unusual bitterness; "Marian wanted me to fly out· for Jamie's First', Communion but they' had it at home. I told 'her I wouldn't' come because I think that's sacrilegious. j'hey had it anyway."

She then went into how children don't listen to their parents today, how they have too many toys, ,t60 little patriotism,. too little concern for the elderly and so on. I;Ier .list of complaints was endless. I stopped trying to in· ject optimism. She 'didn't want to hear anything pleasant. When I was leaving, she said, "I'm glad

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There' are many Lauras qround today, but, thank God, there are ' others to, offset them. Two days after my ,depressing one with Laura; i saw al) old friend of the family whom I 'hadn't seen for years. Ruth is 'also in her 79's, widowed and, living' alone. But alone? Hardly. Ruth is never alone.

GRQUNDBREAKllNG: Breaking ground Monday, for Mausoleum at Notre Dame Although hampered by painful Cemetery in' Fall E.iver were, left to right, Rev. Msgr. John E. Boyd and Rev. Msgr. Regarthritis ,'and a pitifully small ' budget, Ruth is surrounded' by inald M. Barrette.: friends, young; 'aFld old. She is

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cheerfUl, busy· ,and uncomplaining. Intrigued by her chittered' I I 0 schedule and happy nature, I , y 0 ...1 quizzed her on some of the OU Ruing lng, things so 'hateful to Laura. ,ALBANY (NC)-A i U.S. Cath- ers and soldiers missing in South· He said the communists de"Oh, I don't' understand all olic archbishop, refused permis- east Asia. nied them permission to visit that's going on," Ruth admitted, sion by the North, i'/ietnamese Joining the archbishop on the North Vietnam because they "but I'm not going to let myself officials to visit prisoners of war trip were Dr. Jacob A. O. Preus, c~uld not guarantee the clergyget like that friend ,of yours. I've 'camps, there, said he told the president of the 'Lutheran • men's safety. ' seen too many people spend tl1eir communists in a face-to-face Church-Missouri Synod; Dr. NaThe archbishop' said that prislast good years complaining and, confrontation that they were than Bailey, president of the I oners must be released before' I'm not going to give my grand- mistreating American. prisoners. Christian and Missionary AlIi-' American troops are withdrawn children that memory of me. By "You are hiding :something, ' ance in Los Angeles - and Dr. because "human life means the way, did I tell yoU: 'what my and undoubtedly wh~t you are George E. Sweazy, former modnothing" to the North Vietnagrandson said ..." and she was 'hiding is the condition of the erator of the United Presbytermese. off and laughing~ prisoners," Archbishpp Joseph ian Church in the USA. Our world is full of Lauras, T. Ryan of Anchorage, Alaska, The American group, Archyes, but the yeast is Ruth. The told the North Vietmimese lead- bishop Ryan' said, met with Mixed Marriages Lauras will 'live alone or with ers in Laos. i North Vietnamese officials in ',:PEORIA (NC):- Mixed marothers like themselves looking "I 'feel they (the I prison~rs) ,Vientiane, Laos. He said the riages involving a Catholic were for what is wrong with life while, are. being mistreated,'; he added. communists maintained that pris- over the 50 per cent mark for the the Ruths take life as it is with "Otherwise, why don't you let oners' held in North· Vietnam, 'first time in the, Peoria diocese : were adequately cared for and during 1970. A survey conducted its changes. filtering out the bad us in?" and living with the good. " ' In a telephone interview with given proper medical treatm.ent by The Catholic Post, diocesan the Evangelist, Albany diocesan and time for recreation and newspaper, disclosed that of the Keep Growing It's impossible to be arout,ld weekly new'spaper,Archbishop spiritual needs.

2,543 marriages in the diocese, ,two such different examples of ~yim recalled how h~ and three ' But the American churchmen,' 52.8 per cent were mixed. On the maturity without pondering one'~ other American, churchmen were Archbishop Ryan said, kept in- national level, mixed marriages own future' outlook. Will I hold denied ,permission to yisit North sisting: "Why not, let us see for are close to the 50 per cent ' on dearly to what is today's, I., ,;Vietnam and inspect POW ourselves?" mark. . wonder, bitterly rejecting that camps.

I ~ which is new, refusing to attend He also said in the interview my grandson's' First' Communion that American war· prisoners because it is back in a Latin' should be released Jefore U.S. High Mass instead of at home? troops are withdrawn ifrom VietINDUSTRIAL, , and' DOMESTIC I don't know, but I hope not, I nam because the North Vietnahope I can change' with my chil- mese '''would hold' on to. the dren's world. After ~ll, they are" prisoners for further bargaininheriting. ,the seeds, of their ing." : world from me, just' as we inSome North Vietnalnese famherited today's, world from the ilies, he said, are di~placed by seeds our parents and grand- American bomb,ings. But he addparents planted.. I onl?,' pray' I eel that ,·the' bombi~gs alone Gan keep g.rowmg ,~Ith. those, were' not causing the displace312 H;nman New Bedl.,d seeds, as pamful ~s. It might be - ment. "They are fleeing comto my roots. muni'st slavery."

I The clergymen returned re-, cently to' the U.S. aft~r a three:Women Religious ,week, around-the-world trip in Elect Officer's behalf of American ~ar prisonCHICAGO (NC)-:-Sister Ethhc I I Kennedy, one of' the' founders of the National Assembly of WomUP,DATED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM en Religious, has been chosen TIMELY RELIGIOUS FORMATION first national coordinator of '~he Sisters' organization.

• Also 'elected through ballo.ts ~~laR mailed in by ab04t half, of i 13~ROth€R OR PPI€st NAWR's' 4,500 members were '" let 'us tell ~ou how Sister'Helen Marie Neal,of'Paola, ' , you can serve. Write Kan., treasurer, and Sister Rita 'for free literature at, no obligation.

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May Crowning The traditional Crowning of the Statue of the Blessed Virgin and a poster contest climaxed Mary's Month of May for the children and adults . of St. Margaret's Parish, Buzzards Bay. Leanne Songer crowns the statue with the assistance of James P9bbins. Mary's Court consisted of Maureen Ellis, Kathy Goss, Charlene Iannucci, and the Bevilacqua sisters, Eleanor, Roseann and Mary.

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When I reported for my first assig.nment at Syracuse's Immaculate Conception Cathedral soon after ordination, two things were clear: my enthusiasm ~nd inexperience. However, the pastor and his other assistants wasted no time in - capitalizing on the one and correcting the other. Senior curate Father Francis Harrison directed' this

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"breaking in" operation' for the initial months until he left' the Cathedral (after 17 years) for his 'first parish.

I gained an impression of Father Harrison during this brief association which grew over the next decade into an expressed conviction (ask ,I)1y friends) that he had the qualities we hope to find realized 'ina bishop. In' my opinion, a man fot this office should be: Emotionally mature, _not jealous or threatened by the talents or accomplishments o~ others, , Supernaturally objective, make ing decisions on, the basis of what is best for the Church and

for others, not what might further his own personal .gain. ' Intelligent and well read~ keeping up with the latest developments in theology.

People-oriented, seeing his function in terms of service. A' man, for example, who after 20 years in the priesthood, still tries to visit daily a dying patient in the hospital should carry a similar attitude over to his work as a bishop.

Faith and prayer conscious, aware that unity in Christ springs from shared beliefs and common worship.

Prophet Is Recognized Apparently others had made an, identical judgment about Father Harrison and saw these necessary characteristics in him.

On April 22 he returned to that same, Cathedral for an ordination to the episcopacy-his own.

Bishop Harrison wasn't elected an auxiliary bishop (although rumors suggest he headed the popular list of suitable candidates), but he certainly received the people's approbation during this ceremony.

The program booklet described a section 'of the rite after the gospel with these words: "Presentation of the bishop-elect. The Apostolic Mandate.is read, Joyful applause is our response to this personal message of ,our Holy Father, Pope Paul VL" Turn to Page Seventeen

Learning to Wonder' You may have seen Anthony Quinn recently as the mayor of a Southwestern city on the TV movie,' "The' City." One scene I enjoyed takes place in a city park. The mayor is p\1otographing a tree when a group' of university students recogn1ze him.

They ask wh'at he is doing and he' replies that he is taking a picture of a tree. "Why photo-

Read Joyce Kilmer Also A camera has helped me become more sensitive to how extraordinary the' ordinary really is. Like the mayor iri "The City" I have taken pictures of. trees and come to see a beauty that had escaped me for' years. rm By reminded of a poem by Zilpha Keatley Snyder, "Tree."

"Everyone everywhere's certainFR. CARL J. ly see!!

PFEIFER, S.J. A tree. ~You know it's usually green Or yellow, or red. You 'know it's good' '•. graph that tree?" they, ask, "It's 'Forswing~ and shade or fruit like any other tree!" The mayor 'or wood. looks at them, looks around at But .it's only a tree, a tree, a all the other trees in the park, tree. and points out how each t~ee is But then, perhaps, on a cerfain .unique. "The trouble today," he ' day, without any warning - a tells the students, "is that people sudden ray have stopped looking at trees."

Of 'light catches you-jars you It, was a paSSing moment ,in free, ' . ' a long, dramatic' political ac~ Opens your eyes and then you "tion movie, but, that scene says see much' about contemporary life .The secret rri~gic meaning---= and about modern education, TREE,'" especially religious education. In Christian education has as a a world of mass produced goods,' principal aim the enabling of conformity. in styles, and passive people to look at reality, to won-, entertainment it is all too easy" 'der' at its mysterious beauty, to to stop looking at trees. flowers, no.tice. the extra()rdinary in what b~ildings, even peo.p.l~.,,~~turally . Turn to Page Seven~ee,n, "

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Won't You Entertain Me? So habituated are we to read,ing that our nine-year-old' frequently picks up a book, unbidden, and reads it to her younger brothers: Our five-year-old, in turn, "reads" a book now and then to our two-year-olds.

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Besides' reading, there are all kinds of activities which a parent can encourage in' his child if he expects him to become a creative person. This means getting the materials, putting up with the valentine mess or Easter egg dye or "whatever, and cleaning up.

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The difference in training a child to absorb or to create is the difference between rearing SPECTATOR I OR-PARTICIPATOR: ,Do our, children a ,generation- of humans :or :, 'a 'need to sit passiVely in front the teievision and "be generation of zombies. Recently, intertained" without a creative response on their part? I reread 1984, and was struck Dolores Curran this week, discusses the need for more by the similarity between the active and creatire participation.by today's youngsters. characters who took soma to a trip out in a lovely daydream and some of today's children' who I was asked byl' an editor Like most critics, I'm too bu!>y take television to trip out in awhile back to do ah article on to sit on planning boards. So, another kind of daydream. It is course of having no right to criticize, I rather frightening to the parent Sesame Street.

In tHe , I my research, I talke,Q with sev- sit back and put on the great who knows that his child will eral kindergarten teachers on stone face, sit willingly before television all the effects of the program. All Reading Develops Imagination day long, emerging in some sort of them praised it highly but one As adults we need to scruti- of trance to eat now and then. added a comment Jhat stayed' nize ourselves. As parents, we One evening during Holy with me. ! need to observe our children. Week last Spring, our baby sit"The kids seem to: want to be Are we letting them demand en- ter showed up early. We were entertained more thi,~' year 'than tertainment instead o~ learning, in the midst of preparing scripts, before," she said. "I I don't know which is a two-say process? props,. centerpieces and cosif this is due to Sesame Street Are we allowing them to sit and tumes for our Paschal meal and , or just television in general, but absorb television, for hours on our own Good· Friday Passion they aren't as Willing to put end instead of insisting they service. We had had some 10 themselves into the ~ction. They learn to play with one another, assorted catechism kids, here are more passive-just want to read, or create? working hard in anticipation of Playing, reading and creating, the week's activities. I asked absorb."

I I knew what she! meant be- demand' active participation. our sitter, who \yas wide-eyed cause, at that time, I, was teach-- Television requires little partici- at the mess, just to leave everying two college writing courses. pation. It is a passive occupation. thing as it was. .

After an eight ye'ar absence Reading requires the child' to When we returned home, the from the formal classroom, I create his own images. He must kids were in bed but the sitter noticed a great diffe~ence in stu- envision characters' and scenes dent attitude today. II saw it ih as he reaqs. This sharpens his was finishing some paper crowns of thorns. She said, "This is the their unwillingness to share re- 'perception and creativity; first time I've ever made things s'ponsibility for the I success of We are a busy family but one the class themselves: It was al- pleasure we do not squeeze out like this . . . hope you don't most'as if they were ~itting back, of our ~chedule is that of reading mind. Gee, kids are lucky to hands behind heatd!;l, saying together. We have an ongoing have something besides television." wordlessly, "Interest me. Move book at all times. Looking over Sad, isn't it?

I me. Enthuse me." the past year, we have read' And it was a long uphill strug- aloud together in the car, dengle; trying to intet-est people tist's office'p 'or anywhere else Asks Settlement who were~'t pulling their load, a that reading replaces waiting, , QUITO (NC)-Bishop Leonidas little like" trying to dress an un- these books: Lassie Come Hom~, Proano Villalba of Riobamba has willing two-year-old ~ho has let The Street of the Flower Boxes, appealed to the United States to his limbs go limp.

Rascal, The. Velveteen Rabbit, resolve its' tuna fishing "war" I wish I could Iblame this Charlottle's Web (read annually with Ecuador instead of pursuing "entertain-me" syndrome on the here by demand), The Trumpet a policy of sanctions against youth alone but I sJe it in my of the Swan, Heidi and literally this country, pointing out that own generation. Worse,' I see dozens of simpler. children's such sanctions as withholding it in myself, I loathe sitting books. Several others we have U. s. foreign aid only help, to through boring mee~ings; yet I begun and set aside until the increase anti-American sentidon't offer to imPll:ove them. 'children are olQer. ment throughout Latin AmeriCa.

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The Parish Parade ,ST. PATRICK, . FALL RIVER The Parish School Board will hold an election at 7 on Thurs·· 02722. day evening, June 3 in the school ST. JOSEPH, auditorium. All members of the ATTLEBORO parish are urged to vote.

"Springtime Varieties" will be There are ,nine candidates, presented the weekend of June 'five of whom 'will be elected.

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New officers of the Knights OUR LADY 011 THE ANGELS, of the Altar are William Weber, FALL RIVER supreme grand knight; Larry Annual Espirito Santo Feast Audette, vice-supreme grand will be held over the week6lld knight; David Laferriere, secre- of June 4-6. Friday 'evening, tary; Arthur Cote, treasurer.

June 4-Eddie Zack's music will ST. THERESA, start at 7 and there will be SO. ATTLEBORO games, food and refreshments.

Saturday, June 5 - Pencoes The following slate of officers of the Confraternity of. Christian will be delivered at 9 in the Women has been installed for morning and' 'the 'evening program will consist of music by the coming year: Mrs. Dolores' Sweeney, presi- Our Lady of Angels Parish Band, dent; Mrs. Mary Blythe, vice- food, games, refreshments and presiden..t; Mrs. Claire Bourgette, booths. The feature of the even· recording secretary; Mrs. Patricia ing will be a Portuguese Show.

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Also, Mrs. Mary Gauthier, Church at the noon Mass foltreasurer; Mrs. Marie 'Barrett, lowed at 1 o'clock by a procesmistress of ceremonies;, Mrs. sion of all societies, organizaGloria Dubuc, alternate mistress tions, Dominga groups, First .Holy Communion Class, and of ceremonies. / parishioners. At the completion of the procession, the full proPeop~e gram of the feast on the church grounds and hall will continue. . Continued from Page Sixteen And anplaud the capacity con-. Sunday's f~ature will be an aftergregation did-loud and long. noon and evening Portuguese -Show.

Some might term such handChildren will make their First clanping as behavior most inapHoly Communion at 'the 9 o'clock propriate or irreverent for church.

Mass on Saturday morning. ' The Syracuse experience proved The Holy Rosary Sodality will quite the contrary. conduct a public penny sale at 7 The applause effectively said, "we approve the appointment, on Thursday evening, June 24.

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we endorse this man, we accept ST. MARY, him as our bishop." It also gave NORTON us an Op"ortunity to express exMrs., Albert Travers, president ternally the sense of joy, happi- of District No.4 of the DCCW ness and pride. we felt deep installed the following officers within our hearts. I watched one to ,serve the Norton's Catholic of Bishop Harrison's older: closer , Womens Club for the year 1971friends during the people's ac- 72. clamation by applause, an indiMrs. Hilda Silvia, president; vidual not constitutionally in Mrs. Mary Murphy, vice-presifavor of liturgical innovations. dent; Mrs. Mary Monteiro, corHe was clapping vigorously and, responding secretary; Mrs.' Jeanat least from mv vantage point nette Bauza, recording secretary; across the sanctuary, trying '~o Mrs. Patricia Murphy, treasurer. hold back tears.

Mrs. Silvia named the following standing committee chairmen Christlikeness Spreads After the final blessing, a for the year: Mrs. Anne Guevrerabbi from the diocese's south- mont. cards and flowers; Mrs. ern section greeted' the new Hilda Ribeiro, ways and means; bishop in the name of the vari· Mrs. Mildred Plante, program; ous area faith communities and Mrs. Shirley Hunter, spiritual bestowed, in Hebrew and En· - affairs.

Directors named were Mrs. glish. an ancient Jewish blessing upon him. Bishop Harrison's ,Ruth Brown, Mrs. Louise Lynch renutation; it would seem, has and Mrs. Aldurina Fernandes: Miss Florence Thibeault will reached 'beyond the Catholic circle, gaining him support and serve as publicity director. approval from many others.

The spirit of joy flowed over Minnesota Passes into a banquet for 1.100 which School Aid Bill followed after the liturgy. (Let ST. ·pAUL (NC)-The Minne: . me sav, parenthetically, that I ~ota' }-JQuse of, Representatives think there is a time and a place has given final approval to~ a for everything; a time to work ,Iandinatk school aid bill granting - with and for the poor, a time to tax 'credits to parents paying enjoy the good things God has tuition for their children attendmade; a time to practice austere ing nonpublic 'schools-. self-denial,a ,time to celebrate U. S. Catholic 'Conference eduwith wine and food and music cation officials in Washnigton, special events of importance.)

D. C., called the bill the first of People laughed, applauded, in· its kind.

- deed had a fine time. Oh happy A similar tax credit law in day, the song goes, and it was Hawaii applies to both public in Syracuse for we had a new and non public school students shepherd. a bishop approved by and gives much less financial his people. assistance-a maximum benefit Discussion Questions of $20 'per elementary. and sec1. What qualities do you think ondary student. Minnesota's bill are most important for a bishop says parents can deduct from to possess? their final state income tax up 2. What' part should the peo- to $100 per non public grade ple play in the choosing of their school student and a possible $140 per high school student. bishops?

MEMORIAL OBSERVANCE: PartiGipating in Ecumenical Observance aboard battleship U.S.S. Massachusetts were members of the Fall River Clergy Association, left to right, Rev. Msgr. Henri A. Hamel, Rev. Msgr. John E. Boyd, Rev. Edward Thomas, Rev. Arthur T. DeMello and Rev. Edward VanderHey.

Knights of Columbus Laud FBI Hea.d BOSTON (NC)-Adopting res- approval of the a~ility of Federolutions stressing law and order, al Bureau of Investigation directhe Massachusetts Council, . tor, J. Edgar Hoover.

Hoover, the Knights said, has Knights of Columbus, has voted fought crime, supported principles of liberty and justice and "is needed at a time when corruption, immorality and every Continued from Page Sixteen vice known to man is rampant seems so ordinary. Like Murray and threatens to erode our soin the charming movie, "A Thouciety." sand Clowns," we want to enable Copies of the resolution laud: people to become free enough ing Hoover were sent to Presito break out of the monotonous dent Nixon and Atty. Gen. John world of "list makers" and Mitchell. notice the magic of the morning The Knights also resolved that sun, or the marvel of another law and order must prevail or person. It does little good to tell children, adolescents, or adults American traditions, including of the "mystery" of creation, or justice and domestic tranquility the "mystery" of the Incarnation, will crumble.

The 60,OOO-member-state coun e if they are insensitive· to mystery cil condemned public officials in life. who sympathize with dissenters G. K. Chesterton a century 3.go wrote of the unappreciated ;idvocating civil disobedience and marvel of water flowing in violence.

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streams and rivers, of the green,ess of grass, of the wonder of sunrise and sunset. He describes 'Jod Himself so captivated by the first sunrise that He ,says each morning, "Do it again."

Vatican Council II urges the cultivation of 'a sense of wonder, an ability to re:cognize the mystery of things. "The human spirit must· be cultivated in such a way that there results a growth in its ability to wonder, to understand, to contemplate" (Church in World, 59). One aspect of Christian growth, of Catholic education is the encouragement of this ability. Perhaps one of the major problems today is that .people have stopped looking at trees. As a result we _ too easily fail to respond to the mystery of life, to sense the presence of God. Joyce Kilmer was captivated by a particular tree in Prairie Duchesne, Wisc.

He wrote ,a famous poem about it. His wonder at that tree opened him to grasp the deeper mystery of God's creative presence: "Only God can make a tree."

Secretary Named WASHING:rON (NC) - Father Antonio Mattiazzo, a native of Italy, has been named secretary of the apostolic delegation in the United States. He was ordained in 1964 and has a doctorate degree in canon law from the Lateran University in Rome.

"We witness 'with a constant frequency so-called peaceful as-' semblies turning to riotous and destructive acts, even to the point of attempting to disrupt the orderly process of government," the K of C declared.

Tapes Help Parents Reach Children SAN FRANCISCO (NC)-"The Times They Are A Changin'" is both the theme song and the message of eight video tapes prepared by the San Francisco arch" diocesan adult education department to help parents understand how to reach their children.

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Says PQwer, 'Not C,elibacy" Is Real' Issue in Church

NEW YORK (NC) - Urban commuter colleges have an extremely bright future,according to Dr. Margaret Mead, claiming that their great advantage is their location.

"They are much closer to real life than a college that's out somewhere in a little college town where there is really no real life at all that isn't dependent upon the college," she told NC News Service.

Celibacy is not the issue. The. National Federation of .Priests'-'Councils may demand .an immediate change. The American bishops may absolut~ly refuse to discuss it and send to the synod a delegation committed to not discussing it. Young priest groups may march on picket .lines. The , history. It is the 'way that John the first American bishnews' media may use celi- Carroll, op, was selected. The present bacy as a lead for every re- method of selecting bishops is a port on the Catholic. Church.

It's still not the issue.

The issue is power.' If I were a member of the shadowy power elite which controls the' American Church I would cheerfully let priests' marry if they want. For

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such a decision would ha've no impact at all on the stranglehold I have on the Church.

But I· can't understand' why the power' issue is ignored by every-' one: A little over half the, Amer'ican priesthood wants to see optional celibacy' while more than three-quarters of the clergy. support popular nomination' of bishops. Yet, this latter finding is completely ignored in media coverage while the former is the subject of obsessive reporting.

But 'whatever the media coverage, we-ought not to make any mistake about it: the present cdsis in the Church will go from bad to worse until· there is a .drastic change in the manner in which Church leadership is chosen.

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modern usurpation of the power which ancient theologians such as St. Ambrose argued reSided ' in the church of 'the diocese itself.

I am not taking this position because I 'Jack respect for the members of the American hierarchy. 'On the contrary, ~ost . bishops I know ha,ve been generous a'!d gracious ~o me.

But they are ca"ught in an' im: possible bind., Even if they' do not want to be. polarized from their clergy the structure ~f the organization of the American' hierarchy ma,kes this polarization inevitable unless a man goes to extraordi~ary lengths to pre~erit . it-and if he does so,' he runs the risk of having a fat file on him.in the office of the Apostolic Delegate and being typed by the power elite as. a dangerous *nd unreliable innovator.

BLESSING: Newly-ordained Passionist Father Colum~ kille O'Grady giv~s priestly blessing to his mother, Mrs. New Bedford at reception Sunday in Michael O'Grady of I .

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secrecy, the rules normal in civil' affairs equally apply.

Church News "On the other hand, the spiritual'riches which are an essential attribute of the Church demand that the news she gives out of her intentions as well as her works be distinguished by integrity, truth and openness.

"When ecclesiastical authorities are unwilling to give information or. are unable to do so, then rumor is unloosed and rumor .is not a bearer of the truth but carries dangerous halftruths. Secrecy should therefore be restricted to matters that involve the good name of individuals or. that touch upon the rights of people whether singly or collectively."

In a strong attitude of confidence in young people, the pastoral says that the· older generations "often find it. harder to comprehend" the media and its language.

"Nevertheless, let them trust the young' because these have been born and have grown up in a different kind ,of society," it says.

Revealing a modern grasp of journalism techniques, the pastoral states that '''not only must news reporting keep to the facts, and bear down on the most. important of these, but the meaning of what it reports should be brought out by explanation." In many places the document talks about a scrupulous impartiality, detachment, fairness and ~alance as necessary ingredients in reporting the news.

I cannot understand why my Continued from P~ge One truth," that' public. opinion colleagues in the American toral InstructIOn was SIX years changes often, and that the priesthood do not 'act,as though in the making by th~ Pontifical openly. and commonly expressed this were the real issue instead Commission on Social! Communi-' views of people "should always of celibacy. In my own diocese cations. It was written to carry be carefully considered," espethere has been a long and foolish ,out the brief and all but forgot- cially by those who hold civil fight about the shape of a dioc- ten 1962 Vatican Cou'ncil decree :or religious a.uthority. .' esan senate. Such a fight· is a . on communications..

Turning to secrecy, the docuwaste of time because senates "The unity and advancement ment says that the right to inhave no important power and of men living in sodiety: these formation is not limitless and will not have it until- they have, are the chief aims of social com- that the right of secrecy "obtains some part in the process of munication and of all ithe means if necessary or professional duty nominating b.ishops. it uses," the documeht says in or the common good itself rePower is· not going to be its opening words, i~ a global quires it." In a later section adyielded easily. It is not going approach beyond any self- dressed specifically to the to turn up as a splendid surprise , serving Church concJpt of the Church and its membe.rs, it again I Speak for Diocese under a Christmas tree. It will media. : talks about secrecy in. these . Speaking to and about persons words: come only when the priests of The polarization of clergy and every diocese in the United working in the comrrlunications "On those occasions whim the hierarchy will only begin to diStates make it crystal clear that industry, the pastoral ktates th~t affairs of the Church require minish when the bishops are in the next time a diocese falls media professionals "h~ve a duty - some meaningful sense responvacant they will not serve under in conscience to mJke themsible to their priests. and not a man in whose nomination they selves competent in· the art of merely to a distant 'Roman buhave not participated. . social communication in order to . reaucracy and·a shadowy clique Nothing else matters; but -I be effective in their work." of their peers who dominate the "The media are bouhd to seek very much doubt that the Amerselection and promotion of a mass audience an4. so they ican clergy have the guts rebishops. . often adopt a neutral I stance in quired to take a stand..They may I am not saying that bishops order to avoid giving bffence to DOMESTIC & HEAVY DUTY OIL BURNERS ought. to -be responsible only to continue to denounce J. Edgar any section of their I audie·nce.

Hoover and praise the Berrigans, their priests. but I am saying How, in a society that is comSales - Service - I nsfallafion that in addition to their respon- to pass resolutions about celiinitted to the rights bf dissent, sibilities to speak for the Church bacy and the Third ·World. But MAIN OFFICE - 10 DURFEE' STREET, FALL RIVER is the distinctiori bet~een right unIversal to their own diocese they don't have the guts to face and wrong, and true ~nd false, they have a' responsibility to the real issue of power in the to be 'made?" ! to speak for their own diocese Church - any more than tl1eir Caution's : to the Church universal - and . leaders had the guts to protest The pastoral does not try to this I would argue is 'a theolog- when they were not even per, reply 'to such questidns. Menical responsibility rooted in' the mitted to read the complete texts of research reports on tioning a decline in mo'ral standnatUre of their office. ards in much of mode1rn life, it But uilless the priests (and which they had spent in excess cautions against blafuing the people) of a diocese' participate of $400,000.. communications 'media lin its job in the nomination. of their Jr reflecting ';what' already exINCORPORATED 1937 leaders, there. "is no reason be- Area District BlLIYs ists in society." 'I yond the personal disposition of The Vatican docu'ment calls al1 individual bishop why the Catholic School public opinion - "aness~ntial exleader"should feel any responsiPORT J:lURON (NC) The pression of human :nature" :and bility to them. Some will' and Port Huron Area School District adds: "Freedom of sp~ech is a' , I some will not, but it is,- I fear, has agreed to purchase. Port normal factor in the growth of ari iron law of human organiza- . Huron Catholic High. School- public opinion ... it is absolutely : JAMES H. COLLINS, C.E., Pres. tion that on'e is responsible to . building, land, furnishings and essential that there: be' freedom • Reg'istered Civil and Structural· Engineer those who have chose,n" one for ,fixed equipment-for $1,750,00q. to express ideas and ~ttitudes."

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Built in 1962 by eight· area. , "Freedom of opinioni and the FRANCIS L. COLLINS, JR., Treas.· Let no one argue that popular parishes -to serve a inaximu'm en- right to be informed gq hand in . . " THOMAS K. COLLINS, Seey. nomination of bishops is a new rallment of '750 pupils, ·the c1os- hand." . ,I and radical idea. It.is,. tJ:1e way·. ing' of the schobl .inJ une 'b~­ It notes that the' opinion of BUILDING FALL RIVER, MASS. bishops .were select~d ,for' the. . cause of a financial squeeze had 'the ~majority' "is not necessarily : ACADEMY , . . . . the best or theclose~t to tne fit:§~~igh.t..c~l).turje.s""&L.Cl1yrcli. .... already. 'been announced. ' •

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WASHINGTON (NC)-A manual to help U. S. Catholic' dioceses. start efficient financial accounting and reporting programs is nearing completion.

An advisory group appointed by a U. S. bishops' committee has already' reviewed two drafts of the manual. A third and probably final draft was reviewed in May. The completed manual, which individual dioceses may' choose to use or not use, is the first of three phases in the accounting project.

The completed manual, which individual dioceses may choose to use or not use, is the first of three phases in the accounting project. . .

P,hase two is a training program for diocesan finance officials and their assistants. The final phase will be putting the accounting system, to . work in interested dioceses.

Before 1965, only foui' U. S. dioceses issued annual public statements of their financial assets and liabilities.

Want Uniform System But a February 1971 survey conducted by Crux Information Service in Albany, N. Y., showed 63 Catholic dioceses and Church jurisdictions published financial reports-41 of them on an an· nual basis. Nearly 40 other dioceses were also planning to do so, the sur-vey said.

The National Conference of Catholic Bishops set up an ad hoc committee on diocesan fi· nancial statements in 1969.

A conference spokesman said the bishops felt a uniform accounting system "could contribute significantly to more effective internal management of scarce resources ... reduce cost, promote comparability and facilitate understanding."

The bishops' ad hoc committee, headed by Cardinal Terence Cooke of New York, formed an advisory group of businessmen, lawyers, accountants and diocesan fiscal managers.

The committee also hired a team of accountants for technical assistance. Bishop Joseph L. BernardiI}', I~onference - general secretary, has served as project coordinator. . , First Draft' The team of accountants conducted a questionnaire interview of the 161 U. S. dioceses and visited a cross-section of them.

After studying diocesan accounting standards already followed and needs to be resolved, the accountants estimated the level of expertise to which the manual would be geared, and prepared the first draft.

The completed document will provide accounting standards covering financial activities under a bishop's jurisdiction. But the standards and suggested fiscal policies will apply mainly to diocesan administrative offkes.

Schools, hospitals, cemeteries, .or health and welfare organizations would continue to use accounting standards developed specifically for them.

The manual will also include financial statement formats, an iIljlstrated chart of accounts, and a glossary of accountJng terms: ' •

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AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE AWARD: Morris B. Abram, left, former president of Brandeis University and an honorary president of the American Jewish Committee, presented the American Liberties Medallion, AJC's highest award, to Father Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., president of Notre Dame University and chairman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. The award, given annually for "exceptional advancement of the principles of human liberty," was presented at AJC's 65th annual dinner. .NC Photo.

Confirms Dissolution of PAVLA 'Little' to Show' for Millions of Dolla rs Spent WASHINGTON (NC) ~ The Papal Volunteers for Latin America (PAVLA) program is being phased out of existence, Thomas Quigley, PAVLA's national di· rector, confirmed here.

It had been reported earlier last month that PAVLA was "alive but not well."

The national office is 'no longer recruiting or training volunteers, Quigley said, "but I expect that those already in Latin America will finish out their terms of service."

The PAVLi\ program, established in 1960, has been "under reconsideration and reevaluation" for a year and a half, he added.

"We have a lot' of data suggesting that it is no longer a feasible program." .

Specific reasons behind the decision to drop the PAVLA projects were contained in a memorandum sent to the international affairs' denartment of the United States Catholic Confer-

Catholic Fund Drive Has $240L-OOO Goal' LONDON (NC) - :rhe English and Welsh bishops set a goal of $240,000 for this ,year's National Catholic Fund drive at their recent meeting.

The money collected will be allotted to various Catholic lay organizations and to the bishops' national commissions.

Auxiliary Bishop Gerard Mahon of Westminster was appointed a consultant-observer to .the British Council of Churches.

ence by the conference's division for Latin America, of which Quigley's office is a part.

'Serious Failures' Although millions of dollars were spent on PAVLA programs in the past decade, "there is little to show for this," the memorandum revealed. ' There is "virtually nothing in Latin America itself" to give 'testimony to this expenditure, and "we have little evidence that former Papal Volunteers have done much to raise the ,North American consciousness of the Latin American reality."

"More negatively," the memo orandum said, "PAVLA has had its share of, serious failures, peo-

Academic Freedom Concept Distorted NIAGARA FALLS (NC)-The head of the Knights of Columbus said here that a Catholic university cannot permit academic freedom to "ride roughshod" over Catholic teachings.

"Academic, freedom cannot mean moral irresponsibility," said Supreme Knight John W. McDevitt during a ceremony at Niagara University where he received the Caritas Medal.

McDevitt said the concept of academic freedom has suffered considerable distortion in recent times.

McDevitt said academic freedom "must live within the disciplines of truth and moral discrimination, just as the' body must be selective in the food it . consumes, lest it poison itself."

pie' whose lives have become more messed up, who in effect have been at least temporarily ruined precisely because of PAVLA. "These are the people for whom the byrden of trying to function in a highly unstructured situation in another country proved too much.

Lacked Skills "Some of these are casualties of the unrealistic unflated rhetoric of PAVLA, a messianic rhetoric ,borrowed from :,J 9th century missiology, which . . . suffered a rude reversal upon contact with the Latin American reality."

Quigley characterized some former volunteers as "naive" and "idealistic"-weU-meaning people "who genuinely wanted to contribute s9mething to the wellbeing of mankind," but who lacked the specific skills necessary to make much of an imprint. . This is not only a problem of PAVLA volunteers, but also of many other North Americans, Quigley said.

"There is a degree of naivete in all of North American society when it tries to relate to the Third World of developing na-' tions because North Americans have not had much experience relating to other cultures," he said. . Among other reasons given for the dissolution of PAVLA are an increasing lack of interest on the part of prospective volunteers and growing repudiation of 'PAVLA-style' programs on the part of Latin Americans.

SAN FRANCISCO (NC)-,.The California Supreme Court here ruled that a Monterey County Superior Court injunction prohibiting lettuce boycott activities by the ,United Farm Workers Organizing ~ommittee; AFL-CIO (UFWOC), was unconstitutional.

A unanimous decision by the seven-member Supreme Court declared that a substantial portion of the injunction violated the right of free speech of UFWOC and its spokesmen..

The injunction, issued last October, resulted in the Dec. 4 jailing of <:;esar Chavez, UFWOC head, for contempt. The state Supreme Court ordered him released pending review of the injunction after he had spent 20 days in the county jail at Salinas.

The state high court said: "A state may not constitutionally enjoin . . . noncoercive truthful efforts to communicate the facts of a labor dispute to the public."

It said this right of free speech is of particular importance to the union because under California law, employers can sign with a union without the consent of the workers involved.

And in the case of the lettuce boycott, this is exactly that the Chavez-led union has contended.

Chavez' contempt conviction grew out of the fact that' he ,refused to obey the, Monterey Superior Court ruling, exempting Bud Antle Inc., from the UFWOC nationwide boycott.

Antle claimed his field workers have been under Teamster Union contracts since 1961. The boycott started last, Summer after 200 other growers .also signed their workers with the Teamsters . The workers were not given any choice, even though many claimed they wanted to be represented by UFWOC.

Bargaini~g Agent NEW YORK (NC) Lay teachers in New York archdiocesan schools have voted to continue the Federation of Catholic Teachers as their bargaining agent. The union was. approved 1,198 to 850. The number voting was a clear majoriy of the estimated 2,500 lay teachers in the 300 elementary and secondary schools covered by the union's activities.

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