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~--------------(This is the first in a series . historic year came the great blessings of freedom to the Cathof articles on the history of Catholicism in America disolic Church. tributed by NC News Service Charles CarroN of Carrollton, a Marylander, and Thomas Fitzin cooperation with the NaSimons of Pennsylvania were tional Conference of Catholic prominent in the state convenBishops' Committee for the tions which led to decisive action Bicentennial.) committing their states to the (Rev. Thomas O'Brien Hanformation of a new nation. ley is the biographer of Two Irish-born Philadelphians, Charles CarrolI, editor of the General Stephen Moylan, aideJohn CarrolI Papers, and reside-camp to Gen. George Washdent Jesuit lecturer at Loyola ington, and Commodore John ColIege, Baltimore.) Barry, were among the more By REV. T. O. HANLEY, S.J. lIn 1776 Catholics in Maryland prominent Catholic military figand Pennsylvania were prepared ures in the war. From the heavily to play. distinguished roles in Catholic St. Mary's County came the Revolutionary War for In· a large number of soldiers in the dependence declared that year. famous Maryland Old Line conIn the first state constitutions tingent which averted the danger established by the ena of that of surrender by Washington in

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Father James F. McDermott Was Parish Priest 43 Years Rev. James F. McDermott, former pastor of St. Patrick Parish, Somerset, died unexpectedly on Monday afternoon, June 16. Having resigned the pastoral ministry of the Somerset parish just two weeks ago because of ill health, Father McDermott was recuperating from his latest illness at the time of his death. The Somerset pastor's body was brought to the parish rectory on Tuesday afternoon. Most Rev. James J. Gerrard, Auxiliary Bishop of Fall River, presided over the transferral of the body to the church on Wednesday afternoon. A solemn Mass of Christian Burial was concelebrated this

morning in the tiny Somerset church with Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River, as principal celebrant. Pastor of the Somerset parish since March, 1966, Father McDermott was born in Taunton on June 22, 1907. He is the son of the late Bernard and the late Margaret (Lynch) McDermott. . After attending Weir School and Taunton High School he pursued his studies at Boston College. He prepared for the priesthood at St. Bernard Seminary, Rochester, N. Y. Most Rev. James E. Cassidy, D.D., Third Bishop of Fall River, ordained him to the priesthood in St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, on May 21, 1932. Father McDermott served as assistant pastor at St. Joseph and Immaculate Conception Parishes in Fall River, and Holy Name, Parish, New Bedford. While in New Bedford, Father MoDermott was the initiator of the Miraculous Medal Novenas. His eloquent talks and stirring singing filled the church beyond capacity at three scheduled Monday services conducted for some four years. Bishop James L. Connolly, D.D., D.Sc.Hist., Fourth Bishop of Fall River, appointed Father McDermott as Administrator of S1. Peter Parish, Dighton, in 1956. T'NO year::: later, he appointed hiw a:; t.he Im.moing raGtor of [Jur JA.1.dy cf :f"Umfl. Parish, Swansea--a newpari51'j formed

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New York City. In 1776 many from the area went to the defense of Boston. Perhaps the culminating event for Catholics in both states in 1776 was the establishment of religious freedom through the adoption of constitutions which Carroll and FitzSimons helped establish. This was a cherished occasion for Catholics, particularly in Maryland. For until 1775 Catholics were forbidden to worship in public and excluded from voting and holding public office. The situation was better in Pennsylvania. Old St. Joseph's in Philadelphia had been open to' Catholic worship since the 1730s. But there was no more security for the future there than in Turn to Page Fifteen

Set Eucharistic Congress For Philadelphia in - '76 His Excellency, the Most Reverend Daniel A. Cronin, Bishop of Fall River, has appointed Rev·· erend John J. Oliveira, Secretary to the Bishop, as the Diocesan Coordinator for the 41st International Eucharistic Congress to be held in Philadelphia. The 41st International Eucharistic Congress, a major spiritual assembly (jf world Catholics, will be held August 1 through August 8, 1976. It will be the first time in fifty years that a Eucharistic Congress has been held in the United States. More than one million people are expected to atte.nd.

Father Oliveira participated in a meeting the first week of June at St. Charles Seminary, Overbrook, Pa. which was attended by more than 120 Diocesan Coordinators from all over the United States. His Eminence, John Cardinal Krol, Chairman of the Board of Governors for the Congress; welcomed the priests and spoke to them of the importance of the Eucharist in the life of the priest and in the life of the Christian. His Eminence noted that the concentration of endeavors was not for the week of the Congress itself, but for a year of spiritual

preparation leading to renewed fervor for the Eucharist, a new love and devotion for the Blessed Sacrament. Lawrence Cardinal Shehan, former Archbishop of Baltimore, was the principal celebrant of· the liturgy each day. The two day meeting dealt with many aspects of the Eucharistic Congress. Reverend Walter J. Conway, Executive Secretary, provided an overview and discussed the role and responsibilities of a Diocesan Coordinator. The Most Reverend Eugene A. Marino, Auxiliary Bishop of Turn to Page Four

Committee Denies Modernization Plans For St. Anne's Hospital in Fall River The Area Review Committee of the Fall River Area Council of Region VII, Comprehensive Health Planning, Inc. has recommended the denial of the Certificate of Need for the proposed St. Anne's Hospital construction project as presently stated. The Monday night meeting in Fall River's YMCA provoked a great deal of discussion concerning the repol't's contents and meaning in relation to its final recommendation for St.· Anne's Hospital's current Certification of Need. Attorney William Regan, attorney for St. Anne's Hospital, spoke in rebuttal to what he called inaccuracies and editorializing that is included in this report. Mr. Regan and other repre-

sentatives of St. Anne's Hospital indica'ted that they feU some of the statistics quoted and information presented in this report could be interpreted in different ways. Due' to -the importance of this project to St. Anne's Hospital's future in the delivery of health care to the Greater Fall River Area, it was felt that this report could ul<timately lead to an un-

fair denial of the Cel'tificate of Need for the replacement of the older facility at S1. Anne's Hospital. On several points the Review Committee did indicate that they did not intend the report to be interpreted as it had been, but Attorney Regan felt that their report, since it could be interpreted in a more detrimental Turn to Page Five

Prayer Groups Convocation Prayer groups in the Fall River diocese will hold a Charismatic Convocation at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 22 at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River. Bishop Cronin will preside and Rev. Cornelius J. O'Neill, diocesan coordinator for prayer groups, will be chief con· celebrant for Mass, assisted by other priests of the diocese as.. sociated with the charismatic prayer movement. All other priests are also invited to concelebrate. Turn to Page Twelve

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BISHOP CRONIN INSTALLS PROVINCIAL OFFICERS: On Saturday afternoon , Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of .the Diocese of Fall River, installed the Provincial Officers of the Sisters of Providence, St. Raphael Province.. Left photo: Bishop conducts ceremony of installation for, Sr. Thomasine Griffin, S.P., foreground, the new provincial with Mother Mary ~egnier, S.P., Superior General, far left. Right photo: Principals of the '

Priest Offers f'ather's Mass Rev. Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, pa&tor of Our Lady of Angels' Parish, Fall River, was' the principal celebrant of a Mass for Christian Burial on Tuesday, June 17, offered for his father, Antonio J. Gomes, who died on .Tune 13. Mr. Gomes, 89, was born in Madeira, the son of the late Manuel J. and the late Augusta ,Gomes. He came to the U. S. in 1910 and retired as a loomfixer in Taunton in 1960. He i& survived by his wife, Maria, N.· Baptista Gomes, Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, two other sons, a brother, a 'sister and four grandchildren. Most Rev. James J. Gerrard, Auxiliary Bishop of Fall River, led a large delegation of diocesan priests at the funeral on Tuesday morning at Holy Family Church in Taunton and presided over the Committal Prayers'.

Nec'rology JUNE 27 Rev. John Corry, 1863, Founder, St. Mary, Taunton; Founder, St. Mary, Fall River Rev. Dario Raposo, 1933, Pastor, Our Lady of LOurdes, Taunton JUNE 28 Rev. Thomas C. Gunning, 1947, Assistant, St. Lawrence' I New Bedford JUNE 30 Rev. Alphonse Reniere, O.P., 1961, Dominican Priory, Fall River JULY 2

Rev. Gerard A. Boisvert, 1967, Assistant, Notre Dame, Fall River JULY 3

Rev. Thomas P. Doherty, 1942, Pastor, St. Kilian, New Bedford

installation ceremony, Sr. Eileen Mary Cunningham, S.P., new Provincial, Councillor; Sr. Anna Rose Harrington, S.P., outgoing provincial; Mother Mary Piur Regnier, S.P., Superior General from St. Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana; Bishop Cronin, installing prelate and homilist at the Mass; Sr. Thomasine Griffin, S.P., newly installed provincial; Sr. Eileen Ann Kelley, S.P., newly elected councillor.

Doctor Says Naturl!'l Family, Planning Is Not 'Vatican Roulette' WASHINGTON (NC)-Natural family planning is not "Vatican Roulette," a leading obstetrician and gynecologist told a Hou&e subcommittee. New methods of natural family planning are "as effective as many artificial methods and more accurate than most," ac<:'ording to Dr. WilHam Lynch of Boston, chairman of the science committee of the Human Lif.e Foundation, who has spoken in the Falll River diocese several times. The Human Life Foundation was established in 1968 by the the American Catholic bishops to sponsor research and education in natural family planning. Dr. Lynch testified before the House appropriations subcommittee .on behalf of proposed govemment funding of research in natural fami~y planning. The testimony came about two weeks after Sen. Birch Bayh (D-Ind.),chairman of a Senate subcommittee hearing tetimony on proposed constitutional amendments to prohibit abortion, caUed on the Department of Health, Education and Welfare to increase research in both natural and artificial methods of birth control as an alternative to abt>tlion. ~Dr. Philip Corfman, ~irector of the Center for Population Research of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, has requested $1 million a year for natural family Dr. Lynch said COl"1fman has called natural 'fami:y planning "highly effective" and that Dr. Louis Hellman, deputy .._.III1"""'",,,n,.,,"..,,,,,,,,,,,,,,",..,,,,,,,',,,,Il,.,,,...."'0I1..... THE ANCHOR Second Class Postage Paid at Fall' River; Mass. Published every Thursday at 410 Highland Avenue, Fall River, Mass. 02722 by the Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River. Subscription price by mail, postpaid $5.00 per year. _~

assistant secretary of Health, Education and Welfare for population, has called it "acceptable." Dr. Lynch told the subcommittee that natural family planning is the subject of work by serious scientists and teaohers from all over the world. He noted that the Human Life Foundation in early May had hosted a conference on natural family planning that included members of the Ford Foundation, Rockefeller'; Foundation, Population Counc·il, Family Planning .International Assistance, the U. S. Agency for International Development, the National Institute of Child Health and Development and the World Health Organization. "People talk about 'rhythm'rhythm was 1926," Lynch told NC News. Four Indicators He sa'id the most modern method of natural family planning involves a combination of .four dif.ferent indicators of ovu:fation and a six-month program of education for a couple. This program helps a woman and her husband to understand the women's own system, he said. Dr. Lynch said the latest combination form of family planning ,involves: -Temperature rhythm which indi<:ates when ovulation ha& taken place,

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THE WORD GOES OUT: Mimeograph machine purchased by Rev. Donald Bowen of the Soceity of St. James the Apostle with funds from the people of the Fall River diocese is truly an instrument of apostolate as it produces material for use in catechetical efforts among Indians of Bolivian

altiplano. Left, mimeograph in use; center, catechists study "reflection sheets" which aid missioners in understanding attitudes, opinions and lives of people; right, parishioners participate in prayers and songs of liturgy contained in new hymnals produced by mimeograph. .

Did You Ever Wonder Where 'Second Collection' Money Goes BY REV. DONALD J. BOWEN father Bowen is a priest of the fall River diocese who is serving with the Society of St. St. James the Apostle in Oruro, Bolivia.

people themselves. We call it a major effort because such a hymnal plays a much greater role in the life and faith of the people here than it might perhaps among people in the diocese of Fall River. To a great extent the people of the campo are on the border of illiteracy with really nothing in the way of reading or book learning as a part of their daily lives.

During the' year special "second collections" become almost a fact of life in every parish on many Sundays. Equally certain for most. if not all, of these second collections is the general As a result their faith is anonymity attached to them and learned and expressed in large the lack of knowledge on the part by oral tradition and song, part of contributing parishioners so that a hymnal such as this as to the final destiny and use serves asa primary' source of of their donations. With that . teaching, reinforcing, and handcondition comes undoubtedly a ing on their faith throughout the consequent lack of motivation community. One really comes to on behalf of those being asked appreciate the didactic value of to give. liturgy in a situation like his. In the present article, thereCursillo Resumes fore, with its accompanying picFor. the first time we were tures an attempt is being made to overcome such a deficiency also able to place in the hands and show, in at least one case, of our catechists daily resumes' a direct, dose, and concrete of the classes being conducted connection between the diocese in the course of our cursillos. of Fall River and the fruits of Once again this helped to overits generosity in ,the mission come a severe limitation among work of Bolivia 'as the the an- a people who have great diffinual Latin American Collection culty writing and almost no cais scheduled for all parishes in pacity for putting down anythe diocese on the weekend of thing like well ordered .notes. With these resumes they now June 28 and 29. Over the course of the last have a means at hand for better year we received from Bishop study and review of what is Cronin and the people of the di- presented to them in their classes ocese $1,000 from the Latin with us. American Fund to assist us in To aid in the running of the some aspect of our missionary weekly Bible Celebrations the efforts. The money was used in mimeograph machine has also the purchase of 'a mimeograph enabled us to prepare a . long machine to answer a growing cycle of biblical texts with a need in our catechetical work suggested sypnosis of themes throughout the "campo." With 'and accompanying instructions. the purchase of that machine a Once more, this was something real tie was made between the heretofore lacking, a handicap sacrifices of the people in the for them as well as for us. It diocese and the Indian folk here meant leaving catechists on their in the sltiplano of Bolivi~. own to haphazardly select pasThrough the good works of the sages from the Old or New Tesmimeograph it can justly be said tament, often with no rhyme or now that THE WORD GOES reason and 'almost always with OUT . . . FROM YOU TO US. very limited undertaking of The first major effort from their selections. Now they have the mimeograph was the produc- at their disposal carefully chosen tion of a hymnal in Quecha. (the texts ordered to the course of native Indian language spoken the year, their life-situations in here) containing the Mass .and the campo, and the doctrines about 50 hymns composed by the learned in their cursillos.

About once every three months we have a general meet· ing of catechists from all the pueblos. We are now able to enhance the effectiveness of 'these meetings by preparing ahead of time what we call "reflection sheets" touching on various questions, problems, and needs arising from our continuing ministry in the campo. This helps our catechists concretize their own awareness of what is happening in their pueblos, and is also of great value in putting us in closer touch with their attitudes, their opinions, and their lives.

there has been continued evidence .of hard pressed sales of arms and weapons of war throughout South America. It renders easy the conclusion that this appears to be the only interest which North America has here in Latin America, prof.iteering at the expense of a poor people.

The Latin American collection, then, offers a prime opportunity to help change that image. In· stead of presenting a hand reaching out to take, the people in the diocese of Fall River can once again show their readiness to present a hand reaching out Recently the image of the' to give help, a hand extended in United States has suffered some a true spirit of Christian broth· setbacks here in Latin America. 'erhood. Ma,rshall McLuhan has First there was the very sensi· wr·itten that "the medium is the tive and suspicious case of pos- message." And in this case it is sible CIA involvement in the never more true. For the medium overthrow of a popular govern- which becomes the message is ment in Chile. Then there was your love, your generosity, your the controversial Law of Com- sincerity, your interest in the merce passed by Congress that lives and concerns of the people struck here just as another in here in Latin America. This ultia series of prejudicial and ex- mately is the word that goes ploitative measures against the out from you to us: "You are struggling economies of devel- our brothers in Christ." Muchas oping nations. Next came the gracias de todos nosotros aqui banana scandal in Honduras, uncovered only a couple of months ago, which deepened mistrust of American economic imperialism. WEST FALMOUTH

At about the same time it was announced that Secretary of State Henry Kissinger had cancelled his intended visit to'South America ... for the third time. All of these had the effect of creating among many of the people here in South America a feeling that the United States doesn't really care for them. And if there was still any doubt

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Eucharist Continued from Page OnE: Washington. is chairman of the Committee on Spiritual Renewal and Preparation for the Congress. He provided the coordinators with suggestions on fostering Eucharistic devotion ip their own dioceses. His Excellency, the Most Reverend Martin H. Lohmuller, Executive Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors, explained the organization of the Congress to participants. Throughout the two-day meeting, the coordinators made helpful suggestions regarding the schedule of preparations for the Congress. The Executive Committee was anxious to receive the comments of the Diocesan Coordinators and proposals were varied. The theme for the Congress i5 "The Eucharist and the Hungers . of the Human Family." A regional meeting of coordinators will take place in the Fall to further preparation for the Congress itself.

Congratulations Congratulations are in order for graduates of all levels of academic achievement. Those who have come to the terminal of their education now enter the arena of putting ideas into practice and working changes for the better in the nation. Those who have completed one phase of the educational process and are entering another can be cautioned to take not only a short range view of what they wish to accomplish but to keep in mind the long-range goals of life. What they do in the next few years will be an investment for a long life and will have impact on themselves and the community in which they involve themselves for generations to come.

Chaos Confounded The suggestion has been made-not completely facetiously, either-that the whole country needs to go on vacation. True, most people are weary and frightened with the long litany of woes and troubles and conflicts at home and路 abroad. But no one can resign too easily from the human race, nor should one be too willing to slough off responsibilities. Perhaps there could be an answer in a lowering of voices and a greater willingness to listen as well as to talk. Perhaps the answer to much of the dissension and conflict lies in a rather old-fashioned concept-a greater measure of courtesy and politeness, a. greater measure of charity. When bitterness enters the picture then there is polarization and the pitting of person against person, group against group. But where there is kindness and courtesy then there is at least a platform of civility on which people of varying viewpoints can meet and talk with some degree of reasonableness. The alternative to this is chaos further confounded.

Utter Freedom A noted civil-liberties lawyer and a long-time opponent of censorship, Morris Ernst, has declared that he would not choose "to live in a society without limits to freedom." He said, "I deeply resent the idea that the lowest common denominator, the most tawdry magazine, pandering for profit, to use the Supreme Court word, should be able to compete in the marketplace with no restraint." He called the present "display of sex and sadism both on-the streets and on the stage as cheap." He has indicated that the big problem is where to draw the line but said that a line should be drawn. This is an impressive attitude coming from the man who has championed many literary works against censorship. Mr. Ernst said that in every one of his cases argued in court he has made it clear to the jUdge that "I would hate to live in a world with utter freedom" and by "utter freedom" he explained that he meant loose moral behavior .standards concerning sex on stage and on the street. This attitude of Mr. Ernst is a far cry from the fare that is being dished up in many a stage and screen production now. The attitude of many now is to see just how far they can go and the results are disgusting and offensive to both tastes and morals. Perversion and violence and sex are being depicted in such minute and clinical detail that it takes a strong stomach simply to peruse the ads for these presentations. . . Such "utter freedom"-as Mr. Ernest calls it-is indeed a distateful world.

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The Runa'!Jays There is hardly a highway you can travel today on which you do not pass a young boy or girl hitchhiking their way to somewhere. For many of them the road leads to nowhere. They are today's runaway children. It is estimated by those who must cope with such statistics that this year kicks and a good time. An honest attempt was made to find alone over one million boys :.out why the runaway problem and girls under the age of路 is reaching such alarming proeighteen will flee their homes 路and take to the road. So great is the problem of the runaway child that the Department of Health, Education and Welfare will this year allot over five million dollars to provide shelters and counseling centers to aid and rehabilitate the runaway . 'Child. The plight of these children is but another certain indictment of our society and its lack of social values and morals. In a recent broadcast of the C.B.S. program Sixty Minutes a sincere attempt was made to bring to light this growing prob1em in our land, searching for reasons. trying for answers. In a very real way the superficial was avoided that viewing audiences might not conclude that these young people who take to the road are just looking for

portions. To be sure, some of the young people interviewed were superficial in their reasoning. However by far. the major~ ity rendered a terrible account of what is happening to family life in this land. The hasic fact emerged in the television interview that a large percentage of the children who take to the highway are the products of broken homes and divorced parents. They search for a mother or father for help, direction and love and only see a man or woman who could care less ahout them. Taken up in the self seeking pursuit of doing their own thing, seeking a .new boy friend or girl friend, so many parents of runaway children have little concern for their own flesh and blood.

Parents Who Do Not Care In the nature of the future shock events of today there are parents who do care and whose chiidTen for some reason or other just decided to imitate the "easy riders" of our society. From all statistics this is not the case with the greater num:ber ot mnaways. n.e vast rnajority uf peopllt

in this nation just can't understand or do not want to understand the problems of young people who are shifted from foster home .to foster home, who must seek shelter and life support with an unknown aunt or uncle or who are just dumped on the highway by the passing parent speeding on hi& or her

Continued from Page One erset. and St. Michael Par-ish, Ocean 路Grove. Father McDermott saw more than simply a new church, new rectory, expanded parking lot in Swansea. Under his leadership the parish became more than a child of parent parishes. Well inspired, guided and organized. the Swansea parishioners became leaders in their own right. In 1966, Father McDermott 'moved to the neighboring town and took up his duties as pastor of St. Patrick Parish, Somerset. Experiencing tremendous growth over the years. the Somerset parish has attempted to keep pace with the many interests of more involved and dedicated laity. Father McDermott brought the liturgical directives of the Second Vatican Council into the lives of his parishioners with a beautifully restored viUage church with its inspiring new stained glass windows.

own selfish way of life. It is truly a sad page in.. the social development and the moral values of our age when so many . have become so accustomed to the easy and quickie divorce that not only shatters personalities but also destroys families, parents and young people as well. As the courts legislate easier and less complicated divorce pJ;'oceedures and as the American people ~s a whole view marriage today as a mere af,ternoon soap opera, we can expect not a decrease but rather an increase in the numbers of young boys and girls who become in most circumstances the unwitting victims of their parents' selfishness. The outlook for the future as far as the runaways of this land is concerned is indeed pessimistic. . Even among those who might be allowed to be born into today's permissive society there is now for many of them no guarantee of the love and support of a mother and a father who really care. Already they are tomorrow's runaways.

Continued from Page One 'tone, could be a serious threat to St. Anne's Hospital's future. At this meeting, the report was not approved hut a vote was taken only to receive it. Another motion was made to approve the recommendations included in 'the ~eport, but this motion was not acted upon after a but tabled only great deal of discussion until anuther meeting which is to he held on .Monday, June 23, 1975 to continue the discussion on these matters. This comprehensive health planning process has many stages. Currently this Certificate of Need is at the lowest stage in the process. The Fall River Area Review Committee, chaired by Henry Ashworth, has presented its report to the Fall River Area Council, chaired by Joseph Feitelberg. The Area Council is the body that ·is now deliberating on this information and it in turn will recommend to the Region VII, Regional Board Review Committee. This last committee in turn recommends to the B Agency, who in turn recommends to the Massachusetts Public Health Council. Two other agencies recommend to the- Public Health Coun-

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Deny Hospital Plans to St. Anne's at St. Anne's Hospital are underutilized, "2. The plans for space allocated to outpatient, administrative and ancillary services are inadequate; "3. The committee is concerned about the magnitude of the physical project as related

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Sister Zelie A Mass of Christian Burial was concelebrated at the Cenacle Convent, Brighton, for Sister Zelie Nadeau, a former member of Holy Name parish, East Taunton. The former Dora Nadeau entered the Congregation of the Retreat of Our Lady in the Cenacle over 30 years ago. iShe leaves a brother, Rev. Henry Nadeau, SSE., five sisters, Julia, Edna, Harriet, Rita, Sister Una Nadeau, S.U.S.C., and severals nephews and nieces, one of whom is Sister Grace Martin, S.U.S.C.

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Mom's Only One Wh1o, Can Clealn, Match- Sox, Weed,' The Gospel tells us to use the special talents given us, not to hide our light under a bushel. I feel I've been exceedingly blessed, for in recent years I have learned of many gifts that are mine. My family has encouraged me in expressing these talents. In must be some mysteri· fact, it is through their ef- ousThere talent hidden in communicat· forts that I have learned I ing o'n the phone. Not only am I have these unique abilities. the' one who has the ability to I always believed that some abilities were common to all people. Yet I find that my big, beautiful, brilliant family can't

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hold a candle to some of my talents. For instance, not one of them has my artistic acuity. I am the only one who has that keen . sense of color to figure out that in folding sox you match the blue one with another blue one, or that sharp sense of perspec-' tive that distinguishes between a knee sock arid an ankle sock. All five of my daughters will fold laundry, but not one of them can match the sox. Loose sox can accumulate t.() a mountain, till I have time to do them. Only One I'm' the only one - who can clean a dirty frying pan. No matter who does the dishes, if a frying pan is part of the mess it will still be on the stove when the rest of the kitchen has been cleaned. I've tried to share this marvelous ability with them. I've demonstrated how to scrub a frying pan to all, many times. Still the expertise eludes them. Should I die before my husband, I'm afraid he'll follow me the first time he needs medicine from the drug store. While he can make intricate, crucial business calls, he finds it impossible to re-order a prescription from the pharmacy.

Mother Teresa Delegate To Women's Conference VATICAN CITY (NC)-The Vatican's eight-member delegation to the United Nationssponsored World Conference of , the International Women's Year will include Mother Teresa of Calcutta, foundress of the Missionaries of Charity, the Vatican has announced. The international conference will be held in Mexico City. Mother Teresa, an Albanian nun born in what now is Yugoslavia, is widely known for her ,works of charity among the world's neediest and the dying. Nuns of the community she founded work in depressed areas and urban slums around the globe. T,he Vatican's delegation to the conference will be headed by Bishop Ramon Torrella Cascante, vice-president of the Pontifical Justice and P~ace Commission.

read the little numbers on the prescription bottle, but I am also the only one who can transmit to the pizzeria what combination we want on the pie. I'm the only one who can return something to a store. No matter who bought it, no matter how badly damaged it is, the only member of my family who can make an exchange or get our money back is me. While ,some of my family are wizards at mechanics, putting a cap back on a tooth-paste tube is a maneuver only I can manage. To assure that I can find the cap, they save it for me ... in a little glob of tooth paste stuck to the sink. THEY NEVER FORGET: William H. Jenks, 43, is congratulated by Jesuit Father John While they all can unwrap a birthday gift, not one has the E. Brooks, president of Holy Cross College, Worcester, Mass., which awarded Jenks an talent to unwrap a roll of tissue honorary doctorate. Applauding are Charles E. F. Millard, a friend of Jenks and Dr. Wiland put it on the roller in the liam Ziobro, assistant dean. Jenks was paralyzed from the neck down during a summer bathroom. cruise with the college's Navy ROTC in 1951, after completing his freshman year. Faculty My three boys are all six members have kept in touch with Jenks through tqe years. He has been a parish council footers and show marvelous exmember, salesman and basketball coach. NC Photo. pertise in basketball, yet they miss the laundry hamper by three rooms. Only I can score a two point shot with a dirty shirt. CHICAGO (NC) - Auxiliary The consortium is a commu"Surely it is clear that when Poor Mom I am the only one who can Bishop John Sherlock of London, nications enterprise among worn- 'the door of the last religious distinguish a weed from a plant. ,Canada, u'rged some 600 nuns en Religious superiors and or- hospital closes on this continent, Not that they haven't tried. I've here recently not to give in to ders, aimed at the "authentic" the last effective institutional worked with them, showing them modern anti-institutional preju- renewal of Religious life ,"ac- health care voice raised to delike if it's growing well, it's dice but to stay in their tradi- cording to the documents of fend the right to life of the untional apostolates of "health Vatican Council II ..' . and all born will be stilled. When that probably a weed. care, social welfare' and educa- subsequent pontifical directives." voice is stilled then the assault On this particular talent, I In his address Bishop Sherlock will begin by the protagonists decided I was coaching them too tion." "To be insti,tutional is to be rejected the argument that the of euthanasia. Already they have closely. They had to, learn to make decisions in their own. As human in its social dimensions," increasing involvement of civil identified the enemy" as the long as I was hovering over he told the Sisters, who were governments in the- fieldS of Catholic Church. them, they'd never develop the gathered' for the third interna- health, education and welfare independence to make observa- tional assembly of the Consor- ,has made those areas unnecestions, formulate conclusions, and tium Perfectae Caritatis (Con- sary as Religious apostolates. so~tium of Perfect Love). act. During the three-day assembly "It may indeed be legitimate," I sent several of them out to the Sisters also heard a French he said, "to abandon works weed, while I folded the moun· cardinal and several theologians which were undertaken solely to tain of sox. .•• Cleansers • •• stre'ss the primacy of faith and fill a gap left solely by the imThey uprooted things, one by 94 TREMONT STREET the eucharistic presence in Re- potence of civil authority but one, brought them in to me, and ligious life, and discuss the role surely it is rare that such works TAUNTON, MASS. sought my counsel. "In the garof women Religious in the can be satisfactorily replaced by Tel. 822-0621 den; or in the garbage?" Church. secular initiative. . . I've also noticed that while they are all capable of earning, saving, and spending money under a myriad of circumstances, I'm the only one who has any money when the collection plate is passed in church. So I pray that their talents, too, may shine ... and give them a little help along the way. ACTIVITIES INCLUDE Of course, I'm not perfect. I WATER SKIING TENNIS ARCHERY ,am unable, to start the lawn BOATING BASEBALL BASKETBALL mower, change '8 flat, or mix CAMPCRAFT SOFTBALL GOLFING a drink.

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Fall Styl,es Inclu:d,e Capes, Orie'ntal Ja'ckets, Kim:oln·os

Recently fashion leaders from all over the east coast jammed a showing of 200 years of fashion in America. Fashion has always looked backwards for inspiration and direction, so it's no surprise that people whose business is fashion would find AmeriOther indications from New ca's history in this field so York's Seventh Avenue, the na· exciting. While Paris has al- tion's garment center, are that ways claimed to be the style capes will continue to be very

capital of the world it was in America that fashion became available to all, not only the rich. Americans design fm our own life style (as hectic as it

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might be) and they realize that the American woman wants fashion that she can afford, while stilI retaining her identity as an individual. Europe may claim to be the cultural center of style but it is in the United States that "readyto-wear" began. Only in the past decade has "fashion for everyone" became a small part of Europe's custom fashion industry. Previously only the women of the continent who could afford it had the opportunity to buy designers' clothes while are average woman had either to find a little dressmaker or become one herself. Future Fashions Part of the New York show was a parade of future fashions for fall of '75, staged by the leaders of American ready-towear. All indications are that hemlines are coming down and that this longer Jook will be accepted by women of fashion.

Glenmary Missioners Elect New President FAIRFIELD '(NC) - Father Robert Co Berson, 51, was elected president of the Glenmary Home Missioners for a second term. He previously held the post from 1965 to 1971. A native of Cincinnati, he has served in the Virginia and Geor· gia missions and for the past year has been studying in Rome. His ejection took place at the society's general -chapter June 2-11 at Glenmary headquarters here in Ohio. His term of office will last four years. He replaces Father Charles M, Hughes, president since 1971, who will return to the missions in Arkansas.

New Bedford Religious Dies in Motherhouse Sister Alma Robert, COS,C" a fanner teacher dn New Bedford schools, 'has died at her community's motherhouse in St. Laurent, Quebec. A New Bedford native, she was a member of St. Anne's parish at the time she entered religious life. She served in New Hampshire schools as well as in her native dty. She is survived by two sisters, Miss Aurore Robert of Montreal and Mrs. Laura V,iens of New Bedford.

important, especially hooded ones. Some very attractive capes win be worn over matching skirts, while the skirts will be topped with hip length sweaters. There will be a lot of Orientallooking jackets and kimono coats, as well as that ever popular wrap-around or tie-belted. These short jackets lend them- '. selves to the layered look that is also still around, or as toppings for slacks. The shoes for this longer look are high heeled and strappe~, or very small heeled and sleek looking. Boots will also be worn with below the knee fashions, and it looks as if you'll be warm and cozy next winter. While it seems a bit ridiculous to be talking of fall fashions before summer is even upon us, isn't that the American way of always looking ahead?

Handling of Refugees Called ISloppyl WASHINGTON (NC) - The Administration's handling of the evacuation and resettlement of V.ietnamese and Cambodian refugees has been "sloppy" and indecisive, a Senate subcommittee report ·has charged. The Administration remained "virtually paralyzed" for almost two months after President Ford's announcement April 10 that the United States intended to evacuate "tens of thousands of South Vietnamese," the report said. The subcommittee also charged that few on the intergovernmental agency task force named by the President to handle the ref· ugee situation "apparently appreciated or understood the role of the voluntary agencies in ref· ugee resettlement-despite the constant reference to them by task force members."

Boys Town Alumni To Meet July 25 BOYS TOWN (NC)-The na· tional convention of the Boys Town Alumni Association IS scheduled for July 25-27, it was announced by Harlan J. Vogt of Omaha, president of the National Alumni Association. The convention, held every other year at Boys Town, is expected to attract several hundred alumni and their families from around the country. Edwin Novotny, National Alumni Board member, is convention chairman.

SETON RELIC REVERENCED: Daughters of Charity reverence a relic of Blessed Elizabeth Seton, founder of their order, at the Provincial House in Emmitsburg, Md. A special altar where her remains were placed in a small casket is being renovated at the site. An -inter-denominational choir from Emmitsburg has been invited to sing at the canonization of Mother Seton at St. Peter's Basilica in September. NC Photo.

Marty,red Archbishop Remains of Blessed Oliver Plunkett Taken to Ireland ROME (NC) - Major relics of Blessed Oliver Plunkett, the martyred 17th-eentury archbishop of Armagh and primate of Ireland, have been given by the Benedictine monks of Downside Abbey in England to the cathedral of Armagh according to the postulator of Blessed Oliver's canonization cause. The relics had been at Down. side for 100 years. They were taken to Ireland by Auxiliary Bishop Francis Lenny of Armagh and Msgr. John Hanly, vicerector of the Irish College in Rome and postulator. He is due to be canonized Oct. 12. In an interview with NC News, Msgr. Hanley said: "In the name of the Idsh peopIe, I wish to express our profound gratitude to the Benedictine monks. First, to Benedictine Father Maurus Corker, who was under senten~e of <!eath with Blessed Oliver but never executed. He was the friend and aide of the archbishop during the time of his imprisonment. Secondly, to the monks for preserving " for a Imost .~~O"\) years. th es€ reliCS Thirdly, for shar.ing the relics with Ireland, And finally for preserving 15 letters and notes from Blessed Oliver to Father Maurus."

Oliver Plunkett was martyred during a persecution of Irish Catholics under King Charles II of England. He was hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn Gate, London, in 1681 after a mock trial during which the principal witness for the prosecution perjured himse'lf, as he later admitted. Plunkett's friend, Father Corker, arranged that his dismem· bered remains be buried in a London churchyard. His head was taken to Rome and later to Drogheda, Ireland, by Archbishop Hugh McMahon, Blessed Oliver's successor in the See of Armagh. Father Corker later exhumed the body and took ft to the abo bey of Lamspringe, Germany. Two hundred years later the relics were tak~n to Downside. Just before his death the martyr wrote, "And, being first among the Irish, I will teach others. with the grace of God, by example, not to fear death." Pope Benedict XV pronounced Oliver 'Plunkett blessed on May

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Cape Visit for Belfast Children Fifty-four nine to ll-year-olu youngsters from Belfast, Northern Ireland, together with three adult chaperones, will arrive at Logan Airport in Boston on Thursday, June 26 for a six-week visit with families on Cape Cod. The children, about half of them Protestant and half Catholic, are being brought to the U.S. under the auspices of Cape Irish Children's Charity, a group formed with the cooperation of Protestant and Catholic clergy on Cape Cod for the purposes of giving the youngsters a reprieve from war conditions In their homeland and witnessing to the fa·ct that interfaith activity is a possible goal for Irish children and daults. Ecumenical Committee The local project had its inspiration from a program last summer in Hibbing, Minn. and was spearheaded on the Cape by Rev. George Cobbett of St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Barnstable. Assisting Father Cobbett on the executive committee are Rev. John Andrews, St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis; Rev. Carl G. Carlozzi, St. Christopher's Episcopal Church, Chatham; Rev.. George Coleman, Our Lady of Victory Church, Centerville; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Knight, S1. Mary's Episcopal .Church, Barnstable;

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EAST BREWSTER IMMACULATE CONCEYfION ,Schedule runs June 28 - Labor Day Masses: Sunday-8:00, 9:30, 11:00 A.M. Saturday Eve.-4:30 and 6:00 P.M.

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ONSET ST. MARY-STAR OF THE SEA Masses: Sunday-8:30. 9:30, 10:30, 11:30 A.M. Saturday-6:30 P.M. Daily 9:00 A.M. Confessions: Saturday-3:30-4:30 P.M. and after 6:30 P.M. Mass

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OUR Lo\DY OF VICTORY Masses: Sunday-7:00. 8:15, 9:30, 10:45, 12 noon Saturday Eve.-5:00 and 7:30 P.M. Daily-7:00 and 9:00 A.M. First Fridays-UItreya-8:00 P.M. First Friday Masses at 7:00 and 9:00 A.M.

WEST BARNSTABLE OUR LADY OF HOPE Masses: Sunday-S:45 and 10 A.M. Saturday Eve.-4:30 P.M.

CENTRAL VILLAGE ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST Masses: Sund.,y-8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 A.M. Daily-9:00 A.M.

Sunday Masses Parish Hall: 9:30 and 10:30 A.M.

CHATHAM HOLY REDEEMER Masses: Sunday-8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 A.M. Saturday Evening-5:00 P.M. Daily-S:OO A.M.

SOUTH CHATHAM OUR LADY OF GRACE Masses: Sunday-8:30, 9:30, 10:30, 11:30 A.M. Saturday Eve.-7:00 P.M. Daily-9:00 A.M.

EAST FALMOUTH ST. ANTHONY Masses: Sunday-7:30, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 A.M. Saturday Eve.-5:00 &: 7:30 P.M. . Daily-8:00 J\.M.

EAST FREETOWN OUR LADY OF THE ASSUMYfION CHAPEL Masses: Sunday-9:00, 11:00 A.M. Saturday Eve.-6:30 P.M. DaiIy-8:00 A.M.

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EDGARTOWN ST. ELIZABETH Schedule begins June 14 Masses: Sunday-9:00, 10:30 A.M. Saturday Eve.-4:00 • 7:00 P.M. Daily-8:00 A.M. (Mon.-Fri.) Confessions-Saturday 2:30 - 3:30 P.M.

FALMOUTH ST. PATRICK Schedule effective weekend of June 28·29 Masses: Sunday-7:00. 9:00, 10:00, 11:15 and 5:30P.M. Saturday Eve-5:30 and 7:00 P.M. Daily-7:00 A.M. - Saturdays 8:00 A.M.

FALMOUTH HEIGHTS ST. THOMAS CHAPEL Schedule effective weekend of June 28-29 Masses: Sunday-8:oo. 9:00, 10:00, 11:15 A.M. Saturday--4:30 P.M. Daily-8:00 A.M.

CHURCH OF THE VISITATION Masses: Sunday-8:30, 9:30, 10:30, 11:30 A.M. Saturday Eve.-5:oo and 7:00 P.M.

OSTERVILLE OUR LADY OF THE ASSUMPTION Masses: Sunday-7:00, 8:30, 10:00, 11:30 AM. Saturday Eve.-5:00 and 7:30 P.M. Daily-7:00 A.M. Confessions: Saturday-4:00· 5:00 P.M.

SANTUIT ST. JUDE'S CHAPEL Masses: Sunday-7:30, 9:00 and 10':30 A.M. Saturday-5:00 P.M. Confessions: Saturday--4:15 -5:00 P.M.

MASHPEE QUEEN OF ALL SAINTS Masses: Sunday-7:00, 8:30, 10:00, 11:30 A.M. Saturday Eve.-5:00 and 7:30 P.M. Confessions: Saturday--4:I5· 5:00 P.M.

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Masses: Sunday-7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00, 12:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. Saturday Eve.-5:00 and 7:30 P.M. Daily-7:00 A.M. and 12:10 P.M.

YARMOUTHPORT SACRED HEART Masses: Sunday-9:00 AM. Saturday Eve.-5:00 P.M.

MARION ST. RITA Masses: Sunday-8:30, 10:00 AM.

Saturday Eve.-5:00 P.M. Daily-8:30 A.M. Friday-Benediction & Rosary 7:00 P.M. .

POCASSET ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST Schedule begins June 22 Masses: Sunday-7:30, 8:30, 9:30,10:30, 11:30A.M. Saturday Eve.-5:00 and 7:00 P.M. Daily-7:30 A.M. Confessions: Saturday - 4:00 - 4:45 P.M. and following 7:00 P.M. Mass for half-hour

PROVINCETOWN ST, PETER THE APOSTLE Masses: Sunday-7:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11 :00 A.M., 7:00 P.M. Saturday Eve.-7:00 P.M. Daily-7:00 AM. and 5:30 P.M. (except Saturday) Confessions: Saturday-4:00 - 5:00 P.M. and 6:45 P.M.

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CORPUS CHRISTI Masses: Sunday-8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 A.M. and 12 Noon Saturday Eve.-5:00 and 7:00 P.M. Daily-9:00 A.M.

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SJASCONSE1, MASS. UNION CHAPEL Masses: Sunday-8:45 A.M. July and August

ST. THERESA Masses: Sunday-S:30, 9:30, 10:30, 11:30 A.M. Saturday Eve.-6:00 P.M.

SOUTH DARTMOUTH ST. MARy Masses: Sunday-7:30. 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 A.M. &: 7:30 P.M. Saturday Eve.-5:15 P.M. Daily-7:00 A.M. Saturday only-8:00 A.M.

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Saturday Eve.-5:15 & 7:00 P.M. Daily-7:00 A.M.

ST. PIUS TENTH 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. (9:00 A.M. Mass Mon.-Fri. only)

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Saturday Eve.-5:00 and 7:00 P.M. Daily-8:00 A.M. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena-Wednesday Morning Mass at 8:00 A.M.

ST. AUGUSTINE Schedule begins June 14 Masses: Sunday-S:OO, 10:30 A.M. Saturday Eve.--4:00 and 7:00 P.M. Daily-8:00 A.M. (Mon.-Fri.) Confessions: Saturday-2·30· 3:30 P.M.

BASS RIVER OUR LADY OF THE HIGHWAY Masses: Sunday-8:30, 9:30, 10:30 A.M. Daily-S:OO AM. (July and Aug.)

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CYO Golf Tourney in Pocasset The 16th Catholic Youth Organization (C.Y.O.) Diocesan Golf Tourney will be held on Cape Cod beginning at noon

New Chaplains MT. VERNON (NC) - Fa1Jher John M. Rice of Milwaukee and Father Richard P. LaRocque of Gales Ferry, Conn., have been named chapl.ain and associate obaplain, respectively, of the National Catholic Committee on Scouting. Together, they will oversee the religious acHvities of the national committee, composed of 120 adult scouts and priest chaplains. These activities include scout development, religious emblems, scout retreats. the establishment of new units and camping programs.

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Masses: Sunday-7:00, 8:30, 10:00, 11:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. Saturday Eve.-4:00 and 6:00 P.M. Daily-7:00 A.M. 'and 9:00 A.M. Confessions: Y2 hour before Masses

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Masses:Sunday-9:00 A.M. Confessions: % hour before Mass

WELLFLEET OUR LADY OF LOURDES Masses: Sunday-8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 A.M. Saturday Eve.-6:00 and 7:30 P.M. Daily-7:30, 9:00 AM.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. June 19, 1975

The Parish Parade Publicity chairmen of oarish oraanlzatlons are asked to submit news items for this colu11\n to The Anchor, P. O. Box 7, Fall River, 02722. Name of city or town should be lticluded, I I well as fUll dates of all activIties. Please aend news of future rather tft.n pasf 'vents. -

Deplores Joseph Holland's' Article in The Ecumenist Some of my friends say that I should layoff the Jesuitsponsored Center for Concern in Washington. "They are nice people," I am told, "and you hurt their feelings when you criticize them." Heaven forbid that I should hurt the feelings of any nice person, but consider an article by many half-truths, inaccuracies and falsehoods in so few pages. Joseph Holland of the Center What do you say to someone in a recent issue of "The who accuses American trade

Ecumenist," Our country, he tells us, is in the control of elitist managers and manipulators who run a system "forged

unions of racism and chauvinism when the labor movement, more than any other single segment of American society, has worked consistently and vigorously for racial and sexual equality over the last half century (admitting the failure of some individual unions)? Romantic Self-Indulgence

REV. ANDREW M. GREELEV in ecological and human destruction and manipulative mind control," The American economy is founded on waste and repetilive production of junk. American people are blinded by propaganda and forced to participate in the orgy. TIle American system is a beast, every day more mechanized and "cybernatized," It produces goods and fights wars practically without people. American society refuses to support creative imagination, refuses to provide security and dignity for its workers, and instead "forces them to battle with one another and to sell their bodies and even their souls in the open labor market," 'Human Sacrifice' American farmers are responsible for the world's food shortage because they raise their prices (which were not forced up, apparently, because of the worldwide commodities shortage and the Russian wheat purchase). The American system is engaged in "human sacrifice," and the American union movement is filled with "powerful corruption, racism, sexism, and narrow chauvinism:' And the American people are guilty of murder. It is a mind-boggling indict ment, totally i,nnocent of any comprehension of the ~omplex ity of international economics and of empulcal data to support the generalizations. Holland's admirers and supporters will argue, I suspect, that he is engaging in "prophetic prophecy" and not serious analysis. That the analysis is not ser,ious, I will freely concede; hut I wonder about the prophecy, about economic subjects which he manages to jam. up with so

What do you say to someone who has so little respect for the people of the country that he· really thinks they are blinded by propaganda? What do you say to someone who tosses out accusations of human sacrifice and murder about a country that has poured hundreds of billions of dollars into foreign aid,' and whose people last year gave 219 million dollars in PRIVATE foreign economic aid? What do you say to someone who pictures the American people selling their souls in the labor market? What do you say to someone who blames Amerkans and not the oil-producing countries for the high cost of fertilizer? What do you say to someone who urges his readers to turn to Karl Marx for a vision of "the qualitative genetic mutation in the experience of the human species" -(whatever the hell a .phrase iike that means?). But heaven forbid that I should say anything to hurt Joe Holland's feelings. There are enough things in American foreign and domestic policy tjlat need serious, penetrating, responsible criticism, heaven lmows; but such narcis~istic prancing and posturing, such romantic and emotional self··indulgence is lunacy and not serious criticism.

NAMED: Rev. John M. Rice of Milwaukee has been named national chaplain of the National Catholic Committee on Scouting.

The Parish Parade ST. MARY'S CAmEDRAL, FALL RIVER . A Gala Bazaar will be held Friday evening, June 20 and all day Saturday, June 21. New booths, White Elephant Table, and games for young and old. On Saturday evening, June 21, from 5 until 7 p.m. a Ham and Bean Supper ($1.99) w:ill be served. For reservations call the rectory at 673-2833. The Twenty~week Club will hold a Dinner-Dance tnis coming Sunday evening. Members are requested to make reservations with Mrs. Michael Mc-. Mahon at 672-7698. Those wishing to join the new 10 One Hundred Club are asked to contact Mrs. McMahon as soon as possible.

Cardinal Wright's Office Rifled .

ROME (NC) - A mysterious burglary of the office of U. S. Cardinal John Wright, prefect of the Vatican's Congregation of the Clergy, is being investigated by Vatican officials. Police said the burglars broke into the office over the weekend Schedule Ordination of June 1. The offices are in a Vatican-owned building just outAt Historic P,tU'lsh side the limits of Vatican City. GREENSBURG (Ne) - Bishop An official of Cardinal Norbert F. Gaughan will be or- Wright's congregation repor,ted: dained June 26, in Blessed Sac- "They rummaged through a lot rament cathedra! parish, one of of drawers and cupboards, but the oldest in Western Pennsyl- there are no documents mi:;,sing vania. The parish dates back that we know of. They didn't almost to the founding of the bother to rifle the petty cash nation 200 years ago. The church box." property was acquired in 1789 The congregation of the clergy for five shillings by a group of is in charge of the spiritual and early settlers. material welfare of 280,000 diocThe present Gothic-style struc- esan priests throughout the ture was started in 1925 and' world. It handles everything consecrated in 1928. The parish from old-age pensions and the church was named BlesseQ Sac- teaching of catechism to the rament Cathedral' when the administration of Church propGreensburg diocese was formed erty. Secret Elections in 1951. SACRAMENTO (NC) - The The ordination of Bishop GauCatholic bishops of California ghan as auxiliary bishop at' will support bills in the state Blessed Sacrament cathedral will legislature here providing for se-· be the third such ceremony to cret elections for farm workers take place there. Bishop ConOver 35 Vears to determine the union that wiIl nare, the second bishop of the of Satisfied Service represent them in collective bar~ diocese, who was ordained a Reg. Master Plumber 7023 gaining. The measures are simi- bishop there in 1960, will be the JOSEPH RAPOSA, JR. lar to the National Labor Rela- prinCipal consecrator .when Bish432 JEFFERSON STIlET tions Act,' mOdified to reflect op Gaughan's ordination takes FeU Illv... 675-7496 problems unique to agriculture. place.

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HOLY REDEEMER, CHAmAM Summer parishioners, both men and women, will be wel. corned at a card party to be sponsored at 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 24 in the church hall by the Association of the Sacred Hearts. Mrs. Frank Maloney, chairman, urges "old friends and newcomers" to attend the getacquainted gathering. Tables for a variety of card games will be set up and there will be prizes for each table. ' 'Pourers wil'l be Dr. Anne Raleigh McCarthy, associat.ion president, and Mrs. William F. Kelly, immediate past president. ST. MARGARET, BUZZARDS' BAY· St. Margaret-Mary Guild will conduct a Rummage Sale from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, June ,28 in St. Margaret Parish Center. All parishioners donating clean clothes are reminded that the articles may be left in the rear section of St. Margaret's Church from Wednesday, June 25 until the sale. SS. PETER AND PAUL, FALL RIVER The Women's Club will sponsor whist parties at 1 :30 p.m. Sunday, June 22 and June 29 in the church center at 240 Dover St. Mrs. Frank Galvin and Mrs. Leo Connors are in charge of the June 22 party and Mrs. Arthur L. Duffy and Mrs. Noel T. Harris are making arrangements for June 29.' OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP, NEW BEDFORD Our Lady of Perpetual Help Society will mark its silver jubilee this weekend with a dance from 8 to midnight tomorrow night at the Polish American World War Veterans' Hall. 1680 Acushnet Ave., followed on Sunday by a Mass of thanksgiving at 11 a.m. and a banquet at 1 p.m. at Thad's Steak House, 1313 Ashley Blvd.. Very Rev. Norbert Zonca, O.F.M,Conv., founder and first moderator of the organization, will concetebrate the Mass and be the main speaker at the banquet. Father Zonca will also be installing officer for the soci<:)ty, seating Mrs. Anna Galanek, president; Mrs. Genevieve Tracz, vice-president; Mrs. Pauline Am, aral and Mrs. Pauline WaJawik, secretaries; and Mrs. Bertha Fraga, treasurer> Musical interludes at the hanquet will be offered by Miss Vh'ginia Tracz.

SACRED HEART, NEW BEDFORD The annual ">Big Top Baza'ar" of the parish will be held Thursday through Sunday, June 26 to i9, on the church grounds. Organizers note that the event will be the biggest bazaar yet sponsored by Sacred Heart and that a large tent will cover all booths. Attractions will include games for all ages, handmade items and varied refreshments. A $1000 cash drawing will take place at 8 p.m. Saturday. ST. JOSEPH, ATILEBORO Webelos Scouts of Pack 5 and their fathers will spend this weekend at Maple Park Campground on Cape Cod. In charge of the event are Robert Conway and Andy Mangham, both leaders iil the parish Scouting program. Boy Scouts of Troop 37 will camp in Sutton, Mass. this weekend. Knights of the Altar commit.tee members will meet at. 7:30 p.m. Sunday, June 22 in the school building to make summer plans. Parishioners are asked to volunteer their aid in preparations for the fourth annual parish . summer festival, scheduled for the weekend of July 25. OUR LADY OF ANGELS, FALL RIVER Parishioners will meet at 7 p.m. Sunday, June 22 to plan observance of the Feast of Our Lady of the Angels, to take place the weekend of Aug. 8. Holy Name Society memberswill m.eet for breakfast following 8 a.m. Mass Sunday, June 22. The unit plans a basebaU trip to Boston, Sunday, Aug. 3. ST. JOHN EVANGELIST, ATILEBORO A giant flea marke't sponsored by the parish social committee will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m~ Sunday, June 22 on the parish school grounds on Hodges Street. Sixty booth:;, will offer a huge asortment of items for bargain hunters and food and beverages will be available throughout the day. In case of rain the sale will take place in the school gymnasium. There will be no admission charge.

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Explains Cardinal's Views On Leadershi'p in Politics Cardinal John Heenan of Westminster (one of three dioceses in the greater London area) has been seriously ill, off and on for the past several years and, for that reason, is reportedly' getting ready to retire ahead of schedule. At his own suggestion, the process for choosing his successor ing to have abdicated his leadership role as the ranking Cathhas already begun. Despite ol:ic prelate in England. his illness, the Cardinal still has the knack of communicating with the British public in simple and very straightforward pastoral language fully intelligible

MSGR. GEORGE G. HIGGINS to the average man in the street. At a time when ecclesiastical leaders are often accused of either talking down to the public . -or, conversely, confusing the public with long-winded theoretical statments - his pastoral letters are mercifully brief and invariably crisp and directly to the point. The Cardinal is not and presumabl'y would not claim to be a professional theologian or a specialist, with an original point of view, in any other academic .discipline. He is, howl:ver, a good communicator. Right or wrong, he is capable of making himself understoodan art which he acquired by dint of long experience, during his formative years ·in the priesthood, as a street preacher and popular parish missioner. I might add that he is also willing to take an independent (some would sayan eccentric) stand on controversial issues, even at the risk of appearing to be out of step with the times. Two Considerations

For Freedom of All For my own part, I admire him for having taken that risk, what he said about the right of Catholics to make up their own minds on the issue of the Common Market-and the corresponding responsibility of ecclesiastical leaders to respect that r.ight-needed to be said. I am not suggesting-and neither was the Cardinal-that ecclesitstical leaders should never, under any circumstances, take a public position on controversial political issues. I am simply suggesting that, at a period ,in Church history when eccles'iastical leaders are being pressured more and more to exercise "prophetic" leadership in the public arena, it was well for the Cardinal to remind his own people that this kind of leadership must be exercised with due respect for the freedom of all concerned.

THE ANCHOR-Dio~ese of Fall River-Thurs. June 19,1975

SurY'ey Says Spir-itual Qualities Most Important in Priest CHICAGO (NC) - Spiritual qualities are the most important ones in a priest and to be sought in candidates for the priesthood, according to a survey of nearly 300 priests ,involved in priestly formation and placement. The survey, a two-year research project called "Changing Values in Vocation Recruitment," was sponsored by the National Federation of Priests' Councils (NFPC) and the National Center for Church Vocations (NCCV). Asked about qualities to be looked for in priests and candidates, respondents - a random selection of vocation directors, seminary rectors, chairm~n of personnel committees and presidents of local councils of priests

-all agreed on the following as most important: Personal prayer life and holiness; Proclamation of the Good News (Gospel);

sirable . p~rsonali~y ~actors, placed pnonty on mtegr~ty,. expressivity or comfort wlthm a social context, and trust, according to Priests-USA, the NFPC monthly publ,ication.

Providing a meaningful liturgical worship.

Although spiritual qualities took precedence in the priests' eyes, respondents felt that part of the solution to the seminarians' problem regard'ing the proper role of the priest will be found in articulating the spiritual attributes through a variety of professional specializations.

Other goals of the project were to determine the respondents' theological and ecdesiological outlooks, to assess various sacramental and nonsacramental ministries and to obtain an assessment, particularly from vocation directors, of different aspects of counseling work, . their relationships with others in the diocese and their attitudes about the priesthood. Respondents, in s~lecting de-

Justice Two· main reasons why men faU short of justice-deference to magnates, deference to the mob.

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The great German theolog.ian. Father Karl Rahner, lays great stress on this point .in a scholarly artiCle, "The Function of the Church As a Critic of Society," which is reprinted as a separate chapter in the latest volume (Volume XII) of his "Theological Investigations" (Seabury, New v York, $10.95). ,Rahner starts from the premise that the Church does indeed have a role to playas a critic of society. On the other hand, he disagrees with those who think that this role is to be carried out primarily by the hierarchy.

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He did this rather pointedly in his latest Pastoral issued on Nuns' Salaries WEST HARTFORD (NC) Tr,inity Sunday. Stating his views on the role of ecclesiasti- The financial problem facing cal leadership in the political many parochial schools is being area, he attributed the reluc- eased ,to some extent by a local tance of bishops to give specific college's new placement proguidance on all the great issues . gram. through which its graduof the day to two considerations: ates volunteer to teach in CathToo many statements would re- olic schools at a salary similar ceive no attention, and many to what a Sister would receive. subjects have no specific CathEntitled St. Joseph College in olic dimension. He gave as an Parochial Schools (SJC-VI'PS), example the national referendum the program is "like participaton June 5 on whether England ing in VISTA without leaving should stay in European Com- Connecticut," according to its mon Market. He called 'this ref- originator. Father Francis J. erendum "one of the greatest Lescoe of the St. Joseph College <lecisions in Br,itain"s hit~ory. faculty. "Catholics like other citizens are In June 1973. Father Lescoe divided in their views," he noted, "it would be an abuse of my learned that several of the colposition to tell you how you lege's senior child study majors were about to become departought to vote." ment store clerks and waitresses The Cardinal must have known when he wrote that because they were unable to find statement that he would be ac- ,teaching positions. cused in some cir.cles of copping "It occurred to me that since out on his responsibility, as an they would be earning the miniecclesiastical leader, to give mum wage at these jobs, they "prophetic" witness to the Gos- could be teaching in parochial pel in the political order. In schools 'at a nun's salary and other words, ,by refusing to receive almost as much money. come out either for or against In addition,they'd have their continued British presence in the summers free and be working toCommon Market, he obviously ward permanent teacher certifi-and consciously, I assume- cation from the state o~f Connecran the ri~,of.. at lea.'\t,. ..a,pp,ear- ticut," the priest explained.

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Cal~s Robert Daley's Novel

Contrived,. Uninteresting Robert Daley's novel "Strong Wine Red As Blood" (Harper's Magazine Press, 2 Park Ave., New York, N.Y. 10016.400 pages. $10) purports to demonstrate how Charlie Stack became a human being again. This unlikely transformation takes place in the ' Boreaux wine area in France the harvest for some days in and I doubt that you would order that th,e grapes ~a~. gel b . . . more sun. HIS gamble InItially e grea!ly Interes.ted In It. seems justified. But then comes

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a 'Sudden, shattering hailstorm. This, plus Bozon's vengeful tricks, threatens to defeat Stack. But by now St ac k has d ecl'ded to leave the conglomerate. He and Aline Conderie will be married. He has enough money of his own to buy a small, rundown chateau and go, on a modest scale, into wine production hy himself. Or, rather, by himself and herself. As one proceeds through this dull and often dreadful novel, one begins to see a parallel between the production of false wine and that of false fiction. Strong Wine Red As Blood is a contrived product. The reader becomes aware that the author is deliberately mixing together certain element;. One, of course, is information about wine making. Another is information about the operation of a conglomerate. A third is ~aw gobs of sex. And so on. The author is obviously following a recipe. First, so much of one element. Next, a dose of another. Then, a portion of a . third. So far 'as I know, there is no fraud brigade to police the making and marketing of novels. But perhaps there should be one.

BISHOP CRONIN PRINCIPAL SPEAKER: Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D. addressing the delegates at the 95th annual Banquet of the Catholic Association of Foresters held on Saturday night in Falmouth. At the head table, left to right: Mr. and Mrs. Clarence G. Gabriel, High Chief Ranger; Rev. John J. Oliveira, secretary to Bishop Cronin; Bishop Cronin, Thomas M. Gemelli, who served as master of ceremonies and Mrs. Gemelli and Margaret Fitzgerald, Vice Chief Ranger.

t.he organization should, for prestige, acquire a celebrated chateau and its wine output. Stack is given the job of getting hold of and running such a project. Nosing about the Bordeaux Sacred Heart Church, Taunarea, he discovers that the heton, will sponsor the third anreditary proprietor of the Chanual Msgr. Francis McKeon '10 teau Conderie, Paul. Conderie, is mile road race Saturday, June deep in debt and unl:ikely to get 21, with registration at the parout of it because he is an incurish school at 9:30 a.m. and the able gambler and has no head race starting at 10. for business. Stack bludgeons There will be three divisions: his way to title of the chateau. This saddens Conderie somewhat, but much more his beautiful daughter Aline. Continued from Page One There is a villain in the piece. Homilist for the occasion will He is Edward Bozon, a rich and Meet Martha Blum be Rev. William O'Brien of Ignaunscrupulous wine shipper. Botius House Community, Rutherzon had once been married to Such an agency would surely ford, N.J. Ignatius House is one AI.ine Conderie, but she found pass Henrich Boll's novel. The of many charismatic communihis nastiness unbearable and Lost Honor of Katharina Blum ties in the nation whose memdivorced him. (McGraw-Hill, 330 W. 42nd St., . bers share their lives and worBozon is not only a shipper .New York, N. Y. 10036. 140 ship on a fulltime basis. of wine. He is also a maker of . pages. $7.95). The prayer group of St. Patfalse wine. That is 'concocted Katharina is a young German rick's parish, Fall River, is in of the dregs of real wine mixed girl who goes to the city's crime charge of. music for the occasion with quantities of drugs. commissioner and tells him that and Rev. Adrian Francouer of There is a fraud brigade she has shot a newspaPer re- LaSalette Shrine, Attleboro, is whose purpose is to detect a,ny porter. By page 9 of this murder coordinating liturgical arrangetampering with real wine and story we already know who the ments. . any attempt to pass off false criminal is. Diocesan Groups But do we? Katharina has inwine as the genuine article. Bo'Groups in the diocese who will zon must be on the alert against deed shot the reporter. But the be represented at the convocathe -agents of this brigade and criminal is really the cheap, sen- tion number over 1,000 members, must devise a method of evad- sational local press, for which and range in size from small ing them. And he aims at taking the reporter worked. Why and house groups of five to lOperover whatever wine Stack pro- how this is so the author pro- sons to groups of 200, at Sacred duces. His offer to purchase it ceeds to show in a deft, brilliant- Hearts Academy, Fairhaven, and ly ironic, though-provoking piece Our Lady's Chapel, .New Bedis refused. Stack, for his part, has a hard of fiction. ford. Other units are active in Katharina met and was at- the Attleboros, Brewster, North time of it. There are so many factors which can ruin the grape tracted to a young ·man who was bartmouth, Dighton, Fall River, crop-the weather, for example. a fugitive from justice. He was East Falmouth, West Harwich, There are also the unreasonable followed by the police to her Hyannis and Taunton. demands of the home office, and apartment. But there he eluded .Further information on groups the scheming against him by them. Katharina is accused of and on Sunday's program. is having helped him escape. rivals there. available from James Collard, These are the facts, but what 4 Masson St., Westport, teleDull, Dreadful the press makes of them is some- phone 674-9885, or from Robert But living close to the earth, thing else altogether. Katharina Pelland, 106 Knight Ave., Attlediscovering the rhythm of the is portrayed .in its pages as a boro, telephone 222-5081, lay co· seasons, Stack begins to change. slut, an atheist, an abettor of ordinators in charge of developHe becomes less brash, less Communists. This slanderous ment of diocesan charismatic harsh, though scareely less pro- publicity brings all kinds of activities. fane. Ambition's grip relaxes, abuse upon her and her friends and love's spell begins to creep who seek to help her. All the while that the author on him. Her own life destroyed by' the is spinning the web of KathThis remarkable development vicious misrepresentation to arina's fate, he is also commentoccurs at just about the time which she has been subjected, ing mordantly on the poisonous when things go wrong with the she takes the life of the man excesses and the injustice of grape harvest. Intent on produc- principally responsible for her which some types of publicaing a great wine, Stack del'ays undoing. tions are guilty.

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KNOW YOUR FAITH Pluralism Within the Church Pluralism is ·a relatively new word in the vocahulary of most Americans. For some the word is threatening. Because we are a pluralistic society there is a dash between the races, polar,ization between ethnic groups. in the name of pluralism of religious and ethical systems we have legalized much that is offensive to large segments of our citizenry-gambling, the sale of alcoholic beverages, pornography, divorce and, more recently, abortion.

By REV. PAUL f .. PALMER, S.J.

For others pluralism is a challenge. For pluralism is a good, a reflection of the Supreme Good, who is at once a unity in nature and a plurality in persons, who is one God in three divine per~ sons. God is a pluralistic society: a triune community. Pluralism is then a divine challenge, and the motto of our country expresses the challenge well: "E Pluribus Unum-From the Many Let there be Unity." Universality: Pluralism The Catholic Church, because she is catholic or universal,

must also be a pluralistic community. And this she has become. The new people of God is the most pluralistic and yet unified society on the face of the earth. The bond uniting Catholics is threefold: unity of faith, unity of Baptism and unity of obedience. Without unity of faith, Baptism is a less meaningful bond. Without unity of faith, obedience is often regimentation. Because of the centrality of faith, there can be no pluralism in what a Catholic believes. For faith is the response of the Christian to God's revelation of Himself, a revelation that is 'Consistent. And yet the way a Christian responds to God's revelation will he as varied as the way in which God has revealed Himself to man. The opening hymn of creation tells us that "God made man to His own image and likeness, but adds, "male and female He created him," as though the man or the woman alone could not possibly reflect the myriad splendor and beauty of God. Despite the egalitarianism of the Women's Lib movement, 'a woman reveals God in a different way than does a man. There is but one Man who is the perfect revelation of the Father, the one Man With whom all men, of whatever age or sex can identify, the God-man, the Tum to Page Fourteen of

One Facet of Plurality

BY SHIRLEY GRANT Shirley Grant is a member of the U. S. Bishops Advisory Council. She is a wife and mother of four children. Mrs. -Grant lives in Virginia and has made out· standing contributions in the lay apostolate. The word "pluralism" immediately ·br,ings with it a mental picture of several things rather than one. Webster Dictionary's definition is; the quality a start of being pluralism. When we .talk ahout pluralism within the Church, our immediate reaction might be one of fear. But if we examine the meaning of pluralism more thorough· 'ly, we soon realize that we literally live with plurality. For instance, in the realm of nature there is multipUcity - earth, water, air, 'plants, living beings -each dependent in some way upon the other. Each individual has many facets within himself -facets that integrate to form one personality. Without a family, each member is an individual unto himself, yet all the members make up a whole. From earliest historical records', people have collected into groups. Within each group, there are as many personalities as ,there are 'people. But they come together as a whole. A parish community is composed of' many members. Those members divide into groups, each doing a sep-

arate thing. The members and the groups share the responsibility to make up the whole. Plurality, like anything else, can be good or it can be evil. It is what we choose to make it. Plurality in Today's Church In"'this article, 'I shall discuss one facet of plurality-plurality in the Church today. We have probably all known what it is Uke to belong to some type of group in a parish and the chances are that most of us have had our share of good and bad experiences. My focus will be hased on the things that go into making positive experiencespositive because diversity among people and groups is interesting and should be channeled to produce good things; positive because each of us share the common goal of furthering Christ's mission. For some 20 years I have been deeply involved in parish, deanery, diocesan and national-level councils and organizations. It is important to state at the beginning that the road is difficult. But then, those things that are hardest to do usually are the most desirable things to accomplish. And the most satisfying. Discernment One such difficult undertaking stands out for me. Our diocesan pastoral council decided that it was time to examine our outTum to Page F0wieen .

Puralism has existed, in the Church since its inception and will continue to exist until the end of time for the simple reason that the Church is a living hody concerned with such living problems as faith, salvation, reconciliation, moral values, and witnessing Christ to a contemporary world.

By STEVE LANDREGAN

One need only to turn the pages of the New Testament to find the roots of pluralism within the Christian community. "In those days as the number of disciples grew, the ones who spoke Greek complained that their widows were being neCOMPLEMENT NOT CONFLICT: The richness of the glected as compared with the ancient liturgy and theology of the Eastern Churches togethw.idows of those who spoke er with their concept of collegiality complement rather than Hebrew." (Acts 6:1) The first evidence of 'plural- conflict with the different traditions of the Western Latin ism resulted from cultural differ- Church, according to the Second Vatican Council. Worshipences between the Hebrew and pers kneel and bow low on the stone floor of the Church Hellenistic Jews and a radically of the Holy Sepulchre during a Coptic Christian Eastern different concept of the force of season liturgy in Jerusalem. NC Photo. the law of Moses. It was this tension between Paul and James with Peter in the results from a variety of factors, should not be seen as necessar· middle that resulted in the language, culture, philosophy, ily coni>tructive or destructive Council of Jerusalem (Acts 15). mission and' religious experience, but it is not without limits. It manifested itself in many and it is not something to be Even the tension created by ways throughout the ministry of avoided as evil. plur{llism can be creative if pluPope Paul VI speaking on ralism is understood in its hisPaul who was harassed constant· ly by Judaizers who maintained, Unity' and Pluralism in the toric context. Part of the probthat Gentiles converted to Chr.is- Church in 1969 said: "Are we lem of polarization in the tianity must adhere to the Mo- pluralists? And that means: yes, Church today is due to the fact we are, ... we are pluraists pre- that theological evolution that saic Law. ~isely because we are Catholics, previously took a century or Lord's Prayer whioh means universal. more has been, compressed into Liturgical pluralism in the New But the Holy Father was care· slightly more than a decade. Testament is witnessed to by ful to point out that pluralism Pluralism becomes polarization differences in the Lord's Prayer is not the same thing as promiswhen any group within the (Mt 6:9ff, Lk 11 :2ff) and in the cuity. narratives of the celebration of "You can hold to the inad- Church believes that they alone the Lord's Supper as reflected equacy of any human words to have the pure message of the in slightly different traditions of express the unfathomable depths Turn to Page Fourteen the Last Supper in the Synoptic of the theological content of a Gospels and Paul. dogmatic formula; and you can Further evidence of plural· hold to the power of one and ism in the New Testament is the same dogmatic truth to pro· See Us First 'suggested by the presence of vide for many dif.ferent interpretwo types of Church organiza- tations in breaking kerygmatition, the Johannine which re- cally procla,imed-such as apolSee Us Last flects the early emergence of ogetic, catechetical, oratorical, the monarchical episcopacy, and ... this is another way of indiBut See Us the Pauline, which might be de- cating the legitimacy of different scribed as administration by an schools of theology and of spirApostolic delegate. ituality. Only a pluralistic Church "But," the Pope continued, could embrace the mystical and "we will not be faithful to the evangelical'poverty of a St. univocality of the word or God, Francis of Assisi , and the well nor to the magisterium of the ordered study, prayer and Church that is derived from it, preaching of a St. Dominic at if we arrogate to ourselves perthe same time. mission for 'free investigation,' Causes of Pluralism for subjective interpretation, for The richness of the ancient sU'bord,inati{lg defined doctr.ine liturgy and theology of the Eas- to the criteria of secular sciern Churches together with their ences, and even less to current 1001 Kings concept of collegiality comple- public' opinion, to the whims and ment rather than conflict with deviations of the theoretical and the different traditions of the practical outlook of current litWestern Latin Church, accord- erature." ing to the Second Vatican CounChristian Tradition Ope., Evenings cil. , Pluralism is part of the Cath· Pluralism within the Church olic Christian tradition and

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One Facet of Plurality Continued from Page Thirteen look for the future. So the leaders of the diocese and our bishop spent' a weekend together. It was something like a retreat. The method we chose was Ignatian - the process of discernment. Professionals were brought in to put us through the process. Sixty hours later we felt that we had accomplished nothing. We had failed to form any basis for guidelines, there were no flow charts, and we seemed to be in the same haze as when we arrived. We felt a frustration because our expectations had not been met. We had a consensus statement-but we didn't know what to do with it. The process was unfinished. But before we disbanded, we decided that we would each set aside 15 minutes every day for reflection and prayer. In short, we would go through the discernment process individually. Two months later .we met again 'and spent another weekend together. What a change there was! Things seemed to mesh-the fog lifted. We were able to outline the general direction for the diocese. Cooperation Our conclusions could serve as a model for any group-parish, diocesan, national-searching for positive accomplishment. Yet these conclusions are not complex. We determined that we had to work together, share the responsibility for the mission, each take an active part, be vocal, allow our concerns to center on the needs of the people, work toward changing attitudes among the people and the clergy. The real key lies in the simple statement: We must work together. A group' where one strong voice and one strong will dominates w.ill accomplish nothing. A group where people are afraid to "risk" voicing their views for fear of what others might think will fail. A discussion should be just that-discussion. Anger produces a bicker session rather than an accomplish session. Expecting "thank you" is put of place too. Personal gain really is not the object because .we each have a stake in, the whole. Taking an active role in Church community offers no pedestals. Using the gifts and talents of each person is what is important. There are so many different roles and ministries and we need all of them. We always have to work to understand approaches that are different from our own realizing that we are united in the care of our faith. And our expressions of this faith take many different forms. Determination When you look at your own parish, if you see polarization,

Pluralism Continued from Page Thirteen Gospel and reject other legitimate theological viewpoints or liturgical expressions.' Reconciliation will come about when this important difference between pluralism and promiscuity is understood together with the fact that unity in Jesus Christ and His Church does not require and has never required a rigid uniformity.

Maine Retains Abortion Ban

AUGUSTA (NC)-Both houses of the Maine legislature have voted not to repeal the state's unconstitutional ban on abortion. in 1973 the U. S. Supreme Court struck down most state restrictions against abortion. The state House of Representatives voted 91-48 to postpone a bill repealing the law and the state Senate agreed by an eightvote margin to keep the law on the路 books. The Maine law makes performing or assisting at an abortion a criminal offense punishable by a pr,ison sentence of up to five years ,and a fine of up to $1,000. Maine. law permits 'abortion only if the mother's life is in danger. A three-judge U. S. District Court in Portland, Me., declared the law unconstitutional and void two years ago, a month after the U. S. Supreme Court decision striking down most state restrictions on abortion. The Maine Right to Life Committee, which lobbied intensively for retention of the ban, had argued that the law should be retained because it might someday he rev,ived if the Supreme Court modifies or reverses its ruling or if a constitutional amendment restricting abortion is passed.

it's time to meet so you can find out why. Each one of us has a responsibHity to earnestly make, an effort to learn to work together. Until we realize success in working together, we will not have a real community. Today demands that we continually learn so that we may better understand and carry out the continuation of Christ's mission in constantly changing world. This is the ideal thrust of adult education. It can路 be done because I have exper.ienced it, not once but many times. But it takes .prayer, patience, persistence and determination. And most of all--LOVE.

Pope Paul Hails Canal Reopening VATICAN CITY (NC)-Pope Paul VI and the Vatic'an media have pulled out all stops in ha,i)ing the first bit of good news from the Middle East in Months -the reopening June 5 of the Suez Canal. Praise issued from the Vatican for Egypt, Israel and for the Amer,ican mediation which led ,up to the Oanal's unlocking. Vatican spokesman Frederico Alessandrini writing in a personal capacity, took the opportunity to reproach other nations for not working harder to set right a situation which especially crippled the developing nations. Alessandrini's comments came in 'an ediltorial ,in Vatican City's weekly magazine, L'Osservatore della Domenica. In addition, the Vatican daily newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, featured the canal's 'reopening on its June 5 front page, 'accompanied by a prominent unsigned editorial. Alessandrini in his magazine editorial said that the canal's closing had hurt developing African and Asian countries especially. Wondering why Mediterranean and other nations did not help unclog such a "strongly negative" situation, Alessandrini asserted: "Now the problem is settled, but if we are, going to be honest, it was settled without the intervention of other nations, following the accords concluded between Egypt and Israel, thanks to American mediation." '

Lauds Chqrity Works Of CRS Director NEW YORK (NC)-Pope Paul VI has haHed Bishop Edward E. Swanstrom, executive director of Catholic Relief Services (CRS), overseas aid agency of U.S. Catholics, as a man who understands the "paradox" of charity in the modern world" Speaking in the Vatican to the recent 10th general assembly of , Caritas Internation~lis, the international Catholic charities agency, the Pope departed from his text to say: ' "lot is a paradox of our times .that the more charitable works you do today, the more you need to do. There is one man in our group who fully understands this and that is Bishop Swanstrom of Catholic Relief Services, because of his world wide experience in helping the needy."

PLURALITY IN PERSONS: For pluralism is a good, a Rep. Richard Spencer (Dreflection of the Supreme Good, who is at once a unity in Standish), said it was irresponnature and a plurality in persons, who IS one God in three sible for the legislature to misdivine persons. God is a pluralistic society, a triune com- lead doctors by keeping an unmunity. God the Father sends the Holy Spirit to descend on constitutional law on the boo~s. Sen. Robert W. Clifford (DGod the Son in Juan de Flandes' The Baptism of Christ, a Lewiston) said: "Maine citizens painting in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Pluralism Within the Church Continued from Page Thirteen Son of God. "In many and various ways God spoke to us by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son." (Heb. 1:1). To Philip's question, "Lord, show us the F'ather and it will be enough for us," Jesus replied, "He who sees me sees the Father" (In, 14:8, 9). But we are not Philip. We do not belong to the select company who saw. Jesus, who walked and talked with Him, who ate and drank with Him, who even "touched" Him. Pluralism in Evangelists Jesus too has to be revealed to us; and once again we find pluralism in the four separate and at times disparate, but never contradictory, accounts of the EvangeHsts. John the theologian is not Luke the physician; Mark Who writes for the Gentile world is not Matthew who portrays Jesus as the new Moses. Jesus and His teachings are revealed to us in the biblical reflection of the Christian community dc;>wn. through the ages, and in the theological and mystical reflection of the Church's theologians and contemplatives. The role of the teaching Church is not to add to God',s revelation of Himself in Christ, nor to stifle the new insights of the community of believers, whether they be the trained theologian, the contemplative or mystic, or one less endowed by nature and grace. , There is a variety of gifts in the community, and no baptized believer is denied the Spirit of

knowledge, of understanding and .of wisdom, the gifts of the Holy Spir.it. But the gifts have to be tested; the new insights into God's revelation of Himself in sacred Scripture are "subject finally to the judgment of the Church, which carries out the divine commission and ministry of guarding and interpreting the word of God" I (Vatican II, "On Revelation," No. 12). Plurality in Theologies The teaching Church has always welcomed a plurality of theological approaches to God's inexhaustible revelation of Himself. But she has never made any. one theology so much her ow.n as to reject 'all others. The Church jn her moral teaching has welcomed a plurality of ethical systems or moral theologies, but only so long as they reflect the authentic Christian way of life. The Church in her worship will be sensitive to the language and gestures and customs of those who worship, so long as the basic worship is sacramental and Eucharist c~ntered. In a revolutionary age the Church must evolve slowly if !>he is to grow. And yet, at no period of her history has the Church been so busily engaged in adapting her teaching, in accommodating her life-style and of revising her liturgy than in the decade since Vatican II. But the Church would be unfaithful to her mission, if adaptation, accommodation or revision were to involve a radical change either in her faith, way of life or her worship.

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Liberty and Justice for All - The Early Catholic Years Continued from· Page One ' Maryland. True, the fundamental laws of WilHam Penn protected public worship. But the history of the colonies showed that the Crown and Parliament might at any moment change this. Father John Carroll Maryland had seen such a change. A man of like mind with Penn, George Calvert, First Lord Baltimore and Proprietor of Maryland, won royal approval for a charter in 1682, which protected religious freedom in his province. After the Protestant Revolution of 1688 put Wil'liam and Mary on the throne of England, all was soon changed and hostility to Catholics continued until 1776. The promise of an independent American nation, with Maryland and Pennsylvania as sovereign states, was great indeed, for it would secure the future of Catholic freedom in America. It was understandable that a priest like John Carroll in 1776 would take an active part in bringing about American independence. He was willing to go with Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Chase, and Charles Carroll on a mission to Canada for the Continental Congress, hoping to bring the French Catholics to support the American cause., Most of the 25 or so priests who ministered in the English colonies (largely in Maryland and Pennsylvania) wanted independence. Their ministry would be helped by success in' the revolution. For as thin.gs were, chaos was imminent: The Society of Jesus, to which the priest3 belonger, was suppressed and could not provide them with orderly government; and the Catholic bishop in ,London, who was now supposed to direct them, was far away and aloof to their needs. With the status of an independent nation, a fully developed American Church with its

Fears Religious War in Lebanon BEIRUT (NC) - Maronite-rite Patriacha Antoine Khoraiche of Antioch, appeaUng for an end to the 'bloodshed and kidnaping that have ravaged Lebanon since mid-April, expressed fears of a reHgious war that would "spare neither the citizens nor the country." He called on all Lebanese to forget their feuds and help the president and the 'premier build a government that will restore calm, authority and security to the country. The fighting, which has been mainly along religious lines between Christians and Moslems, left at least 150 dead in April alone according to one count. Renewed fighting in May 'brought deaths to anothcl- 100 at least. A Christian politician was kidnaped early in June, whereupon 22 ,Mosj~ms were abo ducte(j i,n retaliation, Most of them were released almost immediately upon thL~ promise that the Christian would be released also. "Our sorrow and our thoughts go to the innocent citizens who have been victims of murder, of kidnaping, of torture," Patriarch Khoraiche said.

own bishop would be possible and even required. Improvement in Toleration The needs of the Catholic popUlation in 1776 were urgent, for their numbers were growing rapidly. In Maryland there were about 15,000. With the growth of Baltimore in the 1760s and 1770s, however, an influx of poor immigrants called for a corresponding growth in the supply of priests and churches. Missionaries to isolated Catholic families in the northern part of the state were needed. The number of Catholics in Pennsylvania was about half of that in Maryland. But there, too, there was a new growth from immigration before 1760, particularly from Germany. Fortunately, some German priests came with the immigrants, both, to Philadel~hia and to Lancaster, in the southern part of the state. A Wuertemburg-born Jesuit, Father Ferdinand Farmer, did much at this time to serve the needs of the Catholic community. St. Mary's Church was soon added to St. Joseph's in Philadelphia, while chapels began to appear in other parts of the state. By 1776 the temper of tolera-

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Series Author tion for Catholics in hoth states had improved as a result of the liberality in the patriot leaders of the revolution. Even the Tory Anglican clergyman, Jonathan Boucher, gave a dramatic sermon calling for a greater practice of toleration for Catholics. But old prejudices were not entirely swept away with Amer-

ica's quest for political freedom from England. This was shown in New England, when Parliament passed the Quebec Act continuing the privileged position of the Catholic Church in Canada. In Carpenter's Hall, Philadelphia, there were outcries against the act, tainted with hatred of Romanism. Tolerant Washington Yet Maryland and Pennsylvania Catholics were willing to risk the future, hoping the spirit of liberty in the Revolution would transform even New England. Their immediate grounds for confidence, however, were their own state constitutions, which the constituency of New England could not disturb. The autonomy of individual states 'was a legal protection great enough to outweigh any hope that a victorious England might restrain discrimination in America. ,Moreover, such giants of independence as George Washington spoke out publicly against displays of bigotry toward Catholics. Very soon the mood toward Catholics changed. Their fellow Christians and others plainly saw what John Carroll -later

pointed out. "Their blood," he said of his co-religionists, "flowed as freely in proportion to their numbers to cement the fabric of independence as that of any of their fellow citizens." When the war was won, Father Joseph Mosley, an English-born Jesuit in Maryland who ha,d seen the hard times before the liberation of 1776, rejoi,ced in the blessings of independ~lce and the freedom found in the state constitutions of Maryland and Penns;'lvania. "Toleration granted by the Bill of Rights," he wrote, "has put aU on the same footing, and has been Of great service to us." When John Car~oll returned from his consecration in England as the first Catholic bishop of the United States, he clearly saw the guidance of the hand of God in the trying days of the War for Independence. "Since the American Revolution," he said, "I have always thought that Providence was reserving an even more extraordinary revolution in the order of grace." Suggested reading: "Catholics and the American. Revolution," by Charles H. Hetzger (Chicago, Loyola University Press, 1962).

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COLONIAL QUEEN SIZE SLEEPER Authentic Early American design with high wing back, roll arms and kick pleat skirt. Tailored in stain resistant Herculon® plaid. Only .

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Just a few more examples of the outstanding values in Mason's 59th Anniversary Sale. Big, Beautiful Queen Size Sleepers that convert into comfortable beds in a jiffy. Some are tailored in carefree Herculon®, the long wearing, stain resistant miracle fiber; some in rich, glove-soft vinyl that looks, feels and wears like real leather - others in floral prints iii with luxurious foam mattresses. . . _ ...-_.~.

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BIG, LUXURIOUS QUEEN SIZE SLEEPER' Traditional Tuxedo design tailored in a lovely floral print. 82 inches long and sleeps two persons comfortabiy on a big, buoyant Queen Size Foam Mattress. A truly magnificent value at this low price only..

$299

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QUEEN SIZE IN LEATHER-LIKE VINYL 82" long that sleeps two persons comfortably .on a big, queen-size toam mattress. Deep foam l1eat cushions are reversible for double wear. Beautifully tailored in rich, glove-soft vinyl.

$299

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QUEEN SIZE SLEEPER IN MIRACLE HER.CULON Reversible seat and back cushions plus a pair of arm pillows; luxurious Queen-Size Foam Mattress. Tailored in stain resistant Herculon .

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