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FALL RIVER, MASS., THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1978
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Swansea Parish Marks 50th Year
Diirectory Shows 1,632 Increase
A concelebrated Mass at 5 p.m. Sunday with Bishop Daniel A. Cronin presiding will mark the 5th anniversary of St. Louis de France parish, Swansea. A banquet will follow at Venus de Milo restaurant.
lhere are 1,632 more Catholics in our diocese than there were at this time last year. That's one of thousands of statistics contained in the latest edition of the Official Catholic Directory, just published by P.J. Kenedy and Sons, New York. Nationwide there are 49,836, 176 Catholics, 23 percent of the pOJ:ulation, up 511,424 from last year. Other diocesan statistics: -- We have 424 diocesan and religious order priests, down 11 fro:n last year; 827 Sisters, up 26; .and 46 Brothers, exactly the same. -- We have 113 parishes and 15 missions, each down one, and 75 chapels, unchanged. -- The total number of students under Catholic instruction is 60,571, up 470. Infant baptisms numbered 5.353, down 37; there were 84 converts, down 3; and 2,301 marriages, up 33. -- Our five homes for the aged sheltered 849 guests, down 49. -- We have 35 men studying for the priesthood, down eight. 'Nationally, the Catholic Directory shows a record of 18,625 parishes and reports that, contrary to our diocesan figures, priests are on the increase and Brothers and Sisters on the decrease. The 1977 decline in students receiving religious instruction in Catholic schools and religious education programs was four times greater than the 1976 decrease. -- Increases listed were in the nu:nber of lay patients treated 路in Catholic hospitals; infant baptisms; students in Catholic Turn to Page Seven
The celebration will conclude a year-long series of events commemorating the parish jubilee. Days of recollection. dances, picnics, a Christmas concert featuring the Peloquin Chorale, and many other activities have marked the anniversary year. St. Louis de France was founded as a French national parish in 1928 and had as its pastor for its first 26 years Msgr. Louis E. Prevost. The church now serves 825 families and has as its present pastor Father Louis R. Boivin, whose first assignment in 1948 as a newly ordained priest, was to St. Louis. At that time, working under Msgr. Prevost, he helped clear the land for the present church, which was built in 1951, and served as master of ceremonies at its dedication ceremony. Leaving the parish in 1952 to serve in various other. parishes of the diocese, Father Boivin returned in 1970 as pastor. The present associate pastor is Father Richard Gendreau, who has, say parishioners, "continued the parish tradition of positive Christian action by instituting days of recollection, scripture series and other innovative programs."
Amb. Lowenstein In Cape Address The Cape Cod chapter of Bread for the World, headed by Jessie duMont of Our Lady of Victory parish, Centerville, will sponsor an address at noon Friday, June 16 by Allard Lowenstein, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.
DR. FREDERICK J. SULLIVAN speaks a t dedication of medical library in his honor at St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River. He has served the institution since 1948 and has been chief of medicine, president of the medical staff and a trustee. His contribution is epitomized in a scriptural quotation lettered on t he library wall: "He made them welcome and talked to them about the kingdom of God; and he cured those who were in need of healing." (Lk. 9:11)
Marriage Encounter Parley Over 20,000 couples, priests and religious of the Worldwide Marriage Encounter movement, including many from the Fall River diocese, will meet the weekend of June 23 through 25 at the Amherst campus of the University of Massachusetts. Couples from over 30 countries will participate in the program, which will focus on family life, with presentations on
husband-wife and parent-child relationships, family values and involvement in church community. Some 6,000 delegates will be housed on the Amherst campus and the remaining 14,000 will be housed by Encounter couples within a 50-mile radius of the university. The Encounter program began in Spain in 1950, growing with-
in the structure of the Christian Family Movement and spreading to Latin America and then to the English speaking world, beginning in Miami, Fla., and now having headquarters in New York. Founders say the organization is the fastest growing pro-marriage organization in the world, numbering over one million members of many denominations.
Aged Pontiff Nears 15th Anniversary VATICAN CITY (NC) - As he completes his 15th year as pope, Pope Paul VI's age is having good and bad effects on his pontificate. 'Pope Paul, who was crowned
pope June 30, 1963, at age 66, will be 81 Sept. 26. The once spry pontiff, whose sharp features, erect posture and dancing eyes were seen by millions during his many trips
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~~he Chancery Office has announced assignments to be effective Wednesday, June 21. Father John Perry, now directing campus ministry at Southeastern Massachusetts University, will also take up duties as chaplain of Bishop Stang High SC:lo01, North Dartmouth and wi:! serve as an assistant at St. Turn to Page Seven
Speaking at .the Sheraton Regal Inn, Hyannis, the ambassador's topic will be UN efforts to provide alternatives to war, including attempts to provide food supplies to needy nations. Lowenstein has held several UN positions, has been a member of the House of Representatives for New York State and has taught at several universities, including Stanford, Harvard and Yale. Reservations for his address and a preceding luncheon may be made through the Cape Cod Council of Churches or local Cape churches.
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ROME-'Father Felix Sanchez Vallejo, a Spanish J,~suit who calls himself a "civis Europaeus" (European citizen), has proposed restoring ::"atin as the language of the Euro;>ean community by means of a daily Eurovision TV news program, in the language of ancient Rome.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Cardinal Luis Aponte of San Juan said a court decision in favor of divorce by mutual consent "is a death blow to our already dying institution of the family." The Puerto Rican Supreme Court said a couple can obtain a divorce by simply declaring their mutual consent.
Agail1lst Nuclear War
Tax Credit Bill
WASHINGTON-Saying that "nuclear war is bec<lming an increasingly likely' event," mor~ than 100 Catholic and Protestant leaders havE' signed a statement calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons. The signers also pledged to "commit our selves to non-cooperation witt our country's preparations for nuclear war."
WASHINGTON-The House of Representatives has passed a tuition tax credit bill for college and elementary and secondary school students 237-158. The House voted 209-194 on a key amendment to include the credit for elementary and secondary school students which had been removed earlier by the House Ways and Means Committee.
<:irandma's In FATHER JOSEPH M. COSTA, Our Lady of' Health parish, Fall River, will be Fall River juvenile court chaplain, effective next Wed'nesday.
WASHINGTON-The House, by a 36443 vote, has approved a bill to make it easier for parents to clajm tax credits for payments to relatives for day care. The bill eliminates a technical problem which has been called the "anti-grandmother" clause.
All Are Human NEW YORK - A Protestant relief agency delegation back from touring Vietnam and watching the arrival of 1,000 metric tons of wheat from their churches, brought a message from Arch,bishop Nguyen van Binh of Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) to the U.S. Catholic bishops "not to fear giving aid to a Communist nation"" because the people there "are all human beings."
u.s. Pro-Lifers Commended VATICAN CITY--Pope Paul VI has strongly commended the anti-abcrtion activities promoted by the church .in the United States. In a talk to a group of American bishops, Pope Paul told them that abortion pr;epares the way for euthanasia, dangercus genetic engineering and general insensitivity to social needs. '
Schools Jurisdiction WASHINGTON - The Justice Department has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm the National Labor Relations Board's jurisdiction over Catholic schools by overturning a lower court ruling involving the Chicago Archdiocese and the Fort Wayne-South Bend, Ind., Diocese.
Honlorable 'Mention SAN DIEG().-In the annual Catholic Press Association judging of diocesan newspapers, The Ar.chor received honorable mention in the "Best Front Page" classification. JudJes mentioned "its clean and (~istinctive logo and its quiet and dignified format" but found its photography "a bit too static."
Prayer Continues TUCSON, Ariz. - Madalyn Murray O'Hair has taken the city council of Tucson to task for opening its sessions with a prayer, but Mayor Lewis Murphy said that the practice will continue as long as he is in office.
Yankees Go Home DAVID DION, St. Joseph's parish, Attleboro, first Boy Scout chaplain's aide in the diocese, who aided in development of a national chaplain's .Aide program, has earned the Eagle Scout award.
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic-An Affii~rican-b()rn bishop in the Dominican Republic has complained about U.S. "intrus:ons" in Dominican elections. Retired Bishop Thomas Reilly of San Juan de la Managua, a native of Boston, registered his protest in a letter to the U.S. embassy in Sar.to Domingo.
Entry Denied SANTIAGO, Chile-Mexico has denied entry to Archbishop Hilarion Capucci, former Melchite-Rite patriarchal vicar for Jerusalem, sources close to Cardinal Raul Silva of Santiago said. The sources attributed the move to influential Israelis in Mexico.
QUE,en of Peace?
SYDl'fEF, Australia-As the 43rd refugee boat arrived in Darwin in mid-May, the . Australian Catholic bishops commended the Australian government on the "sensitive way" it was handling refugees arriving from Indochina. I
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MANILA, Philippines~Cardinal Jaime Sin of Manila learned that he was apparently on a secret government "blacklist" of alleged subversives when he was temporarily stopped from leaving the Philippines May 14.
VATICAN CITY-~Chinese government officials haye reportedly announcec. the death of a Vatican-~ppointed archbishop who presidei over Communist efforts to divorce the Chinese church from Rome. Officials in Peking told visiting Italian Transport Minister Vittorino Colombo that Archb:shop Ignacius Pi Shu-shih died May Ii) at age 81.
P.o. FJ\THER BRUCE M. NEYLON, Holy Name parish, Fall River, has been mimed Fall River area CYO director, effective next Wednesday.
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SAN DIEGO-Although bingo is legaJ in Californk, churcbes in the San Diego area are being warned by the Postal Service that bingo night advertisements ill the news:~etters they send to members may render the publications unmailable.
FATHER GEORGE BELLENOIT of St. Mark's parish, Attleboro Falls, will be chaplain of Bishop Fe~han High School, Attleboro, effective July 1.
Sensitive Handling
APARECIDA, Brazil - A young thief barely escaped lynching by angered pilgrims when he was caught stealing and breaking Brazil's most venerated statue of the Blessed Virgin. Rogerio Marcos de Oliverira, 19, was wrested from an angry crowd at the shrine of Nossa Senhora Apareci.da (Our Lady who has Appeared).
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FATHER WILLIAM F. O'NEILL, St. Lawrence parish, New Bedford, will be New Bedford juvenile court chaplain as of next Wednesday.
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BALTIMORE-Father Guido John Carcich will serve as an orderly and counselor at the Maryland Penitentiary Hospital, but his work will not include some tasks ordinarily' assigned other inmate orderlies. The designation as ""orderly," made public June I, resulted from his guilty plea on charges of misappropriating funds while he was chief fundraisef for the PaIIotine Fathers.
FATHER JAMES W. CLAJU{, St. John Evangelist parish, Pocasset, has been appointed chaplain to Bourne Council, Knights of Columbus.
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Four Ordinations At Holy Cross Four deacons of the eastern province of the Congregation of the Holy Cross will be ordained at 11 a.m. Saturday in Holy Cross Church, South Easton, by the new auxiliary of Portland, Ore., 'Bishop Paul E. Waldschmidt, CSC. They are Rev. Mr. James Doherty, Milton; Rev. Mr. Anthony Grasso, Dorchester; Rev. Mr. Thomas O'Hara, Hazelton, Pa.; and Rev. Mr. Raymond Tierney, Bridgeport, Conn. Rev. Mr. Doherty is a 1971 graduate of Stonehill College and he was an administrative intern at the institution last year, also assisting at Holy Cross parish, South Easton. He is completing work on a master's degree in education at Harvard University and in September will be stationed at Stonehill. Rev. Mr. Grasso entered the Holy Cross Seminary in North Easton in 1968, completing two years of college before entering the community's novitiate in Bennington, Vt. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1973 and in 1977 was awarded a master's degree in theology, also from Notre Dame. In September he will join the faculty of St. Mark's High School, Newark, Del. Rev. Mr. O'Hara holds a bachelor's degree from King's College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. and a master's degree in theology from Notre Dame. He has worked with' the Holy Cross community in Bangladesh and participated in a language program in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Rev. Mr. Tierney entered Stonehill College in 1968, withdrawing after his sophomore year to en.ter the Holy Cross novitiate in Bennington. He com. pleted his college education at Notre Dame and also holds master's degrees in counseling and theology.
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Cataracts Removed, He Can Read Anchor Again Among The Anchor's oldest readers is certainly 99-year-old Louis Beaulieau of St. Joseph's parish, New Bedford. While living at the same address, 12 Covell Street, for the past 69 years, he has been a member successively of Sacred Heart Church, St. Anthony's and now St. Joseph's, as new parishes were formed to serve the growing French population of New Bedford. "As a regular reader of The Anchor:' writes his son, Armand, "he has witnessed many changes in the liturgy of the church. Being the father of five living children, grandfather of 32, great-grandfather of 36 and great-great-grandfather of one, he is proud of his family and often refers to The Anchor
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and all its interesting facts of religious news. "The elderly are a blessing to a large family," concludes the son, who also called attention to his father's lengthy patronage of St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford, which was noted in a recent .article in the hospital newspaper, "The Spectator. In 1895, the newspaper records, Beaulieau made his first visit to St. Luke's with an injured ankle. Surgery was needed and the 16-year-old boy was carried to the third floor operating room on the back of a male attendant. In all, he stayed seven weeks in the hospital, during which the institution was moved to its present location, with patients transferred on mattresses placed in grocery wagons. His bill for seven weeks, he recalls, amounted to $49. Over the years, the nongenarian was in the hospital many times, but one of his more memo orable trips came 11 years ago, when he had cataracts removed. After the operation he declared that one of its advantages was that he could resume reading The Anchor. Who could ask for a more loyal subscriber?
ASSIGNMENTS Rev. Gerald P. Barnwell, from Assistant, Immaculate Conception Parish, North Easton, to Assistant, Saint Mary's Parish, Norton. Rev. Brian J. Harrington, from Assistant, Saint Mary's Parish, Norton, and Chaplain at Bishop Feehan High School to Assistant, Saint Mary's Parish, New Bedford. Rev. John A. Perry, from Assistant, Saint Mary's Parish, New Bedford, to Assistant, Saint Julie's Parish, North Dartmouth. . Effective Wednesday, June 21, 1978 APPOINTMENTS Rev. George E. Bellenoit, to Chaplain, Bishop Feehan High School. Rev. John A. Perry, to Chaplain, Bishop Stang High School. Effective Saturday, July 1, 1978
Awards Evening Set for K of C Fall River Council 86, Knights of Columbus, will hold its ninth annual ,Knight of the Year awards dinner from 6 p.m. to midnight Saturday; June 24. Charles J. Cullen will be chairman and Roland H. Pelletier will be toastmaster. The program will comprise a cocktail hour, dinner announcement of Knight of the Year, Grand Knight and Christopher awards, a scholarship presentation and dancing. Tickets are available from Manuel Moniz and Leo R. Hamel and the reservation deadline will be Thursday, June 15.
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themoorina'J Mr. Studds: You Have Done It Again Recently Congressman Studds, whose district, we again remind rE~aders, covers a large area of this diocese, sent to his constituents via franked mail (would that we all could do this) his version of a report to the people. In what should be considered a token democratic gesture, he asked voters in their turn to send a report to him (paying, of' course, 15 cents for the privilege). This seemingly open attitude of the congressman should not delude the politically pure of heart. As he begins his reelection efforts, Mr. Studds would have us believe that he is a friend to alI. For those subscribing to his own brand of liberal politics, this could be the case; for the Catholic, never. For example, in his flyer, he has requested voters to share with him their views on the use of Medicaid abortions for the poor (only rich babies can be born). Since when have Mr. Studds' views on this subject been swayed by voter opinion? His position on this particular subject is only too clear. He is very much in favor of pro-abortion legislation as evidenced by his own voting record. What makes matters even worse on this issue and others that concern the Catholic voters of his district is that he continues to ignore their feelings, freedoms and faith. Only two months ago, this fact was called to Mr. . Studds' attention by way of the editorial forum. There was no reaction to our comments and from hi1, reticence we infer that Mr. Studds is all the more adamant in his determination to avoid and/or disregard the Catholic community of southeastern Massachusetts, Cape Cod and the Islands. This indeed is tragic. We assure Mr. Studds that the abortion issue will not disappear because he adopts the attitude of tokenism. He should not presume that the trappings of democracy will assure him of the Catholic vote. It is imperative that he realize that Catho:;ics are becoming more and more aware of their rights and liberties. In this regard, this paper wishes to point out to Mr. Studds that the Catholic position on abortion will no longer remain a private view of a silent majority. It is our goal to make it an active issue supported by a votiQg plurality. More and more, we intend to urge Catholic voters in our diocese not to hesitate in speaking up for their rights and beliefs. ' During the past few months this issue has been pressed by this paper because of the obvious need of helping Catholics to become aware that they are being asked to sit in the back of the bus. There would be little need for this promotion of political awareness if elected officials were aware of the convic· tions of their constituents or if the Catholic voters were aware of their civil liberties. Both situations make it necessary for all areas of the Catholic media to call to the atten.i tion of politicians the feelings of Catholic voters and to awaken the same voters to the fact that many politicians treat them as second-class citizens. In Massachusetts, we have been brainwashed into the political myth that Catholics really do not care. They'll vote the way th,ey are told or led to believe. This concept must cease. Not a single Catholic vote must ever be taken for granted agai:n, even by Mr. Studds.
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, ... it is she that teacheth the knowledge of God and is the chooser of his works.' Wisd. 8:4
Red Brigades and the New Alliance By Father John B. Sheerin The news alliance of the Christian Democratic party and the Communist party in Italy is a welcome gleam of good news out of Italy. This political alliance seems also to have unified the Italian people in con~ demnation of the Red. Brigades, murderers of former 'Premier AIdo Moro. The Red Brigade revolutionaries are' Communists and hold fast to the principle that the party is the embodiment of the revolutionary idea in history and cannot make a mistake in regarding the rights of the individual person as subservient to the rights of tl:e party. The Gx;and Inquisitor in Arthur Koestler's "Darkness at Noon" says that the goal of the Communist Party "justifies all means, and not only allows but demands that the individual should in every way be subordinated and sacrificed to the community - which may dispose of it as an experimentation rabbit or a sacrificial lamb." Where ha.ve we heard before this principle that one man should die for the welfare of the people? It was Caiaphas, the high priest, who said, "Can you not see that it is better for you to have one man die (for the people) than to have the whole nation destroyed?" (John 11,50). I
The Italian people, therefore, in uniting against the Red Brig· ades here rejecting the basic principle of Communism - that the individual person can be subordinated to the good of the community as one may. experiment with a rabbit. However, the Italian rejection of Communist collectivism does not
necessarily mean that all is rosy on the Italian horizon. The Italian Communist Party and the Christian Democratic Party have formed an alliance hut political experts have grave doubts about both groups. The Christian Democrats have not been very Christian. They have been riddled with bribery and corruption and only a first·class miracle can ever get them back on the path of virtue. On the other hand, the Communist leaders in Italy have adopted a democratic style but many of them are probably still taking orders from Moscow. Externally, they give the impression that they are very much at home in the Catholic-Communist alliance. Enrico Berlinguer, secretary-general of the Communist Party in Italy, sat reverently in his seat at the memorial service at St. John Lateran for Aldo Moro, and his wife and children attend Mass every Sunday. The Communist mayor of Rome is properly deferential to the Catholic religion. But there are tough antiCommunist factions in Italy and who knows what will happen if trouble breaks out between hardline Communists and hardshelled Christian Democrats? With a nod from Moscow, the Italian Communists may soon be in their old form stirring up a revolution. At any rate, let's hope for the best. A Chr:stian Democratic floor leader in the Chamber of Deputies recently said that the Communists have alienated the extremists in their midst and now have a new sense of responsibility. At the moment of writing this column, I would like to believe that the Italian Communists are really as friendly to
their former adversaries as they appear to be on television. The miraculous may happen. The Italian bishops may become more progressive, the Christian Democrats may become more honest and responsible and the Italian Communists may become more democratic precisely because of the atrocities of the Red Brigades.
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June 18 Rev. James M. Coffey, P.R., 1935, Pastor, St. Mary, Taunton June 19 Rev. Hormisdas Deslauriers, 1916, Founder, St. Anthony, New Bedfrod
June 20 Rt. Rev. James J. Coyle, P.R., LL.D., 1931, Pastor, St. Mary, Taunton· June 21 Rev. Desiree V. Delemarre, 1926, Pastor, Blessed Sacrament, Fall River Rev. Francis D. Callahan, 1948, Pastor, St. Patrick, Wareham Rev. Clement Killgoar. SS.CC., 1964, St. Anthony, Mattapoisett Rev. David O'Brien, 1976, Retired Pastor, 55. Peter & Paul, Fall River June 22 Rev. Alexander Zichello, 1977, Pastor, St. Francis of Assisi, New Bedford ..""'...11"""'...'..."11111I1'."""111111I'"'111.....11_""""""""""""""'''1111'_
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Don't Forget Us Dear Editor: Please print this so that people will know how we from St. Anthony High School feel: To all the people that have ever done or even said anything nice about St. Anthony High School, we thank you. The year has come to an end and we must all go our separate ways. It will not be easy but with your help we shall carry on. This year has been a trying year for us with much laughter and also filled with many tears when looking to the future for us. It was said that when the closing of the school came out we lost our school spirit. I will say we were stunned but we also realized that is was our job as students to continue to show people that St. Anthony's spirit will never die. We ha<t. a great basketball season and have showed we will always fight to win. We have also had two great concerts. Our school is a very small one but that was· an advantage for us to become one big family. To the teachers: we thank you and we love you. You have spent many hours trying to keep the school open. You were even willing to cut the faculty to keep the school alive. • As I said before, the year has come to an end, but you who know us, please don't forget us. We shall be in many different schools after this year, but wherever we go, we will have a place in our hearts for you, the people who love us. Soon the corridors will echo with the sounds of goodbye. Yes, we shall be leaving, but please don't forget us and always keep a special place in your memory for my school and your friend, St. Anthony High. James Silva New Bedford
Neutrality? Dear Editor: A recent statement by Charles L. Massey, President of the National Foundation-March of Dimes would seem to indicate that MOD is neutral on abortion - abortion being a matter of "individual conscience." Although MOD says it does not promote abortion it is considered as one of a number of options available to the prospective parent. This seems to be an evasion. In the National Foundation March of Dimes 1975 annual report (page 9) one finds that of 62 genetically defective babies detected in 37 of its centers, 58 were aborted. Although National Foundation March of Dimes disclaims responsibility for these 59 deaths, is not the policy of identifying an unborn child with a defect then abandoning it to abortion tantamount to eugenic abortion? According to an article by Boyce Rensberger, New York Times, 3/15/78, reporting a
BISHOP CRONIN speaks at Memorial Day blessing of Sacred Heart Cemetery chapel, New Bedford. news conference by Mr. Massey, "The National FoundationMarch of Dimes yesterday restated its position that, contrary to recent reports in the press and on television, it was not diminishing its support of medical genetics screening and counseling programs." The article went on to say, "Mr. Massey added that if genetic service centers were unable to find alternative sources of income, his organization 'would step in to see that those programs are protected.'·" Dr. Jerome Lejeune, Professor of Fundamental Genetics at the Universite Rene Descartes in Paris who demonstrated that the disease of mongoloidism was due to an extra chomosome has said, "If disease is cured by eliminating the patient, the research to cure the disease will stop; it will not be funded with the same sense of urgency." It is our hope that instead of eugenic abortion, all possible funding will be channeled into constructive and progressive research to eliminate disease. Pamela Smith Chairman, Greater Fall River Chapter Mass. Citizens for Life
Help Needed Dear Editor: I am appealing to you once again on behalf of the missions. Religious articles are of immense help in my work for the Lord and I need rosaries, statues, scapulars and religious Christmas and Easter cards. Used clothes and other helps are also requested for cyclone victims. Father Paul Cruz St. Thomas Church Sasthamkotta P.O. Kerala, India
Anti-Semitism Dear Editor: Sister Juliana in the May 25 Anchor makes a good point ahout the millions who have been murdered in countries other than Germany and the fact that anti-Semitism did not originate in Germany. If we read the record clearly and still believe ourselves to be united with all the saints and martyrs, then there is no escaping our corporate responsibility for the Holocaust. Such venerabIes as St. Hilary, St. Augustine, St. Jerome and countless bishops, cardinals, priests, ministers and lay people were antiSemetic in word and deed. Our task now is to see to it
that holocausts do not happen anywhere in the world. And we as Christians must never forget that we bear witness to a Kingdom that has its foundations in Him who is the God and Father of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and of our Lord Jesus Christ. So may it be. Cecilia Belanger No. Vassalboro, Me.
Catholic Rights Dear Editor: It is reassuring and psychologically uplifting to receive a letter like yours of May 18 in which you told of The Anchor's full support of our efforts to protect our rights as Catholics in American society. Thanks a lot for publishing the excellent column, "Let's Fight Back," for your discussion of the goals and activities of the League, and for giving your readers the League's Milwaukee address. I am confident that as we develop our professional staff we will do an even better job, and shall, in fact, become more visi-· ble than we have been during the first five years of our existence. Again, thanks a lot, Father, for your support. {Rev.) Virgil C. Blum, S.J. President, Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights
the Postal Service Act. H.R. 7700 passed the House of Rep·· resentatives on April 6th with my vote in favor of passage. Although the Postal Service Act was passed by an over· whelming 384-11 vote, this fin· al show of support does little to indicate the controversy sur· rounding many of the amend· ments to H.R. 7700. Debate 011 the floor lasted four days before the final vote. While increased efficiency and greater Congresional and executive control of the Postal Service were major objectives of the reorganization, the Administration does not fully support the provisions of H.R. 7700 as passed by the House. The Simon Amendment, which passed by ,1 vote of 292 to 112, provides that
All-Out Drive Dear Editor: I believe it is about time Catholics began to act as Catholics and begin an all-out drive to halt abortions. I write this letter in a state of anger and disgust after reading a prominent ad in the Cape Cod Times offering abortions for $125 (early abortions, $90). This ad was published even as we observed Memorial Day. How sick can we get? How apathetic can we be? For God's sake, Catholics, wake up. Edward F. Acton Hyannis
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public schools are mostly custodial institutions where serious REV. attempts at education have bem virtually abandoned. But educaANDREW M. tion costs go up, salaries i:lcrease and the massive and opGREELEY pressive waste of "administrative" bureaucracy is ever heavOne can understand why ier. No way do those folks wa.1t the public school monopoly competition, is threatened by the kind of 'But it is nonetheles!: unfortueducational freedom of nate that BUch front organizachoice tuition tax credit would tions for p'.lblic schools at N,lmake possible. :\10 one likes. tional Parent Teacher Association competition; no monopoly gives (PTA) sink to falsehoo:l in their up exclusive control of the mark- desperate attempt' to preserve etplace willingly. When your cli- the monopoly. When a:1 associaentele has no choice, your ser- tion which allegedly :;peaks to vice can be rotten and it can't the parents and teache:s of Amtake business elsewhere. The erica engages in blatant falseperformance of the public hood in public debate,.t is hardschools in recent years has been ly reassuring for those who wonabysmal. If parents had the op- der what is happening to yourg tion t~ choose other schools, people. public educators would be in real Thus Grace Baisinge:', head of trouble. the National PTA, in a self-conHigh-school graduation test gratulatory press relea ;e, boas:scores go down, reading and ed of the organization'~ effective writing performance of young resistance to the tax credit bill, people deteriorates, inner-city asserting that it provides four
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On TV the other night I saw an interview with Dr. George A. Sheehan, a jogging authority. Asked why so many people say they want to jog, but so few actually do, Dr. Sheehan replied: "The flesh is willing but the spirit is weak." All my life I've accepted, "The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak." It made sense - especially during infants' night feedings, sick kids, and the thousand
things I always meant to do but never got tl:e energy te try. When my children Vlere little, they could pass around an internal virus so fast that I'd lo~;e track of who started it in the first place. After the 47th interruption in a night's sleep, when I final:y got back to Ibed and there was another cal: for one more glans of ginger al~, I could g:> to sleep praying the kid would forget about it. I was just toe exhausted to get up one more time. .. . . . the nesh is weak." Really? If the house were ,on fire I'd have gotten up again. I did have enough phys.~cal ene:~足 gy, but the desire to keep driving was gone. My spirit was more exhausted than my body.
answer, I think, is that while everyone knows. that tuition tax credits would be especially helpful to Catholic schools, you would never know it from reading Ms. Baisinger's press release. Say almost anything you want about, Catholic schools in America today so long as your appeal to the nativist bigotry is subtle - especially because you don't want to offend Catholic members of the PTA. But the tipoff to what Ms. Baisinger is really about comes in a single sentence packed with all the old symbols of nativist bigotry: "The demand that a small minority be lavishly rewarded for not using the free public education that has been considered to be an American birthright has no legitimate place in public thinking." Note all the code words: "Demand" - in the platform of the Democratic Party? "Lavishly rewarded," not using . . . an American birthright" - the signals are all there. Tuition tax credits are just one more raid by the
Catholic hierarchy on the public treasury. Under such circumstances, who expects you to be careful with the facts? The ,PTA's propaganda tactics include a sample letter to be sent to your congressman. I wonder what would happen if ev~ry parent of a Catholic school child in the country (including the black non-eatholics who exercise the only available freedom of choice by turning away from the public schools) sent a similar letter? Meanwhile, the Catholic hierarchy meets in its semi-annual meeting in Chicago and pretends that the tuition tax credit issue doesn't exist, that anti-Catholic nativist bigotry is not being stirred up by organizations like the PTA, and continues to have a dialogue with Protestant denominations who call Catholic schools segregationist. What is sauce for the goose is obviously not sauce for the gander. As raiders of the public treasury, the hierarchy hasn't even found out where the building is.
. Dr. Sheehan's rephrasing, reason is because we have spirit, "The flesh is willing but the enthusiasm for what we're dospirit is weak," makes more ing. Our spirits are willing and sense. He used it in reference to the flesh cares little about how jogging, but it applies to many tired it is. Have you known a mother situations. :Many of the weaknesses we blame on physical fa- who's had one of "those days" tigue are nothing more than a with her kids. She's worked all day long, and is exhausted. Her diminishing of spirit. Think about some of our . husband has a meeting right after "failures." ::'et's use dieting as work, so she cooks hot dogs and an example. How difficult to looks forward to doing the take excess weight off. We're dishes, finishing the laundry, starving! Worse, it's impossible cleaning up the wreckage in the to keep it off because that old living room, helping kids with craving for a hot fudge sundae home work, and trying to find is just too powerful. We fail be- three missing library books that cause we lose the mental stam- absolutely must be returned or ina . . . the spirit . . . to stick her son can't graduate. to our intent. After dinner she surveys the Yet every time we are suc- mess, considers what she has to cessful at something, the prime do for the evening, and decides
she is just too tired. She takes her coffee to the sofa, picks up the paper, and in less than 30 seconds she's sound asleep. The phone rings. It's a dear friend she hasn't seen in ages. She's in the neighbor hood and would love to come and visit. She'll be there in an hour. In 59 minutes flat that mother has not only completed all the chores she'd been too exhausted to face, but she's taken a shower, gotten dressed and put a cake in the oven besides. The spirit returned - and fatigue disappeared. But how keep that enthusiasm for the daily grind? Possibly by mediating on Dr. Sheehan's wise observation: "The flesh is willing but the spirit is weak."
times the per-pupil subsidies for children in private schools than is now provided for children in public schools. Ms. Baisinger knows better. She arrives at this absurd statistic by assuming that tuition tax credits are a subsidy and tax deductions for state and local school taxes are not, an assumption which is patently wrong. But the PTA members all over the country who are inundated with Ms. Baisinger's propaganda don't know that. They are also likely to miss the error ix:. Ms. Baisinger's denial that public education is a monopoly. There are 16,000 school boards across the country, she said. Right. And each has a monopoly within its district. Sure, you h!lve educational freedom of choice, so long as you move to another district. She had the audacity to end her press release with the statement, "Onesided or rr..isleading arguments are not responsible when so much is at stake," How can Ms. Baisinger get away with so much trickery? The
Inflatiol1 Remedies Must Not Add to Burden of Poor By
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In an unusual alliance, President Carter, business leadelrs and AFL"CIO president George Meany all have said that infla-
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JOSEPH RODERICK
With changing tastes, we are seeing gardens become mor~ formalized, with less and less use of perennials.
tion has replaced l:.. nemployment as the number or e dome!;tic issue. There are two majo:~ reasons for this - a sharp junp in the inflation rate and eneouraging progress in lowering be unerr.ployment rate. Concern over 'inflation has led to demands that tl: e federrJ government do something to reduce inflation, such as slashing
the federal deficit or allowing the unemployment rate to rise again. But religious leaders have often argued that cutting the budget deficit at the expense of social prograns places a disproportionate burden of the battle against inflation on the poor. The American bishops addressed the inflation-unemployment trade-off in their state-
ment "The Economy - Human Dimensions," issued in November, 1975. They said such a trade-off was "not grounded in justice."
These plants admittadly can be difficult because the:)' tend to spread and cause a garden to look too overgrown. The modern town garden seeks simplicity, thus the perennilil hal. become passe. Our garden, however, features perennials and therefore has t) be classified as old-fashioned. For instance, at the moment we have a number of California poppies ready to bloorr... By this time next week they will be a
sea of orange poppies and be very pretty but in the meantime the garden looks like a jungle. A balance of simplicity and color is difficult to attain with perennials, but they do assure a succession of bloom which keeps the garden colorful throughout the. season. The perennial garden can be divided into four distinct seasons: the spring garden featuring bulbs, low-growing flowering plants and flowering shrubs.
This is followed by the late spring garden with azaleas, rhododendrons, iris, peonies, poppies and the late flowering shrubs such as the lilac. The Summer garden offers roses, lilies, day lilies, and delphinium, and the fall garden follows with. reblooming roses and chrysanthemums.
Msgr. Francis Lally, Secretary for Social Development and World Peace for the U.S. Catholic Conference (USOC) _agress that inflation has become the priority issue. He said he supports President Carter's pro-
My experience is that people pay far too much money for annuals to fill in the garden in a
gram of seeking voluntary wage and price restraints to reduce inflation. Religious leaders warn that even six percent unemployment is too high, especially when the unemployment race for minorities is about to double that and unemployment among minority teenagers is ahout 35 percent.
hurry and give instant bloom. I also find annuals boring. A row of marigolds may be pretty but begins to wear thin as summer progresses. A one-time investment in a hardy perennial, on the other hand, is worth the effort for the variety it offers. The best place to buy perennials is usually' a trustworthy nursery. These offer plants which have been tested in our area and which reproduce well.
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15th Anniversary Continued from Page One a . steady decline, although this year's late Roman spring seems to have had a good effect on him. The arthritic condition which affects his hips and knees has made it nearly impossible for him to walk. When going up and down steps at ceremonies, the pontiff is helped by two masters of ceremonies. At other times he shuffles along slowly and painfully. Soon the pope may have to use a wheelchair, say Vatican sources. Visitors to the Vatican continue to marvel at the pope's mental alertness and ftamina. Yet he has experienced occasional public lapses of memory. ~ow and then he does not recognize a Vatican official whom he should know. He occasionally hesitates o,r loses his place when reading a speech in public.
And once this year he appeared to have forgotten the words of the Regina Coeli prayer which he was reciting with noontime crowds in St. Peter's Square. From a human point of view, signs of papal old age have had a good effect on Paul's public image. Even many Romans, who jealously nurtured their love for Paul's predecessor, jovial Pope John XXIII, have now taken Pope Paul into their hearts. Tough matrons can be heard to say "Poverino, povero vecchio" (",Poor little thing, poor old man") as the pope passes through a cheering Roman throng. Ironically, the pope who took away the conclave vote from cardinals over 80 and urged bishops to resign at age 75 has now turned his own 80 years into a symbol of traditional Christian respect for the aged. Recently 10,000 people cheered to see the stooped-over pon-
Some monsignors, especially tiff toss a soccer ball into a . in Curia departments establishcrowd of children. Many were moved to tears at ed after the Second Vatican a general audience when the Council, complain about a 16gpope - himself nearly crippled jam' at the papal desk and long with arthritis - knelt to talk waits in getting important docuto a deformed child in a wheel- ments and proposals approved. "It is ironic that Paul, who chair. The prospect of seeing the personally witnessed the final, pope one day in a wheelchair trying years of Phis XII, should horrifies some Vatican officials. be going through much the same Certain of them have been sug- thing now," said Olle veteran gested that in place of a wheel- Vatican official. chair the pope should use the "History will say that Paul ancient papal "portantina;" a se- was a very great pope," said andan chair borne by several men other, "but it is a shame that but simpler than the ceremonial these final years will detract "sedia gestatoria" or portable from his record." throne. _ The Vatican rarely removes In a society which is revising the veil surrounding the pope's its stereotyped views of the private activities and it is hard handicapped, however, public to judge how much old age has use by the pope of a regular slowed him down. wheelchair would probably be The official record of papal viewed favorably. ~vate audiences,' however, The pope's old age has en- shows that the pope received 112 the first four deared him to the general pub- individuals lic. It has not had a similar ef- months of 1977. This year's total fect on some officials of the Ro- of 87 private audiences for the man Curia (the Vatican's central same four-month period represents a drop of 22 percent. offices).
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ST. ANfHONY 167 East Falmouth Highway Masses: Sunday-7:30, 9:00,10:15, 11:30 A.M. Saturday Eve.-4:30 and 7:00 P.M. DaUy-8:00 A.M. Confessions: Saturday-3:30-4:15 P.M. Weekdays Anytime by Request
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POCASSET ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST 15 VirgiDia Road Masses: Sunday-7:30, 8:30, 9:30,10:30,11:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. Saturday Eve.--4:00, 5:00 and 7:00 P.M. Daily-7:30 A.M. Confessions: Saturday--3:00-3:45 P.M.
.PROVINCETOWN ST. PETER THE APOSTLE 11 Prinee Street Masses: Sunday-7:00~ 9:00. 10:00. 11:00 A.M.• and 5:30 P.M. Saturday Eve.-7:00 P.M. ~ Dally-7:00 A.M. and 5:30 P.M. (except Saturday) Confessions: Saturday-4:00-4:30 P.M.
SANDWICH CORPUS CHRISTI 8 Jarves Street Schedule Effective June 24 Masses: Sunday-8:00,9:00, 10:00, 11:00 A.M. and 12 Noon . Saturday Eve.-5:oo and 7:00 P.M. Daily-9:00 A.M.
SAGAMORE ST. THERESA Route • Schedule Effective June 24 Masses: Sw.day-8:30, 9:30, 10:30, 11:30 A.M. Saturday Eve.-6:00 P:M.
SOUTH YARMOUTH ST. pros TENTH 5 Barbara "Street Masses: Sunday-7:00, 9:00. 10:15, 11:30 A.M. 5:00 P.M. Saturday Eve.--4:00 and 7:00 P.M. Daily-7:00 and 9:00 A.M.
BASS RIVER OUR LADY OF THE HIGHWA\ Route 28 Masses:' ~unday.-.8:00, 9:30, 11:00 A.M. Daily~:OO A.M. (Mon.-Fri.)
VINEYARD HAVEN ST. AUGUSTINE Church and FrankUn Streets Masses: Sunday-8:00, 11:00 A.M. , Saturday Eve.--5:00 and 7:00 P.M. Daily-8:00 A.M. _ Confessions: Saturday--4:oo-4:30 _P.M. and 6:00-6:30 P.M.
WAREHAM ST. PATRICK 82 High Street Masses: Sunday--7:00, 8:30, 10:00 11:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. Saturday Eve.--4:oo and 6:.()0 P.M. Daily....:..s:OO A.M. -' Confessions: Saturday-3:00-3:45 P.M. and 7:007:30 P.M.
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olics should not fear taking an active role in the church but must be willing to live in a state of balanced tension for a while, speakers at recent conferences in two states told them.
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Continued from Page One nursing schools; homes for the At the Baltimore Archdiocese's fourth annual conference for aged and parishes. - There were 119 fewer the separated and divorced, Bernard Dumais, program coordina- Catholic educational institutions tor for the archdiocesan Family in 1977 than in 1976, and 96,245 Life Bureau, challenged them to fewer students in Catholic grade "stop following and start lead-· and high schools. During 197·7, ing" the church in its ministry there were two fewer diocesan to those who are single again. ' seminaries in operation and nine fewer religious order seminaries, Bishop Maurice Dingman of and the number of seminarians Des Moines, Iowa, speaking at a declined. regional meeting of the North - Three Catholic colleges American Conference of Separated and ,Divorced Cathoiics, en- closed tn 1977, and 1,029 fewer couraged those attending the converts entered the church than • meeting to "be willing to go in the previous year. Catholic through a process to achieve mariages declined by 11,148 and 3,620 fewer Catholics died in the United States than in 1976. - The Chicago Archdiocese remained the largest with a Catholic population of 2,430,680. It was followed by Boston,' 2.026,247; Los Angeles, 1,950,000; - New York, 1,825,063; Detroit, 1, 591,450; Newark, 1,426,848 and Philadelphia, 1,377,333. Brooklyn is still the largest diocese with a Catholic population of 1,415,662, followed by Rockvile Centre, N.Y., with 1,033,217.
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Father Kung: The Quest for Clarity TUBINGEN, West Germany (NC) - His dispute with the German -bishops over !)is book "On Being a Christian" is now over, Father Hans Kung hopes. During its course the German bishops _issued three statements criticizing the '::;wiss theologian for failing to do justice to some o.f the church's central teachings about Je~us Christ. They were particularly concerned with the' teaching of the Council of Chalcedon'in 451 that Jesus is truly God and truly man. To back up their third and final statement, the bishops published some of the letters that had passed betvveen Father Kung and the German Bishops' Conference, along vvith other documents. The theologian'So response vvas to publish a much fuller selection of documentation, a volume of nearly 400 pages, edited by a colleague of his at the University of Tubingen. It includes, among other things, the full text of the four-hour discussion he had vvith representatives of the German Bishops' Conference in Stuttgart in January, 1977. Father Kung has also novv' published his book "Does God Exist?" It is meant to complement and balance his earlier book .and vvas promised by Father Kling as part of the agreement they reached in Stuttgart. He referred to the forthcoming book vvhen the bishops vvanted to pin him dovvn vvith ansvvers to a series of questions put by Cardinal Joseph Hoffner of Cologne in a letter in April, 1977. The questions raised vvere: - "Is Jesus Christ the uncreated, eternal Son of God, consubstantial vvith the ,Father? - "Do you assent unconditionally (but allovving for all necessary elucidation and elaboration) to the churchls avovval that Jesus Christ is true man and true God? - "Does not a return to the 'perspective okhe first disciples' demand the meditation of the" church's living avvareness of faith? - "Is the church's confession of faith - e.g: in Jesus being the Son of God - the datum
that the theologian has to interpret vvith the help of all the methodological means at his disposal? Or d<>es a hypothetical historical reconstruction present in your eyes a' sufficientapproach onAts ovvn and by itself to the theological understanding of Jesus Christ?" As, this final question shovvs, vvhat vvorries the German bishops is that Father ·Kung may be short-circuiting the church's tradition and, as it were, going be-
Jesus Christ: true hind it to start afresh from the Nevv Testament in a vvay that they see as threatening to make the church and its role of guarding the faith redundant. What vvorries Father Kung is that the men and vvomen of today may be offered dead formulas from the past instead of the living vvord of God. "The mere repetition of the doctrinal formulations of the past does not help men and vvonien of today in the difficulties they experience in believing," he said in his response to the German bishops' ,second statement. , Talking at his home in Tubingen he stressed that, far from rejecting vvhat the councils' have defined throughout the church's history, his vvhole aim has been
It is not enough, he said, to explain vvhat they meant in positive vvay that makes sense merely to give catechism anto people 't<>day. svvers to the problems raised by "But vve cannot maintain vvhat modem Scripture study and to • these councils vvere concerned the questions aske~y'modern to maintain if vve stick til the men and vvomen. "For instance, letter of vvhat they said," he I do not 4eny that Jesus is the said. "We cannot simply repeat Son of God:' he added. "But vve formulas about nature, hypos- h~ve to explain hovv 'the Son of tasis, person and so on if people God' vvas to be understood.", do not understand these terms In fact, right at the end of in the same vvay. And so vve· , his latest book, "Does God Exhave to take these definitions ist?" (still in the process of beaccording to the spirit and not ing translated into English),-there is to be found a firm ac,ceptance of' the Chalcedonian doctrine that Jesus Christ is truly man and truly God and a solid affirmation that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. But this comes around page 751, after Father Kung has grappled with all the obstacles to belief in God throvvn" up by the intellectual history of the Western world in the past three centuries. Another reason the Svviss theologian vvas not prepared to give short' ansvvers to the German bishops' questions vvas that he did not' vvant to give the impression of behaving the vvay people do in an authoritarian society, accepting statements and then explaining aftervvards that these have to be understood du. ferently - or, as some theologians reacted to the papal' encyclical on birth control, beginning by making due obeisance to its status as a document of the church's ordinary teaching au.thority but ending by trying to leave its arguments in shreds. .' -"I have all the time fought for truthfulness in theology and in the Church," said Father Kung. "If vve disagree vvith some church man, true God. doctrine vve have to say so clearly, and if vve,interpret it in according to the letter." a nevv vvay vve have to say so He said his intention behind publishing the entire documen- clearly too. "We must not cover the vvhole tation of the controversy - a move that drevv protests from process up as if vve did not vvant the German bishops - vvas to to correct ourselves. It is no put a stop t<> the' procedure of shame to make corrections, but statement and counter-state- it is a shame to cover them up." Meanvvhile 'Father Kung's prement. "I do not find it helpful to sentation of Christianity, his spend all the time exchanging understanding and interpretation letters and public declarations of vvhat it is all about, has had on things. vvhich have to be clari- a popular reception. The German fied in a different vvay," he said. edition of "On iBeing a Christian" He said he hoped, -too, that has sold more than 160,000 copboth the German bishops and ies. -Best-seller status itself is no the Vatican's .Doctrinal Congre- guarantee of orthodoxy, but it gation vvould see that it.vvas not does suggest that Father Kung the right vvay of going about has presented Jesus Christ in a things to put catechism ques- vvay that makes' him' alive and tions to theologians on such credible for the people of today. complex matters.
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Belief in Jesus Is Clarified PARIS -(NC) - The Doctrinal Committee of the French Bishops' Conference has issued a statement clarifying vvhat the church believes about Jesus. It is intended to help Christians disturbed by oversimplified explanations of vvhat various current books are trying to say about Jesus. Although the' committee did not single it out, one of the most popular religious vvorks in EUro~ in the past fevv years has been a book by Svviss-born . theologian Father Hans Kung, "On Being a Christian," vvhich tries to avoid tradition terminology in discussing vvhoChrist .is and' vvhat he means to mod-
ern man. Critics have charged that the book fails to affirm unambiguously certain traditional Christian beliefs about Jesus. "<Despite difficulties vvhich the church cannot help but encounter in expounding the mystery of Christ," said the-statement, the church has alvvays affirmed certain truths. "In its prayer and its professions of faith, the church has alvvays confessed that Jesus is true God and true man, that he died and rose and that he is man's only savior. "A person cannot be a Christian if he does not pr~ess this fundamental truth of faith," said the Doctrinal Committtee.
The committee said that the truth about Jesus is found in the Bible vvhen read according to church tradition. It especially insisted on a clear statement of the truth that Jesus is Son of God. "Often if it is not denied out-
right, the terms used do not bring it across vvith enough clarity," said the ~tatement. "If Jesus . . . vvas not the only Son of God, he would not be the savior but only a prophet among others," said the committee. '
Jailed Priest Back at Pro-Life Picketing GRANITE CITY, Ill. (NC) Father Edvvin F. Arentsen, an Illinois diocesan priest arrested earlier this year for actions in an abortion cli~ic protest, is back on the pro-life picket line after spending 11 days in jail. The pnest, vvh<> retired from a pastorate in' W-endelin, Ill., to
devpte full time to the pro-life cause, has been in and out of court in Madison County since his Jan. 19 arrest during a protest-demonstration at the Hope Cl"IDIC for W omen In . Gramte . City. He vvas released from jail earlier this month.
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That modern Catholics cannot beHeve there have been incompetent, unworthy, even scandalous popes in church his~ tory is an eloquent tribute to 20th century pontiffs. All have been outstanding men, models for their flock, wise leaders, edifying holy. Pius XII was one of an illustrious line, but he had the excruciating task of guiding the church through the horrors of World War II, with his children on both sides of the conflict. Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli was born in Rome on March 2, 1876, the second of four children. After his ordination in 1899 he studied canon law and was awarded doctorates in canon and civil law. In 1917 he was consecrated archbishop and sent as nuncio to Bavaria, thus beginning a long involvement in and acquaintance with German affairs of state. Named nundo to Germany in 1920, he signed concordats with Bavaria (1924) and Prussia (1929). In the latter year he was created a cardinal and in 1930 became papal secretary of state. On March 2, 1939, he was elected pope, and immediately attempted to prevent the outbreak of' war, but to no avail. He did manage to save Rome from devastation, adamantly refusing to leave the Vatican, and continued his efforts to act as mediator. In the meantime people were suffering on all sides and he set up an organization to help them, reaching out to J>OW's, DP's, internees, refugees, hungry and homeless, victims of political and racial oppression. In 1944, papal soup kitchens served 3,600,000 people a month. Some 52,000 refugees were" helped to their homes. In answer to recent charges that Pius was indifferent to the plight of the Jews, one can only point to the extraordinary facts. He donated all of his private funds to Jews in urgent circumstances. Religious houses. sheltered almost 5,000 I:omeless Jews and a special agency worked on 37,000 cases of Jews about whom information was 'being sought. Aided by the Catholic Refugees Committee in the United States, Pius tendered financial aid in excess of $4 million. As pope he saw the religious implications of all phases of modern life; education, politics, sociology, government, medicine, the sciences. While he tended to be overly cautious in some areas, he was neither reactionary nor obscurantist, and he left doors open. So voluminous were his proclamations that we can single out only one, the revolutionary 1943 encyclical, "Divino AffIante Spiritu," the Magna. Carta of
Every author likes to have his books read. Father Raymond E. Brown, the Sulpician priest who is a world-famed Scripture scholar, wishes more of his critics would read what he has to say. That is because he is so often lambasted for what somebody thinks he said. As an editor, I have received any number of his writings, speeches or recorded conversations. Father Brown is a scholar's scholar, author of many books, highly regarded by his peers, recipient of numerous honors. Because he writes about the Bible, and because the Bible is so central in the lives of Christians, his scholarly writings attract wide popular interest. He lives today in a modest apartment in his native New York City, where he is Auburn professor of biblical studies at Union Theological Seminary. He will spend the last five months of this year working in the Holy Land, and the first half of next year teaching in Rome. Father Brown is 50 years old. When he was 15, his family moved to Florida. He had always wanted to teach, and the late Archbishop Joseph Hurley of St. Augustine was interested in having priests in the field of education. (Father Brown later served as an advisor to Archbishop Hurley during the Second Vatican Council.) While he was in the seminary, young Raymond Brown became interested in Scripture, largely through his own reading. He told Archbishop Hurley about his developing interest, and the archibishop agreed to release him to the Sulpicians so he could zero in on that interest. As a student, . Raymond Brown read widely in Italian and French but found that Catholic Scripture scholars had not yet produced much in English. It was uncommon in the early 1950s for priests to study in secular universities. Father Brown, ordained in 1953, had earned a master's degree at the Catholic University of America. In 1955 he received his doctorate in sacred theology from St. Mary's Seminary and University, the Sulpician institution in Baltimore. But the Sulpicians encouraged him to earn a doctorate at Johns Hopkins University, where Father Brown studied under W. F. Albright, who was then internationally regarded as the dean of biblical studies. "Even in Rome, authorities were aware of how good Albright was," Father Brown recalled. " He interested me in the Dead Sea Scrolls, and I won a year's fellowship to study in Israel." He went on to earn a licentiTurn to Page Thirteen
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Adults Study Religion By Mitchel B. Finley In 1967, Paul Bergevin, nON professor emeritus of lidult education at Indiana Cniversity, published "A Philosophy for Adult Education." In that book Bergevin said, "The one l::ig, or maybe not so big, educational meal taken as children can hardly be expected to sustain l:S through a lifetime full of challenge and change and adjus':ment." Now that more than a decade has slipped by since tr.e end cf the Second Vatican Council, rfligious educators and, core irr.portantly, adult CathoLcs themselves are beginning to take adult -religious education seriously. . My experience as a professional religious educator hLs taught me that not a few Catholics to路 day are still trying to get by on the small religious ed.lcational meal they took as children. Ye~
more and more are realizing that life the world, the church, and the~ themsElves have c!:tanged Ii great deal since they were in school. Some tirr..e back, a friend of mine, a man in his 50s, remarked to me that he felt no need to participate in any form of adult religious education. I replied;' "As a professional man you keep up with the most recent developments in your profession. You attend conventions and conferences and read professional journals. If you did not do this you would soon be less than fully qualified to offer the best quality service to those who come to you. "Yet you think you can live your faith, the most important reality in life, using the same knowledge you left high school or college with so many years ago. It is imprudent for you to be walking around with the understanding of our faith that be-
longs to an 18-year-old. Much to my gratification, my friend signed up for a series of evening classes on the church since Vatican II. Later that year, while participating in a Bible study group, he approached me again. He chuckled and said, "Mitch, you should start billing these adult religious education classes as dangerous." I asked why and he replied that he had re-examined his understanding of himself as a Christian. He now felt that he would have to give more time to his parish and become more concerned about helping those with special needs. "My life was pretty comfortable - and now look," he said. "things are getting all rearranged." But the clincher was that my friend said he felt more at peace with himself, his family and with God. Deciding to learn more about his Catholic faith had, indeed, been "dangerous."
The Word of God Comes Alive By Father Alfred McBride
scientific validity of the Bible would have flown in the face of The Bible does not .;how Ub the conviction that there can be how the heavens go, bu'~ how tc no error in Scripture. To emphago to heaven. size a long and tedious composIn a word, the Bible is not a ing of the text undermined the book of science in the modern centuries-old positions on biblisense so much as an account of cal authorship. God's saving work among How could Moses have writpeople. ten the first five books: if the Its ,comp03ition was a long, final text did not appear until and complex process. For one long after he was dead? Fear of thing, it was holy word before such new ideas was based not it was Holy Writ. Me:l spoke only on their upsetting content, the divine word, then it was but also on what other more written. In the case of be early serious challenges might come. books of the Bible, the time dis- (That fear was indeed warranttance between spoken a:ld writ- ed, as the modernist movement ten text was considerabl} longer proved.) than in the lc.ter works. What bred such ideas? They A hundred years ago, observa- began with Protestant biblical tions such as these would :lave scholars' use of what is called seemed shock ng. To queHion the "criticism." Egged on by the
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new scientific attitude to life, literature and history, and abetted by archeological discoveries of ancient non-biblical texts, as well as a new mastery of ancient languages, the scholars developed a critical - that is, a rational look at the human and relative side - approach to the Bible. In some cases they took so human an approach that they tended to devalu'e the religious side of Scripture. As Catholic scholars began to show interest in the Protestant work, the official church expressed fear and great caution, -but eventually, the great Dominican, Joseph La Grange, opened a bibilical institute in Jerusalem to foster such critical studies in Catholic circles. Turn to Page Thirteen
Scholarship Continued from Page Twelve ate in sacred Scripture from the Pontifical Biblical Commission in Rome in 1959. Later, in 1972, he was named a member of that commission. Since then his honors have literally been too numerous to detail here. He's been president of the Catholic Biblical Association and of the Society for Biblical Literature. He has received eight honorary doctorates from such universities as Louvain in Belgium, Edinburgh in Scotland, and Uppsala in Sweden. The "Jerome Biblical Commentary," which he coedited, is standard in its field. His studies of John for the Anchor Bible are known everywhere. Father Brown says that Scripture may serve, for example, as a spiritual guide, but it also can provide a critical understanding of how the early Christian community grew, differed and struggled. "We cannot understand God's revelation in Jesus Christ," he said recently, "Unless we study Scripture. This work is extraordinarily important to the church in understanding the plurality of our time." 'Some persons, he said, may
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use the Bible as a substitute for thinking. "The Bible is not just a set of answers that people look up. "I hope we can construct a reasonable understanding of Christianity in the first century. I'm working now on a little book on the church as represented in John's Gospel and Epistles. I want to trace its traditions, examine how it struggled in its understanding of Jesus, how it handled the tremendous opposition from the synagogue and even from other Christian churches.
A Verdade E A Vida Dirigida pelo Rev. Edmond Rego NOSSA SENHORA E 0 TER)0 Donde veio 0 Rosario? Do Ceu, como Nossa Senhora que 0 trouxe. Segundo a tradisao, confirmada por v~rios Paoas, foi a Virqem Maria quem insoirou a S. Dominqos essa forma deorar, recomendando-lhe Que a oreqasse para defender 0 povo cristto contra as heresias da epoca. Quando 0 santo lamentava a inefic~cia do seu apostolado,·a Santfssima Virqem terlhe-~ resoondido: "Vai e oreqa 0 meu Ros~ rio. Ele, enta'o , adootou a forma insoirada de exoor aos fieis' os Mist~rios do Salvador e de intercalar, em certos momentos o antigo IIrosSrioll de ora)a"es vocais, para aqradecerem ao Senhor esses Misterios e pedirem 0 fruto deles. Assim nasceu a qenufna Ora)ao Rosariana, que consiste em meditar e celebrar 0 MistGrio de Cristo, para 0 imitar na vida or~tica. Os maravilhosos resultados nas almas, conversto de umas e preserva~ao de outras, foram loqo s p~ova real de que essa,Devo~ao viera do Ceu pelas mlos da Santlssima Virgem. Tambem foi ela quem tanto recomendou, sobretudo em Fatima, 0 santo Ter,o co~ mo ora~!o poderosa e norma de vida crlst~. Foi, certamente, a Mae da Iqre.ia quem leYOU os Papas e 0 Vaticano II a incuttrem essa devo)ao. Foi, sem d~vida alquma, do Cora~ao Imaculado de Maria aue nasceu 0 Santo Rosario. E podemos ver aue e bern diqno de tao excelsa oriqem. Portanto, nro foi urn devoto QualQuer a inventar 0 Rosario; foi a pr6pria M~e de Jesus Que 0 transmittu a seus filhos. E tudo o Que Ela nos transmite insoirada a Ela Dele Esp{rito Santo. E vamos ver que muito antes de 0 ter confiado a seus filhos .ia r·a sua or6ori a ora~ao era, em subs tancia, 0 modele do santo RosSrio. J~ no Evanqelho a Santfssima Virqem nos ensina, com 0 exemolo da sua Ora~~o, a realizar tudo 0 que 0 Terso tern em vlsta~ durante a sua vida terrena, ja a sua Orar;ao era mesmo 0 que hoje constitui a suf>stancia da Ora~ao Rosariana: meditar 0 ~i sterio de Cristo, louvar e suplicar 0 Senhor, para viver em uniao com Ele. Foi a Mae de Jesus quem melhor meditou 0 ,divino Misterio, Considerando no {ntimo do cora~ao, tudo 0 que dizia a respeito do seu Filho. Inefavel a sua fe e 0 seu amor ao contemplar Jesus no oreseoio, na cruz, subindo ao Ceu! Pois, toda a sua vida estava empenhada nesse divino Misterio. Com que devosao ela agradecia a Deus o Mist~rio da Sa'va~ao! Os sentimentos exoressos no Pai Nosso e h16ria do Ter~o ja eram a respira~ao da sua alma. Nem a AveMaria foi excluida, pois aceitou, com humil dade e qratid~o, 0 justo louvor do Anjo e de Isabel e logo 0 remeteu ao Senhor; e at~ orofetizou que todas as Qera50es A oendiriam pelas maravilhas que Deus nela operou, e melhor do ninquem adorou e louvou o bendito fruto do seu ventre. Como Mae e Medianeira, j~ intercedia pela hurnanidade; 0 que ela mais pedia para todos nos era, sem d~v;da, a qraca por excel~ncia do Misterio de Cristo, "0 Jjao da vida eterna." J6 nas bodas de Can6 ilustrou a sua intercessao. E a( tambem, ~ace a recusa aoarente de Jesus, ensinou a oerseverar na orasao humilde e confiante,' que bern rnereceu a aten)ao do Senhor. Foi a Sant(ssima Virgem quem melhor oas em pratica a Palavra divina e imitou Jesus em cumprir a vontade do Pai celeste. 1I
"For those first Christians there were no pat answers, and we should not be paralyzed when we face a new kind of problem. "There are two Christian outlooks. One thinks that all of the answers were there at the beginning. The other thinks that all of the answers came only gradually, and are still coming from the combination of human struggle and the inspiration of the Holy Spirit."
Word of God Continued from Page Twelve However, the modernist crisis early this century set the Catholic biblical movement back. Pius X, intent on protecting Catholic teaching, issued statements more interested in saving the faith of the people than in conserving the rights of scholarly science. The unfortunate result was that the good use of scholarship was banned because of the misuse of a few.
Continued from Page Twelve modem Catholic biblical scholarship, which ushered in a new Golden Age of scriptual studies. It gave the green light to Catholic scholars and urged them to avail themselves of methods which Protestants (and others) had been using effectively for decades. As St. Augustine said, the Christian teacher All this has changed in 1943 must begin his preparation by by Pius XII in his encyclical, studying "tropes," figures of "Divino Mflante Spiritu." He speech. For example, the para- saluted the statements of past bles of our Lord are not necess- popes, said the time of fear was arily taken from actual events over and urged Catholic schol- though in many cases it is ars to use modem studies in quite probable that they were. their work. Not surprisingly, the encycliBy 1955 the secretary of the cal was a scandal to many who, Pontifical Biblical Commission as in every age, insisted on being more Catholic than the church could state that Catholic scholand even suggested it be put on ars now had complete freedom the Index. But for 35 years it in the matter of biblical studies has borne abundant fruit, and except where the interpretation Catholic scholarship has gained dealt with the substance of faith and morals. universal respect. On Nov. I, 1950, Pius defined One of the happy results of the doctrine of Mary's Assump- this liberation is the extent to tion in a carefully worded ency- which it helped Catholics to get clical. In 1957 he relaxed the in touch with the Bible and its regulations regarding the eu- spiritual riches, so that the charistic fast, thus prompting . blessed word may speak once more general sharing in the sac- again to the believer. rament.
POPE PIUS XII makes his first public appearance following his election in 1939.
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Low-Paid Bishops RALEIGH, N.C. (NC) - Lots of people preach about how to stop inflation, but two Raleigh bishops have put a remedy into practice. They have taken a salary cut. When Bishop F. Joseph Gossman and Auxiliary Bishop George E. Lynch recently found out that they received $50 a month more than the $225 monthly salary given to diocesan priests, they ordered a halt to the extra stipend. The salary question came up during a review by the diocesan Senate of Priests which -decided not to raise priests' salaries this year. Monthly auto allowances were raised from $50 to $80.
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Eighte'en Scouts Get New Award Eighteen Junior Girl Scouts aged 9 to 11 have become the first in the diocese to receive the new "I Live My Faith" award in a national religious By Charlie Martin recognition program for Catholic members of youth programs. including Scouts, Camp Fire Girls and Junior Catholic Daughters. SONG OF JOY The program supports the religious education of participants Come, sing a song of joy for peace shall come, my brother, with emphasis on service to . Sing, sing a song of joy for men shall love each other, others and development of indiThat day will come just as sure as hearts that are pure are vidual potential. hearts set free. The "first of the first" was No man must stand alone with hands held out before him, Michelle Precourt. daughter of Reach out and take them in yours with love that endures for. Mrs. Walter Precm:rt of Imevermore, maculate Conception parish. Then sing a song of joy for love and understanding. Taunton, adult advisor to Mi"WHEREVER 'TYPICAL TEENS' are, I never seem Come, sing a song of joy, of freedom tell the story. chelle and six fellow Scouts sing a song of joy for mankind in his glory. to meet them," say~] CeciLa Belanger. "I meet seriou~ Sing, from Troop 435 of the Plymouth One mighty voice that will raise a song that will ring forevermore. young people who decJ with serious problems ... " Among Then sing a song of joy for love and understanding. Bay Scout Council. The award, an attractive med- such are Kathleen Devlin and Ellen Ribley of Swansea. Words by Friedrich von Schiller; al, was presented at an outdoor preparing for ecumenical service at Our Lady of Fatima Music by Ludwig van Beethoven, Ninth Symphony; ceremony at Immaculate Con- parish, sponsored by Swansea CYO and youth fellowPerformed by ,Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic ception Church and was held ship of Rehoboth Congregational Church. in the context of a living rosary Columbia Masterworks Records, Ine. service. followed by a supper Because of printing dates, these columns are written several and musical program. weeks in advance. Consequently, this column on Pentecost will Also receiving the medal were appear after the feast. Yet it seems appropriate to comment on a Kerry Campbell, Sharon Duquet, celebration so important to our lives todar:Denise Furtado, Julie Landry, Even if one's musical taste is for more contemporary sounds. Claudine Patenaude and Lisa population, world hunger, tyran- there is still a powerful impact in listening to Beethoven's Ninth Tracy. By CeciUa Belanger ny versus popular government, Symphony. In doing so, there is discovered a feeling of unity with Members of St. Anne's Troop 'I received a note f:~om a environment a:ld shortage of re- the artist and his message. 1009 in Fall River received their awards last Thursday, following grandmother f1lis week W.10 told sources. "Song of Joy" is an adaptation of the final part of this symWhat this proved to me was phony, an exhortation to the human spirit to recognize the bonds a liturgy celebrated by Father me she was surp:~ised tJ hear Jean-Dominique Pare, OP., . her 10-year-old granddwghter that this young man and hun- of brotherhood. The song challenges each listener to affirm the Scout chaplain. Their advisor talk about world issue" ask dreds like him are involved. My possibilities for human growth and to walk faithfully toward the was Cecile A. Michno, troop searching queftions abou'; teem friend's mind :5 involved in the goal of world unity. It incorporates true Gospel concepts. and request that for Christmas conflict between rich and poor leader. The core of this s路ong is "spirit." It seems to possess a power They are Debra' and Sharon she receive only norJiction nations. He is concerned that or life of its own that engages our feeling and thought processes. books; among them a history of feelings are going over the line Ayre, Claire Campbell, Diane Recently, we as the church paused to remember the gift of God's Caron, Michelle Gagnon, Ann the United Sf路ates. "Something from grievance and anger to haSpirit. Michno, Monique Plante, Dar- other than what we have in tred. While this column has neither length nor competence to delene 'Pereira, Marie Raymond, school," she f;aid. We all have an inclination, velop a theology of God's Spirit, I do turn to the song for some when tough problems arise, to Kristine Rocha and Diane TeixThis does not surprise r~.e one reflections. eira. bit. I have met many young chil- crawl back into the castle, pull It speaks well of a yearning that captures our dreams. We dren, teenagers and even pre- up the drawbridge. lower the continue to listen for the "one mighty voice" that raises the song portcullis and prepare the boilschoolers who show a great of peace, understanding and world unity. It is precisely in the celedeal of interest in what happens ing oil. bration of Penecost that we realize both our current world conWe can't do that today. We in this country'. I'm sure they dition, and are able to restate these dreams. get it from their parents, listen- must face the Third World and ing to conversations at the table, its problems. cIt's not just a mator at other times when grown- ter of treating people nicely. It's a matter of making up for Mary Academy and on the Bishups get together. long, long decades in which naop Gerrard faculty since that 1 had a long talk with a teentions have climbed to riches school's inception, was honored ager last week ane. never once over the backs of others. That's "for her consistent service, dedidid she discuss the things teen- the kind of loving that is going The second annual Cub Scout cation to and support of the agers are "supposed to talk to hurt. Family Day will be held at La girls and school activities." about." Wherever "typical terms" Salette Shrine, Attleboro, from Suzanne was chosen as award are, I never seem to meet them. 11 to 4 p.m. Sunday. recipient "because, like Sister I meet serious young people The theme of the day will be Evangelista, she is quietly but who deal with serious problems God as the Great Spirit and its consistently on the scene, offerin their lives and those of their purpose is to expose partici- ing her help and support in makparents. Sure, they listEn to Pro-life youth from across the pants to American Indian reli- ing Gerrard a great school to Barry Manilow records, but does country will participate in the attend." that make them empty-hea.ded? second annual legislative intern- gious beliefs. The day is sponsored by the Their parents listened to the ship program to be sponsored Catholic singers of their day and LIrned from June 23 through Aug. 31 Attleboro-Taunton out to be responsibl,~ people. So in Washington. D.C. by the Na- Committee on Scouting and all enough about this categorising tional Youth Pro-Life Coalition. Annawon Council Cub Scouts are invited to participate with teenagers. As one '~eacher told Altar boys of the diocese will About 20 interns will learn their families. The public is also me路 recently, "People don't give lobbying techr.iques, observe invited. The program will in- meet from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. youth enough credit." workings of fulltime pro-life or- clude Indian games and dances, Friday, June 30 at Cathedral "What make, p(~ple think ganizations in the capital and a family picnic and a closing Camp, East Freetown, for the that all of us students are lib- attend weekly seminars con- Indian Eucharistic liturgy. camp's annual alfar boys' outing. erals?" This from a high s::hool ducted by pro-life leaders. The program will include junior. He said that speakers alwaterfront and athletic competithe most part The interns, for ways assume all youth are way FATHER WILUAM O'tions with a trophy awarded to liberals. That it never oc- :high school and college students, The first recipient of the SisREILLY, pastor of Immacu- out curs to them -that "orne night will be housed at Catholic Uni- ter Evangelista Award, initiated the three highest ranking parlate Conception parish, happen to be conservatives. ishes. Boys are asked to bring versity and will pay $80 weekly this year at Bishop Gerrard their own lunches. Taunton, presents first "I ::or board, room and training. High School, Fall River, is Su. Then there was the young perLive My Faith" medal son Parishes wishing to participate zanne Fillippi, a senior. Applications for the program who called early in the awarded in diocese to Jun- morning to discuss i:1ternational are available from NYPLC headSister Evangelista, for 13 should notify Father Leonard ior Girl Scout Michelle Pre- problems. As the toast burned quarters, P.O. Box 67, Newport, years a business education Mullaney, director or Dennis teacher at the former 路Mt. St. Kennedy by Tuesday, June 20. unheeded, we talked about over- Ky.,' 41071. court, Taunton Troop 435.
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notably an abortion clinic scene which, though it concludes in favor of life, comes across as slapstick comedy. The heroine, however, seems to be in command of herself and at the end seems on the way to making choices that will settle her life. It is this ultimate outlook on life that makes the film engagingly healthy and at times quite wise. Theme and treatment make "Sandbox" mature viewing fare. Morally unobjectionable for adults with reservations.
IN THE DIOCESE
By BILL MORRISSETTE
Hockomock An~ounces Stellar Choices Champion Sharon and fourthplace finisher Stoughton have each placed three men on the Hockomock League's varsity allstar baseball team. Tom Cleveland, who pitched Sharon to nine of its 12 league victories, third-baseman Gary Coffey, and outfielder Mike Nelson make up Sharon's all-star trio. Cleveland posted a 9-2 record, had an earned run average' of only 1.21, struck out 75, walked 26, hit .348 and led the team in RBIs with 14. Stoughton's contingent on the all-star team includes senior catcher Pete Galanis, senior utility infielder Steve Moriarty and senior outfielder Kevin McCarthy. Senior pitcher-outfielder Ken Goodwin (7-3) of Foxboro
was selected for an outfield post and named the all-star team captain. Others on the all-star aggregation are senior pitcher Robert Wooster (9-1) and sophomore outfielder Mark Nichols, Oliver Ames; junior first-baseman John Lewicki and junior second-baseman Joe Johnson of King Philip; junior shortstop Paul Sullo and senior designated hitter John White of Canton. The all-star golf team is made up of junior John Proulx, Franklin; senior Paul Schmidt, North Attleboro; senior Derek Johnson, King Philip; seniors Gay Godleski and Mark Grant, Foxboro; senior Robert Tovsky, Sharon; sophomores Paul Richard and John Van Wart, Oliver Ames; and Kevin Graham, Canton.
Bourq'ue Gains New Englands in Track Bishop Stang High's Joanne Bourque finished second in the javelin throw, with a heave of 139 feet, 7 inches, in the girls' state track meet at Taunton High School last Saturday. She is thus qualified to participate in the New England Championships at Benington, Vt., on Saturday. Richard Roderick, Dennis-Yarmouth, topped the javelin throwers in the boys meet with a heave of 187 feet 10 inches. Gerry Harris, Somerset, was the runnerup in the BBO-yard run. Both will compete in the Vermont tourney. The complete list of qualifiers from the state meet is not yet
available but some of the athletes from schools within the diocese who made good showings are Lance Martin, Dartmouth 10-yard dash, second place in 10.5 seconds; Neil Macedo, New Bedford High, second in pole vault with a school record of 12 feet 9 inches; Tim Porter, New Bedford High, second in the 120-yard high hurdles in 14.3 seconds; Russ Berry, New Bedford High, a new school record of 45 feet 3 inches in the triple jump for a fourth-place finish. Among girls qualifying for the New England is Mary Ventura, Dartmouth, who finished fourth in the high jump at 17 feet.
Eastern Mass. Playoffs Underway Eastern Mass. baseball playoffs reach the semi-final stage today, with finals scheduled for tomorrow. In Division One, Lawrence High of Falmouth was the lone school within the diocese to gain the quarter-final round in which it met Woburn Tuesday afternoon. In Division Two, Dennis-Yarmouth, Somerset, BridgewaterRaynham, Fairhaven and Case
survived first-round action and advanced to the quarter-finals last Tuesday, when Somerset was host to Dennis-Yarmouth and Case to Brighton. Apponequet Regional, Rockland, Somerset, Dennis-Yarmouth, Dighton-Rehoboth, Silver Lake, Nort~ Attleboro, Abington, Barnstable, Taunton, HarwiCk, Case, King Philip are among schools qualifying for Eastern Mass. South Sectional softball playoffs which started Tuesday.
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A BIRTHDAY PARTY scene is a highlight of "Nunzio," a heartwarming film about a retarded young man played by David Proval (standing, right). (NC Photo)
â&#x20AC;˘ news tv, movie "The Chess Players" (Creative Films International): Satyajit Ray's latest film has to do with a historical incident in India a century ago - the British takeover of a nominally independent Moslem kingdom and the deposing of its poet-king. In the foreground are two upper-class citizens of the threatened state who pass their days in playing chess. "The Chess Players" is stagy and talky, its strongest feature being its colorful re-creation of a vanished era. Morally unobjectionable for adults and adolescents.
"Damien - Omen II" (Fox) presents the further adventures of that devil of a lad whom we loathed in "The Omen." Having gotten rid of his putative mommy and daddy and sundry others in the first movie, the young Antichrist, Damien, is now 13 and under the guardianship of his filthy rich uncle and aunt (William Holden and Lee Gran't). He's soon up to his old tricks and everyone who tumbles to his little secret abruptly departs for other regions. There is little else to the plot than this, and the film is nothing more than, a beautifully photographed but
yawningly predictable exerciHe in celluloid terror, marred by dubious use of Scripture and 0:¡ casional descents to gory vi,,lence. Morally objectionable :.n part for all. Movies on TV Tuesday, June 13, 9 P.M. (CBS) - "Play It Again, Sam" (1972) - Woody Allen plays Allan Felix, a balding, bespect.lcled little schemiel who grooves on Humphrey Bogart movies ard who falls apart when his beautiful, brainy wife (Susan Anspach) walks out on him to Lib a li::e of her own. His best friends, played by Diane Keaton and Tony Roberts, devote much of their time to Felix's rehabilit.ltion. Although not for childre n, most older teens and adults w:U thoroughly enjoy "Play It Aga:.n Sam." Morally unobjectionable for adults. Wednesday, June 14, 9 P.M. (CBS) "Up the Sandbm:" (1972) - .Barbra Streisand is a young mother troubled Iby doubts about her place in life. She dramatizes her misgivings in a series of chaotic fantasies. Often intelligent and very funny, the film sometimes errs by mishandling its fantasy sequences,
Cha rismatics Set National Parl'ey SOUTH BEND, Ind. (NC) Catholic charismatics will hold their annual national conference at the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Aug. 18-20. About 20,000 persons are expected to participate anti listen to a number of speakerS from the charismatic movement in the city where U.S. charismatic activities are based. Kevin Ranaghan, director of communications for the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, South Bend, said the conference will
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Sunday, June II, "Guideline" (NBC) - Presents the second of three interviews on the pontificate of Pope Paul VI with Father James V. Schall, for many years Father Schall a teacher in Rome and a close observer of the Pope. Father Schall will discuss the social teachings and spiritual themes of the pontificate of Paul VI. Check local listings for time.
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At Institute Father Peter N. Graziano, director of the diocesan department of social services, is attending a management institute at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Sponsored by HEW with the Wharton School of Finance and the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Work, the institute is designed for directors of voluntary social service agencies. It is including study of project monitoring, evaluation and control, financial and program planning and governmental policies and contracts.
Parvuli Dei Parvuli Dei religious awards were presented to 10 Cub Scouts from St. Joseph Pack 24 and one boy from St. Theresa Pack 43, both in New Bedford, at ceremonies held last week at St. Joseph's.
New Academic Dean Father Robert J. Kruse, CSC, professor of religious studies since 1961 at Stonehill College, North Easton, has been named academic dean of the college. He succeeds Robert L. Horn. Father Kruse, a research scholar in 19th and 20th century religious thought, holds a bachelor's degree from Stonehill and a doctorate in sacred theology from Gregorian University in Rome. During the 1970-1971 academic year he was a research fellow at Yale Divinity School. '
be an effort to educate charismatics on how to become more effective evangelists, as mandated by Pope Paul VI. "We in the Catholic charismatic renewal have been actively engaged in witnessing for the past 11 years. Now we want to learn how to be even more effective," Ranaghan said.
Dominican Tertiaries will meet at 7:30 tomorrow night at the Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Home, 1600 Bay St., Fall River. Members will attend Mass and discuss the first five chapters of St. Luke's gospel.
Registration information is available from 1978 National Charismatic Conference, CCEUND, Box W, Notre Dame, Ind. 46556.
"The happening-but-once is the eternity of the individual. For with his uniqueness he is engraved irrevocably in the heart Of the universe." - Martin Buber.
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Unique Individual THE HARVARD BOOK, traditionally awarded to outstanding juniors in participating schools, went this year to Bishop Stang High School's Caroline Sanford, presented by Harvard alumnus John Mercer, Stang science teacher.
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ST. WILUAM, FALL RIVER New Women's Guild officers were installed Tuesday. They include Mrs. Florence Synott, president; -Mm. Mary Williams, vice-president; Mrs. -Mae Smith, secretary; Mrs. Louise Viveiros, treasurer.
ST. PATRICK, SOMERSET Women's Guild members will attend an installation Mass at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 13, followed by a banquet at the Venus de Milo restaurant to which all parishioners are invited. Reservations are being accepted by Joanne Paquette, 674-3933 and the deadline is tomorrow. The Couples Club will sponsor a bus tour Sunday, June 11 to Mystic, Conn., leaving the Old Town Hall at 9 a.m. A day of recollection for parish men and women will be held from 1 to 9:30 J:.m. Sunday, June 11 at the Fisher House. An evening meal will be J:rovided. ST. PIUS X, SOUTH YARMOUTH The annual Women's Guild communion supper w:.u be held Tuesday, June 13 at the Camelot Room on Route 28 following 5 p.m. Mass at the church. Reservations may be made with Mary Bandara, 394-4916. The program will include a presentation by Sister Anne Bartholomew, SND, of Emmanuel College, and music by the Euphonians.
ST. MARY, MANSFIELD Parishioners have des. gnated Sunday, June 11 as a jay to honor retiring pastor Father John T. Higgins. A parish Mass will be offered at noon, followed from 4 to 7 p.m. by a re:eption in the hall at the rear of the church. All Father E:;gglns' friends from other paristes are invited to participate.in tile c.ay.
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I:TTLf.,BORO Altar hoys fHJll) thf" parish will join other Attleboro area servers at a Serra Club dinner tonight honorbg the youngsters' contributions to their parishes. SACRED HEART, FALL RIVER The TACT group will meet at 7 tonight in ':he parish center. Senior Citizens will take a bus trip to Hyannis Thursday, June 22. Tickets will be available at the group's next meeting, at 2:30 p.m. Monday in the school cafeteria.
ST. JOHN OF GOD, SOMERSET Holy Ghost Pensoes will be blessed after 7 p.m. Mass tomorrow and will be distributed starting at 8 a.m. Saturday, beginning the Holy Ghost celebra-. tion in the parish. Registration for CCD classes will take place from 10:30 a.m. ST. STANISLAUS, to noon Sunday, June 25. Those FALL RIVER to register are children going A nine-day prayer vigil is in ~ into first grc.de, parish newprogress in honol' of St. An- comers and candidates for conthony of Padua, conduding firmation. Tuesday, June 13, the saint's SS. PETER AI\D PAUL, feast. FALL RIVER The Men's Club will meet at Parish high school students 7 p.m. Sunday in the school. wiII meet in Father Coady CenThe group has made a contribu- ter tonight from 7 to 9 for tion towards new scho(J~ car- movies, sharing and a social. peting, while the Women's Permission slips for "Altar Guild has contributed '~o the Boy Day," at Cathedral Camp parish beautification project and must be submitted to the recnew altar cloths. tory by Saturday. Extra forms Seats are available for a 1979 are available. Holy Land pilgrimage ar.d furParishioners will take part in ther information is available at a cleanup of the Cook Pond fishthe rectory. ing area, Saturday. Workers will
receive certificates. . Retirees Club meetings will start at 1:30 p.m., beginning Tuesday, in Father Coady ~en颅 ter. At parochial路 school graduation exercises Sandra Jeffrey received the "outstanding pupil" award. Her activities included service as co-head cheerleader and Junior CYO vice-president. HOLY NAME, FALL RIVER The annual parish picnic will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, June 18 at St. Vincent de Paul Camp, Adamsville. The program will include an after-
noon Mass. Six seats are still available for an Aug. land 2 trip to a Boston Pops concert at Tanglewood. Information is available from the rectory. ST. LOUIS, FALL RIVER Third Order Franciscans will hold an open house at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 14 in the church hall on Bradford Avenue. ST. ANNE, FALL RIVER Exposition will take place after after 11 :30 a.m. Mass tomorrow and a holy hour will be offered from 2 to 3 p.m.
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