Diocesan Pilgrimage His Excellcncy, thc Most Rc\,· erend Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of 'Fall River, will lead a Holy Year ,Pilgrimage to Rome in conjunction with the observance of the Holy Year 1975 in the Diocese of Fall River. A special Diocesan Committee for the Holy Year, under the direction of Very Reverend Luiz G. Mendonca, Vicar General of the Diocese, has planned and coordinated the Diocesan observance of this season of renewal and reconciliation. Organization 'of the Diocesan Pilgrimage to Rome for the Holy Year is being undertaken by the An Anchor of the Soul. Sure and Firm-St. Paul Fall River Diocesan Travel League under the direction of Rev. Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, Fall River, Mass.,. Thursday, June 20, 1974 in conjunction with Alitalia. Bishop Cronin extends a most ~I 25 @1974 The Anchor PRICE 15c V o I. 18, 1'II1II0. $5.00 per year cordial invitati9n to all in the Diocese of Fall River to participate in this significant spiritual endeavor. Parish groups and " guilds are invited to plan for this memorable trip. Families and individuals will be participating from every part of the Diocese. The official FaLl River DiocAlso reported were other "in- esan Pilgrimage to Rome for the SOUTH BEND (NC)-DuJ'ing a service which some charismat- ner healings"-those related to Holy Year will depart from ic leaders reluctantily admitted relationship 'problems, sin or Logan International Airport in might have been overly dramat- scarring past emotional experi- Boston on Friday evening, Febic, dozens of healings of physical ences-which allegedly resLdted ruary 14, 1975, under the leaderi'lnnesses as well as spiritual and from the over four.hour healing ship of Bishop Cronin. During the eight days that pilemotional problems were claimed service opening the weekend as a result of an unprecedented conference of Catholic charis- grims will spend in the Eternal City, visits will be made to each healing service at a Catholic matics. charismatic gathering here. Leo Cardinal Sueneri's of About 50 persons offacially MaHnes-Brussels, Belgium, the registered healigs of serious vi- hi'ghest-ranking Churchman idensual and hearing impairments, tified with the Charismatic Rearthriotic and spinal conditions newal, said ,after witnessing the WASHINGTON (NC) - The and other physical1 ailments with 'healing service that healing was formation of seminarians for a a doctor at the 1974 Interna- part of Christ's ministry that the cemhate priesthood requires a full tional Conference on Charismatic Ohurch shoUlid be continu1ng. ,recognition of today's psychoRenewal in lJhe Catholdc Church, He added that he thought sen- ehological insights, according to held at Notre Dame here. sationaHsm was "avoided sub- a new document sent by the Around the campus numerous stantially" in the evening healing Vatican to the world's bishops. others spoke of shrunken tumors, service. The SO-page document from ,return of sensation in numb the Vatican's Congregation for But anotJher bishop who at- CathoLic Education, which is be- , limbs, disappearance of nearsightedness and a 'JIitany of other tended several· such conferences ing reprinted by the U. S. Cathcall1ed the healing service the olic Conference here, gives "healings." "most emotiona1 and least guidelines for bishops and those ,theologica'l" he had seen. He in charge of seminar:ies to follow said one charismaUc leader in preparing priesthood candiwas acting like a "con man" in dates for a celibate life. attempting to stir up the crowd In a covel1ing letter accomfor the healing service. panying the document, Cardinal A special concelebrated Mass . Gabl1iel Garrone, pre'fect of the TORONTO (NC)-Nursing Sis- was offered in which 12 bishops Vatican congregation, said the ters could be forced out of the and 700 priests participated with principal purpose of the dochealth field if a government re- Cardinal Suenens as chief-cel- ument is to set forth "anew and port which recommends a take- ebrant. The 'Mass concluded with in a way more suited to the over of all hospitals is made ,law, a dramatic candle light prayer men of our time the fundamenaccording to Sister Louise De- service on the conference's tal reasons for sacred celLbacy," mers, president of the Catholic theme: "Jesus Christ ,is the Light in accordance with a directive Hospital Conference of Ontario. of the World." .issued by Pope Paul VI in his Under the proposal, the OntaPope Paul VI sent a message 1967 encydical letter on priestly rio provtincial government would wJ1ich restated his "joy and celibacy. assume ownership of hospitals prayerfuil interest" in the charAJothough the new instruction and other health institutions, ismatic renewal and imp~rted emphasizes the need for an inteabolish boards of trustees, and apostolic ,blessings on the gath- grated development of psycho· establish a ,superstructure to ering. logical and emotional maturity, oversee all health services. it also stresses that celibacy The Pope, in an October meet"The government could direct- ing with charismatic leaders in "transcends the natural order. ly dictate the policy of the hos- Rome, indicated interest in and It 'involves a total personal compital's," she said. "The medical- encouragement for charismatic mitment. It cannot be maintained moral position of the hospitals renewal. except w,ith God's grace." and the administration of them Like the matr1mon1al state, the It was announced that next document says, III life of c~libacy would change with the owneryear's internationa1 conference demands personal sexual matuship." The report of the Health.Plan· would be iheld Pentecost week- rity. Turn to Page Four ning Task Force, approved by "Sexual,ity must be considered the Ontario Cabinet and. tabled as a determining factor in the by the Legislature in 'March, maturing of the personality," it says. calls for the institution of area 'boards which would be responsI- Summer Mass ScHedule The document calls for posble for operating one or ,more itive, enlightened sex education Pages EIGHT and NINE institutions. that is developmentllll, according Tum to Page Two to the total psychological, spir-
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of the follr great basilicas of Rome, Saint Peter's, Saint John Lateran, Saint Mary Major and Saint Paul's Outside of the Walls. The celebration of Pilgrimage Masses in each of these magnificent and significant churches will highlight the visits. For centuries, pilgrims to Rome have visited these four basilicas, at each of which the Gift of the Holy Year Indulgence may be gained. Rome is a great religious cen· tel'. During the pilgrimage, tours will be conducted to the catacombs and other shrines of Early Christendom and t.o the Vatican Museum and the Sistine Chapel. Rome, too, is an age-old cultural center and pilgrimage tours will visit the Borghese Gardens, the Pantheon, the Colosseum and Forum and other monuments of Imperial Rome. Ample free time wiil be allowed for shopping. Optional day trips will be scheduled to Naples, Pompeii and Sorrento, to Capri and to Florence. A half-day trip to the beautiful Tivoli Gardens will be available. On Saturday morning, February 22, 1975, pilgrims will be transferred to Rome's Leonardo da Vinci Airport for the Alitalia trans-Atlantic jet flight back to the United States. A number of optional extenTurn to Page Two
Celibacy Formation Guidelines Set itual and emotional development of the person. "The eduCiatOI'," it says, "must thoroughly understand the physiologicail, psyohological, pedagogica'I, moral, and ascetical com-
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Threat to Force Nursing Sisters From Hospitals
"GOLD CANE" PRESENTED TO SENIOR CITIZEN: Miss'Marie Gentilhomme, former parishioner of St. Francis Xavier Parish, Acushnet and now a 'resident of Sacred Heart Home, New Bedford has been presented the "Gold Cane" by the Acushnet Selectmen as a symbol of Acushnet's oldest citizen.
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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. June 20, 1974
Bishop Gerrard High School '.. Receives Alum·nae Gift
,Brother John Joseph Burns, C.F.X., son of Mrs. Virginia Burns nnd the late John J. Burns, 15 Chace Street, Somerset, has pronounced final vows as a member of the Brothers of Saint Francis Xavier 'at a ceremony attended by friends and relatives in the chapel of Malden Catholic High School, Malden. A graduate of Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth, Brother John has been a Xaverian Brother since 1968. He received his reHgious training a~ St. Joseph's Novitiate, Newton Highlands and the Catholic University of Americ'a, Washington, .D. C. In _1972 he was awarded a degree in Spanish and history ,from Suffolk University and he is a member of Theta Lambda Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, the International History Council. Brother John joined the faculty of Malden Catholic High School in 1972 as a teacher of Spanish and religion. This summer he will continue graduate work at' the Centro de Idiomas_ Modernas, Madrid, Spain.
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Among end of school activities at Bishop Gerrard High School, Fall River, was an undergraduate awards ceremony at which the two immediate past presidents of the Mt. St. Mary Academy Alumnae Assn., Mrs. Judith Callahan Mardula and Mrs. Mary Makland Falvey, presented an unrestricted gift of $500 to the school, btingihg the total amount donated by the associabion during the past three years to $1325. Among a wide vapiety of awards presented to students . were the following: highest average in French, Joan Cummings; winners in area French contest spon'sored by the Societe de Concours Francais de Fall R']ver, French I, first, Mary Talbot; second, Donna Lafonta'ine; thid, Elizabeth Canuel; sixth, Pauline Dumais; seventh, Susan Mis and Susan PerClira; eleventh, Maria Almeida; French II, fifth, Julie Rheault.
Sc:ience Fair certificates of merit, JoAnn Bentley, PauUne Dumais, Mary Santerre, Marie Cabral, Susan Carreiro, Donna Enos, Anna Hrycin.
Math League achievement, Elaine Guimond, Donna Oabral; excellence in Geometry I, Don!1a , Cabral.
Most valua;ble player awards were won by Cheryl Holleran and Nancy Raposo and a spirit award by Mickey Garand.
Chess Club award, Mary Anna Thompson. , Certi~icates for excellence in' areas of school spirit, service and 'leadership, Denise· Desdienes, Jeannine Hargraves, Cheryl Holleran, Denise LaPointe, J,anet Palmer,- Pamela Carvalho, Stephanie von Trapp, Maria AIlTleida, Debbie Belanger. Athletic awards went to' all members of the varsity ana' junior varsity oheerleadling squads; and school letters to basketball varsity team members Nancy Raposo, Donna Sarti, Ron" nie Turner, Anna Hrycin, Cheryl Holleran, Paula Dunce, Mickey Garand, Sue Pieri, Mickey Rheaume and Melissa Toulan.
Priest, Nun Assert House Vote Disaster for Poor Sugar Workers
ORGANIZATION DEDlCATED TO EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN: Leon Caravan No. 122, International Order of the Alhambra presented scholarship awards to two young ladies in recognition of their work with the exceptional children. Principals at the presentation were Roger Ouellette, Nursing Sisters Continued from Page One of Tiverton, deputy regional director; recipients Kathryn Prepared by a 10-man commitRiley an.d Jeannine Letendre, both of Fall River; Edgar St. tee wi,th Dean Fraser Mu&tard of Yves, grand commander, of Fall River. McMaster Medical Centre as
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chairman, the report ha's been sent to hospitals giving them four months to reply. The report could become law next fall. At an emergency meeting May 31, Catholic Hospital administrators and health coordinators were concerned that Sisters would be asked to take part in abortion .proceaures, euthanas,j-a and genetic engineering.
According to Marist Father Tuition Grants to Private College Vincent O'Connell and Sister Anne Catherine Bizalion who' ._ Students Upheld work with cane workers ,in Abbevj).)e, La., the' act ,was ki1led 'FRANKFORT'(NC) -' A Ken·"; 'affiliated with the United Methrust when its prime purpose-to tucky court has ruled that a" odistChurch; .and, Transylvania guarantee fair and reasonable state law providing tuition University, Lexington, affiliated wages to workers-was finally grants for needy students at- with the Christian Church (Discibeing realized. They also feared tending private colleges, includ- pies of Christ). . Childbirth Film that discontinuation of the sub- ing c~urch-rel.ated colleges, does Kent'ucky Chapters of AmerE~pectant parents, their rel,sidies would put many small not Violate e~the~ the state or icans United for Separation atives and friends are invHed to growers out of business. . federal constitution. of Church and State challenged attend a film depicting the pro· Opponents, of the act said that There is "no evidence in the the law on the grounds that it cesses of labor and childbirth at qUo'tas on imported sugar and record" that the law "advances violated ,constitutional separa- St. Anne's Hospital, 'FaH River, subsidies paid to growers under the religious beliefs of the church tion of church and state. at 7:15 P.M. Tuesday, June 25. the' act kept the price of sugar or so entagles state government "The qualification provision of T.hose interested in attending are in the U. S. artificially high. Even with religion as to violate the the statute adequately, insures asked to register with Mrs. Marihigher prices were anticipated as First Amendment" of the U.S. that the tuition grants will not , ette Eaton, R.N. at the hospital, a result of a world sugar short· Constitution, said Franklin Cir- have the effect of advancing retelephone 674·5741. They will 'cuit Court Judge Henry Meigs ligion," Judge Meigs said. "The age. meet lin the hospitlil lobby prior in his opinion. "Sure, there is a world food mere possibiiity of advancement . to the viewing., shortage," said 'Sister Bizalion The law was passed by the of religion or excessive entangleof the sugar vote, "but you 'don't 1972 legislature with a nominal' ment is not sufficient to· warrant solve world food problems by appropriation of, $2,500 to obtain a declaration of unconstitutiondumping 100,000 sugar workers a court test of its constitutionali- ality." FUNERAL HOME, INC. into the Gulf of Mexico." ty. From this money grants rangNecrology R. Marcel Roy - G. Lorraine Roy wer~ given ing from $175 to $320 Sister Bizalion and Father JUNE 28 Roger LaFrance - James E. Barton to students at Alice Lloyd ColO'Connell said that they would Rev.. Thomas ,C. Gunning, FUNERAL DIRECTORS lege, Pippa Passes; Kentucky Continued from Page One 1947, Assistant, S1. Lawrence not have opposed rejection of the Wesleyan College, Owensboro, 15 Irvington Ct. act if the industry were given ,New Bedford sion tours will be available beNew Bedford five years to adjust. "This way," yond the eight day trip to Rome. 995-5166 JUNE 30 said Sister Bizalion, who testi; A hrochure will be soon availRev. Alphonse M. Reniere, fied in February on behalf of able explaining the pilgrimage to Continued from Page One' O.P., 1961, Dominican Priory, wor,kers before a House commitRome, and the extension tours to O'ROURKE tee, '''the workers are left' ou't in ing imy relJicence or insincerity. Fall River other parts of Europe and the the cold with no support or pro~. It must be :positive, which is to Funeral Home Holy Land. JULY 2 tection." say it must be directed towa~ds 571 Second Street the acquisition of a mature attiRev. Gerard A. Boisvert, 1967, For further information, conFall River, Mass. Assistant, Notre Dame, Fall tude to sex as a correct and tact Rev. Msgr. Anthony M. New Members River 679-6072, happy manner of loving, and not Gomes, Director, Diocesan Trav· 'CHICAGO (NC)-Seven new simply something which is to be el League, P.O. ,Box 1470, Fall MICHAEL J. McMAHON, JULY 3 directors have been named to the avoided as sinful. At the same River, Mass., 02722. Tels. 676Registered Embalmer Rev. Thomas P. Doherty, 1942, board of the National Coalition time, it must also be complete, 8943, 676-0031 and 673·8933. Licensed Funeral Director Pastor, St.' Kilian, New Bedford of American Nuns" it was an- organic and personalized, that is, nounced here. Named to the adapted to each individual in his JULY 4 Rev. James A. Coyle, S.T.L., 'board were Sister Ellen Louise concrete yet different personal D. D. Wilfred C. 1955, Pastor, Holy Name, Fall Burns, of Kansas City, Mo., Sis- development. .. Funeral Rome ter Ann Brotherton of New York River Sulliva'n Driscoll Oity; Sister Joann Crowley of 550 Locust Street Aspiration " Chicago; Sister Virginia Farnan Fall River, Mass. The philo,sopher aspires toTHE ANCHOR 'of Brooklyn, N. Y., Sister Mary :lO~, WINTER STREET wards a divine principle; the Ann Guthrie of Memphis, Tenn.; Second Class' Postage Paid at Fall River. 672-2391 Mass. Published every Thursday at 410 divine Christian towards a FALL RIVER, MAS$. Sister Joann McAnoy of Detroit; Rose E. Sullivan Hiah1and Avenue. Fall River, Mass. 02722 Agent. the Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall and Sister Joyce Rowland of 672-3381 Jeffrey E. Sulliva ,1 RIver, Subscription price by mail, postpai~ -Cardinal Newman Winona, Min!". $5,00 per year. WASHINGTON (NC)-'-A priest and nun in the sugar cane plantation area of Louisiana have called the failure of -the House of Representatives to maintain federal control over the sugar industry a disaster for impoverished cane workers. Extension of the Sugar Act, a 40-yeilr-old bill which tightly regulates many facets of the sugar 'industry, including imports' and the payment of growers' 'subsidies, was defeated by a vote of 209 to 175. Under the act, workers' sala'ries were- set by the Secretary of Agriculture. Going'down with the bill were amendments· which several would have improved the wagesetting procedures for workers and would have given them a modified form of workmen's compensation insurance.
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Bishops Approve Newspaper F:ull Coverage Plan COLUMBUS (NC)-The Cath· olic bishops of Ohio have endorsed the pr,inciple of full parish coverage for the state's diocesan newspapers. Approval of the proposal that all Catholics should receive their diocesan newspaper came at 11 meeting here of the bishops in their capacity as the board of directors of the Catholic Conference of Ohio (CCO), the organization of the state's six Latinrite and one Byzantine-rite dio· ceses. The proposal of full parish coverage was presented to the bishops by the CCO's communications department, consisting of diocesan newspaper editors, radio-TV directors and information bureau heads. Parish Funds Aid Mike Collins, editol~ of The Catholic Times, Columbus diocesan neswspaper, expla,ined that in the Columbus diocese full parish coverage means that the newspaper ds mailed to almost all parishioners in the 113 of the 120 parishes participating in the ·program. The paper is sent to "all envelope holders plus other-s," he said, except those who say they don't want to receive it. The newspaper bills participating parishes and the pastors col-lect the money as they see fit. "Experience shows ,that you can expect to get back half the money," Colliins said. "The other half has to come from parish funds." '$1 Quarterly,. He said one U.S: diocese recommends that a $1 collection be taken up in each p,arish four times a year for the subscription costs of the diocesan newspaper. The Catholic T.imes, Collins said, has a $200,000 budget with $100,000 of its income coming from advertising, $85,000 from paid circulation and $15,000 from the diocese. The proposal, prepared by Collins after consultation with the state's diocesan' newspaper editors and business managers and presented to the bishops by Fa'tlter John Geiger, managing editor of The Catholic Times, emphasized that inaet1ive parishioners need the diocesan newspaper the most because it is the only contact they'll have with the Church. Father Geiger stressed that{he mission of diocesan newspapers is to "communicate effectively to everyone in the diocese to keep their faith healthy and informed." He also pointed out ~hat per-newspaper cost d~min ishes a's circulation increases.
Is Outstanding Ms. Louise DeSantis of the (acuIty of Graham Junior College, Boston, a member of Holy Cross par1ish, South Easton, has been named an "Outstanding Educator of the Year" by the Outstanding Educators of Amerioa Assn. She holds degrees from Marymount College, New York, and Georgetown University, Washington, D. C. Before joining the Graham faculty she was a member of the English department of Marymount Manhattan College, New York City. She ·is active in the CCl) program of the South Easton parish.
Rev. John Morris· of Maryknoll Fathers Celebrates 60 Years in Priesthood Rev. John E. Morris, M.M., a Maryknoll Missioner from Fall River, is celebrating the 60th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood. The 85-year-old missioner was ordained for the Fall River diocese on June 13, 1914, and entered Maryknoll in 1921, just 10 years after the society's founding. Father Morris joins Father John F. Swift, M.M., of Baltimore, Md., as the first Maryknol· lers to mark the 60th anniver. sary of their ordinations. The two priests, who served together in Korea during the late 1920's, are now retired at the St. Teresa's residence hCTe. Father Morris received his first overseas assignment to . 1923 Korea In , two years after joining the Maryknoll Society. He was named Prefect Apostolic of Peng Yang in 1930 and, after 13 years of work in Korea, was transferred to Kyoto, Japan, to work among the large Korean ,population in that city. Interned by Japanese With the outbreak of World War II, Father Morris was interned by the Japanese and was repatriated to the United States ,in 1942. Prevented by war from returning to mission work in Asia, he served as a chaplain to Japanese-Americans interned in relocation camps in Arizona. In 1944 the ·FaIl River priest was assigned to the missions of Hawaii where he served 12 years until his parish-, bordering . Honolulu's International Airport,
America, Maryknoll was established 'by the Bishops of the United States ,in 1911 to represent the American Catholic Church in Foreign lands. It currently has more than 700 priests and Brothers serving in lands in Asia, Afllica and Latin America. There are Maryknollers serving in Mexico, Guatemala and EI Salvador in Central Amer.ica; Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Peru and Venezuela in South America; Kenya, Tanzania _ and Uganda in Africa; Taiwan, the Republic of China, Hong Kong, Japan and Korea in Asia; and Hawaii and the Philippines in the Pacific.
Civil Rights League Marks Anniversary
FATHER MORRIS was ,leveled by 'runways to accommodate new jet aircraft. Returning once more to the United States, Father Morris was appointed Regional Director of Maryknoll activities in the Northwest, Wlith his lJ'esidence in Seattle, Wash. In 1959 he received his second assignment to Korea where he worked the next three years. During the 1960's the veteran missioner worked in promotional activities for MaryknoIl in Buftialo, N. Y., and New Orleans, La., and in 1970 took up residence at St. Teres'a's. A niece, Mrs. Vincent D'Andrea, lives in Somerset. . OffJdally known'as the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of
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CHICAGO (NC)-At a board meeting commemorating the first anniversary of the Catholic L f R I' . d C' I eague or e IglOUS an Ivi R' h F' h V"I I . Ig ts, at er Irgl Bum, . d t he. presl'd en t 0 f th e Ieague, cIte organization's "fantastic development and growth" during its f'Irst year 0 f operatIOn. . The league was organized to defend, through a _orocess of -.; confrontation and litigation, what it considers anti-Catholic discrimination from the courts and the media. The organization also seeks to prevent injustices against other religious bodies. Founded in Washington, D. C. in 1973, Father Blum .reported that over 6,000 members have -'joined the league since its inception.
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Nonprofit Hospital Bill Passes House WASHINGTON (NC)-A bill which would ease unionization procedures for employes of Catholic and other nonprofit hospitals was passed by the House of Representatives. The :bill extends National Labor Relations Act coverage to lhese employees and also adds further restrictions on striking and coIlective bargaining procedures for employes of all health care institutions. Similar legislation has passed the Senate, but restrictions in the House bill on labor disputes are tougher to guarantee that health care is not interrupted by strikes. Also approved by the House but rejected by the Senate was an amendment exempting persons with contrary rel,igious be· liefs from joining. or financially supporting hospital lahor unions.
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The Pope on Ca,tholic Schools
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In a talk to the Congress of the International Office of Catholic Education, Pope Paul emphasized again the great value of Catholic education and said that the disappe.arance of Catholic schools "would be an immense loss."
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The Pope also went out of his way to stress his appreciation for the work accomplished by so many Christians iQ. public schools. The dedication of teachers t.he world over to the intellectual development of their students merits gratitude. The example of integrity given by so many teachers is oile that helps form the lives of those' whom they serve. But the Pope pointed out that "pluralism in education is part of the logic of the cultural pluralism of our civilization." If there are those in the various nations of the world who prize Catholic principles as essential ingredients of. a truly successful life, then they should have the fight, and, indeed, have the du'ty, to attend Catholic schools which put forth Christian values as essentials of total education. ,
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Speaking of this the Pope said, "We encourage you to strive so that Catholic schools may be seen as places of encounter for those who want to· bear witness to Christian values in all education." The Pope rightly stresses that in all too many areas of modern society, a scientific humanism has threatened a spiritual void. The marvels of technology have held out the promise of well-being to all men. Those in the developed countries have found this not to be so as witness their frustrations and unhappiness and sense of being jaded with things. Those in the underdeveloped countries have still to receive the benefit of basic housing and clothing and food and education. So the promise of "heaven on earth" has brought about a spiritual void. Men sense an. emptiness in their being. Those with the good things,of the ~arth .have realized that there is a spiritual starvation within themselves. Those without the good things of the earth. wonder, ·if they are children of God, why other children of God, their brothers, do not help them. The answers are and must be in the spiritual realm. Catholic schools take this into account. Education is enlightenment of the whole person so that all his talents, all his abilities, his whole being is attuned to GO,d Who is Truth ' and Good. ' The Catholic school provided the atmostphere in which te'achers .and students together seek God's Truth, form a community of truth pursuing God's Good, and reach out to others in service so that these may know that Go'd is present and active, in the world and working with and in and through His children.
No Vacation The close of the school year. and the coming of Summer bring a whole new set of accommodations that must be made. Teachers can enter a time of recreation, a refreshment of the spirit while parents must cope with reality of their sons and daughters being underfoot through the middle of t.he day.
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Hail Christian Healing Power Continued from Page OnE' end in Rome to mark the Holy Year. The highlight of the service occurred when Barbara Shlemon, reputed to have' an extraordinary, heal'ing giH" told the throngs in 'Notre Dame st,adium that many people there and elsewhere were being healed of serious illnesses such as epilepsy, Dancer and leukemia. During the service, punctuated' ,by shouts of approval and applause from tJhe crowd, charismatic leaders on the stage told the crows of "words of knowledge" they daimect were given them .from the Holy Spirit. Among such messages were: "The .Lord has healed a I'ady (in the stadium) with'a green skirt of arthritis," and "a lady in a red jacket has been healed of breast cancer." Another said that the unborn child being car· ried by a 'pregn,ant woman was being healed of a serious RH factQr. Objections 'Some charismatics objected to the overly emotional techniques such as, urgings by one charismatic leader.. to "scream' 'glory' at the top of your lungs." Other obpections were heard to the techniques of identiJfying . persons a'lilegedly healed in the stands and to the possible bad effect which promises that the Lo~d was healing everyone
would have on the handicapped . in wheelchairs who ringed the apron of the field. Explanations Several of the healers, including: Franciscan Father Mieftael Scanlan, felt· that some things, suoh as prayers of prai,se, "got a little out of hand at the ses~ sion." But he emphasized, as did almost every person who commented on tihe healing service', that the proceedings were being prompted by the Holy Spirit. Dominican Father Francis MacNutt, the most prominent of Catholic charismatics in the healing ministry, said that most of the reported '\heallngs" were probably psychosomatic. But he stressed that charismatic healers deal with psychosomatie illnesses "on that level" and pr:ay that God will heal them on that level. . Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Mc· Kinney of Grand Rapids, Mich., an unofficial lia~ison .between the renewal and the Ameriean bish· ops, said that if he had not received a "teaching" or instruc· tion on the healing service from chari~matics beforehand, he "would have gone wild" over some techniques practiced. ' But, said the bishop, who says he is a charismatic, "God's gifts were th~re in terms of healing dike I've never seen before in the Church."
Drivers must be conscious of the influx of youngsters chasing across streets and adjust their driving accordingly. Students who longed for the end of the school year will find themselves asking, What is there to do? And those who, must continue to work will wonder how to get things done in the heat and humidity of the hot days of Summer. Vacationers will wonder where to go while those whose livelihood depends on vacation-time will hope for a good season to bring them through the days of Winter. And so it goes. Through it all people w~ll live their lives and, hopefully, in 'health and safety. And through it all may th~re be no vacation from God.
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The Rev. Ernest J. Bartell, Stonehill College president, has been elected a Fellow and Trus· tee of the University of Notre Dame. . The Fellows - 12 ill number and evenly divided between members of the Priests Society of the ,Indiana Province of the Congreglttion of Holy Cross and lay persons-were created when the University changed over to lay go\'ernance in 1967. While most governance of the Univer· sity is exercised by the Board of Trustees, certain powers, such as the election of Trustees and the amending of the University's bylaws and statutes, are reserved to the Fellows. Before being named president of Stonehill College in 1971, Father Bartell, a 1953 Notre Dame alumnus, was chairman of the Department of Economics and director of the Center for the Study of Man in Contemporary Society at the University. Father Bartell has also taught economics at Princeton University, where he received his doc· torate in 1966. The 42-year-Old president has served as director of economic analysis on non public education for the President's Commission on School Finance. He directed a study of public and private higher education on the east coast as a major phase of are· search project for the Americim Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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RICHMOND (NC)-A federal judge here ruled th~t prayers may be a part of a public high school graduation ceremony. "I can hardly see that the few moments. devoted to these prayers can create any signi.ficant risk of advancing religion," said U. S. District Court Judge Robert Merhige, Jr., in his June 7 ruling. The suit was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union {ACLU) on behalf of three grad· uating seniors of Douglas Freeman High School, a Henrico Coun.ty school in Richmond's suburbs. The students objected that an invocation and benediction scheduled for. their June graduation ceremQny violated the separation of Church and state, and court prohibitions of prayer in school. "I simply feel that any type of prayer other than one I would make myself ... is insulting to my religion," said Judy Gordon, one of th'e plaintiffs, who de· scribed herself as a very religious Orthodox Jew. William G. Broaddus, attorney for the Henrico County School Board and others named as defendants, argued that no public funds were involved in the grad· uation ceremonies-they were paid for from student dues-and . participation in the ceremonies is not mandatory.
News Editor ST. PAUL (NC) - Donald G. Effenberger has been named .news editor of the Catholic 'Bul· letin, official newspaper of the archdiocese of St. Paul and Min· neapolis and the diocese of New Vim in south-central Minnesota.
WASHINGTON (NC)-Qne of the justifications often given for abortion - a population rising faster than energy productioncan be solved through greater lise of technology, according to an astronaut physician. "The techn'ological advances I'm talking about never happen unless people get scared," astronaut·physician Joseph Kerwin told NC News in an interview here. Kerwin was the keynote speaker at the second annual convention of the National Right to Life Committee,. Kerwin, a member of the Skylab I crew that spent 28 days in space during May and June 1973, said the current food shortages in the underdeveloped nations could he overcome if technology were applied to the problem. And if the problem of a food shortage were solved, he added, that would remove one of the arguments used hy people favoring abortion. "To them it's simple arithmetic; either the birth rate has to come down, or the death rate go up," Kerw.in stated. "And they've hit upon a method to do both simultaneously." Kerwin, the only physician to go into space, lives in Houston and has spoken out publicly against abortion despite having little free time away from his duties at the NASA space center.
Praises Chilean Bishops' Stand WAsi"UNGTON (NC) - The secretary-general' of the International Commission of Jurists, a group which investigates violations of human rights around the world, has praised the stand of the Chilean bishops in regard to v,iolations of rights in Chile as "immensely important and very courageous." Niall MacDermot was in Wash·" ington to testify before a House subcommittee on violations of rights in Africa. He also told NC News toot the April statement of Chile's 'bishops condemning" eel" tain policies of military government was "clear, unequivocal and courageous." He said that the government press in Chile "made great play" of the charge that the statement was not unanimous. But MacDermot said that he was assured by Oardinal Raul Silva, head of the Chilean Bishops' Conference, that all the bishops accepted the statement in substance.
Rumanian Catholics Hold Convention EAST CHICAGO (NC) - The Association of Rumanian Catholics of America (ARCA) has annOllnced th3t its 26th annual convention will be held June 28-30 at St. Nicholas' Church here. ARCA was established in 1948 at Youngstown, Ohio after the Rumanian government tried to force Eastern-rite Catholics into the Orthodox Church. Since its inception, ARCA has sought the means of preserving the traditions and promoting the interests of Catholic Eastern-rite Rumanians in the United States. The convention schedule includes a meeting of the Rumanian Catholic Priests' Conference.
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There is a need for some population control, however, he n'oted. "The important thing is that it be done humanly, that it be regarded as a dangerous solution even where necessary, and that it never, never be given a higher moral priority than an individual human life:"
NORTH BERGEN (NC)-:-Reside-nts of this tiny New Jersey community situated across the Hudson River from New York are likely to pick up programming from Our Lady of FatifTIa parish when they twist their television dial to the local cablevision UHF channel.
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With a two-year-old mas:; media commission, the parish is pioneering in making cable television a part of its apostolate.
VATICAN CITY (NC)-The joint wor,king group r~presenta tives of the Roman Catholic .catholic Church and the World Council of ,Churches are drawing up a' report which will be presented aot next year's fifth world assembly of the WCC to chart ecumenical mutual activity in the future. The joint working group recently met for a 'week in Venice, Italy, to take stock of their programs and activities over the past five years and of the ecumenical movement in general. A 20-country questionnaire was circulated by the Vatican's Secretariat for Promot'ing Christian Unity and by the World Council of Churches at Geneva to learn of the ecumenical situation on local levels. Among developments on the local or national levels, as versus the international plane, the joint working group studied reports on the growth" of charismatic movements, the functions of the laity in the mission of the church and the new role for women in the church and the world. A major point of the Venice meeting Was' an examination' of what would be the principal points brought up in a full report to be presen'ted at the WCC world assembly next year. American Jesuit 'Father John Long, an offidal of the Vatican unjty secretariat, SJa-id the report "will include factual results already achieved in the past several years but also will look beyond 1975."
Soul The soul is the inner face of man, by which we are known, that we may be regarded with love by our Maker. -Pope St: Gregory I
The commission plans and produces its own programs and sometimes even operates the cameras in what Father William
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Father Meyers Heads NCEA WASHINGTON (NC)-Father John F. Meyers, acting president of the Nation1al Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) since December, 1972, has been named president of the association, the board of directors anounced at a meeting here. Father Meyer:;, 43, a priest of the diocese of Dallas, Tex., will take offke July I, succeeding NOI'bertine ,Father C. Albert Koob, NCEA president since 1967, who is resigning because of injuries sustained in a fall in October 1972.
Hanrahan calls "a marriage of home movies with the cable." Father Hanrahan and a parishioner, Pat Plezer, are the coordi· nators for the programming. "We get an idea for a program, put it together and tape it either here at the parish with harrowed equipment or right in the studio," Father Hanra'han explained. Among the recent programs that have been aired were the parish anniversary Mass, a puppet show and a pre-Cana program. About 4,000 homes in the area are hooked into the local • cable TV company.
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We shudder when we see them on TV, the families in India who have never lived indoors. They live in the streets, painfully, sleep huddled together on matting on the sidewalks. The pennies they earn buy scraps of food and rags.... In Calcutta alone they number 100,000. They are not drunkards or tramps, these families. All they need is a chance.... "For only $200 (for materials), we can give a family a home," states Joseph Cardinal Parecattil from Erna· kulam. "We'll provide the supervision, our men will do the work free-of-charge, and the family will own it outright once they prove they can take care of it themselves. We'll start the work immediately. Can you imagine the happiness a 'home of their own' will bring?" ... Here's your chance to thank God for your family\ your home. Cardinal Parecattil will write to say thanks.
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the suggestions in this article, this is what would really happen: First, they will have to determine whioh, toys they no longtr want, sort out all the jumbled pieces, box ,them in sturdy, welllabeled containers, and price them reasonably, within reach of other children's buying power. This will take two minutes ... because everything will be dumped into one big carton, hauled out to the ya,rd. and labeled "GRAB BAG-2c a pick." Word will spread quickly and soon there will be 40 kids push. ing to be first in the carton. Now the children will have someone to play with! Witil the wisdom of Solomon, inborn in children, they will divide a disputed toy by smashing it. Bigger Markets Then the fight will start. Having gained some business success, the children will then ex:pand into bigger markets. Older brother's "TENNIS RACKET-lOc." Older sister's "GUITAR-I5c." Brother's RADI0-2Oc~" Sister's "10 SPEED BIKE-25c." At tliat rate, it won't take "the children but a few minutes to earn enough ... all by themselves ... to buy ice cream. This leaves the mother alone with the mob of neighborhood kids, trying to find out who bought the 'brand new bike for 25c. She'll find out ... and also learn that it'll cost her $5 to get it back. If she adds to that $2 to reclaim the tennis racket; $3 for
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Establishes Department Of Social Concerns TRENTON (NC) - A Department of Social Concerns has been established by the New Jersey Catholic Conference, agency of the state's five bishops. Director of the department will be Sisters for Christian Community. Sister Ryan has identified prison reform and migrant labor as the top priorities of the office at this time. She said the office would a'1so be concerned with housing, day care and unemployment,
The afternoon will present no problem. She'll have sent them to their rooms till dinner. Her ohildren's Playroom Sale will start a neighborhood craze. The following day six other kids will do the same. Now her children will have the opportunity of replenishing their stock. The Monopoly game, missing half the houses, which they sold for 5c, they can replace with a Scrabble set missing half the tiles-for 10c, The new toys will fascinate her children. , . ,for two minutes. Then they will whine because they sold their favorite walki' talk,ie that worked if they yelled loud enough. They can then scrounge. around the neighborhood trying to remember Who bought it. Two Minutes They'.(\ f.ind it, at another Playroom Sale, labeled,' "not for sale." Another fight. Another two minutes. Another smashed toy. ,But then they won't need the walkie-talkie because they won't be talking'to that kid any more, At least, not for two minutes ... The mother could then amuse:' her children for the' afternoon by suggesting they clean up the mess they made in the yard hav· ing ·the Playroom Sale 'the day before. They'll be too tired. She can suggest they take a nap. , This wiH last two minutes. Having made such a marvelous start, the mother can plan for a full, exciting, educational f h h'ld II c I lip renthe ... yard ye summer or toerclean ing at them t t th . hb h od k'd b~~ko t~epickeu~el:tei~rst~ff .. ~ s This, too, will last two minutes. By then, the mother won't care about amusing' them. She'll be too busy counting the days till sch~ol opens again.
Jerusalem Welcomes Holy Land Custodian JERUSALEM (NC) - Franciscan Father Maurilio Sacchi was welcomed here in his new position as nead, or custos, of the Custody of the Holy Land. He suc,ceeds Father Erminio Roncar·i, who has completed his term of six years in office, A native of Turin, Haly, Father Sacchi, 55, was ordained in 1942 and entered the service of the custody in May 1947. He has worked as director of the Franciscan publication. La Terra Santa, from i 950 to 1962. In 1968, he became the religious superior (guardian) of the Convent of the Annunciation in Nazareth~ The custody, which has, a membership of over 388 Franciscans, is one of the oldest religious institutions in the Holy Lat;Jd.
CLEVELAND (NC) - Bishop James A. Hickey, who was recently named to head the diocese of Cleveland, has sent his first greetings to his new diocese. When he was informed of his. 'appointment as bishop of Cleveland, Bishop Hickey said he went to St.Peter'sbasilica and knelt at the tomb of the Apostle and prayed for wisdom,' strength, and love for the people of the diocese. Currently serving a's rector of the North American College in Rome, Bishop Hickey told the . priests of his new diocese that "Together we shaH experience hardship, perhaps, misunderstanding at .times, but united we 'ShaH surely come to a deeper sharing of the abundant joy of the Risen Saviour." In a letter of welcome, retired Bishop Clarence G. Issenman of Cleveland, promised his successor his own generous assistance and assured 'him that the entire diocese receives him with gracious acceptance and prayerful cooperation.
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With schools closing for tbe summer, magazines are full of articles offering advice on ways parents should amuse, children during vacation time. Some' of them promise long hours of educational fun. I just read one called "Running a Playroom Sale" which was undoubtedly written by the guitar; and $4 for the radi9, it will have cost her only $14 for someone. who has no chil- this marvelous, educational, fundren. It suggested the kids filled morning for her children.
be encouraged to bring together their unwanted toys to buy and sell like' a garage or yard sale. [f any mother tried to follow
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NUN IS OSTEOPATH:-Sister Rosel1)ary Havey talks to a young patient in the Ingham County Medical Center, Lansing, Mich., where she is beginning work as an osteopath. She is thought to be the first Sister in the Dominican order to practice osteopathy, a kind of medical therapy. NC Photo~
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PHILADELPHIA (NC)-A sixday national Bicentennial Conference on Religious Liberty will be held here in the spring of 1976. The announcement was made by conference chairman, Francis G. Brown, of Downington, Pa" hd S general secretary of the PhiladelSt. Louis Arc iocese to creen phia Yearly Meeting of the ReliTeen-Agers Seeking Marriage gious Society of Friends . ST: LOUIS (NC) -.,.. Teen-age on their readiness for marriage. (Quaker). couples who wish to be married The couple might be asked to A 34-member ad hoc inter-faith by a Catholic priest in the Arch- postpone the marriage or be re- committee ,of prominent Philadeldiocese of St.Louis will' be ferred for further screening by phia clergymen, educators, his· screened for their "maturity, and the Catholic Family Service, a' torians, community leaders and readiness for marriage," accord- counseling agency of Catholic others is planning the conference, ing- to regulations anounced re- Charities. The conference wiU seek to cently. The program will continue for focus public attention on reliWh,en the boy or girl is under two years here, after which it gious liberty and freedom of conthe age of 19, parish priests, will be evaluated. science in order to reaffirm the will interview the couple ,on spirit and beliefs of the nation's Cardinal John Carberry of St. eight topics including their patFounding Fathers and to stimterns of 'courtship, maturity, de- Louis, in a mailing of informa-, ulate greater awareness of the pendence and other personal tional material to all priests, notquall'tl'es. Th'e l'ntervI'ews wI'11 ed: "'We priests are indeed deep- basic role of these rights in aO free society, Brown said. utilize a questionnaire and set Iy concerned with the number of of guidelines, and will include teen-age marriages which often bring unhappiness, or end, in dithe priest's own recommendatiC!n vorce. It is to be noted that the
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Summer has almost arrived and with, it the constant cries of "Ma, where's my navy blue socks" or "Gee, Ma, haven't you ironed my dungarees yet?" All of this concentration on laundry has put me in a pensive mood as I contemplate the "Why don't ' they's" of motherhood. Why a long session at the ironing board? don't they sell socks in sets Wouldn't it be wonder.ful if of threes, and that way at wash and wear white really least we'll end up with a pair? stayed white and didn't become Why couldn't they make boys' what used .to be called tattle-tale shirts like girls' body suits so grey? my eight-year-ord won't always Shirt Sets Why doesn't anyone think to package more ties and shirts as sets. It would make it so much easier on those of us who end By up 'spending an extra half hour in the haberdashery looking for MARILYN a tie that can be worn with that wildly striped shirt. RODERICK Well, now that some of my major complaints are out in the open I feel I should at least have his shirt tail hanging out? mention some of the things in Why hasn't someone ,invented the clothing area that have made a material that looks like dun- life more bearable. I'm so glad that leotards and garee fabric but that will bounce back after each washing without pantyhose or whatev.er you want to call that all-in-one stocking came into being. How could we ever live without them?' Pope's Amnesty Call Thank goodness for the forePertains to U.S. sighted person who designed the CHAMPAIGN (NC) - Father first bodysuit. This great design 'Robert Newton Barger, pres,ident has made "Tuck your blouse in" of the Committee for a HeaHng a phrase of the past. Repatriation, 'said here that Pope Paul's recent call for world Wash Tags governments to grant amnesty Blessings on the government to cer.ta'in prisoners during' the for forcing manuf.acturers to put Holy Year is applicable to the washing instructions on permaUnited States. nent tags inside garments. All ,Father Barger, who IS also' women will ,agree that it's nice author of the book "Amnesty: to know how you should wash What Does It Really Mean?", something. said that "Every person interW.ash and Wear, the new and ested in reconciliation can right- more feminine look for women, ly rejoice at .the Pope's call of coordinated separates in the May 23 !for national leaders to same area of a store, clothes that consider the possibility of grant- shed wrinkles the way a snake ing amnesty to prisoners as a sheds his skin, all of these (in witness to clemency and equity." one breath) ·are just a few of the In a papal buH proclaiming improvements th'at have made it 1975 as a Holy Year, with the . possible for us to live a 28 hour theme "Reconciliation and Re- day squeezed into 24. newal," Pope Paul VI urged Now, if they would only come world governments to consider up with Wash and Wear kids ... granting amnesty to certain prisoners, especially those "who 'have given sufficient proof of Catechetical Content mQral and civic reha:bilitatlon, or Major Concern who may have been caught up WASHINGTON (NC) - The in political and social upheavals. too immense for them to be held content of religious educationwhat is taught-is the subject of responsible. " greatest interest and concern to U. S. Catholics participating in Diocese Plans Seni'or ' the preparation of the National Citizen High Rise Catechetical Directory (NCD),di. SAN DIEGO (NC) - Bishop ocesan coordinators of the diLeo T. Maher of San Diego will rectory project have reported. lead ground breaking ceremonies This finding emerged from an for Cathedral Plaza, a Hi-story, ana'lysis of the reports received non-denominational housing com- from coordinators in 114 of the plex ·for senior citizens here. 159 Latin-rite dioceses in the To be constructed and operat· country who responded to a cd by C~thedral Plaza Develop- questionaire sent by Msgr. ment Corporation, the new high Wilfrid Paradis, national NSD rise will' be the first major dioce- project director. san project funded through the The 63 dioceses reporting that federal Housing and Urban De- content is the primary concern velopment Office which guaran- of Catholics in their area repreteed the construction loan. sent 55 per cent of those reportCathedral Plaza Development ing and 39.6 per cent of all Corporation is religious and Latin-rite dioceses in the United lay group. Bishop Maher is chair- States and overseas territories, man of the organizatiQI1 and Msgr. Paradis said. Msgr. I. Brent Eagan, diocesan The NCD is to be a guide for chancellor, is president. religious educat·ion adapted to The complex will contain 150 the particular needs of U. S. soefficiency units and 71 one-bed- ciety and culture. It will apply room units. It will also feature the basic principles for Christian a group fIoor lobby, dining preaching aM teaching to the rooms, kitchen and other areas. United States.
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Sees Horrendous Global' Fa'mine ST. PAUL (NC) - Americans must reshape their eating habits in the face of an impending "horrendous global famine," a bishop told about 300 persons attending the Midwest Conference on Food Policy. "Some day, perhaps sooner than many expect, we may be called upon not only to tighten our own belts but to actually reshape our eating habits in order to keep others from stan', ing to death," said Bishop Edward E. Swanstrom, executive director of U. S. Catholic Relief Services (CRS). Bishop Swanstrom warned that Americans "waste an incredible amount of .food each year" but continue to spend "millions upon millions of dollars annually on fad diets, on defattening parlors. on food with virtually no nutritive values."
WHAT'S UP? DOCK: Father John J. Vanadis, a retired priest from St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Monroe, Mich., fishes from one of his favorite spots at-BoBes Harbor, Mich. He isn't miraculously floating above the surface of the lake as it may appear at first. High water nearly covers the dock on which his chair rests. NC Photo.
He quoted Dr. Jean Mayer, Harvard University nutritionist, that the average American diet represents the same food intake as that of 70 Chinese. "We spend as much on reducing pills, products and regime.,; as the entire national budgets of several of the less developed countries of the world put togeather," Bishop Swanstrom said.
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Brownsville Sends Clergy With Migrants BROWNSVILLE (NC) - A ble for them while they are grOup of priests, Sisters and sem- working in the fields in the inarians from the Brownsville.di- north." ocese will spend part of their Six priests, eight seminarians summer traveling and visiting and 10 Sisters will make the with migrant workers from the journey north. IBishop Fitzpatrick diocese as they travel north to also plans to spend 10 days·visseek work. ithig the migrants in a six-state Bishop John J. Fitzpatrick of , area. Brownsville said: "The migrants The bishop said: "Our clergy from the (Rio Grande) valley still belong to the diocese of Browns- will not be involved so much-in visle, no matter how long they social programs as in bringing work out of the valley or how far the sacraments, the word of away they are; We feel responsi- God, the offering of Mass and. ... O:.• ".lllr"'1'r.!lrnm ......
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more particularly, bringing the interest and concern from the people of the diocese of Brownsville." Although most of the priests, 'Sisters, and seminarians have been allotted time'to spend with the migrants, 'because of a tight budget some are using their vacation time for this purpose. Most of the group will stay in local parishes or with friends. A few, however, plan to live wRh the migrants in their camps. '
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OUR LADY OF THE CAPE Masse's: Sunday-7:00, 8:30. 10:00, 11:30 A.M.• and 5:00 P.M. Saturday Eve.-5:00 and 7:30 P.M. Daily-8:00 A.M. except Wed: 7:30 P.M.
EAST BREWSTER IMMACULATE CONCEPTION Masses: Sunday-8:30, 10:00 A.M., Saturday Eve.-5:00 and 7:30 P.M.
BUZZARDS BAY ST. MARGARETS Masses: Sunday-8:00, 9:00, 10:00. 11:00, 12 noon and 7:30 P.M. Saturday Eve.-5:00 and 6:30 P.M. Daily-8:00 A.M.
ONSET ST. MARY-STAR OF THE SEA
DEACON AS BARBER: John Fairfax of Washington, a permanent deacon, is a volunteer barber at the Little Sisters Qf the Poor Home for the Aged in Washington. NC Photo.
V'eteran Confessor Discusses New Rituc;II's Possibilities CINCINNATI (NC)-Will the new confession ritual lure back throngs of Catholics who presently aren't going to the sacrament? No, believes Father Leonard Foley, former editor of S1. Anthony Messenger and author of the art.icle on the new ritual which appears in the June issue of the magazine. Not uniess the ritual is interiorized, not until penitents and confessors have taken the meaning of words like "Reconciliation" to heart. can the new ritual transform the sacrament and our reception of it as individuals and lisa faith community, says the FranCiscan priest, who is author of the widely read' book "What's Happening to Confession?" "Those who expected something radically new or different will be disappointed. Yet the revision is significant' because' there are new and positive emphases which, if they become part of our understanding and ' experience, will restore this sacrament to its rightful place in the .life of the Church," says Father Foley. ,
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prayers. The ritual also contains a sample examination of 'con: science which can be adapted to local, customs and the situation of the individual confessing. Some of these positive emphases in the sacrament are new (or renewed): the notion of reconciliation and the social nature of sin and grace. Some are per.ennial: like the mercy of God, our union with Christ's death and rising, the outpouring of the Spirit. the Church as the community of the Body of Christ, the need for depth and interiorization of faith.
I.1asses: Sunday-8:30. 9:30. 10:30. 11:30 A.M. Saturday-6:30 P.M. Daily 9:00 A.M.' '.. . ..'
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Masses: Sunday-7:00. 8:!5. 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-Ultreya-8:00 P.M.
WEST BARNSTABLE OUR LADY OF HOPE Masses: Sunday-l0 A.M. and 4:30. P.M. Saturday Eve.--4:30 P.M.
CENTRAL VILLAGE ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST Masses: Sunday-8:00, 9:00. 10:00. 11;00 A.M. Saturday at 5:00 and 6:30 P.M. Paily-9:00 A.M. Sunday Masses Parish Hall: 9:30 and 10:30 A.M.
,From his experiences in adult discussion groups and as a reCHATHAM treat master, Father Foley idenHOLY, REDEEMER tifies problem areas that the new ritual must adequately deal with: Masses: Sunday-8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11 :00 A.M. trivializing one's real sinfulness;' Saturday Evening-5:00 P.M. the loss of fear of mortal sin and Paily-8:00 A.M. the Catholic "heresy" of venial sin ~It's like being so relieved SOUTH CHATHAM that I don't have cancer ... that OUR LADY OF GRACE I am not. concerned at all about persistent coughing or headaches, .Masses: Sunday-8:30, 9:30, 10:30, 11:30 A.M. infected 'teeth or a continual Saturday Eve.-7:00 P.M. fever") and, the loss of selfDaily-9:00 A.M. . discipline. Full schedule begins June 22-23
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Ritual is like language, "as essential as our skin and as open to use or abuse as our TV,set," he says. It depends on the meaning people give it. The new ritual contains forms for both individual and, communal confessions. There is new stress on Scripture (although Bible readings may be minimally used), and somewhat: increased participation by the penitent in
Establish Center SILVER SPRING' (NC) - A Center for Religion and Psychiatry, a program integrating the science of psychiatry with the practice of .pastoral ministry skills, .has been established by the Washington Theological Coalition, it was announced at the coalition's headquarters here in this Washington suburb:
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 ASSUMPTION CHAPEL Masses: Sunday-9:00.' 11 :00 A.M. Saturday ·Eve.-6:30 P.M. Daily-8:00 A.M.
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ST. ELIZABETH Masses: Sunday....,...9:00. 10:30 A.M. (5:00 P.M. beginning June 30) , Saturday Eve.--4:00 • 7:00 P.M. Daily-5:15 P.M. (Mon.-Fri.) Confessions-Saturday 2:30·3:30 P.M.
fALMOUTH ST. PATRICK Masses: Sunday-7:00, 9:00, 10:00, ] 1:15 and 5:30 P.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 Masses: Sunday-8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:15 A.M. Saturday--4:30 P.M. Daily-8:00 A.M. Effective June 22-Subject to change
HYANNIS ST. FRANCIS XAVIER " Masses: SundaY-:-:-'-7:QO,. 8:00, 9:00,. 10:00. } 1:00, 12:00 A.M. , Saturday Eve.-5:00 and 7:30 P.M. Daily-7:00 and 8:00 A.M.
YARMOUTH PORT SACRED HEART Masses: Sunday-9:00. 10:00 A.M. Saturday Eve.-5:00 P.M.
MARION ST. RITA Masses: Sunday-8:30, 10:00, 11:15 A.M. Saturday Eve.-5:00 and 6:30 P.M. Daily-'-8:30 A.M. Friday~Benediction & ~osary 7:00 P.M.
• MATTAPOISm ST. ANTHONY Masses: Sunday-7:30, 9:00, 10:00 (Folk M\iss), 11 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. Saturday-8:00 A.M.• 4:30 and 7:00 P.M. Daily-8:00 and 9:00 A.M. (Mon.-Fri.)
NANTUCKET OUR LADY OF THE ISLE Masses: Sunday-7:30, 9:30, 11:00 A.M. and 7:00 P.M. Saturday Eve.-5:00 and 7:00 P.M. Daily-7:30 A.M.
SIASCONSET, MASS. UNION CHAPEL Masses: Sunday-8:45 A.M. July and August
OAK BLUFfS SACRED HEART Masses: Sunday-8:00, 9:15, 10:30 A.M. Saturday Eve.-5:15 &,7:00 P.M.. Daily-7:00 A.M.
ORLEANS ST. JOAN OF ARC Ma!>3es: Sunday-8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 A.M. 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; ,
'. Plan International Eucharistic Congress PHILADEPHIA (NC)-Cardinal John Krol of Philadelphia has announced that Pope Pau,1 VI has granted approval for the celebration of the 41st Internationl Eucharistic Congress to be held in Philadelphia in 197€i. Cardinal Krol made the announcement after receiving a letter from Australian Cardinal James Knox, president of the permanent committee on International Eucharistic Congresses, which conveyed the Pope's ap-
prov,al of Philadelphia as the site for the congress. No exact dates have been set for the congress, but according to Ed Devenney, news director of the Philadelphia archdiocese, it is scheduled to begin sometime in early August of 1976, the U. S. bicentenna,l year. Specifk activities have not yet been fully formulated for the week-long event, but the archdiocese explained that activities will include concelebrated indoor
THE ANCI'iOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. June 20, 1974
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and outdoor Masses before large gatherings in places such as stadiums, civic centers, halls and churches. . Other activities will include seminars, various types of instructional and inspirational meetings and liturgical services. An international Eucharistic congress has been held only once before in the United States, in Chicago during the United States' sesquicentennial year 1926.
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CHURCH OF THE VISITATION Masses: Sunday-8:30" 9:30, 10:30, 11:30 A.M. Saturday Eve.-5:00 and 7:00 P.M.
OS'rERVILLE OUR LADY OF THE ASSUMPTION Masses: Sunday-7:00, 8:30, 10:00, 11:30 A.M. Saturday Eve.-5:00 and 7:30 P.M. Daily-7:00 A.M. Confessions: Saturday-4:00 - 5:00 P.M.
S)'NTUIT 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--4:15· 5:00 P.M.
POCASSET ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST Masses: Sunday-7:30, 8:30, 9:30,10:30,11:30 A.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
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 A.M. and 5:30 P.M. Confessions: Saturday·--4:00 - 5:00 P.M.
SANDWICH 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.
SAGAMORE ST. THERESA Masses: Sunday-8:30, 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. . Saturdays only-8:00 A.M.
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s1'. PIUS TENTH Masses: Sunday-7:00, 9:00, 10:15, 11:30 A.M. 7:00 P.M. Saturday Eve.-4:00 and 7:00 P.M. Daily-7:00 alild 9:00 A.M. BAS~5
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OUR LADY OIF THE HIGHWAY Masses: Sunday-8:00, 9:30, 1I :00 A.M. Daily-8:00 A.M.
VINEYARD HAVEN ST. AUGUSTINE Masses: Sunday~: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.
. CHILMARK COMMUNITY CENTER Masses: Sunday-7:00 P.M. (Beginning June 30)
WAREHAM ST. PATRICK Masses: Sunday-7:00, 8:00, 9:00,10:00,11:30 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. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament follows the 7:00 A.M. Mass and continues until 7:00 P.M. Confessions: Y2 hour before Masses Tuesday: Mass of Peace and Justice 7:00 P.M. Schedule for July and August
WEST WAREHAM ST. ANmONY Masses: Sunday-9:00, 10:30 A.M. Saturday-7:00 P.M. Confessions: ~ hour before Masses Schedule for July and August
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 A.M.
TRURO SACRED HEART Masses: Saturday-7:00 P.M.
NORTH TRURO OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP Masses: Sunday-8:00, 9:00, 10:00 and 11:00 A.M. Saturday Eve.-6:00 P.M.
WEST HARWICH HOLY TRINITY Masses: Sunday-7:30, 9:00, 10:30, 12:00 noon Saturday Eve.-5:00 & 7:00 P.M. Daily-9:00 A.M. & 7:00 P;M. First Friday-Mass and Exposition 11:00 A.M.
DENNISPORT UPPER COUNTY ROAD OUR LADY OF THE ANNUNCIATION Masses: Sunday-7:00, 8:30, 10:00, 11:30 A.M. Saturday Eve.-4:30 P.M.. Daily-8:00 A.M.
WESTPORT ST. GEORGE Masses: Sunday-7:30, 8:45, 10:00, 11:30 A.M. Saturday Eve.-5:00 and 6:30 P.M.
WOODS HOLE ST. JOSEPH Masses: Sunday-8:00, 9:30, 11:00 A.M. Saturday Eve.-7:00 P.M. Daily-8:00 A.M. (9:00 A.M. Sat. only) Confessions: Y2 hour before Sunday Masses
NORTH FALMOUTH (Meganse") IMMACULATE CONCEPTION Masses: Sunday-8:00, 9:30, 11:00 A.M. Saturday Eve.-5:30 and 7:00 P.M. Daily-8:00 A.M. (9:00 A.,M. Sat. only) Confessions: Y2 hour before Sunday Masses Schedule June 22 to Labor Day
BARBER AS DEACON: John Fairfax distributes Holy Communion to his wife at a Mass in St. Martin's Church, Washington. A look at these and other duties of this deacon will be be· given on CBS "Look Up and Live", scheduled for broadcast at 10:30, Sunday morning, June 23. NC Photo.
Cardinal Says Church Desires Friendship With Non-Christians VATICAN CITY (NC)-Cardinal Sergio Pignedoli, the prelate designated by the Vatican to stimulate dialogue with nonChristian religions, has stated that "we have the greatest trust and confidence in the religious man and we are always ready to be his friend." In a recent letter addressed to the world's bishops, the cardinal gave a summary of the activities and thinking of the Vatican Secretariat for non-Ohristians, which was established 10 years ago by Pope Paul VI. The cardinal has headed that secretariat for the past year. The cardinal stressed in his letter that his organization is not interested "'in multiplying institutions and structures" but rather in the fostering of "a sincere meeting of heart with those who have a religious conscience." Cardinal Pignedoli underlined the point that in dealing with non-Christians "we do not intend, with the term friendship and the word love. to reduce our relations with the non-Christians to purely secondary and superficial values' within the human horizons." Rather, he said, ,the fundamental relationship that Catholics can and must have with non-Christians is one that is "based on the fact that all of us are 'religious men·... That m'~ans, his letter said,
that we as men "admit the presence of Another in our Personal lives." Explaining that central theme of his secretariat's approach Cardinal Pignedoli said it involves relations among men "who acknowledge that the whole meaning of life lies beyond the purely temporal and terrestial, and who seek to give to the problem of man a solution which is at once bold and has a horizon far beyond that of the mere sensilble. This is the platfor.m on which we must meet with our non-Christian brothers." Taking his point one step further, the Italian cardinal, who has had wide experience in dealing with the non-Christian world of Africa and Asia as a former secretary of the Vatican's Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, stressed that religion, Christian or non-Christian "opens the heart of men to their bro1Jhers for the very reason that it brings men to God. "It . is not possible to ignore this interrelation of values. In the Christian religion the essen· .tial nature of charity toward men is on the same level as that toward God. But no religion wholly isolates man or with· draws him from the experience of community living."
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Artists Praise Pope Pau'
THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. June 20,1974
Answers ',Anson's Criticism Of Catholic Church in U.S.
NEW YORK (NC)-Pope Paul VI received a special tribute from the Skowhegan, (Me.) school of Painting and Sculpture at a dinner here. The award which celebrates the gallery of modern art ~ecent ly created by the Pop.e at the Vatican Museums, was accepted hy Bishop Paul C. Marcinkus, president of the. Institute for Works of Religion,' generally known as the Vatican bank. ," In a tribute read by Arthur A. Houghton Jr., board chairman of Steuben Glass, the Pope was described as hlJ,ving given "new hope and life to the artists of today," and as encouraging them "in their efforts to work with him in lifting man's spirit." The citation was accompanied by two gifts for the new modern art gallery: a painting by Jacob Lawrence, ,a black artist, and a crystal prism sculpture especially made by Steuben Glass.
The late President W~rren Harding once confided to the celebrated Kansas editor, William Allen White: "I, have no trouble with my enemies. ~ut my (expletive deleted) friends . . . are the ones that keep' me walking the floor nights.'" That was not; of ' course, an original. thought ing his spleen against "pietistic Irish Jansenists'; who allegedly with the ill-fated Harding. have foisted their own narrowHe was simply paraphrasing minded ethic on the rest of the 'a universal adage which probably goes back at least as far as the Medes and the Persians. I thought of this adage recent-
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American Church, he should have left the Spanish-sp~aking out of it. Instead, he ereates the impression that, if and when the Spanish-speaking come into their own-and the sooner the better as far as I am concerned-they will radically change the Church's stance on sex morality. "Had anyone but the Irish been in charge," he asks, "how would the Church have confronted issues like contraception, divorce and abortion?" Chavez Against Abortion
ECUMENICAL INSTALLATION: Bishop John Maury Allin (center) is installed as 23rd presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church during ceremonies in thle National Cathedral, Washington. Bishop Allin was head of the Episcopal diocese of .Miss~ssippi at the time of election last October. NC Photo.
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That's obviously a rhetorical By South Vietnam question which the leader is exNEW YORK (NC)-Terrence pected to answer automatically Kirch, . deputy director of U. S. as follows: "Under SpanishCatholic Relief Services (CRS) in speaking leadership the Church Vietnam, has been awarded the would have taken a much less Social Welfare Medal of the Rerigid stand on issues like contrapublic of Vietnam. CRS is the ception, divorce and abortion." overseas relief agency of U. s. Well, I can't pretend to speak Catholics. for the Spanish-spe,?king on this' WASHINGTON (NC) - CardiBishop AI'lin, who 'Was head , The medal was presented by matter, and neither can Mr. Anson. All I can say, on the basis' nal Leo' Suenens of Malines- ill the Episcopal diocese of Mis- Dr. Phan Quang Dan, Deputy of my own experience-which I Brussels, Belgium, and Archbish- sissippi at the time of his election Prime Minister of Social Welfare dare say has been at le~st as ex- op William W. Baum of Wash- . last October, told a news con. and Land Reclamation-Hamlet tensive as Mr. Anson's-is that ington were among the Pltrtic- . ference that Card,inal Suenens EstabIlshment, in a ceremony in the Spanish-speaking group that ipants in <the service for the, in- had been invited both because of ·his office. Kirch received the I know best, the California farm stallation of Bishop John Maury the cardinal~s involvement in award in ,appreciation of his huworkers, are at least as rigid, , Allin as 23rd presiding bishop' Anglican-Roman Catholic act·ivi- manitarian service to the people ties and because "we've really of Vietnam. and probably more so, than the of .the Episcopal Church. majority of Irish-Americans on The service was held in the become good friends." Kirch served in Vietnam as an contraception, divorce and abor- EpiscopaJ Cathedral Church of Bishop Allin said that he and Army captain in 1967: Following tion-especially the latter. St. Peter and St. Paul here, also Cardinal Suenens had become his discharge he returned to the known as the National Cathedral. acquainted at the conferE!Oces country in 1969 to work on CRS Anyone who knows anything, Archbishop ,Baum and Clarie sponsored by Tr.inity Institute, relief and development programs at 1111 abol,lt Cesar Chavez shouldn't have to be told that Collins Harvey, national pres- an Episcopal theological center , in Vietnam. " ident, Church Women United in in New York City. he is 1000' per cent against aborBishop Allin also said that tion and that he and his associ- the U. S.A., were lesson readers while "sharing at a Lord's table" ates in the United Farm Workers Illt the installation. Father John F. Hotchkin exec- is a goal of the ecumenical Union are willing to sta'nd up and be counted on this issue. In ' utive director of the secr~tariat movement, "there are other fact, they have ,already paid a of the U. S. Catholic bishops' w~,ys t? say our prayers t?gethheavy -price for doing so in the Committee for Ecumenical and er which can be used while ob.•• Cleansers ••• administration of their UFW Interreligious Affairs, was one sta~les to Eucharistic sharin'g re94 TREMONT STRUT medi,cal clinics. of the presenters of the Bible and maIO. the service, along with the Rev. . Discussing' the possibility of TAUNTON, MASS. Pawns in Argument R:obert G. Stephanopoulos, ecu- admitting women to the priestTel. 822-0621 Mr." Anson is not the only menical officer of the Greek hood, Bishop Allin said. that the emancipated Irish-American jour- Orthodox archdiocese of North primary question is how we get nalist to let his preoccupation and South' America, and the toge.ther ,to resolve that." He with Catholic sex morality inter- Rev. Paul Crow Jr., general sec- added that "we have to get rid fere with his reporting. Pete retJary, Consultation on Church of -the concept of prelates making See Us First decisions. I'm inclined to think if Mamill, a columnist for the New Union. Grossly Unfair we do this it wil'l be resolved." York Post, is another. In a recent ,Be that as it may, Mr. Alison's column excoriating the Church See Us Last Diocesan Stations heart is in the right place. The in the New York area for allegGOLAS (NC)-The small CathChurch's attitude towards the edly neglecting the poor, he But See Us Spanish - spea'king, he says, leaves the impression that sex olic radio station, Radio May springs from "cultural insensitiv-' morality is an exclusively Irish- 13th, owned by the dioceses of ity." I agree. I also share his American phobia and that poor Goias was closed down by the hope that we will correct this Blacks and poor Latinos are not Brazilian government here in COlTlplete .Line situation without delay, not only the least concerned about it. For May. Building Materials in justice to the Spanish-speaking his own sake, I hope Mr. Hamill This is the third diocesan radio but for the good of the Church will never have the temerity to station closed in Brazil since last 118 ALDEN RD. FAIRHAVEN itself. pull that line o~ Cesar Chavez. . November. The others were ~~93-2'611 To get back to President HardRadio July 9th of Sao Paulo and I am not objecting to the fact Palmares of Maceio. ing, my main criticism of Mr. Anson's treatment of this sub- that Anson, Hamill, and other " "" "".""""" "","""""." ject is that, in the process of emancipated Catholic journalists cutting the Irish down to size,' who like Anson, think of them· in an intramural argument over he ends' up being grossly unfair selves as being intellectuals, are issues of this kind, they, in turn, I 1001 Kings to .the Spanish-speaking, though raising questions about the pub- have a right to say, with PresOVI~r 35 Years he obviously likes to think of lic policy stance of the Church ident Harding: "I have no trouble of Satisfied Service NEW BEDFORD himself as being one of. their on abortion, for example. They _ with my enemies. But my- (exReg. Master Plumber 7023 most stalwart champions. He have every right to' do so. My pletive deleted) friendsl .... are JOSEPH RAPOSA, JR. seems -to be terribly preoccupied only point is that, when poor the ones that keep me walking Open Evenings with Catholic sex morality. Blacks and poor Latinos see the floor nights." , ( © 1974 NC News Service ) themselves being used as pawns Tha~'s fair enough. but in vent·
Iy as I was reading an article by Robert Sam Anson entitled "The Irish Connection" (rhe New Times, May 17, 1974). The thought occurred to me that, with friends like Mr. Anson, the people he is supporting in his article - the Spanish-speaking Catholics in the United Statesreally don't need any enemies. An author'and journalist who (through no fault of his own, be it stipulated) is only one-quarter Irish, Anson is mad as a hornet at the' "Irish·dominated Church in the U. S. on the grounds that it has grossly discriminated against the' Spanish-speaking, who, in their various strands, make up roughly one-quarter of our Catholic population." Anson's abrasive criticism of the Church in this country for its mistreatment of the Spanishspeaking includes a couple of howlers, one of which is worth recalling. "How ...," he asks, "would the face of U, S. labor be changed if the Catholic hierarchy looked as favorably on Cesar Chavez as it currently does on George Meany?" That's a strange question for an experienced journalist to be asking at this late date. Actually Cesar Chavez has received much more support from the American hierarchy than George Meany or any other American labor leader has ever received-not that George Meany has ever looked for such support.
Cardinal Suenens, Archbishop Baum Attend Episcopalian Instqllation
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THE ANCHORThurs., June 20, 197..
Chaplain Retires t=rom Air Force
BOSTON (NC) Cardinal Humberto Medeiros of Boston has issued a pastoral letter ad· vocating a "real'istic and bal· anced view" of the presence of Satan and the forces of evil in the modern world. Entitled "Christ Our Victory," the pastoral urges an affirmation of religious values to combat the demoralizing influence of Satan, "the common enemy of God and man," in areas of spiritual renewal. social il'eform and the ideals of young people. Cardinal Medeiros said he issued the letter because of the doctrinal and moral confusion of rhe limes and "misunderstanding about the devil and the demonic." "At this moment in history," the pastoral declares, "many signs indicate that the Prince of Darkness is busier than ever with his nefarious work precisely hecause Christ. the Light of the World, is so clearly active in the renewal of His Church." The letter contains a review biblical events involving demonic forces, the writings of early Fathers of the Church, and statements on thC' subject by Pope John XXIII. Ihe Second Vatican Council and Pope Paul VI. Cardinal Medeiros cautions those who tend "to deny or ignore the reality of Satan...· 'as well as those who "tend to exaggerate the presence and the power of the devil and who interpret practically all of the turmoil around us as evidence of the demonic." Pointing out that neither the Bible nor Church teachings focuses primarily on the activity of the devil. Cardinal Medeiros says that "both proclaim the centrality . of Christ's victory over Satan and summon us to share in it."
,PITTSBURGH (NC) - Holy Ghost Father Henry J. McAnulty, presirent of Duquesne University and a brigadier general in the United States Air Force Chaplain Service. recently retired from the Air Force Reserve.
The cardinal continues: "Yet, we 'are admonished to be aware constantly of the power of our adversary and to embrace. accordingly an asceticism in life which acknowledges realistically the dimension of the struggle against him. We are cautioned that we distort it if. at the other C'xtreme, we exaggerate his influ· ence and lose sight of the good news of Christ's definitive victory and of our own in Him and through Him." In a special word to young people, Cardinal Medeiros warns against an "unwholesome fasci· nation" with the occult. "In so many ways they (young people) manifest a genuine concern for the relevant and the authentic. a dissastisfaction with materialism of this technological age, a quest for the transcendent," the pastoral notes. "It is reasslH'ing to see so muclr potential goo d here; it is also a source of anxiety to see some of it wasted on ilIconceived pursuits. especially if these involve unwholesome fasci· nation with the occult and pseudo-mystic." the pastoral continued. "Dabbling in this area can often be harmful," Cardinal Medeiros says," at best it ie; frivol· ous."
Father McAnulty's retirement culminated' 30 years of service with the Air Force. the last 16 of those with the Air Force Re· serve. During retirement ceremonies at .Air Force Headquarters ;n Washington, D. C. Father Mc· Anulty was awarded the Legion of Merit medal for distinguishing himself by the performance of outstanding services ... as the Mobilization Augmentee to the 'Office of the Chief of Chaplains. Headquarters USAF . . . from September, 1966. to May, 1974. I
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LOVE THAT SARSAPARILLA-Archbishop ,Fulton J. Sheen stands at the bar of the Long Branch Saloon in Dodge City, Kan., where he tells Bishop Marion F., Forst of Dodge City, at left, that sarsaparilla tastes just likes he remembers it. Also in the picture is George Henrichs, executive_ director of the Front 8t. replica. NC Photo.
Archbishop Becomes Marshal of Dodge DODGE CITY (NC) - It's doubtful that in all its colorful history this "Queen of the 'Cowtowns" has ever seen the likes of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen. Equally in doubt is the question of whether this wheat and cattle country town will ever be the same again. Archbishop Sheen. who' came here to direct the annual retreat for priests of the Dodge City . diocese. did more. than "retreat" into contemplative silence with his fellow clerics. He insisted upon opening the retreat to Sisters and lay perso.ns. and he went to the general public with three evening conferences on June 2-4. open to all, in the Dodge City Civic Center. A Protestant minister gave the invocation at the public conferences. and a hastily-organized 60-voice choir drew from "every church in the city, and possibly from every church in ~he surrounding area." as .Catholic Bishop Marion F. Forst of Dodge City phrased it. Archbishop Sheen's appearances drew approximately 2.500 to 3.000 persons Lo the civic center each night. and the audience received the full t.reatment: stories, wisecracks. anecdotes - hilarious entertainment at its best. But when the distinguished prelate had his audience corraled, he zinged them collectively and individually with a message of deep import. The burden of his message to the public was "agape"-selfless love-and he used this theme in speaking to the priests of the diocese. lf Archbishop Sheen had a pro· found impact on this community and its people. it is also prob-
ably true that the city has imprinted itself in the memory of the prelate. Among other things. Dodge City conferred the title of Hon~ orary Marshal upon Archbishop Sheen, retired bishop of Rochester. N. Y. who now lives in New York City. The honor. bestowed by Marshal John Copelin. is equivalent to a presentation of the keys to the city elsewhere. Recipients of this honor have in· cluded the late President John F. Kennedy and Vice President Gerald Ford. As Honorary Marshal, Archbishop Sheen received the badge of office in a ceremony on Boot
Catholic Politician Ordered to Court SEOUL (NC) - A Catholic politician who ran unsuccessfully in the 1971 South Korean presidential elections has been summoned -to court on charges of campaign violations in 1971 an:! 1967. The politician, Kim Dae Jung, was kidnaped last August in Tokyo and brought back here. The kidnapers are genetally assumed to have been South Korean secret police. Kim, who was elected to the National Assembly in 1967. had been living in exile since South Korean President Park Chung Hee declared martial law in the fall of 1972. Kim had been travelling between Washington and Tokyo to organize opposition' to the Park government. After being brought back here. he was under house arrest for more than two months and is s.till under close surveHlance by secret police agents.
Hill. Presented later was a white hat-a symbol of his being one of the "good guys." . Marshal (Archbishop) Sheen showed his hosts that he had done his homework by remarking that the old Union Church. which once served all faiths as a house of worship in Dodge City. had been the site for the sacrifice of. th~ Mass in frontier days. His remark also underscored the ecumenical nature of his visit here. He impressed the history buffs in the entourage by asking for "the most authentic history" of Dodge City available, and an obliging clerk at the Boot Hill souvenir shop produced one.
Father McAnulty was commissioned asa first lieutenant chaplain in the Air Force June 16. 1944. In 1958 he was selected to hecome assistant to Lhe president of Duquesne and separated from the regular Air Force. He became president of Duquesne the· following year. During his career Father McAnulty has received various awards and decorations includ· ing the Wor.ld War II Victory Medal, Army of Occupation Medal for Germany, Medal of Humane Action. and the Air Force Longevity Service Award.
Retreatants Group To Hold Convention BUFFALO {NC)-The men's and women's divisions of Retreatants International. an organization that promotes the Christian, retreat movement, are jointly sponsoring a convention h.ere July 24-28. The convention program will include seminars on prayer and spirituality, youth retreats and on the matter of managing a "spiritual inn," or retreat house. Discussions on marriage encoun· ters and retreats for alcoholics are among other retreat-related programs to be explored. Convention activities are to be held at Canisius College and the Statler Hilton hotel.
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. . THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. June 20, 1974
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Cassel's 'Coontail Lagoon' Colorful, Charming Book The name of Louis Cassels was long familiar to readers of American newspapers. For many years he reported on religion for United Press International~ III heal~h led ~oh~s early retirement. He took up a. new mode of hfe,whlch IS described in his book "Coonconcerns and baffles many peotail Lagoon" (Westminster ple today. And many Christians Press, Witherspoon Bldg., wonder whether their religion Philadelphia, Pa. 19017. 126 really has any solid usable an. pages. $5). . Actually it was not for him an entirely new mode of life so much as a return to his beginning in
swers to give them. ,Father Barbotin comes to grips with the problem and the problems of faith, and, in particular, faith in Christ. His is not a formal disquisition, but conversational in manner. He puts 'things simply, but never oversimplifies. 8y He is easy to read, yet what he says ,dges not slip easily past the RT. REV. eyes into oblivion. It engages, exercises, and satisfies the mind. MSGR. Three Sections His book is in three sections: JOHN S. ",Faith;in Question," "My ,Faith KENNEDY in Question," "My Faith in Action." As these headings' suggest, the discussion moves from rural South Carolina. His home the possibility and validity of base in that state was Ellenton. faith, through a consideration of After a 200-year history, Ellen- the actuality and the value of ton was literally wiped off the one's Catholic faith, to the prac. map when the federal govern- tical requirements and workings ment purchased and evacuated of the Catholic faith which one the whole area for the Savannah possesses. . River Plant, America's chief cenDifficulties are not ducked. ter ~f plutonium production. They are honestly met and tellBut Mr. Cassels and his wife ingly dealt with. And although got as close. to his rootground the rewards of faith are not as they could. They moved to scanted, its exactions are clearly' Coontail Lagoon, a cottage with defined. a deck projecting"over a splashThe author is not one to water ing waterfall in the midst of a down the content of official swamp." Catholic teaching, or to make Natural Retreat Christ a vaguely inspirational or He describes its sights and its merely sentimental figure, or to sounds; the multitudinous trees,' deprecate 'religious institutions the flowers, the birdsong, the and structures. No more' does he abundance and variety of wild:-. advocate a comfortable div.orce life. It is at once relaxing and of belief or believer from the contemporary setting or acute intriguing. There are some unpleasant social needs. He always str.ikes features, of course. Yes, you say, a proper and persuasive balance. Many will find especially helpthe alligators and the snakes. But Mr. Cassels- has no com- ful his 'prescription for the replaint of either. His disf,avor newal, purification, and perfectfalls on the busy beavers, which ing of faith. I,t is, in effect, a he declares to be wasteful de- , prescription for living an authentically Christian life which is a structive nuisances. The reader is not to get the realization of the full human poimpression that COQntailLagoon tential and a vivifying force in is light years away from civiliza- the world. tion and its amenties. The town 'A Little Brother' of Aiken is nearby, and its culCarlo Carretto, author of The tural advantages are many. It God Who Comes, is, we are told, comes with a jolt, ther.:, to learn a layman "who at the age of 44 that this 'area, combining the went inio the Sahara to become best' of country and town,' a Little 'Brother," presumably in "leads the nation in per capita the community which took its homicide rates." lead from Charles de Foucauld. He does make the scene and His book has points of similar.ity the style of his retirement years with Father Barbotin's, but it is wonderfully, attractive. But his somewhat wider in scope. It is modest book hardly qualifies as also more intense, or exclam"a celebration of life," which the atory, in manner. subtitle advertises it as' being. ' The author disputes the curColor and charm there are here, rently popular view that God but little depth. is to be found only in one's fellow man. No, God himself is to Faith for Today For depth, two other books in be sought; our age needs to rea different category are to be d.iscover a personal God. He has recommended. One is Faith for, been -lost sight of because we Today by Edward Barbotin, have become more and more translated by Matthew J. O'Con- unused to living a life of faith. If we are attentive and recepnell (Orbis Books, Maryknoll, N. Y. 10545. 195 pages. $3.95). tive, God is indeed forthcoming. The other is The God' Who His successive revelations of Comes by Carlo Carretto, trans- himself in the Old Testament are lated by Rose Mary Hancock considered, and his supreme rev(Orbis Books, Maryknoll, N. Y. elation of himself in Jesus Christ 'is examined. , 10545. 232 pages. $4.95). The reading of t.he Bible is Both deal with ultimates. The meaning of life, for example. This strongly urged, with singular em-
NAMED: Rev. Noman Theroux, MS, STL, SSL, has been appointed as instruCtor in New Testament Studies at Providence College and will teach a summer graduate course entitled "The Holy Spirit in Luke-Acts." Father Theroux will continue as head of the Adult Education Program at La Salette Shrine, Attleboro.
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ST. JOSEPH, TAUNTON New officers of.. the parish council are Randy . Cormier, chairman; Pauline Ricketts, cochairman; Mary Goldric, secretary; Santa Lewis publicity. The unit will sponsor a f,aJl;lily picnic illl August. OUR LADY OF ANGELS, FALL R.IVER Members of the Holy Rosary Sodality will hold .a' penny sale tomorrow night. Attendance at corporate Communion and a meeting are pianned for Sunday, Sept. 8. ChildrEln of Mary will hold a cake sale this weekend. The Holy Name Society will hold a breakfast meeting Sunday. A baseball trip to Boston is scheduled for Sunday, July 28. ST. JOHlN, ATTLEBORO A giant flea market will be h~ld from II in ,the mOrIling until 5 in the afternoon on Sunday, June 23 in the school yard on Hodges St. ' 'Food at reason'able prices will be availahle in the cafeteria. The menu will include chowder, pizza, assorted sandwiches and drinks.
HOLY R;EDEEMER, ST. ANNE, CHATHAM A dessert card party at 1 P.M. FALL'R][VER Bingo will be played throughTuesday, J4ne 25 in the church hall will serve to welcome sum- out the summer months at 7 P.M. mer residents back to. their "va- each Wednesday in the school cation parish," say officers of auditorium. Reservations ,are still avai-lable the Association. of the Sacred Hearts, who urge old friends and for a bw; trip to a Boston, Pops newcomers to attend the event. performance conducted by ArAll types of card games will be thur Fiedler. Departure will be played, with prizes for every at 6:30 P.M. Saturday from the schoolyard and proceeds from tlable. Pourers will ,be Dr. Anne the event will benefit the school. Raleigh McCarthy, association' Further information is obtainpresident, and ·Mrs. William F. able from Mauric~ Francoeur, Kelly, immediate past president: -telephone 674-2411. aided by iwstess and refresh- HOLY NAME, ments committees. FALL RIVER The 1!)23 club will hold its dinner dance at 7 P.M. Saturday phasis on the Gospels. The latter at the school hall. Club act'ivities are a field to be covered again and ,again, with each search pro- wiN resume in. September. The second annual p;uish famducing fresh discovery. ily picnic will ,take place, from noon to ti P.M. Sunday, June 30 Crisis of Prayer at St. Vincent de Paul camp, 'But even the right reading of North Westport. Mass will be - the Gospels is not enough. There of.fered at the camp at 4:30. must also be prayer. 'The author Tickets will be available followsees the crisis in the Church as in.g all Masses this weekend, and "a crisis 'of prayer, a' crisis of may also be abtained at the reccontemplation." In prayer, it is tory. There will be no admission "heaven I am _seeking, not just -charge for chHdren. earth, which is the tent I must A trip to a Boston Pops conleave one day ... I pray because cert originally planned for June I am searching and I know there 21 has been rescheduled to Friis One who knows how to ,be day, JUfi(! 28. Tickets may be' found." picked up at the rectory at any Prayer shouid lea'd to a revolu- time and bus departure will be tion of the heart, which is de- at 6:45 the evening. of the con. fined as transforming "the cert. straight lines of our loves into ST. JOSEJPH, triangles, with the triune pres- ATTLEBORO ence of God at the vertex." This A movie, "Redknobs· and will correct our way of seeing Broomsticks," will be shown at 7 and doing. It' will enable us, for tomorrow night in the parish example, - to debate the Church hall. T'iekets are aV'aiiable for in a constructive fashion. "There parish young people to -attend a is nothing wrong about debating "Youth Day" game at Fenway the Church when we love her; Park Wednesday, June 26. it is wrong to debate her as outA buffet for "unsung parish siders, like a pure elite." workers" will take place at 7:30 This is a meaty book which supplies on every page matter for reflection and a spur to the laggard or wayward spirit. It offers true Christian perspective.
P.M. Sqnday in the parish hall. LectorS. collectors and moneycounters are invited to attend this token of appreciation for their year..long efforts.
SS. PETER AND PAUL, FALL RIVER A whist' party, open to the public, will take place at 8 P.M. Monday, June 24 in the school hall at 240 Dover St. Mrs. William A. Murphy, clt-a'irman, will be aided by Mrs. Jeannette Forgette, co-chairman. ST. THOMAS MORlE, SOMERSET The Thousand Dollar Club will sponsor a dinner dance Saturday night, June 29 at K of C Hall, Swansea, beginning with a cocktail hour from 6:30 to 7:30. Reservations, clos'ing Sunday, June 23, may be made with Miss Jane Borden, chairman, or Mrs. Sophie Trafka, co-chairman. ST. STANISLAUS, FALL RIVER A Polish food sale is being held in the school hall from 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. today and tomorrow. The Bingo Committee will sponsor a dance from 7:30 to midnight Saturday night with a huflfet served at 8 o'clock and music by Joe Pasieka orchestra. Parishioners and friends are invited to a presentation at Som· erset High School auditorium at 7 tonight. Theme will be "A Starry Summer Night" and admission will be free. . Installation ceremonies for the Women's Guild will take place at 7 P.M. Mass Saturday, June 29. Women of the parish meet al 7 P.M. each Monday to JTIakc dolls for the annual festival, scheduled Saturday and Sunday, July 20 and 21, at Malowa's Grove, Tiverton, formerly Ur· ban's Grove. ' Donations of gifts for festival prizes may be left at the rectory or convent at any time. The feast of the Sacred Heart will be solemnized tomorrow with Masses at 9 A.M. and 7 P.M. The Blessed Sacrament will be exposed for one hour preced· ing the morning Mass. ' SACRED H~ARTS, FAIR.,AVEN , The feast of the Sacred Heart will be marked at 8 tomorrow night with a concelebrated Mass, followed by an aH-night vigil ending 8:30 Saturday morning w'ith the Mass of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. During the vigil 'the Blessed Sacrament will be exposed, t'he rosary will be recited and there w.ill be time for private devotions of participants.
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KNOW YOUR FAITH Must "Single" Be A"Loneliness" Vocatio~
The Single Man and Woman ically or mentally ill. Most were in good health. Need of Friendship What these single persons appeared most to be suffering was loneliness-a kind of desperate longing for love. The sense of personal isolation, the longing for deep personal relationships, became a kind of gnawing cancer attacking their spirit. Though they often came to speak of this in the confessional, it was not forgiveness they needed, but friendship. Their loneliness was often intensified by a lack of meaning to their lives, a meaning By .. that deeply satisfied their minds and hearts. Even those experiencFR. CARL J. ing considerable satisfaction in their work seemed to yearn for PFEIFER, S.J. something more to give richer meaning to their lives. They had no spouse, no children, no famThe recent proliferation of ily to live for. Mon.ey, work, succlubs and other organizations for cess did not fill their desires. . single men and women suggest No doubt there ,are very happy' the loneliness millions of single single persons, men and women, people experience. A recent fea- who have found deep personal ture story revealed the pain and relationships and deep meaning frustration felt by so many who in their lives. It would not be seek companiopship in the many fair to give an impression that singles bars in Washington. all single persons are unhappy The ads and the story recall and unfulfilled. Many single men my own experience as a priest and women find so much happiin a large downtown parish in n~ss and meaning in their lives a major mid-western city. that it overflows to others they 'found that the largest group of live or work with. . persons seeking help were single The fact that many people do men and wome.:. They were not find happliness in their single by and large, suffering from ex- lives should not blind us, though; treme poverty. Many had very to the profound pain of so many fine jobs. Some were extremely lonely, frustrated single persons. successful. They were not physTurn to Page Fourteen "JOIN our singles club. Meet NEW friends. Have NEW el(periences." So reads an ad in this evening's paper. Two similar ads designed for single "ladies and gtmtlemen" appear on the same page. One offers "dances, cocktail and theater parties, trips, picnics, dates, fun." The other proclaims that "people who need people are the luckiest people in the world."
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By Rev. Laurence P. Dolan For the man and woman of Old Testament times, marriage was considered to be, with few exceptions, the universal norm. Everybody was doing it. One can point to occasional people who didn't marry, such as Jeremiah the prophet (chapter 16 of the prophecy); but the vast majority of the people heard the command of God to "be fertile and multiply; .fill the earth and subdue it." (Genesis 1:28). The theological development in the Old Testament encouraged this, especially in the adoption of the image of marriage to describe the covenant relationship between God and His people (Hosea 2, Isaiah 54 etc.). To people of this mentality, the words of Christ about remaining unmarried for the sake of God's Kingdom must have seemed strange indeed (cf. Matthew 19:12 and 29). On top of these words we heard the Apostle Paul declaring: "To those not married and to widows I have this to say: It would be well if they remain as they are, even as I do myself; but if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. It ·is better 1.0 marry than to be on fire" (I Corinthians 1':89).
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, end of the world, a certain confusion has persisted throughout the Christian era. The question came to be formulated in the following manner: Which is a higher state, marriage or. celibacy? The ensuing debates succeeding in downgrading marriage and uplifting celibacy to the lofty title of "state of perfection." Added to this was the real difficulty, especially during medieval times, of achieving the economic level required for marriage. Motivation As time progressed, the pendulum began to move back toward the expectation that marriage is, once again, for all (priesh and religious being the e?,ception). Philip Roth reminds us that there was considerable moral pressure to get married-far from enslaving a woman' as a sex object by marrying her, men were "exploiting and degrading the women we didn't marry." ("Intellectual Digest," June 1974, p. 34) Besides the pressure to marry, the single person would be inviting criticism and rebuke, possibly the worst being that "he (or she) is unable to love." Once times begin to change, they change rapidly. The trend!1 today are moving toward .the advisability of delaying marriage or not marrying at all. Some sugTurn to Page Fourteen
In every parish there are mature single ·adults. There are widowed, divorced and separated people who have no children or do not have their children with them. There are people who never married because they made this their personal choice for reasons that may still be operative or for reasons that may have disappeared into the past. There are people who have never married because that option was never really offered to them in the concrete circumstances of their lives.
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Many such people are desper'~' tely lonely. A Christian commu.'....•......'1iL nity must ask whether this is inLONELINESS: "In every parish there are mature, single evitable-simply what God asks of these people, their "vocation" adults. There are widowed, divorced or separated people ... -or whether it is the outcome of Many such people are desperately lonely." A man lies down false values and priorities in our to rest in his lonely, cluttered room in a Wisconsin city. society and the failure of the Christian community to come to lationships are sustained natu- planned obsolescence, PTA, citterms with them. rally, easily, comfortably over a izen'S' assooiation, professional In Christian tradition, and particularly in Catholic circles in long period of time. They have associations, constant demands Western Christianity, high value ttme to mature to appropriate de- to participate in church social has been placed on dedicated grees of inttmacy. There are not . activities. Many people in our society go celibacy, that is, on celibacy . too many of them.. In such socities people may around feeling beaten by the syschosen as a means to realize the Reign of God among men. be unmarried, widowed, or sep- tem and simple lose the will to This rests on a conviction arated over long periods of time, sustain relationships that are in that we trace back to Jesus Him- but they are not thereby isolated any way taXiing. To remain in self. But Jesus distinguinshed be- from intimate relationships in touch requires much time and tween "eunuchs who have made whioh they can deeply share extra effort. themselves so for the sake of the their life experiences with others. Modern Challenge Kingdom of God" and "eunuchs Mobile Society On the other hand, while it is who were made so by men." In our highly mobile society so difficult to sustain close r~la Sharing of Life there are two problems in per- tionships, the demands for such In the first case we are speak- sonal relationships. On the one relationships on anyone person's ing of a special gift or charism, hand it is extremely difficult to life seem to be constantly multiby which a person recognizes sustain a close, long-term rela- plying. One bumps into more and Tum to Page Fourteen himself as so endowed that he tionship with anyone other than can with spontaneity and ease a spouse. People are constantly sublimate his personal relational moving. Life has become com· LIVELY NITE-Musle, Fun, SIne, Dane. needs. In the second case we are plicated 'and people find their time, energy and equH,itbrium TONY RAPP - ART PERRY speaking of a painful deprivation consumed by a great number of Playing Pretty for the People of a basic human need-as basic June 7-Lincoln Park as food, shelter, language and petty frustrations and chores8-St. John of God-Elk's Club 8-St. Mathieu's Parish Hall-F.R. personal productivity. It is a car pools, cashier lines at the 8-lmmaculate Conception-N.B. supermarket, keeping tax records, 22-McMahon K. of C. Hall-N.B. need that no individual can fill 29-SI. Thomas More-K.C., Swan. car inspection, keeping track of for himself. 29-Blesslng of Fleet-P·Town dates for insurance premiums,' If someone is hungry in our filling out endless forms for WINDSO~ MUSIC communities, the Gospel requires everything, shopping for replace993-6263 that we share our food. If some- ment parts in an economy of one else is alone it requires that we share our togetherness on more than a "hail fellow, well met" basis. What human beings need is not a hasty, cheery "hi" but an intimate sharing of life INC. experience: The natural base for such an intJimate sharing of life experience is the family. In traditiondirected societies where there is little geographical or social mohility, people· are automatically integrated into their extended famiLies throughout their lives. There are many personal relationships with preceding and succeeding generations as well as one's own generation. These re-
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Commitment Continued from Page Thirteen gest the growing divorce rate and dissatisfaction with marriage as possible reasons. But there are others too: commitment to career, service to human needs, travel and education, etc. And, of course, tiJere is the cynical attribution of materialistic and selfish motivations to single people from those struggling with the everyday care o( family 'life and responsibilities, Be all of these as they may, the fact remains, Many more people today are choosing to reo main single-not because they couldn't find a ·spouse, but because they want ,to be single, Is it possible for us ,to help give these people a good theological orientation that will enable them to pursue their lives with the same dignity as married people? Sad to say, Vatican II isn't much help here, other than to offer a token support in a passing reference to good example i.n marriage: "A like example, but, one given in a different way, is that offered by widows and single people, who are able to make great contributions toward holi'ness and I8postolic endeavor in the Church." ("Dogmatic Consti· tution on the Church," par. 41) Possibilities Extensive Since Our Lord spoke of a viable single lifestyle for the sake of the Kingdom of God, it would seem that theology's best contri. bution to single people would be the development of a good theology of the meaning of God's Kingdom and the way in 'which single people could participate in it. ·For too long, celibacy for the sake of the Kingdom has been restricted to the reI.igious and priestly expressions of celibacy. What about single people who' are engaged in pursuits and careers that are not necessarily religious in focus? Cannot their lives and works be valid means of building up the Kingdom of God-and precisely through their celibate commitment? Much work has to be done to develop the concept of celibacy itself. It can no longer be regarded as the negative shunning of people of the opposite sexrather, it should be viewed in terms of common dedication and purpose to the advancement of God's Kingdom. This support is vital to offset the' inevita'ble IQneliness and discouragement that set in when one. is alone. Maybe support groups such as communities who do not live together,but who meet for prayer and dicussion, could be developed. The possibiliHes seem quite extensive. The main fact is this: People are remaining single; God's King· dom needs workers; let's cooperete to make the single person feel welcome and a necessary witness to the many facets of God's developing Kingdom.
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Liturgy Office ST. PAUL (NC) - Auxiliary Bishop Raymond A. Lucker' of St. Paul and Minneapolis has been named director of the archdiocesan liturgy offiGe. Ordained in 1952, Bishop Lucker has been auxiliary bishop since 1971. Since that time he has also served as pastor of $t. Austin's . in Minneapolis.
New BedfordPriest Directs'.Reh,abilitation Center for Alco'holies in Florida Alcoholism among priests and religious is a major concern of Rev. Joseph Ellison, CSSR, a native of St. James parish, NewBedford, who is a member of the board of directors of the National Clergy ,Council on Alcoholism and involved in the direction 'Of a house of rehabilitation in St. Petersburg, Fla. A curate at St. Mary Our Lady of Grace Church in the Florida city, Father Ellison previously served parishes in Brooklyn, N.Y., Wilson, N.C., Orangeburg, S.c. and Tampa, Fla: He entered the Redemptorist community in 1927 and was ordained in 1939. Until he began work with alcoholics several years ago, said his bro~lier, Walter T. Ellison of St. Joseph's parish, Fall 'River, Father Ellison had worked with black and Cuban Catholics. "This was a new project for him but he has gone into it wholeheartedly," said the priest's brother. , Three Million . Interviewed early this year by "The Florida Catholic," news-
Man.and Woman Continued crom Page Thirteen So· much suffering presents a challenge to the Christian com· munity.
ers in the social service fields Today's Needs being able to recognize alcoholA large percentage of activity ism and its effects. "The teacher, for instance," he in the typical parish understand· said, "can recognize the problem ably is oriented toward family through the dress and behavior life. Youngsters of. school age of childen in the classroom. In-' often receive the most attention. stead of just sympathizing with There are usually several prothe child, the possibility of get- grams for youth. Celebrations of ting help to the parent or parents sacraments like Baptism, Confirmation, Matrimony normally should· be considered. "We don't even want to face center on the family. There are the fact," he continued, "that a parent-teacher meetings, pre· goodly number of priests and re- marriage instructions, family in· iigious are afflicted with alco- . volvement in sacramental initiaholism. How can they be helped tion. A variety of spiritual moveif we overprotect them and hide ments exist to deepen intercom· their illness, a treatable disease? munication between spouses. "I think it's about time we What .does the average parish took an honest look at what we provide for single personsFATHER JOSEPH ELLISON can do for each other and for young adults, mature adults, diour parishes. The first step in vorced or separated adults, widpaper for tI:·e St. Petersburg dio- doing this is knowing all we can ows or widowers? What can the cese, Father Ellison said statis- about akoholism and the sources average Christian community do tics indicate that of nine million of referral and help in our com- ' for its single members who are alcoholiS;s in the Unifed States, munities." single by choice or circum· about three million are Catholics. stances? These are questions that Seven in Family The Redemptorist stressed the Father Ellison is one of a fam- deserve serious attention in the importance of priests, religious, ily of seven children of the late local parishes. Each community teachers, social workers and oth- Walter T. and Agnes E. Ellison. many find different strategies In addition to Walter, his broth- that best meet their unique needs. ers are Edmund, of LakeviHe, Care and Augustine, a Brockton resident. What are the typical models Sisters are Mrs. Alice Sawyer, of ,Christian life proposed in relicided in effect to legalize abor- New Bedford, and Mrs. Mary. A. gious education? Normally the tion. He added: ' Harr:ington, North Dartmouth. A focus is directed to the ideals of "Now when there is doubt third sister, the late Mrs. Mar- family life or religious life. Thouabout the possible effects of an garet Brimley, was also a New sands of good Catholics either action, common sense dictates Bedford resident. decide not to marry, or have no that' one take the safer course. reaHstic opportunity for marThus, if there is a possibility .that riage , yet· do not feel called to l abortion is the taking of human religious or priestly life. It seems . life, •one' would 'naturally forbid ' Continued good, then, ·for· religious educafrom Page Thirteen abortion until the matter can be tors - including parents and decided conclusively one way or more 'people and so many of priests-to explore how they can the other. The Supreme Court, them seem to be desperately more adequately present single however, closes its eyes to this' lonely. But the sodal context is so life as a meaningful Christian alall-important question and, busy- complex that it requires huge out- ternative to marriage or religious ing itself with sophistry, dis- puts of energy and readjustment life. cusses only the purely legal is- of Hfe patterns and activities to H would be tragic if single persue of the definition of 'person' associate enough with anyone of these people to provide some sons within. the Christian com· in the 14th Amendment." stable relationship. munity find their only source· If some women want abortions No one is more victimized by . of help in singles clubs or bars. beoouse they find that they will this situation in our society than ".People who need people are the be facing social and economic the mature sing·le person, who is luckiest people in the world" hardships, without the operbeyond the "swinging' singles" only if. they are alble to find car· ations, the senator noted, then ambit, does not enjoy ~he char- ing persons who respond to their the nation's social institutions ism of celibacy, does fiot have need. Christians are to be recshould be real'igned to provide the family Ibase from which to ognizable by their evident care: the necessary aid. build stable' relationships. The "By this shall all men know you "One must ~lways value hu- greatest problem such a person as My disciples, that you love man life," he added. "The right faces is the danger of not hav,ing one another." to life is not the g~ft of a state, any private social life-of being a Judiciary, or any other' organ- either quite alone or within a ,ization or individual; it is innate pattern of relationships more ELECTRICAL in the nature of man." , Contradors appropriate to public life. This presents a very serious challenge to any Christian community toPope Paul Lauds day.
Senator Says Abortion Decision Advances Machiavellian Philosophy WASHINGTON (NC) - The U. S. Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion advanced the "Machiavellian philosophy that the end justifies the means," :according to the National Right to Life Committee convention here, according' to Sen. Dewey ·F. Bartlett (R., Okla.). . In an address delivered to the Nati'onal Right to Life Committee convention' here, Sen. Bar~ lett attacked the high court's rationale behind its decision, a decision which, he said, reduces a human being "-to an expendable social convenience.'~ The decision waS' rea'ched, he added, "by a gross distortion of history, of the Constitution, and of the nature of man." In ma~ing its decision, the Supreme Court noted that abortion has been legal in some societies, the senator said. "·But slavery has been practiced throughout history, too. Should we therefore repeal the laws which proscribe sla,,~ry?" The court, Sen. Bartlett said, picked out only those instances in history which supported its decision. Noting that the court referred to the 14th Amendment as a source of the mother's right to privacy which was a bas'isof the decision, the senator Ifrom Oklahoma said: "Justice (William) Rehnquist in hi.s dissenting opinion pointed out that at the time of the adoption of the 14th Amendment, there were 36 laws enacted by state or territorial legislatures limiting abortion and he declared, 'The only conclusion possible from this history is that the drafters did not intend to have the 14th Amendment withdraw from the states the power to legislate with respect to this matter.' .. Although the Supreme Court admitted that there is no consensus among medical experts on when life begins, Sen. Bartlett said, it nevertheless de-
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France Conf.ers Legion of Honor On Theologian ROME (NC)-France has conferred one of its highest decorations on Father Joseph Lecuyer, "a prominent theologian at tJhc Second Vatican Counoil and now superior general of the Holy Ghost Congregation. The French ambassador of the Vatican, Rene Brouillet, in the name of the French government, formally conferred the order of knight of the Legion of Honor on Father Lecuyer. Brouillet said Father Lecuy. er's 'Studies in Episcopal collegiality "profoundly influenced the council 'itself, and you are recognized today as one of the dnspirers and theologians of the consiliar doctrine of the episcopate." Father Lecuyer. who 'was the first to bring the concept of col· legiality to widespread attention on the eve of the Second Vatican Council, has been called "the father of collcgiaJi.ty." He was the pdncipal author of the section on collegiality of the council's Dogmatic Constitu· lion on the Church. That section, No. 21, was changed only slightly by the council Fathers, although a lengthy explanatory note on collegiality was added to the constitution "by higher authority." The Legion of Honor has precedence over all other decorations of the French government. It was created by Napoleon in' 1802 to recognize civil or military merit. and has three grades: knight, officer and commander. The French government has reo stricted the number of awards of the Legion of Honor.
Catholics, Orthodox Score Abortic.n WASHINGTON (NC) - Catholic and Orthodox theologians meeting here issued a statement unanimously declaring the "U. S. Supreme Court's decision failing to recognize the rights <Yf the unborn-a decision Which has led to widespread indiscriminate early a:bortion." They stressed that their reaction to abortion was part of a broader concern for respect for life "in all its forms"-the aged, the mentally retarded, and the underprivileged at home and abroad. The dialogue group-about 20 Greek Orthodox, Russian OrthDdox and Roman Catholic theologians-met at the Washington Retreat House here under the co-c'hairmanship of Archbishop Iakovos, Greek Orthodox archbishop of North and South America, and Archbishop William W. Baum of Washington, who is chairman of the U. S. bishops' Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs. At the end of t:heir meeting the participants expressed a consensus that they felt "fundamen· tally at home with one another in discussing their Tr,initarian and ecclesial faith, despite dinercnces ,in theological approach and tradition."
World The world has to be saved by hook or 'by crook; it is well for the Church when anglers and shepherds do not fall out. -Ronald Knox
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Sister Receives Jewish Award NEW YORK (NC) - Domin· ican Sister Rose Thering was awarded the American Jewish Committee's first Leonard C. Yaseen Interreligious Award for her "outstanding contributions to interreligious understanding." The new award is named for the chairman of the AJC Interreligious Affairs Commission. Yaseen said that "the giant strides that have been' made in building Jewish-Christian understanding are an augury of what can be accomplished in promoting understanding among all peoples. Through our continuing research and action programs and with the leadership of such gifted individuals as Sister Thering, we have every hope of contributing markedly toward helping to achieve this ideal," Sister Thering, an associate professor of education at Seton Hall University, is a consultant to the commission on Catholic.Jewish Relations of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. She was the author of a pioneer study of Catholic religious text· books and their portrayal of Jews, Judaism and other religious and racial groups in 1950s.
SYMBOL OF THE HOLY YEAR: Boston pilot artist Gerard P. Rooney created this drawing to highlight the archdiocese's participation in the Holy Year of 1975. Illuminated by the Holy Spirit, a candle, symbolic of Christ, gives its light to the ~eople of Go.d. Incorporated in the design are devices linking Boston and the Eternal. CIty: a groupmg of seven hills reflective of Rome's foundation-three of which are stylized to recall the three hills on which Boston had its beginning-and a river reminiscent of the Charles and the Tiber. "Renewal and Reconciliation" is the Holy Year theme.
Holy. Spirit Keeps Church Ever Young VATICAN CITY (NC) - Despite almost 2,000 years on earth the Church 'remains perennially young because it is rejuvenated by the Holy Spirit, Pope Paul VI told a general audience J~ne 12. Pope Paul olinked his theme of the "youthfulness of the Church" with the recently celebrated Feast of Pentecost and quoted St. Augustine, who said that "outside of the body of the Church the Holy Spirit does not viv1fYl a,nyone" and therefure "anyone who wishes to have the Holy Spirit must be well on guard so as not to remain outside the Church." Pope Paul, answering his own question-Why is the Church al· ways young?-deolared: "it is young because it has a soul. And do you know what this soul is ' called? It is the grace of God, that is, the Holy Spirit, who breathes w.ithin the Church and keeps it living, ardent and capable-and this is a miracle-of rejuvenating itself." Speaking with notable enthusiasm, the 76·year-old Pope stressed that "time does not age th'e Church hut makes it grow, stirs it into life and fullness," At the same time the Pope refused to accept modern crit· icism of the Church that regards it as an outmoded historical institution or a relic of a Chris· tianity.. that no 'longer exists, "The Church is not a post-
Christian phenomenon, but I would say that it is still at its beginning," he said, The Church can prove itself in still more complete forms, stm more beautiful forms and we would even say ·in 'still more holy fornns than those which it has shown in the past. The Pope also disagreed with
those who claim 'that t<>day's world is more resistent to Christ than in the past, declaring: "I tell you in the name of that Christ whom I represent that Christ is still alive in our time and can revitalize society in which we, in which you, live if you know how to keep Christ, i'n your hearts."
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Teaching Religious To Get Pay Raises ST. LOUIS (NC) - Teaching Sisters and Brothers in paris~ grade schools and in high schools of the St. Louis archdiocese ,will receive a salary increase of $500 this year and $300 next year, the first raises in three years. The annual salary has been $2,500 since 1971 and will go to $3,000 for the 1974-75 academic year and to $3,300 for the 197576 academic year. Cardinal John J. Carberry of St. Louis announced the increases in a letter to pastors of parishes with grade schools or parish, schools of religion. There are about 1,155 teaching Sisters and 75 teaching Brothers in the archdiocese.
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Cardinal Issu'es New Guidelines On Lay Distribution of Communion BOSTON (NC)-Cardinal Humberto Medeiros has issued new guidelines on the lay distribution of Communion that will limit the appointments of the extraordinary ministers to approximately one year. The cardinal said in a letter to priests, however, that the new ' guidelines "wiH not prohibit the designation of the same person for a second tcr:m of appointment." , About 1,000 lay persons currently serving as extraordinary ministers of Communion in parishes of the Boston archdiocese will complete their terms in December 1975. "This procedure," the cardinal, said, "will allow an annual evaluation of the program in each parish and will encourage, when advisable, sharing of the role of different parishioners from year to year." Nominations of extraordinary ministers are to be submitted in writing by pastors, chaplains and ReJ.igious super,iors to their 'respective archdiocesan episcopal vicars. In no case, the cardinal said. should such ministers' distribute Communion ~ithout a genuine need of their services. Examples of such genuine need, he said, would be "increasing the fre: quency of distribution of Communion to the sick" or, in parish churches, "facilitating the distribution at largely attended Masses where there are not sufficient priests and deacons available. Determination of a need, he added, could also be based on antficipating rotation of assignments, illness, or vacations among' the clergy. In cases where the 'laity bring Communion to the sick, it must
be arranged that a priest visit each of the sick in the parish "at least once a month." The training of extraordinary ,ministers is to be conducted at the parish level, the cardinal said. and ideaHy, with all priests of the parish and me,mbers of the parish council present. Cardinal Medeiros launched the extraordinary ministers program in the Boston archdiocese in May 1973.
Christophers Lend Support to UFWA NEW YORK (NC) The Christopher Movement, a looseknit, normally noncontroversial organization promoting CathOlic action, ,has sided with the United Farm Workers of America (UFWA) in its latest issue of Christopher News Notes. . In a telephone interView with the Florida Catholic, diocesan newspaper of Orlando, Fla., the movement's' priest-director explained the unusua,1 action. "The farm worker dispute with management in ,the California grape and lettuce fields is not just another 'Iabor·management ' disagreement," said! 'Maryknoll Father Richard Armstrong. "It's a matter of basic justice. The farmworker situation has 'been so tragic in terms of human dignity and the forces arrayed against the farm worker union so overpowering that we felt this was an issue on which we might take a stand." , The Christopher Movement was founded 28 years ago to foster constructive action in the fields of government, education. literature, entertainment ,and labor-management relations..
BAPTISM FOR FRIEND: In Immaculata chapel, San Diego, Cardinal Joszef Mindszenty baptizes Dorothy Rozsnyai, daughter of Zoltan Rozsnyai (right), who formerly played the organ for the ~ardinal in Hungary. Holding the child is sponsor Mrs. Tibor Bornemisza. Rozsnyai is former conductor of the San Diego symphony. The former Hungarian primate is making a tour of various U.S. cities. NC Photo.
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