06.08.72

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Environmental Conference Has Theology Dimension

STOCKHOLM (NC) - The tions of the world come together United Nations Conference on on a specific issue in the interest the Human Environment "may of our planet earth and mankind. turn out to be one of the im- I find it even more gratifying portant theological meetings of that the Church is participating modern times," according to Dr. actively at this meeting. As an Eugene Carson Blake, secretary- African from a country in the general of the World Council of developing Third World, I see Churches. . our priorities from a definite ,Discussion at the conference, perspective. , An Anchor 01 the Soul, Sure and Firm-St. Paul he said "provokes a reconsider"For me the present _concern ation of the most fundamental is for the continued material deof human existence: velopment of the Third World.

Fall River, Mass., Thursday, June 8, 1972 questions what is man's chief aim on From all over the wor.ld, we must mobilize love for our felVol. 16, No. 23 漏 1972 The Anchor $4.0::;\~o:r earth?"

About 1,200 delegates repre- low man and for our planet. senting more than 100 nations- The Church can and should be a including Vatican representatives crucial agent in this process, to -are attending the conference help , guide and save the world which has the aim of producing from becoming dehumanized and guidelines for international ac- to insure the right of every tion to halt- the deterioration of being and nation to a good life." the environment and to preserve Lutheran Bishop Ingmar VATICAN CITY (NC)--:Pope lating into practical teaching the the resources of the earth.

Stroem of Stockholm welcomed Maurice Strong, a Canadian the conference participants to Paul VI appealed to the "moral right . ethical and Christian and secretary-general of the the religious service in the sensitivity" of the world's doc- norms?" conference, said that a new Lutheran Cathedr:al on Sunday, tors to join the Church in its The doctors were also asked world organization to stop the campaign for the right to life. to act in the Pope's behalf "in The Pope also asked "men of the urgency of raising a defense earth's self-destruction could be functioning early in 1973 if the medicine" to act on his behalf against the spread of indifferent environment conference is a sucin teaching that social diseases, and permissive hedonism that cess. drugs and torture, as well as threatens the dignity and integStrong said that the confercontraception, abortion and eu- rity of human life by violating ence participants seek the guidthanasia, offend the "dignity and the moral law." ance and blessing of God. If the Workshops designed to assist integrity of human life."

Referring to the moral prob- conference is to succeed, he said, priests, sisters and laymen in The Pope's appeal came in a lems thilt today affect the rela- we are in need of ,wisdom and meeting the religious challenges sermon he gave at a Mass in the tions between men of medicine power far greater than our own. of the 1970s will highlight "SumSistine Chapel June 1 for about and men of the Church, the Pope Let us admit that doomsday is mer Happenings-1972". at the 1,000 delegates of the 18th world said: possible-even probable-if we La Salette Center for Christian congress of the Internation~l "More often we find ourselves continue on our 'present course. Living, Attleboro.

College of Surgeons. 'consulted ... on contraception, If the world is to change, this Three workshops are to be "Could we not ask you today, abortion, responsible parenthood, means that Christians must held during August on the subdoctors and surgeons," the Pope social diseases, torture, drugs change.

Dr. Letitia E. Obeng, director jects of prayer, religious educasaid, "to act on our behalf in the and euthanasia. of the institute of Aquatic Biol- tion and vows. midst of the confusion of current "Certainly we are not able to ogy at Achimote,Ghana, stated: The first workshop, "Prayer opinions (in the medical-moral discuss these problems in their and the 1970s," will be held "It is wonderful to see the nafield), in the challenge of transspecific scientific terms. But by Aug. 11-13. It will be directed by virtue of our mission as guardian Brother David F.K. Steindl-Rast and interpreter of the law of of Mount Saviour Monastery, God, we are able to discuss Pine City, N. Y., who will lead them, from beginning to end, rean in-depth search for a modern 1972-1913 Calendar and garding the entire range of derelevant spirituality, looking fending life." toward new horizons for prayer.

Diocesan Schools He will also take a look at leiThe Pope included in the sure and the practical aspects of BROOKLYN (NC)-Parents of Church's prerogative the defense praying together.. more than 50,000 Catholic school of life, "each individual life, both Page Four students in this two-county dio- in its bodily aspect and in its' The second workshop, schedcese have obtained the applica- moral and spiritual aspects." uled for Aug. 18-20, is planned tions路 needed to transfer their f children into local public schools.

In a related action, 50,000 Catholic parents and children from the Brookfyn diocese held a rally in front of Gov. Nelson Rockefeller's office, supporting Rockefeller's pledge to find a constitutional method of aiding the state's nonpublic schools.

The move-intended to dramatize the severe strain which would be placed on public schools if nonpublic schools close for lack of public financial aid-was qrganized by the Parents' Association of Secondary Schools (PASS) here. PASS iIicludes parents of students enrolled in diocesan high schools.

Thomas W. Bohan, PASS executive secretary, said preliminary estimates indicate that parents of 20,500 Catholic students went to local public high and junior high 'Schools asking for the necessary application forms to FIRST COMMENCEMENT: Among the 172 se,niors receiving diplomas at the first transfer their children, commencement exercises for Coyle and Cassidy Diocesan High School, Taunton, were; Parents of 30,000 other Catholic students did the same to pub- William F. Powers, III, Taunton; Kathleen Louise MacDonald, Bridgewater; Lynn Marie Berube, Taunton; Robert S. Smith, Somerset. lic grade schools, he said.

Po'pe Asks Doctors Join Right-to-Life

June 4, the day before the conference opened.

He told the participants that God not only gave man dominion over nature bu.t also told him to cultivate and care for it.

Discussions at the conference have been divided into six subject areas: Problems of human settlements Natural resources Pollution National development A future international environment organizatio:l Public environmental education and informntion In welcoming delegates to the conference. UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim called armaments "the ugliest of all pollutions." Although the arms question was not on the conference's agenda, Waldheim urged the world to "actively reduce and ultimately suppress ... the armaments pollution.'"

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Plan to Transfer 50,000 Catholic School Pupils

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for those engaged in religious education. Its 1mbject will be "Value Clarification-New Mission for Religious Education."

Robert C. Hawley, a doctoral candidate at the Ur.iversity of Massachusetts and an associate of Dr. Sidney B. Simon, will help participants gain new insights into their own values, and suggest ways. of he'iping people to identify their strengths and build on these strengths.

The concluding workshop, to be held Aug. 28-30, is entitled "A Look at Vows." Joe Wise of Louisville, Ky., nationally known lecturer and c(,mposer of religious folk musk, will direct this program. Baptismal, marriage and 'religious vows will be reviewed at this workshop, described as "a time to evaluate, a time to renew, a time to create community, a time to celebrate in praise of fidelity."

Registration forms or information concerning the workshops may be obtainE!d by writing to: Spmmer Happenings-1972, La Salette Center for Christian Living, Attlebo:ro, Mass. 02703.

Church Structure Change Opposed VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope Paul defended the traditional structure of the Church.

The Pope's main theme in his 'audience talk was the foundation of the Church w.ith the coming of the Holy Spirit at the first Pentecost.

Commenting on the implications of this for the Church today, the POPEl said that many oppose an institutional and hierarchical Church, preferring a Church run democratically.

"All of us :'mow most of the terminology of this attitude of criticism," thE! Pope said. "We believe th'at tl:.is question, raised within the C,lthol:ic Church, is an attempt against the very existence of the Church,"

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THE ANCHOR-Dio,cese of Fall River-Thurs., June 8, 19~2

Four Celebrate At. La Salette

Teletyp·e Link Between Conference Headquarters, Dioceses Proposed

Four priests and brothers who are celebrating 50- and 25-year anniversaries in the Missionaries ATLANTA (NC) - A nation· proposed wire service network. 'of Our Lady of La Salette were wide teletype network that would Each present subscriber of NC honored Monday at La Salette link each diocese with the Wash- , News Service will be polled indiCenter for Christian Living in ington headquarters of the U. S. vidua'1ly on the desirability of the Attleboro. proposed system.

Catholic Conference was proTwo others observing similar Costs of the leased wire will posed to the semi-annual U. S. anniversaries but who could not vary; in some cases it wili be bishops' meeting here. be present were also remembered l •.

The suggested link would be less expensive than the present in a Mass of Thanksgiving. primarily for transmitting news' method of mail distribution of More than 100 'priests and to diocesan newspapers, but it the news service reports and in brothers from throughout the would also make it possible for other instances it will yost mOJ;e. order's Immaculate Heart of The proposal calls for leasing the conference to communicate Mary Province in the United a circuit from Dow 'Jones News rapidly with all the chancery ofStates and Canada came to AtService. Teleprinters would be fices in the country. tleboro to take part in the Mass Bishop John L. May of. Mobile, installed in the office or' every 'and a community dinner which 24-'hour.-a-rlay subscriber for Ala., chairman of the conference followed. communications committee, told transmission service.

Rev. Dewitt Fortier, M:S., Interested papers can, for an the meeting that the system, chaplain of nursing homes 'in extra conversion charge,' have though conceived primarily for Windsor, Ontario, and Rev. Altransmission of, National Catho" both a print-out of the news phonse Lachapelle, M.S., of the lic News Service copy to sub-' copy' and a punched tape usable Attleboro Provincial House, were scriber papers, would also have on automated type-setting mao ~f/ chines, thus saving additional honored on the 40th anniversary "fringe benefits" for bishops.

POLITICAL SCIf:NCE COURSES IN PRACTICE: Mrs. of their first vows of ·chastity.

Use of a wire transmission sys- type-setting costs.

Helen Wagstaff, assistant election eommiss:ioner of New poverty and obedience.

A significant advantage to tem for news distribution would Bedford, registers Joyce: Dufresne, Stang High Senior, durdioc,esan ,papers v;ould be the Observing the 25th anniversary have a number of advantages fn the present time lag becut ing registration of voters from members of the senior class of his ordination to the priestover the present system of sending the daily NC dispatches tween the preparation of news of the No. Dartmouth Diocesan Co-Ed High School as they hood was Rev. Louis Bourdelais, copy by NC News Service and its M,S., of the Southbridge, Mass., through the mail, he said. receipt in editorial offices. Even come to the, end of the secondary ecilucation phase Qf their mission bureau~ Such a system would provide with air mail and special deliv- l i v e s . ' .

Two brothers marking the 25th "instantaneous transmission" of ery services, delayed arrival at anniversaries of their first vows important texts from the Vati- some diocesan newspapers is not were Brother Normand Blanchet, ~an and other sources so that E~ars u'nusual according to NC News. Orthodo~ M.S., who jus~ returned from bishops might respond knowlA minimum of 82 papers Santiago, Philippines, and Brothedgeably to queries from local and/or chancery offices must newsmen, Bishop May pointed subscribe to the proposed wire NEW YORK (NC) - A Greek stand taken by the sixth Ecumen- er Marc Gelinas, M.S., New Bed~ out. transmission system to make it Orthodox scholar says that there ical Council of 691, stating that ford native and now of the EnPoll Subscribers financially feasible, Bishop May is "widespread and substantial "women who furnish drugs for field, N.H., La Salette seminary.

Unable to be present was unity" among the world's 250 the purpose of procuJring abortion It could also' provide speedy said. silver jubilarian Rev. Rene Lecommunication of "moves at the He noted thai the transmission million Eastern Orthodox against and those taking fetus-killing poisons" should be made subject to moine, M.S., recuperating from national level" which may re- was' one-way only. It cannot be abortion. "the pe~alty prescribed for mur- surgery. quire prompt local response and used to transmit messages from The Rev. Stanley Harakas, asderers." . generally expedite communica- chanceries to Washington. sociate professor of New Testations from both the Catholic Bishop May also called attenDr. Harakas continued: "For Named Chaplain Conference and the National tion to the establishment of a ment, of' the Hellenic Col1ege, the Orthbdox Christian Church, Rev. Franklin D. Major, M.S., Brookline, Mass., cited policies Conference of Catholic Bishops, division for creative services it is 'incomprehensible how a treasurer and personnel director he said. ' within the Catholic Conference going back to the first century well-ordered stat,e can permit, at La Salette Shrine, Attleboro, lE~gaEzing of Christianity against A task force made up of bish- department of communications. tolerate or encourage any form since 1970, has been commisops and professional communiBegun on Feb. I, the division' the practice. of murder. sioned a chaplain in the U. S. cations people has explored the will . provide full promotional "Whatever the justification," Army. He will begin active duty "Rather, it is the duty and resupport for the 1972 Campaign he said of abortion as practiced at Fort Hamilton, Bronx, N. Y., for Human Development and in the first century A.D., "the sponsibility ,of the state to pro- on July 10. He left his Attleboro All Night Vigil other conference..wide priority Church condemned such acts and tect the innocent and the weak. post last Saturday..

An all night prayer vigil will programs. '~It is: therefore, obvious that characterized them as specill f begin at 7:30 P.M. tomorrow at the Orthodox Christian Church, cases of murder," ' St. Anthony's Church, Mattawhose position on this issue has "Opposition to legalized abor- stood the test of 2,000 years of poisett. Honoring the feasts' of Brooklyn Priests Inc. tion ,was part of the early its history, standsopposed today the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Discuss Re.tirement Church's struggle on behalf of the Immaculate Heart of Mary to all efforts to mal!{e abortion DOUGLASTON (NC) - More Funeral Service the vigil will have as its purpose . than 30 Brooklyn diocesan life 'and against the unjust taking the permitted practiice of thi~ . the making of reparation for sin priests had a .look at the future of life;" Edward F. Carney nation." and for insults to which mem- at a' two-day' pre-retirement 549 County Street , He cited documentation from Dr. Harakas' views appeared . bel'S of the hierarchy and priest- semInar, believed to be a "first" New Bedford 999-6222 the writings of the fourth cen- in an article in Thl~ Orthodox hpod are subjected. Further in- among United States dioceses.

Serving the area since 1921 tury S.t. Basil ~nd the canonical Observer, published here. formation is available from Tim New roles and ministries for a Cunningham, telephone 993·6328. retired priest, group residences for retirees, priestly spirituality and what age to retire all came Necrology, under. scrutiny during the meetJUNE 9 ing. . , Rev. TimothyJ. Calnen, 1945, Ketirement, Bishop Francis J. NEW DOUB,LE TAX-EREE BENfFITS Pastor, St. Joseph, Woods Hole.

Mugavero cOInlllented, has beRev. Joseph S. Larue, 1966, come a reality applying "to all pastor, Sacred Heart, North priests, to all bishops" and somePER thing that 'opens up opportuniAttleboro.

MONTH ties for a priest to develop perJUNE 10 Is the cost to protect Felr up to Il)no full year while hospitalized sonal relationships with souls." each of your children Rev. William H. Curley, 1915, It is "good for the individual" for $50.00 per week Pastor, SS. Peter and Paul, Fall and "good for the Church." hospital benefits.

Diocesan policy calls for opRiver. at 70 tional retirement of priests Rev. George A. Meade, 1949, ADULTS $100 'For CIS long as ~I mo~ths for hoine recuperation Chaplain, St. Mary Home, New and mandatory retirement at 75.

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Adopt Nonpublic School Plank ,BOSTON (NC) - The Democratic Party "should promise to appropriate the tax funds needed to give every American child an adequate education," a U. S. Catholic Conference official told the party's platform committee here.

That promise, said Auxiliary Bishop William E. McManus of Chicago, means education would have a higher priority in government spending "than an overkill arsenal of weapons; higher than questionable adventures to other planets; .. higher than new bridges to save rush-hour crowds a few minutees a day; higher than all sorts of things only reo motely related to a basic human need like education."

Bishop McManus, chairman of the Conference education committee, also urged increased government aid for urban schools, Democratic endorsement of tax credits for parents of nonpublic school children, and party leadership in forming effective school integration programs. ,Emergency Aid Needed A member of President Nixon's panel on nonpublic education, the bishop testified here at one of several public hearings planned by the Democratic platform committee to help it hammer out a policy statement to be adopted at the party's national' convention July 10-14 in l'~iami.

"Tbe critical condition of most urban public and nonpublic school systems calls for prompt federal attention," Bishop McManus said. "Emergency aid is needed to maintain essential services in city schools."

Beyond that, he added, the federal government "should initiate an urban educational assistance p~ogram" to help public and nonpublic schools finance such programs as the replacement -or renovation of unsafe, unsanitary and antiquated school buildings and equipment.

Bills in Congress Both recommendations were included in tpe nonpublic education panel's recent final report to President Nixon, along with a recommendation for federal income tax credits on bills paid to nonpublic elementary and secondary schools, Bishop McManus told the platform committee.

Thirty-nine tax credit bills are currently before the ways and means committee of the U. S. House of Representatives. They would allow parents to subtract directly from their federal income tax total part of the tuition costs they pay to a nonpublic school.

,Druggists to Meet The 10th anniversary meeting of the National Catholic Pharmacists' Guild of the United States will be held Oct. 4 and 5 at the Conrad Hilton Hotel, Chicago.

Reservations may be made with the hotel or with Ronald Pytel, coiwention Chairman, 2245 W. Walton St., Chicago, Ill. 60622.

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AII.Night Vigil In Fairhaven An All-Night Vigil will be conducted in Sacred Hearts Church, Fairhaven on Friday, June 9.

In honor of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus alld Mary, an all-night vigil will be conducted Friday night in the Sacred Hearts Church, Fa irhaven. H will open with the recitation of the Rosary at 8 o'clock and Mass will follow at 9.

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament will start immediately after the Mass and continue until 7 o'clock on Saturday morning.

Rev. Cornelius Kelly, O.F.M., of Our Lady's Chapel, New Bedford will be the preacher.

Anglican Praises Catholic Education

EIGHT STANG SENIORS GIVE RARITY TO 1972 CLASS: Among the 230 seniors at Bishop Stang High School, No. Dartmouth are four sets of .twins, th~y are, first r~~, Vincent Nanni, Edward and Barbara Sylvia, Second row, Lmda Nanm, Paul and PhIlIp Benhener, Marc and Marguerite Rousseau.

No Voucher Program to Catholic Schools WASHINGTON (NC) - The U. S. Office of Economic Oppor-' tunity (OEO) will exclude Catholic schools from participating in its first long-term experiment with educational vouchers, because legislation' allowing that participation has 'not yet been ,approved by the California legislature.

OEO announced here that it would grant the Alum Rock Union Elementary School' District in San Jose, Calif., more than $2 million within a few weeks for the first two years of the voucher experiment.

Six Schools

Under the plan, parents will be given "vouchers" to present when enrolling their children in a choice of educational programs at anyone of six Alum Rock public grade schools this fall.

Schools will be reimbursed with OEO funds on the basis of the number of vouchers they get.

The Alum Rock district serves some 4,000 grade school students --48 per cent Mexic~n-American,

Two Louisiana Bills Provide School Aid

11 per cent black and 41 per cent white, according, to OEO. The federal antipoverty agency proposed vouchers-useable at any participating public or or nonpublic school-in December of 1969.

Proponents of the plan saw it as opening the door to real educational freedom of choice, particularly among' the poor who might have been unable previously to send their children to a quality school.

Opposition Opposition came, however, from those worried that vouch'ers might foster racial segregation, draw students and funds . away from public schools, and violate the constitutional principle' of church and state separation. ' As a result, some cities chosen as 'experimental cites for the

Named to Receive Heritage Award NEW YORK '(NC) - Msgr.

Geno Baroni, director of the National Center of Urb~n Ethnic Affairs, Washington, D. C., has been cited for his wo,rk among the nation's ethnic working class and racial minorities.

BATON ROUGE (NC) - Two bills designed to' give nearly $17 million in aid to parents with Msgr. Baroni was named to children in nonpubilic schools receive the 1972 American have been introduced in the Louisiana House of Representa- ~:~i~~; ~':~~ri~~ ~i~r~~n f:; tives.

Minorities in ceremonies here.

The first bill would provide state income tax credits up to The library, dedicated to the $100 per child. The second bill "recognition of our nation's miwould provide direct' assistance norties," honored the 41-year-old up to $100 per elementary school priest at an Italian night banquet child and $125 per high school here. students for persons jn the lower Msgr. Baroni is the son of an income brackets. immigrant Italian father who , Under both bills the assistance worked in the coal mines of would be provided only in ,cases western Pennsylvania where the where the student is attending younger Baroni grew up. He was schools which are in compliance ordained in 1956, and shortly with the Civil Rights Act of 1964, afterwards 'organized his first according to The Catholic Com- credit union to help the poor mentator, ' the diocesan weekly save and 'borrow at reaSOnable . f" ~~ '," \ . here . 'J.a,t.e.s..

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Thomas Glennan, OEO research chief, told newsmen he would have preferred testing the full voucher plan-allowing boUl public and nonpublic schools to participate.

Glennan noted that legislation allowing the distribution of public funds to nonpublic schools is still pending in the California state legislature, but he said OEO decided to start a "transitional" experiment with vouchers in· Alum Rock because it was the only public school district ready to go ahead with any version of the plan.

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PHILADELPHIA (NC) - The letter to Cardinal Krol came from an Anglican, and enclosed was a che,:k for $5.

The writer reported that her daughter had just graduated from a Catholic school in New York.

"The Chri.,tian training and religious influence she received could not have been obtained in a lay school," the woman wrote.

Because she had heard that Philadelphia's Catholic schools were in financial need and because Philadelphia's Catholic schools offer the same· training she treasured for her daughter, the woman sent $5 for Catholic schools-and, in the section of the check marked "memo," was the clear notation: "From an Anglican... ·

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Commen-ds Church· State .

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Garry Wills, a brilliant classical scholar turned journalist and political comm~ntator, is fast acquiring a reputation as a supremely 'self-confident put-down artist. I will say this for him, however: he is rio respecter of persons. To _the contrary, his motto seems to be tnat the bigger they are, been transplanted from the glens and dales of rural Maryland, to the harder they fall. Having the fabled sidewalks of New put down President Nixon a York. few years ago in a widely heralded book entitled "Nixon Agonistes," Wills has turned his at-

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tention more recently to the Church-State writings of the late Fr. John.. Courtney Murray, S.J. and, alas, has found them sadly wanting. . In' an article entitled "Secular Incompetence and Catholic Confusion," published in the June, 1972 issue of "Worldview," he argues that "Murray was so perfectly suited to the times that he could not step outside them, could not critici:ze the spirit of the age." Consequently, he in,forms us, Fr. Murray's last batch of students at Woodstock College (and also, presumably, Wills himself) "thought his brand of liberalism simply obsolete and irrelevant." . He Understood Peaceniks

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That's an interesting thesis, but, frankly speaking, it's much , too simplistic and just a wee bit toq patroni:zing for this writer's taste. Fr;. Murray himself-who_ was 'fond of saying.' goodnaturedly that a gentleman should never be rude except on purpos~probably would have answered Wills (if at all) very gently and urbanely had he lived to see his "Worldview" article in print.

IIi other words, while he might have been momentarily pained, he certainly wouldn't have panicked at the thought that he was being written' off by the "now" generation of theological students and journalists as an intellectual has-been. He had a longer sense of history than some of the new breed of postconciliar seminarians and publicists and was not' overly impressed by their· compulsive activism.

On the other hand, with all due deference to Wills, it's not altogether accurate' to say that he "never 'could have understood the . young peacenik prk3ts turned out by Woodstock in the late sixities." That wasn't Fr. Murray's problem at all. He understood them well enough and, in his own way, was truly fond of them. Rightly, .or wrongly, however, he didn't fully agree with them.

Now that Fr. Murray' is gone there is no way of telling how he would have adjusted to his junior confreres' (and to their radically different life style)' as a senior member of the Woodstock faculty, which has 'now

Much to Learn My own guess is that he wO,uld have waited them out benignly and with at least a modicum of good humor, convinced in his own mind that intellectual fashions in this day and age Change almost as often and unexpectedly as hair styles (after all, even Wills, who started Ollt writing for "The National Review," has' !lnexpectedly become something of a radical.

In brief, I think Murray would have taken it for granted that in due time things would begin to settle down to the point where it would again be possibl~as it is not possible today-for his POPE HONORS CAPTOR: l?ope Paul V I delivers an address from podium in Vatican 'own brand of. political philosophy to be given' at least an ob- courtyard May 31st before bestowing the 0 rder of St. Gregory the Great on I.talian firejective hearing. man Marco Ottaggio, 20, left. Ottaggio overpowered the hammer-wielding man who It remains to be seen if and smashed Michelangelo's statue of the Pieta in St. Peter's Basilica May 21st. NC'Photo. when the pendulum will swing in that direction. For my own part, I hope it will -- arid the sooner the better. The new breed of activist seminarians referred BOGOTA (NC)-Some 168,000 heads, the confederation, said it religious. Many missionaries find to by Wills undoubtedly have men and women Religious is "essential to find and clarify themselves opposing the existing much to teach us, but,' by the throughout Latin America, a the re~sons: for sending religious order and face charges of polito same token, they also have much third of them from Canada, the from abroad to Latin America." ical agitation, because of their to learn from a man of Fr. Mur- United States and other coun- His analysis warned that foreign stand on social justice. ray's stature. If they think they tries, are being studied in an ef· missionaries must strive':"to inMotivations and factors among haven't, I feel sorry for them, . fort to improve their perfor- tegrate universal values with the those leaving the priesthood or and can only hope that time, the . mance. values of the country" in which the religious life. great healer, will eventually The Latin American Confeder- they w·ork. He, also said thp.re bring them to their senses. ation for Men and Women should -be a balance between, The work of the religious Minority Report Religious has launched a series their .numbe!,s and resources and among women, youth, workers One final word concerning of studies on the spiritual, social, those of the,native clergy. and other sectors of Latin AmerWills in his new-found! role as religious and political conditions The studty, outlined and ap- ican soc~ety the great put-down artist. While of the orders working in the proved by .confederation leaders Figures released by 'the first I consider hini to be one of the area ' last February, is concerned with Inter-American Conference of most brilliant Catholic journalReligious groups in Canada, these areas: Major Superiors held in Mexico ists in the United States and the United States and Latin Renewal of spiritual life.

City early in 1971 indicate that wouldn't dream of ,passing up America are taking' part in the Sociologkal aspects of reli- of the 130,700 women Religious, one of his articles, I have the un- .study, which seek greate!, coor.. gious orders. about a third come from abroad. easy feeling that his proven skill dination between Religious and Their missionary work among and that about half of the 37,000 at cutting people down to size the diocesan clergy and lay or·· Indians and city dweller:;.

Religious men were bo,rn in Canis beginning to get the better of ganizations.

Political conditions in Latin ada, the United States, Spain or his judgment.

Father Manuel Edwards, who America and their impact on the' other European countries.

His recent front-page review in the "New York Times Book Review" of Michael Novak's recent book, "The Unmeltable CATHOLIC: SCtIIOOL IDI:PARTMENT Ethnics," is a case in point. I agree with my fellow-diocesan SCHOOL, CALlEN DAll 19702 ~ 1973 and fellow-columnist, Fr. An, drew Greeley, when he says that this review is ,"a shallow, smartSEPTEMBER 1972 OCTOBER 1972 . ~10VEMBER 1-972 DECEMBER 1972 alecky caricature of an imporM T W T F T M W T F M T W T F M T W T F tant book." [!:l 2 2 3 [4] 6 5 3 1 Like' Fr. Greeley, whiIi! I agree (9) 10 ill 12 13 6 7 8 6 7 8 9 10* 4 5 [6] 7 8 with Novak's basic thesis, I have 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 13 14 15 16 17 11 12 13 14 15, certain minor reservations about (23) 24 :!5 26 27 18 19 20 21 22 20 n 22 (23 24) 18 19 20 21 22 portions of hi~ book and I am 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 (25 26 27 28 29 27 :~8 29 30 certainly not suggesting, that 18 Days 20 Days ' 20. Days, 16 Days Wills was under any obligation ,--JANUARY 1973 ~EBRUARY 1973 MARCH 1973 APRIL 1973 ,to tout the book when, in fact, M T W T' F M T W T F M T W T F M T W T F he doesn't agree with it. For the 1) 2 3 " ~ 4 5 1 2 2 3 [4] 5 6* life of me, I can't understand ~ 8 9 [10] 11 12 5 6 [71 8 5 9 6 [71 8 9 9 10 11 12 13 why he felt he had to knife it 15 16 17 18 19 12 13 14 15 16 12 13 14 15 16 ' (16 17 18 19 20) with a literary meat axe. ' 22 23 24 25 26* (19 20 n 22 :~3) 19 <~o • 21 22 ' 23 23 24 25 26 27 Whatever of that, I think it 29 30 31 26 27 28 26 28 29 30 <~7 30 should be poi~ted out, in fairness 22 Days 15 Days 22 Days' 16 Days to Novak' that Wills' review of ....The Unmeltable Ethnic" was MAY 1973 JUNE 1973 Total Days = 185 ·in the nature of a minority reM T W· T F M T IN T F port. With a few exceptions, the 4)a 1 2 (3 1 ( ) == Holiday or vacation; no school session other reviews of the book which , 7 8 9 10 11 4 5 6 7 8 [ ] == Professional day; schools close at end of morning have thus far come to my atten14 15 16 17 18 11 12 13 14 15 session for staff in·service program. tion' have been, on. the whole, 21 22 23 24 25 18 19 20 21 ~~2* * == End of Quarter. Examinations given during this week; very laudatory of the book-and (28) 29 30 31 . report cards issued within week following. with good reason, so far' as I am 20 Days 16 Days" a ~ Catholic Education Conv~ntion concerned.

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Keynotes Bangladesh Efforts VATICAN CITY (NC) - Enthusiasm is the keynote of the people of Bangladesh for their newly won freedom and their determination to rebuild their country, according to a Vatican !> relief specialist.

Father Henride Riedmatten, secretary of the Vatican's relief coordination office, Cor' Unum, reported on a recent visit to Bangladesh in an interview with Vatican Radio Station. The 53year-old Swiss Dominican, had accompanied Archbishop William A. Carew, Apostolic Nuncio to the East African nations of Burundi and Rwanda, on a recent

SOLEMN CLOSING OF MONTH-LONG MEETING: Following deliberations concerning the Revision of the Constitution of the 0 'del' of the Sisters of St. Dorothy, Bishop Cronin was the principal concelebrant and h::>milist at the Mass concluding the meetings.

Following the Mass at Villa Fatima, Taunto:1 the Bishop, center, assembled with Mother General Marie De Piro, SSD from Rome; Very Rev. Thomas J. Harrington, chancellor; Bishop Cronin; Mother Almerinda Costa, provincial superior; Rev. Antonio Tavares, assistant at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Taunton and concelebrant at the Mass.

_40,000 Attend A.nti.,Abortion Rally LIVERPOOL (NC)-More than 40,000 persons of all faiths from all over Britain marched a mile and a half through Liverpool recently to demonstrate their opposition to Britain's liberal abortion laws and practices-.

It was one of the largest demonstrations ever seen in this country outside London.

"Abortion kills" was the keynote of the protest march-or-

en by immature men, Leo Abse, a Labor party member of Parliament told the demonstrators.

Pretending concern for the woman, Abse said, it offers her not help but only the surgeon's knife. ' Malcolm Milggeridge, a former editor of the .satirical weekly Punch, declared that back-street abortionists are now thriving as never before-and that venereal disease . and promiscuity are 'flourishing in' Britain. .

A counter-demonstration by members of .the women's lib movement was so small and in"In business, the criteria for, significant in contrast to the 'effectiveness is frequently meas- anti-abortion protest that most ured inp~oductivity-in dollars of the demo~strators hardly and cents," he replied when noticed the women's libbers.

Emphasizing the interdenomiasked how do you measure a national nature of the protest in priest's effectiveness?

"But. with us it's not so easy. this heavily CatholiC city, Rabbi Mr. Lopez has had .experience S. Wolfe . led the prayers to with educational institutions open the series of talks that cliwhose goals are also concerned maxed the march. Also among those on the speakers' platform with the f~rmation of' people. were Archbishop George A. Beck Records on .File of Liverpool; Auxiliary bishops "One of the problems, espe- Augustine Harris and Edward cially with' the laitY,is that no- Gray; Anglican Bishop John body really knows what a priest Bickerstaff of Warrington; the should do'. Some think he should Rev. R. Kissack, representing the take needles out of kids' arms, Protestant churches of England or .blow up basketballs, or be a not officiated with the Anglican; guru, or run bingo, or preach and Miss Jean Lynch, 19, a student at the Nottingham College , political sermons.", In pre-parish couricil 'days, he of Education, the only Catholic observed, priests were mor,e or speaker. less left to their own' ways of service" ~'but now, people on Praises President's parish: councils are beginning to Stand on Abortionask questions."

BOSTON (NC) - Edward B. As part of the new program, Hanify, Boston lawyer and board job descriptions will be compiled chairman of the Human Life for every priestly assignment in Foundation, 'has praised Presithe diocese, from pastor to the dent Nixon's' strong opposition priest on special assignment. to the abortion recommendations The evaluations by superiors of the national population . will become part of the priests' growth commission. ' Hanify, a Fall River native, ,personnel records and will be on file as aids to help him attain his said in a telegram to the White maximum priestly potential. The House: "Congratulations and sinsummaries furnished· by other cere commendation for your priests, religious and laity are forthright stand in defense of regarded as extra evaluations human life and your repudiation which could confirm or counter- of the destruction ,of the unborn balance the views given by su- as a means of dealing with problems of popullition." periors. ganized by the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children, an interdenominational group that opposes abortion except when the mother's life is in overt danger. It has the support of many Catholics in Britain, although it does not speak for nor represent precisely the views' of the Church.

Britain',s Abortion Act is a confidence trick played on wom-

New Personnel System to Gauge Brooklyn Priests' Effectiven'ess BROOKLYN (NC)-The Brooklyn .diocese has begun a permanent system of personnel "accountability" to find. out· how effective its priests are.

The evaluation system has been devised by a former Port of New York Authority planning expert, Felix Lopez. It will be about a year before the plan covers all 900 priestS in the dio-' cese.

It has these goals: To give the individual priest information about his current performance and what' steps can be taken to improve his effectiveness.

To give the dioce'se information on which it can base appointments, transfers, re-assignments, special ministries and ~ other personnel transactions.

According to Father John T. Mahoney, diocesan personnel director, the evaluation will work ",from the top down", with the bishop evaluating his subordinates, vicars evaluating pastors and pastors evaluating associates.

Pioneer Effort "In addition-we think there should be some kind of evaluation of priests by their peers, by members of religious orders and members of parish councils," he said. "But the main evaluatio~ is the hierarchical one," Father Mahoney said he believes the system is unique among U. S dioceses and in some respects a pioneer effort in ecclesiastical life.

pontifical fact-finding tour of the devastated country.

Father De Riedmatten told Vatican Radio that "the real enthusiasm of the population for its new independence and its characteristic of the country is determination not only.to rebuild what has b~en destr~yed but also all that IS needed.

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SANTA FE, (NC)-For six of Seniors in one Massachusetts high school have dethe 182 graduates of the College cided to hold their traditional vesper service but' without of Santa Fe, the walk up the .the customary clergymen and prayers, and even adult guests. aisle to receive a diploma beIf the young people feel that th~' traditional .program gan in a prison cell. Four of the six are currently inmates at the ,was a meaningless routine and the bows Jo God and religion New 'Mexico State Penitentiary, just sops to respectability and. custom then they are telling and two are on parole. . people sODlething. (Although it. i~ interesting to note that Five received associate of arts' they are manufacturing a ritual for themselves-moment degrees and one a bachelor of of silence, clasped han(ls around a candelabra, songs, adscience .degree with honors to' dresses.) . , .. : .. . become ,the first graduates since ,the Iprison program began iIt . But one of the seniors has· 'explain~d that the youth 1968.. , " today, are 1ess religion minded than their predecessors and ·"Students. enrolle4 in the pro~ :'. lhattoday'syoung people regard religion as ,more of a gram at' prison are ,as good ,as . ' ~,.persomil matter . , " ' ~ , , students on our D,laip C81l1PUS," ~ (,::" He may1hav.'e a point. But :the 'young people. wou'1d. be said !:Brother Regis, who works <at the .prison and'~e. college. <~l," well advis~ ;know what ·is ;going on in the. worM -lest : "And they assume'm~e respon:::~:-they J.ifid!~emselves out of sty-le and'out of step. " : " "sibility by keepmg records and ; Insld'e;;~t1ssia, for examp1e, ,there' is taking':',pllace aI\ ",prep,aring classroom ;i:p~ter..ial 'for ,":, upsurg~' .J~f -religion to a ,degree that frightens ~'~V1arxist -the instructor," 'he ~ded. ::", ,leaders.: iRreedom of worship 'is becoming a rallyil'lg-point ': The Christian)b:other believes ; , and a ,,~e of dissent in a nation,that has 'promGted anc} , -that ;the graduation :hasencour· ,rged other inmate's to ,join the :;'( 'enc~~a ',tatheism for more than two gen~rati(}ils •. The program. The enrollment. jumped "',hostitt~~{;t-owanLreligion in the ·U.S.S.R. has >led not to the from· five last semestet"4:o 15, this ·.·expec~~i~]jlannedcontem:ptand, rejection :of ;religion semester. Twenty-five former in-, " '", 'but tot.tJ~(,~war.eness among ',many that Marxist· d(!~gma is 'mates who have participated in . " no substitute for religion. , the college program hav.e left prison and are currently in colAnd :t~e great cry from within Russia in defense of -lege. religion comes not alone from the old-fashioned worshippers Brother Regis' said that the but from the youth, intellectuals and professional people. rate of recidivism of those who If the Massachusetts seniors look around them they participate in the program is 15 might a1so notice the rise o~ the Jesus people and the per cent, in contrast to the national figure, which is closer to renewed interest in the spiritual and the supernatural" that 65 per cent. is a phenomenon on 'college campuses and among many The program available to the young people throughout the United States. .

300 inmates is funded jointly by This,business, t1).en, of downplaying organized religion , . the College of Santa Fe and New may be orily the unthinking temporary attitude of young Mexico and federal governments. , people Who in this passing stage of their lives have not Dominicans Oppose yet realized its place and value in their lives. It may !be that they do not understand that we live together,. we $ork Quickie Maniages . together, and that religion has a communal .and social SANTO DOMINGO (NC) Rev. John F. Moore, B.A., M.A., M.Ede aspect to. it also.

Saddled with "instant divorce" 5;5. Pe'ter & -Paul, Fall Riiver for tourists, the Dominican ReBut. the seniors had better be careful that they do not public now faces "instant marfind themselves shouting old-fashioned slogans brushing riage" for foreigners. aside religion when the rest of their contemporaries have This is what Archbishop Hugo veered in, the opposite direction. There is' nothipg so emBr:ito, coadjutor of. Santo Polanco During the past year the American public has witbarrassingas for young people to d'iscover that what' they nessed a most unique revival, namely an appreciation .of Domingo, said in the last of a series of protests from clergyare cha~pioning is a cause that is out of date. historical events and personages. Examples of this renewal men to a "marriage by proxy" would be the programming of the Masterpeice t'elevision bill very likely to be appr~ved in . ;..

What' 'Is Being Bone. congress.

A note, of. encouragement on the national scene is the presentations of Henry VIII Others have 'become the false The law can be used by Doand Elizabeth 1 In the world .fact that Americans are becoming bigger givers than ever, prophets of violence and riot: minicans abroad and ,by foreign. :Jf, celluloid, Mary, Queen of giving a .total of 9.4 billion dollars in 1961 'and giving an So many,read so poorly because ers in their countries. amazing '12q.5 per cent in 1971, a record of 21-.2 billion Scots was one of the pop· they actually know so very little dollars. Gifts are those of individuals, foundations, be- ular box office attractions ·of the about the complete story of man, forms of human life and which is along with the Broadway which for a better. word, we quests and corporations to religion, health, education, wel- yell-r an indispensable factor in our production of Vivat Regina. call history. As a result, they are earthy reality. If men are to face fare, civic cultural programs and the· like. Over <lOper No doubt, the superb quality of reduced to mere fadist. Today's cent of the money went to religion. such presentations has ·had a crusade becomes the all impor- and solve the problems of today, we must first reason why this . This i~ telling people something. It indicates that Amer- great deal to do with their wide. tant object of a comp:letdy un· historic unity.. has not been spread appeal.

To this end we balanced and subjective search evident in the past. What' has icans care about spiritual values, care about one arlOther. certainly applaud the present for seeming goods and benefits: It is always easy to point out the neglected areas of con- and separated men's minds? What has' encourage the future and we T:hese people, on the one hand, cern, the places where the demands are not being met, the do :so with enthusiasm and as· just refuse to consider and eval· led us to the brink of self· destruction? 'shortcomings in care and concern. ' surance. uate, historic fact in their headThese questions and similar If there was a time in man's -it .is also necessary when looking at these to see But long: plunge into momentary Qnes can be answered only if the over-all picture. A hospital pathologist spends much life when a sense of historic per~ enthusiasm or, on the othel" hand, man attempts to restore a time looking at and for diseased tissue. He must look up spective is truly needed it is in they becom,~ both gods and healthier equilibrium between his our own day. The turbulence of confining themselves to common ,life and external and around at' healthy people to regain his perspective. . world events, the shock of con· judg:es, the very narrow world of gloom activity. He must become more , And so when considering the many problems in the stant change and the despair of and doom. Both extreffii~S cannot aware of our social heriUnited 'State~ it is well to see what is being done as well personal politics have left multi· view events and people as they fully tage and the roots of our com· a' historic tudes trapped in really exist in their historicevo- lJlon inberitance. 'as to look at what needs to be, done. "

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lution. In this 'personal flight into the inner 'world ·of their own mind, this very often :leave the real world of their fellow man and thus outlaw his times and his ehallenge:;.

So long as we allow ourselves to be absorbed inordinately in our present conflicts 'be they social, political or even religious, we are permitting ourselves to become a tool in our own self, , disintegration. We should be , Knowledge of the Pa~t Expedites the ,P,msEmt OFFICIAL· NEWSPAPER ,OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER grateful for this modem historPublished weekly by The Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fori River The rece~t explosion of histor- understanding that time!; and ical revival because a sense of .

410 Highland Avenue ical personages, -times and events events are truly shaped and de-' history on the popular level can .Fall River, Mass. 02722 675-7151 on the stage ·of popular enter· termined by people wh,~ have a be a factor in restoring to mod.

PUBLISHER taimrient has· helped millions, to sense of what we might ca.1l his- ern man a common purpose and Most ,Rev. 'Daniel A. Cronin, D.O., S.T.D. some extent, know where man toric unity. a common intelligence that will GENERAL MANAGER ASST. GENERAL MANAGER is going because they have' seen More and more men are be· be able to guide and direct the .

Rev. Msgr. Daniel F. Shalloo, M.A. Rey. John P.Drisc:oll where he has been. In relation to ginning to realize that there is a forces that are changing human ~ lelry pr"S;:-'''11I Rlv,~ the present, they f~el a sense of basi<: unity -which perm.eates all life.

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Asserts, Vatican Seeks Free Flow Of Information BUFFALO (NC) - The Vatican's top communications official said here that Rome wants a free flow of information and wants it in two directions.

"The Church at the c~nter explicitly requires that the machinery for this two-way flow should be set up at all levels of its entire organization," Archbishop Edward L. Heston told an audience at a celebration marking the 100th anniversary of the Magnificat, newspaper of the Buffalo diocese.

Archbishop Heston, president of the Vatican Commission on Social Communications, quoted extensively from "Communion et Progressio," a pastoral instruction on Social Communications issued last year. "This instruction," he said, "is the Church's declared policy on communications and she is not going ,I •• ' back on her word."

However, Archbishop' Hes'ron told his audience of 1,500 pbi-sons, "having a policy is: one' thing" and "putting it into eff~ct I .. ,. is another."

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New Beqjorq BfJ,Y Scout Leader Marks Fifty Years of' Service to Parish

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BY ROBERT LEIGH

TORONTO (NC)-Archbishop Philip Poeock of Toronto ap· pealed to all Canadians concerned about the rising abortion rate in the country to make known to members of Parlia,- ment their opposition to any easing of restrictions on abortion.

Unless this concern is expressed tl) the legislators, we shall be responsible for the con· sequences of our silence," the ar,chbishop wrote in a letter to all pastOT!l in the archdiocese.

"I have been informed that members of the legislature are being deluged with letters from the pro--abortionists," Archbishop Pocock. said. "Unless we take action to arouse our people from their apathy concerning this matter we may well be faced with a further relaxation of the abortion Jaws and with greater prellsure to perform abortions in Catholic hospitals."

In 1969, the Canadian Parliament pasiled legislation that included pennitting abortion when a hospital. committee of doctors 'agrees th~lt pregnancy endangers 'a woman's life or health. The legislation does not define what , "It is to be expected that anis meant by health and leaves cient machinery will creak a bit the determination of mental or Either, Or and sometimes jam completely, physical grounds for abortion to when it is asked to adapt itself The appeal went unanswered doctors. overnight 'to new movements. If for three weeks, Mrs. Jason reHONORED: Frank S. Jason, Jr., left chats with (ban- theThe Catholic bishops of Canthe machinery is constructed called. "Then one day I said quet chairman) Gilbert Ferreira prior to the festivities hon0PPOlled passage of the legisada largely of 'human elements,' then 'Frank, either you take it or we oring the scouting jubilarian. lation. predictably-and sometimes un- won't get married!"

Now ,Archbishop Pocock has predictably-blockages will ocWith that, Jason "volunteered" He has never turned down a to redecorate the interior of the urged Toronto pastors to supcur." and since that time, 25 years port the Toronto Right to Life "Charity and patience are still ago, untold hundreds of boys request for help from New Bed- church, he was there to help.

CommittE~e's concerted effort to ford's Catholic community for Planning the surprise party Christian virtues-more impor- have benefited from his decision. help in starting Scouting pro- was no little effort. His family get the pro-life side of the abortant than speed, even when Jason would like to see the grams. made sure Frank was not at St. tion issue across to the people. speed and urgency are indicated Scout movement grow but there Wherever he is needed, he John's when the announcement -and it helps if one remembers are two problems. First, there that obstructions are the result has been a drop-off in adult will go, is the comment from was made at the 5:30 P.M. Mass, University to Have , friends and family. When he and on Saturday. much more often of good will leadership. his wife were married in June By "arranging a dinner party" New P'resident than of bad. In any case, the tide There is a definite need for 1939, their attendants at St. in a nearby town, Jason was esST. LOUIS (NC)-Father Paul of change is now so strong t~at more Catholic men to get innothing can hold it back for very volved in Scouting, he said. And John's included Boy Scouts and corted to Mass at St. Mary's C. Reinert, president of St. Louis members of the parish Children Church in Padanaram while' University since 1949. will aslong." second, there are more demands of Mary Sodality. feverish activity took, place at sume the title of chancellor next on a youngster's time these days.

Freedom of Expression year to deal with external longSt. John's.

As a young man, he lived near But boys generally are still inthe City Mission and there "got He received a plaque from the range pla.nning, development and Archbishop Heston said he was terested in Scouting, said the involved" first with the Boy Scouts and a personal gift from relations of the Jesuit-tun unioptimistic of the future of the veteran leader. "Basically, tne versity.

Catholic press despite "almost youngsters still love the outdoors Ranger program and then with his family. For once, it was Father Jerome J. Marchetti, exBoy Scouts.

Jason who was surprised by the daily reminders of the precari- . . . they just don't get enough ecutive vice-president for 14 An expert in survival training, Scouts. ousness of its situation."· of this activity." years, is resigning because of ill He said that the Magnificat Although Jason and his wife h~ has taught scouts how to live health, but will continue as uni"need have no fear that the have no children of their own, off the land. He has served as a Hispanos Support versity secretary-treasurer. His Church will try to muzzle it or they have "adopted" sons' they council worker and when St.,' position will be eliminated with interfere with its freedom of have come to know and love John's embarked on a program Vietnam Policies the naming of a new president, expression." through Scouting.

WASHINGTON (NC) - Six who will handle interior and ad"Magnificat will be expected to "He loves it ... he eats it," Holy Name Leaders thousand Spanish surnamed pl;lr- ministrative functions. 'try to explain fully the thinking Mrs. Jason said of her husband's sons living in the Miami area deA search committee for a new of the'Church and of the diocese involvement in the programs. Back School Prayer clared on petitions presented to presiden:, who must be a Jesuit, for which it is accepted as the "You just have to like boys and MINNEAPOLIS (NC)-Leaders White House officials here that will include administrators, fac'public spokesman.' But if an the training will take care of the of the National Association of they support President Nixon's ulty, stu:lents and alumni. 'unrestricted liberty of expres- rest," Jason said. the Holy Name Society backed Vietnam and other foreign polision is maintained' in the nona proposal for prayer in public cies. editorial pages when a particular "We are not backing the war," schools at a board of directors question is under discussion, the Blue Army Buys' meeting here. / declared Fausto Lavilla, president Church will be the last to object. Convent ·-in Spain The board supported a propos- of the National Journalists As"If you doubt me-I'm saying FATIMA (NC) - The Blue al for school prayer presented by sociation of Cuba in Exile. "We it again!-read the Church's own Army, the worldwide movement Walter A. Jones, an educator are backing the peace. President assurances in the document from encouraging devotion to Our from Washngton, D. C. The Nixon is fighting for peace."

24S MAIN STREET which I have quoted so generous- Lady of Fatima, bought the con- prayer suggested by Jones says: Lavilla and Dr. Jose Vidana, FALMOUTH - 548·1918 ly." vent in northern Spain where "Almighty Father, help us to president of the Rotary InternaARMAND ORTINS, Prop.

Sister Lucy, the only survivor accept your guidance in all that tional Club of Cuba in Exile, gave Vocation Directors of the three Fatima Children, we do this day. Teach us to the petitions to Herb Klein, the ~ ~ OAKBROOK (NC)-The eighth once lived. _ avoid offending our fellow stu- President's communications diannual Midwest Religious VocaThe convent, in Ponte Vedra, dents or our teachers by misbe- rector, at a news confer~nce in tion Directors' Associations Di- formerly belonged to the Sisters having in any manner. Give us the White House Executive Buildrectors meeting will be held here of St. Dorothy, a congregation strength, wisdom and courage to ing.

SHEET METAL : "We sympathize with Presi- : in Illinois Sept. 11-15 and will" in which Sister Lucy, now a help You establish Your kingdom dent Nixon," Dr. Vidana said.. , deal with the values of vocations cloistered Carmelite nun, was on earth as it is in heaven."

J. TESER, Prop. , directors as religious persons once a lay Sister.

The board also agreed to urge "Look what happened in Cuba , RESIDENTIAL \ , and counselors. Speakers will The Blue Army plans to con- Holy Name members throughout when Fidel Castro seized power. : INDUSTRIAL : discuss basic communication vert the convent into a. world the country to support the week If Nixon doesn't adopt a strong :'.

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For the first thime in his 50. year 'career in Boy Scouting, Frank S. Jason Jr., of 1036 Rockdale Ave., New Bedford, did not know what was going on.

His family and friends of St. John the Baptist Church made sure Jason did not know about plans for a surprise party to honor him for his dedicated service.

The affair was held at ,White's Restaurant in Westport and it caught him compiely by surprise.

During his 50 years in scouting, Jason, 62" has gathered nearly every award possible, ineluding the St. Georpe Medal, given to honor oustanding service as a Catholic scout leader.

Jason has been scoutmaster of Troop 17 at St. John's for 25 of the troop's 30 years of existence.

His wife recalls that he had almost no choice over becoming a Scoutmaster.

Frank and his then fiancee, Miss Alice Correia, were attending Mass at St. John's whe!! Rev. Leo'J. Duart made an.appeal for a Scoutmaster.

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Forg,et- Tho,s!e S,pa,ce Suits, Rugg,ed Eartihw:e,ar N,ered,e:d 'We fly men to the moon, watch our. President visit China and Russia while sitting in our own living rooms, but the designers of children's clothes have not yet designed really rugged' childre~'s wear. I don't mind buying my six-year-old terror, a new jacket or two each season being used more and more for but when the bill hasn't even yourigster'li clothes. This fall (or I should say mid-summer) when come in and said jacket is you're shopping for school already not even fit for Goodwill, the'n I think something should be done.

clothes, you'll find a wide variety. of knits on' the racks.

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By MARILYN RODERICK ~i%~

I thought my-girls were hard on clothes but I hadn't come across that guaranteed kneeripper, sleeve-shredder, staingetter-a boy. True, I did have an inkling of what I was in for when as a teacher I had recess duty and watched' a hundred or' so first, second, third and fourth graders wreck havoc upon one another, and, more important, upon one another's clothes: Why Don't They?

At that time I wondered why they didn't make jacket sleeves to s~and up under the wear and tear of five or so boys tugging on them, or why can't shirts and slacks be made out of material that will resist a slide across a macadamizec! playground. Is this really too much to ask? .

While I must admit that wash and wear fabrics have proved a boon to mothers, they too have their bug-a-boos, which include an 'affinity for grease stains and a pilling of the fabric after repeated use. Also, drip-dry whites do not keep their fresh look so long as their harder to care for brethren.

Because knits are easy to c,are for and wear fairly well if they don't get caught on anything (this is a lot to' ask of, one's offspring, who attract protruding objects like magnets), they are

For little girls the layered look achieved with popoyer vests and bias skirts will be a favorite, especially since this look can be changed with the addition of different blouses and jerseys. As a mother who only has to shop for school uniforms, I truly marvel at the ingenuity of those mothers who manage to put their girls (and boys) into a differ~nt outfit each day without breaking the family budget. However, many' of them are clever enough to do this by trading on the versatility of separates.

Separates are the only way that dress manufacturers .have been able to figure out to 'beat the decline of the dress l>usiness in the children's departments.

They feel that the 70's will be an age when separates will replace the stock dress. In fact, some buyers believe this so strongly that if. you want a dress for your little girl, you may very well end up making it.

Anglican Dean Wins' Appeal of Conviction CAPE TOWN'(NC)-The Very Rev. Gonville Aubrey ffrenchBeytagh, 60-year-old Anglican dean of Johannesburg, won his appeal of a conviction of violating South Africa's Terrorism Act because of his oppositimi to the' country's apartheid policy of strict racial segregation.

The Appellate Division in Bl6emfontain set aside the sen: tence of five years' imprisonment given the former dean last November after he had been found guilty by the Supreme Court on' three counts under the act.

LEADING SENIORS AT ST. AlVfHONY HIHH: Principals among the 100 seniors to be graduated from the New Bedford' Parochial High sclhool at 5 on Sunday evening, June 11 are: Debbie Durand, val,edictorian; Suzanne Gregoire, president of the' student council; Marianne Lacoste, vice-president of the honor society; Louise Robitaille, salutatorian..

Parish 'Anl1liverSarlr Pope' Paul Praises American Cathollic Presence in Ror:ne . VATICAN' CITY (NC)-Pope Paul VI had high words of praise for the American Catholic pre~­ ence in RomE! 'on the 50th anniversary of the Parish of Santa Susanna, the parish forAme~­ icans living in Rome.

the Paulist Fathers in Rome since Pope Pius XI a.ssigned them the parish in 19.22. Recall· ing the thousands of Americans who had been served by the Paulists over the years, the Pope said he blessed all Amerkans.

The Pope received in audi!,!nce about 200 friends and parishioners of Santa Su~anna's including three former pastors.

The Pope asked those present who had come from the United States for the occasion to take back with them "to all Americans" his love and blessing.

In his prepared speeeh, the Pope paid tribute to the "zeal, dedication, generosity and faithfulriess of the priests and laity who during these 50 years have served Santa Susanna's and helped it to fulfill its mission worthily."

After delivering .a prepared speech in English, the Pope apolOgized for his poor prqnunciatioJ;l and continued' extemporaneously in Italian.

The Pope's extemporaneous remarks were interpreted by Bishop Paul Marcinkus, president of the Pontifical Religious Work~ (the Vatican Banks), and a former English interpreter for Pope Paul.

The Pope praised the work of

lhe three former pasltors in Rome for the anniversary were Paulist Fathers Edward Peters; James Cunningham' and John Dimond. Another former pastor, Father Wilfred Hurley, is ·retired in Albuquerque, N. Nex.

Hearing the appeal, Chief Justice Ogilvie Thompson and two, Daughter of Charity other judges found that there Served 85 Years The present pasto:r, Father was insufficient evidence to supRobert O'Donnell, received a 'NORMANDY (NC) - Sister ROME (NC) - Helen Hayes, port the _, charge that Father 'chaRice from Pope Paul for the Alexis Kuhn, a Daughter of first lady of the American thea~ ffrench·Beytagh had channeled parish as a' memento (If the anter, wa's awarded the St. Gene- money from the Lond6n-based Charity of St. Vincent de Paul niversary. sius award of the American Par- . Defense and Aid Fund~which is for 85 years died recentlY'he~ ish of Santa Susanna here for banned in South Africa-·to out- in Missouri at the age of 102. her "outstanding dedication ~o lawed persons and. organizations Born in Wills Creek, Ohio, in the promotion of Christian prin- . in ,the country. ' " 1869, she entered the order in " cjples iii the acting profession."

Emmitsburg, Md. in 1886. Her The St. qenesius gold, medal, ' first assignment was at St. Pat. .rick'~ school ·in San Francisco. commemorating the Roman actor ,~eorgeto.w·~, Honors'., who was martyred under the EmIn 1970, after the school had · . egotlator :. been torn down, apartments for ,peror Diocletian .in' the early' SAL T N fourth century, was awarded to ". WASHINGHTON (NC) - Ger- the elderly were built on its site Miss Hayes at ceremonies May ard C. Smith, chief U. S. delegate' and named in honor of Sister .

20, as part of the Parish's '50th to the Strategic Arms Limitation : Alexis.

After 34 years in San FranTalks (SALT),. received a.n hon~, / / I anniversary celebration.

A second gold medal was orary degree at Georgetown Uni- ',' cisco, Sister Alexis .was trans. . ferred to the Kansas City, Mo., awarded to Miss Helen G. Bonfils versity. . , .•1 "His patience and skill at the ." Boy~ Home, and in 1921 she of Denver, well-known Broadway producer. Miss Bonfils was not negotiating table have br<;lUght went to St. Joseph School in present for the award because of .us at last within reach of 'long New Orleans.. In 1933 she 'reo illness 'but was represented by sought goal-a world free from turned to San Francisco to work Donald Seawell, ,head of the the burden and anger of arma- at an orphanage., Since 1936, she American' National Theater' As- ment" according to the honorary 'lived at the Marillac Provincial degree citation.

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PITTSBURGH (NC)-An organization of black sisters here is spearheading a project which would make parents ultimately responsible for' developing curriculum, hiring staff, setting policy and raising funds for inner city parochial schools.

"It is being increasingly recognized and announced, in both parochial and public school systems" that community parents should determine the character of the school that is shaping the lives of their children," said Sister Martin De Porres Grey, president of the National Black Sisters' Conference.

Sister Grey said predominantly black inner city parochial schools "are often staffed by pastors and teachers who have been in the schools since the days when the school and community were predominantly white."

"Understandably,'" the Mercy Sister continued, "their instructional material and methods did not change as the community and ,the needs of the community changed."

Responding to requests from 32 different inner city schools for help with educational plans and policies, NBSC 'has developed a two-part. community program.

The Black Sisters' Conference' assembled a team of 10 educational experts including Dr. Kenneth Haskins, lecturer at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education to conduct training programs for staffs of inner city schools.

The tel!m will describe new learning and teaching methods and ways to collaborate with parents in the local community.

Media Award WASHINGTON (NC)-A Paulist priest was named winner in the TV category for the annual Faith and Freedom awards, to be presented here June 23 by Religious Heritage of America.

Father 'Ellwood E. Keiser, executive producer of Insight Films of Los Angeles, Calif., was selected for a series of films examining the major moral· and ethical' probl~ms of modem man.

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me, Fa~her, for my mind is wandering again .. and It may be a lIttle irreverent. Father I've been wonder. ' 109 . • . what does Father's Day mean to a priest? I'm not talking about how you counsel the children to do nice things for their fathers. What . thoughts come to you on and the last traces of flowers and veiling have left the Father's Day. Do you feel church, do, you ever get misty· the same responsibilities to eyed? all

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Opposes Busing SAN FRANCISCO (NC) - A 'Jesuit priest running for a seat on the Board of Education here decries busing as a means to gain equal Education.

Father Thomas Reed, professor of education at the University of San Francisco, claims people of all races and economic levels are aglinst busing because it is not an adequate answer.

"I certainly believe in integration," he said, "but in this city, kids are being bused from good schl?ols to inferior ones. In some cases, a minority famHy will have managEld to move to a better neighborhood and their chilo dren are being bused right back into the ama they left. What sense is there in that?"

A-s an alternative, he suggested that new school zone boundary lines be drawn which would ,ininclude neighboring areas in a racial and economic mix and still 'allow children to attend schools nearer their homes.

The priest als decried the cost of busing which he claims ,lessens the money available to provide quality education. Father Reed has tElught and counseled in public and private schools for 23 years.

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When children you baptized years before stand before you to be married, do you go through fears and joys with the parents?

Somehow, I think that the words By of the marriage ceremony have much more impact on parents than they do on the bride and MARY groom. The parents know the meaning of "its joys and sorrows CARSON ... for better or for worse."

The young couple think they know ... but they' don't understand it the way you do. You've father has to his -children? Do seen so many marriages over the you go through the anxieties and- years-both the good ones and the rewards; the disappointments the bad - that every time you, and joys? Do you ever get ov~r­ marry a couple you must wonderwhelmed by all that r?spo~sibil- about the joys or sorrows tjley'li' ity? ' face ... and whether they'll be RECEIVES LAETARE MEDAL: Dorothy Day, founder If I think about all the respo,n- , back to baptize a new genera-· sibilities we parents have to our tion or back with unsolvable of the Catholic Worker movement, speaks at University of Notre Dame commencement exercises (May 21)' following children, it, becomes almost in-, .. problems. comprehensible . . . . and some, reception of the 1972 Laetare Medal. The medal, given anOther Moments what frightening. Do you ever nually since 1883 to an outstanding American Catholic, was Then there are other moments get scared, with your responsi... when a little one crawls up presented by Rev. Thedore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., president bilities?

Suppose a mother comes to on your lap and shares a glass of of the University, and in her acceptance remarks Miss Day you with a problem. She's con- soda ... or a first grader runs to ~ecalled the influence of Notre Dame faculty and alumni cerned about her daughter hang- you in the schoolyard, throws 10 the early days of the Catholic Worker movement. ing around with a crowd whose her arms around you and pro. reputation isn't too good. While fesses, "I love you best of all. you're counseling the mother to When I grow up, I'm going to Mildred Jefferson, M.D., will try to develop other interests for marry you." speak on "Medical and Moral What do those moments do her daughter, and encouraging Issues of Abortion" at 7:30 on Catholic Hospitals Called Visible Sign her to pray, do you ever get an to your heartstrings? There must Sunday night, June 11 in St. anxious feeling of desperation as be a thrill that they love you.

Of Deep Respect for Life Patrick's P~rish Hall, Wareham. you would if it were your own But is there also a tug? I watchDr. Jefferson is a founding TORONTO (NC) - Amid the "The Catholic and, indeed, the ed a priest holding a child in his daughter? member of the Value of Life arms, just rocking her gently, clamor for easy abortions and long Christian tradition must Committee (VOLCON) and presAre There Doubts? the growing disrespect for non-, have a voice and this voice will till the sleepy-eyed toddler setently is a member of the board Can you Counsel, then force tled down and dozed off. He productive persons, Catholic hos- be heard properly only if it ex" ·of directon in the· capacity of pitals stand as a visible sign ists in some tangible and visible your mind to go on and take seemed far away in thought, vice-president. care of other things, or do the then said, "You know, hundreds "nourishing a deep respect for way. Were it for this alone, I The lectuce is open to the pubproblems of your parishioners of kids cai! me 'Father' .. b~t not life" in contemporary society, would say-go slow about vacat- lic and ther,~ will be no charge. said Bishop Alexander Carter of 'ing the hospital field." keep gnawing and/nagging? Do one calls me 'Daddy.' " , Sault Ste. Marie, Onto Father, you go through all the Compensation you, ever have doubts, wondering Speaking here at the annual Unborn, Weak, Retarded if you've done everything you heartaches, and the worries ...

Parenthood is a sacred obligaHe suggested that hospitals tion that bears compound intercould - or if there might have but does anyo~e ever thank you convention of the Catholic HospitaI Conference of Ontario here, can best serve men "by helping est through the years. for the good you've done. been something more you I'm sure you've had influence Bishop Carter supported the pub- to save them from the folly of should have done?

-Glasow Do you ever get frustrated on my children that I'm not even lic witness that Catholic hospi· the destruction of human life, by r, with yoiJr "children"? Do they aware of ... bits of advice, 'a tals give to Christ by maintaining nourishing a ,deep respect for life come to you with reasons you warm smile, good example, en- their long tradition of service to ... life of the unborn,the weak, the retarded, the very old. know are illogical.,. but you couragement ... and many, many the sick, weak and elderly. ~'The Christian 'capital' off "If old age and mental weakjust can't ~eem to convince prayers. which, our society, has lived in ness is an affront to the pride Thanks, Father. them?

Thank you for all you've done these last years is rapidly evap- and self-sufficiency of our time And what about the times orating,:', he told the delegates ..: . well, tough! There are greatthey do listen? Like when one of for me. attending the conference. er values than our petty contemAnd Happy Father's Day. your children has decided it's "Secularized society is the pat- prary vanities and our growing no longer necessary to go to tern of our times. With all the· pride. How silly both of these Mass, and hasn't been around goodwill in the world we believe are can be meaured by the growin a long time. By chance, you Baltimore Nuns Visit that this secularization, divorced ing and well-founded fear that have the opportunity to talk with' Women ,Prisoners him ... He listens. He, comes JESSUP (NC) -:- "I just like from spiritual principle and ac- we are on the road to general back with a new devotion and peopre," Sister said, in answer tivated by sentimental' and and.~u;n~iv~e;r;sa~l~s~el~f;-d;e;st;r~u;ct;io;n;.~,,~~:;:;:~::::::~=.]) , firm conviction. Do you feel a to that old line "What's a nice superficial reactions, will bring thrill and elation? girl like you doing in a place about a deterioration in our soWhen all your little ones have like this-the Maryland Institu- ciety. made· their First Communions, tion for Women?" ' "The presence of the Catholic Some 20 Sisters from half a hospital would be justified if it were only for the faith it proAmerican Jesuit Heads dozen communities in the Balti- . fesses in the ultimate destiny of more area are participating in India Association programs here organized through man and the natural dignity of NEW DELHI (NC)-American- ,the Sisters Council of the Balti- the human being with a conseborn Jesuit Father James S. more archdiocese. The Sisters quent right to life."

Tong was elected president of tutor, visit, and just talk, usually The 'bishop said he feels that the Indian Hospital Association on a one-to-one basis, with the present agitation for easy at the group's annual convention women prisoners. and free abortions will be folFrom a distance, the red brick lowed by a clamor for euthanahere.

Father Tong, 58, a nath~e of buildings at the Jessup prison sia.

Owensboro; Ky., is founder of bear some resemblance to a "We are rapidly approaching the Catholic Nurses' Guild of small college campus. The the point where' usefulness and India and organizer of the Cath- women live in "cottages" and productiveness will become the olic Hospital Association, which inside, curtains and a few flow- norm and basis of our right to he has served as executive.direc- ers and plants decorate the life. All the horror of this is not rooms. tor since 1957. yet apparent.

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GETTING TO KNOW US: Fifteen couples from Holy Name and Sacred Heart parishes, Fall River, together with their .60 children, make family retreat at La Salette Center of Christian .Living, Attleboro. Left, Anthony and Clare Correia discuss questionnaire sheet for couples, "Getting to Know Us." Center, "Sunshine Girls," four and five-year-olds have

Direc;tory'Lists ,Latest Figures NEW YORK (NC)-The Catholic population of the United States increased by 176,261, but the number of ,priests and Catholic school students continued to decline in 1971.

The figures are found in the 1972 Official Catholic Directory, just published by P. J .. Kenedy and Sons here.

The annual reference book l'ists the total U. S. Catholic population as 48,39Q,990 or 23.3 per cent of the total population. .

The new directory reports 1,054,933 infant baptisms last Y!'lar-33,530 fewer than in 1970.

The number of adult converts dropped to the lowest yearly total since 1940, with 70,012 converts, or 5,522 fewer than.in \ 1970. Other losses reported in' the directory are: priests, down 740 for a current total'of 57,421; seminarians: down 2,745 for a total of 22,963; nuns, down 6,731 for a total of 146,914; Catholic elementary and high school enrollment, down 361,910 for a total of 4,067,413.

.St. Louis Tuitions To Remain Same ST. LOUIS (NC)-For the first time in four years, tuition in high schools operated by the St. Louis archdioce~e will not be increased next year.

Father John J. Leibrecht, associate superintendent of schools, ~aid here that tuitions of $335 for freshmen, sophomore and junior students and $355 for seniors will remain the same for the 1972-73 term.

He also announced that the archdiocese has signed a contract agreement,' with the Archdiocesan . Teachers' Association providing for a two' per cent salary increase for the coming year and one per cent increases in ea~h of the succeeding two yea'rs.

The decision to hold the line on tuitions next year, Father Leibrecht said, was made by the Archdiocesan School Board and the Archdiocesan Council ·of Administration, a group which 'passes on all major financial expenditures in the archdiocese.

a rather wide-awake rest period; right, retreatants join priests in dining room song session. From left, clockwise, Mary and Tom Murphy, Rev. Richard Delisle, ~.S., ,Rev. Arthur Bourgeois, M.S., Rev. R-obert Carter, Sacred Heart parish, Pat and Bill Riley. A mini-retreat was ·included for the older ,chil<fi~en. .

Fam!ly Retreat at LaSalette f'Jenter £~!ers Fun, Deepening of Spiiri.tu(ll LiJrf.~

BY PAT McGOWAN "Retreats never used to' be like this!"

Speaking. through a 'mouthful of pizza, the young husband and father waved his hand at a roomful of dancing couples. Upstairs at La Salette Center for Christian Living, the 60 children of the dancers were safely tucked in bed. ' It was all part of a 'parish family retreat which brought 15 couples from Sacred Heart and Holy' Name parishes in Fall R,iver to the Attleboro center.

As many participants recalled, their previous retreats had emphasized silence and passive listening to a retreat master. This one brought everyone into the act. , / "What about the children?" ,hi1d been the main concern of most parents. They needn't have worried. An expert corps of college-age counselors, directed

by Mr. and Mrs. Phil Lockwood of Seekonk, whisked them off for their own cram-jammed weekend of activity, including a mini-retreat/for the older ones.

"Have them dressed and. in the lobby. by 7:30 Saturday morning," said Lockwood at a Friday night briefing session. "You won't see them again until night."

Supervision cOlltinued after the children were in bed, with counselors patrolling hallways until the last parent returned to his room.

Children Applal11d Meanwhile parents gathered in small groups to discuss the basic question, "why did you come on this retreat?" Several said they were simply curious, while other~ admitted that what with the hassle of getting several small children ready for a weekend away from home, they'd almost decided not to bother.

But now they w~re here and relaxed. Their mood was expectant. First surprise came when 'they followed Rev. Richard Delisle, M.S.' and Rev.. Robert

Boucher, M.S. of the center staff to a large meeting room for t:1e first of what used to be called retreat conferences but nowadays are more like freewheeling happenings. On the way they passed through a double line of their own children, vigorously applauding them. . "Why did you do that?" a mother later asked her daughter.

"They told us to make you happy," she giggled, before skipping off to her next activity. The children's program was hopefully to have been mainly outdoors.

Pouring rain throughout the weekend scotched that plan, but undaunted counselors came up with one activity after another for every age level.

Parish Priests Participating in the retreat with their parishioners were ~ev. Robert Carter of Sacred Heart and Rev. Edmund J. Fitzgerald of Holy Name. Purpose of a parish experience, rather than a gathering of people. from all parts of the diocese, they explained, is to build parish community, allow follow-up mee::ings with retreatants, and hopefully facilitate the making (If further retreats by the same group.

There have been many family retreats at La Salette, but this was only the third parish _program. Previous such retreats were from St. Patrick's, Somerset, and another from Holy Name.

General theme of the retreat was prayer, explained by Father Delisle as "reaching into ourselves and reaching out to others." Discussions, films and selected music built, on thi:; theme with emphasis on ways in which couples could share thl~ Christ life.

A highlight was a ~essjon titled "Getting to Know Us," in which 'each couple went private· ly through a detailed question.. naire examining their strengthH weaknesses. "I never knew my

husband so well before," commented one wife.

Father Carter and Father Fitzgerald followed the questionnaire session with a. general meeting at which they took the same queries and' applied them t,o. their lives in their parishes and their relationships with parishioners. "The .priesthood is like . marriage," noted Father Fitzgerald. "You take your people for better or worse.'"

For Better or Worse ,Both priests emphasized the importance, in reserved New England, "of letting your priests know you love them." Often people have warm feel:ings but don't show them, said Father Fitzgerald. "A priest can be killed by the coldnes:; of· his p,~ople."

What he most wanlted from his priesthood, said Father Carter, was the opportunity to build Christian community in his parish. He invited pari.shioners to join him in this task.

Saturday afternoon there was the opportunity for the sacrament of penance. with couples having the option of using tra<iitil)nal confessionals or meeting . with a priest in a conference room.

At night the La Salett.epriests and the visiting parish priests joined in concelebrati.ng a "wedding" Mass at which couples renE!wed their marital VQ'ws. The ceremony was followed by a pizza and beer "wedding reception" and dancing.

Theme of the final day of retreat was celebration, with couples asked to take a walk together and "talk about all the good things that hav,~ happened to you as a couple."

Children joined th,~ir parents fOI~ a closing Mass at which the altar was adorned with craft objects they had made during the weekend. Especially striking was a large branch adorned with Latin-style "eye of God", designs.

Prelate Vilifies Lega I Horror LONDON (NC) Cardinal John Heenan of Westminster, head ,of the English and Welsh Bishops' Conference, called the 1967 British Abortion J\,ct "an act .of Parliament unique in a country professedly Christian.

"There are signs that many besides Catholic's now r~alize the horror of what has been made legal."

Writing in a' special four-page insert in the Universe, a national Catholic Weekly , the cardinal protested the rising toll of abortions, which are expected to exceed 150,000 this year in Britain.

"Sir John Peel, past president of the' Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, has bluntly stated" the appalling facts," the cardinal said. "He has declared as a doctor that to his certain knowledge the vast majority of abortions are completely unjustified on grounds of health, either mental or physical. ' "Whatever Parliament may have ,intended when it passed this immoral piece Of legislation, the fact is that in practice we have legalized abortion on demand."

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Louisiana Bishop Stress'es Rules For Worship LAFAYEITE (NC) - Bishop Maurice Schexnayder, of Lafayette has called on clergy, Religious and laity to comply "conscientiously and, faithfully" with regulations on worship in the Church.

He spoke in a statement issued after discussions with his diocesan consultors.

The discussions were prompted by a report that certain irregularities: using table bread and wine for the Mass; offering Mass without vestments; allowing ministers of other faiths to preach Mass sermons; giving Communion "in the hand" and giving Communion to non-Catholics.

A diocesan spokesman said that Bishop Schexnayder and his consultors did not wish to condemn priests or alarm Catholics by the statement. They sought, he said, to achieve two goals: one, to inform everyone that the authority for change in the liturgy lies not in the individual Catholic priest or layman, but in the Vatican and the bishop; two, that certain unauthorized actions in the offering of Mass are particularly serious and they, along with all other liturgical aberrations, are to cease.

Not Private Functions The statement called for compliance with the liturgical regulations approved by the Vatican and the U: S. bishops. It emphasized that "liturgical services are not private functions, but are celebrations of the Church which is the 'sacrament of unity,' namely a holy people united and organized under their bishops."

It noted that recent changes in the liturgy provide several options to choose from, but "other choices are without approval, and generally injurious to the unity of liturgical practice of the Church." ,

photo: the dialogue discussion concerning religious matters that has been introduced by Bishop Cronin and becoming so popular is seen in session at the Falmouth Parish. The Confirmation class in this Cape parish numbered 102.

New Prior Sets GOQls for Carmelites AYLESFORD (NC)-The newly-elected prior general of tlJ,e Carmelite Order has pledged to help the poor in any part of the world and to improve communication within the order by allowing a variety of'viewpoints.

Father Falco Thuis,first Dutch superior in the history of the Carmelites, spoke here in Illinois during a U. S, tour.

He said "poverty, misery, and injustice," exists in the United States and' Europe, as well as in underdeveloped nations.

This is why the Carmelites are working in parts of Poland which are poorer than parts of Latin America where 220 Carmelites also work, Father Thuis said.

"We must fight for' justice, equality and fulfillment of the potentiality of people wherever we are. In this way we can labor to bring about the presence of God here on earth," the 40-year old Carmelite ,told an assembly

Private College !,id Bill Introduced TRENTON (NC) - Seventeen state senators have sponsored a measure to provide $7 million in financial aid to private colleges -the first such effort in the state's history.

Based 0:1 a plan worked out by the New Jersey Association of Independent Colleges and Universities and the State Board of Higher Education, the bill is being given an excellent chance of passage even though· measures to aid non-public elementary and secondary education are stalled.

Introduction of the bill marks the first attempt to provide broad-scale aid directly. to the state's private institutions. Its purpose is to encourage the enrollment of New Jersey students in independent colleges in an effort to avoid widespread expansionof the public college system.

of priests and nuns at the Renewal Center for the Carmelite Third Order here.

This must be aCyomplished by a living example of brotherhood, not just empty mouthing of slogans, he said.

Plurality of Approaches "For ,example, if we work in a parish where racism is a problem, we must solve it not just by preaching but by living as brothers ourselves. If we have racists in our own group. we can't solve the problems of others," he said.

Since the order works in a variety ,of cultures Carmelites must have' a plurality of approaches, he said.

Hospital Ceases Cremating Fetuses

"Much responsibility must be given to individual superiors within the various provinces. We are an international group and must accept the fact that the head of the order in Rome simply cannot make rules to cover all circumstances," Father Thuis said.

Dutch Catholics The youngest major superior in the Church, Father ThJ.lis had seI:ved as vicar of the Diocese of Hertogenbosch in Holland. He said reports in the United States and Italy about Dutch Catholics are often inaccurate.

"There is no underground Church in Holland, and we don't wish to start one," he said. , He stated that 70 per cent of the Dutch Catholics are moderate, with'15 per cent extremely conservative and 15 per cent extremely liberal. Most of the time reports are given on sensational events while or;dinary events are' not reported, he said.

Cardinal Scores 'Catholic' Listing DETROIT (NC) Cardinal John Dearder-: of Detroit has denounced a li!:ting in the Detroit metropolitan telephone directory for "Catholic Abortion."

"Abortion has always been seen by the Church as a crime against nature," the Cardinal said in a stat~ment, "and to find the word coupled with the word 'Catholic' is an insult going beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior."

Cardinal Dearden's public statement ca:ne after the Michigan Catholic, Detroit archdiocesan newspaper, and other archdiocesan offices began getting inquiries fro:n people who had dialed the "Catholic Abortion" number.

Callers w~re told about an abortion "package," including roundtrip tra.nsportation to New York where a permissive abortion law is iri effect.

They were falsely informed that the Catholic Church would soon be changing its position on abortion, and that if their conscience was troubling them about having an abortion, the service would put them in contact with "liberal" priests who would assure them that abortion is permissible.

Cardinal :Jearden is attempting to have the listing removed from the telephone directory.

ALBANY (NC)-As a result of an article in the Evangelist, the Albany diocesan newspaper, a local medical center has ceased cremating infants aborted after more than 20 weeks.

"Some of the criticism has The article charged that the come that the Dutch bishops do Albany Medical Center Hospital ,not use the power of excommuwas apparently violating health nication because they are not laws which require that fetuses strong enough. This is simply of more than 20 weeks' gestation not telling the truth. The bishops must be buried or cremated by are trying' to keep from alienata licensed agency. City records ing people from the Church and showed that the hospital was from each other," he stated. disposing of the aborted children in their incinerator.

After a formal meeting between the head of the hospital and Arnold Proskin, the district attorney of Albany County, the hospital ceased cremating the aborted in their facilities.

In issuing a formal interpretation of the statute, Mr. Proskin warned that any "formal criminal complaint filed relating to Attention School Gtc»ups violations of the law will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law." He declined to prosSpecial ,Arrangements for School Groups ecute the Hospital for prior violations because he felt "willful inFOR DETAILS, CALL MANAGER-636-2744 or 999-6984 tent" would be difficult to prove. e'." •.•.•

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voted to interesting our Catholic adults into coming to class ~o learn their religion on a grownup level. ' But they aren't coming.

They're home' .watching Henry VIII and Elizabeth R and Civilization and 'The Last of the Mohicans on television~ If Mo· hammed 'won't ,', come, to· the mountain, then let's finally take the mountain to him. Let's, as perceptive catechists, try ul>ing the airwaves to teach our Catholic adults.

I'vs written of the need, to use television in religio!1s education before and since then I think I've heard just about every reason why it won~t work. Here are those reasons with my reaction.

satiated with meetings and classes. How long this will last is anybody's guess but we sh/ould prepare for' the eventuality that it might be perman,ent.

"People won't watch religious television." They wOn't watch' what we offer them today under the label of religious television ... the early Sunday morning kind. (It's the only time kids won't turn on TV, even for the •commercials.) PeoplEl will *atch good programs,- as proved by ratings on secular programs like 'The Vatican, The 'Robe; and the Holy Week documentaries. .

I suggest· we take The Wives of Henry VIII, by BBC as a model for a series called ,The Popes. We .have. to do it objectively, showing the bad along' with the good.

The value would not be in washing dirty linen (too often hidden in the hamper until it begins to 'smell) but in teaching us the flavor of the times. We can't ?o· this in books.

CINCINNATI (NC) - Several thousand Catholic school students, 'parents, s~hool officials, pastors and high school bands paraded through downtown Cin· cinnati recently in support of state aid to nonublii:: schools.

While the speakers includ~d adult leaders in the campaign for , state aid, some of tlie most spirited remarks came from Catholic high school students themselves.

- Jacki Russell, a Catholic· high school junior, warned the crowd that "secularists are in the process of imposing their beliefs on the children of the public ~chools and have thus far succeeded in prevailing upon government to essentially deny tax funds or credits to children who study in church-related schools ...

"By imposing secularism and thereby discriminating against God-centered education, the gov· ernment determines what chilo dren shall think and believe."

Another student speaker, Tony , Maxey, told the audience that '''nonpublic education cannot af· INSIDE "THE HOUSE OF WILDERNESS": Sis~er ford any further costly delays" Mary Michael Costello of Spokane, Washington" Superior; in its struggle for state aid. of the Franciscan House of 'Wilderness, Vancouver, shows "Enrollment in many of our the cedar..bark cross which adorns th~ hallway. NC Photo., schools, particularly in the more ,deprived neighborhoods, has

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V AN COUVER (NC)-,An community of The ,popes don't seem like real Franciscan nuns has opened a people to us. Neither did Henry House of Wilderness here to ilVIII until he was brought to life lustrate a "certain way of renewas a real person in a real country al" in lifestyle to help people out with all kinds of pressure beat· of the wilderness of mechanized ing on him, The series taught us modern life. as much about life at that time The six Sisters are members as it did about the various wives. of an experimental province of Seven Last Words We have enough material on the Sisters of the Third Order The Popes to last thtee years tm of St. Francis of Pepetual Ad"We've never done it that way before." Someone called these TV and' then we can begin again, oration, headquartered, in La' the seven last words of the fqllowing each ;program with Crosse, Wis. They have been quietly explarChurch. I wonder if the monks , study guides and bibliography to had this much trouble selling ."met the inevitable interest of ing directions for 'post-Vatican books after. the printing press ' watching Catholics. The educa- II renewal in terms as old as St. 'tional possibilities are endless Francis and as new as Earth appeared. ' and exciting.

'D "We don't have any' money."

I don't think the Church would ay.

Add up all the monies now being coine off looking' too badly; As one put it: spent and duplicated in a fruit- 'either. When she does appear "There's a great wilderr.:ess less attempt at adult education tarnished liistorically, it's be· within, people-a need to develand we could buy prime time cause certain segments and op a more integrated 'relationship one evening a week for the laws and actions are'taken out between themse~ves ",and their whole country. ' of context rather than discussed " environment."

Successful educational' TV in' relationship to the' iimes. ,- The Sisters were, invited to proyes that it ,sells pooks on the Mariy Catholics, for example, Vancouver by Archbishop James subject. During The' Forsythe better understand the problems F. Carney. Since last August Saga, bookstores couldn't' keep , of the Church during the time of ;, they have made' themselves at the books' in stock.After The Henry VIII as a' result of that home amid the towering trees Wives, of Henry VIIi, there was series than they understood of beautiful British ',Columbia. such a demand for books on that them by'studying:Church history. ,They have been teaching in St. period in ~nglish history that "We don't have the exppertise Jude's parish school; furnishing ,editions long out of dellland were rushed ,i!1to print... Kenneth -to'do it>' We do. We 'have the' their modern home, with things writers in 'a 'church v.'here news- 'of the e!1-rth, re~di1y' available Clark'~ Civilization aroused the same kind' of reader interest. papers are clisappearilt"g. We from natural sUrroundings, and The publishers would have good have always' had great numbers 'preparing themselves for renewal reas9n for backing such a ven· of peopietalent~d in the' aits. ' projects here..

The visitor is greeted upon ture' as good religious education Their' talents" are lying latent, today or 'go~rtgsecular. ~, programs.

We have a riCh Catholic his"It takes religious 'education out of the Ghurch. '! Right, and tory and we are ignorant ot' it, it puts it where p,eople are today for the 'most part, 'We pave -home. We might as well face dozens of programs like' The Agony and the Ecstacy in' em· bryo: We have some llf the most Joins Campaign interesting and spell-binding WASHINGTON (NC) - Judith characters in history right there Weahkee, a Zuni-Hopi Indian, in our, history - of - the - church has joined, the U. S. bishops', books. Sadly, that's right where Campaign for Human, Develop- r':';':theY're 'staying.

South • Sea Streets If we can't interest our, ment ~s an assistant associate' director. She will evaluate' pro- Church in The, Popes, maybe we ,Hyannis Tel. 49·S'1 • should go to BBC. ' , posals for campaign' grants. ,Endless Possibilities

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arrival at the House of Wilderness bya wall deeoration of driftwood and a little farther, down the hall by a cedar bark. cross. A fishnet adorns one end of the dining foom: All the items are from nearby, placesa beach Galled Spal1tish Banks,' the Fraser River or Seymour Mountain.

T4e chapel, some of whose altar vessels are of ceramics fashioned by one I)f the Sisters, soon will be furnished with heQ}lock stumps the nuns got themselves from Saturna Island, be· tween, here' and Vancouver Island.

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Stang; Student Is Youngest Master Ever Of Mattapoisett G,·ange

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BY ROBERT LEIGH an evangelism crusade with It's hard to catch Mark Breton.

Protestant and Catholic backing, has "raised serious concern" And with the schedule he mainamong "Jews, according to the tains and has maintained for the religious affairs director of the better part of his 17 years, it's easy to understand why.

American JewiSh Committee.

Mark, son of Mr. and Mrs. In an introductory statement to a compendium of documents Real R. Breton of West Hill on Jewish-Christian relations Road, Mattapoisett, is a young Rabbi Marc Tanenbaum said man on the move.

When he's not studying to Key '73 ... "may become a source of tension and conflict if maintain his B-plus average at its nationwide campaign does Bishop Stang High School in not continue to be sensitive to North Dartmouth, he might be at the living, permanent reality of St. Anthony's Church in MattaJudaism and, the dignity of the poisett where he was an altar Jewish people who by no means boy for six years, or out at the perceive themselves as candi- Reservation Golf Club, where he has a 14 handicap, practising for dates for conversion."

Key '73 has been supported by the Big I tourney later this some Catholic bishops and main- spring, or down at the Mattaline Protestant denominations, poisett Grange 215.

Mark became the youngest as well as by t~aditionally evangelical Protestant denominations. master in its history when he "As a matter of freedom of was installed last September at conscience the Jewish commu- age, 16.

While a member of the Junior nity recognizes the inherent Grange, Mark served as master right not only of Christians but of all religious communities to as well as being' active in other propagate their faith and to seek offices.

He was the recipient of the converts," Rabbi Tanenbaum Super Junior Grange Award said.

But he added that "an objec- presented by the state Grange tion that is raised by many in for his accomplishments while in " the Jewish community to most office. conversion and evangelism, proActive in CYO grams is that these usually are Besides 'serving in Grange acbased on a stereotyped and caricatured view that holds Judaism tivities, Mark was an altar boy to be a dessicated fossil that and participated in the parish has been superseded by the !new CYO program.

He also worked with students Israel' of Christianity. Obviously such 'a v,iew -is not only untrue at St. James Church in New Bedto the facts, but is also a moral ford, helping in a tutorial prooffense against the dignity and gram set up by the parish school. the honor of the Jewish people."

Mark was ~ctive in Boy Scouts, winning the Ad Altare Dei Heartening Developments Award three years ago while a Rabbi Tanenbaum also noted member of Mattapoisett's Troop that "many major Christian 53.

Prior to coming to Mattapoibodies" have "in one form or another clearly condemned anti- sett, Mark was involved in Semitism and have repudiated church' activities in Meriden, the use by any Christian or Corin., his former home. biblical or theological teachings With all his outside projects, as the basis of hatred of Judaism he carries a heavy school load, or the Jewish people." including advanced ,algebra, Among the documents cited French, American culture and was one issued in October, 1971 Chemistry at Stang High School. by the Sixth Synod of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, which in- Spanish-American cludes a comprehensive section on Roman Catholic-Jewish rela- Pastoral Plan Goal tions.

WASHINGTON (NC)-Catholic Rabbi Tanenbaum aiso stated leaders working with the Spanthat "the response of Christian ish-American community will., bodies to the plight of the three meet here June 19-22 in the first ' million Jews in the Soviet UniOn step toward developing a pas. in recent months has been one of toral plan for those working in the most heartening and positive this apostolate. developments that has resulted Participating in this "Encufrom the extensive growth and entro Hispano de Pastoral" will dialogue between Jews and be bishops, diocesan delegates, Chr,istians over the past decand leaders from the Spanishades." speaking community. It is under the sponsorship of the United 114 Men Take Step States Catholic Conferences's Division for the_ Spanish SpeakToward Diaconate ing. .

CHICAGO (NC)-One hundred Emphasizing the importance fourteen men took the first step of such a meeting, Paul Sedillo, toward the permanent diaconate , division director, noted that "the in a ceremony at Holy Name Ca- Spanish-speaking p.eople in the thedral here Sunday.

U. S. now comprise approximateCardinal John Cody presided ly 25 per cent of the American at,the ceremony in which the Catholic Church." men were "admitted to the cler"The purpose of the meeting ical state"-a new designation is to discuss long ~nd shortfor the traditional order of ton- range goals of the Hispanicsure.

American community in all areas The candidates, ranging in age of its life," said Bishop Joseph from 35 to 70, are scheduled to Bernardin, USCC general secrebe ordained permanent deacons tary, who invited the American next January. hierarchy to attend.

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Baptist-Catholic Dialogue Held LIBERTY (NC}-The sixth annual Baptist-Catholic dialogue was held here in Missouri at Immacolata Retreat house to discuss understanding of the Christian faith, doctrines, and specific issues from the viewpoint of the two denominations.

This year's meeting explored "The Meaning of the Separation of Church and State in the United States Today," as it affects Catholics and Baptists.

A steering committee was formed to assist local congregations -in discussin,g and reflecting the progress of the dialogue so far and to encourage feedback from the local churches.

The Baptist stand on Churchstate separation was drawn from the Baptist Joint Committee on Public Affairs. The prortouncements of Vatican Council II served as the basis for the Catholic views.

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YOUNGEST MASTER: Mark Breton, 17, of St. An-

thony's parish, Mattapoisett, is the youngest master in the history of Mattapoisett Grange. A student at Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth, he hopes for a military ~areer. He ,holds athletic letters in football and golf. ' He hopes to be recommended for entry into one of the nation's leading military academies.

He has no choice now.

He might play ball for one of the services, since he has won letters both in football, as a quarterback and, in golf.

Develops Responsibility Mark feels that Grange activities have helped him mature.

The Grange motto of "Patrons of Husbandry" indicates its concern for agriculture and animal care.

Grange brings people of all ages and persuasions toge'ther, aiming to develop responsibility and aid the community.

Mark's sister, Marybeth, 15, is a member of the Junior Grange.

A brother, Peter, is a student at the U. S. Military Academy at West Point.

The young man feels his activities and -associations will make him a better adult. His schedule wiiI be a busy one the next few weeks.

The Mattapoisett Grange is preparing a representation to the 100th anniversary celebration Sept. 17 at the Eastern States Exposition in Springfield.

Mark is also on a Youth Committee to raise funds, a bowling team that hopes to compete on

a state basis this fall, committee planning a August.

So. if he passes you in some day, there's good

and a fair in a hurry reason.

Humphrey Supports Tax Credit Plan CLEVELAND (NC)-Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey, campaigning here for the Democratic, presidential nomination, urged passage of federal tax credit legislation for parents of nonpublic school students.

Humphrey said that his own state of Minnesota "had the foresight and practical good sense" to allow state income tax credits "not to exceed 80 per cent of paid tuition" of nonpublic school students.

The approach is constitutional, he said, and similar legislation should be' passed by the Congress. Twenty-one tax credit bills have been introduced in Congress this year.

"I am concerned," the senator said, "that the American traditions of cultural and educational pluralism are endangered by the financial crisis facing non'public education.

When nonpublic schools are in trouble, all schools in America share in these hardships."

NEW YORK (NC) - Father James C. Finlay has been named president of Fordham University here succeeding Father Michael P. Walsh.

Father Finlay, dean of Fordham's graduate school of' arts and sciences since 1968, will . take over as head of the univer' sity July 1.

A native of Irlliand, Fr. Finlay came to the United States in 1928 and entered the Society of Jesus in 1942. He received a doctorate in political science from Duke University in 1960. He came to Fordham that year as a member of the political science faculty.

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Advocates, Exbury Azaleas For Height, Glowing Color By 'Joseph and Marilyn Roderick

As I write this coiumn the azaleas are in, bloom and they are gorgeous. We are particularly struek by the Exbury azaleas which we have been adding :to the garden over the past five years at the rate of ()ne a year. These, , are hardy azaleas which are characterized by very large' Climbing Peace had tQ~be destroyed when we b'uilt the addiclones' of flow~l'S and which tion on the house), planted the ,make a great deal of upward window boxes (generally a task

growth. This m~~es' them a perfect foil for the low' growing '~zaleas ';"hich we commonly' find 'in this area.' , " . . . The color~ of the -'Exbury must be handled wilth care., I have a pale lemon, a vivid' yellOW, a , gold with touches of yellow, a very vivid flaming orange and a white' and pink variety. The, colors are in fact so startling that care has to be taken to avoid mixing them. Wherev!'lr Exburys are planted 'they, shOUld either be the sole color or they should be blended with' other -shades' of 'the same color so as . not to. have too much contrast Up until this year I have or. dered these azaleas from catalogs, but now I find the area nurseries are carrying them so I look f,orward to buying mine locally rather than sending for root varieties which take several years to produce.

Worth the Cost Prices are high for thes"e stunning plants but they are worth every penny invested in them. I have had no trouble with them as far as hardiness is concerned.

All of mine are healthy and strong and are growing on the north and east of the house where they are slightly protected from strong winds. I mulch them every Spring after fertilizing and the only other special care I give them is to be certain that ,they are given more than enough water during the dry summer months.

An added plus is that they can be moved with no difficulty.

As with most azaleas, their root structure is such that they root relatively close to the surface so that they can be lifted and moved with no difficulty.

Azaleas ,are always appreciated for their burst of color in late May, when gardens tend to have little bloom, but these give us the added bonus of being ex" ceptional specimen plants.

In the Kitchen Quite a few years ago I read Janet Gillespie's book, Joy Of A Small Garden, and while I enjoyed her .delightful chatty style and charming narrative I didn't enjoy it as much as I would have if I had gone out immediately, taken over a piece of Joe's garden and tried for some joy of my own. But very often we're just not ready for a certain hobby and evidently I wasn't ready at that time. Now I suddenly realize the pleasure that can come from planting some tiny insignif.icant looking piece of greenery and watching it grow into a beautiful plant.

Oh, over the years' that we've had the g"arden I've helped Joe pick out some of our roses (the m.ost beautiful of' these, the

that doesn't .work out, as well as I intended it to), and started some herbs to lise in the kitchen but basically I left the actual gardening up: to Joe, and his father. . '

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, This ye~ have finally' discovered the joys that one can find in tending God's growing things. I still .rparvel at the change'that takes place in the ,garden and its. surroundings when May appears and suddenly the world is no longer covered with greyness but, suddenly bathed in soft green.

Where there were brittle twigs, there are now lush green vines or vibrantly alive bushes. Work路 'ing with these plants is not only rewardirig but relaxing. In fact I'm enjoying it so much that perhaps f can talk Joe into trading columns if I can only convince him of the joys of cooking.

- With the price of meat what it is today most women are looking for ways to stretch the family's meat dollar and what better way than buying a pot roast.

This recipe is a more unusual mixture of ingredients than is ordinarily found in this type of recipe but the results are quite tasty, especially the sauce.

Sweet and SOll~ Pot Roast' 5 lb. chuck or round pot roast 2 to 3 Tablespoons flour . 2 Tablespoons salad oil 1 % cups beef broth ' 1 can pineapple' tidbits Y2 cup sliced celery Y2 cup cider vinegar 1,4 cup dark brown sugar 1 teaspoon ground ginger 1,4 cup cornstarch 6. sweet potatoes

ST. STANISLAUS, FALL RIVER' The Men's Club announces a Spring Frolic, to be held in the 02722. school'hall Saturday night, June "10. A buffet will be served from SANTO CHRISTO 7:30 to 9 and dancing will folFALL RIVER low until 1 A.M., with music by Th~ Council of Catholic Women the Happy Notes. Joseph Amwill hold a hrea,kfastfollowing 9 A.M. Sunday Mass, June 11. 'aral, club president, is general Members wishing to attend who chairman for the affair.

A pre-festival parish auction hav.e not made: re,servations may is scheduled for 10 A.M. Saturcalli Mrs. Mary Gagn!'l at 674day, June 17 in the church hall.

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Pickups of donations may be ar, A dinner meeting is slated for ran'ged with Frank' Braney Jr., Tuesday, June 13 at the Skipper .. chairman, at, telephone 676-9391.

Parishioners and non-parishrestaurant, Fairhaven.' Busses will leave the church at 6:30P.M. ' ioners are invited to participate and reservations' may be made, in a 75th anniversary trip to the with Mrs. Ma~, Silvia, telephone Bahamas on the weekend of Oct. 672-7872,' or, Mrs. Palmira 20. Reservations may be made at the rectory.

Aguiar, telephone 674-3253.

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REV. ARNOLD 'E. SIVLERY

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chalirmen of parish orart! asked to submit for this column to The O. BOK 7, ~all River.

Rev. ArnoldE. Sille~" M.S., who would have celebn.ted his 25th anniversary as a priest :in I the La Salette order on May 31, , OUR LADY OF ANGELS, died May 26 at the La Saletlte FALL RIVER Villa' Mont Planeati, F:dbour,g, The Holy Name Society will Switzerland. sponsor a breakfast meeting folA native of New Bedford, the 51-year old priest was in Switz- lowing 8 A.M. Mass Sunday, erland pursuing advanced studies June 11. Wives ailld families are invited. The ulllit plans a baseat the University of Fribourg. ball. trip for Sunday, June 18.

Father Sillery was a son of the late John H. and Ida L. (Quintin) Sillery. He is survive"d ST. MICHAEL, by a sister, Mrs. Herbert {irene) OCEAN GROVE Isherwood of New Bedford.

The Annual Save Our School He was educated in parochial Bazaar is tentatively scheduled schools of New Bedford and the for two weeks, namely the three La Salette minor seminary of day-period of Aug. 11, 12, and.13 Enfield, N.H. Having completed and Aug. 18, 19, and 20. studies in philosophy and theolHenry A. Dion, Jr. will serve ogy at La Salette Seminary, Atas chairman with Edmund Bantleboro, Father Sillery was Ol~颅 dained to the priesthood on May . ville serving as co-chairman.

31, 1947, by the late Bishop ST. ANNE, James E. Cassidy.

In June, 1948, Fa~her Sillery FALL RIVER was named a teacher and prefect Preprimary pupiils of the parof discipline l,lt La Salette Sem- ish school will hold graduation inary of Enfield, and served as exercises at 10 on Friday morndirector of Camp Pius XI, until ing, June 9 in the recreation hall, August, 1953, when he became while the eighth graders will rean instructo'r at La Salette Sem- ceive their diplomas at a special inary, East Brewster. A year graduation Mass s'cheduled for later, he was named a curate at 7:30 on Wednesday night, June Our Lady ()f La Salette, Mont- 14 in St. Anne's: Church. real, Canada, where he was eleTickets' are available at the vated to the post of Superior and rectory for the Hoily Name sponPastor. In August of 1961, he was named to a second t,erm as sored Father's Day Communion' pastor. In August, 1965, he be- breakfast. came pastor of Our Lady of the There will be a beachcombers Holy Rosary, Windsor, Ontario. dance on Saturday night, June 24 Continuing his education in the and tickets may be obtained light of Vatican II, Father Sille~, from any parishioner o~ at the entered the University of Fri- rectory. bourg on Sept. 11, 1971, for adBingo is playe,d every Wednesvanced studies in theology. day night at 7 in the school on A Mass of Christian Burial was concelebrated at 10 on Wednes- Forest Street. day morning, June 7, in St. Jos,路, Courses in remedial math and eph's Church, South Main Street, reading will be conducted in the ' Attleboro. school from June :!6 to July 21.

For further infoirmation can, 678National Birth Rate 2152.

1) Wipe roast with damp paper towels. Roll in flo).lr until evenly coated., Heat oil in Dutch oven and brown roast well on all sides.

2) Stir in I, cup of Qeef broth, pineapple tidbits,Emd syrup, celery, cider vinegar, brown sugar, soy sauce and ginger and bring 'Continues to Drop WASHINGTON (NC)-The na.. to boil. tional birth rate - number of 3) Reduce heat to low and simmer covered 2 to 2 Y2 hours, children born per 1,000 people, in the country - has, r~mained or almost tender. even lower than it was during 4) Meanwhile pare 6 sweet the Depression years of the potatoes. Cook in salted boiling 1930s. water 30 minutes until tender.

According to the Na,tional Drain, keep warm. " Center for Health Statistics here 5) Remove roast to hea~ed which computes the U. S. birth" serving platter, slice sweet po- rate monthly, the nation avertatoes 1,4 inch thick and arrange aged 15.8 children per 1,000 around roast. Keep warm. people in the first three months 6) In small bowl stir remainof 1972. ing % cup beef broth into The new figures indicate the cornstarch then stir 'into pan U. S. birth rate has now drcpped liquid. Cook, stirri'llg constantly, for 13 of the last 14 months. In ,until mixture thickens and comes the f.irst"quarter of 1970, the rate to ,a boil. Boil 3 minutes. Spoon was 1,7.5, compared with a rate some of the sau'ce Clver the sweet , of 18.6 in 1936, lowest birth rate potato slices. eluring the Depression.

HOLY NAME, FALL RIVER There are a few openings in grade one of the parish school.

Registration will be open to nonparishione~s after Monday, June 12.

A party for the 1923 Cltib will be held Saturday, June 24 at the school.

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AlTLEBORO Members of the 'Womel)'s Guild planning to attend the installation banquet scheduled for 6:30 on Tuesday evening, June 11 are requested to call Mrs. Anita Maigret at 222-6525 as soon as possible. .

Detective Lieut. Clarkson will be the guest speaker.

The knights of the Altar with the Apprentices, together with their families, will hold a picnic on next Sunday starting at 1 o'clock. There will be games and prizes for all .age groups.

ST. MARY, NANTUCKET Members of the Women's Guild will receive Holy Communion at the 10:30 Mass on Sunday morning, June 1i and will have a brunch in the rectory following the Mass.

OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP, NEW BEDFORD New officers of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Society will be installed Sunday, June 25 at a banquet to be held at the Coachmen restaur!lnt, Tiverton. Reservations may be made with Mrs. Helen Bobowiecki, presilent, or Miss Pauline Waclawik, vice-president. Chairman Mrs. Adelia Michaul will be assisted

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Working for M'ore Human World Is Bas,ic Problem If the developed world owes much of its vast predominance in wealth and power to a series of fortunate histor~cal chances, much of the poverty of the less developed lands is equallY.rooted in a sequence of historical change- . political, social, economicwhich has worked to per- tended to freeze the ·dependence of the present on small landpetuate their poverty. The . lords and rent collectors. In AfSynodal documents picks rica, tribal farming was not

out the following factors in their condition of "obdurate underdevelopment:"

By BARBAftA WARD

"The rapid growth of population and of the labour force, because of rural stagnation and the lack of agrarian reform, and because of the massive migratory flow to the cities, where the industries, even though endowed with huge sums of money, nevertheless provide so few jobs that not infrequently one worker in four is left unemployed."

But why have all these difficulties become, as it were, self reinforcing and self perpetuating? To understand this fact, we have to look at the explosion into the world of the new technological order and look at its effects, not on those who invented and, in a sense, mastered it, but on those who were, on the contrary "at the receiving end."

Forceful Takeovers Western colonial settlement and control spread around the world between the sixteenth and twentieth century. Takeovers came whenever and wherever local tribes or peoples were too weak to withstand the drive of the incoming Europeans-Aztecs and Incas in South America in the 16th' century, the Rajahs of the Spice Islands in the 17th century, India in the 18th century, the Red Indians of North America and Russia's Asian conquests in the 18th and 19th centuries, the Africans first by slavery and then by conquest throughout the whole period.

China nearly succumbed in the late 19th century. The last forceful takeover was Italy's conquest of Ethiopia as late as 1936.

During these centuries, the basic fact was that a large part of the world virtually lost control over its own affairs just when the economic and social impact of the successful Western traders, colonists and settlers was becoming more and more powerful. This powerlessness meant that they did not and indeed could not share in the fortunate historical sequence followed by the conquerors.

Take first of all agriculture.

In Latin America, the incoming feudalism of Spain and Portugal kept the land in huge estates designed for power and luxury, not careful husbandry. Even today in many Latin American lands, less than 10 per cent of the people still own 80 per cent of the land. In Asia, European control

changed and 'in many areas Europeans took the temperate land.

All this meant that, historically, the developing world 'coUld not go through the critical Pl'econdition .of the modern eCl'lnomy-a large increase of output'. on -the farms. '. , '" Population;al/Jis' . .{ , l '

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Take ,next the 01i#Qai ·Issue of population. ThroQ~t ,the developing world,the.sariita-ry and medical revolutions 'Which have halved death ra~. ·$ld put an end to prodigious iRfaPt, mortalityhave occurred' ,aliead of changes in farming':ood' food production. PopulatIGn growing by nearly three per cel'lt a year, the work force by two per cent means that the' pressure on food supplies and on rural jobs is steadily increasing. There is too little surplus food and capital, too many surplus labourers.

Where can they go? Here we encounter three other differences from the relative good fortune of developed lands. Colonial territories acquired European-type cities for administration and to organize the export of local raw materials-minerals, tea, coffee, cocoa. Most of these cities are ports - Rio, Lagos, Calcutta.

Thus cities exist ahead of industrialization and urban jobs. To th~m the surplus labour in agriculture streams in ,a migratory flood. .

Notice secondly that the alternative-moving to open, not yet settled temperate continents-is an option that is closed by the fact that the Westerners got 'there first, even to such last and still colonized pockets of temperate land as Southern Rhodesia.

Profits Leave Then take into account the third point-that in the developing cities, growing four to eight times as fast as population, much of the industry is'Westernowned and sends its' profits back to America and Europe. Much of the technology, invented in the West, is designed to use capital, not labour. So even the investment produces insufficient jobs and cannot offset rising unemployment.

And, last of all, markets needed to absorb the production of the new industries' are obstructed-locally by the poverty of the masses, internationally by Western tariffs and the co~petition of multinational giants like I.B.M. and General Motors. The result?

The Bishops sum it up thus: ''These stifling oppressions constantly give rise to great numbers of "marginal" persons, ill-fed inhumanly housed, illiterate and deprived of political power as well as of the suitable means of acquiring responsibility and moral dignity." .

This is the fundamental challenge of world justice - to reverse historical fatality and to work together for a more human world.

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Turmoil Potential Ecumenical Blessing ATLANTA (NC) - The many internal controversies currently troubling the Roman Catholic_ Church may in the long run clear away the underbrush blocking the path to Christian unity, a Catholic bishop told United Methodists here.

Bishop James W. -Malone of Youngstown, Ohio, acknowledged to the United Methodist quadrennial General Conference here that, to outsiders, the turmoil within 'Catholicism today may seem a dismal omen for ecumenism.

To Protestants, he said, it may appear "that Catholics are 'so divided ,en so many issues flhat we ,qannot agree on Catholic.

Unity, much less obtain Christian unity." .

Bishop ~Malone noted the continuing ferment since the Second Vatican Council on such matters as· celibacy, the papacy, ordination of women, liturgicalques-

tions and the authority .of bishop·s.

But he interpreted "these internal Catholic squabbles" as a potential blessing for the ecumenical· movement.

"We are learning about' those things which could be changed without doing violence to the Gospel," he said.

"We are learning to live with the diversity of thought and opinion while maintaining a unity. I believe this acceptance of diversity is an important prerequisite helping -our ecumenical efforts bear fruit."

BishQ,P M8'1ClIle, Catholic cochairman in 1henational Methodist-Catholic -diaWgue, expressed ,both optimiSlll aad enthusiasm about the futllre.@f the ecumenical movement. .

made the travel reservations for us to come toget:ler. The Spirit has given us the urge to travel; we have only to supply our own map.... How long that journey will take is known only to God. "We should not wait for perfect accord on every tenet of our faith before we address ourselves to the perplexir..g problems of our society. Together let us respond as Christia ns to all of our suffering brothers."

Provides Textbooks JEFFERSON CITY (NC)--Gov. Warren E. Heames has signed a bill that provides state aid to pupils in nonpllblic schools in Misslturi. The nlew law will include nonpublic school students in the state's Free Textbook Fund. The fund :provided $9 million in textbooks to public school students last year and rc-:orrled a $3' million sur.plus.

"Our prayers for Christian unity one day will- be answered," he said. "The Holy Spirit has

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Never before has any country , published and consumed so much material on how to bring up children. No doubt, parenthood is a unique challenge. Parents must not only educate their children, but must provide' them with norms and values.

Children must learn not only to adopt acceptable' social behavior, but they must learn to WANT to do so. A child needs the approval of adults. And so he begins to behave in certain ways -smiling, walking, talking, ete.

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Within, the . fa.~ily;· children .,. learn to relate t<,:·:,others.

They learn to work, to :.'p·lay, to make . friends, and eveIi:"to marry and raise children. In thi:1~Jamily each' child learns who h'e,'is,' what he is, and hopefully, \*~,y he is: ..

and love to see each child through infancy to adulthood, through all the ups and down~, and' the almost-didn't make-its.

Stability Essential The stability and integrity of society.is very much dependent on the stability and integrity of that' society's families. And tomorrow's families will be made The most esse~.ti~i quality of up of today's (our) children. parenthood is 10ve:·.'Every new Since society benefits most when 'baby is lovable,' And"' little chil- children become free and redren, while c:ertainly ,lovable, sponsible adults ,and contributing prestmt problems --'- although for members of the community, sothe most part these are little ,ciety should support the, child problems. But as time goes on and protect his rights· and interand Children grow up, ,their ests. . problems are apt to become No society can remove all more complex, demanding more dangers' and hazards from from parents. Allin all, it takes' human. experience. No matter commitment, personal interest,. what' 'safeguards it. sets up, it cannot protect all children from homes broken by illness or insanity. It cannot guarantee that 'a mother will not die giving birth, or that a fath~r will not sore troubled. The voice of the die in a car accident on the way gunfighter was heard in the land. home from work.

And it came to pass that Hoss, But there are many things that 'being a goodly man and broad- society can do,. through law and' of-shouler, saith, "Fear not, for social policy, to help all ~hildren I shall prospect." achieve a sense of meajlingfulBut Diminuative Joseph ad- ness - a sense of dignity and verted his eyes, clying, "Verily" worth. And society's responsibil. Tum to Page Nineteen Turn to Page Eighteen

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, GROWn!: The farmer in teaching two youngsters how to, steer a tractor is forming the foundation of 'the meaning of growth "for as long as something lives it grows . . .. in the process it is not necessary that all former stages be totally dismissed and forgotten". NC Photo.' , A father came home wearing ,his first pair of glasses. His little son looked at his wife and said: ~'Mommy, I thought Daddy was, coming home with glasses we ,drink out of."

Does the lack of understanding the meaning of words separate youth from parents, younger people from older' ones, liberals from conservati'{es? Could it be .th,at,.the misunderstandings come

. and confusing, experience. If , glasses' can only mean what one drinks from, then. maybe what we need to do is to establish a , new language., Then set it solidly, as Latin and Greek, and label it "dead."

Growth, , As long as something lives it grows. Growth often results in the creating of something differ. ent. In the process it is not neceS!;iary that all the former stages be totally dismissed and forgot: ten. .

By As, the added meanings of "glass," "fix," and' "cool" beJOAN come a part of an individual's growth and'understanding, the 'HEIDER earlier meanings attached to these words need not disappear.

It is simply a matter of building something more on w:hat we premore from what the hearer hears viously knew. This is growth.

A problem arises when we do " than ,frQm what the speaker speaks? not give each :other the chance There are other examples of for an' explanation of what is the various possible meanings of really ,meant. Faith to some may words. To a child, "cool" means mean the gift or grace received tRe, opposite of warm. To a teen- at Baptism.. Faith for others may agel' it. could mean,' something mean the truths expressed in the really outstanding. To an a,dult it Apostles' Creed. Faith to others could mean sel(controlled. 'may mean daily living as the "Fix" for a child is what means of leading' others to God. 'Daddy does to his toys. Fix for , Even though these are three a teenager could be rela'ted to different meanings.' or underdrug experiences" Fix for an., 'standings of the same word, it adult could mean a dreaded ne-, does 'not mean that. any.oLthe cessity of life which is put off three is not a true meaning of' as long as necessary before com- the word. The difference in' unpletion.', . derstanding only implies a differk, lac~ of understanding of ence in growth. the necessary words can make . To arrive'atwhat· each person people a rIlOS! leading . . ..frustrating , w.Oi.l1d ,mean by f"ith, in ,his life ~

(Sunday, June 11, is Children'~; Day. The "children" on "Bonan,· za" a popular TV program for several years, are not exactly "kids" anymore. On, this pro,· gram, we see exhibited an excel.. lent father-son relationship, as well as love between brothers.

In this narrative, these relation .. , ships are portrayed through the: discovery of a "missing" book of the Bible.) , , , The following document was found yellowed and cr~mbling in I renewed my priestly prom- is difficult for, the clergy and an attic in Zelionople, Penn. It ises on Holy Thursday morning people to assemble with the had been preserved' in a sealed this year with a handful of other bishop on Holy Thursday morn-, cruet. priests and before a few dozen ing: the blessing may be held on Biblical scholars are now re- per'sons scattered throughout. our an earlier day, near Easter, with searching and testing the pages large Cathedral". church' ~hich the celebration of the proper to determine their authenticity. \. seats over 1,100.. chrism Mass."

While there may be some doubt It was, nobody'~ fal!lt that a Multiply Sites about the genuineness' of the mere fraction (If the diocesan book, we take pride in present- clergy were present for' this., First of all, diocesan officials ing it for the first time. blessing of the (lils and rene;.val could schedule far in advance The Book of Hoss ot' commitment to prie!!tly ser- the impressive rite at evening ..

And. it came to p~ss that Hoss, vice.~~r can we' blame the laity hour on, Monday, Tuesday, or son of Ben, and Ns. blood kin, for fallmg to show" ~p ,at that Wednesday of Holy Week. This Diminuative Joseph,' settled in early hour. Such, noticeable ab- would enable more lay persons the land of milk and honey ~,mHt!'1ilI+&lll' to share in that liturgy without known. as the city of Virginia. neglecting their dl!ties at work.

And Ben and his brood were , ~ Moreover, early announcement exceedingly happy.. , By ,of the time likewise should offer But it came to pass that dark the clergy an opportunity to clouds of famine and pest:lence Fit JOSEPH M. plan .their own parish functions descended on· the brood. Their ~ound the night designated for 'CHAMPLIN business, ,repairing' carts, was blessing oils. burned to the ground. And they In addition, bishops whose relamented 'much the loss. sponsibilities extend over a wide And Ben turned from his sons, area (probably most of them in saying, "So long; pardners. The sences indicated, not a lack of this country) might also ponder last round-up approacheth." support for their bishop and the possibility of repeated celeBut Hoss and the Diminuative priests, but a conflict of obliga- brations on each of those three Joseph consoled .their patriarch, tions and desires. One cannot days in different sections of their sighing, "Don't, hang up your hear confessions in a parish or dioceses. It is easier for one spurs, Elder. We shall not want." . work at an· offke and, at, the man to drive a hundred miles to Yea, though Ben survived, he same time, celebrate Mass with an outlying city and back than thrived not. And the land was your chief shepherd in his it is for fifty to make the same trip. Perhaps even more imporchurch miles away. tantly, a bishop's appearance for However, we no longer need' would require that time, be spent continue this Holy Thursday the rite in these temporary in finding out what faith in his morning only in the Cathedral "satellite sees" then would give life rea.lly means. After the mean- procedure which in practice de- a significant number of lay perings of words are clearly under- prives many of so much.. The re- sons (designated representatives stood we should be able tc see vised ritual for the "Blessing of from every parish in the region?) that there can be a difference Oils and Consecration of the an occasion to view the ceremony and to sense a closer witllout ' destruction, 'a crack Chrism" opens the door for libwithout a break, a ·stream with- eral experimentation :with both unity with their spiritual leaders. out a flood. time and place. It states:' !'If· it Turn to Page Seventeen',

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A book somewhat exciting, frequently exasperating, and finally preposterous is Three Popes and the Cardinal .

by Malachi Martin, a former Jesuit (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 19 Union Sq. West, New York, N. Y. 10003. $7.95).

There is always something .

I exciting about a book which one last chance both for authen· purports to take a new look tic Christianity and for modern It required a great apocaat history and provide a man. lyptic event.

fresh interpretation of it. This is what Dr. Martin attempts, with particular attention to the relationship of the Catholic Church to human history, especially that

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The great event planned by John was not Vatican II; the council was simply to occasion it. The event itself was to be "a dawning, a mythical light breaking in all hearts and giving a new understanding... which neither Christians nor Catholics nor non-Christians ever before possessed." It would bring all men together to effect a radical. solution for all their problems.

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The great event did not come off. John died. The council fussed and fiddled with housekeeping trifles. And now it is all· up with the Church and with modern man. Paul VI, in Dr. Martin's view, is trying desperately but hopelessly to preserve something which is doomed.

All this is circuitously affirmed, with the utmost dogmatism. It is so because Dr. Martin says it is so. His reading of Pope John's expectations, for example, is an elaborate fiction, patently at odds with what is known of the man, his express thought and intention..

To say of John, "He was the first Pope to think as a man" is to make a claim dumbfounding in both its arrogance and absurdity. But this is all too characteristic of Dr. Martin's peculiar tactics.

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of the present century. He makes an occasional point which:has a spark of originality.

However, what he does in the main is not to draw meaning out of history but to impose arbitrary and sometimes bizarre views of his own on.history, torturing it to fit his assumptions.

The three Popes of the title are Pius XII, John XXIII, and Paul VI; the Cardinal Augustin Bea, with whom Dr. Martin was associated. Bea had something to do with each of the pontifi· cates here touched on.

Verbose, Repetitious It is obvious that the three Popes in question differ markedly one from another.- It is quite as obvious that their eras and pontificates are equally different.

And it is incontestable that a great change has taken place in the Church and the papacy in recent years.

But Dr. Martin goes far be· yond such facts. He is verbose, repetitious, ·almost incantatory..

He sets loose swarms of buzzing, sometimes stinging words. But as often as not his writing con· ceals or beclouds meaning, rather than clarifying it. Still, there is no mistaking his animus and his anger.

As nearly as I can make out, he contends that the Church has been totally on the wrong track for many cent'uries, concentrating on power rather than the essence of the Gospel. And for him, Pius XII is the malign personificationof a triumphalist Church completely out of touch with the contemporary human predicament and human needs.

Gratuitous Assertions In his denigration of Pius XII, he says, for example that "he was wholly indifferent to the actual pains of the common man." This is a very 'grave charge, and it is gratuitously made. But the reader who had' gone this far in the book (page 156) no longer expects proof of the most astonishing (and assassinating) assertions. Dr. Martin flings them around like confetti.

With Pius XII out of the way, there came Pope John. He was (who will deny it?) marvelously human. According to Dr. Martin, this Pope saw that there was

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DROP IN BIRTH RATE: The baby boom, which reached its postwar high in 1957, was followed by an even mor.e rapid baby bust, which has now brought U.S. fertility within a hair of its lowest rate in history. NC Photo.

Dr. John P. KiidahI's The Psychology of Speaking in Tongues (Harper & Row, 49 E. 33rd St., New. York, N. Y. 10016. $4.95).

Continued from Page Sixteen is the result of an exhaustive 10r Significance of Oil year study by him (he is a cliniWhat we are suggesting here cal psychologist) and two collab- is a practical measure to fulfill orators, one a psychiatrist and the purpose of the chrism cerethe other a professor of New mony as ~xpressed in liturgical Testament.. documents. "The bishop," in the Speaking in tongues means words of a Vatican II text, "is "the experiences in which a per- to be considered as the high. son seemingly speaks a language priest of his flock, from whom he has never learned or a series the life in Christ of his faithful of sounds not known to be is "in some way derived and despeech of any group on earth." pendent." An introduction to the In the New Testament are in- blessing of oils conp.ects this stances of speaking in tongues, ideal with the specific matter at under the power of the Holy hand. "The chrism Mass is one Spirit. It is this which some contemporaries of ours claim to be . """"""''''"'''""'''"''''''""'''""""""'''"'''"'''"",,'''''',,''',,,,,,''',,,,,,'''.''',,,,,,,, they are the privileged recipients doing. of a divine gift of tongues. But The claimants are found in many Protestant sects, even in even they will have to credit him with thoroughness (the long "mainline Protestant churches," years of field work, and a bibli-· all across the country. Some few Catholics maintain that the gift ography of 20 pages) and a dishas been c'onferred on them, too. passionate attitude and tone.

Dr. Kildahl concludes that the Their chief objection· is bound to h t wh at t hey h 0 Id to be a speaking in ton~ues which he beta sheerly supernatural phenomeclosely observed is not the phenomenon mentioned in the Acts non is not subject to scientific of the Apostles. It is not, he testing.

Granted, present day "speakfinds, uniquely spiritual, "not ing in tongues" appeared to have uniquely the result of God's intervention in man's speech." some subjective benefits. It And rarely does it benefit the made the practitioner feel better, community, as every charism less worried and depressed. But should. He attributes to it many generally the practitioner was negative aspects and conse- initiated when in an anxiety crisis. Also, he closely resembled quences. the type amenable to hypnosis.

Subjectiv,e Benefits Once he began the practice, His opinion will displease some psychological regression those Y'~o are persuaded that was evident.

Deep Significance Contained in Blessing of Oils of the principal expressions of the fullness of the bishop's priesthood and a sign of the close unity of the priests with him."

My experience this yearduring Holy Week wouldn't confirm that last assertion. I found the ceremony personally satisfyin~ and indeed e~pressive of this union between bishop and priests. ,But, to be truthful, I de. cided only at the last moment to make the half hour drive and participate in this liturgy. Furthermore, several late pragmatic developments (a need to pick up the holy oils for our parish and to stop at the religious goods store) prompted my decision more than the lofty motivation mentioned above.

The rite in fact does beautifulIy convey these truths about the priesthood and the significance of oil in a Catholic's life, a further argument for making it more readily available to priests and lay persons.

Impressive I can envision young men extremely impressed and older persons deeply touched by the sight of all priests in a district promising once again to sacrifice their "own pleasure and ambition" so they might "bring his peace and love to their brothers and sisters," or by hearing them resolve to teach the Christian

faith "without thinking of their own profit," but solely for the well-being of the people they were sent to serve." I can picture clergy am!. laity alike moved by the sincere plea of a bishop who asks: "Pray also for me that despite my unworthiness I may faithfully fulfill the office of apostle which Jesus Christ entrusted to n:.e." . Finally, I can see Catholics who actually attend the blessing or watch a report of it via late night television news under· standing a bltbetter the link between oils' :j?~~ecratEt~. '. by their bishop and materirl'S"'used for the sacraments in their parish. When an ailing parent is anointed or a baby baptized or a teenager conJ:irmed then, perhaps, they will grasp better the concept that the whole Church joins with us for those important events of our lives.

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Nixon's Decision To Mine Vietnam Harbors Will the lying about this war ever stop? _ As I write this column, it looks like 'restrainton the part of the Russians will prevent the mining of the Viet-. namese harbors from turning into another major world crisis. It is not, however,.a national' honor that was at particula,rly pleasant thought not stake: it was the President's own - for an American to realize acumen as a political decisionthat nuclear confrontation is maker. .Vietnamization was a avoided because the Russians show restraint when we don't.

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complete.failure just as President Nixon's intelligence experts warned him it would be. It may make him feel good to rail against the North Vietnamese "bandits" when his real anger is against the South' Vietnamese, who are stupid, foolish, and corrupt men. But to try to persuade . the American people that somehow the fault was not his own mistaken decisions but acti9ns by the Russian government continues the Mceit which has marked American Vietnam policy for the last decade. If American political' leadership expects widespread support when it provokes dangerous confrontations with other superpowers, out of re~pect for the American people, it ought to tell us the truth.

Flights of JRhetoric When men like Defense Secretary Laird talk about the "copout shuttle" and about being "quitters," they a:re engaging in meaningless flights of rhetoric.

The American people are neither copouts or quitters, but they are sick unto death of a political leadership that attempts to cover . up its failures w.ith dishonesty and evasiveness.

The Vietnamese War has been a disaster, for the Vietnamese especially but also for the confidence of Americans in 'their own republic. Mr. Nixon's reckless and dishonest television address just two weeks before a meeting with the Russians indicates that he is more interested in salvaging his own bankrupt Vietnamization policy than reaching an accommodation with the. Russians, which has been the pri" , mary object of American foreign policy for almost three decades.

Mr. Kissinger may think that it is, an acceptahIe risk.' One wonders how many other Americans think the same thing.

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Archbishop FIUllton Sheen Hlonored At National Shrill1e by K of C:

DOYLESTOWN (NC) -- Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen was honored by more than 6,000 persons GREELEY at the National Shrine of OUf Lady. of Czestochowa, and praised in a letter from Pr,~sident' Nixon, as "Catholic Man of AcInternational game plans that tion" for 1971. involve confrontation between Beautiful holiday weekend superpowers may occasionally weather and a colorful program be necessary, but one would like that included a. process~C!n and to believe that such confrontaMass ~t the shrine here In ,Penn. tions are not recklessly and syIVa?Ia, bands and ~hol1's, a foolishly provoked.-One can only trooping of flags and a J~t squad.. tell in retrospect whether the ron fly-over drew an Im~ensE; confrontation was a lunatic act crowd for the a~nu~l c,,~arc or an example of political courceremony on the shrI!1e s KnIghts age. of Columbus Day. .

The trouble with this is that if . In a personal letter w:Itten: it were indeed a lunatic act, Just .before h.e went ~o Mo"cow, there would be none of us President NIXon saId he was. around to make the judgment. greatly ple~s.ed to learn tha.t the Americans would have a great Pennsyl~anIa State Council of deai _more confidence in their the KnIghts .of Columbu~ h~d leadership when' it does engage ch?sen ArchbIshop Sheen JOr ItS in confronting behavior if that thIrd annual award.

"I h I h t dl .. 'th leadership told the truth. We . woe ear e Y.Joln m e lmow enough about the history sentIme~t~ of those who a~)pl~ud of the Vietnamese war to know you~ religlOu,s and humanItarIan that we have been systematically achleveme~ts .and who ~~ph~ld deceived; and President Nixon's ~our contrIbutIOns to ~an ::, SPI~recent television broadcast to Itual and.mor~l well-being, said the nation about the mining of the presId~ntIal "letter ~ead to the North Vietnamese harbors the. gathering. .Your life and was one more example o(blatant minIstry have mdeed ~een a dishonesty-dish'onesty that must str~ng force for good III our have fooled only a very small socIet~, and throughout the portion of his audience.

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For everyone knows that the rchblshop Sheen,. who b~real reason for the crisis in Vietcame fam.o~s as a. skilled radIO nam is not the sophisticat~d miland. teleVISIon prea~er, turned itary hardware introduced by the 78 ~n May. He r~tIred a. few Russians. The South Vietnamese years ago after servmg as bIshop have at least as sophisticated of Rochester; N. Y. hardware from us, and a permisThe archbishop said in acsive case could be made that the cepting a hand-illuminated citaRussians have introduced much- Seek to Infh..ence tion that he was pleased to be less in the way. (>fmodern mil- . at the Polish-American shrine, _ although he did not regard aimitary equipment 'into the Viet- Business· Ethics NEW YORK (NC)-The Paul-- self as anyone special. namese. war than we have. ist Fathers, as stockholders in ,'Real Cause' Difficult Times several prominent American business firms, plan to use their "Whatever I am, God has made Nor can the cause of the crisis be found in the volume of Rus- proxy .votes to influence business me," he told his vast audience sian shipments to North Viet- activities which :raise· ethical which included knights from many eastern states. "I'm going nam. The real cause was the questions.

Surely it is our ethical duty to to accept this award on that failure of the South Vietnamese army .and the failure of Mr. share actively in the responsi- basis-that in honoring me, you bility for the moral implications are honoring God." Nixon's Vietnamization policy.

In his keynote address, ArchIt is all well and good to talk of activities - of companies in about national honor, but it was which we have investments," bishop Sheen said he knew that Father Thomas·F. Stransky, his listeners wanted to hear Honored president of the Paulist commu" where their Church is going and 1'II1II un nity, said here. where their country is goir.:g in NEW YORK (NC)-The AmerHe noted that the Paulist com- such difficult times. iean Jewish C'Ongress has hon- ..munity plans to cooperate "in the "Who is going to save our ored a Catholic Sister for "dis- coordinating efforts of the Cor- Church?" he asked. "Not our ~inguished service in the field of porate Information Center of the bishops, not our priests and Re-_ Christian-Jewish relations." Sis- National Council of Churches." ligious. It's up to you, the peoter Rose Thering, program coorThat NCC unit E!xamines ac- ple. You have the minds, the dinator ,of' Seton Hall Univer- tions and policies of major U. S.. eyes, the ears to save the Church. sity's In1>titu,te ,of ,Judaeo,-cc;>rpot:lltions in the areas of con- Your mission is to see that Christian ~Sh~~ies, ~,wa~ 9n~ : of,.:, 'stim~rism, ~~!lvironment, foreign your priests act like priests, your :' .four .,women to receive J\JC's - investment, government, labor' bishops ';act 'like bishops and ..... .L.puis~.';'Water~)ri.~Wise -Award and rri:tn6rities;·'11hd·:rriiiitarY.;pro~:· your' Religious 'act 'like Reli-' ,,: .....:;' ,'., '. gious." ~~:;:z.j~~~:.:~.:~; .;{.::0:-.:::":..~:' "':.d;:}.:~,)::·5.~(~;·.± :.~~"~~~~~~·~:~2~~;~__ ~~~"~:;~':·- ,:-~!; '.

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He said it was up to the peopIe to straighten them out if they "get out of line." As for the nation, Archbishop Sheen said he was worried ahemt so much permissiveness, so' much compromising and so many haIfray measures. He also had words' about Russia.

Tum to God "Right now our' great President is in Russia, an antireligious country that conducts subversive activities throughout the world," he sa:id. "We must learn to co-exi:;t, to get along with all nations, and that includes Russia. We must be on our guard, but we must ,get to know the peopl,e c,f Russia."

The archbishop .said that, while their nation is Communist, the people there for the' most part are not-and they are "beginnin to turn to ,God" which .g , . he said they have always qUietly done in the past.

The National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestoc:howa was dedicated in 1966 in the, presence of of President Johnson, marking a thousand years of Polish Christianity. Vice P:resident Hubert Humphrey spok,e there on the shrine's first anniversary.

The state knights and the, shrine conferred the first "Catholic Man of Action" award in.

1969 on Transportation Secretary John A. Volpe., ,The second award went in':1'970 to eight as-. tronauts who are Catholic.

Help YounlJ Catholic Migrant W'olrkers NAGASAKI o~C) - Young Catholic w'orkers who leave the Nagasaki archdiocese to seek employment in oth.er areas of Japan will be !!:iven a special certificate identifying ,'them as Christians. The certificate will include the namEl of the worker's parish, his date 9f Baptism and other religious information: The certifi<:ate, about the size of a driver's lic(ms!~, is a new part of a program to help· the Church maintain contact with and help solve the problems of Catholics who migrate through· out Japan.

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Continued from· ~age Sixteen ity is greatest 'when the family is weak or non-existent.

At first glance, the United States seems to be a very child· centered society. We're concerned. about the quality of our schools from kindergarten through college, day care facilities and nursery schools. We abound in programs to help parents feed their children properly, to see that they receive good medical care, and proper' clothing. We want our children to have dancing lessons, piano lessons, membership in the YMCA, and often more toys than they can possibly play with.' , Yet, our laws and social .customs that directly affect c!tildren are not always consistent. One problem area has to do with adoption. Adoption laws should protect the welfare of the child.

But there have been cases reo cently where the courts awarded custody of a child to its mother several years after the adoption was final. It seems in such cases that the courts are implicitly defining parenthood in strictly biological terms, without taking into consideration what qualities make a woman a mother. And it also seems that the welfare of the child would better be served by assuring him of uninterrupted love and security in the only home he has ever known, with the only parents he has ever loved.

Child's Worth Another situatjon that needs , more thought and concern is the matter of illegitimacy. Society disapproves of woman being pregnant out of w~dlock (or at least disapproves of the actions leading to her pregnancy). As a consequence, we mete out punishment not only to the woman, but also to her child, who has don'e nothing wrong. We brand the child as "illegitimate," a stigma that'"follows him through life, often denying him his rightful place in the community.

Some effort must be made to rectify this situation., As the Family 'Life Directors noted in their January, 1972. .statement on the family: "This is the moment in history when all of society must reaffirm its belief in the worth and significance of children, and the contribution they make to the human family ... It is to the good of society and of the family that the rights of children be respected and protected by law.

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BENEDICTINE ABBEY AT PRINKNASH: God and good business sense have joined to produce the first new abbey built in England this century. NC Photo.

British Benedictines Have New Abbey CRANHAM (NC) - God and good Benedictine business sense have joined to produce the first new abbey built in England this century.

Built on a hillside in the West Country, the new Benedictine abo bey, at Prinknash with its warm yellow stone reminds one of the monasteries of Italy. But the resemblance ends there. The new abbey, consecrated on May 3, cost over $1 million, and has all the modern conveniences one could pray for.

The massive six·story building has provision for 71 monks (al· though there are only 37 in the community at present), a library, a large kitchen and wine cellar, a five-room laundry, a refectory that can seat 100 people in a pinch, two large common rooms, a garage, and even a self·service elevator. The biggest luxury, however, is central heating throughout - quite an accomplishment in a country where fewer than half the homes have bl,lilt-in heating.

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CEDAR FALLS (NC)-Catho· lic newspapers in the United States have problems, but "there's nothing really incurably wrong with the Catholic press," a veteran Catholic editor said here in Iowa.

According to Msgr. Robert' G. Peters, editor:manager of the Peoria, Ill., diocesan weekly Catholic Post, "there's much less of a problem' than people think."

Across the nation, the general attitude now is "not a resignation, but a recognition' of the need of the Catholic press."

Declining CIrculation is the major problem but Msgr. Peters thinks "the bottom seems to have been reached. Over all this year, circulation is up."

He reported to 75 priests, religious superiors and lay leaders meeting here to discuss circultion problems of The Witness, weekly paper of the archdiocese of Dubuque.

"There was a time when it was a boring job to be a Catholic editor,. but all that has changed," the former Catholic Press Association president said. ' He characterized Catholic journalism today as exciting and promising, and he said that "reporting the news today does mean controversy because a 'newspaper has. to report the w.orl!J, ~..~t }Il.... '.

Quoting Pope John XXIII, Msgr. Peters said a Catholic newspaper must be "an ample and faithful mirror, telling things as they are, telling the truth."

Catholic editors, he said, "don't lik~ to print the 'bad' news. We print only what we hl\¥e to in order to present a true picture, to be a "faithful mirror,''' The editor told the diocesan leaders that they should be interested in the archdiocesan paper because "it is your Catholic paper.. It's not the archbishop's paper; it's not meant to be the editor's 'paper," Catholic newspapers enjoy a monopoly with their audiences and because of that "the reader is, in a sense, at the mercy of the editor," Therefore, Msgr.

Peters said, "the editor feels a responsibility to take a balanced view, to present all of the legitimate views, but not the extreme view on either side," He suggested two remedie:; for lagging circulation: strong promotional efforts and emphasis on the paper's role as an educational tool.

Archbishop James J. Byrne of Dubuque, commenting during the program, said he is so convinced of the importance of a Catholic newspaper in the .diocese that it ha~ plaf:ed.-"~igh in ~ur" priorities," . ", ,', ' ,

Over the past three months ' the monks have been moving busily back and forth between old abbey and new. One of the monks spoke of the "extraordinary, feeling of wandering between two worlds. It has been like passing from the medieval world into the modern, without a transitional period," The monks of Prinknash belong to the Subiaco congregation of Benedictines, founded in Italy 100 years ago. The Prinknash community began in 1922 with the mass conversion of the monks of Caldey, an island off the coast of South Wales.

In 1928 the monks were offered accommodations at Prinknash in a stately 16th century home that had in fact heen" a Benedictine abbey before the dissolution of the monasteries by

by Henry VIII. They accepted the offer, sold their old abbey and the island to the Cistercians, and moved to Prinknash., But the new stately" homecum-abbey soon proved too small and in 1939 the community made plans to build a new monastery on a nearby hill. During excavation of the site they discovered a rich bed of clay that led them to experiment with potterY-making,which became one of the success stories of England. Prinknash products are n9W sold all over the world and can even be found in Harrods, that 'elegant refugee of Americans in London.

Continued fl~om Page Sixteen where shall 1hee get thy grubstake?"

And Hoss saith, "What shall 1 do with this stake, brother?"

To which Joseph replied, "Pound it int,) tire ground, kinsman, and U.ere shall ye find what ye seek."

So it came to pass that Hoss, with his stake over his brawny shoulder and a mallet over the other, entered the land of silver, Pan De Rosa (or, Red Bridge).

And while he wandered, Joseph ministered to his father, cooking his grub and vittles and sewing his chaps. And still Hoss wandered through the land.

Come the Sabbath and Joseph cried out unlo his father, "Come, let us worship for the sake of Hoss and ourselves that we may be delivered in a golden buckboard," , And whil~! they prayed, Hoss came unto a spot and he was sore afraid. His feet were sore and he was afraid.

He toolt his boots from his feet and sitting in the middle of a glen, he f:lOught, "Here shall 1 pound my Btake." And so with mallet ringing blows on wood he did as his brother had asked.

And a rock spit open and silver and gold glinted. Hoss ,shaded his orbs, crying, "Two things have I struck-the stake and it rich," Yet, . while he thus thought. still other thoughts came unto him, saying, "Keep this to yourself" and "bamboozle thy family," Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Joseph and Ben in innocence sat. Their chairs had been taken by the bank for non-payment.

And Joseph was heard to say, "Fear not, for Hoss will be our salvation. Let us go forth and seek him. We will find him in a valley an~l we will head him off at the pass," And so :ourney forth they did.

And finding Hoss they asked, "What ba:;t thou found?"

And Hoss in silence pondered and ponderosa'ed. and in the scales of his mind he weighed' his wealth alone against the loyalty of his family; he measured his gold versus his love. And the weights shifted and fell.

"I have found gold and silver," Hoss told in jubilation. "And we are once again a family."

And so it came to pass that Ben who loved his sons saw them flourish. And Joseph who had minis,tered to his elder prospered. And Hoss who had sacrificed his comfort and had told the truth blossomed. He blossomed into about 320 pounds.

And they were happy unto the last morr.:ents of their lives.

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